bill_id,congress,bill_type,bill_number,title,policy_area,introduced_date,latest_action_date,latest_action_text,origin_chamber,sponsor_name,sponsor_state,sponsor_party,sponsor_bioguide_id,cosponsor_count,summary_text,update_date,url
102-hr-6212,102,hr,6212,To eliminate foreign shipbuilding subsidy practices and to enhance the competitiveness of the United States merchant marine.,Transportation and Public Works,1992-10-09,1992-10-13,Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.,House,"Rep. Davis, Robert W. [R-MI-11]",MI,R,D000131,1,"Title I:  Fair Trade for the Commercial Shipbuilding and Repair Industry - Subtitle A:  Subsidized Shipyard List and Required Vessel Entry Documentation Regarding Construction and Repair Subsidies - Shipbuilding Trade Reform Act of 1992 - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to maintain a list of all foreign shipyards that receive or benefit from, directly or indirectly, a subsidy for the construction or repair of vessels. Requires a vessel master to deposit with appropriate customs officers a construction subsidy certification for the vessel at the time of making formal entry under the Tariff Act of 1930. Requires the master at, or before, the time of formal entry, to deposit with such customs officer a subsidy declaration for repairs made to such vessel since the last time it entered the United States. Subtitle B:  Treatment of Vessels Under the Countervailing and Antidumping Duty Laws - Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to establish special rules in applying countervailing and antidumping laws to foreign-made vessels. Title II:  Contingency Retainer Fleet Program - Maritime Reform Act of 1992 - Amends the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 to direct the Secretary of Transportation to encourage the establishment of a fleet of active, militarily useful, vessels to meet Department of Defense and other security requirements, while also maintaining an American presence in international commercial shipping, to be known as the Contingency Retainer Fleet, to consist of privately owned, U.S.-flag vessels for which there are in effect operating agreements. Sets forth requirements for the operating agreement and restrictions on noncontiguous trade. Authorizes appropriations. Prohibits new operating-differential subsidy contracts.  Allows the trade-in of obsolete vessels. Limits construction loan guarantees to vessels built in the United States or vessels built in a foreign shipyard that is not included on the subsidized foreign shipyard list. Sets forth reemployment rights for merchant seamen who are members of the Armed Forces Reserves and ordered to active duty. Eliminates certain mortgage restrictions on vessel financing. Amends the Shipping Act to provide for the placement of vessels under foreign registry. Requires the Secretary to study and report to the Congress on the impact of this Act on U.S. international competitiveness in the maritime industry. Title III:  Amendments Related to Capital Construction Fund; Phaseout of Duty on Equipment and Repairs of Vessels in Foreign Countries - Subtitle A:  Amendments Related to Capital Construction Funds - Amends the Merchant Marine Act to remove the requirement that vessels be built in the United States in order to establish a capital construction fund.  Provides for the taxation of earnings on fund investments.  Allows the withdrawal of such funds to make certain payments on leased vessels.  Authorizes deposits in such fund in excess of limitations for prior years based on an audit adjustment.  Provides for the treatment of long-term capital gains and losses and the computation of interest on nonqualified withdrawals in such fund. Subtitle B:  Phaseout of Duty on Equipment and Repairs of Vessels in Foreign Countries - Reduces the required duty for repairs made in a foreign country by vessels documented in the United States.",2024-02-07T16:32:33Z,
102-hr-6211,102,hr,6211,Act to Implement the Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks,Commerce,1992-10-08,1992-10-09,Referred to the Subcommittee on Intellectual Property and Judicial Administration.,House,"Rep. Hughes, William J. [D-NJ-2]",NJ,D,H000930,1,"Act to Implement the Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks - Amends the Trademark Act of 1946 to set forth the Madrid Protocol. Authorizes the owner of an application for mark registration pending before the Patent and Trademark Office or of a U.S. registration to file an international application with the Office. Requires the Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks to certify that particulars appearing in the international application correspond to those appearing in the basic registration and to transmit the application to the International Bureau of the World International Property Organization. Authorizes holders of international registrations based on U.S. registrations to request extensions of protection from the International Bureau or the Office. Entitles holders of international registrations to extensions of protection to the United States.  Bars protection for an international registration if the Office is the office of origin. Entitles holders of such registrations to a right of priority under the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, subject to certain conditions. Subjects requests for extension of protection to opposition.  Bars extension of protection to any mark not registrable on the Principal Register.  Sets forth procedures for notifications of refusal of protection by the Commissioner. Grants extensions of protection for international registrations the same effect and validity as registrations on the Principal Register and extends corresponding rights and remedies to holders of such registrations. Cancels or invalidates an extension of protection to the United States for goods and services under an international registration that has been cancelled or is not renewed. Authorizes holders of cancelled international registrations to file applications for registration for a mark for cancelled goods and services with the Office (allowing transformation into a U.S. application). Requires an extension of protection to remain in force for the term of the international registration upon which it is based.  Cancels protection unless the holder files an affidavit showing current use of the mark in commerce or nonuse based on special circumstances. Authorizes extensions of protection only to persons who are nationals of or have other specified connections to a Contracting Party to the Protocol.",2025-08-26T15:15:29Z,
102-hr-6179,102,hr,6179,To amend the Wild and Scenic River Act.,Public Lands and Natural Resources,1992-10-06,1992-10-23,Became Public Law No: 102-460.,House,"Rep. Kostmayer, Peter H. [D-PA-8]",PA,D,K000319,0,"Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain segments of the Delaware River and tributaries in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for study as potential additions to the Wild and Scenic Rivers System. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to undertake a river conservation plan for a specified segment of the Delaware River in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. States that the designation of such segments made by this Act and any subsequent management or development plans associated with, or added to, the Gilbert Generating Station, the Point Pleasant Pumping Station, the Portland Generating Station, the Martins Creek Steam Electric Station, or the Merrill Creek Reservoir Project shall not be used in any proceeding to restrict or interfere with their:  (1) completion; (2) continued or changed operation; (3) maintenance; (4) repair; (5) construction; (6) reconstruction; (7) replacement; (8) modification; (9) licensing; (10) permitting; (11) relicensing; or (12) repermitting. Provides that such designation and any subsequent management or development plans shall not be used in any proceeding to restrict or interfere with the present or future access to or operation, maintenance, or construction of electric or gas transmission or distribution lines across such segments, with specified exceptions. Authorizes appropriations.",2024-02-07T13:32:55Z,
102-hr-6180,102,hr,6180,Telecommunications Authorization Act of 1992,Government Operations and Politics,1992-10-06,1992-10-27,Became Public Law No: 102-538.,House,"Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-7]",MA,D,M000133,0,"Telecommunications Authorization Act of 1992 - Title I:  National Telecommunications and Information Administration - Part A: Organization and Functions - National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act - Provides statutory authorization for the establishment within the Department of Commerce (DOC) of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). Directs the Secretary of Commerce to:  (1) assign to the Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information (of DOC) and NTIA responsibility for the performance of the Secretary's communications and information functions; and (2) submit annual reports to the President pursuant to the Communications Satellite Act of 1962. Requires the Secretary and the NTIA to amend the Department of Commerce spectrum management document entitled ""Manual of Regulations and Procedures for Federal Radio Frequency Management"" to improve Federal spectrum management activities and publish any changes in regulations in the Federal Register.  Sets forth requirements for such amendments, including requirements that provide for availability of information to the public.  Requires the Secretary to certify compliance with such requirement to the Congress. Directs the Secretary, in assigning frequencies for mobile and other radio services, to promote efficient and cost-effective use of the spectrum.  Authorizes the Secretary to withhold or refuse to assign frequencies for such services to further the goals of efficiency and cost-effectiveness.  Requires the Secretary to implement and report to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on a plan requiring Federal agencies with mobile radio systems to use more spectrum-efficient technologies. Authorizes the Secretary to reassign to another DOC unit a function required to be assigned to NTIA by this Act, subject to specified limitations. Part B:  Special and Temporary Provisions - Authorizes appropriations for NTIA administration for FY 1992 and 1993. Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to extend the authorization of appropriations for the National Endowment for Children's Educational Television through FY 1994. Extends the authorization of appropriations for acquisition of satellite space segment capacity and equipment to provide communications services for the Pan-Pacific Educational and Cultural Experiments by Satellite Program (PEACESAT) program. Directs the Secretary to establish an advisory panel to develop recommendations for the improvement of rural health care through the collection of information needed by providers and the improvement in the use of communications to disseminate such information.  Authorizes appropriations. Requires the NTIA to report to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on the role of telecommunications in hate crimes and violent acts against ethnic, religious, and racial minorities. Title II: Federal Communications Commission - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to extend the authorization of appropriations for travel reimbursements by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) through FY 1994. Amends the Federal Communications Commission Authorization Act of 1988 to extend an authorization to expend funds for a monitoring station in Hawaii through FY 1994. Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to repeal provisions that require the operation of all broadcasting station transmitting apparatus by a person holding an operator's license (thus allowing the FCC to permit broadcasters to substitute automated technology for human operators). Extends the time period for permitting licensee forfeitures in certain situations. Authorizes the FCC, for purposes of providing radio club and military-recreational call signs, to utilize the voluntary and uncompensated services of tax-exempt amateur radio organizations. Adds charges for low-earth orbit satellite systems to the Schedule of Charges.  Reduces Schedule fees for inspection of vessels under the Great Lakes Agreement. Makes nonlicensee radio tower owners who have violated tower maintenance requirements subject to forfeiture liability if they have received previous notice of such obligations. Bars FCC approval of the assignment or transfer of control of a television broadcast license without a prior hearing if the license holder is a corporation owned or organized pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act and the transfer was approved on November 14, 1985.  Provides for waivers of such requirement at the request of a corporation. Amends the Federal Communications Commission Authorization Act of 1988 to extend through FY 1993 the FCC's authorization to make grants to and agreements with nonprofit organizations to utilize older Americans in FCC programs.  Removes a condition on the Older Americans Program that requires a certification that a grant or agreement will not result in filling a position without public announcement of availability and in accordance with regular employment procedures. Directs the FCC to make efforts to reduce telephone rates for armed forces personnel in specified foreign countries. Requires the FCC to initiate a rulemaking and adopt a standard for AM radio stereophonic transmitting equipment that specifies the composition of the transmitted signal.",2024-02-05T14:30:09Z,
102-hr-6181,102,hr,6181,"To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to authorize human drug application, prescription drug establishment, and prescription drug product fees and for other purposes.",Health,1992-10-06,1992-10-29,Became Public Law No: 102-571.,House,"Rep. Dingell, John D. [D-MI-16]",MI,D,D000355,1,"Title I:  User Fees - Prescription Drug User Fee Act of 1992 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide authority for the Secretary of Health and Human Services to assess and collect fees from manufacturers of prescription drugs beginning in FY 1993. Establishes a schedule for prescription drug application and supplement fees, prescription drug establishment fees, and prescription drug product fees.  Provides for the annual adjustment of such fees to reflect increases in the Consumer Price Index for urban consumers or increases in Federal pay. Authorizes the Secretary to waive or reduce fees. Prohibits the assessment of fees for a fiscal year after FY 1993 unless appropriations for salaries and expenses of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are equal or greater than such appropriations for FY 1992.  Credits such fees to the appropriation account for salaries and expenses of the FDA. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1993 through 1997. Provides a mechanism for collecting unpaid fees. Requires the FDA to make annual reports to the Congress on this Act. Requires the Secretary to conduct a study to evaluate whether to impose user fees to supplement appropriated funds to improve the process of reviewing applications for new animal drugs.   Requires a report to specified congressional committees on the results of such study. Title II:  Dietary Supplements - Dietary Supplement Act of 1992 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue final regulations with respect to dietary supplements of vitamins, minerals, herbs, or other similar nutritional substances under the Nutrition Labeling and Education Act of 1990 by December 15, 1993.  Prohibits the implementation of such Act prior to the issuance of such regulations. Prohibits the promulgation of regulations that require the use of, or are based upon, recommended daily allowances of vitamins or minerals before November 8, 1993. Requires the Secretary to report to specified congressional committees on enforcement practices of the FDA with respect to such dietary supplements. Requires the Comptroller General to report to such committees on a study of the management activities of the FDA related to such dietary supplements. Requires the Director of the Office of Technology Assessment, in cooperation with the Congressional Research Service and subject to the approval of the Technology Assessment Board to report to such committees on a study of the health outcomes and regulatory systems affecting the development and sale of such dietary supplements.",2024-02-05T14:30:09Z,
102-hr-6182,102,hr,6182,Mammography Quality Standards Act of 1992,Health,1992-10-06,1992-10-27,Became Public Law No: 102-539.,House,"Rep. Dingell, John D. [D-MI-16]",MI,D,D000355,4,"Mammography Quality Standards Act of 1992 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require certification (or provisional certification) in order for a facility to perform or interpret mammograms, inspect equipment, or provide for the processing of mammography film.  Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue and renew certificates for a specified period of time. Provides for administrative appeals of certification denials. Allows the Secretary to approve a private nonprofit organization or State agency to be an accreditation body if it meets certain standards and provides certain assurances. Mandates standards to assure the safety and accuracy of mammograms, including regarding:  (1) quality assurance and control programs; (2)radiation dose; (3) equipment used; (4) licensing, certification, and training of personnel; and (5) recordkeeping and retention. Directs the Secretary to conduct annual inspections of certified facilities during regular hours of operation.  Requires notice of certain inspections.  Provides for waiver of certain inspection requirements. Provides for:  (1) directed plans of correction, on site monitoring costs payment, and civil money penalties; (2) suspension and revocation certificates; and (3) injunctions. Requires annual publication of a list of facilities convicted of fraud and abuse, false billings, or kickbacks, facilities that have had certificates revoked or suspended, and facilities that have been the subject of a sanction or other similar matters. Establishes the National Mammography Quality Assurance Advisory Committee. Mandates grants to establish surveillance systems to evaluate breast cancer screening programs.  Authorizes grants for research on such systems. Empowers the Secretary to authorize a State to carry out certain certification program requirements and standards. Mandates fees to cover the costs of inspections. Authorizes appropriations to carry out this Act. Mandates a study of the certification program.",2024-02-05T14:30:09Z,
102-hr-6183,102,hr,6183,Federally Supported Health Centers Assistance Act of 1992,Health,1992-10-06,1992-10-24,Became Public Law No: 102-501.,House,"Rep. Wyden, Ron [D-OR-3]",OR,D,W000779,0,"Federally Supported Health Centers Assistance Act of 1992 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to include entities receiving Federal funds under provisions relating to migrant health centers, community health centers, or health services for the homeless, or health services for residents of public housing, and officers, employees, or certain contractors of such entities who are licensed or certified health practitioners, in the coverage of provisions regulating civil actions for injury resulting from medical or related functions against commissioned officers or employees of the Public Health Service.  Makes such actions the exclusive remedy against such entities and individuals. Subrogates to the United States any insurance claim such an entity or person has.  Terminates such inclusion after a specified date. Prohibits deeming such an entity to be an employee of the Public Health Service unless the entity has:  (1) implemented policies and procedures to assure against malpractice and the risk of lawsuits; (2) reviewed the professional credentials, claims history, and other information regarding its licensed health care practitioners; (3) no history of claims against the United States under these provisions, or has cooperated with the Attorney General in defending against such claims and has taken corrective action; and (4) has cooperated with the Attorney General in providing information relating to an estimate of expected claims. Empowers the Attorney General, if certain conditions are met, to determine that an individual physician or other practitioner not be deemed a Public Health Service employee for purposes of these provisions. Prohibits hospitals from denying admitting privileges to an otherwise qualified health care provider who is an officer, employee, or contractor of such an entity. Mandates an annual estimate of the amount of claims expected to be paid and, subject to appropriations and a dollar maximum, establishment of a fund of that amount.",2024-02-05T14:30:09Z,
102-hr-6184,102,hr,6184,To amend the National Trails System Act to designate the American Discovery Trail for study to determine the feasibility and desirability of its designation as a national trail.,Public Lands and Natural Resources,1992-10-06,1992-10-23,Became Public Law No: 102-461.,House,"Rep. Byron, Beverly B. [D-MD-6]",MD,D,B001220,11,"Amends the National Trails System Act to designate the American Discovery Trail extending from Pt. Reyes, California, to Cape Henlopen State Park, Delaware, and the Ala Kahakai Trail in Hawaii for study for potential addition to the National Trails System.",2024-02-07T13:32:55Z,
102-hr-6185,102,hr,6185,Federal Courts Administration Act of 1992,Law,1992-10-06,1992-10-30,Pocket Vetoed by President.,House,"Rep. Hughes, William J. [D-NJ-2]",NJ,D,H000930,1,"Federal Courts Administration Act of 1992 - Title I: Implementation of Federal Courts Study Committee Recommendations - Amends the Federal judicial code to authorize the Supreme Court to prescribe rules for appeal of interlocutory decisions to the courts of appeals. Amends the Federal criminal code to authorize a magistrate judge to:  (1) revoke, modify, or reinstate (currently, revoke or reinstate) the probation of a defendant that such judge has sentenced; and (2) modify, revoke, or terminate supervised release of any person sentenced to a term of supervised release by a magistrate judge. Permits a district judge to designate a magistrate judge to conduct hearings to modify, revoke, or terminate supervised release, including evidentiary  hearings, and to submit to the judge proposed findings of fact and recommendations for such modification, revocation, or termination by the judge (including, in the case of revocation, a recommended sentence).  Directs the magistrate judge to file his or her proposed findings and recommendations. Amends the Federal judicial code to authorize the Chief Justice of the United States, in the public interest, to designate and assign temporarily any circuit judge to act as circuit judge in another circuit upon request by the chief judge or circuit justice of such circuit.  (Current law makes no mention of the public interest and authorizes such action upon presentation of a certificate of necessity by the chief judge or circuit justice of the circuit where the need arises.) Title II:  Judicial Survivors' Annuities Improvements - Amends the Federal judicial code to authorize judicial officials of the United States (officials) to elect to contribute 2.2 percent of their salary and 3.5 percent of their retirement salary (under current law, five percent of their salary) to the Judicial Survivors' Annuities Fund. Requires an official who is not entitled to receive an immediate retirement salary upon leaving office but who is eligible to receive a deferred retirement salary at a later date to file, within 90 days before leaving office, a written notification of intent to remain within the purview of provisions with respect to the Fund (which shall constitute consent to contribute the 3.5 percent of deferred retirement salary) or be deemed to have revoked the election to participate under such provisions. Provides for the refund of deposits into the Fund for officials who leave office and are ineligible to receive a retirement salary, or who leave office and are entitled to a deferred retirement salary but fail to make an election. Counts as creditable service those years during which an official had deductions withheld from his or her retirement salary. Revises the formula with respect to the computation of the annuity to take into account the number of years during which the official had deductions withheld from his or her retirement salary. Authorizes an official, subject to the terms of a specified decree, court order, or agreement, who ceases to be married after making the election to revoke such election in writing by notifying the Director of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts (Administrative Office).  Requires such official to also notify any spouse or former spouse of the application for revocation in accordance with such requirements as the Director shall prescribe.  Authorizes the Director to provide for waiver of the notification requirement with respect to a spouse or former spouse if such official established to the Director's satisfaction that the whereabouts of such person cannot be determined. Directs the Comptroller General of the United States, at the end of each three-fiscal year period, to determine whether the contributions by officials during such period accounted for 50 percent of the costs of the Fund and if not, what adjustments in the contribution rates should be made to achieve that 50 percent figure. Sets forth reporting requirements. Provides a credit for prior contributions made to the Fund by officials at the higher rate. Permits any official who elects to participate to make a redeposit to the credit of the Fund in installments, in such amounts and under such conditions as may be determined by the Director.  Specifies that if an official elects to make a redeposit in installments:  (1) the Director shall require that the first installment payment made shall be in an amount no smaller than the last 18 months of salary deductions or deposits previously returned to such official in a lump-sum payment; and (2) the election to participate shall be effective upon payment of the first such installment. Directs the Comptroller General to:  (1) conduct an audit of the judicial survivors annuities program for the three-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act; and (2) report to the Congress on the results of such audit, comparing such program to other survivors annuities programs within the Federal Government. Title III:  Judicial Financial Administration - Amends the Federal judicial code to provide for the award of filing fees in actions brought by the United States, in which the United States prevails (regardless of whether the Government paid the fee upon commencing the action). Revises provisions with respect to the disposition of filing fees.  Provides that:  (1) of the amounts paid to the clerk of court as a fee or a judgment for costs, $60 shall be deposited into a special fund of the Treasury to offset funds appropriated for the operation and maintenance of U.S. courts; and (2) if the court authorizes a fee or judgment for costs of less than $120, the entire fee, up to $60, shall be deposited into such fund. Title IV:  Jury Matters - Permits prospective jurors in Massachusetts to be selected from the resident list provided for under Massachusetts law, rather than from voter lists. Permits reimbursement of grand jurors' actual reasonable costs of air travel to district court pursuant to a summons, under guidelines set by the Judicial Conference, when travel by other means is not feasible and when certified by the chief judge of the district court in which the grand juror serves. Provides permanent authorization for optional use of a one-step summoning and qualification procedure for jury selection.  (Current law provides for experimental use of such procedure.) Title V: Miscellaneous - Amends:  (1) the Federal judicial code to permit courts of appeals to pretermit any regular session of court at any place for insufficient business or other good cause without the consent of the Judicial Conference, and to transfer the reporting requirement for fees and expenses under the Equal Access to Justice Act from the Director to the Attorney General; (2) the Financial Institutions Regulatory and Interest Rate Control Act of 1978 to eliminate a duplicative reporting requirement; and (3) the Judicial Improvements Act of 1990 to allow the Federal Judicial Center an additional nine months to submit to the Congress and the Judicial Conference the report on its study of intercircuit conflicts and structural alternatives for the Federal Courts of Appeals. Amends the Federal judicial code to authorize the Director to provide for the sale or disposal of recyclable scrap materials held by any entity within the judicial branch, subject to specified requirements. Specifies that a civil action wherein jurisdiction is founded only on diversity of citizenship may be brought only in specified judicial districts, including one in which the defendants are subject to personal jurisdiction at the time the action is commenced (as under current law) if there is no district in which the action may otherwise be brought. Amends the Civil Justice Reform Act of 1990 to require the Director to transmit to the U.S. district courts a summary of each (currently, each) report on the state of each such court's civil and criminal dockets. Provides for the recovery of costs and fees in the U.S. Court of Veterans Appeals under the Equal Access to Justice Act, subject to specified limitations. Title VI:  Judiciary Personnel Administration, Benefits, and Protections - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to exempt the Judicial Officers' Retirement Fund, the Court of Federal Claims Judges' Retirement Fund, and payments to the Judiciary Trust Funds from reductions under such Act. Authorizes the Federal Judicial Center to:  (1) cooperate with and assist Federal agencies and other appropriate organizations in providing information and advice to further improvement in the administration of justice in the courts of foreign countries and to acquire information about judicial administration in foreign countries; and (2) fix compensation of secretarial and clerical personnel without regard to General Schedule pay rates. Title VII:  Criminal Administrative Matters - Directs probation and pretrial services officers:  (1) when directed by the court and to the degree required by the regimen of care or treatment ordered by the court as a condition of release, to keep informed as to the conduct and provide supervision of persons conditionally released; and (2) to report any violation of such a condition to the court and Attorney General or his designee. Affords Criminal Justice Act attorneys and experts, and community defender organizations, travel and lodging at Government rates. Title VIII:  State Justice Institute Reauthorization - Amends the State Justice Institute Act of 1984 to authorize appropriations for the State Justice Institute for FY 1993 through 1996. Authorizes the Institute, upon application by an appropriate State or local (currently, Federal, State, or local) agency or institution and if the arrangement to be made by such agency or institution will provide services which could not be provided adequately through nongovernmental arrangements, to award a grant or enter into a cooperative agreement or contract with a unit of State or local (currently, Federal, State, or local) government other than a court.  (Current law also requires the Institute to give priority to specified grants, cooperative agreements, or contracts.) Grants the Institute the authority to enter into contracts with Federal agencies to carry out the purposes of the Act. Title IX:  Court of Federal Claims - Court of Federal Claims Technical and Procedural Improvements Act of 1992 - Amends the Federal judicial code to change the name of the U.S. Claims Court to the U.S. Court of Federal Claims (Claims Court). Extends to Claims Court judges the same treatment afforded to other Federal trial judges with respect to earned military retirement pay. Makes technical and conforming amendments regarding the recall of a senior Claims Court judge. Authorizes:  (1) Claims Court judges to hire the same number of law clerks as U.S. district court judges; (2) the Claims Court to hold court throughout the United States, including its territories and possessions (currently, court may only be held in the District of Columbia (DC) and in four locations outside DC); (3) the chief judge of the Claims Court to issue an order authorizing a judge of such court to conduct proceedings in a foreign country whose laws do not prohibit such proceedings, with exceptions; and (4) the Federal Circuit to permit an appeal from an order of the chief judge of the Claims Court with respect to such proceedings. Amends the Contract Disputes Act of 1978 to provide that:  (1) if the certification of a claim under such Act is technically defective, a court or agency board of contract appeals may permit the certification to be corrected at any time prior to a final decision by the court of agency board of contract appeals unless the failure to properly certify in the first instance was fraudulent, in bad faith, or with reckless or grossly negligent disregard of the requirements of the relevant statutes or regulations; and (2) if the contracting officer did not challenge the validity of the certification and the court or agency board of contract appeals permits the defective certification to be corrected under such provision, interest shall accrue on the claim from the date the claim was first submitted to the contracting officer. Authorizes the award of costs whenever an action is dismissed in the Claims Court for lack of jurisdiction. Makes applicable to the Claims Court provisions pertaining to costs, witness fees, forma pauperis proceedings, and counsel's liability for excessive costs which are currently applicable to other Federal trial courts. Grants the Claims Court specified power to punish contempt of its authority and to have such assistance in carrying out its orders as is available to other Federal courts.  Specifies that the U.S. marshal for any district in which the Claims Court is sitting shall, when requested by the chief judge of such court, attend any session of the court in such district. Title X:  Additional Provisions - Amends the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 to repeal provisions regarding:  (1) the distribution of excess amounts in the Crime Victims Fund; and (2) time limits on deposits into the Fund. Modifies the formula regarding the availability of funds for expenditure and grant program percentages applicable to the Fund. Amends the Federal criminal code to authorize a district court to direct that information not be collected, verified, or reported on individuals charged with Class A misdemeanors. Amends the Federal criminal code to define the term ""international terrorism"" to include activities that:  (1) involve violent acts that are a violation of Federal or State laws, or that would be a criminal violation if committed within the jurisdiction of the United States or of any State; (2) appear to be intended to intimidate or coerce a civilian population, influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion, or affect the conduct of a government by assassination or kidnapping; and (3) occur primarily outside U.S.  territorial jurisdiction or transcend national boundaries. Authorizes any U.S. national injured in his or her person, property, or business by reason of an act of international terrorism to bring a civil action in U.S. district court and recover treble damages and the cost of the suit, including attorney's fees.  Specifies that a final judgment or decree  rendered in favor of the United States in certain classes of criminal proceedings (such as those involving the murder of a foreign official, kidnapping, hostage taking, killing of a U.S. national, or an aircraft piracy-related offense) or in favor of any foreign state in a criminal proceeding to the extent that such judgement or decree may be accorded full faith and credit under U.S. law shall estop the defendant from denying the essential allegations of the criminal offense in a subsequent civil proceeding under this title. Sets forth provisions with respect to jurisdiction and venue for, and limitation of, such civil actions. Title XI:  Effective Date - Makes the provisions of this Act effective January 1, 1993, with exceptions. Specifies that all sums expended pursuant to this Act shall be subject to the availability of appropriations.",2025-08-26T15:14:50Z,
102-hr-6186,102,hr,6186,"To establish the Jemez National Recreation Area in the State of New Mexico, and for other purposes.",Public Lands and Natural Resources,1992-10-06,1992-10-07,See H.R.2502.,House,"Rep. Richardson, Bill [D-NM-3]",NM,D,R000229,0,"Establishes the Jemez National Recreational Area in New Mexico. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to develop a management plan for the Area as an amendment to the Santa Fe National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan. Requires the Secretary to:  (1) protect religious and cultural sites in the Area; and (2) provide access to such sites by Indian peoples for traditional cultural and religious purposes. Authorizes the Secretary to permit timber harvesting in the Area for commercial purposes as long as it is compatible with the Area's purposes.  Continues:  (1) timber sales already under contract on enactment of this Act; and (2) the Los Griegos timber sale in a specified area of the Santa Fe National Forest.  Directs the Secretary to manage the Los Griegos timber sale by using uneven aged management including the individual tree selection method. Requires the Secretary to prepare a transportation plan to provide for the most efficient use of existing roads and trails, including a comprehensive system for dispersed recreation which minimizes its impact on significant archaeological and religious sites. Directs the Secretary to provide for recreational facilities within the Area and establish a visitor center. Authorizes the Secretary to permit under certain conditions:  (1) a utility corridor for high power electric transmission lines; and (2) scientific investigations. Prohibits the issuance of any mining location or claim patents after May 30, 1991, with respect to the area.  Permits any party who has been deprived of any property rights by such prohibition to file a compensation claim against the United States in the U.S. Claims Court within one year after enactment. Withdraws lands within the Area from U.S. mining, mineral leasing, and related laws. Declares that any requirements imposed by the Secretary on certain mining activities within the Area shall include requirements for reasonable reclamation of disturbed lands to a visual and hydrological condition as close as practicable to their premining condition. Directs the Secretary to expedite a program to determine the validity of all unpatented mining claims within the Area (incuding those for which a patent has been filed).  Requires the Secretary to declare any invalid claims null and void. Authorizes the Secretary to use, under specified conditions, mineral materials from within the Area for public purposes such as maintenance and construction of roads, trails, and facilities. Directs the Secretary to evaluate and make recommendations to the Congress about lands adjoining the Area (including specified privately-owned land) for possible inclusion in it. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to convey the Old Taos Ranger District Office and Warehouse to the town of Taos, New Mexico.  Sets forth the terms and conditions of such conveyance. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to contract with the Smithsonian Institution for the completion of the prehistoric trackways study required under a specified Act.",2024-02-07T13:32:55Z,
102-hr-6187,102,hr,6187,International Narcotics Control Act of 1992,International Affairs,1992-10-06,1992-11-02,Became Public Law No: 102-583.,House,"Rep. Fascell, Dante B. [D-FL-19]",FL,D,F000041,9,"International Narcotics Control Act of 1992 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize appropriations for international narcotics control for FY 1993 and 1994. Exempts maritime law enforcement operations in archipelagic waters from a prohibition on U.S. participation in foreign police actions. Makes a prohibition on the use of narcotics control funds for the procurement of weapons or ammunition inapplicable (subject to congressional notification requirements) to:  (1) weapons or ammunition for the defensive arming of aircraft used for narcotics control purposes; or (2) firearms and related ammunition provided to Department of State employees for narcotics control activities. Requires the President (currently, the Secretary of State) to maintain records on aircraft use under this title.  Authorizes foreign military financing assistance under the Arms Export Control Act to be made available to finance the leasing of aircraft. Permits the use of narcotics control assistance to acquire land or real property for foreign military or law enforcement forces through leases of up to two years.  (Current law prohibits the use of such assistance for such acquisitions by any means.)  Prohibits the use of such funds (over a specified amount) for construction of facilities for use by such forces unless the President notifies the appropriate congressional committees. Revises congressional reporting and certification requirements with respect to international narcotics control. Amends the International Narcotics Control Act of 1989 to make certain dollar limitations on law enforcement assistance for Bolivia, Colombia, and Peru inapplicable on this Act's enactment date. Repeals obsolete provisions of specified Acts. Makes prohibitions on the provision of assistance to foreign law enforcement agencies inapplicable, during FY 1993 and 1994, to:  (1) transfers of defense articles and services for counternarcotics purposes; and (2) foreign military financing and international military education and training for narcotics-related purposes. Makes provisions of law that restrict assistance to countries inapplicable with respect to narcotics-related assistance, provided that the President notifies the appropriate congressional committees. Authorizes the transfer of excess defense articles to major drug-transit countries.  Prohibits the transfer of excess defense articles for conservation and wildlife management purposes or for modernization of military capability to any major illicit drug producing country or drug-transit country in Latin America or the Caribbean. Excludes construction equipment from the definition of ""excess defense articles"" for purposes of restricting the transfer of such equipment to foreign countries. Authorizes military education and training for civilian personnel from other than ministries of defense if such education and training would contribute to cooperation between military and law enforcement personnel with respect to counternarcotics law enforcement. Amends the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 to prohibit the Bank from guaranteeing, insuring, or participating in an extension of credit in connection with sales of defense articles or services to any country (currently, countries designated under a section of the Internal Revenue Code as economically less developed countries). Exempts from such prohibition articles or services sold before September 30, 1997.  Adds to the list of criteria required for approval of such financing that the President determines that the purchasing country has complied with restrictions concerning end use of such articles or services and has not used them to engage in human rights violations.",2024-02-07T11:38:03Z,
102-hr-6188,102,hr,6188,Lower Mississippi Delta Development Financing Corporation Act,Finance and Financial Sector,1992-10-06,1992-10-07,Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Stabilization.,House,"Rep. Espy, Mike [D-MS-2]",MS,D,E000218,1,"Lower Mississippi Delta Development Financing Corporation Act - Establishes the Lower Mississippi Delta Development Financing Corporation (the Corporation) as a federally chartered private corporation, under the management of a board of directors appointed by the President, with the advice and consent of the Lower Mississippi Delta Region congressional delegation.  Requires the Corporation to develop strategies and provide financial and technical assistance for building and expanding the economic base of the lower Mississippi delta region and communities within it. Sets forth the Corporation's powers, including acquiring the shares of insured depository institutions and holding companies located in the lower Mississippi delta region (passive investments). Authorizes appropriations to the President to make grants to the Corporation to implement this Act. Requires the Corporation to:  (1) establish an advisory committee; and (2) report annually to the Congress.",2025-08-26T15:16:40Z,
102-hr-6189,102,hr,6189,Equal Human Rights for All American Children Act of 1992,Immigration,1992-10-06,1992-10-08,"Referred to the Subcommittee on International Law, Immigration, and Refugees.",House,"Rep. Alexander, Bill [D-AR-1]",AR,D,A000103,0,Equal Human Rights for All American Children Act of 1992 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make any child born outside of the United States and its outlying possessions to a U.S. citizen parent a U.S. citizen at birth  (without prior U.S. residence of the citizen parent). Reduces from 21 years old to six years old the maximum age at which a person of unknown parentage found in the United States can be shown to have been born outside the United States and thus lose his or her U.S. citizenship.,2025-08-26T15:15:34Z,
102-hr-6190,102,hr,6190,"To amend the Stock Raising Homestead Act to provide certain procedures for entry onto Stock Raising Homestead Act lands, and for other purposes.",Public Lands and Natural Resources,1992-10-06,1992-10-07,See H.R.450.,House,"Rep. Lehman, Richard H. [D-CA-18]",CA,D,L000225,1,"Amends Federal law regarding stock-raising homesteads to require a written notice to the surface owner before a person may enter lands for exploration purposes or to locate a mining claim.  Provides for an authorized exploration period during which exploring and locating a mining claim may be conducted with minimal surface disruption, but no road construction, use of explosives, mechanical earth moving equipment, or hazardous materials.  Limits the total acreage that may be covered at any time by notices of intention to locate a claim. Prohibits any mineral exploration or development activities without the surface owner's written consent unless the Secretary of the Interior (the Secretary) has authorized them according to prescribed guidelines which include posting a surety bond to ensure:  (1) completion of surface reclamation; (2) compensation to the surface owner for permanent damages to crops and tangible improvements; and (3) compensation for permanent loss of income by the surface owner due to impaired land use. Prohibits the Secretary from authorizing any mineral activities unless a plan of operations has been submitted meeting specified criteria, including:  (1) minimization of damages to crops and tangible improvements of the surface owner, and of disruption to grazing or other land use by the surface owner; and (2) payment of a fee to the surface owner, equivalent to the loss of income to the ranch operation.  Directs the Secretary to submit such plan of operations for the surface owner's comments and modifications before determining whether the plan complies with this Act. Requires reclamation of land to return it, as contemporaneously as practicable with the conduct of mineral activities, to a condition capable of supporting the uses which it was capable of supporting before surface disturbance. Authorizes any surface owner to request an inspection if such owner has reason to believe that he may be adversely affected due to any violation of an approved plan of operations. Authorizes a surface owner to bring an action in Federal district court for damages resulting from non-compliance with this Act. Authorizes the Secretary, upon petition by the surface owner, to provide compensation for damages through payment of all or part of any bond or other financial guarantee required under this Act. Requires the Secretary to simplify the procedure for surface owners who apply to obtain title to Federal interests in lands subject to the Stock Raising Homestead Act. Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress within two years after enactment of this Act on the acquisition of mineral interests by foreign firms on lands subject to the 1916 Stock Raising Homestead Act.",2024-02-07T13:32:55Z,
102-hr-6191,102,hr,6191,Telephone Disclosure and Dispute Resolution Act,Government Operations and Politics,1992-10-06,1992-10-28,Became Public Law No: 102-556.,House,"Rep. Swift, Al [D-WA-2]",WA,D,S001115,1,"Telephone Disclosure and Dispute Resolution Act - Title I: Carrier Obligations and Consumer Rights Concerning Pay-Per-Call Transactions - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to establish a system for the oversight and regulation of pay-per-call services. Requires the FCC's final rules to:  (1) include measures that provide a consumer of pay-per-call services with adequate and clear descriptions of the rights of the caller; (2) define the obligations of common carriers with respect to the provision of such services; (3) include requirements on such carriers to protect against abusive practices by service providers; (4) identify procedures by which common carriers and providers may take affirmative steps to protect against nonpayment of legitimate charges; and (5) include requirements that such services be offered only through the use of certain telephone number prefixes and area codes. Directs common carriers that contract with a provider of pay-per-call services to make available on request:  (1) a list of telephone numbers, a description, and a statement of fees for each service it carries; and (2) other information the FCC considers necessary. Requires common carriers contracting with providers to terminate services if the service is not in compliance with this Act. Prohibits common carriers from disconnecting or interrupting a subscriber's local or long distance service because of nonpayment for any pay-per-call service.  Authorizes common carriers that provide local exchange service to offer subscribers the option of blocking access to pay-per-call service.  Permits the cost of blocking to be recovered by contract or tariff but bars recovery of costs from local or long distance ratepayers. Directs common carriers to prohibit by tariff or contract the use of any toll-free number in a manner that would result in the calling party being:  (1) assessed a charge for the call; (2) connected to a pay-per-call service; (3) charged for information conveyed during the call unless the party has a preexisting agreement to be charged for the information; or (4) called back collect for the provision of audio information services or simultaneous voice conservation services. Requires common carriers that contract with, and offer billing and collection services to, providers of pay-per-call services to:  (1) ensure that a subscriber is not billed for services that are provided in violation of regulations issued pursuant to title II of this Act or under circumstances necessary to protect subscribers from abusive practices; (2) provide information on subscribers' and carriers' rights regarding pay-per-call services; and (3) include certain information in billing for pay-per-call services. Exempts a common carrier from civil or criminal liability under this Act solely because it provided transmission or billing and collection services for a pay-per-call service unless the carrier knew that such services violated this Act or other Federal law. Bars causes of action in courts or administrative agencies against common carriers on account of acts to terminate pay-per-call services to comply with this Act or other Federal law. Requires regulations to ensure that carriers and other parties providing billing and collection services with respect to pay-per-call services provide refunds to subscribers who have been billed for services violating this Act or other Federal law.  Permits recovery of costs from providers, but bars recovery from local or long distance ratepayers.  Directs the FCC to submit recommendations to the Congress with respect to the extension of such regulations to persons that provide, for a per-call charge, data services that are not pay-per-call services. Specifies that nothing in this Act shall affect provisions of the Communications Act of 1934 concerning obscene or harassing phone calls. Title II:  Regulations of Unfair and Deceptive Acts and Practices in Connection with Pay-Per-Call Services - Directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to prescribe rules to prohibit unfair and deceptive acts and practices in any advertisement for pay-per-call services.  Provides that such rules shall require persons offering such services to:  (1) disclose in any advertising the cost of the use of the telephone number; (2) disclose the odds of receiving a prize in the case of an advertisement which offers a prize; (3) disclose that a service is unauthorized by a Federal agency in the case of an advertisement that promotes a service that is not operated by a Federal agency but provides information on a Federal program; (4) not direct an advertisement at children under the age of 12; (5) state that an individual must have the consent of a parent or legal guardian in the case of an advertisement directed primarily to individuals under 18; (6) not use advertisements that emit electronic tones which automatically dial a pay-per-call number; (7) ensure that whenever the number is shown in television and print media advertisements that the charges for the call are clearly displayed; (8) specify the total cost in delivering any telephone message soliciting calls to a pay-per-call service; and (9) not advertise any toll-free number from which callers are connected to an access number for a pay-per-call service. Directs the FTC to prescribe rules requiring each provider of pay-per-call services to:  (1) include a specified introductory disclosure message in each pay-per-call message; (2) enable the caller to hang up at or before the end of the introductory message without incurring any charge; (3) not direct such services at children under 12 unless the service is an educational service; (4) stop the assessment of time-based charges immediately upon disconnection by the caller; (5) disable any bypass mechanism which allows frequent callers to avoid listening to the disclosure message after the institution of any price increase; (6) be prohibited from providing services through a toll-free number; (7) be prohibited from billing consumers in excess of the amounts described in the introductory message; (8) meet specified requirements for billing statements; (9) be liable for refunds to consumers for services provided in violation of Federal law; and (10) comply with additional standards to prevent abusive practices. Directs the FTC to require a common carrier that provides telephone service to a pay-per-call service provider to make available to the FTC any records and financial information relating to the arrangements (other than for the provision of local exchange service) between the carrier and the provider. Authorizes States to bring civil actions to enjoin practices violating FTC rules and obtain damages or other relief on behalf of their residents whenever there is reason to believe that State residents are adversely affected by such practices.  Bars States from instituting such actions during the pendency of a civil action by the FTC. Provides for principal enforcement of this title by the FTC under the Federal Trade Commission Act. Title III:  Billing and Collection - Directs the FTC to promulgate rules to establish procedures for the correction of billing errors with respect to telephone-billed purchases and that impose requirements similar to requirements imposed with respect to the resolution of credit disputes under the Truth in Lending and Fair Credit Billing Acts. Sets forth provisions with respect to:  (1) resolving inconsistencies between State laws concerning telephone billing practices and this title; (2) regulatory exemptions from this title which may be granted by the FTC for transactions in a State offering substantially similar or greater protection to the consumer; and (3) enforcement of this title. Title IV:  Miscellaneous Provisions - Directs the Assistant Secretary of Energy for Conservation and Renewable Energy to submit to the Congress a proposal for demonstrating the ability of innovative communications equipment and services to further the national goals of conserving energy and protecting health and safety. Requires the Secretary of Energy to consider requesting the authority to use radio frequencies from the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to carry out demonstration projects designed to demonstrate the energy conservation potential of communications technologies. Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to exempt from restrictions on the use of automated telephone equipment calls to a telephone number assigned to a cellular telephone service that are not charged to the called party subject to conditions in the interest of privacy rights. Directs the FCC to prescribe regulations denying equipment authorization under any part of the FCC's regulations for any scanning receiver that is capable of:  (1) receiving transmissions in the frequencies allocated to the domestic cellular radio telecommunications service; (2) readily being altered by the user to receive transmissions in such frequencies; or (3) being equipped with decoders that convert digital cellular transmissions to analog voice audit.  Bans the manufacture or importation of any scanning receiver having such capabilities. Directs the FCC to report to the Congress on available security features for analog and digital radio signals.",2024-02-05T14:30:09Z,
102-hr-6192,102,hr,6192,"To designate the United States Federal building and United States courthouse to be located at Fifth and Ross Streets in Santa Ana, California, as the ""Ronald Reagan Federal Building and Courthouse"".",Government Operations and Politics,1992-10-06,1992-10-06,Referred to the House Committee on Public Works + Transportation.,House,"Rep. Cox, Christopher [R-CA-40]",CA,R,C000830,4,"Designates the Federal building and U.S. courthouse to be constructed at Fifth and Ross Streets in Santa Ana, California, as the Ronald Reagan Federal Building and Courthouse.",2024-02-07T16:02:17Z,
102-hr-6193,102,hr,6193,"To designate the United States Federal building and United States courthouse to be located at Fifth and Ross Streets in Santa Ana, California, as the ""Ronald Reagan Building"", and to designate the Gallipolis Locks and Dam, Ohio River and West Virginia, as the ""Robert C. Byrd Locks and Dam"".",Government Operations and Politics,1992-10-06,1992-10-06,Referred to the House Committee on Public Works + Transportation.,House,"Rep. Cox, Christopher [R-CA-40]",CA,R,C000830,0,"Designates:  (1) the Federal building and U.S. courthouse to be constructed at Fifth and Ross Streets in Santa Ana, California, as the Ronald Reagan Building; and (2) the Gallipolis Locks and Dam, Ohio River, Ohio and West Virginia, as the Robert C. Byrd Locks and Dam.",2024-02-07T16:02:17Z,
102-hr-6194,102,hr,6194,Worker Protection Warnings Act of 1992,Labor and Employment,1992-10-06,1992-10-09,Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Safety.,House,"Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]",NJ,D,A000210,1,"Worker Protection Warnings Act of 1992 - Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act to direct the Secretary of Labor to issue a final regulation establishing, as occupational safety and health standards, uniform warnings for personal protective equipment for occupational use.  Requires such regulation to be issued within 12 months after enactment of this Act, meet certain conditions, and incorporate specified considerations. Preempts State and local law with respect to such standards.",2025-08-26T15:17:42Z,
102-hr-6195,102,hr,6195,Income Averaging Restoration Act of 1992,Taxation,1992-10-06,1992-10-06,Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.,House,"Rep. Carr, Bob [D-MI-6]",MI,D,C000178,0,Income Averaging Restoration Act of 1992 - Repeals  provisions of the Tax Reform Act of 1986 to restore Internal Revenue Code provisions relating to income averaging.,2025-08-26T15:17:41Z,
102-hr-6196,102,hr,6196,Tax Fairness Restoration and Economic Growth Act,Taxation,1992-10-06,1992-10-06,Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.,House,"Rep. Cox, Christopher [R-CA-40]",CA,R,C000830,50,"Tax Fairness Restoration and Economic Growth Act - Title I:  Tax Reductions - Subtitle A:  Capital Gains Provisions - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude capital gain from gross income and exempt capital gain from tax.  Makes such exemption applicable to computing the alternative minimum tax. Subtitle B:  Restoration of Income Averaging - Sets forth provisions to restore income averaging. Subtitle C:  Elimination of Double Tax on Dividends - Allows a shareholder credit (for taxpayers other than corporations) for dividends from domestic corporations.  Provides for determining such credit based on the corporation's post-1992 Federal income taxes and post-1992 undistributed earnings. Includes such credit in the determination of gross income. Allows corporations a 100 percent deduction for amounts received as dividends from domestic corporations.  Revises computations on dividends received by corporations on the preferred stock of a public utility. Subtitle D:  Permanent Extension of Research Credit - Makes permanent law the credit for increasing research activities. Subtitle E:  Reduction of Individual Tax Rate - Reduces individual income tax rates by eliminating the highest tax bracket. Subtitle F:  Retirement Savings Incentives - Part I Restoration of IRA Deduction - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to remove the limitations on deductions for individual retirement plans and provides a cost-of-living adjustment for deductible amounts. Part II:  Nondeductible Tax-Free IRAs - Establishes special individual retirement accounts that are nondeductible.  Makes such accounts nontaxable if earnings on contributions are held for at least five years.  Applies the early withdrawal penalty to distributions made before the end of the five year-period. Part III:  Penalty-Free Distributions - Provides exemptions from the ten-percent penalty on early withdrawals from individual retirement plans for:  (1) first home purchases; (2) higher education expenses; and (3) financially devastating medical expenses. Subtitle G:  Repeal of Excise Penalty Taxes on Autos - Repeals the excise tax on luxury items (passenger vehicles, boats, aircraft, jewelry, and furs). Subtitle H:  Repeal of Limitation On Itemized Deductions - Repeals the overall limitation on itemized deductions. Subtitle I:  Repeal of Passive Loss Limitations - Repeals passive loss limitations. Subtitle J:  Restoration of 10-Percent Investment Credit - Restores the ten percent investment tax credit for property placed in service after enactment of this Act. Subtitle K:  Restoration of Accelerated Cost Recovery System - Restores the accelerated cost recovery system as in effect on the day after the enactment of the Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981. Subtitle L:  Credit for First-Time Homebuyer - Allows a credit for a first-time homebuyer of ten percent of the price of the principal residence.  Limits such credit to $2,500.  Requires the residence to be acquired on or after February 1, 1992, and before January 1, 1993. Title II:  Taxpayer Bill of Rights - Subtitle A:  Additional Safeguards to Protect Taxpayers' Rights - Part I:  Taxpayers' Advocate - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish in the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) the Office of Taxpayers' Advocate, headed by the Taxpayers' Advocate, appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.  Requires the Office to:  (1) assist taxpayers in resolving problems with the IRS; (2) identify areas in which taxpayers have problems in dealings with the IRS; (3) propose changes in the administrative practices of the IRS to mitigate such problems; and (4) identify potential legislative changes which may be appropriate to mitigate such problems.  Requires the Taxpayers' Advocate to annually report to specified congressional committees  on Office activities. Requires the Commissioner of Internal Revenue to establish procedures requiring a formal response to all recommendations submitted to the Commissioner by the Taxpayers' Advocate. Authorizes the terms of a Taxpayer Assistance Order to require the Secretary of the Treasury to take certain actions (currently, only to cease or refrain from taking such actions). Part II:  Modifications to Installment Agreement Provisions - Requires prior notification to taxpayers under an installment agreement to pay tax liability before altering, modifying, or terminating such an agreement.  Provides for administrative review of denials of requests for installment agreements. Suspends the failure to pay penalty during any period an installment agreement is in effect. Part III:  Interest - Extends from ten days to 21 days the period for which interest will not be imposed after notice and demand for payment, if such payment is less than $100,000. Provides for the abatement of interest in the case of an assessment due to the error or delay of an IRS managerial act. Increases the interest rate for overpayment of tax from two percent to three percent (making such rate equal to the interest rate for underpayment of tax). Waives interest on all overpayments refunded within 45 days after a return is filed. Part IV:  Joint Returns - Requires separate deficiency notices in the case of a joint income tax return if the most recent data available to the IRS shows that such spouses did not file a joint return with each other. Allows the disclosure of collection activities to an individual requesting such information in the case of a joint return where such individual is no longer married to or resides in the same household as the other joint filer. Removes limitations on filing a joint return after filing separate returns. Part V:  Collection Activities - Authorizes the Secretary, if it is determined to be in the best interest of the taxpayer and the United States, to:  (1) withdraw a notice of a lien; (2) return property that  has been levied upon; and (3) offer compromises in civil or criminal cases.  Requires the Secretary, at the request of the taxpayer, to make reasonable efforts to notify credit reporting agencies and financial institutions of such withdrawal notice. Part VI:  Erroneous and Fraudulent Information Returns - Requires payee statements to provide the phone number of the person providing payment. Establishes civil damages for the fraudulent filing of information returns. Requires the Secretary to take reasonable steps to corroborate the accuracy of an information return when making a determination of a deficiency by a third party, when such return is disputed by the taxpayer. Part VII:  Modifications to Penalty for Failure to Collect and Pay Over Tax - Declares that a person shall not be liable for any penalty for failure to collect and pay over tax if such person:  (1) is not a significant owner, or highly compensated employee of the trade or business; (2) notifies the Secretary within ten days after such failure; and (3) such notification was before any notice by the Secretary with respect to such failure. Requires the Secretary to disclose certain information where more than one person is liable for a penalty. Part VIII:  Awarding of Costs and Certain Fees - Repeals the ""substantially justified"" test for determining whether a taxpayer may recover costs and fees incurred as part of an administrative or court proceeding. Provides for the awarding of reasonable litigation or administrative costs to a prevailing party who represents himself in an administrative or court proceeding. Makes IRS employees personally liable in certain cases. Provides that any failure to agree to an extension of time for the assessment of any tax shall not be taken into account in determining whether a prevailing party has exhausted all administrative remedies. Part IX:  Other Provisions - Revises provisions on the required content of tax due, deficiency, and other notices. Provides for the treatment of returns prepared for or executed by the Secretary for purposes of certain tax penalties. Provides protection for taxpayers who rely on certain guidance published by the IRS. Subtitle B:  Form Modifications - Directs the Secretary to:  (1) ensure that taxpayers are aware of permission to pay tax in installments, extensions of time for payment of tax, and compromises of tax liability; (2) improve procedures for taxpayers to notify the Secretary of changes in names and addresses; (3) include in a specified publication a section on the rights and responsibilities of divorced individuals; (4) ensure that employees are aware of their responsibilities under the Federal tax system and that the public is aware of penalties for failure to collect and pay over tax; and (5) notify taxpayers of any payments that cannot be associated with any outstanding tax liability. Subtitle C:  Additional Improvements - Requires the Secretary to report to the tax-writing committees on:  (1) a pilot program for appeals of certain enforcement actions (including lien, levy, and seizure actions); (2) a study on ways to assist the elderly, physically impaired, foreign-language speaking, and other taxpayers with special needs to comply with IRS laws; (3) the scope and content of the IRS taxpayer-rights education program for its officers and employees; and (4) cases involving complaints about misconduct of IRS employees and the disposition of such complaints. Requires the Comptroller General to report to the tax-writing committees on:  (1) a study of notices of deficiency; (2) the accuracy and clarity of 25 of the most commonly used IRS forms, notices, and publications; and (3) a study of IRS employee-suggestion programs.",2025-08-26T15:13:58Z,
102-hr-6197,102,hr,6197,Employment Dispute Resolution Act,"Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues",1992-10-06,1992-10-09,Referred to the Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities.,House,"Rep. Gunderson, Steve [R-WI-3]",WI,R,G000524,0,"Employment Dispute Resolution Act - Amends title VII (Equal Employment Opportunities) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to provide for pre-litigation mediation by the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) or another mediator.  Prohibits suit while mediation is pending.  Sets forth procedures and requirements. Amends Federal law to provide for pre-suit mediation, by the FMCS or another mediator, of disputes involving enforcement of employment-related contracts under provisions relating to equal rights under the law. Authorizes appropriations.",2025-08-26T15:13:50Z,
102-hr-6198,102,hr,6198,National Stalker Reduction Act of 1992,Crime and Law Enforcement,1992-10-06,1992-10-09,Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime and Criminal Justice.,House,"Rep. Kennedy, Joseph P., II [D-MA-8]",MA,D,K000110,0,"National Stalker Reduction Act of 1992 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance to make grants to States which include programs that increase awareness, reporting, and prevention of stalking. Directs each State which receives drug control and system improvement formula grants under the Act in a fiscal year to allocate not less than five percent of such funds for the development of records regarding stalking and other forms of domestic violence, including:  (1) the development or expansion of maintaining records regarding the dispositions of all complaints and arrests for stalking and other forms of domestic violence; (2) the full automation of such records; and (3) the frequency and quality of reports sent to the Bureau of Justice Statistics.  Authorizes the Director to waive compliance with such allocation requirement by a State, or to authorize a State to reduce the minimum amount such State is required to allocate, if the Director finds that the quality of the States' records regarding stalking and domestic violence complaints and arrests does not warrant expending the amount allocated. Requires the Bureau of Justice Statistics to:  (1) define terms that relate to stalking and make such definitions available to individuals and groups that request such information; and (2) compile a national database regarding stalking and other forms of domestic violence.",2025-08-26T15:18:09Z,
102-hr-6199,102,hr,6199,Voluntary Environmental Response Act of 1992,Environmental Protection,1992-10-06,1992-11-20,Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials.,House,"Rep. Lent, Norman F. [R-NY-4]",NY,R,L000243,0,"Voluntary Environmental Response Act of 1992 - Applies this Act to any facility where there has been a release or threat of release of a hazardous substance into the environment.  Makes this Act inapplicable to:  (1) any portion of a facility with respect to which a Record of Decision has been issued by the President under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA); (2) any portion of a facility with respect to which an administrative or judicial order or consent decree requiring remedial action has been issued under CERCLA, the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), the Clean Water Act, or the Safe Drinking Water Act; (3) any land disposal unit for which a closure notification under RCRA has been submitted and closure requirements have been specified; or (4) any portion of a facility with respect to which a corrective action permit or order has been issued, modified, or amended. Authorizes States to apply to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to administer the voluntary response program under this Act, subject to certain requirements. Permits any person to submit a notification of intent to conduct a voluntary response and requires such person to agree to pay the direct costs incurred by the Administrator or the State in reviewing the response action plan overseeing the response.  Directs the Administrator to establish procedures for arbitration of disputes concerning reimbursement of costs. Requires persons intending to perform responses to:  (1) conduct a facility investigation which assesses specified factors that are necessary to determine an appropriate response to a release; and (2) set forth such response in a response action plan to be submitted with the facility investigation report to the Administrator or the State. Sets forth response action plan approval procedures.  Provides for waivers of response requirements if:  (1) compliance with response standards under this Act will result in greater health and environmental risks than alternative options; (2) compliance is impracticable from an engineering perspective; (3) the response action will attain a level of protection equivalent to that provided by such standards; or (4) contaminants will not travel the expected exposure pathways. Sets forth recordkeeping and reporting requirements for persons conducting voluntary responses and requires certifications that responses have been completed in accordance with an approved plan. Requires the National Academy of Sciences to review and report to the Administrator on the risk assessment methodology used by EPA to determine response standards for contaminants in soil and groundwater and improvements in such methodology. Directs the Administrator to promulgate numerical response standards for:  (1) soil and groundwater that are protective of human health and the environment for a minimum of the 100 hazardous substances which are most commonly found at facilities subject to this Act; (2) soils on residential, commercial, and industrial property; and (3) groundwater which can be expected to serve as a source of public drinking water.  Requires all voluntary responses, pending promulgation of such standards, to attain response standards derived on a site-specific, case-by-case basis.  Lists satisfactory alternate response standards. Provides that:  (1) no Federal, State, or local permit shall be required for voluntary responses; and (2) performance of a response shall not constitute an admission of liability or be admissible as evidence in citizens' suits or private actions. Authorizes the Administrator to require additional response actions only if:  (1) the voluntary response has not been substantially completed; or (2) there is new information that was not available at the time of response action plan approval that would have justified the application of substantially different conditions at the time of approval. Prescribes penalties for failures to comply with response plan conditions. Deems voluntary responses to be in compliance with specified Federal environmental laws and provides that further response action shall not be required for matters addressed in a voluntary response plan.",2025-08-26T15:14:27Z,
102-hr-6200,102,hr,6200,National Child Protection Act of 1991,Crime and Law Enforcement,1992-10-06,1992-10-09,Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights.,House,"Rep. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY-10]",NY,D,S000148,0,"Title I:  Child Protection - National Child Protection Act of 1991 - Establishes a national criminal background check system to which a designated criminal justice agency in each State is required to report or index child abuse crime information, for purposes of background checks of child care providers. Directs the Attorney General to establish:  (1) guidelines for the reporting or indexing of such information; and (2) timetables for each State to provide such information to such system (with a three-year deadline for all States to be reporting at a specified level of currency). Requires State agencies to maintain close liason for the exchange of technical assistance in cases of child abuse with the National Centers:  (1) on Child Abuse and Neglect; (2) for Missing and Exploited Children; and (3) for the Prosecution of Child Abuse. Directs the Attorney General to publish annually:  (1) a statistical summary of the child abuse crime information reported under this Act; and (2) a summary of each State's progress in reporting child abuse crime information to the national criminal background check system. Requires the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to conduct a study to determine various factors relating to potential child abuse crimes and offenders, based on a statistically significant sample of convicted child abuse offenders and other relevant information.  Requires a report on such study to be submitted to specified congressional committee officials. Provides for background check procedures.  Allows entities that provide child care or child care placement services (including business or organizations that license or certify others to provide such services) to request State agencies to review State and Federal records through the national system to determine if a child care provider is under indictment for, or has been convicted of, a background check crime.  (Defines ""provider"" as one who is now or seeks to be:  (1) employed by, or a volunteer with, a qualified entity; (2) an owner or operator of a qualified entity; or (3) having unsupervised access to any child to whom the qualified entity provides child care.) Directs the Attorney General to establish guidelines for such State background check procedures, permitting equivalent procedures under specified conditions.  Authorizes the Attorney General to prescribe by regulation any other measures necessary to carry out this Act.  Directs the Attorney General to encourage use of the best technology available in conducting background checks. Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide for use of certain formula grants to improve State record systems and the sharing of records of child abuse crime information to implement this Act. Directs the Attorney General to make additional grants to States to improve specified aspects of the child abuse crime information system, subject to appropriations and with preference to States having the lowest percent currency of case dispositions in computerized criminal history files.  Authorizes appropriations for such additional grants. Authorizes the Attorney General, beginning one year after enactment of this Act, for a fiscal year to reduce by up to 25 percent the amount allocated that exceeds the allocation to a State for fiscal year 1993 under title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 if the State is not in compliance with the child abuse crime information timetable established for it under this Act.",2025-08-26T15:16:53Z,
102-hr-6201,102,hr,6201,Biden-Thurmond Justice Improvements Act,Crime and Law Enforcement,1992-10-06,1992-12-22,Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.,House,"Rep. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY-10]",NY,D,S000148,0,"Title I:  Child Protection - National Child Protection Act of 1992 - Establishes a national criminal background check system (system) to which a designated agency in each State is required to report child abuse crime information, or index such information in the system, for purposes of background checks of child care providers. Directs the Attorney General to establish:  (1) guidelines for the reporting of such information; and (2) timetables for each State to report such information to the system (with a three-year deadline for all States to be reporting at a specified level of currency). Requires State agencies to maintain close liaison for the exchange of technical assistance in cases of child abuse with the National Center:  (1) on Child Abuse and Neglect; (2) for Missing and Exploited Children; and (3) for the Prosecution of Child Abuse. Directs the Attorney General to publish annually:  (1) a statistical summary of the child abuse crime information reported under this title; and (2) a summary of each State's progress in reporting child abuse crime information to the system. Requires the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to conduct a study to determine various factors relating to potential child abuse crimes and offenders, based on a statistically significant sample of convicted child abuse offenders and other relevant information.  Requires a report on such study to be submitted to specified congressional committee officials. Authorizes a State to have in effect procedures to permit a qualified entity (i.e., a business or organization that provides child care or child care placement services, or that certifies others to provide such care or services) to contact a State agency to request a nationwide background check to determine if a child care provider is under indictment for, or has been convicted of, a background check crime. Directs the Attorney General to establish:  (1) guidelines for State background check procedures, but permits the Attorney General to certify that a State procedure is equivalent to that under this title under specified circumstances; and (2) criteria for such certifications. Authorizes the Attorney General to:  (1) prescribe such other measures as may be required to carry out the purposes of this title; and (2) encourage the use of the best technology available in conducting background checks. Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (Omnibus Act) to provide for the use of drug control and system improvement grants for the improvement of State record systems and the sharing of records of child abuse crime information to implement this title. Directs the Attorney General, subject to appropriations and with preference to States that have the lowest percent currency of case dispositions in computerized criminal history files, to make additional grants to each State to be used, for purposes of this title:  (1) for the computerization of criminal history files; (2) for the improvement of existing computerized criminal history files; (3) to improve accessibility to the system; and (4) to assist the State in the transmittal of criminal records to, or the indexing of criminal history records in, the system. Authorizes:  (1) appropriations; and (2) the withholding of a portion of the allocation for a fiscal year under the Omnibus Act to a State that is not in compliance with the timetable established under this title. Title II:  Notification of Release of Prisoners - Requires the Bureau of Prisons,  at least five days prior to the release of a prisoner convicted of a drug trafficking crime or crime of violence on supervised release (or, in the case of a prisoner on supervised release, at least five days prior to the date on which the prisoner changes residence to a new jurisdiction), to provide written notice of the release (or change of residence) to the chief law enforcement officer of the State and of the local jurisdiction in which the prisoner will reside, with exceptions. Specifies that, in the case of a prisoner convicted of an offense committed prior to November 1, 1987, the reference to supervised release in such provision shall be deemed to be a reference to probation or parole. Title III:  Bail Posting Reporting - Illegal Drug Profits Act of 1991 - Requires each clerk of a Federal or State criminal court to: (1) report to the Internal Revenue Service the name and taxpayer identification number of any individual charged with a criminal offense who posts cash bail, or on whose behalf cash bail is posted, in an amount exceeding $10,000, and any individual or entity posting such cash bail for or on behalf of such individual; and (2) submit a copy of each report of cash bail to the offices of the U.S. Attorney and of the local prosecuting attorney for the jurisdiction in which the defendant resides (and the jurisdiction in which the criminal offense occurred, if different). Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to promulgate such regulations as are necessary within 90 days of the enactment of this Act. Title IV:  Insurance Fraud - Amends the Federal criminal code to establish penalties for persons engaged in the business of insurance whose activities affect commerce, who:  (1) knowingly make a materially false statement or report or willfully overvalue land, property, or security in connection with reports or documents presented to an insurance regulatory official or agency, or to any agent or examiner (official) appointed to examine the affairs of such person for the purpose of influencing in any way the actions of such official; (2) willfully embezzle or misappropriate funds or property while acting as an officer, director, agent, or employee (officer) of such person; (3) knowingly make a false entry of material fact in any book, report, or statement of such person with intent to deceive any person, or to deceive any officer of such person or any insurance regulatory official, about the financial condition or solvency of such business; and (4) by threats or force, corruptly influences, obstructs, or endeavors corruptly to influence or obstruct the proper administration of the law under which a proceeding (involving the business of insurance whose activities affect interstate commerce) is pending before an insurance regulatory official to examine the affairs of such person. Authorizes the Attorney General to seek civil penalties and injunctions for violations of this title. Sets penalties for obstructing criminal investigations with respect to the prosecution of cases of insurance fraud. Title V:  Art Theft - Establishes penalties for the theft of major art works from museums. Title VI:  Trafficking in Counterfeit Goods - Increases penalties for trafficking in counterfeit goods and services. Title VII:  Crime Victims - Victims' Rights and Restitution Act of 1992 - Amends the Victims of Crime Act of 1984, as amended, to eliminate the cap on the crime victims fund. Title VIII:  Sentencing Provisions - Amends the Federal criminal code to allow the court, in determining the sentence to be imposed in the case of a violation of probation or supervised release, to consider guidelines or policy statements issued by the Sentencing Commission. Authorizes the court to resentence a defendant who violates a condition of probation at any time prior to the expiration or termination of the term of probation. Directs the court to revoke:  (1) probation or supervised release and require the defendant to serve a term of imprisonment (with respect to supervised release, up to the maximum authorized) if the court finds the defendant to be in unlawful possession of a controlled substance or firearm or otherwise in violation of a condition of probation or supervised release, or if the defendant refuses to cooperate in drug testing (thereby violating such a condition); and (2) a term of supervised release and require the defendant to serve in prison all or part of the term of release authorized by statute for the offense that resulted in such term, without credit for time previously served on post-release supervision, if the court finds by a preponderance of the evidence that the defendant violated a condition of supervised release, subject to specified limitations. Authorizes the court to include a requirement that the defendant be placed on supervised release after imprisonment when a term of supervised release is revoked and the defendant is required to serve a term of imprisonment less than the maximum authorized.  Specifies that the length of such a term of release shall not exceed that authorized by statute for the offense of which the defendant was convicted, minus any term of imprisonment that was imposed upon revocation of supervised release. Specifies that the power of the court to revoke a term of supervised release for violation of a condition of such release, and to order the defendant to serve a term of imprisonment and, subject to certain limitations, a further term of supervised release, extends beyond the expiration of the term of release for a period reasonably necessary for the adjudication of matters arising before its expiration if, prior to such expiration, a warrant or summons has been issued on the basis of an allegation of such a violation. Title IX:  Sentencing and Magistrates Amendments - Amends the Federal criminal code to:  (1) authorize probation for a petty offense if the defendant has been sentenced to a term of imprisonment at the same time for another such offense; (2) make an exception for petty offenses to the rule (under current law) that a person charged with a misdemeanor may elect to be tried before a judge of the district court for the district in which the offense was committed; (3) authorize the magistrate judge, in a petty offense case involving a juvenile, to exercise all powers granted to the district court; and (4) authorize a magistrate judge who has sentenced a person to a term of supervised release to revoke or modify the term or conditions of such release. Title X:  Attorneys' Fees Reimbursement Act - Amends the Federal judicial code to provide for the reimbursement of attorney's fees for current and former employees of the Department of Justice or the Federal public defender who were the subject of a criminal or disciplinary investigation related to such employee's discharge of official duties, where the investigation resulted in neither disciplinary action nor a criminal indictment against such employee.  Requires the official making the award of reimbursement to make an inquiry into the reasonableness of the sum requested, based on specified guidelines. Title XI:  Precursor Chemicals Act - Chemical Control Amendments Act of 1992 - Amends the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 (Comprehensive Act) to:  (1) replace references to ""listed precursor chemicals"" with ""list I chemicals"" and ""listed essential chemicals"" with ""list II chemicals""; and (2) revise the definition of ""regulated person"" to include individuals who act as brokers or traders for international transactions involving a listed chemical, tableting machine, or encapsulating machine. Redefines ""regulated transaction"" to:  (1) include international transactions which do not involve the importation or exportation of a listed chemical into or out of the United States if a broker or trader located in the United States participates in the transaction; (2) include, in the case of a listed chemical that is contained in a drug that may be marketed or distributed lawfully in the United States under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, transactions involving ephedrine or any other listed chemical which the Attorney General may designate as not subject to exemption after finding that such action would prevent diversion and the total quantity of such chemical included in the transaction equals or exceeds the threshold established for that chemical by the Attorney General; and (3) exclude any transaction in a chemical mixture (current law) which the Attorney General has designated as exempt based on a finding that the mixture is formulated in such a way that it cannot be easily used in the illicit production of a controlled substance and that the listed chemical or chemicals contained in the mixture cannot be readily recovered. Directs the Attorney General to:  (1) remove from exemption a drug or group of drugs (drug) that the Attorney General finds is being diverted to obtain a listed chemical for use in the illicit production of a controlled substance, based on:  the scope, duration, and significance of the diversion; whether the drug is formulated in such a way that it cannot be easily used in such illicit production; and whether the listed chemical can be readily recovered from the drug; and (2) limit the designation of a drug removed from exemption to the most particularly identifiable type of drug for which evidence of diversion exists unless there is evidence, based on the pattern of diversion and other relevant factors, that the diversion will not be limited to that particular drug.  Sets forth procedures, and factors to be considered, with respect to reinstatement of the exemption for particular drug products. Requires every person who manufactures or distributes, or who proposes to engage in the manufacture or distribution of, a list I chemical to obtain annually a registration issued by the Attorney General, with exceptions.  Authorizes and directs the Attorney General to register an applicant to distribute a list I chemical unless he determines that the issuance of such registration is inconsistent with the public interest, taking into consideration the following factors: (1) maintenance by the applicant of effective controls against diversion of listed chemicals into other than legitimate channels; (2) compliance by the applicant with applicable Federal, State, and local law; (3) any prior conviction record of the applicant under Federal or State laws relating to controlled substances or chemicals; (4) any past experience in the manufacture and distribution of chemicals; and (5) such other factors as may be relevant to and consistent with the public health and safety. Makes provisions with respect to:  (1) the denial, revocation, and suspension of registration relating to the manufacture, distribution, or dispensation of controlled substances explicitly applicable to list I chemicals; and (2) persons required to register applicable to importers and exporters of such chemicals. Directs the Attorney General to register an applicant to import or export a list I chemical unless he determines that the issuance of such registration is inconsistent with the public interest.  Specifies that such registration shall not be required for the import or export of certain exempted drug products. Makes it unlawful for a regulated person to distribute, import, or export a list I chemical without the registration required under the Comprehensive Act. Requires each regulated person who manufactures a listed chemical to report annually to the Attorney General information concerning listed chemicals manufactured by such regulated person, with exceptions. Makes a person located in the United States who is a broker or trader for an international transaction in a listed chemical which is a regulated transaction solely because of that person's involvement as a broker or trader with respect to that transaction subject to all of the notification, reporting, record-keeping, and other requirements placed upon exporters of listed chemicals by the Comprehensive Act. Authorizes the Attorney General to:  (1) require that the 15-day notification requirement with respect to the importation and exportation of listed chemicals apply to all exports of a specific listed chemical to a specified country, regardless of the status of certain customers in such country as ""regular customers,"" if the Attorney General finds that such notification is necessary to support effective chemical diversion control programs or is required by treaty or other international agreement to which the United States is a party; and (2) waive the 15-day notification requirement for exports of a specific listed chemical to a specified country, and for the importation of a specific listed chemical, if such notification is not required for effective chemical diversion control, subject to specified requirements. Establishes penalties for:  (1) exporting, or serving as a broker or trader for an international transaction involving, a listed chemical, knowing or having reasonable cause to believe that the chemical will be used to manufacture a controlled substance in violation of the laws of the country to which the chemical is exported; (2) importing or exporting a listed chemical with intent to evade reporting or record-keeping requirements under the Comprehensive Act by falsely representing to the Attorney General that the importation or exportation qualifies for a waiver of the notification requirement by misrepresenting either the actual country of final destination of the listed chemical or the actual listed chemical being imported or exported; and (3) importing or exporting a listed chemical in violation of provisions regarding persons required to register and regarding brokers and traders for international transactions in listed chemicals that are regulated transactions solely because of such persons' involvement as brokers or traders. Amends list I to add benzaldehyde and nitroethane, and delete D-lysergic acid, N-ethylephedrine, and N-ethylpseudoephedrine. Eliminates ""regular supplier"" status and creates ""regular importer"" status. Modifies the definition of ""controlled premises"" to include places where listed chemicals or records relating to the manufacture, distribution, or disposition of listed chemicals are maintained. Permits officers or employees designated by the Attorney General to inspect, and inventory any stock of, listed chemicals, subject to specified requirements. Makes it a felony for a person who possesses a listed chemical with intent that it be used in the illegal manufacture of a controlled substance to manage the listed chemical or waste from such manufacture other than as required under the Solid Waste Disposal Act. Specifies that, in addition to any penalty that may be imposed for the illegal manufacture, possession, or distribution of a listed chemical or toxic residue of a clandestine laboratory, a person who violates such prohibition shall be assessed costs of the initial cleanup and disposal of the listed chemical and contaminated property and the cost of restoring property damaged by exposure to such chemical. Expands forfeiture provisions to include:  (1) moneys and proceeds traceable to exchanges for listed chemicals; and (2) listed chemicals and drug manufacturing equipment imported, exported, manufactured possessed, distributed, or intended to be distributed, imported, or exported, in violation of specified provisions (currently, felony provisions) of the Comprehensive Act. Title XII:  Restitution Improvement Act - Amends the Federal criminal code to authorize the court, when sentencing a defendant convicted of an offense under the code or under specified provisions of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, to require such defendant to reimburse the victim for necessary child care, transportation, and other expenses related to participation in the investigation or prosecution of, or attendance at proceedings related to, the offense. Title XIII:  Parental Kidnapping - International Parental Kidnapping Crime Act of 1992 - Amends the Federal criminal code to establish penalties for removing a child from, or retaining a child outside, the United States with intent to obstruct the lawful exercise of parental rights. Makes it an affirmative defense that the defendant:  (1) acted within the provisions of a valid court order granting the defendant legal custody or visitation rights, and that such order was obtained pursuant to the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act and was in effect at the time of the offense; (2) was fleeing an incidence or pattern of domestic violence; and (3) had physical custody pursuant to a court order granting legal custody or visitation rights and failed to return the child as a result of circumstances beyond the defendant's control, and the defendant notified or made reasonable attempts to notify the other parent or lawful custodian of the child of such circumstances within 24 hours after the visitation period had expired and returned the child as soon as possible. Expresses the sense of the Congress that, inasmuch as use of the procedures under the Hague Convention of the Civil Aspects of International Parental Child Abduction has resulted in the return of many children, those procedures (where applicable) should be the option of first choice for a parent who seeks the return of a child who has been removed from the parent. Authorizes appropriations to carry out (under the State Justice Institute Act of 1984) national, regional, and in-State training and educational programs dealing with criminal and civil aspects of interstate and international parental child abduction. Title XIV:  Mail Fraud Extension - Extends mail fraud provisions under the Federal criminal code to cover private or commercial interstate carriers.  (Current provisions apply only to frauds perpetrated with respect to matter to be sent or delivered through the U.S. Postal Service.) Title XV:  Forfeiture Audit Requirement - Amends the Federal judicial code to direct the Attorney General to:  (1) require that any State or local law enforcement agency receiving Federal asset forfeiture funds conduct an annual audit detailing the uses and expenses to which the funds were dedicated and the amount used for each use or expense, and report the results to the Attorney General; and (2) include within the Attorney General's report to the Congress all such annual audit reports from State and local law enforcement agencies and a report for such fiscal year describing the administrative and contracting expenses paid from the Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund. Title XVI:  Receipt of Stolen Property Amendments - Amends the Federal criminal code to provide that, whenever in the code an element of an offense is that property was embezzled, robbed, stolen, converted, taken, altered, counterfeited, falsely made, forged, or obliterated (stolen) and the defendant knew that the property was of such character, such element may be established by proof that the defendant, after or as a result of an official representation as to the nature of the property, believed the property to be stolen. Title XVII:  Telemarketing Fraud - Consumer Protection Against Credit Card Fraud Act of 1992 - Amends the Federal criminal code to establish penalties for knowingly and with intent to defraud: (1) effecting transactions with one or more access devices (ADs) issued to another person to receive payment or any other thing of value during any one-year period the aggregate value of which is equal to or greater than $1,000; (2) without the authorization of the issuer of the AD, soliciting a person for the purpose of offering, or selling information regarding or an application to obtain, an AD; or (3) without the authorization of the credit card system member or its agent, causing or arranging for another person to present to the member or its agent for payment evidence or records of transactions made by an AD. Title XVIII:  DNA Testing - DNA Identification Act of 1992 - Amends the Omnibus Act to authorize the use of drug control and system improvement grants to develop or improve in a forensic laboratory a capability to analyze deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) for identification purposes.  Requires State applications for grant funds to certify, if any part of such grant is to be used to develop or improve a DNA analysis capability in a forensic laboratory, that:  (1) DNA analyses performed at such laboratory will satisfy or exceed then current standards for a quality assurance program for DNA analysis, issued by the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); (2) DNA samples obtained by, and DNA analyses performed at, such laboratory will be accessible only to criminal justice agencies for law enforcement identification purposes, to any defendant for criminal defense purposes, and if identifiable information is removed, for a population statistics database, for identification research and protocol development purposes, or for quality control purposes; and (3) such laboratory and each analyst performing DNA analyses at such laboratory will undergo, at regular intervals of not to exceed 180 days, external proficiency testing by a DNA proficiency testing program meeting the standards issued under this Act. Authorizes appropriations. Requires the Director:  (1) within 180 days, to appoint an advisory board on DNA quality assurance methods; and (2) appoint members of the board from among nominations proposed by the head of the National Academy of Sciences and professional societies of crime laboratory officials. Specifies that the advisory board shall:  (1) include as members scientists from State and local forensic laboratories, molecular geneticists and population geneticists not affiliated with a forensic laboratory, and a representative from the National Institute of Standards and Technology; and (2) develop, and if appropriate, periodically revise recommended standards for quality assurance, including standards for testing the proficiency of forensic laboratories and forensic analysts in conducting analyses of DNA. Requires:  (1) the Director, after taking into consideration such recommended standards, to issue (and periodically revise) standards for quality assurance, including standards for testing the proficiency of forensic laboratories and forensic analysts in conducting DNA analyses; and (2) that such standards specify criteria for quality assurance and proficiency tests to be applied to the various types of DNA analyses used by forensic laboratories and include a system for grading proficiency testing performance to determine whether a laboratory is performing acceptably. Specifies that:  (1) until such time as the advisory board has made recommendations to the Director and such Director has acted upon those recommendations, the quality assurance guidelines adopted by the technical working group on DNA analysis methods shall be deemed the Director's standards for purposes of this subtitle; and (2) the board shall cease to exist five years after the initial appointments are made to the board, unless the existence of the board is extended by the Director of the FBI. Authorizes the Director to establish an index of DNA identification records of persons convicted of crimes, analyses of DNA samples recovered from crime scenes, and analyses of DNA samples recovered from unidentified human remains. Specifies that such index may include only information on DNA identification records and analyses that are:  (1) based on analyses performed in accordance with publicly available standards that satisfy or exceed specified guidelines for the quality assurance program for DNA analysis; (2) prepared by labs and DNA analysts that undergo regular external proficiency testing; and (3) maintained by Federal, State, and local criminal justice agencies pursuant to rules that restrict disclosure of stored DNA samples and analyses. Makes the exchange of DNA identification records subject to cancellation if the quality control and privacy requirements of this Act are not met. Requires:  (1) FBI personnel who perform DNA analyses to undergo, at regular intervals of not to exceed 180 days, external proficiency testing by a DNA proficiency testing program meeting the standards issued pursuant to this Act; and (2) the Director to submit an annual report on the results of such tests to specified congressional committees for five years after the enactment of this Act and arrange for periodic blind external tests to determine the proficiency of DNA analysis performed at the FBI laboratory within one year. Restricts disclosure of DNA tests performed for a Federal law enforcement agency. Sets fines of up to $100,000 for individuals:  (1) having access to individually identifiable DNA information indexed in a database created or maintained by any Federal law enforcement agency by virtue of employment of official position who willfully disclose such information to any person or agency not entitled to receive it; and (2) who, without authorization, willfully obtain DNA samples or such individually identifiable DNA information. Authorizes appropriations. Title XIX:  Torture Convention - Amends the Federal criminal code to establish penalties for committing or attempting to commit torture outside the United States.  Grants jurisdiction over such activity if the alleged offender is: (1) a U.S. national; or (2) present in the United States. Makes this title effective on the latter of the date of enactment of this title or the date the United States has become a party to the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhumane or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. Title XX:  Technical Provisions - Declares that all the territorial sea of the United States, as defined by Presidential Proclamation 5928 of December 27, 1988:  (1) is part of the United States, subject to its sovereignty; and (2) for purposes of Federal criminal jurisdiction, is within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States. Sets forth provisions with respect to U.S. jurisdiction over crimes against U.S. nationals on foreign vessels. Establishes criminal penalties for:  (1) receiving the proceeds of extortion or kidnapping; (2) receiving the proceeds of a postal robbery; and (3) attempted robbery, kidnapping, smuggling, and malicious mischief. Title XXI:  Computer Abuse - Computer Abuse Amendments Act of 1992 - Amends the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act to make it a felony to knowingly transmit an unauthorized program or code that alters the information stored in a computer with the intent to damage the system or information contained within the affected computer or computer system, or to withhold or deny the use of such system or information, if the transmission:  (1) occurred without the authorization of the person responsible for the computer system receiving the program; and (2) causes damage exceeding $1,000 in any one-year period or modifies or impairs the medical care of one or more individuals.  Makes such offense punishable by a fine and up to five years in prison. Sets forth parallel provisions with respect to recklessly transmitting a destructive computer program or code.  Makes such offense a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine and imprisonment for up to one year. Creates a civil cause of action for compensatory or injunctive relief for persons suffering damage or loss by virtue of a violation of this Act.  Limits damages to economic damages, except for medical records violations.  Sets a statute of limitations of two years from the date of the act complained of, or from the date of discovery of the damage. Requires the Attorney General to report to the Congress annually during the first three years following the date of enactment of this Act concerning prosecutions under this Act. Modifies the prohibition against accessing a Government computer where such conduct affects the use of the Government's operation of such computer to cover only actions that ""adversely"" affect such use. Title XXII:  FBI Subscriber - Amends the Federal criminal code to authorize the Director of the FBI or his designee in a position not lower than Deputy Assistant Director to request:   (1) the name, address, length of service, and toll billing records of a person or entity (person) if the Director (or his designee in a position not less than Deputy Assistant Director) certifies in writing to the wire or electronic communication service provider to which the request is made that such information is relevant to an authorized foreign counterintelligence investigation and that there are specific, articulable facts giving reason to believe that the person to whom the information sought pertains is a foreign power or agent (current law does not specify the type of information sought or the position of the designee, and excludes all that follows); and (2) the name, address, and length of service of a person if the Director (or his designee in a position not lower than Deputy Assistant Director) certifies that the information sought is relevant to an authorized foreign counterintelligence investigation and that there are specific, articulable facts giving reason to believe that communication facilities registered in the name of the person have been used through the services of such provider in communication with an individual who is or has been engaged in international terrorism or clandestine intelligence activities, or with a foreign power or agent under circumstances giving reason to believe that the communication concerned international terrorism or clandestine intelligence activities, that involve or may involve a violation of U.S. criminal statutes. Requires the Director to report to the House and Senate Judiciary Committees with respect to semi-annual reports concerning requests for information under such provision.",2025-08-26T15:18:04Z,
102-hr-6202,102,hr,6202,Medicaid and Department of Veterans Affairs Drug Rebate Amendments of 1992,Health,1992-10-06,1992-11-20,Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.,House,"Rep. Slattery, Jim [D-KS-2]",KS,D,S000477,0,"Medicaid and Department of Veterans Affairs Drug Rebate Amendments of 1992 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to exclude the prices charged for prescription drugs purchased by the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs, the Indian and Public Health Services, or certain federally-funded clinics and public or private nonprofit hospitals from the calculation of best price procurement for purposes of application of Medicaid rebate agreements. Requires an agreement between the Secretary of Health and Human Services and a covered drug manufacturer limiting the purchase price of drugs procured by covered entities (the federally-funded clinics and public or private nonprofit hospitals referred to above). Provides that if the Secretary does not establish a certain mechanism under the Public Health Service Act below:  (1) each covered entity must inform the applicable State agency when it seeks reimbursement under Medicaid for covered drugs subject to an agreement (described below); and (2) such State agency must provide a means by which the entity must indicate on any claims form that the drug is subject to such agreement, and not submit to any manufacturer a claim for a rebate payment under Medicaid. Outlines requirements relating to master agreements for drugs procured by the Department of Veterans Affairs and certain other Federal agencies. Revises provisions respecting rebate agreement termination. Provides a new determination of the basic Medicaid rebate for single source and innovator multiple source drugs for specified calendar quarters beginning after September 30, 1992. Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress specified information relating to Medicaid best price changes and rebate payments.  Prohibits such reports from containing information or any prescription drug unless the Secretary finds that expenditures for the drug are significant expenditures under the Medicaid drug purchase and rebate program. Amends the Public Health Service Act to require an agreement between the Secretary and a covered drug manufacturer limiting the purchase price of drugs procured by covered entities (the federally-funded clinics and public and private nonprofit hospitals referred to above). Requires covered entities, in order to receive reduced prices, to: (1) take certain steps to avoid duplicative discounts or rebates; (2) refrain from reselling such purchased drug to a person who is not a patient of such entity; and (3) permit audits of records in order to determine agreement compliance.  Makes covered entities liable to the manufacturer for the full amount of any reduced price if the Secretary determines agreement noncompliance on the entity's part. Requires the Secretary to:  (1) establish a mechanism to ensure that covered entities comply with item (1) in the list above; (2) develop a process for the certification of certain covered entities; (3) establish a prime vendor program under which covered entities may enter into contracts with prime vendors for the distribution of covered outpatient drugs; and (4) notify covered drug manufacturers and single State agencies of the identities of covered entities. Requires the Secretary to study and report to the Congress on whether to include certain clinics as covered entities eligible for prescription drug discounts. Amends Federal veterans' benefit law to require agreements between the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and covered drug manufacturers limiting the purchase price of drugs procured by the Department of Veterans Affairs and certain other Federal agencies.  Provides for additional discounts for covered drugs purchased under the depot contracting system or listed on the Federal Supply Schedule.  Requires certain manufacturer reports to the Secretary on drug prices. Authorizes the Secretary to audit relevant manufacturer or wholesaler records.  Requires the Secretary to supply to the HHS Secretary the name of the manufacturer upon the execution or termination of any master agreement and, on a quarterly basis, a list of manufacturers who have entered into such agreements.",2025-08-26T15:18:25Z,
102-hr-6203,102,hr,6203,To extend supplemental security income benefits to all otherwise eligible children of military personnel stationed overseas.,Social Welfare,1992-10-06,1992-10-06,Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.,House,"Rep. Slattery, Jim [D-KS-2]",KS,D,S000477,0,Amends title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) of the Social Security Act to extend supplemental security income benefits to all otherwise eligible children of military personnel stationed overseas.,2024-02-07T16:32:33Z,
102-hr-6204,102,hr,6204,To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to allow an adult from each family applying for aid to families with dependent children to attest to the citizenship status of the members of the family.,Social Welfare,1992-10-06,1992-10-06,Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.,House,"Rep. Slattery, Jim [D-KS-2]",KS,D,S000477,0,Amends title XI of the Social Security Act to allow an adult from each family applying for benefits under part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) of title IV of the Social Security Act to attest to the citizenship status of other members of the family.,2024-02-07T16:32:33Z,
102-hr-6205,102,hr,6205,To restore Federal services to the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians.,Native Americans,1992-10-06,1992-10-06,Referred to the House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.,House,"Rep. Upton, Fred [R-MI-4]",MI,R,U000031,1,"Affirms Federal recognition of, and provides Federal services to, the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians. States that the Band's service area shall consist of specified counties in Michigan and Indiana.",2024-02-07T13:32:55Z,
102-hr-6206,102,hr,6206,Community Credit Improvement Act of 1992,Finance and Financial Sector,1992-10-06,1992-10-07,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions Supervision, Regulation and Insurance.",House,"Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-29]",CA,D,W000187,0,"Community Credit Improvement Act of 1992 - Title I:  Community Credit Availability Improvements - Amends the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977 (CRA) to direct the appropriate Federal financial supervisory agencies to jointly develop a format for collecting data from regulated financial institutions in connection with examinations of their record of meeting the credit needs of their local communities, including low- and moderate-income neighborhoods. Includes the following among the data required:  (1) home mortgage lending; (2) small business lending; (3) community development; (4) consumer loans; and (5) branch closures. Prescribes guidelines under which the appropriate Federal financial supervisory agencies, as part of their written evaluations of the institutions under their purview, must actively solicit comments from affected community members, with particular emphasis upon low- and moderate-income and minority residents. Amends the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act of 1975 to include among the required public disclosures of depository institutions located in specified metropolitan statistical areas the number and total dollar amount by census tract of small business loans and of personal loans to consumers. Amends the CRA to require financial institutions to be rated on the adequacy of their record of meeting community credit needs.  Precludes such institutions from receiving a rating unless they have actually extended significant amounts of credit in low-income neighborhoods, and not merely been in compliance with a plan for extending such credit in the future. Title II:  Community Support Requirements - Sets forth certain community support requirements for private mortgage insurance companies, including a biennial report to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (the Secretary) on the availability of, and underwriting guidelines for, mortgage insurance policies for low- and moderate-income families within those areas in which the companies write a significant number of mortgage insurance policies. Directs the Secretary to establish within the Department of Housing and Urban Development the Office of Private Mortgage Insurance Company Oversight to conduct biennial community support reviews of private mortgage insurance companies. Title III:  Pattern or Practice - Amends the CRA to require the appropriate Federal financial supervisory agency to deny an application for a deposit facility by a regulated financial institution if the institution has exhibited a pattern or practice of opening or closing branches in a way that tends to exclude low- and moderate-income or minority communities.",2025-08-26T15:14:34Z,
102-hr-6207,102,hr,6207,To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish limitations on debt collection practices under that Act.,Education,1992-10-06,1992-10-09,Referred to the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education.,House,"Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-29]",CA,D,W000187,0,"Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to establish limitations on debt collection practices under HEA. Prohibits garnishment or other actions to collect on defaulted student loans unless the net income of the borrower and spouse (including any cash benefits received under a needs-based government assistance program) exceeds 150 percent of the poverty level for the relevant family size.  Sets other procedural requirements for garnishments and for tax refund intercepts to collect such debts. Requires eligible lenders or loan servicing agents to provide student borrowers with information about their rights to forbearance or deferment.  Provides for cure of delinquency and cessation of collection activity if a borrower eligible for forbearance or deferment was not adequately informed of his or her right to apply or was not given assistance in completing the application.  Provides for removal from default status if the borrower is granted a forbearance or deferment. Directs the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) to discharge the student borrower's liability and repay the loan in cases of where the institution has engaged in fraud, misrepresentation, or any violation of State or Federal law in connection with soliciting, offering, contracting for, or providing instruction. Subjects lenders, guaranty agencies, and any other persons involved in collecting a student loan under title IV of HEA to the same due process requirements that would apply to the Secretary if the Secretary were collecting the loan.",2025-07-21T19:44:15Z,
102-hr-6208,102,hr,6208,Women in Enterprise Development Act of 1992,International Affairs,1992-10-06,1992-10-06,Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.,House,"Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-29]",CA,D,W000187,0,"Women in Enterprise Development Act of 1992 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to direct the Administrator of the Agency for International Development to implement a Women in Enterprise Development Program.  Requires the program to provide funding and support for projects having the following three components: (1) financial assistance to women to support the creation of businesses in which women can participate, foster investment in businesses owned by women, and enable women to further their education; (2) assistance to support efforts of educational institutions to encourage participation by women and prepare them for involvement in government and businesses; and (3) assistance to support local resource centers which offer courses, workshops, career counseling, and information to women interested in business or government careers. Urges the Administrator to use at least ten percent of funding made available for assistance for micro-enterprise development.",2025-08-26T15:15:02Z,
102-hr-6209,102,hr,6209,Impoverished Families Quality Service Act of 1992,Social Welfare,1992-10-06,1992-10-06,Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.,House,"Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-29]",CA,D,W000187,0,Impoverished Families Quality Service Act of 1992 - Amends part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) (AFDC) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) to:  (1) provide for expeditious replacement of lost or stolen AFDC benefit checks; (2) provide for supplemental payment of AFDC benefits for families subject to retrospective budgeting with suddenly reduced income; (3) revise provisions respecting aid to pregnant women; (4) change the period during which families are ineligible for AFDC benefits as a result of excess income; (5) place a limitation on waivers of SSA title IV requirements for certain demonstration projects; and (6) require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to contract with the National Academy of Sciences for the evaluation of the personal conduct of State employees toward AFDC applicants and recipients.,2025-08-26T15:15:35Z,
102-hr-6210,102,hr,6210,Comprehensive Services for Youth Act of 1992,Families,1992-10-06,1992-11-20,Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.,House,"Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-29]",CA,D,W000187,0,"Comprehensive Services for Youth Act of 1992 - Title I: School-Based or School-Linked Health and Social Services Center Grants - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) (the Secretary), acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration (the Administrator), to award grants to eligible local community partnerships to coordinate and deliver comprehensive education, health, and social services to children or youth in school-based, school-linked, or community-based locations. Requires each such partnership to include:  (1) a local health care provider with experience in delivering services to adolescents; (2) one or more local public schools; and (3) at least one community-based organization with a history of providing services to at-risk youth in the particular community.  Requires broad-based community participation, through an expanded partnership or an advisory board, involving parents and youth to be served, teachers and other public school and school board personnel, community-based organizations (particularly those serving minority youth), youth development and service organizations and interested business leaders.  Requires targeting of the partnership's location and service to a community in which youth are exposed to a high risk environment.  Describes high risk environment as having high rates of: (1) children in poverty or lacking access to health care; (2) dropouts and students retained in grade; (3) alcohol or drug abuse; (4) sexually transmitted diseases (including HIV); (5) teen pregnancy; (6) suicide; (7) community or gang violence; (8) youth unemployment; or (9) juvenile justice involvement. Requires partnership use of grant funds for coordination and delivery of specified core services at a school-based, school-linked, or community-based location or locations accessible to and used by at-risk children, youth, and their families.  Sets forth such core services under the categories of:  (1) comprehensive health, mental health, and social services; and (2) youth development and life planning services.  Requires coordination among core services.  Allows use of grant funds for coordination or co-location of core services with additional services identified in the comprehensive plan to enhance support available through the partnership service delivery network. Gives priority to grant applicants whose comprehensive services plan demonstrates:  (1) continuity of access to core services on a year-round basis or beyond traditional school or service hours, either on site or through a backup referral system of community-based providers; and (2) the offer of services beyond the in-school population, including core services to out-of-school youth, to the extent practicable.  Provides for an initial three-year grant period, and authorizes two-year extensions upon demonstration of substantial progress in integration of comprehensive services and improvement in health and education outcomes of the populations served.  Sets forth application and plan requirements.  Requires equitable geographic distribution of grants to both urban and rural communities.  Sets minimum and maximum grant amounts. Sets forth provisions for Federal share, non-Federal share, and waivers of the latter.  Requires grantees to use ten percent of such assistance to provide staff training (including teachers and school personnel) and to secure necessary technical assistance (through local community-based entities, to the maximum extent feasible). Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the Administration, to award one-year nonrenewable planning grants to eligible entities that agree to establish a local community partnership to deliver comprehensive services.  Sets forth application requirements.  Requires use of such planning grants for:  (1) assessments of needs and barriers to services; (2) delivery planning and coordination of services; and (3) development of program goals and progress measurements.  Limits to ten percent the portion of grant program funds which may be used for such planning grants.  Limits the maximum amount of each planning grant. Title II:  State and Local Coordinated Youth Services Grants - Subtitle A:  Local Consortia Grants - Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the Administrator, to award grants to eligible consortia to coordinate and deliver comprehensive core education, health, and social services to at-risk youth through an integrated service delivery network directed by a consortium. Requires such consortia membership to include representatives from the local health department, local educational agency, health and social services providers and community-based organizations with a history of serving at-risk youth (including minority youth, dropouts, adolescent parents, and runaway or homeless youth), youth development organizations, juvenile justice personnel, and parents and the at-risk youth to be served.  Requires specified financial or organizational commitments by consortium members. Subtitle B:  Statewide Youth Services Center Grants - Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the Administrator, to award grants to eligible States to provide for coordination and delivery of comprehensive education, health, and social services to at-risk youth through the award of State grants to local community partnerships or consortia.  Requires States, to be eligible for such grants, to:  (1) provide assurances of cooperative agreements among State education, health, and social services agencies concerning planned delivery of such comprehensive youth services; (2) demonstrate financial and organizational commitments; (3) currently support coordinated delivery of such services through a system of school-based, school-linked, or community-based comprehensive youth services centers; (4) document that services are prioritized among communities that have a high-risk environment for youth, as indicated by specified factors; and (5) meet certain application requirements. Subtitle C:  Provisions Relating to Both Local and Statewide Grant Programs - Sets forth requirements for applications and use of grant funds for a consortium or State entity awarded a grant under subtitle A or B.  Requires coordination and delivery of specified core services through a system of school-based, school-linked, or community-based youth centers to serve in-school and out-of-school youth and their families.  Sets forth such core services under the categories of:  (1) comprehensive health, mental health, and social services; and (2) youth development and life planning services. Requires coordination and co-location of delivery of existing core services into a broader system of health and social services centers accessible to in-school or out-of-school youth to use available resources more effectively before adding new resources or developing new services.  Requires provision of outreach services to out-of-school youth (including adolescent parents and runaway and homeless youth), and coordination of core services with alternative education and job training and placement opportunities for such youth.  Allows use of grant funds for:  (1) coordination and co-location of core services with additional services to enhance the support available to at-risk youth and their families through the service delivery network; and (2) expansion of coordination and delivery of core services to the feeder elementary schools whose students will attend secondary schools currently providing core services. Sets forth grant application and plan formulation and content requirements.  Provides for an initial three-year grant period, and authorizes two-year extensions upon demonstration of substantial progress in integration of comprehensive services and improvement in health and education outcomes of the youth served. Provides for an integration incentive.  Authorizes the Secretary, in making a grant under this title, to make bonus amounts available as integration incentives.  Specifies forumulae for such bonuses. Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the Administrator, to award one-year nonrenewable planning grants to consortia or States. Sets forth application requirements.  Requires the use of such funds to:  (1) establish an administrative mechanism to develop and implement a citywide, countywide, or statewide system of school-based, school-linked, or community-based comprehensive youth services centers; (2) assess needs and barriers to services; (3) develop program goals and progress measurements; and (4) develop a strategic plan for coordination and delivery of comprehensive services to youth at school-based, school-linked, or community-based locations.  Limits to ten percent the portion of grant program funds which may be used for such planning grants.  Limits the maximum amount of each planning grant. Title III:  Implementation Provisions - Makes ineligible for title I funds any community that:  (1) is currently receiving State funds to deliver co-located education, health, and social services; or (2) will receive funding from a State funded under subtitle B of title II.  Allows such a currently funded community partnership to form a consortium to seek funding for an expanded citywide or countywide youth services network under subtitle A of title II. Requires a local consortium operating in a locality receiving State funding for delivery of such co-located services to include participation from the entities receiving such State funding.  Makes eligible for continued funding, at the completion of its five-year grant period under title I, a partnership that has expanded into a citywide or countywide consortium (as described under subtitle A of title II) or has become part of a statewide network (as described under subtitle B of title II). Directs the Secretary to consult with the Secretary of Education in developing program regulations to implement this Act. Directs the Secretary to disseminate information on programs under this Act and on successful and model programs and to provide technical assistance. Requires such information and assistance to be provided directly through the Health Resources and Services Administration as the administering agency and other Department of HHS agencies with appropriate expertise, or through grants and contracts with nonprofit organizations.  Requires the Secretary to collaborate with the Departments of Education and Labor and the Commission on National and Community Service, in such information and technical assistance efforts. Sets forth annual reporting requirements for entities receiving funds under this Act, including analyses of progress at the end of the third year.  Sets forth maintenance-of-effort requirements. Authorizes appropriations for titles I and II and for special projects of national significance under title IV. Title IV:  Federal Coordinated Youth Services Initiatives - Directs the Secretary, acting through the Administrator, to establish and administer a special projects of national significance program to award direct grants to public and nonprofit private entities to fund model programs to integrate health and social services, including HIV prevention, provided to special populations of youth at risk. Bases grant awards on:  (1) need to provide such services to such subpopulations; (2) need to assess effectiveness of a prevention or service model or collaboration strategy; and (3) potential replicability of proposed activities in other localities.  Allows such special projects to include projects targeting youth who are:  (1) runaway, homeless, or street youth; (2) immigrants or migrants; (3) in the juvenile justice system; (4) in foster care; (5) in gangs; (6) with a history of substance abuse; (7) with HIV disease; (8) adolescent parents; and (9) Native American. Amends the Augustus F. Hawkins Human Resources Reauthorization Act of 1990 to direct the Federal Council on Children, Youth, and Families to:  (1) identify (and make recommendations to modify or eliminate) program regulations or practices that impede coordination and collaboration; (2) develop recommendations for creating jointly funded programs, unified assessments, eligibility, application procedures, and confidentiality regulations that facilitate information-sharing; and (3) make recommendations to the Congress on legislative action needed to facilitate coordination of educational, health, and social services for in-school and out-of-school youth. Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress:  (1) biannual summaries of annual grantee reports and progress assessments; and (2) a final evaluation report within four and a half years. Directs the Secretary to use the amount made available under specified provisions of the Public Health Service Act to conduct such evaluation. Title V:  Grants to Cities to Provide Education, Employment, Recreation, Social, and Cultural Awareness Assistance to At-Risk Youth - Directs the Secretary, to make grants to not more than ten selected cities to assist them to establish and operate teen resource and education centers to provide education, employment, recreation, social, and cultural awareness assistance to at-risk youth. Authorizes the Secretary to make such grants to a city if it applies and agrees to operate at least two such centers. Requires such centers to offer for at-risk youth:  (1) educational assistance, including information on institutions of higher education, assistance with financial aid applications and scholarship search, and preparatory courses for high school equivalency and college entrance examinations; (2) employment and skills training, including hiring teen peer counselors to provide basic job skills training, job referral services, and job banks; (3) recreational opportunities, such as sports teams, neighborhood gardening and food distribution, and reading programs; (4) social skills development, including hiring adult counselors and providing support groups for counseling on social and personal issues; and (5) cultural awareness programs, such as classes in the history and culture of various cultural groups and productions of plays, stories, and artwork reflecting the cultural heritage of such youth.  Requires such centers to provide financial assistance to college graduates who work full-time at the center to assist them to repay part of their student loan debt. Sets forth grant selection and allocation requirements. Requires city reports to the Secretary on their use of the grant, and interim and final reports by the Secretary to the Congress. Authorizes appropriations.",2025-08-26T15:15:38Z,
102-hr-6133,102,hr,6133,Land Remote Sensing Policy Act of 1992,"Science, Technology, Communications",1992-10-05,1992-10-28,Became Public Law No: 102-555.,House,"Rep. Brown, George E., Jr. [D-CA-36]",CA,D,B000918,2,"Land Remote Sensing Policy Act of 1992 - Repeals the Land Remote-Sensing Commercialization Act of 1984. Title I:  Landsat - Makes the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA Administrator) and the Secretary of Defense jointly responsible for management of the Landsat program.  (Currently such program is managed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the Department of Commerce.)  Requires establishment of an integrated program management structure for the Landsat system.  Directs the NASA Administrator, the Secretary of Defense, and any other Federal official the President designates as responsible for part of the Landsat system, to establish through a management plan the roles, responsibilities, and funding expectations for the Landsat program of the appropriate Federal agencies. Requires the management plan to specify that the fundamental goal of Landsat Program Management (LPM) is continuity of unenhanced Landsat data through acquisition and opearation of a Landsat 7 satellite, as quickly as possible, which is at least functionally equivalent to the Landsat 6 satellite, with the addition of a tracking and data relay satellite communications capability. Requires the management plan to include a baseline funding profile and to specify that any improvements over Landsat 6 capability be funded by a specific sponsoring agency if the required funding exceeds such profile.  Requires the plan to provide for a technology demonstration program. Sets forth LPM responsibilities for various functions, including authority to contract. Establishes a Landsat advisory process and LPM reporting requirements. Requires LPM to contract expeditiously with a U.S. private sector entity to develop and deliver Landsat 7 (subject to appropriations and only under the existing contract authority of the Federal Agencies that compose LPM).  Sets forth development and delivery considerations for LPM in negotiating such contract.  Requires LPM to notify the Congress promptly of any significant cost or schedule changes.  Requires LPM to take into account the location of operations, assets, personnel, and other such factors in defining ""U.S. private sector entities."" Directs LPM to negotiate with the Landsat 6 contractor to formalize a specified arrangement and provide for a phased transition to a data policy consistent with Landsat 7 data policy.  Requires a report to the Congress if there is failure to reach an agreement, by September 30, 1993. Transfers to LPM the responsibilities of the Secretary of Commerce with respect to Landsat 6, as agreed to by such Secretary and LPM. Directs LPM to develop a data policy for Landsat 7 which ensures: (1) availability of unenhanced data to all users at the cost of fulfilling user requests; (2) timely and dependable delivery of unenhanced data to the full spectrum of civilian, national security, commercial, and foreign users and the National Satellite Land Remote Sensing Data Archive; (3) U.S. retention of ownership of all unenhanced data generated by Landsat 7; (4) support for developing the commercial market for remote sensing data; (5) retention of commercial value-added services based on remote sensing data as an exclusively private sector function; and (6) compatibility, as much as possible, of the Landsat 7 data distribution system with the Earth Observing System Data and Information System.  Allows such data policy also to provide for:  (1) U.S. private sector entity operation of ground receiving stations in the United States for Landsat 7 data; (2) other means for direct access by private sector entities to unenhanced data from Landsat 7; and (3) the charging of U.S. Government fees to entities operating ground receiving stations or distributing Landsat 7 data.  Requires LPM to report to the Congress a Landsat 7 Data Policy Plan by July 15, 1994. Title II:  Licensing of Private Remote Sensing Space Systems - Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce (the Secretary, for purposes of this title) to license private sector parties to operate private remote sensing space systems for such period as the Secretary may specify.  Limits the Secretary's authority under this title to remote sensing operations only of any private space systems used for those and other purposes. Requires, before a license may be granted, the Secretary to determine in writing that the applicant will comply with requirements of and regulations under this Act, and any applicable U.S. international obligations and national security concerns.  Sets deadlines for the Secretary's actions on applications. Prohibits the Secretary from denying a license in order to protect any existing licensee from competition.  Directs the Secretary to designate in the licence any unenhanced data which the licensee is required to provide. Requires such licenses for operation of any private remote sensing space system by any persons subject to U.S.  jurisdiction or control or by their subsidiaries or affiliates. Provides that such licenses require a licensee to comply with this Act and with specified requirements relating to national security, international obligations, availability of unenhanced data (both to governments with respect to their territory and to users on a nondiscriminatory basis), disposition of satellites, information on orbit and data collection and deviation, and notification about any intended agreement involving foreign nations or entities.  Sets forth additional licensing requirements for Landsat 6 contractors, including notification and compliance plans with respect to any value added activities. Sets forth the administrative authority and the regulatory authority of the Secretary with respect to this title. Provides for licensing private entities to operate private remote sensing space systems which use, on a space-available basis, civilian U.S. Government space satellites or vehicles as platforms.  Authorizes the Secretary to license such system if:  (1) the operator agrees to reimburse the Government for all related costs, including a share of fixed, platform, data transmission, and launch costs; and (2) the use would not interfere with or compromise intended civilian Government missions. Title III:  Research, Development and Demonstration - Directs the NASA Administrator and the Secretary of Defense to continue and enhance remote sensing research and development programs. Authorizes the NASA Administrator to conduct experimental space remote sensing programs. Authorizes the Secretaries of Agriculture and of the Interior to research and develop applications of remote sensing to the management and use of renewable and nonrenewable resources of the United States. Requires all unenhanced land remote sensing data gathered and owned by the U.S. Government to be made available to users in a timely fashion.  Directs the President to seek to ensure that unenhanced data gathered under the technology demonstration program are made available on terms that would not adversely affect the commercial market for unenhanced data gathered by the Landsat 6 spacecraft. Directs the President to establish a technology demonstration program, through appropriate U.S. Government agencies, as a fundamental component of a national land remote sensing strategy. Requires such program to seek to launch advanced land remote sensing system components within five years after enactment of this Act and to demonstrate, within such period:  (1) advanced sensor capabilities suitable for use in the anticipated land remote sensing program; and (2) an advanced land remote system design that could be less expensive to procure and operate than the Landsat system projected to be in operation through the year 2000.  Directs the President, in executing such program, to seek to apply intelligence gathering technologies to the extent that they are appropriate for the technology demonstration and can be declassified without harm to national security.  Requires such program to be designed to be responsive to the broad civilian, national security, commercial, and foreign policy needs of the United States.  Allows such program to be carried out in part with private funding.  Requires LPM to have a coordinating role in such program.  Directs the President to assess the program's progress and report to the Congress within two years after enactment of this Act. Title IV:  Assessing Options for Successor Land Remote Sensing System - Directs LPM to assess and report to the Congress on the options for a successor land remote sensing system to Landsat 7. Requires the report to fully assess advantages and disadvantages of funding and management of a successor system by:  (1) the private sector; (2) an international consortium; (3) the U.S. Government; and (4) a cooperative effort by the U.S. Government and the private sector. States that preference should be given to private sector system development, without competition from the U.S. Government, if a successor land remote sensing system to Landsat 7 can be funded and managed by the private sector while still achieving specified goals and without jeopardizing U.S. domestic, national security, and foreign policy interests. Title V:  General Provisions - Provides for nondiscriminatory availability of data.  Requires that any unenhanced data generated by the Landsat system, or by any other land remote sensing system funded and owned by the U.S. Government, be made available, with specified exceptions, to all users on a nondiscriminatory basis. Declares it to be in the public interest for the U.S. Government to maintain an archive of land remote sensing data for historical, scientific, and technical purposes.  Directs the Secretary of the Interior to provide for such data's storage, maintenance, and upgrading. Allows the sale of unenhanced data distributed by any licensee only on condition that it will not be reproduced or disseminated by the purchaser for commerical purposes. Authorizes the NASA Administrator, the Secretary of Defense, and other U.S. Government agency heads to provide assistance to land remote sensing system operators under this Act.  Requires such operators to reimburse the Government for such assistance, except as otherwise provided by law. Authorizes LPM, by a competitive process, to allow a licensee or any other private party to acquire use of equipment from the Landsat system when it is no longer needed to operate, or sell data from, the system. Requires the filing of an application with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for any radio facilities involved with commercial remote sensing space systems licensed under this Act. States that FCC authority shall not be required for development and construction of any U.S. land remote sensing space system (or component), other than radio transmitting facilities or components, while any licensing determination is being made. Directs the Secretary of Commerce and LPM to consult with:  (1) the Secretary of Defense on all matters under this Act affecting national security; and (2) the Secretary of State on all matters under this Act affecting international obligations. Directs the Secretary of State to report to the Secretary of Commerce and LPM any instances outside the United States of discriminatory distribution of Landsat data. Requires LPM to report to the Congress on Landsat system operations, including timely notification of decisions relating to national security concerns and international obligations. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to require Federal agencies which request imposition of technical modifications on a licensee for national security reasons to reimburse the licensee for certain additional or past development costs (but not for anticipated profits or costs ordinarily associated with doing business abroad). Directs the Secretary of Commerce, in collaboration with the private sector entities responsible for marketing and distributing Landsat system unenhanced data, to develop and implement an enforcement system to ensure that such data received solely for noncommercial purposes are not used for any commercial purpose, in the event that such data are made available for noncommercial purposes at a different price than for other purposes. Provides for the Secretary's enforcement authority, enforcement mechanisms, and procedures and regulations. Title VI:  Prohibition of Commercialization of Weather Satellites - Prohibits the President and any other U.S.  Government official from making any effort to lease, sell, or transfer to the private sector, or commercialize, any portion of the weather satellite systems operated by the Department of Commerce or any successor agency.  Prohibits any such action regardless of any change in circumstances subsequent to enactment of this Act and even if such change makes such commercialization appear to be in the national interest, unless this title has first been repealed.",2024-02-07T15:21:41Z,
102-hr-6134,102,hr,6134,Endangered Species Act Reform Amendments of 1992,Environmental Protection,1992-10-05,1992-10-05,Referred to the House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.,House,"Rep. Tauzin, W. J. (Billy) [D-LA-3]",LA,D,T000058,22,"Endangered Species Act Reform Amendments of 1992 - Title I: Ensuring the Integrity of the Listing, Critical Habitat Designation, and Consultation Processes - Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (the Act) with respect to improved data collection and analysis, peer review, equal access to judicial review, recognition of State, local, and international activities, priority for species preservation, critical habitat designation, and consultation processes. Title II:  Providing Significance to the Recovery Planning Process - Amends the Act with respect to ensuring the preparation and use of timely, comprehensive, and effective recovery plans. Requires either the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Commerce, as program responsibilities are vested, to report biennially to specified congressional committees on the status of:  (1) efforts to develop and implement recovery plans for listed endangered and threatened species; and (2) all species for which such plans have been developed. Title III:  Ensuring that the Compliance Procedures and Standards for Private Landowners and Other non-Federal Persons Are Not More Burdensome, Time-Consuming, or Costly than Those Applicable to Federal Agencies - Amends the Act to:  (1) make consultation procedures for Federal agencies available to private landowners and other non-Federal agencies available to private landowners and other non-Federal individuals and entities; (2) include permit or license applicants in consultations concerning Federal agency actions; (3) authorize the issuance of general permits for private and other non-Federal activities which have minimal effect on species listed under the Endangered Species Act of 1973; (4) facilitate the application for, and processing and issuance of, conservation plans for endangered or threatened species; (5) define the ""take prohibition"" for application in accordance with the intent of the Congress and in a manner providing more precise guidance to all parties wishing to avoid its violation and possible sanctions; (6) establish special limitations on application of take prohibitions; (7) provide for exemptions from the Act for non-Federal individuals and entities and remove payment requirements associated with obtaining such an exemption; and (8) give non-Federal property owners the option of purchase of their property by, or receipt of compensation for diminished value of their property from, the Federal Government when it requires that the property be managed to protect endangered or threatened species. Title IV:  Species Enhancement - Amends the Act to authorize the Secretary to:  (1) enter into cooperative management agreements for governing the administration and management of areas identified as habitats for listed species; (2) provide grants to private property owners for preserving the habitat of threatened or endangered species; and (3) permit activities otherwise prohibited when such actions are carried out by certain organizations for the sole purpose of promoting species conservation and population enhancement. Provides for guidance for the release of experimental populations. Title V:  Reauthorization and Other Amendments - Makes technical amendments regarding application of Endangered Species Act prohibitions to threatened species and citizens suits. Reauthorizes the Endangered Species Act of 1973 at increased levels.",2025-08-26T15:16:48Z,
102-hr-6135,102,hr,6135,"National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1993","Science, Technology, Communications",1992-10-05,1992-11-04,Became Public Law No: 102-588.,House,"Rep. Brown, George E., Jr. [D-CA-36]",CA,D,B000918,0,"National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1993 - Title I:  Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes FY 1993 appropriations to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for:  (1) research and development; (2) space flight, control, and data communications; (3) construction of facilities; (4) research and program management; and (5) the Inspector General. Requires the Administrator of NASA (Administrator) to:  (1) report to the Congress on a New Launch System and expendable launch vehicles; and (2) carry out an Earth Observing System program. Title II:  General Provisions - Permits the use of appropriations for research and development and space flight, control, and data communications for certain items of a capital nature (other than land acquisition) required for the performance of research and development contracts and for grants to nonprofit educational and research organizations for construction or purchase of additional research facilities.  Prohibits the use of these funds for the construction of any major facility whose estimated cost exceeds a specified amount, unless the Administrator of NASA notifies specified congressional committees. Authorizes the use of certain funds, subject to limitations, for: (1) facilities construction, repair, or modification; (2) unforeseen programmatic facility project needs; (3) repair or modification of facilities controlled by the General Services Administration; and (4) scientific consultations or extraordinary expenses. Authorizes reprogramming of certain funds for:  (1) transatmospheric research and technology; and (2) construction of facilities. Permits upward variances of funds for facilities construction under circumstances outlined in this Act. Makes available specified funds for the construction and modification of facilities.  Requires the Administrator to notify specified congressional committees of the nature, cost, and reasons for such construction before expending the funds in question. Prohibits, until 30 days following congressional receipt of the Administrator's full explanation, the use of funds appropriated pursuant to this Act for any program that:  (1) has been deleted by the Congress; (2) is in excess of the amount actually authorized for the particular program by specified provisions; or (3) has not been presented to either of specified congressional committees. Limits obligation of unauthorized appropriations and requiures related reports to the Congress and the Comptroller General. Requires NASA to submit to the Congress a five-year budget and an estimate of the lifecycle costs associated with each program. Amends the Commercial Space Launch Act to authorize FY 1993 appropriations.  Prohibits user fees unless specifically authorized by the Act. Authorizes FY 1993 appropriations:  (1) to carry out activities of the National Space Council; and (2) to the Secretary of Commerce for the Office of Space Commerce. Requires:  (1) the Administrator to report to the appropriate congressional committees on the single stage rocket technology flight test program; and (2) the National Space Council to report to such committees on a national aerospace transportation technology plan. Declares the sense of the Congress with regard to multilateral scientific cooperation and the Space Agency Forum on International Space Year, including activities by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Repeals provisions of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1991 authorizing appropriations for the Comet Rendezvous Asteroid Flyby/Cassini mission. Amends the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 to authorize the National Science Foundation to foster the development and use of computer networks in support of research and education. Directs the President to report to the Congress on various opportunities for increased space-related trade and cooperation with the independent states of the former Soviet Union.  Authorizes the Office of Space Commerce of the Department of Commerce to conduct trade missions for the purpose of familiarizing U.S.  aerospace industry representatives with space-related business opportunities in the independent states. Requires agencies conducting procurement to comply with specified provisions of the Buy American Act. Requires investigation, in meeting NASA's needs for additional facilities, of abandoned and underused buildings, grounds, and facilities in depressed communities. Mandates a study and report to the Congress regarding the extent to which information developed by NASA is brought to market by foreign aerospace firms more quickly than by U.S.  companies. Directs the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to:  (1) establish an Institute for Aviation Weather Prediction, which shall expand upon the activities of the aviation unit currently at the National Severe Storms Center in Kansas City, Missouri; and (2) provide an opportunity for Center employees to assume comparable Institute duties. Title III:  Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research on Space and Aeronautics - Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research on Space and Aeronautics Act - Directs the Administrator to establish an Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research on Space and Aeronautics among eligible States.  Obligates funds for program grants. Title IV:  High Risk Research and Development Contract Administration - Mandates an assessment of the allocation of risk between the Government and its contractors for future research and development contracts regarding increasing the contractor's risk to conform to contract requirements. Requires development of regulations for the administration of research and development contracts regarding:  (1) the use of performance-based contracts; (2) clauses obligating the Government to pay for correction of defects; and (3) cost recovery for defective work. Title V:  Commercial Space Competitiveness - Amends the Commercial Space Launch Act to extend through January 1, 2000, the deadline for Government payment of certain launch-related third party claims. Directs the Administrator to establish a commercial space launch voucher demonstration program, which shall expire after September 30, 1995. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to make space transportation infrastructure grants.  Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Administrator and the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of Transportation, to inventory and identify all U.S.-owned launch support facilities. Authorizes:  (1) the Administrator or the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to enter into multiyear anchor tenancy contracts under specified conditions; and (2) use of Government space facilities on a reimbursable basis by non-Federal entities under specified conditions. Amends the National Aeronautics and Space Act to authorize the Administrator to protect from dissemination information developed under Space Act agreements with non-Federal parties for up to five years. Establishes a Commercial Space Achievement Award.  Sets forth Award criteria. Title VI:  Biomedical Research in Space - Directs the Administrator and the Director of the National Institutes of Health to jointly establish:  (1) a biomedical research joint working group; (2) a biomedical research grant program; (3) a biomedical research fellowship program; and (4) a plan to conduct joint biomedical research activities by the republics of the former Soviet Union and the United States. Directs the Administrator to establish a national electronic data archive for biomedical research data obtained from space-based experiments. Directs the Administrator, with the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Director of the Office of Foreign Disaster, and the Surgeon General of the United States, to jointly establish an international telemedicine satellite consultation capability to support disaster area emergency medical services. Authorizes appropriations.",2024-02-07T15:21:41Z,
102-hr-6136,102,hr,6136,To provide for the withdrawal of most favored nation status from the Republic of Turkey and to provide for the restoration of such status if certain conditions are fulfilled.,Foreign Trade and International Finance,1992-10-05,1992-10-06,Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.,House,"Rep. Matsui, Robert T. [D-CA-3]",CA,D,M000249,2,"Provides for the withdrawal of nondiscriminatory treatment (most-favored-nation treatment) with respect to products imported from the Republic of Turkey.  Authorizes the President to restore nondiscriminarty treatment to Turkish goods 30 days after certifying to the Congress that Turkey has:  (1) released and accounted for the Americans abducted by Turkish forces during the invasion of Cyprus in 1974 and the Greek Cypriots who have been missing since that invasion; (2) restored to original condition for Christian worship churches that were converted to mosques; (3) withdrawn from Cyprus all Turkish military forces in excess of those permitted by the 1960 Treaty of Alliance and all Turkish colonists; (4) returned the area of Famagusta/Varosha to Cyprus; (5) returned property of U.S. citizens that was illegally taken by Turkish forces and the Denktash Turkish Cypriot regime; (6) undertaken negotiations that have resulted in progress toward establishing democracy in Cyprus; (7) halted its violations of the human rights of its Kurdish citizens; and (8) complied with the United Nations Charter, specified United Nations resolutions, and the North Atlantic Treaty, and is not engaged in human rights violations or ethnic cleansing.",2024-02-07T16:32:33Z,
102-hr-6137,102,hr,6137,Regarding a supplemental trade agreement for addressing environmental issues posed by the implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement.,Foreign Trade and International Finance,1992-10-05,1992-10-06,Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.,House,"Rep. Matsui, Robert T. [D-CA-3]",CA,D,M000249,0,"Directs the President to negotiate with Mexico and Canada in order to enter into a trade agreement which obligates the parties to:  (1) impose a special uniform import fee on the importation of each other's goods; and (2) establish a trinational commission which shall create a fund from such fees which shall be applied in enforcing the environmental protection provisions, including standards applicable to imported goods, of the North American Free Trade Agreement and parallel cooperative environmental protection plans developed by such parties.",2024-02-07T16:32:33Z,
102-hr-6138,102,hr,6138,To amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act.,Agriculture and Food,1992-10-05,1992-10-31,Pocket Vetoed by President.,House,"Rep. de la Garza, E. [D-TX-15]",TX,D,D000203,1,"Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to permit certain water and waste facility loans and grants to be made if the funds will be used primarily to provide services to residents of a rural area that was recognized as a colonia as of October 1, 1989.",2024-02-05T11:45:06Z,
102-hr-6139,102,hr,6139,Child Support Recovery Act of 1992,Crime and Law Enforcement,1992-10-05,1992-10-08,Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime and Criminal Justice.,House,"Rep. Hyde, Henry J. [R-IL-6]",IL,R,H001022,0,"Child Support Recovery Act of 1992 - Amends the Federal criminal code to set penalties (a fine, imprisonment up to six months, or both for a first offense and a fine, imprisonment up to two years, or both, in any other case) for willfully failing to pay a past due support obligation with respect to a child who resides in another State.  Directs the court, upon a conviction of such offense, to order restitution in an amount equal to the past due support obligation as it exists at the time of sentencing. Authorizes the court, as a condition of probation, to require a defendant to comply with the terms of any court order or order of an administrative process pursuant to the law of a State by making payments for the support and maintenance of a child or of a child and the parent with whom the child is living. Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance to make grants to States, for use by States and local entities in the States, to develop, implement, and enforce criminal interstate child support legislation and coordinate criminal interstate child support enforcement efforts.  Sets forth provisions regarding:  (1) uses of grant funds; (2) State and local application requirements; (3) review of State applications; (4) the Federal share of funded project costs; and (5) an annual evaluation by grant recipients.  Authorizes appropriations. Establishes the Commission on Child and Family Welfare to:  (1) compile information and data on the issues that affect the best interests of children; (2) compile a report that lists the strengths and weaknesses of the child welfare system as it relates to placement (including child custody and visitation), that summarizes State laws and regulations relating to visitation, and that makes recommendations for changing the system or developing a Federal role in strengthening the system; (3) study the strengths and weaknesses of the juvenile and family courts as they relate to visitation, custody, and child support enforcement and suggest any recommendations for changing these systems; and (4) study domestic issues that relate to the treatment and placement of children (such as child and spousal abuse) and suggest recommendations for any needed changes, including models for mediation and other programs.  Sets forth administrative and reporting requirements.  Authorizes appropriations.",2025-08-26T15:14:24Z,
102-hr-6140,102,hr,6140,Real Property Taxpayer Protection Act of 1992,Finance and Financial Sector,1992-10-05,1992-10-07,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions Supervision, Regulation and Insurance.",House,"Rep. Ackerman, Gary L. [D-NY-7]",NY,D,A000022,0,Real Property Taxpayer Protection Act of 1992 - Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the Federal Credit Union Act to exclude real estate tax escrow accounts from:  (1) statutory limitations on the amount of deposit insurance available to the account holder; and (2) being taken into account in determining the amount of deposit insurance available to the account holder with respect to any other insured account.,2025-08-26T15:18:04Z,
102-hr-6141,102,hr,6141,Oxbow National Wildlife Refuge Expansion Act of 1992,Public Lands and Natural Resources,1992-10-05,1992-10-05,Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the Environment.,House,"Rep. Atkins, Chester G. [D-MA-5]",MA,D,A000226,0,"Oxbow National Wildlife Refuge Expansion Act of 1992 - Directs the Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of the Interior to enter into a memorandum of understanding to provide for the transfer of certain jurisdictional rights over a portion of the Fort Devens Military Reservation in Massachusetts to the Secretary of the Interior for inclusion in the Oxbow National Wildlife Refuge.  Excludes certain property and facilities from such transfer. Provides for the continuation of the Secretary of the Army's responsibility and liability for environmental cleanup with respect to the area transferred above. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to transfer to the Town of Lancaster, Massachusetts, certain real property at the Reservation.",2025-08-26T15:15:43Z,
102-hr-6142,102,hr,6142,To permit candidates who receive amounts from the Presidential Primary Matching Payment Account to use more personal funds to pay campaign debts from their primary elections.,Government Operations and Politics,1992-10-05,1992-10-05,Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.,House,"Rep. Boehner, John A. [R-OH-8]",OH,R,B000589,0,Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a presidential candidate to use personal funds to defray qualified campaign expenses.,2024-02-07T16:32:33Z,
102-hr-6143,102,hr,6143,"To encourage and assist producers, processors, and other handlers of agricultural commodities to donate edible, but unmarketable, agricultural commodities to food banks, soup kitchens, and homeless shelters.",Agriculture and Food,1992-10-05,1992-10-06,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, and Rural Development.",House,"Rep. Collins, Barbara-Rose [D-MI-13]",MI,D,C000633,0,"Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a program to encourage and assist producers, processors, and other handlers of agricultural commodities to donate edible but unmarketable commodities to selected U.S. food banks, soup kitchens, and homeless shelters.",2024-02-05T11:45:06Z,
102-hr-6144,102,hr,6144,"To amend title 10, United States Code, to assist members of the Armed Forces who are separated from active duty and civilian employees of the Department of Defense who are terminated to obtain new employment with certain community health centers, hospitals, and nursing homes.",Armed Forces and National Security,1992-10-05,1992-10-05,Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.,House,"Rep. Foglietta, Thomas M. [D-PA-1]",PA,D,F000235,0,"Directs the Secretary of Defense to establish a program to assist eligible members of the armed forces after their separation from active duty to:  (1) obtain certification in the occupations of the allied health professions, nursing, and social work; and (2) fill employment vacancies in such occupations existing in community health centers that serve medically underserved populations, other nonprofit community health centers, and nursing homes that participate in State Medicaid (title XIX of the Social Security Act) programs (underprivileged and Medicaid health services). Directs the Secretary to:  (1) conduct a survey to identify those States with alternative certification requirements for allied health professionals, nursing professionals, or social workers; and (2) periodically request information from such States to identify underprivileged and Medicaid health services that are experiencing a shortage of allied health professionals, nursing professionals, or social workers. Makes eligible for the program members of the armed forces who: (1) during the five-year period beginning on October 1, 1992, are discharged or released from active duty under honorable conditions after two or more years of continuous active-duty service immediately before such discharge; (2) have received a minimum of a high school diploma or its equivalent; and (3) are certified as allied health professionals, nursing professionals, or social workers or are determined by the Secretary as likely to obtain such certification within a reasonable time after discharge or release.  Authorizes the Secretary to accept program applications from members discharged or released during the period between October 1, 1990, and October 1, 1992, if other eligibility conditions are met. Outlines application requirements.  Requires the Secretary to give priority to members who have educational or military experience related to health care or social work or in another subject area identified by the Secretary as important for national health care objectives. Requires sufficient appropriated funds before program operation. Requires members chosen for the program to enter into an agreement with the Secretary in which the member agrees to either obtain certification as a health or nursing professional or social worker within a reasonable time period or, within such time period, to obtain full-time employment within the underprivileged and Medicaid health services.  Directs the Secretary to pay a stipend to participating members during their period of obtaining certification or while seeking employment.  Requires stipend reimbursement upon failure to meet program agreement conditions, with exceptions. Sets forth similar provisions requiring the Secretary to establish a program to assist eligible civilian employees of the Departments of Defense and Energy to either obtain certification in such fields or to obtain employment in the underprivileged and Medicaid health services.  Makes eligible for such program employees who were terminated (no two-year minimum service requirement necessary) from such employment as a result of reductions in defense spending or the closure or realignment of a military installation.  Provides similar provisions as under the armed forces program with respect to applications, participant selections, priorities in employment, required appropriations, agreement conditions, and stipend payments.",2025-06-06T14:17:56Z,
102-hr-6145,102,hr,6145,"To require at least 5 percent of the total amount of funds obligated for contracts by the Department of Defense to be used for contracts entered into with small disadvantaged business concerns, historically Black colleges and universities, and certain minority institutions.",Armed Forces and National Security,1992-10-05,1992-10-05,Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.,House,"Rep. Foglietta, Thomas M. [D-PA-1]",PA,D,F000235,0,"Amends the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1987 to require at least five percent of the total funds obligated for Department of Defense procurement contracts to be used for contracts entered into with small disadvantaged business concerns, historically Black colleges and universities, and certain minority institutions.  (Currently, such percentage is a goal under such Act as opposed to a requirement.)",2025-06-06T14:17:56Z,
102-hr-6146,102,hr,6146,To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for increases in the exempt amount for purposes of the retirement test and to require annual reports by the Secretary of the Treasury regarding the net increases in revenue resulting from such increases in the exempt amount.,Social Welfare,1992-10-05,1992-10-06,Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.,House,"Rep. Hastert, J. Dennis [R-IL-14]",IL,R,H000323,4,"Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to:  (1) provide for increases in the exempt amount for purposes of the retirement test; and (2) require the Secretary of the Treasury to submit annual reports to the Congress and the Secretary of Health and Human Services on the net increase in tax liabilities resulting from such increases.",2024-02-07T16:32:33Z,
102-hr-6147,102,hr,6147,Group Health Plan Nondiscrimination Act of 1992,Labor and Employment,1992-10-05,1992-10-09,Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations.,House,"Rep. Hughes, William J. [D-NJ-2]",NJ,D,H000930,1,"Group Health Plan Nondiscrimination Act of 1992 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to provide that certain retroactive reductions of benefits under group health plans constitute discrimination which interferes with rights protected under ERISA. Revises civil enforcement provisions to make any person who violates the prohibition provisions against interference with rights of any participant or beneficiary under a group health plan liable to such participant or beneficiary for actual damages (including compensatory and consequential damages proximately caused by the violation).  Precludes punitive damages, except that, where the violation constitutes willful, fraudulent, or malicious conduct, bad faith, or gross negligence, each such person may, in the court's discretion, be liable for limited exemplary damages.  Provides for attorney's fees and other legal costs to be awarded to plaintiffs who prevail or substantially prevail. Requires group health plans to issue notices of any material change in plan terms to each participant and beneficiary.  Requires issuance of such notice not later than ten days before adoption of the change, and prohibits the change from taking effect until 60 days after such issuance.  Sets forth special requirements for such notices from self-insured group health plans.",2026-03-23T12:41:21Z,
102-hr-6148,102,hr,6148,"Fishing Safety, Conservation, and Productivity Improvement Act of 1992",Public Lands and Natural Resources,1992-10-05,1992-10-05,Referred to the Subcommittee On Merchant Marine.,House,"Rep. Miller, John R. [R-WA-1]",WA,R,M000736,0,"Fishing Safety, Conservation, and Productivity Improvement Act of 1992 - Requires:  (1) a study of any market-oriented fishery management programs; (2) safety inspections of vessels of specified sizes; (3) fishing vessel stability and safety requirements and regular surveying of compliance; (4) a feasibility study on designating educational institutions as Coast Guard-approved fishing vessel safety campuses; (5) consultation with the fishing vessel insurance industry on improving safety; (6) compiling and making available to the public information received by the Coast Guard on fishing vessel casualties and incidents; (7) a study on participation by the Coast Guard in regional fishery management councils; and (8) a study on actual or apparent conflicts of interest on such councils. Establishes in the Coast Guard the Division of Fishing Vessel Safety. Amends the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 to modify the purposes of, and requirements for qualified withdrawals from, capital construction funds, including adding references to complying with vessel safety and seafood wholesomeness requirements.  Authorizes related amendment of existing capital construction fund agreements.",2025-08-26T15:17:41Z,
102-hr-6149,102,hr,6149,"To amend title 5, United States Code, with respect to the rate of interest on deductions from pay under the Civil Service Retirement System after performing sufficient service to earn the maximum annuity allowable.",Government Operations and Politics,1992-10-05,1992-10-08,Referred to the Subcommittee on Compensation and Employee Benefits.,House,"Rep. Moran, James P. [D-VA-8]",VA,D,M000933,0,Amends Federal law to revise the formula for the rate of interest on deductions from pay under the Civil Service Retirement System after a Federal employee or Member of Congress performs sufficient service to earn the maximum annuity allowable.,2024-02-06T20:04:02Z,
102-hr-6150,102,hr,6150,Foreign Aid Reduction and Reform Act of 1992,Economics and Public Finance,1992-10-05,1992-10-05,Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.,House,"Rep. Orton, Bill [D-UT-3]",UT,D,O000108,0,"Foreign Aid Reduction and Reform Act of 1992 - Declares the policy of the Congress that:  (1) humanitarian aid to foreign nations should continue to be provided in the form of grants; (2) foreign aid to military and economic development purposes should be converted to loans, rather than grants; and (3) the conversion should be implemented over a reasonable period of time, in recognition of prior commitments and managerial efficiency. Title I:  Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs - Rescinds FY 1993 funds made available to the President for the Agency for International Development for: (1) population, development assistance; (2) operating expenses; (3) the housing guaranty program account; (4) the economic support fund; (5) the international fund for Ireland; (6) Philippines assistance; (7) assistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States; and (8) assistance for Russia and emerging Eurasian democracies. Rescinds funds made available to the African Development Foundation and the Inter-American Foundation. Provides supplemental FY 1993 funds to the:  (1) Overseas Private Investment Corporation Program account; (2) the Peace Corps; and (3) the Department of State for international narcotics control and anti-terrorism assistance. Rescinds funds made available to the President for international military education and training and the foreign military financing program. Provides supplemental FY 1993 funds to the President for direct loans under the foreign military financing program, peacekeeping operations, the subsidy appropriation, and administrative expenses. Title II:  Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies - Rescinds FY 1993 funds made available to the Department of State for:  (1) the administration of foreign affairs; (2) the Office of Inspector General; (3) representation allowances; (4) protection of foreign missions and officials; (5) acquisition and maintenance of buildings abroad; (6) emergencies in the diplomatic and consular service; (7) the repatriation loans program account; (8) payment to the American Institute in Taiwan; and (9) international organizations and conferences. Rescinds FY 1993 funds made available to:  (1) certain international commissions; (2) payment to the Asia Foundation; (3) the Board for International Broadcasting; (4) the Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad; (5) the International Trade Commission; (6) the Japan-United States Friendship Commission; and (7) the United States Information Agency.",2025-08-26T15:17:18Z,
102-hr-6151,102,hr,6151,Tribal Government Unemployment Compensation Act Amendments of 1992,Taxation,1992-10-05,1992-10-05,Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.,House,"Rep. Peterson, Collin C. [D-MN-7]",MN,D,P000258,0,"Tribal Government Unemployment Compensation Act Amendments of 1992 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to treat, for unemployment compensation tax purposes, employment by federally recognized tribal governments in the same manner as employment by State or local units of government or nonprofit organizations.",2025-08-26T15:17:59Z,
102-hr-6152,102,hr,6152,"To amend title 10, United States Code, to establish within the Office of the Secretary of Defense the position of Director of Special Investigations; and for other purposes.",Armed Forces and National Security,1992-10-05,1992-10-05,Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.,House,"Rep. Schroeder, Patricia [D-CO-1]",CO,D,S000142,0,"Establishes the position of Director of Criminal Investigations to be appointed by the Secretary of Defense from among civilians who have significant experience in criminal investigations. Requires the Director to report directly to the Secretary. Requires the Director to obtain, compile, store, monitor, and report information on each allegation of sexual misconduct of a member of the armed forces (or a dependent) against another member of the armed forces or a dependent of such member.  Requires such Director to:  (1) make such information available to the Secretary, the Secretaries of the military departments, the Congress, and any law enforcement agency or court concerned; (2) investigate each allegation made directly, or referred, to the Director; and (3) monitor the conduct of such investigations by units, offices, agencies, and other organizations within the Department of Defense (DOD) regarding allegations of sexual misconduct. Authorizes the Director to inspect and report to the Secretary on any other investigation being conducted within DOD. Authorizes the Director to refer for prosecution any case of sexual misconduct. Requires the Director to report each such referral to the Secretary. Requires each member of the armed forces and employee of DOD who receives an allegation of sexual misconduct to notify the Director. Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress annually on the number and disposition of cases of sexual misconduct by members of the armed forces and employees of DOD. Amends the Federal criminal code to provide criminal penalties for each member of the armed forces or DOD employee who fails to undertake an investigation (if so required) or who receives an allegation of sexual misconduct and fails to notify the Director. Provides lesser penalties for the failure of such members or employees to act on an allegation of civil sexual misconduct. Directs the Secretary to require that the commitment of an employee of DOD or a member of the armed forces to the elimination of sexual harassment in their place of work or duty and at other DOD installations and facilities be one of the factors considered in the preparation of performance evaluations and the determination of the appropriateness of promotions or selection for the receipt of financial performance awards.  Requires the Secretary to report annually to the Congress on the implementation of such regulations. Prohibits the Secretary and the Secretary of the military department concerned from approving for a financial award or promotion any DOD employee or member of an armed force who:  (1) has been convicted of a criminal offense involving sexual misconduct; or (2) has received any other disciplinary or adverse personnel action on the basis of having engaged in sexual misconduct. Directs the Secretary to prescribe regulations that prohibit officers and employees of DOD from retaliating or taking an adverse personnel action against any other officer or employee for reporting sexual misconduct by an officer or employee of DOD or member of the armed forces or for providing information in an investigation or other action relating to an allegation of sexual misconduct. Requires the Secretary of each military department to prescribe similar regulations prohibiting such retaliatory measures by members under their respective armed force.  Makes violations of such regulations punishable under applicable provisions of the Uniform Code of Military Justice.",2025-06-06T14:17:56Z,
102-hr-6153,102,hr,6153,To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the temporary waiver of certain restrictions on the 1-time exclusion of gain from the sale of a principal residence.,Taxation,1992-10-05,1992-10-05,Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.,House,"Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]",NJ,R,S000522,0,"Amends the Internal Revenue Code to waive the age requirement (55 years or older) for eligibility with respect to the one-time income tax exclusion of gain from the sale of a residence during the two-year period beginning on the day after the date of the enactment of this Act. Requires this amendment to be applied by not taking into account any election with respect to a sale or exchange made on or before such date.  Requires, in the case of a sale or exchange after the close of the two-year period, that this amendment be applied by not taking into account any election made during such two-year period.",2024-02-07T16:32:33Z,
102-hr-6154,102,hr,6154,"To establish a moratorium on the promulgation and implementation of certain drinking water regulations promulgated under the Safe Drinking Water Act, to modify the definition of public water system, and for other purposes.",Water Resources Development,1992-10-05,1992-11-20,Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.,House,"Rep. Solomon, Gerald B. H. [R-NY-24]",NY,R,S000675,0,"Prohibits the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from implementing any national primary drinking water regulation under the Safe Drinking Water Act (the Act) or any similar regulation until this Act's requirements are met and legislation that extends the authorization of the Act is enacted. Requires the Administrator to study and report to the Congress on: (1) each final regulation that has been promulgated under the Act and regulatory alternatives that reflect a range of levels of safety or direct health benefits; (2) any health effect an alternative would prevent and the system-level incremental cost of each alternative; (3) the contaminants listed pursuant to the Act for purposes of considering revisions to the list, taking into account anticipated adverse health effects of the contaminant, the risk or safety factors associated with the maximum contaminant level, and whether the contaminant may occur in public water systems; (4) compliance deadlines; (5) whether a regulation should apply exclusively to small public water systems; and (6) recommended alternatives to ensure that States and political subdivisions meet funding needs to carry out the Act. Directs the Administrator, if the implementation or promulgation of a primary drinking water regulation is justifiable to protect human health, to implement or promulgate such regulation without regard to the requirements of this Act. Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to exclude from the definition of ""public water system"" any system which:  (1) relies only on surface water supplies; (2) serves only seasonal rental residences; and (3) serves 100 or fewer individuals.",2024-02-05T14:30:09Z,
102-hr-6155,102,hr,6155,United States-Japan Partnership to Eliminate the Threat of Nuclear Weapons,International Affairs,1992-10-05,1992-10-12,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Arms Control, International Security and Science.",House,"Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-9]",CA,D,S000810,0,"United States-Japan Partnership to Eliminate the Threat of Nuclear Weapons - Directs the United States, in consultation with Japan and other states, to seek to convene a World Nuclear Disarmament Conference in 1995, with the goal of achieving a verifiable agreement to eliminate nuclear weapons from the arsenals of all countries. Requires the denuclearization process to include:  (1) a verifiable nuclear test ban agreement and a worldwide agreement to end production of plutonium and highly enriched uranium for weapons purposes; (2) phasing out the use of such materials for civilian purposes; (3) strengthening international regimes to prevent countries from developing or assisting others to develop nuclear weapons and creating international mechanisms to enforce these regimes; and (4) increased investment in research and development of nuclear safeguard and verification methods and technologies.",2025-08-26T15:17:35Z,
102-hr-6156,102,hr,6156,General Accounting Office Reform and Reorganization Act of 1992,Congress,1992-10-05,1992-10-05,Referred to the House Committee on Government Operations.,House,"Rep. Thomas, Craig [R-WY-At Large]",WY,R,T000162,0,"General Accounting Office Reform and Reorganization Act of 1992 - Amends Federal law to provide for the establishment of the General Accounting Office Oversight Board (Board) to review any congressional request for a General Accounting Office (GAO) report and approve a methodology for preparing it. Prohibits outside contact with GAO by the requesting Member of Congress and congressional staff regarding the report once the request for it has been approved. Requires the Comptroller General, upon receiving a request from a congressional committee for a GAO report, to notify the ranking minority member of such committeee that the request has been received. Prohibits the Comptroller General from issuing any GAO report until such report has cleared the oversight process established by this Act. Allows Members to submit to the Board comments challenging a GAO report.  Permits the Board to refer such comments to the Comptroller General or an outside entity for further consideration. Sets forth requirements for congressional committee hearings regarding GAO reports. Prohibits the Comptroller General from:  (1) detailing or assigning a GAO officer or employee to a congressional committee more than twice in any Congress or for a period longer than three months; and (2) making any investigation or report pursuant to a request from a congressional committee if such officer or employee was detailed or assigned to the committee in the three month period ending on the date of the request's submission.",2025-08-26T15:14:32Z,
102-hr-6157,102,hr,6157,Fair Competition Act of 1992,Government Operations and Politics,1992-10-05,1992-10-05,Referred to the House Committee on Government Operations.,House,"Rep. Thomas, Craig [R-WY-At Large]",WY,R,T000162,0,Fair Competition Act of 1992 - Amends Federal law to prohibit an executive agency from providing commercial activities to a State or local government unless a public notification and search of potential private sector providers by the agency determines that an activity is of such a unique nature that no private sector provider can perform such services.,2025-08-26T15:17:42Z,
102-hr-6158,102,hr,6158,"To amend the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, and for other purposes.",Native Americans,1992-10-05,1992-10-05,Referred to the House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.,House,"Rep. Torres, Esteban Edward [D-CA-34]",CA,D,T000316,0,"Amends the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (the Act) to revise conditions under which a tribe may receive certification for certain types of gaming activities on Indian lands. Allow a State the option to consent to enter into negotiations with a tribe to enter into a class III gaming certification compact. (Current law requires such negotiations.) Allows a tribe to apply to the National Indian Gaming Commission (the Commission) for a class III gaming certificate if a State fails to consent to Federal court jurisdiction or raises a defense against such jurisdiction, or the Federal court finds it lacks such jurisdiction, for any reason not curable by the tribe. Directs the Commission to approve the application if such gaming will be conducted in accordance with a tribal ordinance or resolution and will be located in a State that permits such gaming for any purpose, by any person, organization, or entity.  Authorizes the Commission to add regulatory or licensing provisions as a condition of such approval and to impose annual fees to defray reasonable costs of regulation. Declares that this Act shall not impair the validity of any tribal-State compact entered into under specified provisions of the Act.",2024-02-07T13:32:55Z,
102-hr-6159,102,hr,6159,State Care Act of 1992,Health,1992-10-05,1992-11-20,Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.,House,"Rep. Wyden, Ron [D-OR-3]",OR,D,W000779,0,"State Care Act of 1992 - Amends the Social Security Act (SSA) to add a new title XXI, State Comprehensive Health Coverage And Cost Containment Demonstration Projects, establishing a program under which the Commission on  State-Based Comprehensive Health Care (established below) is required to select States to participate in health coverage and cost containment demonstration projects (State Care projects). Establishes the Commission on State-Based Comprehensive Health Care (the Commission) to review, approve, and oversee State Care projects. Authorizes appropriations. Requires States desiring to have State Care projects approved to establish a State Care Plan Development Board through which to develop such projects.  Exempts from this requirement States that have enacted comprehensive health care plans (State Care plans) within 12 months of enactment of this Act. Establishes Federal standards for approval of applications for grants for demonstrations in up to ten States. Specifies State Care plan requirements, including those for a standard benefit package, cost-control mechanisms, and quality control procedures.  Details the various items and services which constitute such package. Sets limits on the amount, scope, and duration of certain benefits under such package.  Details cost-sharing and provides for limits on out-of-pocket package expenses. Authorizes the Commission to award grants to States receiving approval of a State Care project application for:  (1) establishment of a data base infrastructure necessary to measure and evaluate State Care plan success in achieving cost containment and access goals; and (2) consolidation of health care budgeting, regulating, financing, and delivery responsibilities of the State. Authorizes appropriations. Sets forth provisions regarding the payment of expenditures for individuals eligible for Medicaid (SSA title XIX). Sets forth provisions governing the application of Medicare (SSA title XVIII) and ERISA (Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) with respect to any approved State Care project. Requires periodic reports by the Commission to the Congress on the reforms undertaken in States participating in State Care projects, along with recommendations for increased Federal funding for reform initiatives.  Requires additional Commission reports on continued financing of State Care plans and, if no national, comprehensive health care system has been established, on establishing such a system that utilizes the experiences of State Care projects.",2026-03-23T12:41:21Z,
102-hr-6160,102,hr,6160,"To amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to the use and sale of military medals and decorations.",Crime and Law Enforcement,1992-10-05,1992-10-05,Referred to the House Committee on Judiciary.,House,"Rep. McCandless, Alfred A. (Al) [R-CA-37]",CA,R,M000306,0,"Amends the Federal criminal code to delete the $250 cap on the maximum fine for the unauthorized wearing, manufacturing, or selling of military decorations or medals. Specifies that if the decoration or medal involved in the offense is a Congressional Medal of Honor the offender shall be fined or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both. Includes as sales, with respect to a Congressional Medal of Honor, trades, barters, or exchanges for anything of value.",2021-06-02T15:12:46Z,
102-hr-6161,102,hr,6161,"To designate the Gallipolis Locks and Dam, Ohio River, Ohio and West Virginia, as the ""Robert C. Byrd Locks and Dam"".",Water Resources Development,1992-10-05,1992-10-06,An objection was heard to the unanimous consent request to consider the measure.,House,"Rep. Roe, Robert A. [D-NJ-8]",NJ,D,R000383,1,"Designates the Gallipolis Locks and Dam, Ohio River, Ohio and West Virginia, as the Robert C. Byrd Locks and Dam.",2024-02-07T16:02:17Z,
102-hr-6162,102,hr,6162,"To designate an area for which environmental and other streambank restoration measures are authorized as the ""Joseph G. Minish Passaic River Waterfront Park and Historic Area"".",Public Lands and Natural Resources,1992-10-05,1992-10-08,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,House,"Rep. Roe, Robert A. [D-NJ-8]",NJ,D,R000383,0,"Designates the area for which environmental and other streambank restoration measures are authorized for a flood control project for the Passaic River Mainstem, New Jersey and New York, as the Joseph G. Minish Passaic River Waterfront Park and Historic Area.",2025-01-14T17:12:38Z,
102-hr-6163,102,hr,6163,To designate certain Federal buildings.,Government Operations and Politics,1992-10-05,1992-10-08,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,House,"Rep. Roe, Robert A. [D-NJ-8]",NJ,D,R000383,0,"Designates:  (1) the U.S. courthouse under construction located at 400 Cooper Street in Camden, New Jersey, as the Mitchell H. Cohen United States Courthouse; (2) the Federal building and U.S. courthouse located at 402 East State Street in Trenton, New Jersey, as the Clarkson S. Fisher Federal Building and United States Courthouse; (3) the Federal building located at 1900 E Street in Washington, D.C., and currently occupied by the Office of Personnel Management as the Theodore Roosevelt Federal Building; (4) the building located at 80 North Hughey Avenue in Orlando, Florida, as the George C. Young United States Courthouse and Federal Building; (5) the Federal building located at 501 West Ocean Boulevard in Long Beach, California, as the Glenn M. Anderson Federal Building; (6) the Federal building and U.S. courthouse located at 204 South Main Street in South Bend, Indiana, as the Robert A. Grant Federal Building and United States Courthouse; (7) the Federal building located at 200 Federal Plaza in Paterson, New Jersey, as the Robert A. Roe Federal Building; (8) the Federal building and U.S. courthouse located at the corner of College Avenue and Mountain Street in Fayetteville, Arkansas, as the John Paul Hammerschmidt Federal Building and United States Courthouse; (9) the Federal building and courthouse to be constructed at Fifth and Ross Streets in Santa Ana, California, as the Ronald Reagan Federal Building and Courthouse; (10) the U.S. Court of Appeals building located at 125 South Grand Avenue in Pasadena, California, as the Richard H.  Chambers United States Court of Appeals Building; (11) the Federal building located at Main and Church Streets in Victoria, Texas, as the Martin Luther King, Jr. Federal Building; (12) the U.S. courthouse to be constructed in Fargo, North Dakota, as the Quentin N. Burdick United States Courthouse; (13) the area for which environmental and other streambank restoration measures are authorized pursuant to the flood control project for flood control, Passaic River Mainstem, New Jersey and New York, as the Joseph G. Minish Passaic River Waterfront Park and Historic Area; (14) the reservoir created by the James W. Trimble Lock and Dam on the Arkansas River, Arkansas, as the John Paul Hammerschmidt Lake; and (15) the Gallipolis Locks and Dam, Ohio River, Ohio, and West Virginia, as the Robert C. Byrd Locks and Dam.",2025-01-14T17:12:38Z,
102-hr-6164,102,hr,6164,"To amend the John F. Kennedy Center Act to authorize appropriations for maintenance, repair, alteration, and other services necessary for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.",Government Operations and Politics,1992-10-05,1992-10-24,Became Public Law No: 102-500.,House,"Rep. Roe, Robert A. [D-NJ-8]",NJ,D,R000383,0,"Amends the John F. Kennedy Center Act to authorize appropriations for maintenance, repairs, alterations, and operating services for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.",2024-02-07T16:02:17Z,
102-hr-6165,102,hr,6165,"To amend certain provisions of law relating to establishment, in the District of Columbia or its environs, of a memorial to honor Thomas Paine.",Public Lands and Natural Resources,1992-10-05,1992-10-23,Became Public Law No: 102-459.,House,"Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-20]",NY,D,L000480,0,Amends Federal law to authorize the Thomas Paine National Historical Association to establish a memorial on Federal land in the District of Columbia to honor Thomas Paine.  Makes the Association solely responsible for expenses for the establishment of the memorial.  Requires excess funds for the memorial to be remitted to the Secretary of the Treasury.,2024-02-07T11:39:48Z,
102-hr-6166,102,hr,6166,To amend the Home Owners' Loan Act to modify the separate capitalization rule for the subsidiaries of savings associations that engage in activities not permissible for national banks.,Finance and Financial Sector,1992-10-05,1992-10-07,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions Supervision, Regulation and Insurance.",House,"Rep. Fazio, Vic [D-CA-4]",CA,D,F000053,1,"Amends the Home Owners' Loan Act to delineate conditions under which the Director of the Office of Thrift Supervision may modify, in his or her sole discretion, the statutory percentages applicable to the capitalization requirements (separate capitalization rule) of savings associations' subsidiaries engaged in activities that are not permissible for national banks.  Prescribes percentage limitations.",2024-02-06T19:38:08Z,
102-hr-6167,102,hr,6167,Water Resources Development Act of 1992,Water Resources Development,1992-10-05,1992-10-31,Became Public Law No: 102-580.,House,"Rep. Roe, Robert A. [D-NJ-8]",NJ,D,R000383,0,"Water Resources Development Act of 1992 - Title I:  Water Resources Projects - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army (the Secretary) to carry out public works projects in the following locations for improvements to navigation, flood control, ecosystem restoration, and beach erosion control and hurricane protection:  (1) Southeast Alaska Harbors of Refuge, Alaska; (2) Whiteman's Creek, Arkansas; (3) Morro Bay Harbor, California; (4) Sacramento Metro Area, California; (5) Rio Grande Alamosa, Colorado; (6) Delaware River Mainstem and Channel Deepening, Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania; (7) Canaveral Harbor, Florida; (8) Kissimmee River, Florida; (9) Port Everglades Harbor, Florida; (10) Savannah Harbor, Georgia and South Carolina; (11) Amite River and Tributaries, Louisiana; (12) Saugus River and Tributaries, Massachusetts; (13) Las Vegas Wash and Tributaries, Nevada; (14) Morehead City Harbor, North Carolina; (15) West Onslow and New River Inlet, North Carolina; (16) Lackawanna River at Olyphant and at Scranton, Pennsylvania; (17) Locks and Dams 2 and 3, Monongahela River, Pennsylvania; (18) Rio Grande De Loiza, Puerto Rico; (19) Sargent Beach, Texas; (20) Shoal Creek, Austin, Texas; and (21) Sandbridge Beach, Virginia Beach, Virginia. Modifies projects at the following locations with respect to wildlife mitigation, flood control, beach erosion control and hurricane protection, navigation, and other improvements:  (1) Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway, Alabama and Mississippi; (2) Goleta and vicinity, California; (3) Oceanside Harbor, California; (4) San Leandro Marina, California; (5) O'Hare system of the Chicagoland underflow plan, Illinois; (6) Illinois River, Illinois; (7) South Frankfort, Kentucky; (8) Locks and Dam 26, Mississippi River, Alton, Illinois and Missouri; (9) Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana; (10) Parish Creek, Shady Side, Maryland; (11) Buffomville Lake, Massachusetts; (12) South Fork Zumbro River, Minnesota; (13) New Madrid Harbor, Missouri; (14) Papillion Creek and Tributaries Lakes, Nebraska; (15) Passaic River Main Stem, New Jersey and New York; (16) Raritan Bay and Sandy Hook Bay, New Jersey; (17) Sandy Hook to Barnegat Inlet, New Jersey; (18) Rio Grande Floodway, New Mexico; (19) Jones Inlet, New York; (20) Westhampton Beach, New York; (21) Broken Bow Lake, Red River Basin, Oklahoma; (22) Wyoming Valley, Pennsylvania; (23) Chetco River, Oregon; (24) Port Orford, Oregon; (25) Cliff Walk, Newport, Rhode Island; (26) Ray Roberts Lake, Elm Fork of the Trinity River, Texas; (27) Sims Bayou, Texas; (28) Virginia Beach, Virginia; (29) Lower Granite Lock and Dam, Washington; (30) Beech Fork Lake, West Virginia; (31) Bluestone Lake, Ohio River Basin, West Virginia; and (32) La Crosse and Shelby, Wisconsin. Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 to authorize and direct the Secretary of the Interior to enter into a contract with the St. Johns River Water Management District and the Southwest Florida Water Management District of the State of Florida for the continued operation and maintenance by the Secretary of portions of the Cross Florida barge canal project, subject to specified requirements. Authorizes the Secretary (subject to specified requirements) to: (1) construct visitor centers at Melvin Price Lock and Dam, Alton, Illinois, and at Mt. Morris Dam, New York, and a Northeastern New Jersey Regional Flood Operations-Response, Engineering, and Visitor Center, and at the John Hammerschmidt Lake, Arkansas River, Arkansas; and (2) establish and operate the Lower Mississippi River Museum and Riverfront Interpretive Site, Vicksburg, Mississippi.  Directs the Secretary to consult with the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution in the planning and design of the museum and site and with the Secretary of the Interior and the Director of the National Park Service in the planning, design, and implementation of interpretive programs.  Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary to conduct studies and carry out small navigation projects at:  (1) Calcasieu River, Louisiana; (2) Provincetown Harbor, Massachusetts; (3) Aunt Lydia's Cove, Chatham, Massachusetts; (4) Grand Marais, Minnesota; (5) Grand Portage, Minnesota; (6) Silver Bay, Minnesota; (7) Seaway Pier, Buffalo, New York; and (8) Tangier Island, Virginia. Authorizes the Secretary to conduct studies and, if the Secretary determines such projects to be feasible, to carry out small flood control projects at:  (1) Blue River and Brock Creek, Salem, Indiana; (2) White River, Elnora, Indiana; (3) White River, Gibson County, Indiana; (4) White River, Petersburg, Indiana; (5) Wabash River, Knox County, Indiana; (6) Red River at Grand Marais Outlet, Minnesota; (7) Sullivan Run Creek, Butler, Pennsylvania; (8) Little Fossil Creek, Texas; and (9) Turpentine Run, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands. Modifies the project with respect to the maximum allotment and cost-sharing at St. Peters, St.  Charles County, Missouri. Directs the Secretary to develop and carry out a Sonoma Baylands wetland demonstration project in the San Francisco Bay-Delta estuary, California.  Sets forth project purposes and requirements.  Authorizes appropriations. Sets forth limitations on amounts transferred and obligated pursuant to the Upper Mississippi River Management Program.  Specifies that the costs of operation and maintenance of projects located on Federal lands or lands owned or operated by a State or local government shall be borne by the Federal, State, or local agency that is responsible for management activities for fish and wildlife on such lands. Directs the Secretary to construct a research and quarantine facility in Broward County, Florida, to be used in connection with efforts to control Melaleuca and other exotic plant species that threaten native ecosystems in Florida.  Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary to maintain navigation access to, and berthing areas at, all currently operating public and private commercial dock facilities associated with or having access to the Federal navigation project on the Columbia, Snake, and Clearwater Rivers from Bonneville Dam to and incuding Lewiston, Idaho, at a depth commensurate with the Federal navigation project.  Exempts the Federal Government from liability resulting from such project. Authorizes the Secretary to construct such bulkheads along the Outer Harbor, Buffalo, New York, as may be necessary to protect the shoreline and reduce the flow of pollutants into Lake Erie. Directs the Secretary to:  (1) conduct a study for a streambank and shoreline protection project for Walnut Canyon Creek, Anaheim, California, subject to specified requirements; and (2) proceed expeditiously with design, land acquisition, and construction of the Montgomery Point Lock and Dam on the White River, Arkansas. Sets forth provisions with respect to the costs of major rehabilitation from specified projects. Authorizes the Secretary to conduct a study for the purpose of determining whether there is contaminated ground water flowing downstream from the San Gabriel Valley Ground Water Basin to the Central Ground Water Basin in California through existing Federal facilities at Whittier Narrows Dam, Los Angeles County, California. Directs the Secretary:  (1) to complete the general reevaluation study for the flood control project at Santa Paula Creek, California, and transmit to the Congress a report on the results of such study; (2) to complete and transmit to the Congress a feasibility study for enlargement of the flood control project for the Success Reservoir, Tule River, California; and (3) as part of the ongoing review of the Anacostia River Watershed in the District of Columbia and Maryland, to carry out a comprehensive assessment of adverse impacts to such watershed from Federal facilities, review current plans for reducing such adverse impacts, and carry out a feasibility study to identify and recommend measures for implementation to eliminate such adverse impacts.  Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to:  (1) expeditiously complete the general design memorandum for the sand transfer portion of the navigation project for Canaveral Harbor, Florida; (2) expeditiously complete that portion of the navigation study for Tampa Harbor, Alafia River and Big Bend, Florida, relating to the Alafia River; (3) complete the feasibility study for Cedar River and tributaries, Blackhawk, Iowa; (4) complete the study for Federal maintenance of the Port Fourchon Navigation Channel, Louisiana; (5) conduct a study of and report to the Congress on, the water supply, distribution, and transmission needs of Brockton, Massachusetts; the feasibility of providing additional water supply for Brockton and vicinity; and the water quality and quantity and related land resources of the Taunton River; (6) conduct a study on proposed uses of the seawall located in Haverhill, Massachusetts (7) conduct an economic reevaluation of proposed improvements at Grand Marais Harbor, Michigan; (8) conduct a review and evaluation of the recreational master plan for Yazoo Basin, Mississippi; (9) conduct a study of the project for flood control, Ramapo River, Oakland, New Jersey; (10) complete the feasibility study for Little River, Niagara Falls, New York; (11) complete the feasibility study of shoreline protection for Strawberry Island, New York (and take such interim emergency measures as necessary); (12) complete a study of the flood control project for Wister Lake, Oklahoma; (13) conduct independent studies to determine the Federal interest and feasibility of providing improvements to the Chesapeake Bay shoreline in Hampton and Poquoson, Virginia, for environmental protection and enhancement and protection against high tides and wave action; (14) conduct a study of the project for navigation, Corpus Christi Ship Channel, Texas to determine the feasibility of modifying the project to include maintenance of the Jewel Fulton Canal at a depth of 17 feet as a Federal responsibility; and (15) conduct a study to determine the feasibility of establishing a Tug Valley Greenway, West Virginia, for the purpose of utilizing the river environment for public recreation opportunities. Sets forth reporting requirements. Sets the Federal share (100 percent) of the cost of completion of the study for mitigation of shoreline damage attributable to the Federal navigation project at Salmon Harbor, Oregon. Continues the authorization for projects and studies (for flood control and other purposes) at the following locations:  (1) Green Bay Levee District, Iowa; (2) Lake Pontchartrain, North Shore, Louisiana; (3) St. Johns Bayou and New Madrid Floodway, Missouri; (4) Deal Lake, Monmouth County, New Jersey; (5) Tyrone, Pennsylvania; and (6) Big Pine Lake, Texas.  Sets forth limitations with respect to such projects and studies. Deauthorizes navigation projects at the following locations:  (1) Boothbay Harbor, Maine; (2) Boston Inner Harbor Channel, Massachusetts; (3) Newburyport, Massachusetts; (4) Greilickville, Michigan; (5) South Haven Harbor, Michigan; and (6) Sag Harbor, New York.  Deauthorizes a portion of the Canaveral Harbor project, Florida. Designates:  (1) lock and dam 3, Arkansas River, Arkansas, as the ""Joe Hardin Lock and Dam""; (2) the Greers Ferry Lake Visitors Center, Arkansas, as the ""William Carl Garner Visitors Center""; (3) the reservoir created by the James W. Trimble Lock and Dam on the Arkansas River, Arkansas, as the ""John Paul Hammerschmidt Lake""; (4) lock 5 on the Red River Waterway, Louisiana, as the ""Joe D. Waggonner, Jr. Lock""; (5) the area for which environmental and other streambank restoration measures are authorized relating to the project for flood control, Passaic River Mainstem, New Jersey and New York, as the ""Joseph G. Minish Passaic River Waterfront Park and Historic Area""; (6) the project for flood control, Buena Vista, Virginia, as the ""James R. Olin Flood Control Project""; (7) the Gallipolis Locks and Dam, Ohio River, Ohio and West Virginia, as the ""Robert C. Byrd Locks and Dam""; and (8) the Mill Creek Reservoir, Washington, as the ""Virgil B. Bennington Lake."" Title II:  Generally Applicable Provisions - Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 to modify requirements concerning the ability of non-Federal interests to pay under cost-sharing agreements. Directs the Secretary to:  (1) review regulations on ability to pay in light of locally prevailing conditions such as those associated with specified projects; and (2) amend the regulations to the extent that the Secretary determines necessary to more appropriately take into account locally prevailing conditions which would limit the ability of local interests to participate as non-Federal project sponsors in accordance with established cost-sharing formulas. Prohibits project modifications for improvements of the environment without specific congressional authorization if the estimated cost exceeds $5 million. Authorizes appropriation of not to exceed $25 million (currently, $15 million) annually to carry out provisions related to such modifications. Authorizes the Secretary to:  (1) accept contributions for environmental and recreation projects, with funds received to be deposited into a specified account in the Treasury; and (2) carry out projects for the protection, restoration, and creation of aquatic and ecologically related habitats in connection with dredging of an authorized navigation project.  Sets forth provisions, in connection with the latter, regarding cooperative agreements, determination of construction costs, and authorization of appropriations. Sets forth provisions with respect to:  (1) the definition of rehabilitation for inland waterway projects; (2) construction of shoreline protection projects by non-Federal interests; (3) cost-sharing for disposal of dredged material on beaches; and (4) fees for development of State water plans. Extends specified State safety and training, research, and dam inventory programs. Authorizes the Secretary to provide assistance to non-Federal interests for the repair, reconstruction, or other modification to Mussers Dam, Middle Creek, Snyder County, Pennsylvania, subject to specified limitations. Sets forth the Federal share.  Authorizes appropriations. Specifies that all costs incurred in carrying out the project to correct seepage problems at Beaver Lake, Arkansas, shall be treated as costs incurred for a dam safety project, subject to cost-sharing requirements of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986. Authorizes the Secretary to procure materials necessary to promote the Corps safety program, for distribution to Corps employees, and to recognize outstanding safety performance by such employees.  Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary:  (1) to the maximum extent practicable, to make use of private sector resources in carrying out surveying and mapping activities in the Corps' Civil Works Program; (2) to ensure that procurement with funds appropriated to carry out this Act are conducted in compliance with the ""Buy American Act,"" with exceptions; (3) to report to specified congressional committees with specific recommendations on improving the equitable distribution of water resources development projects in rural areas; and (4) to conduct a comparative analysis with respect to the compensation of Corps and other similarly-situated Federal employees.  Sets forth additional reporting requirements. Directs the Secretary to conduct a study on the need for changes in Federal law and policy with respect to dredged material disposal areas for the construction and maintenance of harbors and inland harbors by the Secretary.  Sets forth reporting requirements. Authorizes the Secretary to provide assistance to non-Federal interests for carrying out specified projects for the beneficial reuse of waste water, including:  (1) a Southern California Comprehensive Water reuse system; (2) San Diego area water reuse demonstration facilities; (3) Santa Rosa water reuse projects; and (4) a project to reduce salt water intrusion into aquifers in the vicinity of Castroville, California, improve the water quality of Monterey Bay and enhance the long-term water supply in the area.  Sets forth certain restrictions regarding procurement of assistance from non-private sources. Sets the non-Federal share of the cost of projects for which assistance is provided at not less than 25 percent, with exceptions.  Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary to provide design and construction assistance to the Santa Clara Valley Water District and to the city of San Jose, California to demonstrate and field test for public use innovative processes which advance the technology of waste water reuse and treatment and which promote the use of treated waste water for critical water supply purposes and for the protection of fish and wildlife in the San Francisco Bay. Sets the Federal share for specified grants at 75 percent.  Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary to provide assistance to non-Federal interests to carry out water-related environmental infrastructure and resource protection and development projects relating to wastewater treatment and for other purposes at the following locations:   (1) Washington, D.C. and Maryland; (2) Atlanta, Georgia; (3) Hazard, Kentucky; (4) Rouge River, Michigan; (5) Jackson County, Mississippi; (6) Epping, Manchester, and Rochester, New Hampshire; (7) Paterson and Passaic County, New Jersey; (8) State of New Jersey (including New Jersey Wastewater Treatment Trust); (9) Erie County, New York; (10) Otsego and Chenango Counties, New York; (11) Greensboro and Glassworks, Pennsylvania; (12) Lynchburg and Richmond, Virginia; and (13) along the U.S.-Mexican border.  Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary to provide design and construction assistance to:  (1) appropriate non-Federal interests for a water transmission line from the northern part of Beaver Lake, Arkansas, into Benton and Washington Counties, Arkansas; (2) the Buffalo Sewer Authority, Buffalo, New York, for the development and implementation of best management practices to reduce pollution from the combined sewer system in the city; (3) the town of Amherst, New York, for a storm water control project; and (4) the city of Lewiston, New York, for construction of a storm water control project. Sets forth cost and cost-sharing provisions. Provides for the termination of the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors. Authorizes the Secretary to develop and implement a program to share the cost of managing recreation facilities and natural resources at water resource development projects under the Secretary's jurisdiction. Requires the Secretary to debar persons convicted of intentionally affixing a label bearing a ""Made in America"" inscription to any product sold in or shipped to the United States which is not made in the United States and which is used in a civil works project of the Secretary from contracting with the Federal Government for a period of from three to five years. Title III:  Miscellaneous Provisions - Extends the jurisdiction of the Mississippi River Commission. Directs the Secretary to:  (1) develop a prevention monitoring program for zebra mussels throughout the New York City water supply system; (2) develop appropriate zebra mussel prevention and removal technologies for such system; and (3) provide technical assistance to the State and city of New York on alternative design and maintenance practices for such system in the event of zebra mussel infestation.  Sets forth cost-sharing provisions.  Authorizes appropriations. Amends the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 to direct the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to issue regulations to prevent the introduction and spread of aquatic nuisance species in the Great Lakes through ballast water carried on vessels that, after operating on the waters beyond the exclusive economic zone, enter a U.S. port on the Hudson River north of the George Washington Bridge. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into a cooperative agreement with the Earth Conservancy to develop, and carry out along the Susquehanna River between Wilkes-Barre and Sunbury, Pennsylvania, a wetlands demonstration project for the purposes of:  (1) enhancing municipal waste water treatment in the region; (2) restoring and maintaining the physical, chemical, and biological integrity of the Susquehanna River and its tributaries as well as nearby lands; and (3) developing cleanup technologies which can be utilized for various environmental restoration initiatives.  Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to enter into a cooperative agreement with non-Federal interests to develop and carry out along the Juniata River and its tributaries, Pennsylvania, a watershed reclamation and protection and wetlands creation and restoration project.  Sets the Federal share at 75 percent.  Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes:  (1) the construction of boat ramps and docks at Clarks Hill Reservoir, Georgia, subject to specified requirements; and (2) the Secretary to construct trailhead facilities at specified projects in West Virginia. Authorizes the Secretary to design and construct projects to address water quality problems associated with:  (1) storm water discharges from large storm events for the New Orleans, Louisiana, area; and (2) watershed areas of Onondaga County and Syracuse, New York; of the Penobscot River near Bangor, Maine, and the Casco Bay near Portland, Maine; and of Narragansett Bay near the Providence, Rhode Island Metropolitan area. Sets forth provisions regarding:  (1) project design; and (2) cost-sharing. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to conduct studies of Baltimore Harbor, Maryland, for the purpose of developing analytical procedures and criteria for contaminated dredged material in order to distinguish those materials which should be placed in containment sites from those which could be used in beneficial projects or placed in open waters without being chemically altered, and of determining the feasibility and necessity of decontaminating dredged materials and of dewatering and recycling such materials for use as marketable products.  Sets forth reporting requirements.  Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to review the report of the Chief of Engineers on the Ohio River and Tributaries and other pertinent reports to determine whether modifications of the report's recommendations are advisable at the present time.  Authorizes appropriations. Requires the Secretary to conduct a study of the economic benefits of Federal and significant non-Federal shore protection activities in the Mid-Atlantic region from New York to Virginia.  Sets forth reporting requirements. Authorizes the Secretary to:  (1) enter into a memorandum of understanding with the Secretary of Agriculture for the purpose of studying problems associated with flooding in Harrison County, Mississippi, under which the Secretaries will jointly conduct a reconnaissance study of such County and of specified bodies of water and associated watersheds; and (2) conduct a study on the need for navigation improvements in Reynolds Channel and the connecting State Boat Channel between Captree Island and Oak Beach.  Sets forth reporting requirements. Authorizes the Secretary to:  (1) review the reports of the Chief of Engineers and other pertinent documents pertaining to Orchard Beach, Bronx, New York, and to make appropriate recommendations concerning storm damage prevention, recreation, environmental restoration, and other purposes; and (2) conduct a study on the need for erosion protection along the East River, New York, in the vicinity of Brooklyn, Queens, and Manhattan, with a view toward mitigating the deleterious effects of drift removal on protecting the adjacent shoreline from erosion.  Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary to conduct a reconnaisance and feasibility study:  (1) of remediation of contaminated sediments in Lake Champlain and the Narrows of Lake Champlain, Vermont; (2) of providing additional boat access points on Lake Champlain, Vermont; and (2) on providing additional flood protection for Montpelier, Vermont. Sets forth funding provisions. Directs the Secretary, in studying the feasibility of Federal improvements to the St. John's River Channel, Florida, to examine the commercial and military uses of the channel in those areas traversed by both military and commercial vessels, and coordinate the Secretary's efforts with the Secretary of the Navy to utilize available studies and resources which project future military dredging needs in the St. John's River Channel. Requires the Chief of Engineers to review the report of the Chief of Engineers on central and southern Florida, and other pertinent reports, with a view to determining whether modifications to the existing project are advisable at the present time due to significantly changed physical, biological, demographic, or economic conditions. Directs the Secretary to:  (1) conduct a study on whether or not to relieve the State of Illinois of the requirement to make annual payments for unused water supply storage in Rend Lake on the Big Muddy River, Illinois; and  (2) report to the Congress.  Requires such State, until six months after the date on which the Secretary transmits such report to the Congress, to make any payments under its contract with the United States for use of storage space for water supply in Rend Lake on such River. Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1988 to authorize the Secretary to pay tuition expenses of suitable, English-taught primary and secondary education in Puerto Rico for the children of Federal employees who are employed (currently, temporarily residing and employed) in Puerto Rico for the construction of the Portuguese and Bucana Rivers, subject to specified requirements. Directs the Secretary to undertake such measures as necessary to compensate for damages caused to public and private property by the drawdown undertaken in March 1992 by the Corps at the Little Goose and Lower Granite projects in Washington. Specifies that the costs of such measures shall be considered project costs and shall be allocated in accordance with existing cost allocations for such projects.  Authorizes appropriations. Requires the Secretary to establish a pilot program for providing environmental restoration infrastructure and resource protection development projects to non-Federal interests in south central Pennsylvania, subject to specified (including reporting) requirements. Authorizes the Secretary to make capital improvements to the Illinois and Michigan Canal.  Directs the Secretary to enter into such arrangements as necessary to rehabilitate, renovate, preserve, and maintain the Illinois and Michigan Canal and its related facilities.  Sets the Federal share of such improvements at 50 percent. Directs the Secretary to study the feasibility of establishing a transfer facility at the Leonard Ranch property adjacent to Port Sonoma-Marin, California, for the drying and rehandling of dredged material from San Francisco Bay for transport to an upland site for beneficial uses.  Sets forth reporting requirements. Directs the Secretary to:  (1) develop and implement a plan for modifying the channel bypass element of the Levisa Fork, Kentucky, project for water quality improvement in and restoration of Pikeville Lake, Kentucky (and authorizes appropriations); and (2) undertake a revision of the master plan for the Raystown Lake, Pennsylvania, project and submit to the Congress for approval any proposed changes that significantly change uses of the Lake, surrounding land resources, or any facilities located thereon. Authorizes the Secretary to:  (1) study the feasibility of developing and preserving seasonal wetlands on the Santa Rosa plain, California, and provide technical assistance to the Sonoma County Vernal Pool Task Force in developing a plan for the development and preservation of such wetlands; and (2) participate in the study and construction of a water resources project in the vicinity of Phoenix, Arizona, for the purpose of providing flood control and improving water quality in the Tres Rios wetlands, Arizona, at a total cost of $6.5 million. Directs the Secretary to:  (1) determine whether a design deficiency exists at the Klamath Glen levee, California (and, if so, correct the deficiency); and (2) cooperate with State and local officials in reviewing the water supply needs of the Mahoning Valley Sanitary District, Ohio. Redesignates a parcel of land to be conveyed by the Secretary to the Commandant of the Coast Guard, and the building located thereon, for use as a clubhouse for the local American Legion Post of Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan. Authorizes the Secretary to provide assistance to the Hackensack Meadowlands Development Commission of the State of New Jersey for the development of the Phase I Environmental Improvement Program of the Special Area Management Plan for the Hackensack Meadowlands area, New Jersey.  Sets forth cost-sharing provisions. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary to initiate a program to exchange certain lands at Allatoona Lake, Georgia. Requires the Secretary to:  (1) study a hydro-environmental monitoring and information system in the New York Bight and Harbor, subject to specified requirements; and (2) conduct a national study on information that is currently available on contaminated sediments, and compile information obtained in such study for the purpose of identifying the location and nature of contaminated sediments in the nation.  Sets forth reporting requirements. Authorizes the Secretary to cooperate with non-Federal interests in the completion of a study on contaminated sediments in Milwaukee Harbor, Wisconsin, and surrounding areas.  Authorizes appropriations. Directs:  (1) the Secretary to complete planning, design, and construction of a project for navigation, Arthur Kill, New York and New Jersey after entering into appropriate agreements with non-Federal interests for completion of such planning and design; and (2) the President to transmit to specified congressional committees a report on expenditures from and deposits into the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund. Authorizes the Secretary to:  (1) conduct investigations and surveys of the watersheds of the rivers in the Conemaugh River Basin, Pennsylvania; and (2) develop and implement restoration projects for abatement and mitigation of water quality degradation caused by abandoned mines and mining activity in such basin. Authorizes the Secretary to transfer to the State of Wisconsin the locks and appurtenant features of the navigation portion of the Fox River System, Wisconsin.  Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 to include costs of lands, easements, rights-of-way, and relocations among specified costs to be allocated to mitigate damages to fish and wildlife. Authorizes the Secretary to conduct a study on environmentally beneficial ways to expand or supplement existing placement options and sites serving channel dredging operations of the Port of Baltimore.  Specifies that such study shall enhance an ongoing long-term management study for the Chesapeake Bay area being conducted by the State of Maryland and the Secretary.  Sets forth reporting requirements.  Authorizes appropriations. Declares portions of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, to be non-navigable waters of the United States, subject to specified limitations. Directs the Secretary to carry out an exchange rate demonstration project at the Eastern Channel of the Lockwoods Folly River, Brunswick County, North Carolina.  Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to review the construction performed by non-Federal interests at the project for navigation, Port Everglades, Florida.  Authorizes the Secretary to reimburse such interests, subject to specified requirements. Authorizes the Secretary to:  (1) use available resources to support the logistical and minor construction needs of the local organizing committee of the 1993 World University Games in western New York; and (2) undertake a program to control nuisance aquatic vegetation for the purpose of preserving the recreational uses of the waters of Lake Gaston, Virginia and North Carolina (and authorizes appropriations). Directs the Secretary to establish a pilot program for providing water-related environmental assistance to non-Federal interests in southern West Virginia, subject to specified (including reporting) requirements.  Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to establish the Tennessee River Heritage Museum and Education Facility to encourage science and technology as it relates to developing, managing, and preserving rivers as a nationally significant resource. Directs TVA to cooperate with the Tennessee Valley Exhibit Commission of Alabama to establish an exhibit in Florence, Alabama, on research and development in the area of inland navigation, tributary development, and related activities.  Authorizes TVA to accept contributions from private sources in carrying out such provision. Requires the Comptroller General to conduct a study to review the operation of the project for flood control, Red Rock Dam and Lake, Iowa, authorized by the Flood Control Act of June 28, 1938.  Sets forth reporting requirements. Directs the Secretary, in carrying out modifications (under the Water Resources Development Act of 1986) in the structures and operations of the project for flood control, Sacramento River, California, for the purpose of improving the quality of the environment in the public interest, to:  (1) credit the value of all lands, easements, and rights-of-way provided by non-Federal interests for such modifications to the non-Federal share of the cost of such modifications; (2) include the one-time construction of the operation and maintenance facilities as part of project costs for cost-sharing purposes; and (3) in addition to the plan contained in the Yolo Basin Wetlands Project Modification Report dated April 1992, plan, design, and construct as part of such modifications historical wetlands at an alternative site located contiguous to the Yolo Bypass.  Requires the Secretary to complete a project modification report by September 30, 1993. Requires the Secretary to conduct a study on bank stabilization and marsh creation by construction of a system of retaining dikes and by beneficial use of dredged material along the Calcasieu River Ship Canal, Louisiana, at critical locations.  Sets forth reporting requirements. Directs the Secretary, subject to the cost-sharing provisions of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986, to investigate and carry out saltmarsh restoration projects along the coastline of the State of Connecticut. Directs the Secretary to provide technical assistance to the towns of Winfield, Buffalo, and Eleanor, West Virginia, to assist residents in analyzing and understanding the remedial options available for dealing with substances posing a risk to the environment at the Corps lock and dam construction site in the vicinity of Winfield, West Virginia.  Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary to:  (1) convey to the city of Fort Smith, Arkansas, all right, title, and interest of the United States (with exceptions) in and to a tract of real property located adjacent to the city, subject to specified requirements; and (2) conduct a study on flooding problems along the Rahway River, New Jersey, and implement such measures as the Secretary determines feasible. Authorizes the Secretary to participate as an active Federal member in the Memorandum of Understanding for the Interagency Ecological Study Program for implementation of the monitoring requirements in the San Francisco Bay-Delta Estuary, California. Amends the Water Resource Development Act of 1988 to authorize the Secretary to design and implement a comprehensive flood warning and response system to serve communities and flood prone areas along the Juniata River and its tributaries in Pennsylvania (as under current law) at full Federal expense (currently, consistent with the cost sharing policies of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986). Deletes provisions of specified Acts authorizing and directing the Secretary to use funds for activities authorized by the Follow Through Act to develop, at full Federal expense, detailed plans and specifications and to construct measures in Tarrant County, Texas, to eliminate flood damage in the historical stockyards area along Tony's Creek and Marine Creek. Authorizes and directs the Tennessee Valley Authority to grant a release from the restriction and covenant which requires that certain property located in Decatur, Alabama, be used solely for the purpose of erecting docks and buildings for shipbuilding purposes or for the manufacture or storage of products for the purpose of trading or shipping in transportation. Authorizes the Secretary to construct, establish, equip, maintain, and operate (or assist in doing so) an interagency child care facility at Fort Point, Galveston, Texas, to provide child care services for children of Federal employees.  Sets forth provisions regarding the establishment of fees for such services, transfers of funds from Federal agencies in connection with such facility, and the Secretary's authority to accept donations.  Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes and directs the Secretary to offer technical assistance to the National Park Service (NPS) on infrastructure repairs and improvements at the Presidio of San Francisco, California, during the transition period from Army to NPS management and after its inclusion into the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. Requires the Secretary to assist the NPS in identifying opportunities at the Presidio for demonstration and education programs of environmentally suitable and innovative technologies, and make available a liaison from its Construction Engineering Research Laboratory for such purpose. Directs the Secretary to develop a comprehensive five- and 20-year sediment management strategy for the Maumee River, Toledo Harbor, which may include a combination of several sediment disposal alternatives and shall emphasize innovative, environmentally benign alternatives, including reuse and recycling for wetland restoration.  Authorizes the Secretary to conduct the engineering and construction activities necessary to implement the five-year sediment management strategy.  Authorizes appropriations. Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1990 to repeal an authorization of appropriations for the relocation of the Southeast Light on Block Island, Rhode Island.  Sets forth cost-sharing provisions. Authorizes the Secretary to reconstruct the Allendale Dam in North Providence, Rhode Island, subject to specified cost, cost-sharing, and other requirements. Directs the Secretary to execute a water supply contract with the Ouachita River Water District for withdrawals from Lake DeGray, Arkansas, as provided in the agreement forwarded by the Vicksburg District Corps of Engineers dated March 1992. Authorizes the Secretary (subject to specified requirements) to: (1) remove a sunken barge from waters off the shore of the Narragansett Town Beach in Narragansett, Rhode Island; (2) construct two elevated water storage towers at Quonset Point-Davisville, Rhode Island, and to relocate 6,000 linear feet of sewer lines to West Davisville, Rhode Island; and (3) undertake the repair and reconstruction of a flood wall system at Stillwater, Minnesota, including an extension of such system to prevent the continuous eroding of the riverfront. Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide that: (1) prior to October 1, 1994 (currently, 1992) the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency or the State shall not require a permit for stormwater discharges; and (2) not later than October 1, 1993 (currently, 1992) the Administrator shall issue regulations which designate certain stormwater discharges to be regulated to protect water quality and establish a comprehensive program to regulate such designated sources. Title IV:  Infrastructure Technology, Research and Development - Authorizes the Secretary to engage in activities to inform the U.S. maritime industry and port authorities of technological innovations abroad that could significantly improve waterborne transportation in the United States.  Sets forth funding provisions. Authorizes the Secretary to conduct such studies as necessary to provide a report to the Congress on the dredging needs of the national ports and harbors of the United States.  Authorizes appropriations. Deauthorizes the responsibility of the Federal Government to maintain and operate a 1,400-foot eathen dike constructed by local interests in lieu of a 1,400-foot steel sheetpile breakwater authorized as part of the Flushing Bay and Creek, New York, project by the River and Harbor Act of 1962. Authorizes and directs the Secretary to develop a data collection and monitoring program of coastal processes for the Atlantic Coast of New York, from Coney Island to Montauk Point, with a view toward providing information necessary to develop a program for addressing post-storm actions and long-term shoreline erosion control.  Directs the Secretary to provide an initial plan for data collection and monitoring to specified congressional committees within 12 months.  Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Administrator and the Secretary:  (1) within a year, based upon a review of decontamination technologies identified pursuant to the Water Resources Development Act of 1990, to jointly select removal, pretreatment, post-treatment, and decontamination technologies for contaminated marine sediments for a decontamination project in the New York/New Jersey Harbor; and (2) upon selection of technologies, to jointly recommend a program of selected technologies to assess their effectiveness in rendering sediments acceptable for unrestricted ocean disposal or beneficial reuse, or both.  Authorizes appropriations. Title V:  Contaminated Sediment and Ocean Dumping - National Contaminated Sediment Assessment and Management Act - Establishes a National Contaminated Sediment Task Force.  Sets forth provisions regarding the duties and compensation of the Task Force.  Sets forth reporting requirements. Directs the Administrator to:  (1) conduct a comprehensive national survey of data regarding aquatic sediment quality in the United States; and (2) compile all existing information on the quantity, chemical and physical composition, and geographic location of pollutants in aquatic sediment, including the probable source of such pollutants and identification of contaminated sediments.  Sets forth reporting requirements. Requires the Administrator to conduct a comprehensive and continuing program to assess aquatic sediment quality.  Sets forth reporting requirements. Amends the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 to revise provisions regarding:  (1) ocean dumping requirements (including the addition of a requirement that the Secretary, prior to issuing a permit, obtain the concurrence by the Administrator and the establishment of related procedures);  (2) restrictions on States' rights to adopt or enforce requirements respecting ocean dumping (eases such restrictions under specified circumstances); (3) the designation of sites for dumping; (4) permit conditions; and (5) ocean dumping penalties. Extends the authorization of appropriations under such Act through 1997.  Authorizes appropriations to the Administrator for the Task Force and for sediment survey and monitoring. Requires the annual ocean dumping reports required to be submitted to the Congress under such Act to include:  (1)   a description of the number of permits issued (including the number of permits issued by the Secretary with the concurrence of the Administrator); (2) any actions taken involving waiver  of requirements under the dumping permit program for dredged material; and (3) for each permit, the site receiving the material, the volume and characteristics of material dumped (including the extent and nature of pollutants in such material), and the management practices implemented in connection with each disposal activity.",2024-02-07T16:02:17Z,
102-hr-6168,102,hr,6168,"Airport and Airway Safety, Capacity, Noise Improvement, and Intermodal Transportation Act of 1992",Transportation and Public Works,1992-10-05,1992-10-31,Became Public Law No: 102-581.,House,"Rep. Oberstar, James L. [D-MN-8]",MN,D,O000006,0,"Airport and Airway Safety, Capacity, Noise Improvement, and Intermodal Transportation Act of 1992 - Title I:  Airport and Airway Improvement Act Amendments - Amends the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 to declare that it is a goal of the United States to develop a national intermodal transportation system. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1993 for airport development and planning projects. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1993 through FY 1995 for:  (1) air navigation facilities; (2) weather reporting services for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); (3) FAA operations; and (4) expenses incurred in joint financing of air navigation services and in maintaining air navigation facilities.  Authorizes appropriations for FY 1994 to augment the Airway Capital Investment Plan, if the Secretary of Transportation (Secretary) determines it is necessary (including a determination with respect to the establishment of more than 23 area control facilities). Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to revise the minimum Federal appropriation levels which permit imposition of local airport passenger facility fees on airline passengers. Earmarks a minimum amount of airport development and planning project funds for FY 1993 and 1994 for site selection and installation of one FAA long-range air route surveillance radar system for the portion of northern Maine currently served by approach control at Loring Air Force Base. Amends the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 to increase the apportionment of airport development and planning funds for:  (1) airports which are served by aircraft providing only air cargo (including mail) transportation; and (2) primary airports.  Reduces from 49.5 percent to 44 percent the ceiling on the total amount of all such apportionments in the event any Act of Congress has the effect of limiting or reducing the obligational ceiling for the airway improvement program.  Extends the special apportionment treatment of Alaskan airports to those public airports in Alaska that received scheduled service as of September 3, 1982, but were not apportioned funds in FY 1980 because they were not under State or local public agency control. Requires not less than 2.25 percent of airport development and planning funds for FY 1993 through 1995 be set-aside for development of current and former military airports.  Increases from eight to 12 the number of current or former military airports the Secretary must set-aside for development grants to improve the national air transportation system. Authorizes a specified amount of discretionary airport development and planning funds for FY 1993 through 1995 for construction, improvement, or repair of airport surface parking lots, fuel farms, and utilities at such airports. Requires the Administrator of the FAA, within 30 days after the Secretary of Defense recommends a list of military bases for closure or realignment, to report to the Congress on the effects of any recommendations involving military airbases on local civilian airports and airways, costs of conversion to civilian use, and air traffic control and radar coverage. Raises from 10 percent to 12.5 percent the minimum obligation of apportioned and discretionary funds for airport noise compatibility planning. Authorizes the maximum obligation of the United States for airport development and planning projects for FY 1993 to be increased for an airport (other than a primary airport) by a specified amount. Authorizes the Secretary, in cases where a commercial service airport annually has .05 percent or less of the total enplanements in the United States, to approve, as allowable project costs of an airport development project at such airport, any terminal development in revenue-producing areas and construction, reconstruction, repair, and improvement of nonrevenue-producing parking lots if the sponsor certifies that no project for needed airport development affecting safety, security, or capacity will be deferred by such approval. Sets the Federal share of allowable costs for terminal development at such an airport at 85 percent. Prohibits letters of intent issued by the Secretary from conditioning the obligation of funds for airport development projects on the imposition of a passenger facility charge. Includes as an ""airport development"" activity the:  (1) acquisition or installation at or by a public -use airport of aircraft deicing equipment and structures (other than aircraft deicing fluids and storage facilities for such equipment and fluids) or interactive training systems; (2) relocation of an air traffic control tower and any navigational aid (including radar) if such relocation is necessary to carry out an approved project; (3) construction, reconstruction, repair, or improvement of an airport (or any purchase of capital equipment for an airport), if funded by a grant under the Act, which is necessary for compliance with specified Federal laws, other than construction or purchase of capital equipment which would benefit a revenue-producing area of the airport used by a nonaeronautical business; and (4) acquisition of land for, or work necessary to construct, a pad for deicing aircraft before takeoff at a commercial service airport, including construction or reconstruction of paved areas, drainage collection structures, treatment and discharge systems, appropriate lighting, and paved access for deicing vehicles and aircraft (but excluding acquisition of aircraft deicing equipment and fluids and construction and reconstruction of storage facilities for such equipment and fluids). Requires as a condition precedent to approval of an airport development project:  (1) public availability of any report of the airport budget; and (2) specified kinds of public participation in the project. Repeals the requirements for an annual report to the Congress on the national airways system. Includes Alaskan and Hawaiian airports in the coverage of the Act with respect to passengers enplaned on international flights. Extends the State block grant pilot program for airports through FY 1994.  Authorizes the Secretary to designate up to seven (currently, three) qualified States (including Illinois, Missouri, and North Carolina) for participation in such program. Requires airport owners or operators as a condition precedent to approval of a grant for airport development projects to take necessary action to ensure that at least ten percent of businesses at the airport which provide ground transportation, baggage carts, automobile rentals, or other consumer services are small businesses owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals (disadvantaged business enterprises, or DBE's). Authorizes the Secretary to allow an airport owner or operator to meet the DBE overall percentage goal by including:  (1) businesses operated through management contracts or subcontracts; or (2) the purchase from DBE's of goods or services used in businesses conducted on the airport provided the airport owner or operator as well as such businesses make good faith efforts to explore all available options to achieve compliance with the DBE goal through direct ownership arrangements, including joint ventures and partnerships. Allows an airport owner or operator, in complying with the DBE goal, to:  (1) include the revenues of care rental firms on the airport in the base from which the overall percentage goal is calculated; and (2) require a car rental firm to meet goal requirements through the purchase of goods or services from DBE's, including purchases or leases of vehicles from DBE vendors. Excludes air carriers that provide passenger or freight-carrying services and other businesses that provide aeronautical activities at an airport from the ten percent goal. Revises the definition of an eligible ""disadvantaged business enterprise"" to raise the maximum average annual gross receipts permissible from $14,000,000 to $16,015,000. Amends the Aviation Safety and Capacity Expansion Act of 1990 to extend the prohibition against the fraudulent use of ""Made in America"" labels on products sold in or shipped to the United States, and against discrimination by foreign governments against U.S. products, to the award of Federal contracts or grants under a specified section of Federal transportation law or the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982. Authorizes the Administrator of the FAA to make grants to up to four vocational technical institutions for acquisition or construction of facilities for the advanced training of maintenance technicians for air carrier aircraft.  Sets forth grant eligibility requirements. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Administrator of the FAA to develop and submit annually to specified congressional committees a report on:  (1) the staffing standards used to determine the number of air traffic controllers needed to operate the air traffic control system of the United States; (2) a three-year projection of the number of air traffic controllers needed to operate such system to meet such standards; and (3) a detailed plan for employing such controllers, including projected budget requests. Directs the Administrator of the FAA to develop and report to specified congressional committees on:  (1) the criteria used to determine the required number of aviation safety inspectors; and (2) a three-year projection of the number of inspectors needed, plans for training them, and the support staff needed for the inspector workforce. Prohibits the FAA from entering into any contract on or before September 30, 1994, with a private person for the operation of an airport control tower at any airport which in FY 1990 had 5,500 or more air carrier operations and 40,000 or more air taxi operations unless the airport owner or operator first agrees to the FAA Administrator's entering into such contract. Directs the Administrator of the FAA to study and report to specified congressional committees on:  (1) the social, economic, and health effects of airport noise on populations within 65, 60, and 55 LDN noise areas to determine the actual level at which noise creates an adverse impact on populations; and (2) the effect of single event noise on populations. Directs the Administrator of the FAA to require, by regulation, procedures to improve safety of aircraft operations during winter conditions. Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to direct the Administrator of the FAA to update and arrange for publication of clearly defined routes for navigating under visual flight rules through a complex terminal airspace area, and to and from an airport located within such an area. Directs the Secretary to study and report to the Congress on:  (1) whether the safety benefits derived from the reflectorization of runways and taxiways of all military airfields under Federal Specification TT-B-1325B should be extended to runways and taxiways of public use airports; (2) the purchase of options to purchase land for airport development, and whether such projects should be funded under the Airport Improvement Program; (3) the current Federal program for monitoring the installation and operation of lighting systems for aircraft obstructions and airport runways; (4) the economic benefits of carrying out airport development projects in ""redevelopment areas"" under the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965; and (5) the ability of airports which annually enplane .05 percent or less of total enplanements in the United States to finance the maintenance of runways, aprons, and taxiways constructed under the Airport Improvement Program. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants under the Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement Act of 1979 for projects to soundproof residential buildings if specified conditions are met. Amends the Airport and Airway Safety and Capacity Expansion Act of 1987 to revise conditions with respect to a release from certain terms and restrictions contained in a certain instrument conveying land on which Laredo International Airport is located to the city of Laredo, Texas.  Allows Laredo to grant leases of up to 40 years (currently, 20 years) at below fair market value at the airport. Directs the Administrator of the FAA to study and report:  (1) to specified congressional committees on the current and projected need for air traffic control and related services in the airspace around Tucson, Arizona; and (2) to the Congress on increased air traffic over Grand Canyon National Park. Directs the Secretary to establish a Civil Tiltrotor Development Advisory Committee to evaluate the technical feasibility and economic viability of developing civil tiltrotor aircraft and a national system of infrastructure to support the incorporation of tiltrotor aircraft technology into the national transportation system. Amends the Airport Noise and Capacity Act of 1990 to make technical amendments relating to:  (1) exemptions from certain conditions on agreements dealing with airport noise reduction and access restrictions on the operation of Stage 3 aircraft; and (2) purchase contract requirements for the operation of certain imported civil subsonic turbojet aircraft with a maximum weight of over 75,000 pounds. Title II:  Federal Aviation Act Amendments - Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to authorize the Administrator of the FAA to enter into a contract, on a sole source basis, with a State or political subdivision to permit it to operate a level I visual flight rules airport traffic control tower if the Administrator determines that such State or political subdivision can comply with certain safety and subcontracting requirements. Authorizes, at the discretion of the Administrator of the FAA, the reimbursement of travel, transportation, and subsistence expenses for the security training of non-Federal domestic and foreign security personnel who contribute to civil aviation security. Requires all persons to give adequate public notice of the establishment or expansion, or the proposed establishment or expansion, of any structure or sanitary landfill where such notice will promote safety in air commerce and preserve the navigable airspace and airport traffic capacity at public-use airports.  Directs the Secretary to study and report to the Congress on whether a municipal solid waste facility located within a five-mile radius of the end of a runway may have the potential for attracting or sustaining bird movements (from feeding, watering, or roosting) that may pose a hazard across the runways or approach and departure patterns of aircraft. Establishes the National Commission to Ensure a Strong Competitive Airline Industry to investigate the financial condition of the airline industry, the adequacy of competition in it, and legal impediments to a financially strong and competitive airline industry.  Requires the Commission to submit a specified report to Congress. Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to direct the Secretary, in selecting an air carrier to provide foreign air transportation from among competing applicants, to consider, among other specified factors, the strengthening of competition among air carriers operating in the United States in order to prevent undue concentration in the air carrier industry. Declares that the final FAA rule requiring an increased level of minimum use for high density traffic airport slots shall take effect January 1, 1993. Directs the Administrator of the FAA to evaluate and report to specified congressional committees on effects of quantities of smoke in the cockpit of an aircraft which could affect the pilot's vision. Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to make a technical amendment with respect to civil penalties for violations of the Act. Title III: Research, Engineering, and Development - Federal Aviation Administration Research, Engineering, and Development Authorization Act of 1992 - Amends the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 to authorize FY 1993 and 1994 appropriations for specified areas of airway improvement research, engineering and development, and demonstrations. Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress on the feasibility of requiring commercial airports and/or commercial airlines to employ portable equipment to deice commercial aircraft before takeoff by placing such equipment close to the departure end of the active runway.  Requires the Secretary to research to develop new techniques and more efficient fluids and technologies for deicing. Requires the Administrators of the FAA and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to jointly conduct a research program to develop new technologies for quieter subsonic jet aircraft engines and airframes by the year 2000. Prohibits a person from affixing ""Made in America"" labels to products that are not domestic products of the United States.  Makes any person that violates such prohibition ineligible for the award of a Federal contract. Requires the head of each Federal agency conducting procurements to comply with the requirements of the Buy American Act. Title IV:  Aviation Insurance - Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to authorize Federal agencies to purchase aviation insurance covering any aircraft engaged in intrastate, interstate, or overseas air commerce for any risk (including war risk) if the aircraft operation is in the performance of an agency contract or is for the transportation of military forces or materiel on behalf of the United States under an agreement between the United States and a foreign government. Extends the aviation insurance program from FY 1992 through FY 1997. Directs the Comptroller General to review and report to the Congress on the administration of the aviation insurance program during the Persian Gulf conflict in order to determine methods of improving efficiency by reducing the paperwork and time period required for providing such insurance. Title V:  Extension of Airport and Airway Trust Fund - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend the authority of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund through October 1, 1995.  Declares that, in the case of certain taxes imposed before January 1, 1993, the amounts to be appropriated to the Fund shall be determined without regard to any increase in a rate of tax enacted by the Revenue Reconciliation Act of 1990.",2024-02-07T16:32:33Z,
102-hr-6169,102,hr,6169,To amend the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 to require each manufactured home to be equipped with a shutoff valve for the water heater supply line.,Housing and Community Development,1992-10-05,1992-10-07,Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Development.,House,"Rep. Brown, George E., Jr. [D-CA-36]",CA,D,B000918,0,Amends the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 to require each manufactured home to be equipped with a water heater supply line shutoff value.,2024-02-06T19:38:08Z,
102-hr-6170,102,hr,6170,Independent Counsel Act of 1992,Crime and Law Enforcement,1992-10-05,1992-10-09,Referred to the Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental Relations.,House,"Rep. Gekas, George W. [R-PA-17]",PA,R,G000121,3,"Independent Counsel Act of 1992 - Amends the Federal judicial code to reauthorize the independent counsel law for an additional five years. Makes such law applicable to Senators and Representatives in, and Delegates and Resident Commissioners to, the Congress, subject to specified limitations. Provides for the periodic reappointment of an independent counsel. Sets forth reporting requirements. Revises provisions regarding:  (1) subpoena power; (2) congressional requests for information; (3) attorney fees; (4) independent counsel per diem expenses; and (5) compliance with policies of the Department of Justice (DOJ). Limits the salaries of employees of the independent counsel's office to those paid for comparable positions in the office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia.  Requires that an independent counsel use DOJ personnel in lieu of appointing employees to carry out the duties of the office of independent counsel.  Limits to $500,000 the amount that may be expended in any one-year period to compensate employees appointed by an independent counsel or detailed to such office, except to the extent that an appropriations Act specifically makes available additional funds for such purpose. Grants DOJ and the Office of Government Ethics authority to enforce compliance with standards of conduct applicable to an independent counsel, persons serving in the office of an independent counsel, and their law firms. Prohibits the expenditure of funds for the operation of any office of independent counsel beyond the two-year period after its establishment, except to the extent that an appropriations Act enacted after such establishment specifically makes funds available for such office for use after the end of such period. Requires:  (1) the Director of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts to provide administrative support and guidance to each independent counsel; (2) the Administrator of General Services to promptly provide appropriate office space within a Federal building for each independent counsel; and (3) an independent counsel to conduct all activities with due regard for expense, to authorize only reasonable expenditures, and promptly upon taking office to assign to a specific employee the duty to ensure that expenditures are made in accordance with such principles. Directs the Comptroller General of the United States to submit a report to the Congress recommending ways to improve controls on costs of independent counsel offices.",2025-08-26T15:17:26Z,
102-hr-6171,102,hr,6171,Action Now Health Care Reform Act of 1992,Health,1992-10-05,1992-11-20,Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.,House,"Rep. Gradison, Willis D., Jr. [R-OH-2]",OH,R,G000349,0,"Action Now Health Care Reform Act of 1992 - Title I:  Improved Access to Affordable Health Care Coverage - Subtitle A:  Increased Affordability and Availability for Employees - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (the Secretary) to request the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (the NAIC) to develop model regulations requiring each carrier that makes available in a State any small employer health benefit plan to make available to each small employer in the State a MedAccess basic plan and a MedAccess standard.  Directs the Secretary to develop such regulations, if the NAIC does not.  Defines MedAccess plan as a health benefits plan that:  (1) provides benefits typical of the benefits offered in the small employer health coverage market or provides only benefits for essential preventive and medical services and has an average actuarial value not exceeding 60 percent of the average actuarial value of the typical benefits offered in the small employer health coverage market; (2) accepts every small employer in the State applying for coverage and accepts for enrollment every eligible individual (defined as an individual who is a full-time employee and, if family coverage is offered, covers the employee's spouse and dependents under age 19 or under age 25 for students); and (3) meets consumer protection standards established by this Act relating to limitation of pre-existing  condition clauses, continuity of coverage, renewability, and premium limitations. Prohibits the imposition, by a carrier, of a limitation of benefits based on the fact a condition pre-existed the effectiveness of the policy if:  (1) the condition relates to a condition not diagnosed within three months before coverage under the plan; (2) the limitation extends beyond six months after coverage under the plan; (3) the limitation applies to an individual who, as of date of birth, was covered under the plan; and (4) the limitation relates to pregnancy.  Requires continuous coverage.  Prohibits cancellation of a plan or denial of coverage unless there is:  (1) nonpayment of premiums; (2) fraud; (3) noncompliance with plan provisions; (4) failure to maintain the required number of enrollees; (5) misuse of a provider network provision; or (6) a cessation by the carrier of the provision of any plan in a State.  Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose an excise tax which shall be paid by the carrier on the failure of a carrier or an employer health benefit plan to comply with the provisions of the Act. Directs the Secretary to request the NAIC to develop models for reinsurance or allocation of risk mechanisms for individuals and small employers who are enrolled under a small employer health benefit plan that meets the consumer protection standards and for whom a carrier is at risk of incurring high costs under the plan.  Requires each State to establish and fund one or more reinsurance or allocation or allocation of risk mechanisms that are consistent with a model.  Directs the Secretary to develop models, if the NAIC does not. Permits a State, in order to insure the financial solvency of the mechanism, to impose charges on any entity, including a self-insured entity, providing employee-related health benefits, so long as such charges do not discriminate with respect to entities that would not be subject to such charges.  Directs the Secretary to establish a reinsurance or allocation of risk mechanism, if a State does not.  Imposes an excise tax which shall be paid by the carrier on the providing of any health benefit plan which covers any employee in a Federal reinsurance State. Permits either a State or the Secretary (in a Federal reinsurance State) to require each employer health benefit plan to:  (1) be registered; and (2) provide such information as is necessary for the reinsurance or allocation of risk mechanisms. Directs the Secretary to:  (1) establish an Office of Private Health Coverage to be headed by a Director appointed by the Secretary; and (2) provide for the appointment of an advisory committee to advise the Director.  Permits the Director to research the impact of this subtitle and conduct related demonstration projects. Requires the Director to develop:  (1) methods of measuring, in terms of the expected costs of providing benefits under small employer health benefit plans and, in particular, MedAccess plans, the relative health risks of eligible individuals; and (2) a model for equitably distributing health risks among carriers in the small employer health care coverage market.  Authorizes appropriations for the purposes of this paragraph. Subtitle B:  Improved Small Employer Purchasing Power of Affordable Health Insurance - Preempts from insurance mandates a qualified small employer purchasing group, if the group consists of employers with not more than 100 employees, the group consists of not fewer than 100 employers, and the health benefit plans with respect to the employer members are in compliance with applicable State laws relating to health benefit plans. Subtitle C:  Health Deduction Fairness - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent and, in phases, increase from 25 to 100 percent the health insurance tax deduction for the self-employed. Subtitle D:  Improved Access to Community Health Services - Directs the Secretary to provide for a program of grants to migrant and community health centers receiving grants or contracts under provisions of the Public Health Service Act in order to promote the provision of primary health care services for underserved individuals.  Authorizes appropriations. Amends the Public Health Service Act to deem as an employee of the Public Health Service, for purposes of civil actions against commissioned officers or employees, any officer, employee, or contractor who is a physician or other licensed health care practitioner while performing functions for an entity receiving Federal funds under provisions of the Public Health Service Act relating to migrant or community health centers, health services for the homeless, or health services for residents of public housing. Requires an entity, in order to receive a grant under such provisions, to implement certain policies to assure against malpractice.  Requires:  (1) the Attorney General to estimate, for specified fiscal years, the amount of all claims expected, during each year, to arise against such an entity from acts of officers or employees; (2) the Secretary to withhold from grants to such entities the amount estimated; and (3) the withheld amount to be transferred to the Treasury to pay judgments against the United States arising from such claims. Directs the Secretary to make grants to public and nonprofit private entities to carry out demonstration projects for the purpose of increasing access to outpatient primary health services in geographic areas with a: (1) population of not more than 500,000 individuals; (2) shortage of personal health services; and (3) significant number of low-income or underinsured individuals.  Sets forth requirements for receiving such grants.  Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle E:  Improved Access to Rural Health Services - Retitles title XII of the Public Health Service Act ""Emergency Medical Services"" (formerly, ""Trauma Care"") and directs the Secretary to establish the Office of Emergency Medical Services which shall, with respect to emergency medical services (including trauma care):  (1) conduct research; (2) sponsor workshops; (3) assist States; and (4) coordinate activities.  Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to States for the purposes of improving the availability and quality of emergency medical services through the operation of State offices of emergency medical services.  Sets forth matching fund requirements.  Provides for demonstration projects to establish telecommunications between rural medical facilities and other medical facilities that have equipment that can be utilized through telecommunications.  Authorizes appropriations for purposes of the programs of this paragraph. Directs the Secretary to make grants to States to assist in the creation or enhancement of air medical transport systems that provide victims of medical emergencies in rural areas access to treatments for the injuries or other conditions arising from such emergencies. Sets forth requirements for grant applications.  Authorizes appropriations.  Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to extend for one year special treatment rules for Medicare-dependent small rural hospitals. Title II:  Health Care Cost Containment and Quality Enhancement - Subtitle A:  Medical Malpractice Liability Reform - Prohibits bringing a medical malpractice claim:  (1) more than two years after the alleged injury should reasonably have been discovered and in no event more than four years after the alleged injury occurred; and (2) in any State court unless there has been an initial resolution through a certified alternative dispute resolution system (ADR).  Directs the Attorney General to establish an ADR for the resolution of Federal medical malpractice claims, to be used after completion of the administrative process under specified provisions. Requires a pre-trial settlement conference in any medical malpractice liability action. Sets limits on:  (1) noneconomic damages; (2) punitive damages; and (3) attorney's fees.  Requires offsets for damages paid by a collateral source. Requires liability in a medical malpractice action to be several and not joint. Provides a complete defense to any allegation of negligence in a medical malpractice liability action to any defendant who followed the appropriate practice guideline. Prohibits finding a defendant guilty in a medical malpractice liability action relating to services provided during labor or delivery of a baby if the defendant did not previously treat the plaintiff during the pregnancy, unless the malpractice is proven by clear and convincing evidence. Establishes requirements for and provides for annual certification of State ADRs.  Directs the Secretary to establish an alternative Federal ADR for claims in States without certified ADRs. Amends title XI (General Provisions and Professional Standards Review) of the Social Security Act to earmark funds for sanctioning practice guidelines for purposes of an affirmative defense in medical malpractice liability actions. Permits a State agency responsible for the conduct of disciplinary actions for a type of health care practitioner to enter into agreements with State or county professional societies for such type of health care practitioner to permit such societies to participate in the licensing of such health care practitioner and to review health care malpractice allegations. Requires each State to require each health care professional and provider to participate in a risk management program to prevent and provide early warning of practices which may result in injuries to patients or which otherwise endanger patient safety. Directs the Secretary to make grants for the conduct of basic research in the prevention of and compensation for injuries resulting from health care professional or health care provider malpractice, and research of the outcomes of health care procedures.  Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to study the factors discouraging physicians from volunteering to provide health care services in medically underserved areas. Subtitle B:  Administrative Cost Savings - Directs the Secretary to adopt standards relating to each of the following:  (1) data elements for use in claims processing under health benefits plans; (2) uniform claim forms; and (3) uniform electronic transmission of the data elements.  Authorizes the Secretary to require providers to submit claims to health benefit plans in accordance with such standards.  Provides for periodic review of the standards. States that the term ""health benefit plan,"" in this subtitle, includes the Medicare and Medicaid programs (titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act) programs and Medicare supplemental health insurance. Requires the Secretary to promulgate standards for hospitals concerning electronic medical data.  Permits the Secretary to promulgate standards concerning electronic medical data for providers that are not hospitals.  Requires hospitals, in order to participate in Medicare, to:  (1) maintain clinical data in a set of comprehensive data elements in electronic form on all patients; and (2) upon the Secretary's request, transmit electronically the data set and any data from such set.  Provides for electronic transmission to Federal agencies.  Prohibits a health benefit plan, if standards with respect to data elements are promulgated with respect to a class of provider, from requiring for the purpose of utilization review or as a condition of providing benefits under the plan that a provider in the class:  (1) provide any data element not in the set of comprehensive data elements; or (2) transmit or present any such data element in a manner inconsistent with applicable standards.  Directs the Secretary to establish an advisory commission of hospital executive and data base managers, physicians, health services researchers, and technical experts in the collection and use of data and operation of data systems.  Authorizes appropriations for such commission. Requires the Secretary, in order to assure the availability of comparative value information to purchasers of health care in each State, to determine whether each State is developing and implementing a health care value information program that meets stated criteria. Permits grants to a State for the development of its health care value information program.  Authorizes appropriations for such grants. Requires the head of each Federal agency with responsibility for the provision of health insurance or health care services to individuals to promptly develop health care value information relating to each program that such head administers.  Directs the Secretary to develop model systems to facilitate:  (1) the gathering of data on health care cost, quality, and outcome; and (2) analyzing such data to permit the valid comparison of such data.  Authorizes appropriations for the development of such model systems. Directs the Secretary to adopt standards relating to the design and use of magnetized Medicare identification cards for the purpose of assisting health care providers in determining eligibility and billing. Authorizes appropriations. Nullifies any State law requiring that medical or health insurance records be maintained in written rather than electronic form. Requires each health benefit plan:  (1) for each of its beneficiaries that has a social security number, to use that number as an identification number for claims processing; and (2) for each provider that has a unique identifier for Medicare purposes, to use that identifier for claims processing. Requires the Secretary to determine whether problems relating to the rules for determining liability when benefits are payable under two or more plans or the availability of information among such plans causes significant administrative problems, and if so, directs the Secretary to promulgate standards concerning liability and the transfer of information among plans. Directs the Secretary to provide grants to qualified entities to demonstrate the application of comprehensive information systems in continuously monitoring patient care and in improving patient care. Authorizes appropriations from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund. Subtitle C:  Medical Savings Accounts (Medisave) - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from the gross income of an employee any amount contributed by the employer to a medical savings account pursuant to a qualified medical savings account plan.  Sets contribution limits.  Defines a ""medical savings account"" as a trust created exclusively for purpose of paying an individual's medical expenses.  Permits expenses from such account only to the extent such amounts are not compensated for by insurance.  Imposes a penalty on distributions not used for that individual's medical expenses. Subjects the employee to taxation as owner of the account. Subtitle D:  Medicaid Program Flexibility - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to modify Medicaid contracting requirements for coordinated care services. Subtitle E:  Limitations on Physician Self-Referrals - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to extend physician self-referral limitations to all payors as well as to certain additional services.  Revises exceptions. Requires the Secretary to conduct a study in order to estimate the changes in aggregate costs for designated health services, under the Medicare program and other health plans, which will result from the implementation of the amendments made by this subtitle. Subtitle F:  Removing Restrictions on Managed Care - Preempts managed care restrictions under State law. Requires the Comptroller General to conduct a study of the benefits and cost effectiveness of the use of managed care in the delivery of health services. Subtitle G:  Medicare Payment Changes - Amends the Medicare program to make revisions in the methodology for determining updates to Medicare hospital payments. Provides for a reduction in Medicare payment for clinical diagnostic laboratory tests. Subtitle H:  Limitation of Antitrust Recovery for Certain Hospital Joint Ventures - Limits antitrust recovery to actual damages if the requirements of this subtitle are met, including the filing and publication of certain information regarding hospital joint ventures. Establishes the Interagency Committee on Competition, Antitrust Policy, and Health Care to make recommendations to the Congress regarding antitrust and health care. Subtitle I:  Encouraging Enforcement Activities of Medical Self-Regulatory Entities - Prohibits damages, interest on damages, costs, or attorney's fees from being recovered (except for actual damages, interest on damages, costs, or attorney's fees for injury sustained) under the Clayton Act or any similar State law from any medical self-regulatory entity as a result of engaging in standard setting or enforcement activities designed to promote the quality of health care provided to patients and not conducted for financial gain.",2026-03-23T12:41:21Z,
102-hr-6172,102,hr,6172,"To amend the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, and for other purposes.",Native Americans,1992-10-05,1992-10-05,Referred to the House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.,House,"Rep. Hoagland, Peter [D-NE-2]",NE,D,H000652,0,"Amends the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act to revise conditions for regulation of certain types of gaming activities on Indian lands. Revises such conditions with respect to the regulation of Class II and Class III gaming activities to specify that these shall be limited to the specific forms of, and methods of play for, those gaming activities expressly authorized by the law of the State. Excludes video bingo from the definition of class II gaming Includes video bingo, and any other forms of electronic video games or devices, as well as slot machines, within the definition of class III gaming. Excludes as evidence that a State has not negotiated in good faith a State's demand that gaming activities contemplated under a compact with a tribe be conducted on the same basis as those conducted by any other person or entity under relevant State law. Adds to the membership of the National Indian Gaming Commission two associate members who shall be appointed by the President, with Senate advice and consent, from among State officials. Includes, under provisions for determining whether gaming activities on newly acquired Indian lands are to be allowed, consideration of communities across State borders that would be seriously affected, as well as consultation with officials of such communities.",2024-02-07T13:32:55Z,
102-hr-6173,102,hr,6173,Elementary and Secondary School Library Media Act,Education,1992-10-05,1992-10-09,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education.",House,"Rep. Reed, Jack [D-RI-2]",RI,D,R000122,0,"Elementary and Secondary School Library Media Act - Amends the Department of Education Organization Act to establish a Division of Elementary and Secondary School Library Media Services (the Division) within the Office of Educational Research and Improvement.  Sets forth the Division's functions. Requires the Director of the Division to award grants to States for acquisition of school library media resources for public elementary and secondary schools.  Sets forth requirements for allocation to States, State plans, and State distribution of allocation to local educational agencies.  Authorizes appropriations. Requires the Director to award grants for projects that:  (1) encourage collaboration between public elementary and secondary library media specialists and teachers to develop instructional units that enable students to use a variety of information resources; and (2) expand students' information-gathering abilities and certain cognitive skills.  Authorizes appropriations. Requires the Director to award grants to encourage collaborative elementary and secondary school library media specialist and teacher programs to:  (1) expand use of computers and computer networks in the curriculum; and (2) enable elementary and secondary school library media centers to access information from computerized databases. Authorizes the Director to enter into cooperative agreements with the National Science Foundation and other appropriate nonprofit agencies and organizations in carrying out this grants program.  Authorizes appropriations. Requires that funds under this Act supplement and not supplant other Federal, State, or local funds.",2025-08-26T15:17:31Z,
102-hr-6174,102,hr,6174,Sentencing Enforcement Act of 1992,Crime and Law Enforcement,1992-10-05,1992-10-05,Referred to the House Committee on Judiciary.,House,"Rep. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY-10]",NY,D,S000148,0,Sentencing Enforcement Act of 1992 - Amends the Federal criminal code to require a court that reduces the term of imprisonment on the grounds of the prisoner's ill health to order the return of such prisoner to complete the original sentence if the prisoner recovers good health.  Establishes a rebuttable presumption that the prisoner's entry into full-time employment establishes the good health of the prisoner for purposes of this provision.,2025-08-26T15:15:28Z,
102-hr-6175,102,hr,6175,Medical School Assistance Entitlement Act,Health,1992-10-05,1992-11-20,Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.,House,"Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-9]",CA,D,S000810,0,"Medical School Assistance Entitlement Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to replace provisions relating to the Federal program of insured loans to graduate students in health professions schools with provisions entitling eligible individuals to payments for medical or osteopathic school attendance costs from the Trust Fund established by this Act.  Limits lifetime payments. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose an additional individual income tax on any individual (and the individual's spouse) who received such payments.  Establishes the Medical School Assistance Trust Fund, appropriating to it the taxes imposed by this Act.  Authorizes appropriations to the Trust Fund, as repayable advances, as necessary to make the payments.",2025-08-26T15:17:48Z,
102-hr-6176,102,hr,6176,Safe Drinking Water Act Alternative Compliance Procedures Act,Water Resources Development,1992-10-05,1992-11-20,Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.,House,"Rep. Synar, Mike [D-OK-2]",OK,D,S001139,0,"Safe Drinking Water Act Alternative Compliance Procedures Act - Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to direct each State to authorize waivers of monitoring requirements of the following national primary drinking water regulations for designated systems where there has been no previous use of the contaminant at issue within the State, or an area within the State:  (1) Phase II regulations for 26 synthetic organic chemicals and seven inorganic chemicals; and (2) Phase V regulations for 18 synthetic organic chemicals and five inorganic chemicals.  Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a grant program to assist States in carrying out such waivers.  Authorizes appropriations. Provides that public water systems that serve 3,300 or fewer individuals and comply with alternative testing requirements shall not be required to conduct any other testing or sampling to determine compliance with such regulations. Requires systems electing to comply with such requirements to:  (1) conduct baseline testing with respect to contaminants covered by such regulations; (2) conduct a vulnerability survey with respect to water supplies to determine the potential contamination sources; (3) submit plans for testing potential contaminants and demonstrations that a contaminant source has been removed or remedied; and (4) conduct updated testing and surveys. Requires the Administrator to establish a grant program to assist small public water systems in conducting testing and surveys and developing plans. Authorizes appropriations.",2025-08-26T15:15:36Z,
102-hr-6177,102,hr,6177,Native American Trust Fund Accounting and Management Reform Act of 1993,Native Americans,1992-10-05,1992-10-05,Referred to the House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.,House,"Rep. Synar, Mike [D-OK-2]",OK,D,S001139,0,Native American Trust Fund Accounting and Management Reform Act of 1993 - Title I:  Trust Fund Interest Payments - Amends Federal law to change from discretionary to mandatory the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to invest Indian trust funds in debt obligations issued or guaranteed by the United States. Requires the Secretary to pay interest periodically on such deposited or invested funds to the appropriate Indian tribe or individual Indian. Repeals Federal law that relieves the United States from any liability relating to the interest payable on such invested funds. Authorizes the Secretary to make payments to an Indian tribe or individual Indian in full satisfaction of any claim of such tribe or Indian for any interest owed on amounts deposited or invested on their behalf before the enactment of this Act. Title II:  Indian Trust Fund Management Demonstration Program - Authorizes an Indian tribe to submit to the Secretary a demonstration plan for new approaches to management of tribal or individual funds held in trust by the United States and managed by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) for a tribe or its members.  Sets forth:  (1) plan approval criteria; and (2) Federal trust responsibility in the case of tribal trust fund management. Title III:  Energy Resource Development on Indian Reservations - Directs the Secretary to establish a demonstration loan and grant program to assist Indian tribes to pursue energy self-sufficiency and to promote development of reservation energy industries. Title IV:  Recognition of Trust Responsibility - Amends Federal law to require the Secretary to take specified actions to properly discharge U.S. trust responsibilities with regard to Indian funds investment. States that the Congress recognizes a trust responsibility with respect to natural resources on Indian reservations and trust lands. Title V:  Training and Personnel - Directs the Secretary to establish a trust fund management training program for Indians.,2025-08-26T15:14:46Z,
102-hr-6178,102,hr,6178,Antiprogestin Testing Act of 1992,Health,1992-10-05,1992-11-20,Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.,House,"Rep. Wyden, Ron [D-OR-3]",OR,D,W000779,2,"Antiprogestin Testing Act of 1992 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct and support research, including clinical trials, on antiprogestin drug safety and efficacy for any potential use, including termination of pregnancy, contraception, and therapeutic use for cancer, endocrine disorders, and endometriosis.  Makes the research subject to provisions relating to institutional review boards and peer review.",2025-08-26T15:15:38Z,
102-hr-6131,102,hr,6131,Federal Commercial Credit Marketing Corporation Act of 1992,Finance and Financial Sector,1992-10-04,1992-10-07,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions Supervision, Regulation and Insurance.",House,"Rep. Ridge, Thomas J. [R-PA-21]",PA,R,R000243,3,"Federal Commercial Credit Marketing Corporation Act of 1992 - Title I:  Federal Commercial Credit Marketing Corporation - Establishes the Federal Commercial Credit Corporation (the Corporation) as an instrumentality of the United States, managed by a board of directors, whose purpose is to establish a secondary commercial credit market.  Outlines corporate structure and operations. Directs the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the Board) to purchase preferred stock of the Corporation from amounts attributable to the interest earned by the Board on reserves maintained by insured depository institutions. Mandates that the Corporation be rechartered as a State-chartered corporation ten years after enactment of this Act. Title II:  Supervision and Regulation of Federal Commercial Credit Corporation - Subtitle A:  Establishment of Regulatory Agency - Establishes in the Department of the Treasury the Office of Secondary Commercial Credit Market Examination and Oversight (the Office), under the management of a Director whose authority is subject to limited approval of the Secretary of the Treasury. Establishes the Secondary Commercial Credit Market Examination and Oversight Fund to fund the Office.  Abolishes the Office (and the position of Director) subsequent to the Corporation's recharter under State law. Subtitle B:  Regulatory and Enforcement Provisions - Requires the Director to establish capital standards for the Corporation including minimum capital and core capital requirements.  Authorizes the Director to appoint a conservator for the Corporation in specified circumstances.  Provides for judicial review of the Director's actions.  Requires the Director to conduct annual financial status examinations to determine the Corporation's safety and soundness. Subtitle C:  Cease and Desist Orders and Civil Money Penalties Against the Corporation - Outlines the grounds and procedural guidelines under which the Director may:  (1) issue cease and desist orders for violations by the Corporation or its executive officers; (2) impose civil money penalties; and (3) issue subpoenas.",2025-08-26T15:13:42Z,
102-hr-6132,102,hr,6132,To amend title IV of the Social Security Act to provide for comprehensive substance abuse treatment programs for pregnant women and caretaker parents.,Social Welfare,1992-10-04,1992-11-20,Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.,House,"Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-11]",NY,D,T000326,1,"Amends part B (Child-Welfare Services) of title IV of the Social Security Act to provide for comprehensive programs of substance abuse treatment for certain low-income pregnant women, caretaker parents, and their children.  Authorizes appropriations.",2024-02-07T16:32:33Z,
102-hr-6115,102,hr,6115,To name the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier designated as CVN-76 the U.S.S. Harry S Truman.,Armed Forces and National Security,1992-10-03,1992-10-03,Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.,House,"Rep. Skelton, Ike [D-MO-4]",MO,D,S000465,0,Names the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier designated as CVN-76 the U.S.S. Harry S Truman.,2025-06-06T14:17:56Z,
102-hr-6116,102,hr,6116,Solid Waste Transfer Permitting Act of 1992,Environmental Protection,1992-10-03,1992-10-15,Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials.,House,"Rep. Ackerman, Gary L. [D-NY-7]",NY,D,A000022,0,"Solid Waste Transfer Permitting Act of 1992 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to promulgate regulations governing the placement and operation of solid waste transfer stations, including standards governing the proximity of stations to water resources and residential areas and permit requirements. Defines ""solid waste transfer station"" as any facility where shipments of solid waste are held during the course of transportation for transfer to another facility for disposal or resource recovery.",2025-08-26T15:16:47Z,
102-hr-6117,102,hr,6117,Insular Areas Policy Act,Government Operations and Politics,1992-10-03,1992-10-30,Referred to the Subcommittee On Insular and International Affairs.,House,"Del. de Lugo, Ron [D-VI-At Large]",VI,D,D000209,0,"Title I:  Findings, Purposes, and Policy - Insular Areas Policy Act - Declares that it is Federal Government policy to promote the self-determined political, social, and economic development of the insular areas and to recognize their unique character in the extension of Federal laws, programs, and regulations. Title II:  Council on Insular Affairs - Establishes a Council on Insular Affairs to exercise certain authorities with respect to the insular areas on behalf of the President. Directs the Council to report annually on the state of the insular areas to the House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs and the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.  Requires the report to indicate the social, economic, and political conditions of such areas and to detail changes in those conditions as well as actions to address such conditions. Abolishes the Office of Territorial and International Affairs and establishes the Office of Insular Assistance within the Department of the Interior to assume responsibilities regarding the administration of grants to territorial governments. Authorizes appropriations.",2025-08-26T15:17:11Z,
102-hr-6118,102,hr,6118,Minority Capital Formation Act of 1992,Taxation,1992-10-03,1992-10-03,Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.,House,"Rep. Dixon, Julian C. [D-CA-28]",CA,D,D000373,0,"Minority Capital Formation Act of 1992 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a deduction for investment in qualified minority fund interests.  Limits such deduction to $300,000 ($150,000 in the case of a married individual filing separately). Allows a deduction for investment in the stock of small minority business corporations, up to certain limits. Allows a taxpayer to elect, in lieu of such deduction, to take a credit of:  (1) 15 percent of the aggregate bases of qualified minority fund interests; or (2) ten percent of the aggregate bases of small minority business stock.  Limits the amount of such credit. Provides carryover provisions for the deduction and the credit. Provides for recapture of such deductions in computing bases for capital gains purposes.  Requires an interest charge on the disposition within five years of any property whose bases have been reduced by such a deduction. Excludes from gross income 50 percent of any gain on the sale or exchange of any property by a qualified minority fund if such property was held for at least five years. Defers qualified reinvested capital gain, in the case of an individual, for up to the ninth year after the sale or exchange. Places a dollar limitation on such amount.  Makes ineligible for such deferral married individuals who do not file joint returns and estates or trusts.  Terminates such deferral if qualified property is disposed of before five years after its purchase.",2025-08-26T15:15:32Z,
102-hr-6119,102,hr,6119,State Health Care Financing Equity Act of 1992,Labor and Employment,1992-10-03,1992-10-09,Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations.,House,"Rep. Mazzoli, Romano L. [D-KY-3]",KY,D,M000291,0,"State Health Care Financing Equity Act of 1992 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to waive ERISA preemption requirements so as to allow States to:  (1) provide for State universal health plans, State risk pools for the medically uninsurable, or prospective payment systems; and (2) impose State provider taxes.",2026-03-23T12:41:21Z,
102-hr-6120,102,hr,6120,To exclude unemployment compensation received during 1992 by low-or moderate-income individuals from gross income.,Taxation,1992-10-03,1992-10-03,Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.,House,"Rep. Ridge, Thomas J. [R-PA-21]",PA,R,R000243,0,"Excludes unemployment compensation received during 1992 by low- or moderate-income individuals from their gross income, for Federal income tax purposes under the Internal Revenue Code.",2024-02-07T16:32:33Z,
102-hr-6121,102,hr,6121,To prohibit foreign assistance funds from being used to encourage or subsidize the transfer of United States manufacturing or other business operations abroad.,International Affairs,1992-10-03,1992-10-03,Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.,House,"Rep. Slattery, Jim [D-KS-2]",KS,D,S000477,0,Prohibits funds made available to carry out the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 from being obligated or expended for:  (1) any financial incentive to a business currently located in the United States for purposes of inducing such business to relocate outside the United States if the incentive is likely to reduce the number of employees in the United States because U.S. production would be replaced by the business outside the United States; or (2) any project that contributes to violations of internationally recognized workers' rights of workers in the recipient country.,2024-02-07T11:38:03Z,
102-hr-6122,102,hr,6122,Prescription Drug Fraud Deterrence Act of 1992,Health,1992-10-03,1992-10-16,Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.,House,"Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-9]",CA,D,S000810,0,"Prescription Drug Fraud Deterrence Act of 1992 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to direct the Attorney General to establish a system for the filling of prescriptions required by provisions relating to Schedules II through V, but allowed to be made orally.",2025-08-26T15:17:57Z,
102-hr-6123,102,hr,6123,"To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require the preparation of economic impact analyses with respect to certain actions to protect endangered species and threatened species, to provide compensation for economic losses incurred under that Act, and to authorize appropriations to carry out that Act through fiscal year 1997.",Environmental Protection,1992-10-03,1992-10-03,Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the Environment.,House,"Rep. Thomas, William M. [R-CA-20]",CA,R,T000188,0,"Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to prohibit a Federal official or employee from enforcing or implementing a designation of critical habitat, a protective regulation, or a recovery plan without the preparation and publication of an economic impact analysis. Provides for:  (1) the limitation of economic losses resulting from the listing of a species as endangered or threatened; and (2) compensation for loss or diminishment in value. Authorizes appropriations to carry out such Act.",2021-06-02T15:12:36Z,
102-hr-6124,102,hr,6124,"Entitled, ""An Act to amend the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990, to improve health care services and educational services through telecommunications, and for other purposes.",Agriculture and Food,1992-10-03,1992-10-08,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.,House,"Rep. de la Garza, E. [D-TX-15]",TX,D,D000203,1,"Amends the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to direct the Administrator of the Rural Electrification Administration to:  (1) encourage the development of consortia to provide health care or educational services through telecommunications in rural areas of a qualified local exchange carrier service area; and (2) provide grants ($1.5 million maximum award, three-year maximum disbursement) for such purposes.",2025-01-14T16:41:20Z,
102-hr-6125,102,hr,6125,Farm Credit Banks and Associations Safety and Soundness Act of 1992,Agriculture and Food,1992-10-03,1992-10-28,Became Public Law No: 102-552.,House,"Rep. de la Garza, E. [D-TX-15]",TX,D,D000203,1,"Farm Credit Banks and Associations Safety and Soundness Act of 1992 - Title I:  Improvements to Farm Credit System Safety and Soundness - Amends the Farm Credit Act of 1971 to set forth qualifications for Farm Credit Administration (FCA) board members. Redefines ""permanent capital."" Title II:  Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation - Makes the Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation (FCSIC) successor to the Farm Credit System (FCS) Assistance Board in the case of capital presentation agreements that certify certain banks as eligible to issue preferred stock to the Farm Credit System Assistance Corporation (Corporation).  Requires the General Accounting Office to study and report to the Congress on:  (1) risk-based FCSIC premiums; (2) possible Farm Credit System Insurance Fund (Fund) authority to assess associations directly; (3) possible supplemental FCSIC insurance premiums; (4) the benefits of consolidating district banks into regional banks; (5) FCS institutions' overhead expenses; and (6) potential savings if FCS institutions and the FCA were required to comply with certain Government office standards. Title III:  Repayment of Farm Credit System Debt Obligations - Amends the Farm Credit Act to require an institution terminating FCS status to pay to the Corporation the estimated present value of future principal otherwise required had it remained in the FCS.  Recognizes any such amount as a Corporation claim against the estate of a liquidating bank.  States that the other banks' obligations shall not be reduced in anticipation of such recoveries, but only upon their receipt by the Corporation. Requires each institution to make annual payments to the Corporation to ensure debt repayment. Requires each institution that issued preferred stock, beginning in 1992, to appropriate specified earnings into an account to fund such stock's retirement. Requires each bank to:  (1) record as an expense the annual increase of its bond repayment obligation; and (2) repay Treasury-paid interest on FCS obligations (through bank assessments). Makes banks (currently institutions) primarily liable to repay certain Corporation interest and obligations.  Excludes banks in liquidation from such requirements. Expands default provisions to include all bank obligations with respect to Corporation bond principal and interest, except certain preferred stock-related bonds. Extends the Corporation termination date until two years after the last Corporation bond maturity date. Title IV:  Clarification of Certain Authorities - Amends the Agricultural Credit Act of 1987 to require the Federal Intermediate Credit Bank of Jackson (Bank) to merge with a Farm Credit Bank.  States that:  (1) FCA merger approval shall be given only if the Bank merges in its entirety with a Farm Credit Bank; (2) the Bank shall have limited operating authority and limited lending authority (lending authorities in Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi limited to pre-merger constituent bank's authorities); and (3) the FCA shall order the merger of the Bank and the Farm Credit Bank of Texas if the Bank fails to negotiate a merger within a specified period of time. Requires a referendum of farmer-borrowers in such States with respect to the structure of such association. Sets forth the long-term lending authority of the Farm Credit Bank of Texas with respect to Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi. Title V:  Miscellaneous - Amends the Farm Credit Act to revise production credit association application of earnings requirements. Limits a bank for cooperatives' loan risk participation authority. Sets forth voting guidelines with respect to one director of each bank for cooperatives. Expands bank for cooperatives' water and sewer lending authority. Makes qualifying private agricultural entities eligible to borrow from a bank for cooperatives. Repeals the tax-exempt guarantee prohibition. Directs the FCA to monitor FCS directors' compensation. Authorizes the FCA to approve competitive charters among FCS institutions. Authorizes the FCSIC to examine FCS institutions (current authority is limited to FCS banks). Provides for financial disclosure and conflict of interest reporting by FCS directors, officers, and employees. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to use specified funds to purchase, process, and distribute additional commodities for the emergency food assistance program.  Terminates such authority as of September 30, 1993.",2024-02-05T11:45:06Z,
102-hr-6126,102,hr,6126,Rural Electrification Administration Improvement Act of 1992,Agriculture and Food,1992-10-03,1992-10-03,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, and Rural Development.",House,"Rep. de la Garza, E. [D-TX-15]",TX,D,D000203,1,Rural Electrification Administration Improvement Act of 1992 - Amends the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to revise discounted loan prepayment provisions to permit prepayment or sale of a loan that was advanced before a certain date or has been fully advanced for not less than two years.  Limits future loan eligibility for prepaying borrowers.,2025-08-26T15:18:05Z,
102-hr-6127,102,hr,6127,Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act Amendments of 1992,Agriculture and Food,1992-10-03,1992-10-08,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.,House,"Rep. de la Garza, E. [D-TX-15]",TX,D,D000203,1,"Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act Amendments of 1992 - Amends the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, 1930 to prescribe conditions under which a transferee shall be deemed to have received trust assets with notice of the breach of the trust, and vice versa.",2025-08-26T15:14:51Z,
102-hr-6128,102,hr,6128,"To amend the United States Warehouse Act to provide for the use of electronic cotton warehouse receipts, and for other purposes.",Agriculture and Food,1992-10-03,1992-10-28,Became Public Law No: 102-553.,House,"Rep. de la Garza, E. [D-TX-15]",TX,D,D000203,1,"Amends the United States Warehouse Act to permit all (Federal or State licensed) cotton warehouses to record specified cotton receipt information required by such Act in a central filing system or systems. Deems such recording as establishing ownership under Federal or State law. States that:  (1) a holder of an electronic cotton warehouse receipt shall be treated as being in possession of the warehouse receipt under Federal or State law; and (2) such provision shall apply to electronic receipts form all (Federal or State licensed) warehouses. Amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act, reenacted with amendments by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, to provide for expedited action on marketing orders.",2024-02-05T11:45:06Z,
102-hr-6129,102,hr,6129,Agricultural Credit Improvement Act of 1992,Agriculture and Food,1992-10-03,1992-10-28,Became Public Law No: 102-554.,House,"Rep. de la Garza, E. [D-TX-15]",TX,D,D000203,1,"Agricultural Credit Improvement Act of 1992 - Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to state that the interest rate for loans sold into the secondary market may be lower than the interest rate on the retained portion, but may not exceed the average interest rate charged by the lender on loans made to farm and ranch borrowers. Provides for Federal-State coordination of assistance for beginning farmers and ranchers. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (Secretary) to establish an Advisory Committee on Beginning Farmers and Ranchers. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants for rural passenger transportation services or facilities. Directs the Secretary to establish within the farm ownership loan program a ten-year down payment loan program for beginning farmers and ranchers.  Sets forth loan terms. Limits the availability of certain agricultural loans and guarantees to beginning farmers and ranchers during specified applicable periods. Directs the Secretary to establish a program of assistance (ten-year maximum) for beginning farmers and ranchers.  Requires an applicant to submit a farm operations plan (plan) to the appropriate county committee, which must be approved by the committee and by the Secretary. Provides assistance in the form of operating and equipment loan guarantees.  Gives applicants priority for equipment purchases in the Farmers Home Administration (FmHA) inventory. Terminates assistance for avoidable failure to achieve plan goals. Directs the Secretary to:  (1) establish a program to encourage borrowers with operating loans or guarantees to graduate to private commercial credit sources; (2) develop a simplified application for loans $50,000 or less; (3) provide for the graduation of FmHA direct loan borrowers to FmHA guaranteed loans; and (4) maintain gender-based loan records and include women among the targeted loan recipients. Sets forth provisions regarding the transfer of Indian lands pledged as FmHA loan collateral, including properties containing a hazardous substance. Extends the period during which county committee loan eligibility certification remains in effect. Sets forth debt service margin requirements including the establishment of a certified lenders program. Defines ""qualified beginning farmer or rancher"" for assistance purposes. Sets aside specified percentages of operating and ownership loan assistance for beginning farmers or ranchers. Amends the Agricultural Credit Act of 1987 to increase the Federal assistance ceiling for State agricultural loan mediation programs.",2024-02-05T11:45:06Z,
102-hr-6130,102,hr,6130,For the relief of John M. Ragsdale.,Private Legislation,1992-10-03,1992-10-06,Referred to the Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental Relations.,House,"Rep. McCandless, Alfred A. (Al) [R-CA-37]",CA,R,M000306,0,Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay a specified sum to a named individual as compensation for injuries sustained while such individual was employed by the National Bureau of Standards.,2021-06-02T15:12:40Z,
102-hr-6092,102,hr,6092,Developmental Assistance For Egypt Act of 1992,International Affairs,1992-10-02,1992-10-12,Referred to the Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East.,House,"Rep. Rose, Charlie [D-NC-7]",NC,D,R000436,0,"Developmental Assistance for Egypt Act of 1992 - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to permit the use of foreign currencies generated in Egypt in specified commodity assistance programs abroad. Establishes a joint commission under an agreement between the United States Government, the Government of Egypt, and certain nongovernmental agencies and multilateral organizations.",2025-08-26T15:14:25Z,
102-hr-6093,102,hr,6093,"Airport and Airway Safety, Capacity, Noise Improvement, and Intermodal Transportation Act of 1992",Transportation and Public Works,1992-10-02,1992-10-07,Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology and Competitiveness.,House,"Rep. Oberstar, James L. [D-MN-8]",MN,D,O000006,1,"Airport and Airway Safety, Capacity, Noise Improvement and Intermodal Transportation Act of 1992 - Title I:  Airport and Airway Improvement Act Amendments - Amends the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 to declare that it is a goal of the United States to develop a national intermodal transportation system. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1993 through 1995 for:  (1) airport development and planning projects; (2) air navigation facilities; (3) weather reporting services for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); (4) FAA operations; and (5) expenses incurred in joint financing of air navigation services and in maintaining air navigation facilities.  Authorizes appropriations for FY 1994 to augment the Airway Capital Investment Plan, if the Secretary of Transportation (Secretary) determines it is necessary (including a determination with respect to the establishment of more than 23 area control facilities). Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to revise the minimum Federal appropriation levels which permit imposition of local airport passenger facility fees on airline Amends the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 to increase the apportionment of airport development and planning funds for:  (1) airports which are served by aircraft providing only air cargo (including mail) transportation; and (2) primary airports.  Reduces from 49.5 percent to 44 percent the ceiling on the total amount of all such apportionments in the event any Act of Congress has the effect of limiting or reducing the obligational ceiling for the airway improvement program.  Extends the special apportionment treatment of Alaskan airports to those public airports in Alaska that received scheduled service as of September 3, 1982, but were not apportioned funds in FY 1980 because they were not under State or local public agency control. Requires not less than 2.25 percent of airport development and planning funds for FY 1993 through FY 1995 be set-aside for development of current and former military airports.  Requires the Secretary to designate such airports for participation in such set-aside program. (Currently, the Secretary is required to designate not less than eight current or former military airports.)  Authorizes a specified amount of discretionary airport development and planning funds for FY 1993 through FY 1995 for construction, improvement, or repair of airport surface parking lots, fuel farms, and utilities at such airports. Raises from 10 percent to 15 percent the minimum obligation of apportioned and discretionary funds for airport noise compatibility planning, but reduces it to 12.5 percent in FY 1994 and 1995 if the airway improvement program funds available are less than specified amounts. Authorizes the maximum obligation of the United States for airport development and planning projects for FY 1993 to be increased for an airport (other than a primary airport) by a specified amount. Authorizes the Secretary, in cases where a commercial service airport annually has .05 percent or less of the total enplanements in the United States, to approve, as allowable project costs of an airport development project at such airport, any terminal development in revenue-producing areas and construction, reconstruction, repair, and improvement of nonrevenue-producing parking lots if the sponsor certifies that no project for needed airport development affecting safety, security, or capacity will be deferred by such approval. Sets the Federal share of allowable costs for terminal development at such an airport at 85 percent. Prohibits letters of intent issued by the Secretary from conditioning the obligation of funds for airport development projects on the imposition of a passenger facility charge. Includes as an ""airport development"" activity the:  (1) acquisition or installation at or by a public -use airport of aircraft deicing equipment and structures (other than aircraft deicing fluids and storage facilities for such equipment and fluids); and (2) relocation of an air traffic control tower and any navigational aid (including radar) if such relocation is necessary to carry out an approved project; (3) construction, reconstruction, repair, or improvement of an airport (or any purchase of capital equipment for an airport) which is necessary for compliance with specified Federal laws, other than construction or purchase of capital equipment which would benefit a revenue-producing area of the airport used by a nonaeronautical business; and (4) acquisition of land for, or work necessary to construct, a pad for deicing aircraft before takeoff at a commercial service airport, including construction or reconstruction of paved areas, drainage collection structures, treatment and discharge systems, appropriate lighting, and paved access for deicing vehicles and aircraft (but excluding acquisition of aircraft deicing equipment and fluids and construction and reconstruction of storage facilities for such equipment and fluids). Requires as a condition precedent to approval of an airport development project:  (1) public availability of any report of the airport budget; and (2) specified kinds of public participation in the project . Repeals the requirement for an annual report to the Congress on the national airways system. Includes Alaskan and Hawaiian airports in the coverage of the Act with respect to passengers enplaned on international flights. Extends the State block grant pilot program for airports through FY 1996.  Authorizes the Secretary to designate up to seven (currently, three) qualified States (including Illinois, Missouri, and North Carolina) for participation in such program. Requires airport owners or operators as a condition precedent to approval of a grant for airport development projects to take necessary action to ensure that at least ten percent of businesses at the airport which provide ground transportation, baggage carts, automobile rentals, or other consumer services are small businesses owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals (disadvantaged business enterprises, or DBE's). Authorizes the Secretary to allow an airport owner or operator to meet the DBE overall percentage goal by including:  (1) businesses operated through management contracts or subcontracts; or (2) the purchase from DBE's of goods or services used in businesses conducted on the airport provided the airport owner or operator as well as such businesses make good faith efforts to explore all available options to achieve compliance with the DBE goal through direct ownership arrangements, including joint ventures and partnerships. Allows an airport owner or operator, in complying with the DBE goal, to:  (1) include the revenues of car rental firms on the airport in the base from which the overall percentage goal is calculated; and (2) require a car rental firm to meet goal requirements through the purchase of goods or services from DBE's including purchases or leases of vehicles from DBE vendors. Excludes air carriers that provide passenger or freight-carrying services and other businesses that provide aeronautical activities at an airport from the ten percent goal. Revises the definition of an eligible ""disadvantaged business enterprise"" to raise the maximum average annual gross receipts permissible from $14,000,000 to $16,015,000. Amends the Aviation Safety and Capacity Expansion Act of 1990 to extend the prohibition against the fraudulent use of ""Made in America"" labels on products sold in or shipped to the United States, and against discrimination by foreign governments against U.S. products, to the award of Federal contracts or grants under a specified section of Federal transportation law or the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982. Authorizes the Administrator of the FAA to make grants to up to four vocational technical institutions for acquisition or construction of facilities for the advanced training of maintenance technicians for air carrier aircraft.  Sets forth grant eligibility requirements. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Administrator of the FAA to develop and submit annually to specified congressional committees a report on:  (1) the staffing standards used to determine the number of air traffic controllers needed to operate the air traffic control system of the United States; (2) a three-year projection of the number of air traffic controllers needed to operate such system to meet such standards; and (3) a detailed plan for employing such controllers, including projected budget requests.  Requires the Administrator of the FAA to hire additional air traffic controllers so as to make the controller work force not less than 18,128 on September 30, 1993. Prohibits the FAA from entering into any contract on or before September 30, 1994, with a private person for the operation of an airport control tower at any airport which in FY 1990 had 5,500 or more air carrier operations and 40,000 or more air taxi operations unless the airport owner or operator first agrees to the FAA Administrator's entering into such contract. Directs the Administrator of the FAA to study and report to specified congressional committees on:  (1) the social, economic, and health effects of airport noise on populations within 65, 60, and 55 LDN noise areas to determine the actual level at which noise creates an adverse impact on populations; and (2) the effect of single event noise on populations. Directs the Administrator of the FAA to:  (1) increase the employment of aviation safety inspectors to a specified level by the end of FY 1995; (2) require, by regulation, procedures to improve safety of aircraft operations during winter conditions. Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to direct the Administrator of the FAA to update and arrange for publication of clearly defined routes for navigating under visual flight rules through a complex terminal airspace area, and to and from an airport located within such an area. Directs the Secretary to study and report to the Congress on:  (1) whether the safety benefits derived from the reflectorization of runways and taxiways of all military airfields under Federal Specification TT-B-1325B should be extended to runways and taxiways of public use airports; (2) the purchase of land for development over five years after purchase (landbanking) and of options to purchase land for airport development, and whether such projects should be funded under the Airport Improvement Program; (3) the current Federal program for monitoring the installation and operation of lighting systems for aircraft obstructions and airport runways; (4) the economic benefits of carrying out airport development projects in ""redevelopment areas"" under the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965; and (5) the ability of airports which annually enplane .05 percent or less of total enplanements in the United States to finance the maintenance of runways, aprons, and taxiways constructed under the Airport Improvement Program. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants under the Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement Act of 1979 for projects to soundproof residential buildings if specified conditions are met. Amends the Airport and Airway Safety and Capacity Expansion Act of 1987 to revise conditions with respect to a release from certain terms and restrictions contained in a certain instrument conveying land on which Laredo International Airport is located to the city of Laredo, Texas.  Allows Laredo to grant leases of up to 40 years (currently, 20 years) at below fair market value at the airport. Directs the Administrator of the FAA to study and report:  (1) to specified congressional committees on the current and projected need for air traffic control and related services in the airspace around Tucson, Arizona; and (2) to the Congress on increased air traffic over Grand Canyon National Park. Title II:  Federal Aviation Act Amendments - Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to authorize the Administrator of the FAA to enter into a contract, on a sole source basis, with a State or political subdivision to permit it to operate a level I visual flight rules airport traffic control tower if the Administrator determines that such State or political subdivision can comply with certain safety and subcontracting requirements. Authorizes, at the discretion of the Administrator of the FAA, the reimbursement of travel, transportation, and subsistence expenses for the security training of non-Federal domestic and foreign security personnel who contribute to civil aviation security. Requires all persons to give adequate public notice of the establishment or expansion, or the proposed establishment or expansion, of any structure or sanitary landfill where such notice will promote safety in air commerce and preserve the navigable airspace and airport traffic capacity at public-use airports.  Directs the Secretary of Transportation to study and report to the Congress on whether a municipal solid waste facility located within a five-mile radius of the end of a runaway may have the potential for attracting or sustaining bird movements (from feeding, water, or roosting) that may pose a hazard across the runways or approach and departure patterns of aircraft. Establishes the National Commission to Ensure a Strong Competitive Airline Industry to investigate the financial condition of the airline industry, the adequacy of competition in it, and legal impediments to a financially strong and competitive airline industry.  Requires the Commission to submit a specified report to the Congress. Title III:  Research, Engineering, and Development - Federal Aviation Administration Research, Engineering, and Development Authorization Act of 1992 - Amends the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 to authorize FY 1993 and 1994 appropriations for specified areas of airway improvement research, engineering and development, and demonstrations. Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress on the feasibility of requiring commercial airports and/or commercial airlines to employ portable equipment to deice commercial aircraft before takeoff by placing such equipment close to the departure end of the active runway.   Requires the Secretary to research to develop new techniques and more efficient fluids and technologies for deicing. Requires the Administrators of the FAA and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to jointly conduct a research program to develop new technologies for quieter subsonic jet aircraft engines and airframes by the year 2000. Prohibits a person from affixing ""Made in America"" labels to products that are not domestic products of the United States.  Makes any person that violates such prohibition ineligible for the award of a Federal contract. Requires the head of each Federal agency conducting procurements to comply with the requirements of the Buy American Act. Title IV:  Aviation Insurance - Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to authorize Federal agencies to purchase aviation insurance covering any aircraft engaged in intrastate, interstate, or overseas air commerce for any risk (including war risk) if the aircraft opeation is in the performance of an agency contract or is for the transportation of military forces or material on behalf of the United States under an agreement between the United States and a foreign government. Extends the aviation insurance program from FY 1992 through FY 1997. Directs the Comptroller General to review and report to the Congress on the administration of the avaition insurance program during the Persian Gulf conflict in order to determine methods of improving efficiency by reducing the paperwork and time period required for providing such insurance. Title V:  Extension of Airport and Airway Trust Fund - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend the authority of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund through October 1, 1995.  Declares that, in the case of certain taxes imposed before January 1, 1993, the amounts to be appropriated to the Fund shall be determined without regard to any increase in a rate of tax enacted by the Revenue Reconciliation Act of 1990.",2025-01-14T18:51:33Z,