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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… 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 i… 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 f… 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 wi… 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… 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 cond… 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… 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… 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 durin… 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: Repe… 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 … 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;… 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 certif… 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 Sec… 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. Dir… 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;… 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 significan… 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… 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 … 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 su… 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… 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) t… 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… 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 a… 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 Jers… 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… 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 sch… 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;… 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 den… 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 execu… 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 b… 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. Exten… 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 Secr… 2025-01-14T18:51:33Z  

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