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| 102-s-3370 | 102 | s | 3370 | Swain County Settlement Act of 1992 | Economics and Public Finance | 1992-10-07 | 1992-10-08 | Referred to Subcommittee on Public Lands, National Parks. | Senate | Sen. Helms, Jesse [R-NC] | NC | R | H000463 | 1 | Swain County Settlement Act of 1992 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) to make unappropriated funds for FY 1993 available for the completion of the road along the north shore of the Fontana Reservoir, North Carolina, pursuant to a specified agreement. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay, out of unappropriated funds for FY 1993, a specified sum to Swain County, North Carolina, in full and complete settlement of all claims against the United States, the Department of the Interior, and the Tennessee Valley Authority arising out of such agreement to compensate the county for the loss of a highway. Authorizes appropriations to carry out this Act if necessary funds are not made available for FY 1993. Requires the Secretary to allocate funds and personnel to place a suitable historical marker at or near the approach to the Cherokee Qualls Reservation at Soco Gap, North Carolina, in recognition of Soco Gap and the contribution of the Cherokee Nation to North Carolina and the United States. | 2026-03-24T12:48:03Z | |
| 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-s-3319 | 102 | s | 3319 | Congressional Wastebuster Act of 1992 | Economics and Public Finance | 1992-10-05 | 1992-10-05 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. | Senate | Sen. Brown, Hank [R-CO] | CO | R | B000919 | 0 | Congressional Wastebuster Act of 1992 - Prohibits the amount of budget authority provided to the legislative branch of the United States from exceeding 50 percent of the amount appropriated for FY 1992 in each of FY 1993 through 1997. | 2025-08-26T15:14:13Z | |
| 102-s-3321 | 102 | s | 3321 | A bill to control the growth of mandatory spending. | Economics and Public Finance | 1992-10-05 | 1992-10-05 | Read twice and referred jointly to the Committees on Budget; Governmental Affairs pursuant to the order of of August 4, 1977, with instructions that if one Committee reports, the other Committee have thirty days to report or to be discharged. | Senate | Sen. Brown, Hank [R-CO] | CO | R | B000919 | 0 | Prohibits, beginning with FY 1993 and fiscal years thereafter, the growth in mandatory spending for all programs, except Social Security, from exceeding a level that allows for beneficiary and inflation growth. Prohibits a congressional budget resolution or any bill, resolution, amendment, or conference report from causing mandatory funding from exceeding such level. Requires a three-fifths vote in the House or Senate to waive such prohibition. Requires a sequester in any fiscal year that mandatory spending levels exceed the cap levels. | 2025-01-14T19:03:55Z | |
| 102-s-3322 | 102 | s | 3322 | A bill to reduce the Federal budget deficit by eliminating entitlement and other mandatory payments by the United States to wealthy individuals and large corporations. | Economics and Public Finance | 1992-10-05 | 1992-10-05 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Brown, Hank [R-CO] | CO | R | B000919 | 0 | Reduces the Federal budget deficit by eliminating entitlement and other mandatory payments by the United States to wealthy individuals (with income exceeding $120,000) and large corporations. | 2025-01-14T19:03:55Z | |
| 102-hr-6110 | 102 | hr | 6110 | Community Opportunity Pilot Program Act of 1992 | Economics and Public Finance | 1992-10-02 | 1992-10-02 | Referred to the House Committee on Government Operations. | House | Rep. Shaw, E. Clay, Jr. [R-FL-15] | FL | R | S000303 | 4 | Community Opportunity Pilot Program Act of 1992 - Provides authority and a Federal mechanism for approval of five pilot projects for the development of community opportunity systems to demonstrate the potential for improving the economic opportunity for low-income residents of the community through restructured programs providing services and benefits. | 2025-08-26T15:17:37Z | |
| 102-hr-6089 | 102 | hr | 6089 | Comprehensive Budget Process Reform Act of 1992 | Economics and Public Finance | 1992-10-01 | 1992-10-01 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Orton, Bill [D-UT-3] | UT | D | O000108 | 5 | Comprehensive Budget Process Reform Act of 1992 - Title I: Balanced Budget with Enforcement; Mandatory Consideration of President's Budget - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to revise the Federal and congressional budget processes by establishing a two-year budgeting and appropriations cycle and timetable, beginning in the 103d Congress. Defines the budget biennium as the two consecutive fiscal years beginning on October 1 of any odd-numbered year. Title II: Biennial Budget - Devotes the first session of any Congress to the budget resolution and to appropriations decisions, retaining current deadlines in most cases. Changes relevant deadlines as follows to conform to the biennial scheme: (1) from April 1 to March 31 for the Senate Budget Committee's report on the concurrent resolution on the budget; (2) from June 15 to September 30 for completion of congressional action on reconciliation legislation; and (3) from June 30 to September 30 for completion of congressional action on appropriations bills. Adds the reporting dates for OMB to report on the surplus/deficit. Devotes each second session to authorization activity, subject to deadlines of: (1) May 15 for the submission of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report to the Budget Committees; (2) OMB surplus/deficit reporting dates; and (3) the last day of the session for completion of congressional action on bills and resolutions authorizing new budget authority for the next biennium. Changes from January 15 to February 15 of each year the date by which the CBO Director must submit to the Congress a report on authorizations. Requires the Director of the CBO to issue four-year projections of congressional budget action. (Current projections are on a five-year basis.) Amends provisions relating to the reconciliation process to: (1) increase from 20 to 100 hours the time of debate permitted in the Senate with respect to reconciliation measures; and (2) make it out of order in both the House and the Senate to consider any reconciliation legisl… | 2025-08-26T15:14:49Z | |
| 102-hr-6056 | 102 | hr | 6056 | Making appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole or in part against the revenues of said District for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1993, and for other purposes. | Economics and Public Finance | 1992-09-30 | 1992-10-05 | Became Public Law No: 102-382. | House | Rep. Dixon, Julian C. [D-CA-28] | CA | D | D000373 | 0 | Title I: Fiscal Year 1993 Appropriations - District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1993 - Appropriates funds to the District of Columbia for FY 1993 for: (1) the Federal payment to the District of Columbia; (2) the Federal contribution to retirement funds; (3) expenses incurred in connection with presidential inauguration activities; and (4) the Federal contribution to establish the Trauma Care Fund. Appropriates specified sums out of the District of Columbia general fund for the current fiscal year for: (1) governmental direction and support; (2) economic development and regulation; (3) public safety and justice; (4) public education; (5) human support services; (6) public works; (7) the Washington Convention Center Fund; (8) repayments of specified loans and interest; (9) repayment of the general fund deficit; (10) employees' optical and dental benefits; (11) inaugural expenses; (12) the rental and leasing of facilities for governmental purposes; (13) the Trauma Care Fund; (14) furlough adjustments; (15) within-grade salary adjustments; (16) capital outlay; (17) the Water and Sewer Enterprise Fund and water construction projects; (18) the Lottery and Charitable Games Enterprise Fund; (19) the Cable Television Enterprise Fund; and (20) the Starplex Fund. Prohibits the use of funds to implement or enforce: (1) any registration system for unmarried, cohabitating couples whether they are homosexual, lesbian, or heterosexual, including registration for the extension of employment, health, or governmental benefits to such couples on the same basis as that extended to legally married couples; or (2) the District Domestic Partner Act (also called the District of Columbia Health Care Benefits Expansion Act of 1992). Requires the District of Columbia to operate and maintain a telephone hotline for Lorton-area residents to receive information concerning escapes, fires, and riots at Lorton prison. Directs the District of Columbia Mayor to reduce appropriations and expenditures for personal and nonpersonal services by … | 2024-02-05T11:50:03Z | |
| 102-hr-6036 | 102 | hr | 6036 | Monetary Policy and Treasury Finance Enhancement Act of 1992 | Economics and Public Finance | 1992-09-25 | 1992-09-28 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. | House | Rep. Barnard, Doug, Jr. [D-GA-10] | GA | D | B000153 | 1 | Monetary Policy and Treasury Finance Enhancement Act of 1992 - Requires at least ten percent of the aggregate face amount of longer-term public debt obligations (bonds or notes which mature at least five years after the date of issue) issued during a fiscal year to be in the form of indexed obligations. Specifies a higher requirement in certain cases. Allows the Secretary of the Treasury to issue bond and note obligations which mature at least 270 days but less than five years after the date of issue in the form of indexed obligations. Prohibits more than 50 percent of the aggregate face amount of bond or note obligations which mature on any day from being in the form of indexed obligations. Bases indexed obligations on the Consumer Price Index. Provides for the Secretary, in consultation with the Federal Reserve, to determine the amounts, maturities, and timing of issuances of indexed obligations. Requires the Secretary to monitor the ownership and trading activity of indexed and nonindexed obligations having the same maturity dates to assure liquidity and pricing reliability. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress on provisions of this Act every two years until the tenth year after enactment. Expresses the intent of the Congress with respect to Federal income tax treatment of indexed and nonindexed obligations. | 2025-08-26T15:18:09Z | |
| 102-hjres-553 | 102 | hjres | 553 | Making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1993, and for other purposes. | Economics and Public Finance | 1992-09-24 | 1992-10-01 | Became Public Law No: 102-376. | House | Rep. Whitten, Jamie L. [D-MS-1] | MS | D | W000428 | 0 | Makes continuing appropriations for FY 1993 for projects or activities including the costs of direct loans and loan guarantees provided for in the following Acts: (1) the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993; (2) the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1993; (3) the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1993; (4) the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 1993; (5) the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1993; (6) the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993; (7) the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993; (8) the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1993; (9) the Military Construction Appropriations Act, 1993; (10) the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993; (11) the Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government Appropriations Act, 1993; and (12) the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993. Sets forth limitations on the use of such funds. Requires each agency, office, and instrumentality of the District of Columbia government, except the District of Columbia Courts, to furlough each employee for one day in each month of FY 1993, or a proportional number of hours for part-time employees. Prohibits such employees from receiving within-grade salary increases during FY 1993 and prohibits time from accruing toward the waiting period for advancement to the following rate within the grade. Requires the Federal Communications Commission's Salaries and Expenses account to be maintained at the current rate of operations. | 2024-02-05T11:50:03Z | |
| 102-hr-6019 | 102 | hr | 6019 | To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to provide for a sequestration of all budgetary accounts for fiscal year 1993 (except social security and interest on the debt) equal to 10 percent of the OMB baseline. | Economics and Public Finance | 1992-09-24 | 1992-09-24 | Referred to the House Committee on Government Operations. | House | Rep. Campbell, Tom [R-CA-12] | CA | R | C000100 | 0 | Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to require, on the 15th day after the last general appropriation bill is enacted into law for FY 1993 or a continuing resolution is enacted into law through the end of that fiscal year (whichever is applicable), that the President issue an order to sequester ten percent of the Office of Management and Budget's baseline for such fiscal year. Exempts social security and interest on the debt from such sequestration. | 2025-02-04T16:54:13Z | |
| 102-hr-6005 | 102 | hr | 6005 | To prohibit States and localities from receiving certain Federal economic development assistance if the State or locality provides improper incentives for location of businesses or organizations within the State or locality. | Economics and Public Finance | 1992-09-23 | 1992-10-05 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development. | House | Rep. Jacobs, Andrew, Jr. [D-IN-10] | IN | D | J000033 | 0 | Prohibits States and localities from receiving certain Federal economic development assistance if the State or locality offers, permits, or grants any tax abatement, money payment, or payment of property for the location of businesses or other organizations within the State or locality. Creates an exception to such prohibition for enterprise zones. | 2024-02-07T16:02:17Z | |
| 102-hr-5995 | 102 | hr | 5995 | Federal Credit and Debt Management Act of 1992 | Economics and Public Finance | 1992-09-22 | 1992-09-28 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental Relations. | House | Rep. Horton, Frank J. [R-NY-29] | NY | R | H000797 | 1 | Federal Credit and Debt Management Act of 1992 - Amends Federal law to require the head of an executive or legislative agency to take all appropriate and cost-effective actions to collect aggressively all claims of the U.S. Government. Expands agency debt-collection authorities. Makes businesses eligible for the Internal Revenue Service tax refund offset program. Prohibits any person from obtaining any Federal financial assistance in the form of a loan (except for a Commodity Credit Corporation price support loan) or loan guarantee if such person has an outstanding debt with an executive agency which is in a delinquent status. Allows the agency head to waive such prohibition. Requires each Federal agency to develop a data base of information on outstanding debt which is in a delinquent status. Allows the sharing of such information among Federal agencies. Requires persons doing business with the Federal Government in any loan program, as grant recipients, insurance or license recipients, or contractors to furnish their taxpayer identifying number. Requires agency disclosure on the use of such number to include the intent to use it for purposes of collecting or reporting on delinquent amounts arising out of the persons' relationship with the Federal Government. Sets forth requirements for the head of each Federal agency guaranteeing or insuring loans with respect to program management. Requires the charge of a late fee, in addition to scheduled principal and interest, on claims that are in delinquent status. Requires the assessment, in addition to the late fee, of any amounts necessary to cover the charges levied by another agency or private collector for collecting delinquent claims through Federal salary offset, tax refund offset, private debt collection contractors, or other such explicit fees or charges. Authorizes agencies to retain one-half of collected fees to be used for specified purposes. Removes restrictions on legal fees charged for contracts for collection services in cases of claims of indebted… | 2025-08-26T15:17:23Z | |
| 102-hr-5911 | 102 | hr | 5911 | Dire Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1992, for Disaster Assistance to Meet the Present Emergencies Arising from the Consequences of Hurricane Andrew and other Natural Disasters | Economics and Public Finance | 1992-09-09 | 1992-09-09 | Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations. | House | Rep. Whitten, Jamie L. [D-MS-1] | MS | D | W000428 | 32 | Dire Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1992, for Disaster Assistance to Meet the Present Emergencies Arising from the Consequences of Hurricane Andrew and other Natural Disasters - Makes supplemental appropriations for FY 1992 for emergencies arising from natural disasters such as Hurricane Andrew and Typhoon Omar. Designates such amounts as emergency requirements for all purposes of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act). Title I: Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies - Makes additional appropriations available to the Department of Agriculture for: (1) the Agricultural Research Service for buildings and facilities; (2) the Commodity Credit Corporation for crop losses and the tree assistance program; (3) the Soil Conservation Service for watershed and flood prevention operations; (4) the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service for the emergency conservation program; (5) the Farmers Home Administration for the agricultural credit insurance fund program account, the rural housing insurance fund program account, the rural development insurance fund program account, the rural development loan fund program account, rural water and waste disposal grants, very-low-income housing repair grants, rural housing for domestic farm labor, emergency community water assistance grants, and salaries and expenses; and (6) the Food and Nutrition Service for the food stamp program. Declares that funds provided by this title are available only to the extent funds are not provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Title II: Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies - Makes additional funds available to: (1) the Department of Commerce for the Economic Development Administration, the Minority Business Development Agency, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; (2) the Department of Justice for general administration, legal activities, the … | 2025-08-26T15:16:00Z | |
| 102-hr-5915 | 102 | hr | 5915 | Legislative Line Item Veto Act of 1992 | Economics and Public Finance | 1992-09-09 | 1992-09-25 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Solomon, Gerald B. H. [R-NY-24] | NY | R | S000675 | 0 | Legislative Line Item Veto Act of 1992 - Amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to grant the President legislative line item veto rescission authority. Authorizes the President to rescind all or part of any budget authority if the President determines that such rescission: (1) would help balance the Federal budget, reduce the Federal budget deficit, or reduce the public debt; (2) will not impair any essential Government functions; (3) will not harm the national interest; and (4) will directly contribute to the purpose of this Act of limiting discretionary spending in FY 1993. Requires the President to notify the Congress of such a rescission by special message not later than 20 calendar days after enactment of appropriations legislation for FY 1993. Makes such a rescission effective unless the Congress, during a review period of 20 calendar days, enacts a rescission disapproval bill. Describes: (1) information to be included in the President's message; and (2) procedures to govern consideration of rescission disapproval legislation in the Senate and the House of Representatives. | 2025-08-26T15:14:45Z | |
| 102-hr-5881 | 102 | hr | 5881 | Federal Program Performance Standards and Goals Act of 1992 | Economics and Public Finance | 1992-08-12 | 1992-08-25 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security. | House | Rep. Ritter, Don [R-PA-15] | PA | R | R000277 | 0 | Federal Program Performance Standards and Goals Act of 1992 - Amends Federal law to include in the Federal budget a performance standards and goals plan for the overall budget. Directs the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to issue regulations requiring each Federal department and agency to establish such a plan for each major expenditure category of its budget. Requires OMB to review and adjust such plans and establish an overall performance standards and goals plan for the Federal Government. Requires each bill or resolution which provides for the authorization of appropriations or for the appropriation of funds to specify performance standards and goals for such authorization or appropriation. | 2025-08-26T15:13:52Z | |
| 102-hr-5829 | 102 | hr | 5829 | National Dividend Act of 1992 | Economics and Public Finance | 1992-08-11 | 1992-08-11 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Tauzin, W. J. (Billy) [D-LA-3] | LA | D | T000058 | 41 | National Dividend Act of 1992 - Establishes a program for the distribution of certain corporate tax revenues to the registered voters of each State in the form of dividend payments. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay to the chief financial officer of each State, in accordance with a prescribed schedule, an amount equal to the National Dividend Payment, as computed under this Act, multiplied by the number of registered voters in the State. Sets forth criteria and procedures to govern: (1) the chief financial officer's selection of an incorporated bank to act as the State's disbursing agent; and (2) payments to qualified voters. Establishes in the Treasury the National Dividend Payment Trust Fund. Authorizes payment into the Fund of specified amounts from revenue received from: (1) corporate income tax; (2) tax on the unrelated business income of certain tax-exempt organizations; (3) capital gains tax; (4) tax on insurance company income; and (5) alternative minimum tax on corporations. Establishes a National Dividend Review Board to review the manner in which payments are made from the Fund and to make investments of Fund amounts. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income, for income tax purposes, all dividend income received by a taxpayer from domestic corporations, including dividends received under this Act. Increases the corporate income tax deduction for dividends received by a corporation on the preferred stock of a public utility. Prohibits corporate income tax rates from exceeding 34 percent. Amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to declare it out of order in either the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider budget resolutions for fiscal years 1993 and thereafter that would increase the level of total budget outlays beyond those budgeted for FY 1991. | 2025-08-26T15:15:59Z | |
| 102-hr-5795 | 102 | hr | 5795 | Business and Urban Partnership Act | Economics and Public Finance | 1992-08-06 | 1992-09-15 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Stabilization. | House | Rep. Shays, Christopher [R-CT-4] | CT | R | S001144 | 1 | Business and Urban Partnership Act - Title I: Designation of Enterprise Zones - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for the designation of tax enterprise zones by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. Requires such zones to be within the jurisdiction of a qualified city and to have a required course of action designed to reduce the various burdens borne by employers or employees in the area. Requires the Secretary to report biennially to the Congress on the effects of enterprise zone designations. Provides for the coordination of such designations with relocation assistance programs and environmental policy. Title II: Federal Income Tax Incentives - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a refundable tax credit to zone employers for 50 percent of the qualified expenses of: (1) employee accident or health plan coverage; (2) employee dependent care assistance; and (3) employee job training expenses. Allows employers to treat the cost of qualified zone property as an expense which is not chargeable to capital account. Allows such cost as a deduction for the year in which the property is placed in service. Allows an individual a deduction for the amount paid for the purchase of enterprise zone stock. Imposes an interest charge if such stock is disposed of within five years of its purchase. Limits enterprise stock in a corporation to $5 million. Requires the allocating commission of an enterprise zone to make allocations of credit amounts, expense treatment amounts, and zone stock deduction amounts. Provides for determining limitations on such amounts. Allows enterprise zone incentives in determining the alternative minimum tax. Title III: Regulatory Flexibility - Revises the definition of "small entity" for purposes of the analysis of regulatory functions to include qualified business, government, and nonprofit enterprises operating within enterprize zones. Provides for the waiver or modification of agency rules in enterprise zones in order to further the job creation, community developme… | 2025-08-26T15:13:44Z | |
| 102-s-3111 | 102 | s | 3111 | Enterprise Zone-Jobs Creation Act of 1992 | Economics and Public Finance | 1992-07-30 | 1992-07-30 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [D-CT] | CT | D | L000304 | 3 | Enterprise Zone Jobs-Creation Act of 1991 - Part I: Overview - Declares the purpose of this Act to provide for the designation of economically distressed urban and rural areas as enterprise zones in order to stimulate the creation of new jobs in the zones, particularly for disadvantaged workers and long-term unemployed individuals, to enhance the availability and delivery of local goods and services to residents and businesses in the enterprise zones through meaningful entrepreneurial activity. Part II: Designation of Enterprise Zones - Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to designate urban enterprise zones and the Secretary of Agriculture to designate rural enterprise zones for purposes of providing tax and regulatory relief and improving local services. Limits choices to areas nominated by States and local governments. Limits the total number of areas that may be designated, and the time period of the designation. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury, prior to the designation, to estimate the impact of the designation on Federal revenues during FY 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, and 1997. Prohibits the designation of an area as an enterprise zone if the estimated sum is greater than $2,500,000,000. Authorizes the designation of a zone only if the area meets certain locational, demographic, unemployment, and poverty criteria. Requires nominating local governments, as a condition of the Secretary's designation, to agree in writing to follow a course of action that may include reducing tax rates, improving local services, simplifying or streamlining regulation of business, and providing job training to area residents. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress every two years on the effects of such enterprise zones' designation in accomplishing the purposes of this Act. Part III: Federal Income Tax Incentives - Requires taxpayers claiming benefits under this part to make appropriate disclosure to the Internal Revenue Service. Establishes the regulatory authority of the Secretary … | 2025-08-26T15:14:01Z | |
| 102-hr-5700 | 102 | hr | 5700 | Expedited Consideration of Proposed Rescissions Act of 1992 | Economics and Public Finance | 1992-07-28 | 1992-09-25 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Solomon, Gerald B. H. [R-NY-24] | NY | R | S000675 | 0 | Expedited Consideration of Proposed Rescissions Act of 1992 - Amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to require a special message, in the case of budget authority proposed to be rescinded or reserved, to include language amending the law authorizing such programs to allow them to continue to function at the proposed new level of budget authority. Allows the President to transmit to both Houses of the Congress, for expedited consideration, one or more special messages proposing to rescind all or part of any item of budget authority provided in an appropriation bill. Requires that such special message be transmitted not later than three days after the President approves the appropriation bill and be accompanied by a draft bill or joint resolution that would, if enacted, rescind the budget authority proposed to be rescinded. Sets forth House and Senate procedures for the expedited consideration of such a proposal. | 2025-08-26T15:17:40Z | |
| 102-s-3079 | 102 | s | 3079 | Act for an Annual Report for the American Citizens | Economics and Public Finance | 1992-07-27 | 1992-07-27 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Conrad, Kent [D-ND] | ND | D | C000705 | 0 | Act for an Annual Report for the American Citizens - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to distribute to all taxpayers (who so request) an annual report containing, at a minimum: (1) the most recent five-year actual trends in Federal receipts, expenditures, fund balances, assets and liabilities, and debts by major category or source; (2) a comparison of the actual budget totals for the most recent fiscal year to the budget projections; (3) statements from the President and congressional leadership regarding significant aspects of the Government's financial performance; and (4) any other relevant information on the Government's performance and contributions to economic growth, productivity, and investment in infrastructure. Requires the report to be supervised and directed by the Deputy Director for Management of the Office of Management and Budget. Establishes an advisory committee to provide the Deputy Director with comments and suggestions on the design and content of the annual report. Requires the Deputy Director and the Comptroller General to attest to the accuracy of information in such report. Allows the costs of preparing and distributing the report to be paid by contributions from corporations, foundations, and other private entities. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1993 through 1997. | 2025-08-26T15:16:32Z | |
| 102-hr-5676 | 102 | hr | 5676 | Balanced Budget Enforcement Act of 1992 | Economics and Public Finance | 1992-07-23 | 1992-10-02 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Panetta, Leon [D-CA-16] | CA | D | P000047 | 31 | Balanced Budget Enforcement Act of 1992 - Title I: Balancing the Budget - Part A: Purposes - Repeals provisions of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) with respect to: (1) emergency powers to eliminate deficits in excess of the maximum deficit amount; (2) budgetary treatment of social security trust funds; and (3) miscellaneous and related provisions. Declares the purpose of this Act to balance the budget by FY 1998 and each year thereafter. Part B: The Deficit Elimination Act of 1992 - The Deficit Elimination Act of 1992 - Establishes deficit reduction targets for direct spending and receipts legislation for FY 1993 through 1998. Establishes discretionary funding limits in terms of new budget authority for FY 1994 through 1998. Requires, whenever appropriate, that adjustments to such limits be made to reflect: (1) changes in budget accounting concepts; (2) changes in inflation for each year and outyear (any of the four fiscal years that follow the budget year); (3) renewal/replacement multiyear subsidized housing contracts; (4) emergency requirements; (5) new limits for 1998 and thereafter; and (6) any law that raises excise taxes dedicated to a transportation trust fund. Provides that if at the start of the 1998 budget-year session the baseline assuming deficit reduction projects a deficit (or surplus) for that year, then the direct spending and receipts deficit reduction requirement for that year and the discretionary funding limit for that year shall each be changed by amounts that, when debt service effects are added, will produce a balanced budget. Requires these changes to be made through enactment of a spin-off law or, if a spin-off law is not enacted, an adjustment to the direct spending and receipts deficit reduction requirement by two-thirds of the required change (excluding debt service effects) and a one-third adjustment of the required change (excluding debt service effects) to the discretionary funding limit. Provides for preventing defi… | 2025-08-26T15:13:59Z | |
| 102-hr-5677 | 102 | hr | 5677 | Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993 | Economics and Public Finance | 1992-07-23 | 1992-10-06 | Became Public Law No: 102-394. | House | Rep. Natcher, William H. [D-KY-2] | KY | D | N000009 | 0 | Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993 - Title I: Department of Labor - Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 1993 - Makes appropriations for FY 1993 for the following agencies within the Department of Labor: (1) Employment and Training Administration; (2) Labor-Management Standards; (3) Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration; (4) Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation; (5) Employment Standards Administration; (6) Occupational Safety and Health Administration; (7) Mine Safety and Health Administration; (8) Bureau of Labor Statistics; and (9) Departmental Management. Prohibits the use of funds to grant variances, interim orders, or letters of clarification to employers which will allow exposure of workers to chemicals or other workplace hazards in excess of existing Occupational Safety and Health Administration standards for the purpose of conducting experiments on workers' health and safety. Prohibits the use of funds to contract with a non-governmental entity to administer or manage a Civilian Conservation Center of the Job Corps. Prohibits the use of funds by the Job Corps program to pay the expenses of legal counsel or representation in any criminal case or proceeding for a Job Corps participant, unless certified to and approved by the Secretary of Labor that a public defender is not available. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to accept, employ, or dispose of gifts on behalf of the Department. Title II: Department of Health and Human Services - Department of Health and Human Services Appropriations Act, 1993 - Makes appropriations for FY 1993 for the following agencies within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS): (1) Health Resources and Services Administration; (2) Centers for Disease Control; (3) National Institutes of Health; (4) Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration; (5) Assistant Secretary for Health; (6) Agency for Health Care Policy and Research; (7) Health Care Financing Administration; (8)… | 2025-01-14T18:18:18Z | |
| 102-hr-5678 | 102 | hr | 5678 | Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993 | Economics and Public Finance | 1992-07-23 | 1992-10-06 | Became Public Law No: 102-395. | House | Rep. Smith, Neal Edward [D-IA-4] | IA | D | S000596 | 0 | Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993 - Title I: Department of Justice and Related Agencies - Department of Justice and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993 - Makes FY 1993 appropriations to the Department of Justice for: (1) Office of Justice programs; (2) general administration, including the Office of Inspector General, the Quantico Training Center, the Executive Office for Weed and Seed; (3) the United States Parole Commission; (4) legal activities; (5) radiation exposure compensation; (6) interagency law enforcement; (7) the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); (8) the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); (9) the Immigration and Naturalization Service; (10) the Commission on Immigration Reform; (11) the Thomas Jefferson Commemoration Commission; and (12) the Federal Prison System. Authorizes the Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated, to make expenditures within the limits of funds and borrowing authority available to carry out its program. Limits the administrative expenses of such corporation. Continues certain authorities for FBI and DEA undercover investigative operations. Prohibits the use of funds to pay for an abortion, except where the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term or in the case of rape. Prohibits the use of funds to require any person to perform, or facilitate the performance of, any abortion. Prohibits the payment of a fact-witness fee to a person who is incarcerated. Requires the Attorney General to report to the Congress on a study of the effect of amending the Financial Right to Privacy Act to allow nondepository licensed transmitters of duns to be reimbursed to the same extent as financial institutions under that Act. Directs the Attorney General, acting through the Director of the National Institute of Justice, to: (1) evaluate existing and proposed anti-stalking legislation in the States; (2) develop model anti-stalking legislation that is constitutional and enforceab… | 2024-02-05T11:50:03Z | |
| 102-hr-5679 | 102 | hr | 5679 | Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993 | Economics and Public Finance | 1992-07-23 | 1992-10-06 | Became Public Law No: 102-389. | House | Rep. Traxler, Bob [D-MI-8] | MI | D | T000356 | 0 | Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993 - Title I: Department of Veterans Affairs - Makes appropriations for FY 1993 to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for: (1) the Veterans Benefits Administration, including the Native American Veteran Housing Loan Program Account; (2) the Veterans Health Administration, including the Health Professional Education Loan Payment Program; and (3) departmental administration, including the Office of the Inspector General. Authorizes the transfer of funds among specified appropriations. Authorizes the use of appropriations to procure consultant services. Authorizes the use of certain appropriations to pay prior year accrued obligations for certain benefits. Requires the VA for FY 1993 to include resale losses in the net value calculation when determining whether to acquire the property or pay the claim under the guarantee in the veterans home loan guaranty program. Specifies the use of funds by the Office of Facilities of the VA. Title II: Department of Housing and Urban Development - Makes appropriations for FY 1993 for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for: (1) housing programs; (2) community planning and development; (3) research and technology; (4) fair housing activities; and (5) management and administration, including the Office of the Inspector General. Limits the amounts of specified loan obligations, including guarantee commitments of the Government National Mortgage Association. Amends the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act to make institutions of higher learning eligible for the public housing youth sports program. Allows the payment of transportation costs under such program. Specifies that program grants may be used for residents of projects with substantial drug problems. Makes funds available for the renewal of expiring low-income subsidy contracts. Makes funds available for grants to public housing agencies for use in eliminating drug-related … | 2025-01-14T18:18:18Z | |
| 102-s-3026 | 102 | s | 3026 | Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993 | Economics and Public Finance | 1992-07-23 | 1992-08-03 | Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent. | Senate | Sen. Hollings, Ernest F. [D-SC] | SC | D | H000725 | 0 | Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993 - Title I: Department of Justice and Related Agencies - Department of Justice and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993 - Makes FY 1993 appropriations to the Department of Justice for: (1) Office of Justice programs; (2) general administration, including the Office of Inspector General, the Quantico Training Center, the Executive Office for Weed and Seed; (3) the United States Parole Commission; (4) legal activities; (5) radiation exposure compensation; (6) interagency law enforcement; (7) the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); (8) the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); (9) the Immigration and Naturalization Service; (10) the Commission on Immigration Reform; and (11) the Federal Prison System. Authorizes the Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated, to make expenditures within the limits of funds and borrowing authority available to carry out its program. Limits the administrative expenses of such corporation. Continues certain authorities for FBI and DEA undercover investigative operations. Prohibits the use of funds to pay for an abortion, except where the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term or in the case of rape. Prohibits the use of funds to require any person to perform, or facilitate the performance of, any abortion. Prohibits the payment of a fact-witness fee to a person who is incarcerated. Requires the Attorney General to report to the Congress on a study of the effect of amending the Financial Right to Privacy Act to allow nondepository licensed transmitters of duns to be reimbursed to the same extent as financial institutions under that Act. Provides for the transfer of funds among Department of Justice appropriations. Requires the Attorney General to collect fees (up to the cost of one year of incarceration) to cover the cost of confinement from persons committed to his custody upon conviction in the U.S. District Courts. Amends the Immigration… | 2025-08-26T15:14:01Z | |
| 102-s-2998 | 102 | s | 2998 | Enhanced Enterprise Zone Act of 1992 | Economics and Public Finance | 1992-07-22 | 1992-07-22 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking. | Senate | Sen. Riegle, Donald W., Jr. [D-MI] | MI | D | R000249 | 0 | Enhanced Enterprise Zone Act of 1992 - Title I: Designation of Enterprise Zones - Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1987 to revise the enterprise zone designation procedure. Title II: Studies - Directs the Comptroller General to study: (1) enterprise zone effectiveness; and (2) insurance availability in central cities and distressed urban areas. Title III: Zone Coordination Advisory Council - Requires each jurisdiction containing an enterprise zone to appoint a Zone Coordination Advisory Council. Title IV: Community Building Enhancements - Amends the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act to authorize additional appropriations for jurisdictions containing enterprise zones. Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to permit, and authorize appropriations for, use of community development block grants (CDBG) in enterprise zones. Amends the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act to authorize an enterprise zone Youthbuild program. Authorizes appropriations. Amends the Public and Assisted Housing Drug Elimination Act of 1990 to give public housing drug elimination grant priority to enterprise zones. Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to authorize planning and implementation grants for severely distressed public housing revitalization. Authorizes appropriations. Amends the Housing Act of 1949 to give rural housing preference to enterprise zones. Amends the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act to reduce the HOME investment partnerships matching requirement for enterprise zones. Amends the Federal Transit Act to increase the Federal share of public transportation projects for enterprise zones. Amends the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordability Housing Act to: (1) exempt new construction in enterprise zones from certain HOME investment partnerships requirements; and (2) establish a model program to facilitate the redevelopment of severely blighted inner city areas. Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 with regard to th… | 2025-08-26T15:13:59Z | |
| 102-hr-5620 | 102 | hr | 5620 | Dire Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1992, Including Disaster Assistance to Meet the Present Emergencies Arising from the Consequences of Hurricane Andrew, Typhoon Omar, Hurricane Iniki and Other Natural Disasters, and Additional Assistance to Distressed Communities | Economics and Public Finance | 1992-07-21 | 1992-09-23 | Became Public Law No: 102-368. | House | Rep. Whitten, Jamie L. [D-MS-1] | MS | D | W000428 | 0 | Supplemental Appropriations, Transfers, and Rescissions Act, 1992 - Makes supplemental appropriations for FY 1992. Title I: Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies - Makes additional appropriations available to: (1) the Department of Commerce for the International Trade Administration and the Foreign Fishing Observer Fund of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; (2) the Department of Justice for debt collection legal activities; (3) the Department of State for contributions for international peacekeeping activities; (4) the Judiciary for defender services of the Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and other Judicial Services; and (5) the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for salaries and expenses. Extends FY 1992 supplemental appropriations made to the National Commission on Judicial Discipline and Removal for salaries and expenses through FY 1993. Amends the National Commission on Judicial Discipline and Removal Act to change the reporting date of such Commission to August 1, 1993. Title II: Department of Defense - Military - Makes additional amounts available until September 30, 1992, to the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Defense agencies for operation and maintenance and environmental restoration. Requires a specified amount of defense agency operation and maintenance funds to be used to provide educational assistance for the education of dependents of members of the Armed Forces in areas which have a significant increase of such dependents as a result of relocation or realignment of Armed Forces personnel. Requires a specified amount of environmental restoration funds to be obligated and expended not later than September 30, 1992. Makes additional amounts available for obligation until September 30, 1993, to defense agencies for research, development, test and evaluation. Makes supplemental appropriations to the Pentagon Reservation Maintenance Revolving Fund and the Office of the Inspector General. Provides the transfer of additional funds for addi… | 2025-01-14T18:18:18Z | |
| 102-hjres-525 | 102 | hjres | 525 | Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States allowing an item veto in appropriations bills. | Economics and Public Finance | 1992-07-09 | 1992-07-13 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic and Commercial Law. | House | Rep. Coleman, E. Thomas [R-MO-6] | MO | R | C000618 | 0 | Constitutional Amendment - Grants the President line item veto authority with respect to appropriations bills. | 2021-06-02T14:03:56Z | |
| 102-hr-5612 | 102 | hr | 5612 | To restrict the use of certain State or local tax incentives. | Economics and Public Finance | 1992-07-09 | 1992-07-23 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development. | House | Rep. Pease, Donald J. [D-OH-13] | OH | D | P000170 | 2 | Prohibits a State or political subdivision from being eligible to receive any grant for economic development purposes under the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 or under the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 if such State, political subdivision, or other State instrumentality offers, permits, or grants a tax incentive that relieves a taxpayer from paying any State or local tax which would otherwise be payable for the direct or indirect support of primary and secondary education. | 2024-02-07T16:02:17Z | |
| 102-hr-5570 | 102 | hr | 5570 | To authorize and direct the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to develop a plan to reduce Federal overhead costs by 10 percent and to report to Congress and the President by February 1, 1993. | Economics and Public Finance | 1992-07-08 | 1992-07-10 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security. | House | Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND-None] | ND | D | D000432 | 23 | Authorizes and directs the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to develop and submit to the President and the Congress a plan to reduce Federal overhead costs by ten percent of FY 1992 levels. | 2025-02-04T16:54:13Z | |
| 102-hr-5571 | 102 | hr | 5571 | American Job Creation, Deregulation, and Tax Reduction Act of 1992 | Economics and Public Finance | 1992-07-08 | 1992-08-25 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education. | House | Rep. Edwards, Mickey [R-OK-5] | OK | R | E000077 | 2 | American Job Creation, Deregulation, and Tax Reduction Act of 1992 - Title I: Amendments of Internal Revenue Code of 1986 - Subtitle A: Repeal of Taxes on Capital Gains - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude net capital gain from gross income. Subtitle B: Repeal of Estate, Gift, and Inheritance Taxes - Repeals the imposition of tax on the transfer of estates, the transfer of property by gift, and certain generation-skipping transfers. Prohibits a State or political subdivision from imposing any inheritance tax. Title II: Trade Relations With and Response to Trade Practices of Certain Trading Partners - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to require the United States Trade Representative (USTR), if he or she determines that U.S. goods and services do not receive reciprocal treatment in the markets of a nation because of tariffs or other trade barriers, to: (1) determine the monetary amount lost by exporters of such goods and services due to the lack of such reciprocal treatment; and (2) restrict the importation into the United States of goods and services exported by such nation to offset the lost amount. Directs the USTR to determine annually, based on the national trade estimates, for each nation that trades with the United States, whether it is: (1) maintaining open markets for U.S. goods and services; (2) refraining from government subsidies or other unfair trade practices; and (3) extending reciprocal treatment to U.S. goods and services. Requires the USTR to report annually to the Congress on action taken against any nation based on the aforementioned determinations. Title III: Extension of Ban on New Regulations; Use of Line-Item Veto - Makes the President's 90-day moratorium on new unnecessary regulations applicable to the one-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act. Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the question of whether the President has line-item veto authority remains unanswered; and (2) in order to allow the courts to answer this question about the scope of suc… | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 102-s-2970 | 102 | s | 2970 | Cash Management Improvement Act Amendments of 1992 | Economics and Public Finance | 1992-07-02 | 1992-10-02 | Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent. | Senate | Sen. Sasser, Jim [D-TN] | TN | D | S000068 | 12 | Cash Management Improvement Act Amendments of 1992 - Amends the Cash Management Improvement Act of 1990 (the Act) to require the Secretary of the Treasury to prescribe regulations for the timely disbursement of Federal funds with respect to each State by July 1, 1993. Extends the deadline for the Secretary to enter into agreements with States for intergovernmental financing and to prescribe regulations for such financing from October 24, 1992, until July 1, 1993, or by the first day of a fiscal year of the State which begins in 1993, whichever is later. Makes the Act effective on such date. Extends for one year the report to the Congress by the Comptroller General on the implementation of such Act. Makes businesses eligible for the Internal Revenue Service tax refund offset program. Extends the private counsel pilot debt collection program through September 30, 1996, and includes five more jurisdictions. Authorizes the Attorney General to extend or modify any or all of the contracts entered into with private counsel prior to October 1, 1992, for such time as necessary to conduct a full and open competition. Requires the Inspector General of the Department of Justice to audit such program for the period beginning on Octboer 1, 1991, and ending on September 30, 1994. Requires the Inspector General to determine: (1) the extent of the competition among private counsel to obtain contracts; (2) the reasonableness of the fees under such contracts; (3) the diligence and efforts of the Attorney General to retain private counsel; (4) the results of the debt collection efforts of private counsel retained; and (5) the cost-effectiveness of the project compared with the use of the U.S. Attorneys' Offices for debt collection. Requires a report to the Congress not later than June 30, 1995. Requires the Attorney General, in order to assist the Congress in determining whether use of private counsel is a cost-effective method of collecting Government debts, to maintain and make available to the Inspector General of the Departm… | 2025-01-14T19:03:55Z | |
| 102-s-2983 | 102 | s | 2983 | National Security Budget Priorities Act of 1992 | Economics and Public Finance | 1992-07-02 | 1992-07-02 | Read twice and referred jointly to the Committees on Budget; Governmental Affairs pursuant to the order of August 4, 1977, with instructions that if one Committee reports, the other Committee have thirty days to report or be discharged. | Senate | Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE] | DE | D | B000444 | 0 | National Security Budget Priorities Act of 1992 - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require Congress to complete action on or before March 31 of each year on a concurrent resolution establishing the national security budget. Requires the resolution to set appropriate levels for the fiscal year beginning on October 1 of such year and planning levels for each of the two ensuing fiscal years for total new budget authority, budget outlays, direct loan obligations, and primary loan guarantee commitments for the national security discretionary spending category and the domestic discretionary spending category. Limits debate on such resolution to ten hours. Requires the concurrent resolution on the budget to be consistent with the national security budget. | 2025-08-26T15:16:37Z | |
| 102-hr-5517 | 102 | hr | 5517 | Making appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole or in part against the revenues of said District for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1993, and for other purposes. | Economics and Public Finance | 1992-07-01 | 1992-09-30 | Vetoed by President. | House | Rep. Dixon, Julian C. [D-CA-28] | CA | D | D000373 | 0 | Title I: Fiscal Year 1993 Appropriations - District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1993 - Appropriates funds to the District of Columbia for FY 1993 for: (1) the Federal payment to the District of Columbia; (2) the Federal contribution to retirement funds; (3) expenses incurred in connection with presidential inauguration activities; and (4) the Federal contribution to establish the Trauma Care Fund. Appropriates specified sums out of the District of Columbia general fund for the current fiscal year for: (1) governmental direction and support; (2) economic development and regulation; (3) public safety and justice; (4) public education; (5) human support services; (6) public works; (7) the Washington Convention Center Fund; (8) repayments of specified loans and interest; (9) repayment of the general fund deficit; (10) employees' optical and dental benefits; (11) inaugural expenses; (12) the rental and leasing of facilities for governmental purposes; (13) the Trauma Care Fund; (14) furlough adjustments; (15) within-grade salary adjustments; (16) capital outlay; (17) the Water and Sewer Enterprise Fund and water construction projects; (18) the Lottery and Charitable Games Enterprise Fund; (19) the Cable Television Enterprise Fund; and (20) the Starplex Fund. Prohibits the use of funds to implement or enforce: (1) any registration system for unmarried, cohabitating couples whether they are homosexual, lesbian, or heterosexual, including registration for the extension of employment, health, or governmental benefits to such couples on the same basis as that extended to legally married couples; or (2) the District Domestic Partner Act (also called the District of Columbia Health Care Benefits Expansion Act of 1992). Requires the District of Columbia to operate and maintain a telephone hotline for Lorton-area residents to receive information concerning escapes, fires, and riots at Lorton prison. Directs the District of Columbia Mayor to reduce appropriations and expenditures for personal and nonpersonal services by … | 2025-01-14T18:18:18Z | |
| 102-hr-5518 | 102 | hr | 5518 | Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993 | Economics and Public Finance | 1992-07-01 | 1992-10-06 | Became Public Law No: 102-388. | House | Rep. Lehman, William [D-FL-17] | FL | D | L000226 | 0 | Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993 - Title I: Department of Transportation - Makes appropriations for FY 1993 for: (1) the Office of the Secretary of Transportation; (2) the Coast Guard; (3) the Federal Aviation Administration; (4) the Federal Highway Administration (including specified demonstration projects); (5) the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration; (6) the Federal Railroad Administration; (7) the Federal Transit Administration; (8) the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation; (9) the Research and Special Programs Administration; and (10) the Office of the Inspector General. Title II: Related Agencies - Makes appropriations for FY 1993 for: (1) the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board; (2) the National Transportation Safety Board; (3) the Interstate Commerce Commission; (4) the Panama Canal Commission; (5) the Department of the Treasury; and (6) the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. Title III: General Provisions - Sets forth specified prohibitions, limitations, permissions, and mandates with respect to the use of appropriations under this Act. Prohibits the use of funds for the Panama Canal Commission except in comformance with the Panama Canal Treaties of 1977. Prohibits the use of funds for any program to compensate non-Federal parties intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings funded in this Act. Prohibits the use of funds for the planning or implementation of any change in the current Federal status of the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (except for further development planning that does not alter such status) or the Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center. Requires the Secretary of Transportation (Secretary) to distribute, on a ratio-formulated basis, Federal-aid highway State obligation limitations for FY 1993 for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction. Prohibits a State from obligating more than 25 percent of its allocation for such projects during the first three mo… | 2025-01-14T18:18:18Z | |
| 102-hconres-341 | 102 | hconres | 341 | Expressing the sense of the Congress in support of a "Jump Start America" proposal to restore economic growth and prosperity, to retain and restore American jobs, and to balance the Federal budget. | Economics and Public Finance | 1992-06-30 | 1992-07-24 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials. | House | Rep. Applegate, Douglas [D-OH-18] | OH | D | A000214 | 0 | Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Federal Government should: (1) reduce by 60 percent, within two years, expenditures for foreign assistance; (2) enforce U.S. trade laws to restore employment and open foreign markets; (3) intitiate incentives to restore U.S. international competitiveness; (4) reduce Department of Defense spending and redirect the defense industrial structure to domestic needs; (5) rebuild U.S. infrastructure and develop new forms of transportation; (6) require host nations to assume the total costs of U.S. military presence; (7) recover uncollected taxes; (8) implement tax parity between domestic and foreign enterprises operating within the United States; (9) require full elimination of waste, fraud, abuse, and unnecessary spending in all branches of government within two years; (10) implement a program to protect U.S. natural resources from foreign exploitation by restricting ownership and limiting exportation; (11) establish a goal, by 2000, of providing comprehensive health care for all U.S. citizens; and (12) implement incentives for States to initiate training and work-fare programs for the unemployed and welfare recipients. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 102-hr-5513 | 102 | hr | 5513 | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to eliminate the Federal budget deficit by the end of fiscal year 1998. | Economics and Public Finance | 1992-06-30 | 1992-07-03 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security. | House | Rep. Campbell, Tom [R-CA-12] | CA | R | C000100 | 6 | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require tax table rate reductions to be based on a percentage of the reduction in Federal spending for calendar years 1993 through 1997. Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to provide sequestration procedures to eliminate the deficit by FY 1998. Specifies accounts that are exempt from reduction. Sets forth reporting requirements. | 2025-02-04T16:54:13Z | |
| 102-hr-5503 | 102 | hr | 5503 | Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993 | Economics and Public Finance | 1992-06-29 | 1992-10-05 | Became Public Law No: 102-381. | House | Rep. Yates, Sidney R. [D-IL-9] | IL | D | Y000013 | 0 | Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993 - Title I: Department of the Interior - Makes appropriations for FY 1993 within the Department of the Interior for: (1) the Bureau of Land Management; (2) the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; (3) the National Park Service; (4) the Geological Survey; (5) the Minerals Management Service; (6) the Bureau of Mines; (7) the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement; (8) the Bureau of Indian Affairs; (9) the Office of Territorial and International Affairs; and (10) Departmental offices, including the Office of the Secretary, the Office of the Solicitor, the Office of Construction Management, the Office of the Inspector General, and the National Indian Gaming Commission. Appropriates funds to the Secretary of the Interior to establish a special fund from the Federal share of moneys received from the disposal of salvage forest products or timber prepared for sale. Makes such fund available, without further appropriation, for planning and preparing salvage timber for disposal, the administration of timber sales, and the subsequent site preparation and reforestation. Prohibits the use of funds available to the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement to create or maintain more than one Deputy Director position. Requires any person receiving a patent pursuant to the Act commonly known as the Mining Law of 1872 to pay fair market value for the interest in the land owned by the United States exclusive of and without regard to the mineral deposits in the land. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish a special fund from the Federal share of moneys received from the disposal of salvage forest products or timber prepared for sale. Requires such fund to be available for planning and preparing salvage timber for disposal, the administration of timber sales, and the subsequent site preparation and reforestation. Authorizes the use of appropriations for the emergency reconstruction, replacement, or repair of facilities or equi… | 2025-01-14T18:18:18Z | |
| 102-hr-5487 | 102 | hr | 5487 | Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993 | Economics and Public Finance | 1992-06-25 | 1992-08-14 | Became Public Law No: 102-341. | House | Rep. Whitten, Jamie L. [D-MS-1] | MS | D | W000428 | 0 | Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993 - Title I: Agricultural Programs - Appropriates funds for FY 1993 for the following programs and services: (1) Office of the Secretary of Agriculture; (2) Office of the Deputy Secretary of Agriculture; (3) Office of Budget and Program Analysis; (4) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration; (5) Departmental Administration; (6) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations; (7) Office of Public Affairs; (8) Office of the Inspector General; (9) Office of the General Counsel; (10) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Economics; (11) Economic Research Service; (12) National Agricultural Statistics Service; (13) World Agricultural Outlook Board; (14) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Science and Education; (15) Agricultural Research Service; (16) Cooperative State Research Service; (17) Extension Service; (18) National Agricultural Library; (19) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Marketing and Inspection Services; (20) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service; (21) Food Safety and Inspection Service; (22) Federal Grain Inspection Service; (23) Agricultural Cooperative Service; (24) Agricultural Marketing Service; (25) Packers and Stockyards Administration; (26) Office of the Under Secretary for International Affairs and Commodity Programs; (27) Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service; (28) Federal Crop Insurance Corporation; and (29) Commodity Credit Corporation Fund. Title II: Conservation Programs - Appropriates funds for: (1) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment; (2) Soil Conservation Service; and (3) Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service. Title III: Farmers Home and Rural Development Programs - Appropriates funds for: (1) Office of the Under Secretary for Small Community and Rural Development; (2) Farmers Home Administration; (3) Rural Electrification Administration; and (4) Rural Development Administratio… | 2025-01-14T18:18:18Z | |
| 102-hr-5488 | 102 | hr | 5488 | Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government Appropriations Act, 1993 | Economics and Public Finance | 1992-06-25 | 1992-10-06 | Became Public Law No: 102-393. | House | Rep. Roybal, Edward R. [D-CA-25] | CA | D | R000485 | 0 | Treasury, Postal Service and General Government Appropriations Act, 1993 - Title I: Department of the Treasury - Treasury Department Appropriations Act, 1993 - Makes appropriations to the Department of the Treasury for FY 1993 for: (1) departmental offices; (2) the Office of Inspector General; (3) the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network; (4) the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center; (5) the Financial Management Service; (6) the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms; (7) the United States Customs Service including funds for drug interdiction programs; (8) the United States Mint; (9) the Bureau of the Public Debt; (10) the Internal Revenue Service (IRS); and (11) the United States Secret Service. Directs the IRS to institute and maintain a training program to insure that IRS employees are trained in taxpayers' rights, in dealing courteously with the taxpayers, and in cross-cultural relations. Requires appropriated funds attributable to efficiency savings for FY 1993 to be withheld from obligation unless the estimated savings are not achieved. Prohibits funds appropriated under this title from being used for the collection of any underpayment of tax, unless collected under specified procedures of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. Requires the IRS and the National Finance Center (NFC) to reimburse the Financial Management Service (FMS) for postage costs the FMS incurs to make check payments on behalf of the IRS and the NFC. Prohibits the Secretary of the Treasury from directly billing a Treasury bureau for penalty mail costs incurred by another Treasury bureau, without the advance approval of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary to transfer all obligated and unobligated balances in the construction of the Mint facilities and expansion and improvements accounts in prior appropriations Acts to the account for salaries and expenses. Limits the administrative expenses to pay an employee of the U.S. Customs Service. Title II: Postal Service - Postal Service Appropriat… | 2025-01-25T17:27:34Z | |
| 102-hr-5427 | 102 | hr | 5427 | Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1993 | Economics and Public Finance | 1992-06-18 | 1992-10-06 | Became Public Law No: 102-392. | House | Rep. Fazio, Vic [D-CA-4] | CA | D | F000053 | 0 | Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1993 - Title I: Congressional Operations - Congressional Operations Appropriations Act, 1993 - Appropriates funds for FY 1993 for the operations of the Senate for the following: (1) mileage of the Vice President and Senators; (2) expense allowances of Senate leadership; (3) representation allowances of the Majority and Minority Leaders; (4) compensation of officers and employees; (5) expense allowances of Senate officers; (6) contingent expenses of the Senate, including expenses of the U.S. Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control; and (7) official mail costs. Amends the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1978 to revise the legislative assistance allowance for Senate employees. Authorizes the Secretary of the Senate to establish a Senate Gift Shop for the sale of gift items to Members of the Senate, staff, and the general public. Establishes a revolving fund within the Senate contingent fund for such purpose. Appropriates funds for FY 1993 for the operations of the House of Representatives for the for the following: (1) House leadership offices; (2) Members' clerk hire; (3) committee employees; (4) studies by the Committee on the Budget; (5) salaries and expenses of standing, special and select committees; (6) salaries and expenses and temporary personal services of House Information Systems, under the direction of the Committee on House Administration; (7) allowances and expenses; (8) salaries and expenses of the House of Representatives Child Care Center; (9) studies and investigations by the Committee on Appropriations; (10) official mail costs; and (11) salaries of officers and employees. Allows the transfer of amounts among specified House accounts upon the approval of the Committee on Appropriations. Makes permanent law the resolution which established certain civilian support positions for the Capitol Police with respect to the House of Representatives. Provides authority to transfer available funds for the operations of the Director of Non-legislative… | 2025-01-14T18:18:18Z | |
| 102-hr-5403 | 102 | hr | 5403 | To rescind funds made available under the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1992, for the Arctic Region Supercomputing Center. | Economics and Public Finance | 1992-06-16 | 1992-06-16 | Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations. | House | Rep. Penny, Timothy J. [D-MN-1] | MN | D | P000215 | 8 | Rescinds amounts set aside or otherwise made available for the Arctic Region Supercomputing Center under the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1992. | 2024-02-05T11:50:03Z | |
| 102-hr-5404 | 102 | hr | 5404 | Honest Balanced Budget Act | Economics and Public Finance | 1992-06-16 | 1992-06-22 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security. | House | Rep. Rose, Charlie [D-NC-7] | NC | D | R000436 | 5 | Honest Balanced Budget Act - Repeals provisions of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) with respect to: (1) emergency powers to eliminate deficits in excess of the maximum deficit amount; (2) budgetary treatment of social security trust funds; and (3) miscellaneous and related provisions. Prohibits, for FY 1994 and each fiscal year thereafter, the outlays of the operating segment of the United States budget from exceeding receipts. Requires, when such outlays exceed receipts, that the deficit be eliminated through revenue increases or spending reductions. Authorizes the waiver of such provisions in the case of war, recession, or natural disaster if the President requests such waiver and the Congress approves by a vote of three-fifths of the membership in both Houses. Requires that operating segment deficit spending subject to a waiver be paid for in full in the budget of the following fiscal year. Requires the budget, excluding trust funds, to be balanced by FY 1998 and each fiscal year thereafter. Requires the President and the Congress: (1) beginning in FY 1995 to develop and implement a plan to so balance the budget; and (2) after balancing the budget to pay down the debt to a reasonable level over a set period of time in order to reduce annual interest costs. Allows a waiver of such budget plan in the case of war, recession, or natural disaster if the President requests such waiver and the Congress approves by a vote of three-fifths of the membership in both Houses. Requires deficit spending subject to such waiver to be paid for in full in the budget of the following fiscal year. Requires the restoration of the statutory debt level within 24 months after the date of such waiver or suspension. Prohibits the Senate or the House of Representatives from considering any bill, resolution, amendment, or conference report that would: (1) cause outlays to exceed receipts; (2) change any provision of this Act; or (3) increase the statutory debt limit after D… | 2025-08-26T15:15:04Z | |
| 102-s-2845 | 102 | s | 2845 | Direct Spending and Entitlement Program Accountability Act of 1992 | Economics and Public Finance | 1992-06-12 | 1992-06-12 | Read twice and referred jointly to the Committees on Budget; Governmental Affairs pursuant to the order of August 4, 1977, with instructions that when one Committee reports, the other Committee have thirty days to report or be discharged. | Senate | Sen. Kassebaum, Nancy Landon [R-KS] | KS | R | K000017 | 0 | Direct Spending and Entitlement Program Accountability Act of 1992 - Requires, effective for FY 1994, funding for direct spending, including entitlement authority, to be: (1) subject to annual appropriations for each fiscal year; and (2) included in annual appropriations Acts. Prohibits, effective for FY 1994, direct spending authority, including entitlement authority, from being provided by law for more than two consecutive fiscal years. Provides that direct spending does not include Social Security. | 2025-08-26T15:14:40Z | |
| 102-hr-5373 | 102 | hr | 5373 | Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 1993 | Economics and Public Finance | 1992-06-11 | 1992-10-02 | Became Public Law No: 102-377. | House | Rep. Bevill, Tom [D-AL-4] | AL | D | B000431 | 0 | Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 1993 - Title I: Department of Defense - Civil - Makes appropriations for FY 1993 for: (1) authorized civil functions of the Department of the Army relating to rivers and harbors, flood control, and beach erosion; (2) expenses necessary for the collection and study of basic information pertaining to river and harbor, flood control, shore protection, and related projects, restudy of authorized projects, miscellaneous investigations, and when authorized, surveys, detailed studies, plans, and specifications of projects prior to construction; (3) the prosecution of authorized river and harbor, flood control, shore protection, and related projects, and detailed studies, plans, and specifications of projects authorized or made eligible for selection by law; (4) expenses necessary for prosecuting work of flood control and rescue work, repair, restoration, or maintenance of flood control projects threatened or destroyed by flood, as authorized by law; (5) expenses necessary for the preservation, operation, maintenance, and care of existing river and harbor, flood control, and related works, including such sums as necessary for the maintenance of harbor channels, and serving essential needs of general commerce and navigation, surveys and charting of northern and northwestern lakes and connecting waters, clearing and straightening channels, and removing obstructions to navigation; (6) expenses necessary for the administration of laws pertaining to regulation of navigable waters and wetlands; (7) expenses necessary for emergency flood control, hurricane, and shore protection activities; and (8) expenses necessary for general administration and related functions in the office of the Chief of Engineers and offices of the Division Engineers, and activities of the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors, the Coastal Engineering Research Board, the Humphreys Engineers Center Support Activity, and the Water Resources Support Center. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to: (1) ev… | 2025-01-14T18:18:18Z | |
| 102-hr-5377 | 102 | hr | 5377 | Cash Management Improvement Act Amendments of 1992 | Economics and Public Finance | 1992-06-11 | 1992-11-10 | Became Public Law No: 102-589. | House | Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-1] | MI | D | C000714 | 65 | Cash Management Improvement Act Amendments of 1992 - Amends the Cash Management Improvement Act of 1990 (the Act) to require the Secretary of the Treasury to prescribe regulations for the timely disbursement of Federal funds with respect to each State by July 1, 1993. Extends the deadline for the Secretary to enter into agreements with States for intergovernmental financing and to prescribe regulations for such financing from October 24, 1992, until July 1, 1993, or by the first day of a fiscal year of the State which begins in 1993, whichever is later. Makes the Act effective on such date. Extends for one year the report to the Congress by the Comptroller General on the implementation of such Act. Makes businesses eligible for the Internal Revenue Service tax refund offset program. Extends the private counsel pilot debt collection program through September 30, 1996, and includes five more jurisdictions. Authorizes the Attorney General to extend or modify any or all of the contracts entered into with private counsel prior to October 1, 1992, for such time as necessary to conduct a full and open competition. Requires the Inspector General of the Department of Justice to audit such program for the period beginning on Octboer 1, 1991, and ending on September 30, 1994. Requires the Inspector General to determine: (1) the extent of the competition among private counsel to obtain contracts; (2) the reasonableness of the fees under such contracts; (3) the diligence and efforts of the Attorney General to retain private counsel; (4) the results of the debt collection efforts of private counsel retained; and (5) the cost-effectiveness of the project compared with the use of the U.S. Attorneys' Offices for debt collection. Requires a report to the Congress not later than June 30, 1995. Requires the Attorney General, in order to assist the Congress in determining whether use of private counsel is a cost-effective method of collecting Government debts, to maintain and make available to the Inspector General of the Departm… | 2025-02-04T16:54:13Z | |
| 102-hr-5387 | 102 | hr | 5387 | Biennial Budget Act | Economics and Public Finance | 1992-06-11 | 1992-06-16 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security. | House | Rep. Regula, Ralph [R-OH-16] | OH | R | R000141 | 0 | Biennial Budget Act - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to revise the Federal and congressional budget processes by establishing a two-year budgeting and appropriations cycle and timetable, beginning in the 103d Congress. Defines the budget biennium as the two consecutive fiscal years beginning on October 1 of any odd-numbered year. Devotes the first session of any Congress to the budget resolution and to appropriations decisions, retaining current deadlines in most cases. Changes relevant deadlines as follows to conform to the biennial scheme: (1) from April 1 to March 31 for the Senate Budget Committee's report on the concurrent resolution on the budget; (2) from June 15 to September 30 for completion of congressional action on reconciliation legislation; and (3) from June 30 to September 30 for completion of congressional action on appropriations bills. Devotes each second session to authorization activity, subject to deadlines of: (1) May 15 for the submission of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report to the Budget Committees; and (2) the last day of the session for completion of congressional action on bills and resolutions authorizing new budget authority for the next biennium. Changes from January 15 to February 15 of each year the date by which the CBO Director must submit to the Congress a report on authorizations. Requires the Director of the CBO to issue four-year projections of congressional budget action. (Current projections are on a five-year basis.) Amends provisions relating to the reconciliation process to: (1) increase from 20 to 100 hours the time of debate permitted in the Senate with respect to reconciliation measures; and (2) make it out of order in both the House and the Senate to consider any reconciliation legislation changing any provision of law other than one relating to new budget or spending authority, revenues, or the public debt limit. Revises the extent of projections to be included in CBO analyses of reported bills. Requires the budget submitted to the Con… | 2025-08-26T15:16:00Z | |
| 102-hr-5388 | 102 | hr | 5388 | To provide that, beginning with fiscal year 1995, the President transmit to Congress and Congress consider a budget permitting no more than a 4 percent growth in budget authority and outlays, and providing for a balanced budget for fiscal year 1999 and subsequent years, and for other purposes. | Economics and Public Finance | 1992-06-11 | 1992-06-16 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security. | House | Rep. Regula, Ralph [R-OH-16] | OH | R | R000141 | 0 | Title I: Amendment to Title 31, United States Code - Requires any budget submitted by the President for FY 1995 through 1998 to be a budget for that fiscal year and the four ensuing fiscal years that permits no more than a four percent growth in budget authority and outlays, and provides for a balanced budget for FY 1999 and subsequent years. Requires any budget submitted after FY 1999 to provide for a balanced budget for that fiscal year and the four ensuing years. Title II: Amendment to Congressional Budget Act of 1974 - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require any concurrent resolution on the budget for FY 1995, through 1998 to set forth appropriate levels for the fiscal year beginning on October 1 of the calendar year in which it is reported and for each of the four ensuing fiscal years that provides for a budget permitted no more than a four percent growth in budget authority and outlays, and provides for a balanced budget for FY 1999 and subsequent years. Provides procedural rules for the House of Representatives and the Senate. Title III: Effective Date - Makes this Act effective for the concurrent resolution on the budget for FY 1995 and requires it to be fully reflected in the President's budget for FY 1995. | 2025-02-04T16:54:13Z | |
| 102-s-2838 | 102 | s | 2838 | Honest Balanced Budget Act | Economics and Public Finance | 1992-06-11 | 1992-06-11 | Read twice and referred jointly to the Committees on Budget; Governmental Affairs pursuant to the order of August 4, 1977, with instructions that if one committee reports the other committee have thirty days to report or be discharged. | Senate | Sen. Sanford, Terry [D-NC] | NC | D | S000055 | 0 | Honest Balanced Budget Act - Repeals provisions of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) with respect to: (1) emergency powers to eliminate deficits in excess of the maximum deficit amount; (2) budgetary treatment of social security trust funds; and (3) miscellaneous and related provisions. Prohibits, for FY 1994 and each fiscal year thereafter, the outlays of the operating segment of the United States budget from exceeding receipts. Requires, when such outlays exceed receipts, that the deficit be eliminated through revenue increases or spending reductions. Authorizes the waiver of such provisions in the case of war, recession, or natural disaster if the President requests such waiver and the Congress approves by a vote of three-fifths of the membership in both Houses. Requires that operating segment deficit spending subject to a waiver be paid for in full in the budget of the following fiscal year. Requires the budget, excluding trust funds, to be balanced by FY 1998 and each fiscal year thereafter. Requires the President and the Congress: (1) beginning in FY 1995 to develop and implement a plan to so balance the budget; and (2) after balancing the budget to pay down the debt to a reasonable level over a set period of time in order to reduce annual interest costs. Allows a waiver of such budget plan in the case of war, recession, or natural disaster if the President requests such waiver and the Congress approves by a vote of three-fifths of the membership in both Houses. Requires deficit spending subject to such waiver to be paid for in full in the budget of the following fiscal year. Requires the restoration of the statutory debt level within 24 months after the date of such waiver or suspension. Prohibits the Senate or the House of Representatives from considering any bill, resolution, amendment, or conference report that would: (1) cause outlays to exceed receipts; (2) change any provision of this Act; or (3) increase the statutory debt limit after D… | 2025-08-26T15:17:24Z | |
| 102-hjres-504 | 102 | hjres | 504 | Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide for a balanced budget for the United States Government. | Economics and Public Finance | 1992-06-09 | 1992-06-11 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic and Commercial Law. | House | Rep. Orton, Bill [D-UT-3] | UT | D | O000108 | 1 | Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits outlays for any fiscal year (except those for repayment of debt principal) from exceeding receipts (except those derived from borrowing) for that fiscal year. Directs the President to submit a balanced budget to the Congress. Requires the Congress, whenever actual outlays exceed actual receipts for any fiscal year, to provide by law for the repayment of the excess in the ensuing fiscal year. Requires a sequestration of all outlays to eliminate a budget deficit within 15 days after Congress adjourns, if the Congress fails to provide by law for repayment. Waives these provisions for any fiscal year only if the Congress so provides by law by a majority roll call vote of each House. Subjects such waiver to presidential veto. | 2021-06-02T14:03:49Z | |
| 102-hr-5342 | 102 | hr | 5342 | Dire Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1992, for Disaster Assistance To Meet Urgent Needs Because of Calamities Such As Those Which Occurred in Los Angeles and Chicago | Economics and Public Finance | 1992-06-09 | 1992-06-09 | Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations. | House | Rep. McDade, Joseph M. [R-PA-10] | PA | R | M000399 | 0 | Dire Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1992, for Disaster Assistance To Meet Urgent Needs Because of Calamities Such as Those Which Occurred in Los Angeles and Chicago - Makes dire supplemental appropriations for FY 1992 for: (1) disaster loans program account and business loans programs account of the Small Business Administration; (2) the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the Department of Justice; (3) the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for disaster relief and the disaster assistance direct loan program account; (4) the Employment and Training Administration of the Department of Labor for training and employment services; and (5) salaries and expenses of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center and salaries and expenses of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms of the Department of the Treasury. Rescinds funds made available to the Department of the Treasury for: (1) the United States Customs Service for Air and Marine interdiction programs; (2) salaries and expenses of the United States Mint; (3) salaries and expenses of the Bureau of the Public Debt; and (4) salaries and expenses of the United States Secret Service. Rescinds funds made available to the Executive Office of the President for salaries and expenses of the Office of National Drug Control Policy. Exempts certain funds provided to the Federal Transit Administration and Federal Highway Administration of the Department of Transportation from requirements for any non-Federal share and payback otherwise required. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should exercise authority to make emergency designations for rural agricultural disasters, as well as the urban disasters in Chicago and Los Angeles. Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Congress should adopt Federal enterprise zone legislation. Provides for the treatment of funds appropriated to a State for the control of outdoor advertising. Prohibits the use of funds to provide assistance to persons arrested or subject to pending charges for, or conv… | 2025-08-26T15:13:36Z | |
| 102-hr-5333 | 102 | hr | 5333 | To provide that, beginning with fiscal year 1994, the President transmit to Congress and Congress consider a budget that requires a balanced budget by fiscal year 1998 and for subsequent fiscal years, and for other purposes. | Economics and Public Finance | 1992-06-05 | 1992-06-09 | On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 199 - 220 (Roll no. 174). | House | Rep. Kennelly, Barbara B. [D-CT-1] | CT | D | K000118 | 2 | Title I: Amendment to Title 31, United States Code - Requires the President to submit a budget to the Congress for FY 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, or 1998 for that fiscal year and the four ensuing fiscal years that provides for a balanced budget for FY 1998 and subsequent fiscal years. Requires any budget submitted for a fiscal year after FY 1998 to be a budget that provides for a balanced budget for that fiscal year and the four ensuing fiscal years. Title II: Amendment to Congressional Budget Act of 1974 - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to make conforming requirements with respect to any concurrent resolution on the budget for FY 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, or 1998 as reported by the Committee on the Budget of each House. Requires the House Committee on Rules, if it reports any rule or order providing for the consideration of any concurrent resolution on the budget for a fiscal year, to provide for: (1) the consideration of the text of any concurrent budget resolution reported by the House Committee on the Budget; and (2) the consideration of the text of each concurrent budget resolution as introduced by the majority leader. Requires such rule or order to assure a separate vote on each budget. Requires the majority leader of the House of Representatives to introduce a concurrent budget resolution reflecting, without substantive revision, the budget submitted by the President, as soon as practicable. Makes it always in order in the Senate to consider an amendment to a concurrent budget resolution comprising the text of any budget submitted by the President. Title III: Clarification of Relationship to Other Laws - Excludes receipts and disbursements of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund from being counted as new budget authority, outlays, receipts, or deficit or surplus. Requires any final sequestration report for FY 1994 or 1995 to set forth the amount of deficit reduction beyond the enforcement of discretionary spending limits and pay… | 2025-02-04T16:54:13Z | |
| 102-hr-5338 | 102 | hr | 5338 | Balanced Budget Implementation Act of 1992 | Economics and Public Finance | 1992-06-05 | 1992-06-10 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security. | House | Rep. Obey, David R. [D-WI-7] | WI | D | O000007 | 13 | Balanced Budget Implementation Act of 1992 - Title I: Repeal of Budget Agreement Enforcement Provisions - Repeals the budget agreement enforcement provisions of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974. Title II: Emergency Powers to Eliminate Deficits in Excess of Maximum Deficit Amount - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to provide for enforcement of deficit reduction to balance the Federal budget by the end of FY 1997. Requires enforcement to be implemented through sequestration and revenue surtax (current provisions only require budget enforcement through sequestration). Repeals provisions which govern enforcement of discretionary spending limits and pay-as-you-go through FY 1995. Revises provisions concerning enforcing deficit targets. Requires the President, within 15 calendar days after the Congress adjourns to end a session, to take action to eliminate the excess deficit, if any. Sets forth maximum deficit amounts allowed for FY 1993 through 1997. Reduces such amounts to zero by FY 1997 plus any amount designated to meet a condition of national economic urgency. Requires 60 percent of the excess deficit in a budget year to be eliminated through across-the-board outlay reductions and 40 percent through a revenue surtax. Provides rules for such sequestration process. Revises the timetable and requirements for deficit reduction reports and presidential orders. Requires within-session deficit reduction reports. Revises the list of exempt programs and activities. Exempts from sequestration: (1) all payments from one Federal direct spending budget account to another and certain intragovernmental funds; (2) payment from any revolving fund or trust-revolving fund (or similar activity) that provides deposit insurance or other Government insurance, guarantees, or any other form of contingent liability, to the extent those payments result from contractual or other legally binding commitments; and (3) credit liquidating and fin… | 2025-08-26T15:17:53Z | |
| 102-hconres-329 | 102 | hconres | 329 | Entitled: "National Referendum on the Budget". | Economics and Public Finance | 1992-06-04 | 1992-06-08 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security. | House | Rep. Mfume, Kweisi [D-MD-7] | MD | D | M000687 | 1 | Requires the Congress to take certain measures toward a national referendum on balancing the budget. | 2025-02-04T16:54:13Z | |
| 102-sres-307 | 102 | sres | 307 | A resolution entitled "Deficit Reduction: A Call for Debate." | Economics and Public Finance | 1992-06-04 | 1992-06-04 | Referred to the Committee on Budget. | Senate | Sen. Danforth, John C. [R-MO] | MO | R | D000030 | 8 | Declares that the Senate calls upon: (1) public officials and candidates for public office to make proposals and engage in extensive and substantive discussion on reducing the deficit; (2) the candidates for President to agree to a formal discussion that focuses entirely on the Federal budget deficit and its implications and solutions; and (3) all candidates for office to affirm their support for this statement of principles and to resolve, in the course of their campaigns, to seek a mandate from the electorate with which they can effectively address the Federal budget deficit if elected. | 2025-01-14T18:22:18Z | |
| 102-hr-5310 | 102 | hr | 5310 | Defense Workers Economic Reinvestment Act | Economics and Public Finance | 1992-06-03 | 1992-07-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities. | House | Rep. Bacchus, Jim [D-FL-11] | FL | D | B000008 | 5 | Defense Workers Economic Reinvestment Act - Title I: Economic Reinvestment Council - Establishes the Economic Reinvestment Council to: (1) administer the National Technology Infrastructure Goals Improvement and Consortia Creation program and the Fast Response State Technological Competitiveness Grant program, both established under this Act; and (2) be empowered to examine and approve or disapprove all other project and program selections made under this Act and funding decisions under this Act exceeding $500,000. Requires reviews of funding requests to be completed within 60 days. Directs the Council to advise the Secretary of Defense and the heads of other Federal agencies on the progress and success of the economic reinvestment programs established under this Act and under the Defense Economic Adjustment, Diversification, Conversion, and Stabilization Act of 1990 in alleviating the adverse economic and social effects of reductions in defense spending. Requires the Council to consult on a regular basis with Governors of States involved in reinvestment activities. Directs the Council: (1) upon receiving notification of the annual defense budget proposal of the Secretary, to commence a preliminary study of the potential adverse economic effects the proposal may have on qualified defense contractors and communities; and (2) to prepare and distribute an economic reinvestment progress report on an annual basis. Requires the latter report to be distributed to State governors, the heads of Federal departments and agencies, and any other interested persons. Authorizes appropriations. Title II: National Technology Infrastructure Goals Improvement and Consortia Creation - Directs the President, in order to exploit the potential of critical technologies that would benefit national infrastructure and create export opportunities, to develop and carry out a program to assist advanced technology projects. Includes the following areas within appropriate investments in advanced technology projects which are in the nat… | 2025-08-26T15:17:42Z | |
| 102-s-2803 | 102 | s | 2803 | Defense Workers Economic Reinvestment Act | Economics and Public Finance | 1992-06-03 | 1992-06-03 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. | Senate | Sen. Graham, Bob [D-FL] | FL | D | G000352 | 0 | Defense Workers Economic Reinvestment Act - Title I: Economic Reinvestment Council - Establishes the Economic Reinvestment Council to: (1) administer the National Technology Infrastructure Goals Improvement and Consortia Creation program and the Fast Response State Technological Competitiveness Grants program, both established under this Act; and (2) be empowered to examine and approve or disapprove all other project and program selections made under this Act and funding decisions under this Act exceeding $500,000. Requires reviews of funding requests to be completed within 60 days. Directs the Council to advise the Secretary of Defense and the heads of other Federal agencies on the progress and success of the economic reinvestment programs established under this Act and under the Defense Economic Adjustment, Diversification, Conversion, and Stabilization Act of 1990 in alleviating the adverse economic and social effects of reductions in defense spending. Requires the Council to consult on a regular basis with Governors of States involved in reinvestment activities. Directs the Council: (1) upon receiving notification of the annual defense budget proposal of the Secretary, to commence a preliminary study of the potential adverse economic effects the proposal may have on qualified defense contractors and communities; and (2) to prepare and distribute an economic reinvestment progress report on an annual basis. Requires the latter report to be distributed to State Governors, the heads of Federal departments and agencies, and any other interested persons. Authorizes appropriations. Title II: National Technology Infrastructure Goals Improvement and Consortia Creation - Directs the President, in order to exploit the potential of critical technologies that would benefit national infrastructure and create export opportunities, to develop and carry out a program to assist advanced technology projects. Includes the following areas within appropriate investments in advanced technology projects which are in the na… | 2025-08-26T15:18:28Z | |
| 102-hjres-496 | 102 | hjres | 496 | Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide for a balanced budget of the United States Government. | Economics and Public Finance | 1992-05-28 | 1992-06-01 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic and Commercial Law. | House | Rep. Gephardt, Richard A. [D-MO-3] | MO | D | G000132 | 23 | Constitutional Amendment - Requires the President, prior to each fiscal year, to propose to the Congress a budget in which total expenditures do not exceed total receipts, unless that budget is accompanied by a Presidential Declaration of National Urgency. Prohibits the Congress from approving total expenditures in excess of total receipts unless it has approved by majority rollcall vote in each House a Presidential Declaration of National Urgency. Prohibits the Congress from approving a budget which is estimated to result in a higher amount of total expenditures than those recommended by the President. Declares that total expenditures do not include debt redemption and disbursements of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund, or any successor funds. Declares that total receipts do not include net borrowing and receipts of such trust funds or successor funds. | 2021-06-02T14:03:45Z | |
| 102-hr-5279 | 102 | hr | 5279 | Economic Growth Incentive Act of 1992 | Economics and Public Finance | 1992-05-28 | 1992-06-15 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions Supervision, Regulation and Insurance. | House | Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1] | NJ | D | A000210 | 0 | Economic Growth Incentive Act of 1992 - Title I: Reduction in Individual Income Taxes - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for a five-percent decrease in individual income taxes for: (1) married individuals filing joint returns and surviving spouses; (2) heads of households; (3) unmarried individuals (other than surviving spouses and heads of households; (4) married individuals filing separate returns; and (5) estates and trusts. Title II: Incentive for Purchase of American-Made Property - Allows an itemized deduction for State and local general sales taxes imposed on the retail sale of American-made proeprty. Title III: Surface Transportation Programs - Amends the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 to repeal the obligation ceiling for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction programs. Repeals authorized appropriations for FY 1993 and beyond and authorizes appropriations (and generally increases such appropriations) for FY 1993 and 1994 for the following programs: (1) highway programs; (2) construction of national defense highways located outside the United States; (3) the interstate substitute program; (4) donor State bonus amounts; (5) apportionment adjustments; (6) set asides for interstate discretionary projects; (7) the discretionary bridge program; (8) national high-speed ground transportation programs; (9) the highway timber bridge program; (10) highway use tax evasion projects; (11) the scenic byways program; (12) construction of ferry boats and ferry terminal facilities; (13) certain highway safety programs; (14) Federal Transit Act authorizations; and (15) the motor carrier safety grant program. Repeals FY 1992 budget compliance provisions. Accelerates from FY 1996 and 1997 to FY 1993 and 1994 the authority for reimbursements for segments of the Interstate System constructed without Federal assistance. Removes the highway safety obligation ceilings. Repeals the required reduction in certain Federal Transit Act authorizations for budget compliance. Amends th… | 2025-08-26T15:13:46Z | |
| 102-hr-5280 | 102 | hr | 5280 | Domestic Investment Economic Growth Act | Economics and Public Finance | 1992-05-28 | 1992-06-15 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Stabilization. | House | Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1] | NJ | D | A000210 | 0 | Domestic Investment Economic Growth Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income gain on qualified investments in an enterprise zone business and a domestic business. Excludes 100 percent of such gain from investment in an enterprise zone business or an urban enterprise zone, and 50 percent of such gain from other qualified investments. Provides for the establishment of investment savings accounts. Allows an individual a reduction of 50 percent of the qualified contributions to an investment savings account. Sets forth the rules for computing such deduction if the individual is not less than 59 1/2 years of age. Limits the maximum annual deduction to $100,000. Defines qualified contributions as the lesser of the individual's qualified savings increase amount or the contributions made by the individual to the investment savings account. Provides a formula for determining the savings increase amount. Defines an investment savings account as a trust created for the exclusive benefit of an individual and the individual's beneficiaries if the account meets certain requirements including that the assets will be invested in: (1) eligible investments; (2) bonds issued by enterprise zone businesses and domestic businesses; and (3) loans to such businesses. Provides that any amount distributed out of such an account shall be included in the gross income of the distributee, except for amounts held in the account for at least ten years. Makes such accounts tax-exempt, except for the imposition of the tax on unrelated business income of charitable, etc., organizations. Disallows such exemption where the contributor engages in prohibited transactions. Imposes, in the case of a distribution from an investment savings account, an additional tax of ten percent of the amount of the distribution which is includible in the gross income of the distributee. Makes such tax inapplicable to distributions held in such accounts for at least five years if such distributions were made for: (1) home purchase expen… | 2025-08-26T15:15:59Z | |
| 102-hr-5289 | 102 | hr | 5289 | Every Fifth Child Appropriations Act | Economics and Public Finance | 1992-05-28 | 1992-05-28 | Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations. | House | Rep. Kildee, Dale E. [D-MI-7] | MI | D | K000172 | 112 | Every Fifth Child Appropriations Act - Appropriates funds to carry out the special supplemental food program for women, infants, and children (WIC program) authorized in specified provisions of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966. Declares that, in order to achieve full funding for the program, there should be specified amounts appropriated in certain fiscal years. Appropriates funds to carry out the Head Start programs authorized in specified provisions of the Head Start Act. Declares that, in order to achieve full funding for the programs, there should be specified amounts appropriated in certain fiscal years. Appropriates funds to carry out the Job Corps program authorized in specified provisions of the Job Training Partnership Act. Declares that, in order to establish a minimum number of additional centers, serve a minimum additional number of youths, and achieve full funding for the program, there should be specified amounts appropriated in certain fiscal years. | 2025-08-26T15:15:31Z | |
| 102-hr-5272 | 102 | hr | 5272 | Balanced Budget Enforcement Act of 1992 | Economics and Public Finance | 1992-05-27 | 1992-05-28 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security. | House | Rep. Panetta, Leon [D-CA-16] | CA | D | P000047 | 3 | Balanced Budget Enforcement Act of 1992 - Title I: Balancing the Budget - Part A: Purpose - Repeals provisions of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) with respect to: (1) emergency powers to eliminate deficits in excess of the maximum deficit amount; (2) budgetary treatment of social security trust funds; and (3) miscellaneous and related provisions. Declares the purpose of this Act to balance the budget by FY 1997 and each year thereafter. Part B: The Deficit Elimination Act of 1992 - Deficit Elimination Act of 1992 - Establishes the amounts by which the deficits in the deficit reduction base shall be reduced by changes in law for FY 1993 through 1997. Declares that changes in law do not include the resulting debt service changes or any incidental changes in intragovernmental receipts of Federal trust funds. Increases the basic deficit reduction requirements for FY 1996 and 1997 if the baseline assuming deficit reduction projects a deficit for either fiscal year. Provides for preventing deficits starting with FY 1998, if the current policy baseline projects a deficit for the budget year after excluding any amounts resulting from the prior enactment of specific excesses. Declares the shortfall in deficit reduction to be the amount by which the deficit reduction required for that year exceeds the deficit reduction achieved for that year. States that the amount to be sequestered for any budget year is the amount of the shortfall in deficit reduction for that year (general sequestration). Requires: (1) one-half of the amount to be sequestered to be derived by the imposition of a surtax; (2) one-quarter to be derived from reductions in direct spending programs; and (3) one-quarter to be derived from reductions in discretionary programs. Requires additional sequestration based on outyear shortfall (any of the four fiscal years that follow the budget year). Allows the enactment of a spin-off law, through the congressional budget process or any other means,… | 2025-08-26T15:18:06Z | |
| 102-hjres-490 | 102 | hjres | 490 | Proposing an amendment to the Constitution to provide for a balanced budget of the United States Government. | Economics and Public Finance | 1992-05-21 | 1992-05-21 | Referred to the House Committee on Judiciary. | House | Rep. Obey, David R. [D-WI-7] | WI | D | O000007 | 13 | Constitutional Amendment - Requires the President, prior to each fiscal year, to transmit to the Congress a proposed budget for that year in which total expenditures (except those for repayment of debt principal) do not exceed total receipts (except those derived from borrowing). Provides that if the President transmits to the Congress a declaration of National Economic Urgency for that fiscal year and if such declaration identifies the amount of excess expenditures required to meet national needs, budgetary resources equivalent to the amount of excess expenditures shall become eligible for appropriation only if Congress approves such declaration by a majority rollcall vote in each House. Prohibits the Congress from approving a budget for any fiscal year which is estimated to result in a higher amount of total expenditures than those recommended by the President for that fiscal year. Waives these provisions when a declaration of war is in effect. | 2021-06-02T14:03:43Z | |
| 102-hjres-491 | 102 | hjres | 491 | Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to restrict annual deficits by limiting the public debt of the United States and requiring a favorable vote of the people on any law to exceed such limit. | Economics and Public Finance | 1992-05-21 | 1992-05-21 | Referred to the House Committee on Judiciary. | House | Rep. Pickett, Owen B. [D-VA-2] | VA | D | P000326 | 2 | Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits the public debt from increasing by more than one percent each year unless authorized by a law approved by a majority of the Members of the Senate and the House of Representatives. Requires such law to be approved by a majority vote of the electorate before it takes effect. Declares that such prohibition does not apply to public debt contracted to: (1) repel invasion of the United States; (2) defend the United States in time of war; (3) support the U.S. armed forces in time of war; or (4) redeem a previous debt obligation of the United States. | 2021-06-02T14:03:43Z | |
| 102-hjres-494 | 102 | hjres | 494 | Increasing the statutory limit on the public debt. | Economics and Public Finance | 1992-05-21 | 1992-06-02 | Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | House | 0 | Amends Federal law to increase the statutory limit on the public debt. | 2025-01-03T20:55:56Z | |||||
| 102-hr-5230 | 102 | hr | 5230 | American Technology and Competitiveness Act | Economics and Public Finance | 1992-05-21 | 1992-08-05 | Committee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Brown, George E., Jr. [D-CA-36] | CA | D | B000918 | 37 | American Technology and Competitiveness Act - Title I: General Provisions - Sets forth the purposes and goals of this Act. Title II: Manufacturing - Manufacturing Technology and Extension Act of 1992 - Amends the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 to designate the Department of Commerce as the lead civilian Federal agency to work with U.S. industry, State and local governments, and private entities to enhance U.S. manufacturing capabilities. Establishes the Nationwide Network of Manufacturing Outreach Centers to assist U.S. manufacturers, especially small and medium-sized firms, to expand the use of technology and modern manufacturing processes. Provides for a related communications infrastructure and information clearinghouse. Authorizes appropriations. Establishes the Advanced Manufacturing Systems and Networking Projects program to create technology development programs to create advanced computer-integrated, electronically-networked manufacturing technologies and associated applications. Authorizes appropriations. Requires the Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) to expand the Engineering Research Centers program with emphasis on advanced manufacturing. Authorizes the establishment of up to five new Centers for such purpose. Authorizes appropriations. Title III: Critical Technologies - Subtitle A: Miscellaneous - Requires the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) to report annually to the appropriate congressional committees regarding any executive branch international trade negotiations which might affect Federal research and development programs. Subtitle B: Council on Technology and Competitiveness - Establishes within the Executive Office of the President a Council on Technology and Competitiveness. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle C: Advanced Technology Program - Directs the Secretary to submit to the Congress an expansion plan for the Advanced Technology program. Requires the establishment of at least two new critical technologies consortia. Authorizes appropriatio… | 2025-08-26T15:13:47Z | |
| 102-hr-5235 | 102 | hr | 5235 | Defense Diversification Act of 1992 | Economics and Public Finance | 1992-05-21 | 1992-09-11 | Referred to the Subcommittee on SBA, the General Economy, and Minority Enterprise Development. | House | Rep. Downey, Thomas J. [D-NY-2] | NY | D | D000471 | 6 | Defense Diversification Act of 1992 - Title I: Guarantees for Defense-Dependent Small Businesses - Amends the Small Business Act to authorize the Small Business Administration to guarantee loans to assist small business concerns that are defense-dependent contractors in the financing of projects to: (1) convert defense-related productive facilities or equipment of such concerns to nondefense-related use; (2) diversify the operations of such concerns toward greater emphasis upon the civilian sector of the economy; or (3) retrain employees as part of the conversion and diversification process. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a loan guarantee program to assist defense facilities holding major defense contracts or subcontracts in financing the same type of projects. Sets forth requirements for loan guarantees and limitations on guarantee authority. Title II: Tax Incentives to Assist in Defense Industry Diversification - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish a special depreciation deduction for nondefense-related equipment placed in service after December 31, 1992, and before January 1, 1996, by defense contractors. Allows such deduction, with limitations, against the alternative minimum tax. Allows the investment tax credit to rehabilitate buildings used for defense-related purposes, including post-1936 buildings, into buildings to be used for non-defense related purposes during the period after December 31, 1992, and before January 1, 1996. Extends the exclusion from gross income for employer-provided educational assistance from June 30, 1992, until December 31, 1995. Allows defense contractors that diversify into nondefense-related businesses an itemized deduction for each eligible individual who begins work for the contractor after June 30, 1992, and before January 1, 1996. Sets forth the amounts of such deduction for a three-year period and other special rules. Allows such deduction, with limitations, against the alternative minimum tax. Allows an alternative five-percent researc… | 2025-08-26T15:17:12Z | |
| 102-hr-5252 | 102 | hr | 5252 | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to stimulate employment in, and to promote revitalization of, economically distressed areas designated as enterprise zones, by providing Federal tax relief for employment and investments, and for other purposes. | Economics and Public Finance | 1992-05-21 | 1992-06-01 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Stabilization. | House | Rep. McEwen, Bob [R-OH-6] | OH | R | M000432 | 0 | Enterprise Zone Jobs-Creation Act of 1992 - Title I: Designation of Enterprise Zones - Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (Secretary) to designate enterprise zones for purposes of providing tax and regulatory relief and improving local services. Limits choices to areas nominated by States and local governments. Limits the total number of areas that may be designated, and the time period of the designation. Authorizes the Secretary to designate a zone only if the area meets certain locational, demographic, unemployment, and poverty criteria. Requires nominating local governments, as a condition of the Secretary's designation, to agree in writing to follow a course of action that may include reducing tax rates, improving local services, simplifying or streamlining regulation of business, and providing job training to area residents. Describes areas to which the Secretary must give preference in selecting areas for designation. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress every two years on the effects of such enterprise zones' designation in accomplishing the purposes of this Act. Title II: Federal Income Tax Incentives - Allows a nonrefundable income tax credit to enterprise zone employees for five percent of any wages earned as do not exceed a specified amount. Phases out such credit. Provides for the nonrecognition of capital gain on the sale of enterprise zone property. Allows a taxpayer a deduction on the aggregate amount paid for the purchase of enterprise stock on its original issue by a qualified issuer. Requires any gain from the disposition of the stock to be treated as ordinary income. Title III: Regulatory Flexibility - Amends Federal law to revise the definition of "small entity" for purposes of the analysis of regulatory functions to include qualified business, government, and nonprofit enterprises operating within enterprise zones. Authorizes Federal agencies, upon request by a designating government, to waive or modify rules and regulations pertaining to the impleme… | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 102-hr-5253 | 102 | hr | 5253 | Balanced Budget Implementation Act of 1992 | Economics and Public Finance | 1992-05-21 | 1992-06-01 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security. | House | Rep. Obey, David R. [D-WI-7] | WI | D | O000007 | 13 | Balanced Budget Implementation Act of 1992 - Title I: Repeal of Budget Agreement Enforcement Provisions - Repeals the budget agreement enforcement provisions of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974. Title II: Emergency Powers to Eliminate Deficits in Excess of Maximum Deficit Amount - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to provide for enforcement of deficit reduction to balance the Federal budget by the end of FY 1997. Requires enforcement to be implemented through sequestration and revenue surtax (current provisions only require budget enforcement through sequestration). Repeals provisions which govern enforcement of discretionary spending limits and pay-as-you-go through FY 1995. Revises provisions concerning enforcing deficit targets. Requires the President, within 15 calendar days after the Congress adjourns to end a session, to take action to eliminate the excess deficit, in any. Sets forth the maximum deficit amounts allowed for FY 1993 through 1997. Reduces such amounts to zero by FY 1997 plus any amount designated to meet a condition of national economic urgency. Requires 60 percent of the excess deficit in a budget year to be eliminated through across-the-board outlay reductions and 40 percent through a revenue surtax. Provides rules for such sequestration process. Revises the timetable and requirements for deficit reduction reports and presidential orders. Requires within-session deficit reduction reports. Revises the list of exempt programs and activities. Removes the special exemption for social security benefits, railroad retirement benefits, certain veterans programs, payments made for the earned income tax credit, and certain low-income programs. Removes the special exceptions, limitations, and rules with respect to sequestration for: (1) certain automatic spending increases; (2) the guaranteed student loan program; (3) foster care and adoption assistance programs; (4) the Medicare program; (5) community… | 2025-08-26T15:14:06Z | |
| 102-s-2769 | 102 | s | 2769 | Economic Growth and Affordable Housing Act of 1992 | Economics and Public Finance | 1992-05-21 | 1992-05-21 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. D'Amato, Alfonse [R-NY] | NY | R | D000018 | 4 | Economic Growth and Affordable Housing Act of 1992 - Title I: First-Time Homebuyer Credit - Allows a first-time homebuyer who purchases a principal residence a tax credit of ten percent of the purchase price, not to exceed $5,000. Limits such credit to one residence and requires acquisition between December 31, 1992, and January 1,1993. Title II: Modifications of Passive Loss Rules - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for the treatment of rental and nonrental real estate activities under the limitations on losses from passive activities. Title III: Penalty-Free Distributions From IRA's for First Homes - Allows penalty-free withdrawals from individual retirement plans for a first-home purchase. Title IV: Low-Income Housing Credit and Qualified Mortgage Bonds - Makes the low-income housing credit permanent law. Expands the ten-year anti-churning rule waiver to certain projects substantially assisted, financed, or operated under the National Housing Act. Allows units occupied by certain full-time students to qualify for such credit. Authorizes the Treasury Department to waive penalties for certain de minimis errors and recertifications. Requires that certain community service facilities in projects in qualified census tracts be included in the eligible basis as functionally related and subordinate facilities. Permanently extends the period during which qualified mortgage bonds and mortgage credit certificates may be issued. Title V: Enterprise Zones - Subtitle A: Designation of Enterprise Zones - Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to designate enterprise zones for purposes of providing tax and regulatory relief and improving local services. Limits choices to areas nominated by States and local governments. Limits the total number of areas that may be designated, and the time period of the designation. Authorizes the Secretary to designate a zone only if the area meets certain locational, demographic, unemployment, and poverty criteria. Requires nominating local governments… | 2025-08-26T15:14:32Z | |
| 102-s-2712 | 102 | s | 2712 | National Economic Council Act of 1992 | Economics and Public Finance | 1992-05-14 | 1992-05-14 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Roth Jr., William V. [R-DE] | DE | R | R000460 | 0 | National Economic Council Act of 1992 - Establishes the National Economic Council within the Executive Office of the President to advise the President with respect to the integration of domestic and international policies relating to the economy and international competitiveness so as to enable the Federal Government to operate more effectively in matters involving U.S. ability to compete in the global economy. Lists specific Commission functions, which include: (1) formulating and implementing a coordinated economic strategy which will provide the economic environment necessary for the United States to be on a competitive basis with other nations; and (2) defining a set of guidelines for government interaction with the market. | 2025-08-26T15:17:55Z | |
| 102-s-2713 | 102 | s | 2713 | Medicare Program Protection Act of 1992 | Economics and Public Finance | 1992-05-14 | 1992-05-14 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Budget pursuant to the order of August 4, 1977, with instructions that of one Committee reports, the other Committee have thirty days to report or be discharged. | Senate | Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] | IA | D | H000206 | 0 | Medicare Program Protection Act of 1992 - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to authorize adjustments to discretionary spending limits to allow additional spending for the administration of the Medicare program by fiscal intermediaries and carriers for FY 1993, 1994, and 1995. | 2025-08-26T15:17:44Z | |
| 102-s-2728 | 102 | s | 2728 | Emergency Short Term Assistance for American Youth Act of 1992 | Economics and Public Finance | 1992-05-14 | 1992-05-14 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. | Senate | Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] | MA | D | K000105 | 3 | Emergency Short Term Assistance for American Youth Act of 1992 - Designates the amounts described in this Act as emergency requirements for all purposes of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act). Makes emergency supplemental appropriations to provide short-term assistance for the following programs for children and youth: (1) Head Start Act services, during the summer months (including services through family literacy projects); (2) compensatory education for disadvantaged students, during the summer months, under chapter 1 of title I of the elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (including projects related to arts and drama, academic subjects, literacy, recreation, conflict management, and dropout prevention); (3) summer youth employment and training programs, under part B of title II of the Job Training Partnership Act; and (4) the Operation Weed and Seed demonstration program carried out by the Department of Justice and other Federal entities. Sets forth requirements and formulas for the allocation of such funds. | 2025-08-26T15:18:25Z | |
| 102-hr-5132 | 102 | hr | 5132 | Dire Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1992, for Disaster Assistance To Meet Urgent Needs Because of Calamities Such as Those Which Occurred in Los Angeles and Chicago | Economics and Public Finance | 1992-05-12 | 1992-06-22 | Became Public Law No: 102-302. | House | Rep. Whitten, Jamie L. [D-MS-1] | MS | D | W000428 | 0 | Dire Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1992, for Disaster Assistance To Meet Urgent Needs Because of Calamities such as Those Which Occurred in Los Angeles and Chicago - Makes dire supplemental appropriations for FY 1992 for: (1) the disaster loans program account and business loans programs account of the Small Business Administration; and (2) the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the Department of Justice; (3) the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for disaster relief and the disaster assistance direct loan program account; (4) the Employment and Training Administration of the Department of Labor for a summer youth employment and training program; and (5) salaries and expenses of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center and salaries and expenses of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms of the Department of the Treasury for violent crime task forces and increased costs associated with the Los Angeles riot. Rescinds funds made available to the Department of the Treasury for: (1) the United States Customs Service for Air and Marine interdiction programs; (2) salaries and expenses of the United States Mint; (3) salaries and expenses of the Bureau of the Public Debt; and (4) salaries and expenses of the United States Secret Service. Rescinds funds made available to the Executive Office of the President for salaries and expenses of the Office of National Drug Control Policy. Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Congress should adopt Federal enterprise zone legislation. Exempts the block grant program under the Federal Transit Act from requirements for any non-Federal share, in the same manner as specified in temporary matching fund waiver provisions of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991. Allows emergency relief funds to be used on all roads classified as local or rural minor collector. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should exercise authority to make emergency designations for rural agricultural disasters, as well as the urban disaste… | 2025-01-14T18:18:18Z | |
| 102-hr-5116 | 102 | hr | 5116 | Defense Economic Adjustment, Conversion, and Reinvestment Act of 1992 | Economics and Public Finance | 1992-05-07 | 1992-09-11 | Referred to the Subcommittee on SBA, the General Economy, and Minority Enterprise Development. | House | Rep. Oakar, Mary Rose [D-OH-20] | OH | D | O000001 | 4 | Defense Economic Adjustment, Conversion, and Reinvestment Act of 1992 - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to transfer funds appropriated pursuant to this Act to the head of another Federal agency to carry out this Act. Title I: Assistance for Defense Workers - Amends the Job Training Partnership Act to expand the definition of "eligible employee" to include an employee at a substantially and seriously affected business or at a military facility scheduled to be closed, even if the employee has not yet been terminated. Amends the Defense Economic Adjustment, Diversification, Conversion, and Stabilization Act of 1990 to extend the authorization of appropriations for adjustment assistance for defense employees. Directs the Secretary of Labor to establish a Skills Conversion Program to re-educate, retrain, and reorient scientific and technical personnel who are displaced or threatened with displacement by defense budget reductions to fill positions in industries that can utilize such skills. Title II: Community Economic Adjustment Assistance - Prohibits the Secretary of Commerce, in making assistance available to communities through the Economic Development Administration, from giving a preference to substantially and seriously affected communities affected as a result of military installation closures over communities affected as a result of the curtailment, completion, elimination, or realignment of a defense contract. Extends the authorization of appropriations for such assistance through FY 1993. Title III: Small Business Programs - Amends the Small Business Act to increase the amounts authorized to be made by the Small Business Administration in: (1) deferred participation loans and other financing; and (2) guarantees of debentures for programs related to small business investment companies. Directs Federal agencies required to establish small business innovation research programs to expend at least .65 percent of their extramural budgets in FY 1993 for entering into funding agreements to assist small busin… | 2025-08-26T15:16:28Z | |
| 102-hr-5125 | 102 | hr | 5125 | To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to expand the requirement that legislation be accompanied by cost estimates of its impact on State and local governments. | Economics and Public Finance | 1992-05-07 | 1992-05-12 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security. | House | Rep. Shays, Christopher [R-CT-4] | CT | R | S001144 | 19 | Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to include conference reports in cost estimate analyses by the Congressional Budget Office of legislative impact on State and local governments. Requires concurrent resolutions on the budget to direct committees to include cost estimates with reconciliation legislation. | 2025-02-04T16:54:13Z | |
| 102-hres-453 | 102 | hres | 453 | To express the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the need to increase budget authority for the reduction of violent crime, the rehabilitation of American youth, and the revitalization of American cities. | Economics and Public Finance | 1992-05-07 | 1992-07-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education. | House | Rep. Glickman, Dan [D-KS-4] | KS | D | G000240 | 0 | Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that for FY 1993 through 1998 the budget authority for: (1) the defense of Europe and Japan should be decreased by $5,000,000,000; and (2) programs for the Nation's 100 largest cities should be increased by $5,000,000,000 to improve education, foster economic investment, and fight crime through prevention and suppression activities. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 102-sres-294 | 102 | sres | 294 | A resolution expressing a sense of the Senate with respect to recent events in Los Angeles and regarding an urban renewal policy. | Economics and Public Finance | 1992-05-07 | 1992-05-07 | Referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Mack, Connie, III [R-FL] | FL | R | M000019 | 0 | States that the Senate must quickly act to bring about: (1) reform of social programs toward rewarding the working poor; (2) creation of a tax code that provides incentives to the poor disadvantaged to work, save, and invest and to keep families together; (3) expansion of homeownership opportunities; (4) reduction of taxes on the working poor; (5) elimination of the capital gains tax for investments in inner cities; and (6) creation of more educational choice. | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 102-hr-5069 | 102 | hr | 5069 | Dire Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1992, for Disaster Assistance To Meet Urgent Needs Because of Calamities Such as Those Which Occurred in Los Angeles and Chicago | Economics and Public Finance | 1992-05-06 | 1992-05-12 | Ordered to be Reported (Amended). | House | Rep. Whitten, Jamie L. [D-MS-1] | MS | D | W000428 | 54 | Dire Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1992, for Disaster Assistance To Meet Urgent Needs Because of Calamities Such as Those Which Occurred in Los Angeles and Chicago - Makes dire supplemental appropriations for FY 1992 for: (1) the disaster loans program account of the Small Business Administration; and (2) the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for disaster relief and the disaster assistance direct loan program account. | 2025-08-26T15:16:36Z | |
| 102-sjres-298 | 102 | sjres | 298 | A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution to provide for a balanced budget for the United States Government and for greater accountability in the enactment of tax legislation. | Economics and Public Finance | 1992-05-06 | 1992-05-06 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Craig, Larry E. [R-ID] | ID | R | C000858 | 3 | Constitutional Amendment - Requires, prior to each fiscal year, that the estimated total receipts for that year be determined by enactment of a law devoted solely to that subject. Prohibits Federal outlays from exceeding estimated receipts in a fiscal year, and prohibits any increase in the public debt limit, unless three-fifths of the whole number of each House of Congress provide for a specific excess of outlays, or for an increase, by rollcall vote. Requires the President to transmit to the Congress before each fiscal year a proposed Federal budget in which total outlays do not exceed total receipts. Prohibits any bill to increase revenue from becoming law unless approved by a majority of the whole number of each House by rollcall vote. Provides for waiver of this Amendment for any fiscal year in which a declaration of war is in effect. Declares that Federal receipts exclude those derived from borrowing and that Federal outlays exclude those for repayment of debt principal. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 102-s-2657 | 102 | s | 2657 | Spending Control and Programs Evaluation Act of 1992 | Economics and Public Finance | 1992-05-05 | 1992-05-05 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Budget pursuant to the order of August 4, 1977, with instructions if one Committee reports, the other Committee have thirty days to report or be discharged. | Senate | Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV] | NV | D | R000146 | 1 | Spending Control and Programs Evaluation Act of 1992 - Title I: Reauthorizations of Government Programs - Requires each Government program to be reauthorized at least once during each sunset reauthorization cycle. (Sunset reauthorization cycle means the period of five Congresses beginning with the 103d Congress and with each sixth Congress following the 103d Congress.) Sets forth the procedure in the House of Representatives and the Senate for the consideration of any legislation which authorizes new budget authority. Exempts from the requirements of this Act specified items, such as interest on Federal debts, health care services, general retirement and disability payments, litigation activities which have as their objectives the protection and implementation of civil rights guaranteed by the Constitution, and specified social security and retirement pay and benefits. Expresses the sense of the Congress that all programs should be considered and reauthorized in program categories which constitute major areas of lelgislative policy for sufficient periods of time to enhance oversight and the review and evaluation of Government programs. Title II: Program Inventory - Directs the Comptroller General and the Director of the Congressional Budget Office, in cooperation with the Director of the Congressional Research Service, to prepare an inventory of Federal programs. Declares that the purpose of such program inventory is to advise and assist the Congress in carrying out reauthorization and reexamination requirements and to link such reauthorization and review process with the budget process. Requires the Comptroller General to submit such program inventory to each House of Congress no later than January 1, 1993. Directs the congressional committees, the Congressional Budget Office, and the Congressional Research Service to review the program inventory and to suggest revisions. Requires that the program inventory be revised at the end of each session of the Congress and that such revisions be reported to each House… | 2025-08-26T15:15:49Z | |
| 102-s-2658 | 102 | s | 2658 | Infrastructure Growth and Employment Act of 1992 | Economics and Public Finance | 1992-05-05 | 1992-09-22 | Committee on Environment and Public Works. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 102-890. | Senate | Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE] | DE | D | B000444 | 1 | Infrastructure Growth and Employment Act of 1992 - Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce (the Secretary), acting through the Economic Development Administration, to make grants to any State or local government for construction, renovation, repair, or other improvement of local public works projects (including those State and local projects for which Federal funding is authorized under other laws). Sets the Federal share at 80 percent of project cost. Terminates the making of such grants after the earlier of: (1) any three-consecutive-month period during which the national unemployment rate remained below six percent; or (2) September 30, 1993. Allocates funds among the States on the basis of a formula involving relative numbers of unemployed persons, average unemployment rates, and severity of unemployment. Reserves specified portions of such funds for projects of Indian tribes and Alaskan Native villages, minimum State allotments, and development and administration of each project. Requires that at least ten percent of total grant funds be set aside and expended only for project grants to local governments with populations under 10,000. Requires that priority and preference be given to: (1) local government projects; (2) local-government-endorsed projects by States and special purpose units; (3) school district projects; (4) projects for industrial research or development parks which allocate space for new businesses; and (5) projects for applied research facilities which develop new products and processes (at higher education institutions). Requires expediting and giving priority to applications from States or local governments with unemployment rates for the past 12 months in excess of the national rates (and, after that, to those with average unemployment rates for that period in excess of six percent). Requires State and local prioritization of projects in their applications. Requires localization of unemployment rate determinations. Requires rules, regulations, and procedures which assure that adequ… | 2025-08-26T15:13:56Z | |
| 102-hr-5010 | 102 | hr | 5010 | Industrial Revitalization Act of 1992 | Economics and Public Finance | 1992-04-29 | 1992-05-12 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities. | House | Rep. Gephardt, Richard A. [D-MO-3] | MO | D | G000132 | 12 | Industrial Revitalization Act of 1992 - Title I: Domestic Loan Guarantee Fund for the Revitalization of American Industry - Creates an Economic Transition Assistance Board. Authorizes the Board to guarantee principal and interest on loans and, in certain circumstances, provide interest subsidies for the loans, giving priority to aerospace manufacturing loans. Sets forth assistance conditions, including that the applicant be: (1) affected by U.S. defense budget reductions or by assistance by foreign governments to foreign competitors; and (2) engaged in work critical to national security or economic security. Requires full collateralization. Prohibits, during the loan and without Board approval, certain borrower actions, including: (1) declaring an extraordinary dividend; (2) making payment on certain other indebtedness; or (3) shifting any significant part of its manufacturing activities outside the United States. Limits the aggregate amount of obligations of the Board and the maximum obligations to any single enterprise. Establishes in the Treasury an emergency loan guarantee fund to be administered by the Board to pay Board expenses and to fulfill the Board's obligations under this title. Authorizes the Board, if amounts in the fund are insufficient, to issue obligations to the Secretary of the Treasury. Requires any Federal Reserve bank which is requested to do so to act as fiscal agent for the Board. Authorizes appropriations. Title II: Commercial Aircraft Agreement - Requires the U.S. Trade Representative to report on the operation of the Agreement Concerning the Application of the GATT Agreement in Civil Aircraft, including on: (1) subsidies to the aerospace industry by European Community nations; (2) any Agreement benefits to the U.S. aerospace industry; and (3) subsidies by the European Space Agency to Arianespace in commercial launch services. Title III: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Technology Development - Requires the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to: (1) modi… | 2025-08-26T15:17:35Z | |
| 102-hr-4990 | 102 | hr | 4990 | Rescinding certain budget authority, and for other purposes. | Economics and Public Finance | 1992-04-28 | 1992-06-04 | Became Public Law No: 102-298. | House | Rep. Whitten, Jamie L. [D-MS-1] | MS | D | W000428 | 0 | Title I: Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies - Rescinds specified appropriations made available to the Department of Agriculture for: (1) the Cooperative State Research Service; and (2) the Farmers Home Administration. Title II: Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary and Related Agencies - Rescinds certain appropriations made available to the Department of Commerce for: (1) the National Telecommunications and Information Administration; and (2) the Economic Development Revolving Fund. Rescinds certain appropriations made available to: (1) the Department of Justice for the Immigration Emergency Fund; (2) the Department of State for the acquisition and development of a site for a United States Embassy building in Kuwait; and (3) the Board for International Broadcasting for an Israel Relay Station. Title III: Department of Defense - Military - Rescinds specified appropriations made available to the Department of Defense for: (1) operation and maintenance; (2) procurement; (3) research, development, test and evaluation; (4) the Pentagon Reservation Maintenance Revolving Fund; (5) the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund; and (6) the Intelligence Community Staff. Title IV: Energy and Water Development - Rescinds certain appropriations made available to: (1) the Department of the Army for the Civil Corps of Engineers; and (2) the Department of Energy for general science and research activities and departmental administration. Title V: Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs - Rescinds specified appropriations made by the President for multilateral economic assistance, bilateral economic assistance, and military assistance. Title VI: Department of the Interior and Related Agencies - Rescinds certain funds made available to the Department of the Interior for the National Park Service, the Bureau of Mines, and the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Rescinds certain budget authority of: (1) the Forest Service of th… | 2024-02-05T11:50:03Z | |
| 102-hjres-472 | 102 | hjres | 472 | Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to grant to the President line-item veto authority. | Economics and Public Finance | 1992-04-09 | 1992-04-15 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic and Commercial Law. | House | Rep. Dooley, Calvin M. [D-CA-17] | CA | D | D000424 | 0 | Constitutional Amendment - Grants the President line-item veto authority. Requires the President, following disapproval of an item of appropriation, to return such item to the House in which the bill or resolution originated. Authorizes the Congress to override such veto by a three-fifths vote of each House. | 2021-06-02T14:03:39Z | |
| 102-hr-4851 | 102 | hr | 4851 | To approve the President's rescission proposal transmitted to the Congress on April 9, 1992. | Economics and Public Finance | 1992-04-09 | 1992-04-09 | Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations. | House | Rep. Fawell, Harris W. [R-IL-13] | IL | R | F000049 | 8 | Rescinds the budgetary resources specified in the rescission proposal (R92-103) (Army aircraft procurement) transmitted to the Congress by the President on April 9, 1992, pursuant to the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974. | 2024-02-05T11:50:03Z | |
| 102-hr-4852 | 102 | hr | 4852 | To approve the President's rescission proposal transmitted to the Congress on April 9, 1992. | Economics and Public Finance | 1992-04-09 | 1992-04-09 | Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations. | House | Rep. Fawell, Harris W. [R-IL-13] | IL | R | F000049 | 9 | Rescinds the budgetary resources specified in the rescission proposal (R92-104) (Army procurement of weapons and tracked combat vehicles) transmitted to the Congress by the President on April 9, 1992, pursuant to the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974. | 2024-02-05T11:50:03Z | |
| 102-hr-4853 | 102 | hr | 4853 | To approve the President's rescission proposal transmitted to the Congress on April 9, 1992. | Economics and Public Finance | 1992-04-09 | 1992-04-09 | Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations. | House | Rep. Fawell, Harris W. [R-IL-13] | IL | R | F000049 | 9 | Rescinds the budgetary resources specified in the rescission proposal (R92-105) (Army procurement of weapons and tracked combat vehicles) transmitted to the Congress by the President on April 9, 1992, pursuant to the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974. | 2024-02-05T11:50:03Z | |
| 102-hr-4854 | 102 | hr | 4854 | To approve the President's rescission proposal transmitted to the Congress on April 9, 1992. | Economics and Public Finance | 1992-04-09 | 1992-04-09 | Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations. | House | Rep. Fawell, Harris W. [R-IL-13] | IL | R | F000049 | 8 | Rescinds the budgetary resources specified in the rescission proposal (R92-106) (Army procurement of weapons and tracked combat vehicles) transmitted to the Congress by the President on April 9, 1992, pursuant to the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974. | 2024-02-05T11:50:03Z | |
| 102-hr-4855 | 102 | hr | 4855 | To approve the President's rescission proposal transmitted to the Congress on April 9, 1992. | Economics and Public Finance | 1992-04-09 | 1992-04-09 | Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations. | House | Rep. Fawell, Harris W. [R-IL-13] | IL | R | F000049 | 7 | Rescinds the budgetary resources specified in the rescission proposal (R92-107) (Navy aircraft procurement) transmitted to the Congress by the President on April 9, 1992, pursuant to the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974. | 2024-02-05T11:50:03Z | |
| 102-hr-4856 | 102 | hr | 4856 | To approve the President's rescission proposal transmitted to the Congress on April 9, 1992. | Economics and Public Finance | 1992-04-09 | 1992-04-09 | Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations. | House | Rep. Fawell, Harris W. [R-IL-13] | IL | R | F000049 | 7 | Rescinds the budgetary resources specified in the rescission proposal (R92-108) (Aircraft procurement, Navy) transmitted to the Congress by the President on April 9, 1992, pursuant to the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974. | 2024-02-05T11:50:03Z | |
| 102-hr-4857 | 102 | hr | 4857 | To approve the President's rescission proposal transmitted to the Congress on April 9, 1992. | Economics and Public Finance | 1992-04-09 | 1992-04-09 | Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations. | House | Rep. Fawell, Harris W. [R-IL-13] | IL | R | F000049 | 8 | Rescinds the budgetary resources specified in the rescission proposal (R92-109) (Weapons procurement, Navy) transmitted to the Congress by the President on April 9, 1992, pursuant to the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974. | 2024-02-05T11:50:03Z | |
| 102-hr-4858 | 102 | hr | 4858 | To approve the President's rescission proposal transmitted to the Congress on April 9, 1992. | Economics and Public Finance | 1992-04-09 | 1992-04-09 | Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations. | House | Rep. Fawell, Harris W. [R-IL-13] | IL | R | F000049 | 7 | Rescinds the budgetary resources specified in the rescission proposal (R92-110) (Weapons procurement, Navy) transmitted to the Congress by the President on April 9, 1992, pursuant to the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974. | 2024-02-05T11:50:03Z | |
| 102-hr-4859 | 102 | hr | 4859 | To approve the President's rescission proposal transmitted to the Congress on April 9, 1992. | Economics and Public Finance | 1992-04-09 | 1992-04-09 | Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations. | House | Rep. Fawell, Harris W. [R-IL-13] | IL | R | F000049 | 8 | Rescinds the budgetary resources specified in the rescission proposal (R92-111) (Weapons procurement, Navy) transmitted to the Congress by the President on April 9, 1992, pursuant to the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974. | 2024-02-05T11:50:03Z | |
| 102-hr-4860 | 102 | hr | 4860 | To approve the President's rescission proposal transmitted to the Congress on April 9, 1992. | Economics and Public Finance | 1992-04-09 | 1992-04-09 | Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations. | House | Rep. Fawell, Harris W. [R-IL-13] | IL | R | F000049 | 8 | Rescinds the budgetary resources specified in the rescission proposal (R92-112) (Other procurement, Navy) transmitted to the Congress by the President on April 9, 1992, pursuant to the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974. | 2024-02-05T11:50:03Z | |
| 102-hr-4861 | 102 | hr | 4861 | To approve the President's rescission proposal transmitted to the Congress on April 9, 1992. | Economics and Public Finance | 1992-04-09 | 1992-04-09 | Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations. | House | Rep. Fawell, Harris W. [R-IL-13] | IL | R | F000049 | 8 | Rescinds the budgetary resources specified in the rescission proposal (R92-113) (Other procurement, Navy) transmitted to the Congress by the President on April 9, 1992, pursuant to the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974. | 2024-02-05T11:50:03Z | |
| 102-hr-4862 | 102 | hr | 4862 | To approve the President's rescission proposal transmitted to the Congress on April 9, 1992. | Economics and Public Finance | 1992-04-09 | 1992-04-09 | Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations. | House | Rep. Fawell, Harris W. [R-IL-13] | IL | R | F000049 | 8 | Rescinds the budgetary resources specified in the rescission proposal (R92-114) (Other procurement, Navy) transmitted to the Congress by the President on April 9, 1992, pursuant to the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974. | 2024-02-05T11:50:03Z | |
| 102-hr-4863 | 102 | hr | 4863 | To approve the President's rescission proposal transmitted to the Congress on April 9, 1992. | Economics and Public Finance | 1992-04-09 | 1992-04-09 | Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations. | House | Rep. Fawell, Harris W. [R-IL-13] | IL | R | F000049 | 8 | Rescinds the budgetary resources specified in the rescission proposal (R92-115) (Procurement, Marine Corps) transmitted to the Congress by the President on April 9, 1992, pursuant to the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974. | 2024-02-05T11:50:03Z | |
| 102-hr-4864 | 102 | hr | 4864 | To approve the President's rescission proposal transmitted to the Congress on April 9, 1992. | Economics and Public Finance | 1992-04-09 | 1992-04-09 | Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations. | House | Rep. Fawell, Harris W. [R-IL-13] | IL | R | F000049 | 9 | Rescinds the budgetary resources specified in the rescission proposal (R92-116) (National guard and reserve equipment) transmitted to the Congress by the President on April 9, 1992, pursuant to the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974. | 2024-02-05T11:50:03Z |
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