Law· HRH.R. 6050 (102nd)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 29 September 1992
Depository Institutions Disaster Relief Act of 1992 - Amends the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 to cite conditions under which real property-related transactions located within a presidentially declared national disaster area may be exempted from the Act's appraisal requirements. Amends the Truth in Lending Act and the Expedited Funds Availability Act to authorize the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to make additional exceptions to the requirements of such Acts with respect to institutions located within national disaster areas if it determines that the exception can reasonably be expected to produce benefits to the public that outweigh possible adverse effects. Prescribes conditions under which the leverage limit formula prescribed under the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, and specified publication requirements pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act, may be modified for insured depository institutions located in such disaster areas. Amends the Revised Statutes and the Federal Reserve Act to authorize national banking associations and State member banks, respectively, to make investments primarily designed to promote the welfare of low- and moderate-income communities or families. Prescribes permissible liability parameters. Expresses the sense of the Congress that specified Federal regulatory agencies should encourage depository institutions located in certain major national disaster areas to meet the financial services needs of their communities.
Bill· HRH.R. 6048 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 September 1992
Financial Institutions Enforcement Improvements Act - Title I: Termination of Charters, Insurance, and Offices - Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the Federal Credit Union Act to authorize the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Federal Credit Union Administration Board to accept conservatorship or receivership of an institution upon written notification by the Attorney General that it has been found guility of certain money laundering offenses. Amends the Revised Statutes, the Home Owners' Loan Act, and the Federal Credit Union Act to prescribe guidelines for the revocation of depository insitutions' charters and the forfeiture of their franchises upon conviction for money laundering offenses or cash transaction reporting offenses. Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the Federal Credit Union Act to prescribe guidelines: (1) for the termination of the insured status of State depository institutions, including State chartered credit unions, convicted of money laundering or cash transaction reporting offenses; and (2) authorize the removal of any party from office, or its suspension from participation in the affairs of the institution, if the party is determined to have committed certain currency reporting violations or money laundering violations. Amends Federal law regarding monetary transactions to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury (the Secretary) to make information in monetary transaction reports available to any State financial institutions regulatory agency upon its request. Amends the International Banking Act of 1978 to direct the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to issue notice of its intention to commence a termination proceeding upon written notification from the Attorney General that the State branch or agency of a foreign bank has been convicted of a money laundering offenses. Title II: Nonbank Financial Institutions and General Provisions - Amends Federal law regarding money transactions to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) prescribe regulations requiring each depository institution to file identification reports regarding certain financial institution customers; and (2) make such reports available to State financial institution supervisory agencies for supervisory purposes. Sets forth civil money penalties for financial institution identification violations. Amends the Federal criminal code to establish criminal penalties for persons participating in an illegal money transmitting business. Prohbits a financial institution or its personnel from disclosing the existence of a Federal information targeting order, except as prescribed by the Secretary. Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to direct the Secretary and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the Board) to jointly prescribe regulations requiring insured depository institutions and businesses involved in domestic and international funds transfers to maintain records of certain kinds of payment orders as will have a high degree of usefulness in criminal, tax, or regulatory investigations or proceedings. Mandates that such records be made available to the Secretary or the Board upon request. Amends the Right to Financial Privacy Act to provide that financial records transferred by a regulatory agency to the Secretary of the Treasury for possible criminal violations shall be used only for criminal investigative or prosecutive purposes relating to money laundering by the Department of the Treasury. Prohibits a financial institution or associated personnel from disclosing the fact to any person that it is the subject of information provided to Federal officials concerning possible Federal violations or suspicious transactions. Authorizes the Secretary to require financial institutions to implement programs to guard against money laundering through financial institutions. Requires the Secretary and the Attorney General to jointly establish an anti-money laundering training team to assist foreign governments and agencies to expand their capabilities for investigating and prosecuting money laundering violations. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 regarding international narcotics control to require the President to include in his annual International Narcotics Control Strategy Report to certain congressional committees: (1) the status of certain cooperative efforts between the United States and countries identified as major money laundering centers; (2) findings on such countries' adoption of laws and regulations considered essential to prevent narcotics-related money laundering; (3) instances of refusal by such countries to cooperate with foreign governments and the U.S. response (including any sanctions or penalties); and (4) information on bilateral and multilateral strategies pursued by certain Federal agencies to ensure the cooperation of foreign governments with respect to narcotics-related money laundering, and to demonstrate that all Federal agencies are pursuing a common strategy with respect to major money laundering countries. Title III: Money Laundering Improvements - Amends the judicial code to confer jurisdiction upon Federal district courts in cases of property subject to civil forefeiture under Federal laws but either located in a foreign country or seized pursuant to foreign leagal process. Amends Federal criminal law to preclude the use of certain defenses in civil forfeiture actions with respect to fungible property that is in the form of cash or specified monetary instruments. Outlines the procedure to subpoena bank records. Amends Federal law relating to international monetary instrument transaction reporting requirements to prohibit: (1) failure to file the requisite reports; (2) filing material omissions or misstatements of facts in such reports; and (3) participation in structuring any importation or exportation of monetary instruments. Makes the penalty for conspiracy to commit a money laundering offense the same as the penalty for the substantive offense itself. Amends the Right to Financial Privacy Act of 1978 to prohibit certain personnel connected with a financial institution from disclosing the existence of a grand jury subpoena to a person named in such subpoena for bank records related to money laundering and controlled substance investigations. Amends Federal criminal law to repeal the restriction placed upon the Secretary of the Treasury and the Postal Service regarding the disposal of forfeited property. Includes among money laundering predicate offenses certain food stamp fraud and any felony violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Amends specified Federal laws to establish civil penalties for willfully causing violations of regulations regarding: (1) foreign financial agency transactions; and (2) certain financial recordkeeping requirements. Amends Federal criminal law to redefine "specified unlawful activity" to mean, with respect to a financial transaction occurring wholly or partly in the United States, an offense against a foreign nation involving kidnaping, robbery, or extortion, or fraud, or any scheme or attempt to defraud, by or against a foreign bank. Title IV: Reports and Miscellaneous - Directs the Attorney General to study and report to the Congress on the effect of allowing reimbursement to financial institutions for assembling or providing financial reocrds of entities not currently covered under the Right to Financial Privacy Act. Requires the study to analyze the effect of allowing nondepositor licensed transmitters of funds to be reimbursed to the same extent as financial institutions. Requires the Attorney General, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the head of any other Federal agency or instrumentality to disclose to the appropriate Federal banking agency any information raising significant concerns regarding the safety and soundness of any depository institution doing business in the United States. Provides for special disclosure procedures in the case of intelligence information or information regarding certain civil or criminal matters under the Attorney General. Requires the Attorney General and the Secretary of the Treasury to report annually to certain congressional committees regarding their utilization of such exceptions. Amends Federal criminal law to include the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System as a Federal agency for purposes of compelling testimony from witnesses in return for immunity from criminal prosecution. Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to provide that specified agencies, including Federal banking agencies, shall not be deemed to have waived any privilege relating to information that is subsequently shared with certain other Federal agencies. Title V: Counterfeit Deterrence - Counterfeit Deterrence Act of 1992 - Amends Federal criminal law to subject to a class C felony unauthorized control or possession of: (1) any plate, stone, or other artifact for counterfeiting United States obligations or securities, including electronic methods involved in such activities; (2) distinctive paper adopted for U.S. obligations and securities; and (3) any feature or device essentially identical to a distinctive counterfeit deterrent adapted to the making of any United States obligation or security by the Secretary of the Treasury. Directs the Secretary to prescribe regulations to permit color illustrations of U.S. currency. Delcares it is impermissible to reproduce illustrations of U.S. obligations or other securities via electronic methods used for acquisition, recording, retrieval, transmission, or reproduction, unless such use is authorized by the Secretary. Title VI: Miscellaneous Provisions - Amends Federal law regarding monetary transactions to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) impose civil money penalties upon a financial institution for negligent violations of this Act or for a pattern of negligent violations; and (2) order a depository institution to request that its customers submit cash transaction reports. Amends Federal law regarding monetary transactions to prohibit a financial institution from discriminating against an employee who has provided Federal agencies with information regarding possible Federal violations. Grants such employees the right to file a civil action in Federal court seeking specified remedies for any such discrimination. Requires the Secretary to establish a Bank Secrecy Act Advisory Group to serve as a conduit between the Federal and private sectors regarding the status of currency transaction reporting activities. Requires the Comptroller General to study and report to the Congress on the feasibility of a "Financial Crimes Enforcement Network" proposed to be established among other Federal agencies and Federal banking agencies.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 550 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 September 1992
Designates the week beginning October 18, 1992, as National Radon Action Week.
Law· HJRESH.J.Res. 543 (102nd)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 12 August 1992
Designates November 30 through December 6, 1992, as National Education First Week.
Law· HRH.R. 5862 (102nd)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 12 August 1992
Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to direct the Bureau of Justice Assistance to pay the same benefit to public safety officers for permanent and total disability as that payable for death benefits (i.e., $100,000; currently, the Bureau is directed to pay up to that amount, to the extent appropriations are provided, subject to specified limitations). Makes this Act applicable with respect to injuries occurring on or after November 29, 1990.
Law· HJRESH.J.Res. 542 (102nd)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 12 August 1992
Designates the week beginning November 8, 1992, as Hire a Veteran Week.
Law· HJRESH.J.Res. 547 (102nd)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 12 August 1992
Designates May 2 through 8, 1993, as National Walking Week.
Bill· HRH.R. 5842 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 August 1992
Authorizes the President, on behalf of the Congress, to present a gold medal to John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie in recognition of his accomplishments as a musician. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to provide for the sale of bronze duplicates of the medal.
Bill· HRH.R. 5788 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 August 1992
Community Reinvestment Act Amendments of 1992 - Amends the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977 to include within its purview the uninsured domestic branches of foreign banks.
Bill· HRH.R. 5747 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1992
Emergency Community Development Loan Guarantee Act - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to enter into additional annual housing loan guarantee commitments under section 108 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 532 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 July 1992
Designates October 1992 as Polish-American Heritage Month.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 531 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 July 1992
Designates October 30, 1992, as Refugee Day.
Law· HRH.R. 5572 (102nd)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 8 July 1992
Designates May of each year as Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month.
Bill· HRH.R. 5538 (102nd)open
United States · United States Congress · 2 July 1992
Financial Institution Restitution Collection Improvement Act of 1992 - Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to permit prejudgment attachment of certain property where there is probable cause to believe banking laws have been violated. Provides that an order of restitution issued in connection with a conviction for a banking law violation shall: (1) be due in full as of the date of the order; (2) remain enforceable until the total amount of restitution has been paid; and (3) constitute a lien against all of the defendant's property. Authorizes the court to appoint a temporary receiver to administer the defendant's assets to ensure payment of restitution. Requires the court, after the sentencing of the defendant, to make available to any recipient of a court-ordered restitution any financial information contained in the defendant's presentencing investigation report. Mandates that the defendant pay directly to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) any court-ordered restitution which accrues to its benefit. Prohibits the court from taking into consideration the defendant's ability to pay when determining the amount of restitution ordered. Requires the United States Parole Commission (or the probation officer of Federal district court) to notify each recipient of court-ordered restitution if the full amount of such an order has not been fully paid before the end of the defendant's period of supervised release. Prescribes guidelines under which any private person may file a court action to recover, on behalf of the FDIC, any asset of any person liable for the satisfaction of a restitution order. Grants such person a prescribed percentage of recovered assets.
Law· HJRESH.J.Res. 520 (102nd)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 30 June 1992
Designates October 1992 as Country Music Month.
Bill· HRH.R. 5506 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1992
Amends the Robert J. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize the President to make contributions to a State or local government for the costs of operating a transit system during a major disaster. Authorizes the President to make loans to local governments suffering losses associated with the operation of such systems as a result of a major disaster.
Bill· HRH.R. 5476 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 June 1992
World University Games Commemorative Coin Act - Authorizes the minting and issuance of five dollar gold coins and one dollar silver coins (at no net cost to the Government) to commemorate American participation in the World University Games. Requires that all surcharges from the sale of such coins be paid to the Greater Buffalo Athletic Corporation to support amateur athletic programs, erect facilities for the use of such athletes, and to underwrite the cost of sponsoring the World University Games.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 490 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 June 1992
Calls upon the President to urge the United Nations Security Council to direct the Secretary General of the United Nations to provide a plan and budget for intervention as may be necessary to enforce the Security Council resolutions seeking cessation of hostilities in the former republics of Yugoslavia.
Bill· HRH.R. 5321 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 June 1992
Bankruptcy Amendments of 1992 - Amends Federal bankruptcy law to raise to $1 million the ceiling on debts for eligibility to file as a chapter 13 debtor (bankrupt consumer repayment of debt under court supervision). (Currently the ceiling is $100,000 for unsecured debts, or $350,000 for certain secured debts.) Modifies the guidelines for: (1) chapter 13 bankruptcies; (2) automatic stays; (3) exemptions; (4) discharges; and (5) preferences. Directs the Administrative Office of the United States Courts to compile and make available to the public statistical information regarding bankruptcy cases.
Law· HJRESH.J.Res. 500 (102nd)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 1 June 1992
Designates March 1993 as Irish-American Heritage Month.
Law· HJRESH.J.Res. 499 (102nd)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 28 May 1992
Designates July 2, 1992, as National Literacy Day.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 495 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 May 1992
Designates the week beginning November 8, 1992, as National Women Veterans Recognition Week.
Bill· HRH.R. 5250 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1992
Medical Cost Containment Act of 1992 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income medical care savings benefits. Describes such benefits as a health plan which provides that all or part of the premium differential realized by instituting a qualified higher deductible health plan is credited to participating employees to pay for medical care for a plan year. Requires amounts remaining at the end of such plan year to be deposited into a tax-exempt medical care savings account (subject to rules similar to those for retirement plans) for use by the participant for medical expenses.
Bill· HRH.R. 5257 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1992
United States - Flag Passenger Vessel Act of 1992 - Amends the Merchant Marine Act, 1920 to prohibit a passenger from being transported on a covered passenger voyage (a voyage of a vessel from a State or U.S. possession to a point outside of such State or possession and during which the passenger does not disembark to a foreign country, or between points in the United States, either directly or by way of a foreign port) in any other vessel than one built and documented under U.S. laws, with specified exceptions. Sets forth a civil penalty of $1,000 per passenger transported in violation of this prohibition.
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