Rep. AuCoin, Les [D-OR-1]

Amendment provides that members of the U.S. military and their dependents stationed overseas are entitled to the provision of any reproductive health service (including abortion) in a military medical facility in the same manner as any other medical care. The member must pay with their own funds for any procedure for which funds have not been appropriated.

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Amendment to express as the sense of the Congress that the Government of Japan should allow, and the President should attempt to achieve, full and substantial access by U.S. manufacturers to the Japanese semiconductor market.

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An amendment dealing with residential energy conservation improvements.

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An amendment to require the Secretary to submit quarterly reports to the committees of the House and Senate listing all applications completed during the preceding 90 days which required more than 60 calendar days of processing before notification of a decision was sent the applicant. The amendment details the information required to be shown regarding each application.

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An amendment adding a new section: Reduction in security clearance backlog. It requires a reduction of 25 percent in the backlog of investigation of those with top secret or above security clearances on a five year cycle. It provides $25,000,000 for this purpose. If the Secretary determines there are insufficient funds for this purpose a report is to be made to Congress.

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An amendment to provide $100,000 for a feasibility study of the establishment of a national park in connection with the antebellum plantation homes in the Creole style along Cane River in Louisiana.

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An amendment adding a new section to provide for medium-term financing at rates of interest to the customer which are equal to the rates established by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, and in amounts up to 85 percent of the total cost of the exports involved. It also directs full cooperation with the Secretary of Commerce and the Small Business Administrator in disseminating information to small business concerns regarding the program.

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An amendment to add a new section authorizing $48,735,000 for the Army Advanced Anti-Armor Weapon System Medium program only if certain conditions are met.

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An amendment to make $2,500,000 available to the State of Oregon for the purpose of researching, with respect to nuclear activities carried out at the Hanford Federal Reservation in Richland, Washington, the effects of such nuclear activities on the health of the people of Oregon and on the environment of Oregon.

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Amendment allows military medical facilities overseas to offer service personnel, and dependents stationed abroad, abortion services when they pay for the services themselves, including indirect costs.

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An amendment to retain the provision of the FY 1987 Continuing Appropriations Act that requires the Navy to offer contracts to private and public shipyards for vessel overhaul and repair, but modifies the language to delete references to aircraft and air rework facilities.

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An amendment to prohibit foreign firms or governments from receiving SDI research and development funds unless the Defense Department certifies that the work cannot be done in the United States at an equivalent cost. These restrictions would not however apply to the Anti-Tactical Ballistic Missile program.

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An amendment to specifically designate Poland, Hungary, and Czechoslovakia as being eligible for reduced export restrictions.

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Amendment sought to direct the Secretary of Defense to transfer control of all tactical nuclear weapons in the inventory of the DOD to the Department of Energy, and also require the dismantlement of all such weapons.

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Lifelong Learning Act of 1992

United States · United States Congress · 1 October 1992

Lifelong Learning Act of 1992 - Title I: Grant Program to Establish Training Programs for Teachers - Directs the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) to make grants to eligible consortia to establish training programs to upgrade the skills of teachers at elementary and secondary schools, community colleges, and institutions of higher education. Sets the maximum period of such a grant at not more than three fiscal years, subject to the Secretary's annual approval and the availability of appropriations. Sets forth requirements for applications, authorized uses of funds, reports, and allocations. Requires an eligible consortium to be made up of: (1) local educational agencies or institutions of higher education, or both; (2) a teacher association; (3) representatives of business and industry associations; and (4) labor organizations. Authorizes appropriations. Title II: Grant Program to Provide School to Work Transition Services for Students in Elementary and Secondary Schools - Directs the Secretary to make grants to eligible entities to: (1) assist elementary and secondary school students to become familiar with the workplace; and (2) prepare secondary school students for a smooth transition from school to work. Sets a three-year maximum grant period, subject to the Secretary's annual approval and availability of appropriations. Sets forth requirements for applications, authorized uses of funds, reports, and allocation. Requires an eligible entity to be a local educational agency, community college, community-based organization, or labor union. Authorizes appropriations. Title III: Grant Program to Establish Job Training Programs for Business and Industry - Directs the Secretary to make grants to eligible entities to provide job training for businesses, particularly in new industries, in order to create and retain jobs. Sets a three-year maximum grant period, subject to the Secretary's annual approval and the availability of apppropriations. Sets forth requirements for applications, authorized uses of funds, reports, and allocation. Requires an eligible entity to be a community college, labor union, industry-based or occupation-specific association, or an agency or organization that provides training services under the Job Training Partnership Act. Authorizes appropriations. Title IV: Grant Program to Establish Job Training Courses at Community Colleges - Directs the Secretary to make grants to community colleges to establish job training courses at such colleges. Sets a three-year maximum grant period, subject to the Secretary's annual approval and availability of appropriations. Sets forth requirements for applications, authorized uses of funds, reports, and allocation. Authorizes appropriations.

American Jobs Retention Act of 1992

United States · United States Congress · 30 September 1992

American Jobs Retention Act of 1992 - Prohibits the use of funds under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 to finance: (1) the establishment of an export processing zone in a foreign country in which the tariff, commercial, tax, labor, environmental, and safety laws of such country do not apply to such zone; (2) any activity carried on by any foreign business within the United States to encourage U.S. businesses to locate or relocate outside of the United States; or (3) activities of a foreign country that contribute to the violation of laws to protect internationally recognized worker rights, including activities within any export processing zone.

To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide that the minimum wage rate under that Act will be indexed to the cost of living in the same manner as Social Security benefits are indexed.

United States · United States Congress · 30 September 1992

Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide that the minimum wage rate under such Act will be indexed to the cost of living in the same manner as benefits are indexed under specified provisions of the Social Security Act.

To impose a 1-year moratorium on the sale, transfer, or export of antipersonnel landmines abroad, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 16 September 1992

Declares that it is U.S. policy to seek international agreements prohibiting the sale, transfer, or export, limiting the use, and terminating the production, possession, or deployment, of antipersonnel landmines. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should seek to negotiate an international agreement or a modification of the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious or To Have Indiscriminate Effects to prohibit the sale, transfer, or export of antipersonnel landmines. Prohibits, for a period of one year from this Act's enactment date: (1) sales, financing, transfers, and the issuance of licenses under the Arms Export Control with respect to antipersonnel landmines; and (2) assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 with respect to the provision of such landmines.

Designating the week beginning October 18, 1992, as "National Radon Action Week".

United States · United States Congress · 15 September 1992

Designates the week beginning October 18, 1992, as National Radon Action Week.

Designating November 30, 1992, through December 6, 1992, as "National Education First Week".

United States · United States Congress · 12 August 1992

Designates November 30 through December 6, 1992, as National Education First Week.

Designating the week beginning November 8, 1992, as "Hire a Veteran Week".

United States · United States Congress · 12 August 1992

Designates the week beginning November 8, 1992, as Hire a Veteran Week.

To award a congressional gold medal to John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie.

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.

Designating February 4, 1993, and February 3, 1994, as "National Women and Girls in Sports Day".

United States · United States Congress · 12 August 1992

Designates February 4, 1993, and February 3, 1994, as National Women and Girls in Sports Day.