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United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1992
Condemns the March 17, 1992, bombing of the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Declares that the U.S. Government should fully cooperate with the Governments of Argentina and Israel in identifying and bringing to justice all of the individuals responsible.
United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1992
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to repeal provisions providing reduced Medicare reimbursements for new physicians.
United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1992
Prescription Drug Cost Containment Act of 1992 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require, in the case of any manufacturer of single source drugs or innovator multiple source drugs, a reduction in the Puerto Rico and possession tax credit according to a specified formula involving the amount of the manufacturer's wages paid to eligible employees in Puerto Rico, the sales of the drug, and price increases. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish at least 15 five-year demonstration projects to determine the impact on: (1) cost, quality of care, and access to prescription drugs of developing, in the area of each project, a Medicare (title XVIII of the Social Security Act) outpatient prescription drug benefit using various forms of benefit design and reimbursement policies; and (2) cost and quality of care of extending coverage of outpatient prescription drugs to Medicare beneficiaries served by community health centers. Sets forth additional purposes for at least some of the projects. Requires a project to provide for coverage of all drugs and biologicals approved by the Federal Food and Drug Administration and all medically accepted indications of the drugs. Requires establishment of a Drug Use Review Board (DUR Board) in each project area, or use of the State Medicaid (title XIX of the Social Security Act) DUR Board, to recommend the design and development of the benefit within the area and establish a program of prospective and retrospective drug use review. Amends the Social Security Act to establish in the Treasury the Medicare Outpatient Prescription Drug Trust Fund. Appropriates to the Fund amounts raised by the credit reduction under this Act. Makes amounts in the Fund available for: (1) carrying out the projects; (2) the expenses of the Prescription Drug Policy Review Commission established by this Act; and (3) improving the accessibility of prescription drugs to the elderly. Establishes the Prescription Drug Policy Review Commission. Mandates a report to specified congressional committees on Federal subsidies and incentives to the pharmaceutical industry. Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to modify reporting requirements regarding average prices for covered outpatient drugs in specified countries.
United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1992
Makes eligible for the award of the Purple Heart those persons wounded in action on or after December 7, 1941, by weapon fire while engaged in armed conflict, regardless of the origin of the weapon fire.
United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1992
Designates the week beginning May 17, 1992, as National Senior Nutrition Week.
United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1992
Designates May 16 through 22, 1992, as National Awareness Week for Life-Saving Techniques.
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1992
Expresses the sense of the Congress that, consistent with national sovereignty considerations, the position of the United States at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development should: (1) place the highest priority on the success of the Conference by participating actively, particularly through the personal participation of the President; (2) negotiate international agreements that effectively reduce the threat of climate change and biological diversity loss; (3) propose or support an initiative on financing global environmental cooperation efforts that takes into account the additional costs of international environmental protection and the basic development goals of developing countries and increases accountability for the use of funds provided for environmental purposes; (4) seek to advance the development of a stronger international legal framework and the creation of appropriate institutional mechanisms for protecting the global environment; (5) promote public participation in environmental and development decisions at all levels; and (6) support new programs and institutions to help developing countries become more energy efficient and otherwise increase their capacity for acquiring and using technology to make their economies more environmentally sustainable, global goals of slowing deforestation of primary forests, the creation of a global action plan to raise the status of women, the development of new agreements to eliminate land-based sources of marine pollution, a process of international consultations aimed at identifying ways that poverty can be alleviated and natural resources better conserved through reduction of developing country debt burdens, the development of a reformed system of national accounting that would reflect full economic costs of environmental and resource degradation and the benefits of the sustainable use of natural resources, and programs that provide maternal and child health care, education and training especially for women, and voluntary family planning.
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1992
Small Business Innovation Development Amendment Act of 1992 - Amends the Small Business Innovation Development Act of 1982 to extend the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program from October 1, 1993, to October 1, 2000. Amends the Small Business Act regarding small business eligiblity for Federal agency research and development awards to include in the three-phase evaluation process determining the technological feasibility of ideas those ideas which appear to have commercial potential. Prescribes minimum SBIR expenditure amounts for FY 1992 through 1997 and after. Requires each Federal agency that is required to establish an SBIR program to: (1) determine unilaterally research topics within its SBIR solicitations, giving special consideration to topics which permit substantial applicant participation in research project formulation; and (2) make payments in full to SBIR funding agreement recipients, subject to specified audit deadlines. Directs the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (the Administrator) to modify directives for the conduct of general SBIR policy to provide for: (1) rights to data; (2) continued use of agency property; (3) follow-on contracts; and (4) increased amounts of Phase 1 awards. Repeals the requirement for an annual report by the Office of Science and Technology Policy. Provides that if a Federal agency required to establish an SBIR program makes an SBIR solicitation award for which it receives only one proposal, it shall provide written justification of such award in its next annual report. Requires the Comptroller General to report to the Congress on specified aspects of SBIR program implementation.
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1992
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend, through December 31, 1998, the suspension of duty on tamoxifen citrate.
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1992
Designates October 1992 as National Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1992
Amends the National School Lunch Act to suspend specified compliance and accountability rules issued by the Secretary of Agriculture.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1992
Designates the week of May 3 through 9, 1992, as Be Kind to Animals and National Pet Week.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1992
Designates May 4 through 10, 1992, as Public Service Recognition Week.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1992
Designates the week beginning April 19, 1992, as National Credit Education Week.
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1992
Designates May 10, 1992, as Infant Mortality Awareness Day.
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1992
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose an alternative minimum tax (AMT) on certain corporations equal to five percent of their net business receipts for a taxable year. Imposes such tax on a corporation (foreign or domestic), if: (1) its gross sales in the United States of manufactured parts or products exceeded $10,000,000; (2) it imported such products with a customs value in excess of $10,000,000 ("artifically inflated prices"); and (3) its tax obligation under this AMT exceeds its total tax obligation.
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1992
Designates April 22, 1992, as Earth Day.
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1992
Individualized Rehabilitation Services Program Selection Act of 1992 - Amends the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to provide handicapped individuals eligible for services under such Act with the right to select their vocational rehabilitation service providers pursuant to an individualized written rehabilitation program.
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1992
Revises the overtime pay system for United States Customs Service inspectors, with changes providing overtime pay for: (1) overtime services provided on other than Sundays, holidays, or on callback at twice the hourly rate of basic pay of the customs inspector or canine enforcement officer (inspector), with no work for which overtime is authorized to be treated as being less than two hours in duration (unless the work occurs immediately before or after a shift, in which case the hourly rate shall be applied to the actual time worked); (2) Sunday and holiday work at such rate, with no work for which overtime is authorized to be treated as being less than four hours in duration; and (3) unscheduled work at such rate (or, where the inspector is required to return to such employee's place of work at such rate plus an amount equal to the product of the employee's hourly rate of basic pay multiplied by three hours, as compensation for commuting time), with no work for which overtime is authorized to be treated as being less than two hours in duration. Specifies that customs officers and employees who may be required to remain on duty between the hours of 5:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. to perform services in connection with the lading or unlading of cargo, the lading of cargo or merchandise for transportation in bond or for exportation in bond or with benefit of drawback, the receiving or delivery of cargo on or from the wharf, or the unlading, receiving, or examination of passengers' baggage, shall receive overtime compensation at the rates provided under this Act. Treats inspectors as law enforcement officers for purposes of the Civil Service Retirement System and the Federal Employees' Retirement System. Ties the Customs User Fee Account under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 to Civil Service retirement provisions regarding deductions, contributions, and deposits. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to fix the rates of pay for journeyman level inspectors undertaking inspectional services at no less than the minimum rate payable for GS-11.
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1992
Designates September 13, 1992, as Commodore John Barry Day.
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1992
Declares that it is the sense of the Congress that: (1) the Bill of Rights is one of the most important achievements in history; (2) the Bill of Rights' liberties should not be abridged or infringed upon; (3) constant vigilance and struggle are required; and (4) the study of the Bill of Rights and the Constitution should be a central component of primary and secondary education.
United States · United States Congress · 18 February 1992
Designates September 13 through 19, 1992, as National Rehabilitation Week.
United States · United States Congress · 14 February 1992
Amends the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-164) to provide that the eligibility requirements applicable to regular (rather than extended) unemployment compensation benefits shall apply in determining eligibility for emergency unemployment compensation benefits under such Act.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1992
Repeals penalties for noncompliance by States with a program requiring the use of safety belts and motorcycle helmets.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1992
Designates January 16, 1993, as National Good Teen Day.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1992
Designates May 1992 as National Huntington's Disease Awareness Month.
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1992
Designates the week beginning November 1, 1992, as National Medical Staff Services Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1992
Designates October 1992 as Italian-American Heritage and Culture Month.
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1992
Designates August 4, 1992, as National Neighborhood Crime Watch Day.
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1992
Designates October 1992 as National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1992
Designates April 15, 1992, as National Recycling Day.
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1992
Designates February 6, 1992, as National Women and Girls in Sports Day.
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1992
Small Business Credit Crunch Relief Act of 1992 - Amends the Small Business Act to authorize deferred participation loans and other financings in FY 1992 through 1994, including general business loans, pollution control loan guarantees, and development company loans and debenture guarantees. Authorizes appropriations to the Small Business Administration for FY 1992 through 1994 for salaries and expenses to implement the debenture and loan guarantee programs authorized by this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1992
Title I: Short Title, Findings, and Definitions - Trade Enhancement Act of 1992 - Sets forth congressional findings and purposes with respect to access to Japanese markets by U.S. manufacturers of motor vehicles and motor vehicle parts. Title II: Merchandise Trade Deficit Reduction - Sets forth annual merchandise trade deficit reduction targets with respect to Japan's trade deficit with the United States. Requires the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) to compute annually whether the target has been met for each year, and if it has not, to publish in the Federal Register the import and production restriction implementation period for such year. Authorizes the Secretary to impose temporary quantitative import restrictions on Japanese or Japanese-related motor vehicles (foreign motor vehicles) entered during the first three months of the calendar year following the year for which such computation is made. Requires the Secretary to submit a report to the Congress. Expresses the sense of the Congress that representatives of the United States and Japan should continue discussions regarding measures, to be selected by the Japanese Government, to achieve the merchandise trade deficit reduction targets. Urges the United States Trade Representative (USTR) during such discussions to address market access priorities for U.S. exports to Japan. Title III: Import and Production Restrictions to Be Implemented If Trade Deficit Reduction Target Not Met - Directs the Secretary to compute for calendar years 1993 through 1999 quantitative import restrictions on foreign motor vehicles and domestic motor vehicle production restrictions for transplanted Japanese-related auto manufacturers, except such computations are not required for calendar years 1997 through 1999 if trade deficit reduction targets for calendar years 1992 through 1996 are met. Sets forth civil penalties. Requires each person that has one or more motor vehicle or motor vehicle parts manufacturing facilities within the United States to certify to the Secretary whether it is a domestic vehicle or parts manufacturer or a transplanted Japanese-related vehicle manufacturer. Sets forth provisions with respect to: (1) the Secretary's authority to obtain information and data; and (2) enforcement of this Act. Sets forth civil penalties. Sets forth provisions with respect to the enforcement and judicial review of such penalties. Requires the Secretary to report annually to the Congress on implementation of this Act. Title IV: Negotiations and Other Actions - Requires the USTR to enter into negotiations with Japan to enter into a bilateral agreement that: (1) provides a phased-in increase in the use by transplanted motor vehicle manufacturers of domestically-produced motor vehicle parts to the point where such parts constitute 60 percent or more of the total parts used in the production of such vehicles; and (2) eliminate those aspects of the Japanese automotive distribution system that affect the access of domestically-produced motor vehicle parts to Japanese markets. Directs the USTR to enter into negotiations with representatives of the European Community, Japan, and the governments of other major vehicle-producing countries to enter into multilateral agreements that rationalize world-wide market access and production of motor vehicles and motor vehicle parts. Considers acts, practices, and policies of Japan (including, but not limited to, acts, policies, and practices utilized in the Japanese automotive distribution system known as "Keiretsu") that affect the access of manufacturers of domestic motor vehicle parts to the Japanese market as being unjustifiable and burdensome or restrictive to U.S. commerce, according to the Trade Act of 1974. Adds to response authority under such Act authority to increase the percentage of domestically-produced motor vehicle parts used in the production of motor vehicles for purposes of the qualification of Japanese manufacturers as domestic vehicle manufacturers. Specifies certain objectives to be included in negotiations with Japan if the USTR decides to take action with respect to such practices. Requires the USTR to make certain estimates with respect to the percentage of the Japanese market that is accounted for by domestic motor vehicle parts manufacturers. Directs the Secretary to commence an antidumping duty investigation under the Tariff Act of 1930 to determine whether imports or sales (or the likelihood of sales) of Japanese motor vehicle parts to the United States warrant the imposition of antidumping duties. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to study and report to the Congress on the extent to which: (1) "Keiretsu" operations in the United States are in compliance with the internal revenue laws, particularly those relating to transfer pricing; and (2) the Internal Revenue Service is auditing such operations. Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to classify for the purposes of tariff treatment certain light trucks as motor vehicles for the transport of goods.
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1992
Designates March 25, 1992, as Greek Independence Day: A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1992
Amends the Railroad Retirement Solvency Act of 1983 to make permanent the transfer to the Railroad Retirement Account of income tax revenues attributable to the taxation of tier II railroad retirement benefits.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1992
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the provisions permitting small issues of tax-exempt bonds to finance manufacturing facilities and farm property.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1992
Designates the month of May 1992 as National Foster Care Month.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1992
Condemns the treatment of William F. Buckley, Colonel William Higgins, and Peter Kilburn by their captors in Lebanon and the disrespect shown to their remains. Urges the President to work with the nations of the Middle East to seek the extradition of the parties responsible for their torture and death and to bring such parties before an international tribunal for trial.
United States · United States Congress · 27 November 1991
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) democratically-elected local government and civil administration in the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast of the Republic of Azerbaijan should be restored; (2) there should be free access to all prisoners by foreign government representatives and independent human rights organizations; (3) the United Nations (UN) Security Council should take up the issue of Nagorno-Karabakh to consider whether UN peacekeeping forces should be deployed to maintain order in the area; (4) foreign assistance extended to the former Soviet Union should be directed to the republics and, except for emergency and humanitarian assistance, conditioned on the establishment of democratically-elected governments and respect for human rights; (5) foreign assistance should be provided directly to Nagorno-Karabakh through impartial international organizations; (6) the human rights provisions of the September 23, 1991, communique negotiated at Zheleznovodsk under the auspices of the Presidents of Russia and Kazakhstan should be fulfilled without delay by the parties; and (7) the U.S. Government should support and encourage the objectives of this resolution by all appropriate means.
United States · United States Congress · 26 November 1991
Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to require Federal agencies that plan to terminate operations on real property owned by the United States to identify property on which no hazardous substance was stored for one year or more, released, or disposed. Requires the identification to be based on an investigation of the property to determine the presence of hazardous substances. Sets forth minimum requirements for the identification. Requires identifications to be made: (1) at least six months before the termination of operations on the property; and (2) with the concurrence of the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency or, in the case of property that is not part of a facility on the National Priorities List, with the concurrence of the appropriate State official. Requires deeds entered into for the sale or transfer of an identified property by the United States to any other person to contain: (1) a covenant warranting that any response action found to be necessary after the date of such sale or transfer shall be conducted by the United States; and (2) a clause granting the United States access to the property in any case in which a response action is necessary at the property or on adjoining property. Declares that, in the case of a covenant required in deeds for the transfer of U.S. property on which a hazardous substance was stored or released, remedial action has been taken if the construction and installation of an approved remedial design has been completed and the remedy is operating properly. Requires such covenants to contain a clause granting the United States access to the property in any case in which remedial action is found to be necessary after the date of such transfer.
United States · United States Congress · 26 November 1991
Prohibits retaliatory personnel practices against employees who report violations at Department of Energy facilities. Sets forth complaint and investigation procedures and remedies for violations, to be carried out by the Secretary of Labor or a district court.
United States · United States Congress · 26 November 1991
National Park Outfitters Concessions Act - Amends the National Park Service Concessions Policy Act to establish a standard franchise fee for outfitter concessions independently of concessions with possessory interests. Exempts such concessioners from any across-the-board increase in franchise fees. Gives preference for contract renewal to such outfitter concessioners with a demonstrated record of safety and performance in their respective guiding specialty. Authorizes them to assign, transfer, or relinquish their permits and their non-possessory interest to a qualified person(s).
United States · United States Congress · 26 November 1991
Medicaid Prostate Screening Act of 1991 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to mandate coverage of prostate cancer screening tests under State Medicaid plans.
United States · United States Congress · 26 November 1991
Medicare Prostate Screening Act of 1991 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide coverage of prostate cancer screening tests under the Medicare program.
United States · United States Congress · 26 November 1991
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the changes made to the Federal single family housing mortgage insurance program should be reexamined to determine their effects upon housing affordability, the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund, and the Federal Housing Administration loan portfolio.
United States · United States Congress · 25 November 1991
Defense Nuclear Workers' Bill of Rights Act - Considers an individual employed at a defense nuclear facility (DNF) of the Department of Energy an employee for purposes of the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act. Requires compensation to be payable under such Act if the disability or death of an individual employed in a DNF results from an injury arising out of and in the course of employment. Provides that, in any proceeding for the enforcement of a compensation claim under such Act, if the injured employee is suffering or suffered from one of specified cancers and received ionizing radiation of a specified amount while employed at a DNF, or was employed for five years or more in a facility or building where radioactive materials were stored, handled, processed, or disposed of, then there shall be a rebuttable presumption that the disease is work-connected for purposes of coverage under such Act. Excludes certain persons covered by Federal workers compensation provisions from this Act. Provides for the handling of pending and prior claims. Directs the Secretary of Energy to provide for reinsurance for former Department employees who received such ionizing radiation while so employed or who worked for five years or more in a facility which regularly stored, processed, handled, or disposed of radioactive materials. Requires such reinsurance to cover all reasonable expenses for certain health-care services incurred above a specified dollar-amount. Directs the Secretary to develop a plan for restructuring of the work force of Department DNFs. Outlines principles to be included in such restructuring plan, including placing a high priority on retraining current employees for jobs in cleanup and decommissioning.
United States · United States Congress · 23 November 1991
Declares that it is the sense of the Congress that the President should submit to the Congress a proposal for reforming the U.S. health care system.
United States · United States Congress · 22 November 1991
Designates 1993 as the Year of American Craft: A Celebration of the Creative Work of the Hand.
United States · United States Congress · 21 November 1991
Calls upon the President, as part of the Uruguay Round General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) talks, to initiate negotiations to make GATT compatible with the Marine Mammal Protection Act and other U.S. health, safety, labor, and environmental laws, including laws to protect the environment outside of the United States. Declares that the Congress will not approve legislation to implement any trade agreement (including the Uruguay Round of the GATT and the U.S.-Mexico Free Trade Agreement) that jeopardizes such laws, including the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and the Clean Air Act.