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Bill· HRH.R. 4386 (102nd)referred

To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the donation of excess military clothing, medical supplies, and sundry articles to State and local governments to assist homeless individuals.

United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1992

Authorizes the Secretary of the military department concerned to donate excess military clothing, medical supplies, and sundry articles to State and local governments for distribution to homeless individuals. Directs each Secretary to conduct an annual survey of each logistical depot used under his jurisdiction to determine the types and amounts of such excess material and food likely to be available for disposal.

Bill· HRH.R. 4370 (102nd)open

Bodie Protection Act of 1992

United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1992

Bodie Protection Act of 1992 - Prohibits specified Federal lands and interests known as the Bodie Bowl (California) from being available for any mineral mining, leasing, or disposal activities. Prescribes limitations for the issuance of patents for mining and mill site claims on such lands. Subjects mineral exploration, mining, beneficiation, and processing on unpatented mining claims within the Bodie Bowl to regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior to ensure that such mineral activities are conducted in a manner that does not adversely affect historic, cultural, recreational and natural resource values of the Bodie Bowl area. Mandates the restoration of the effects of mining exploration by mining operators. Exempts the holder of any unpatented mining or mill site claim within the Bodie Bowl from specified statutory expenditure and filing requirements.

Bill· HRH.R. 4364 (102nd)open

National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1993

United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1992

National Aeronautics and Space Administration Multiyear Authorization Act, 1993 - Title I: Fiscal Year 1993 National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization - Authorizes appropriations to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for: (1) research and development; (2) space flight, control and data communications; (3) construction of facilities; (4) research and program management, including scientific consultations; and (5) the Inspector General. Permits appropriations for the first two numbered categories to be used for certain items of a capital nature (other than land acquisition) required for the performance of research and development contracts and for grants to nonprofit educational and research organizations for purchase or construction of additional research facilities. Prohibits the use of these funds for the construction of any major facility whose estimated cost exceeds a specified amount, unless the Administrator of NASA notifies specified congressional committees. Authorizes use of certain funds, subject to limitations, for: (1) facilities construction, repair, or modification; (2) unforeseen programmatic facility project needs; and (3) repair or modification of facilities controlled by the General Services Administration. Permits upward variances of funds for facilities construction under circumstances outlined in this Act. Authorizes certain fund transfers and makes available specified funds for the construction and modification of facilities. Requires the Administrator to notify specified congressional committees of the nature, cost, and reasons for such construction before expending the funds in question. Prohibits, until 30 days following congressional receipt of the Administrator's full explanation, the use of funds appropriated pursuant to this Act for any program that: (1) has been deleted by the Congress; (2) is in excess of the amount actually authorized for the particular program by specified provisions; or (3) has not been presented to either of specified congressional committees. Title II: Amendment to the Space Act on Protection of Information Developed Under Space Act Agreements - Amends the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 to exempt from public disclosure requirements, for up to five years, trade secret or commercial or financial information that is privileged or confidential that was obtained from a non-Federal party.

Bill· HRH.R. 4343 (102nd)referred

National Beverage Container Reuse and Recycling Act of 1992

United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1992

National Beverage Container Reuse and Recycling Act of 1992 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to prohibit the sale of beer, mineral water, soda water, wine coolers, or carbonated soft drinks in beverage containers by retailers and distributors unless such containers carry a refund value of ten cents. Requires distributors to collect from retailers the refund value for each beverage sold to such retailers. Directs retailers to collect from consumers the refund value for each beverage sold to such consumers. Requires retailers and distributors to pay the refund on returned containers of brands (in the same kind and size of container) sold by such retailers or distributors. Directs distributors to pay annually to a State unclaimed refund amounts (the amount by which the total refund value of all containers sold by such distributors exceeds the amount paid by distributors to persons in that State). Makes unclaimed refunds available to a State for carrying out pollution prevention and recycling programs. Prohibits distributors and retailers from: (1) selling beverages in metal beverage containers with detachable openings; and (2) disposing of containers subject to this Act or any metal, glass, or plastic from such containers (other than the top or seal) in landfills or solid waste disposal facilities. Makes this Act inapplicable to States that have adopted requirements identical to those under this Act or that have demonstrated achievement of a recycling or reuse rate for beverage containers of at least 70 percent. Makes States that fail to maintain such rate for a consecutive 12-month period subject to this Act's requirements. Prohibits States or political subdivisions that impose taxes on the sale of beverage containers from imposing any tax on the amount attributable to the refund value of such containers. Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to promulgate regulations to provide for the adjustment for inflation of the ten-cent refund amount at ten-year intervals. Prescribes civil penalties for violations of this Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 4326 (102nd)open

National Parks and Public Lands Wilderness Management Act

United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1992

National Parks and Public Lands Wilderness Management Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) to establish and maintain wilderness management programs within the National Park Service and the Bureau of Land Management (Park Service) (BLM) to protect and restore the pristine wilderness portions of the National Wilderness Preservation System (System) managed by such agencies. Requires the Directors of the Park Service and of BLM (Directors) each to appoint a Wilderness Division Chief for their respective agencies to supervise management of that agency's portions of the System. Requires the President's budget to the Congress for each fiscal year after the enactment of this Act to identify specifically, in a line item for each agency separate from other programs, funds to be expended by the Park Service and BLM on wilderness management. Declares that such appropriated funds shall be spent on wilderness management only. Requires the Directors to establish and maintain a national wilderness monitoring system, based on the best available science, to monitor the condition of the wilderness resource within each agency's portions of the System. Requires the Secretary, beginning in 1995 and every five years thereafter, to report to the President and specified congressional committees on the condition of the wilderness resource on Park Service and BLM lands, identifying steps the Secretary plans to take to reverse any degradation or deterioration. Requires the Directors to: (1) develop guidelines for a personnel evaluation system for each line officer with wilderness management responsibilities; and (2) establish a field wilderness ranger program for specified lands managed by the agencies. Requires the Director of BLM to take certain steps to improve the efficiency of the wilderness management program and give it needed emphasis. Requires the Park Service and BLM to complete Wilderness Management Plans for each wilderness area designated on or before the enactment of this Act. Directs such agencies, within two years after non-designated areas have been designated, to complete wilderness management plans for them. Requires the Secretary and other U.S. departments that manage wilderness to establish a national wilderness education program to educate the American people on wilderness laws and policies, values of wilderness, wilderness ecological processes, and ways to minimize visitor impacts on the wilderness resource. Directs BLM to: (1) conduct cadastral boundary surveys before offering timber on tracts adjacent to its public lands for sale to locate the legal boundaries of the wilderness areas; and (2) take necessary actions to ensure that timber harvesting is restricted on them. Requires the Secretary to: (1) protect cultural resource sites in wilderness areas; (2) encourage specified scientific research in them; and (3) establish wilderness research programs within the Park Service and BLM. Requires the President's budget to the Congress for each fiscal year after the enactment of this Act to identify specifically, in a line item for each agency separate from other programs, funds to be spent by them on wilderness research. Authorizes appropriations.

Bill· HRH.R. 4325 (102nd)open

National Forest Wilderness Management Act

United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1992

National Forest Wilderness Management Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (Secretary) to establish and maintain a wilderness management program within the Forest Service to protect and restore the pristine wilderness of the national forest portions of the National Wilderness Preservation System (System). Requires the Chief of the Forest Service (Chief) to appoint a Director of Wilderness to supervise the management of the national forest portions of such System. Requires the President's proposed budget to the Congress for each fiscal year after the enactment of this Act to identify specifically, in a line item separate from the Forest Service's recreation program, funds to be expended by the Forest Service on wilderness management. Declares that such appropriated funds shall be spent on wilderness management only. Directs the Chief to appoint a committee of at least five scientists to make recommendations to the Chief and Directors of the Federal agencies that manage wilderness in the Department of the Interior on establishing and maintaining a national wilderness monitoring system. Requires the committee to report on such recommendations to the Chief, such Directors, and specified congressional committees. Directs the Chief to establish a national wilderness monitoring system, based on the best available science, to monitor the condition of the wilderness resource within the national forest portions of the System. Requires the Secretary, beginning in 1995 and every five years thereafter, to report to the President and specified congressional committees on the condition of the wilderness resource on national forest lands, identifying steps the Secretary plans to take to reverse any degradation or deterioration. Directs the Chief to: (1) develop guidelines for a personnel evaluation system for each line officer with wilderness management responsibilities; and (2) take steps to improve the efficiency of the wilderness management program and to give it needed emphasis. Requires the Forest Service to amend the National Forest Management Plan for each national forest with wilderness designated on or before the enactment of this Act to make such Plan consistent with this Act. Directs the Forest Service, within two years after non-designated areas have been designated, to complete wilderness management plans for such areas. Directs the Secretary to establish the Arthur Carhart National Wilderness Academy to provide interagency training for wilderness managers. Requires the Secretaries of Agriculture and of the Interior to establish a national wilderness education program to educate the American people on wilderness laws and policies, values of wilderness, wilderness ecological process, and ways to minimize visitor impacts on the wilderness resource. Directs the Forest Service to: (1) conduct cadastral boundary surveys before offering timber on tracts adjacent to national forest land for sale to locate the legal boundaries of any such wilderness areas; and (2) take necessary actions to ensure that timber harvesting is restricted on them. Requires the Secretary to: (1) protect cultural resource sites in wilderness areas; and (2) encourage specified scientific research in them. Establishes within the Forest Service the Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute in or near Missoula, Montana. Directs the National Academy of Sciences to assess and report to the Secretaries of Agriculture and of the Interior and specified congressional committees on the status of wilderness research nationwide. Requires the Secretary, through the Cooperative State Research Service, to establish a program to provide wilderness research grants to State supported colleges and universities, and to encourage States to submit wilderness research proposals for such grants. Amends the McIntire-Stennis Act to include the following within the scope of forestry research: protection, management, and maintenance of the National Wilderness Preservation System. Requires the Secretary to establish within wilderness areas at least one global baseline site for each region of the Forest Service to monitor the environmental health of the Earth. Requires the President's budget to the Congress for each fiscal year after the enactment of this Act to identify specifically, in a separate line item from other research programs, funds to be spent by the Forest Service on wilderness research. Defines "special management area" as any area of national forest land, other than wilderness areas, wild and scenic rivers, and national trails system areas that have been given a special designation by Act of the Congress (such as national recreation area, national scenic area, or national monument). Directs the Secretary, acting through the Forest Service, to take necessary actions to: (1) increase public awareness of such special management areas to make them highly visible; and (2) provide management that sets them apart from general national forest lands consistent with their designation. Requires the Chief: (1) to appoint an area manager for each special management area; and (2) to provide public information for them. Requires the Forest Service to amend the National Forest Management Plan for each national forest which includes a special management area designated on or before the enactment of this Act, to include a management plan for each forest. Directs the Forest Service, within two years after designation of each special management area after the enactment of this Act, to include a management plan for such forest in the National Forest Management Plan. Requires the President's budget to the Congress for each fiscal year after the enactment of this Act, to identify specifically, in a separate line item, funds to be spent by the Forest Service on special management areas. Directs the Chief, beginning in 1995 and every five years thereafter, to report to the Secretary and specified congressional committees on the status of all special management areas and plans for them. Includes all lands in the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness within a single separate national forest (known as the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness National Forest) in order to: (1) protect the wilderness resource by giving it a quality wilderness management program; (2) encourage scientific research; and (3) serve as a model wilderness management program. Authorizes appropriations.

Bill· HRH.R. 4327 (102nd)open

National Wildlife Refuge Wilderness Management Act

United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1992

National Wildlife Refuge Wilderness Management Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) to establish and maintain a wilderness management program within the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) to protect and restore the pristine wilderness portions of the National Wilderness Preservation System (System) managed by the Service. Requires the Director of the Service (Director) to appoint a Wilderness Division Chief to supervise management of its portions of the System. Requires the President's budget to the Congress for each fiscal year after the enactment of this Act to identify specifically, in a line item separate from other U.S. Fish and Wildlife programs, funds to be expended by the Service on wilderness management. Declares that such appropriated funds shall be spent on wilderness management only. Requires the Director to establish and maintain a national wilderness monitoring system, based on the best available science, to monitor the condition of the wilderness resource within the Service's portions of the System. Requires the Secretary, beginning in 1995 and every five years thereafter, to report to the President and specified congressional committees on the condition of the wilderness resource on the Service's lands, identifying steps the Secretary plans to take to reverse any degradation or deterioration. Requires the Director to: (1) develop guidelines for a personnel evaluation system for each line officer with wilderness management responsibilities; and (2) establish a field wilderness ranger program for each national wildlife refuge with wilderness. Requires the Service: (1) to complete Wilderness Management Plans for each wilderness area designated on or before the enactment of this Act; and (2) within two years after non-designated areas have been designated, to complete such plans for them. Requires the Secretary and other U.S. departments that manage wilderness to establish a national wilderness education program to educate the American people on wilderness laws and policies, values of wilderness, wilderness ecological processes, and ways to minimize visitor impacts on the wilderness resource. Requires the Secretary to: (1) protect cultural resource sites in wilderness areas; (2) encourage specified scientific research in them; and (3) establish wilderness research programs within the Service. Requires the President's budget to the Congress for each fiscal year after the enactment of this Act to identify specifically, in a line item separate from other research programs, funds to be spent by the Agency on wilderness research. Authorizes appropriations.

Bill· HRH.R. 4277 (102nd)referred

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to delete certain requirements relating to the guaranteed student loan program.

United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1992

Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to repeal certain requirements relating to the guaranteed student loan program, which, as added by the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-164), include requiring that student loan applicants over age 21 have: (1) credit reports, for which the lender may charge up to $25; and (2) cosigners if they have an adverse credit history.

Bill· HRH.R. 4259 (102nd)referred

Individualized Rehabilitation Services Program Selection Act of 1992

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.

Bill· HRH.R. 4253 (102nd)referred

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide waiver of late enrollment penalty and establishment of a special enrollment period under part B of the medicare program for certain military retirees and dependents living near military bases that are closed.

United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1992

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to waive the Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) late enrollment penalty for certain current and former uniformed service members aged 65 or older and dependents residing within 100 miles of a treatment facility on a military base slated for closure who enroll under part B during a special 90-day enrollment period established by this Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 4246 (102nd)referred

Middle Class Flexible Savings Act of 1992

United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1992

Middle Class Flexible Savings Act of 1992 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the retirement savings deduction and the maximum individual retirement account contribution from $2,000 to $3,000. Raises income phase-out limits. Provides an inflation adjustment for such amounts. Allows higher retirement savings deductions for nonworking spouses in households with one or more children under the age of six. Allows penalty-free distributions from certain retirement plans for: (1) qualified higher education expenses of the taxpayer, spouse, or child; (2) business start-up expenditures; and (3) medical expenses. Limits such distributions to individuals whose adjusted gross income does not exceed: $60,000 in the case of an unmarried individual, $70,000 in the case of a joint return, and $35,000 in the case of married individuals filing separately.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 282 (102nd)referred

Expressing the sense of the Congress that the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program should be funded for fiscal year 1993 at a level greater than or equal to its funding for fiscal year 1992.

United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1992

Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) consideration of the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) should be a high priority; (2) LIHEAP funding for FY 1993 should be increased to a level greater than or equal to funding for FY 1992; and (3) the President should accept the LIHEAP funding level for FY 1993 as recommended by the Congress.

Bill· HRH.R. 4222 (102nd)referred

American Shipyard Worker Protection Act

United States · United States Congress · 14 February 1992

American Shipyard Worker Protection Act - Prohibits the Secretary of Defense from contracting with a foreign nation or firm for the overhaul, repair, or maintenance of naval vessels until he certifies to the Senate and House Armed Services Committees that at least one of the following conditions exist: (1) the work was unplanned and is of an emergency nature; or (2) there is a compelling national security or economic reason for the work to be done by a foreign nation or firm.

Bill· HRH.R. 4227 (102nd)referred

To provide that the eligibility requirements applicable to regular unemployment compensation benefits shall apply in determining eligibility for emergency unemployment compensation benefits.

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.

Bill· HRH.R. 4208 (102nd)referred

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny the benefits of certain export subsidies in the case of exports of certain unprocessed timber.

United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1992

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that export property eligible for certain tax incentives does not include any unprocessed softwood timber for purposes of: (1) taxation of foreign sales corporations (FSCs); and (2) taxation of domestic international sales corporations (DISCs). Requires any income from the sale of such unprocessed timber which was cut from an area in the United States to be sourced in the United States. Excludes such income from rules under which: (1) gains, profits, and income involving inventory property purchased in the United States but sold or exchanged elsewhere may be sourced foreign; and (2) income derived from the manufacture of products in the United States and their sale elsewhere may be treated as having a divided source. Repeals the deferral for income of the controlled foreign corporation from sales or milling (outside the United States) of unprocessed softwood timber to the extent that any controlled foreign corporation is owned by ten percent or more U.S. shareholders.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 350 (102nd)referred

Urging the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to accelerate the scheduled phaseout of ozone-destroying substances in the United States as required pursuant to the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990; calling on the President to urge the Contracting Parties to the Montreal Protocol to modify the Protocol in order to accelerate the phaseout of such substances; and for other purposes based on scientific findings concerning the degradation of the stratospheric ozone layer.

United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1992

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency should accelerate the interim phaseout schedules and the final phaseout date of chlorofluorocarbons, carbon tetrachloride, methyl chloroform, and halons (and shall provide for complete phaseout as early as possible), accelerate the interim phaseout schedule and the final phaseout date of the hydrochlorofluorocarbons that have relatively long atmospheric lifetimes or high ozone depletion potentials, and prioritize efforts to issue regulations providing for the recapture and recycling of ozone-destroying substances used in appliances and motor vehicle air-conditioners and for the elimination of such substances used in nonessential consumer products; and (2) the President should urge the Contracting Parties to the Montreal Protocol to accelerate the interim phaseout schedules and the final phaseout date of the ozone-destroying chemicals currently covered by the Protocol, to include hydrochlorofluorocarbons within the terms of the Protocol and provide for the most rapid phaseout of those hydrochlorofluorocarbons with relatively long atmospheric lifetimes or high ozone depletion potentials, to amend the Protocol to include recapture and recycling provisions and prohibit the venting or release of ozone-destroying chemicals from refrigeration and air-conditioning units into the atmosphere by a set date, and to accelerate the compliance of developing countries with the terms of the Protocol.

Law· HRH.R. 4016 (102nd)enacted

Community Environmental Response Facilitation Act

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.

Bill· HRH.R. 3953 (102nd)reported

National Electric and Magnetic Fields Research and Public Information Dissemination Act

United States · United States Congress · 26 November 1991

National Electromagnetic Fields Research and Public Information Dissemination Act - Establishes the Electromagnetic Fields Interagency Committee, designating the Department of Energy, through the Office of Health, as the Committee's lead agency. Establishes the National Electromagnetic Fields Advisory Committee. Establishes a program to conduct research on the possible human health effects of electromagnetic fields. Authorizes grants and contracts for the research. Establishes a program to collect, compile, publish, and disseminate to the public information on electromagnetic fields. Authorizes appropriations.

Bill· HRH.R. 4025 (102nd)open

To indemnify States, political subdivisions of States, and certain other entities from liability relating to the release of hazardous substances at military installations that are closed pursuant to a base closure law.

United States · United States Congress · 26 November 1991

Directs the Secretary of Defense to hold harmless, defend, and indemnify any State, political subdivision, or person or entity that acquires ownership or control of a military installation that is closed pursuant to a base closure law from all liability arising out of the release or threatened release of any hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant as a result of Department of Defense activities at such installation. Excepts from such indemnification those entities that cause or contribute to such release or threatened release.

Bill· HRH.R. 4024 (102nd)open

To amend provisions of the comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 relating to Federal property transferred by Federal agencies, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 26 November 1991

Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to provide that whenever a U.S. department, agency, or instrumentality (agency) enters into a contract for the sale or lease of, any grant of easement on, or any written agreement for other transfer of, real property (currently, for the sale or other transfer of real property) which is owned by the United States and on which a hazardous substance was stored for one year or more, known to have been released, or disposed of, the head of such agency shall include in such contract, lease, grant, or agreement (currently, contract) notice of the type and quantity of such hazardous substance and notice of the time at which such storage, release, or disposal took place. Provides that each deed entered into for a transfer of such property by the United States to any other person or entity shall contain a covenant warranting that remedial (currently, all remedial) action necessary to protect human health and the environment with respect to any hazardous substance remaining on the property has been taken before the date of the transfer. Specifies that, for purposes of such provision, remedial action has been taken if: (1) remedial action has been completed; (2) no remedial action is required; or (3) remedial action has been commenced with respect to any hazardous substance remaining on the property, the deed entered into for the transfer of such property contains clauses assuring access to the property so that any further remedial action required can be taken and limiting the use of such property to uses that would be consistent with the protection of human health and the environment, and the United States agrees to continue diligently carrying out any further required remedial action on the property until all remedial action has been completed. Authorizes the President, acting through the head of any agency, to remove, or arrange for the removal of, any hazardous substance on real property subject to such Act, regardless of whether an imminent and substantial danger to the public health, welfare, or environment exists. Specifies that, in the case of: (1) real property subject to such Act, the head of the agency with jurisdiction over the property may subdivide it for purposes of sale, lease, grant of easement, or other transfer in accordance with such Act, regardless of whether the property is listed as a site on the National Priorities List; and (2) a parcel of property subdivided out of such real property, the head of the agency may sell, lease, grant an easement to, or otherwise transfer the parcel in accordance with such Act and other Federal provisions relating to Federal property sales or transfers. Directs the Secretary of Defense to: (1) submit to the Congress a report on the manner in which the Department of Defense (DOD) plans to carry out environmental restoration activities on military installations to be closed (pursuant to the Defense Authorization Amendments and Base Closure and Realignment Act, the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990, or otherwise by DOD) to take into account the amendments made by this Act; and (2) hold harmless, defend, and indemnify in full specified entities (including any State, or political subdivision thereof, that acquires ownership or control of any facility of a military installation, any person or entity that acquires such ownership or control, and any successor, assignee, transferee, lenders, or lessee of such a person or entity) from and against all suits, claims, or liabilities arising out of the release or threatened release of any hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant as a result of DOD activities at a military installation that is closed pursuant to a base closure law, except to the extent that such person or entity caused or contributed to such release or threatened release.

Bill· HRH.R. 4053 (102nd)referred

Vietnam Veterans Commemorative Coin Act

United States · United States Congress · 26 November 1991

Vietnam Veterans Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to issue a specified number of one-dollar silver coins to commemorate the heroic service of veterans who served during the Vietnam War and the 10th anniversary of the dedication of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Sets forth certain features of such coins and provides for their design, issuance, and sale. Requires that all sales include a surcharge of $7 per coin. Requires that all surcharges be paid to the Vietnam Veterans Assistance Fund for specified veteran programs and services.

Bill· HRH.R. 4045 (102nd)open

Endangered Species Act Amendments of 1992

United States · United States Congress · 26 November 1991

Endangered Species Act Amendments of 1992 - Title I: Recovery Plans - Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require the Secretary (either the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Commerce, as program responsibilities are vested) to: (1) develop and implement recovery plans by December 31, 1996, for listed endangered and threatened species for which such plans have not been developed as of December 31, 1992; and (2) do the same for such non-listed species as of December 31, 1992, within two years after the species is listed. Title II: Penalties and Enforcement - Waives the 60-day notice requirement with respect to the filing of a civil suit by an individual in the case of an action against any person respecting an emergency posing a significant risk to the well-being of any listed species of fish or wildlife. Authorizes the Secretary, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating to promulgate regulations to carry out the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora and the resolutions of its parties as well as to enforce this Act. Title III: Habitat Conservation Plans - Authorizes the Secretary to enter into a cooperative agreement with any State, municipality, county, or local government to assist in the development of a plan for the conservation of any threatened or endangered species. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants and loans, under specified conditions, to any such entities: (1) in the development of such plans; (2) to carry out biological and other studies in connection with it; and (3) related tasks. Establishes the Habitat Conservation Planning Fund for the deposit of all appropriated sums to assist in the development of conservation plans. Title IV: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations.

Bill· HRH.R. 4051 (102nd)referred

Steel Trade Liberalization Program Extension Act

United States · United States Congress · 26 November 1991

Steel Trade Liberalization Program Extension Act - Amends the Steel Import Stabilization Act to express the sense of the Congress with respect to the quantity of steel products imported into, or exported to, the United States from April 1, 1992, through September 30, 1994, under the steel trade liberalization program.

Bill· HRH.R. 4031 (102nd)referred

To impose certain restrictions on franked mass mailings by any Member of the House of Representatives who is a candidate for such office.

United States · United States Congress · 26 November 1991

Prohibits any franked mass mailings of an incumbent Member of the House of Representatives who is a candidate for such office from containing: (1) any picture other than one photograph in the masthead; (2) more than 16 personal references to the incumbent; (3) any content that is not related to legislation or legislative activity; or (4) any personal reference to the incumbent (other than in the masthead) in type greater in size than 14-point type.

Bill· HRH.R. 3956 (102nd)referred

Oil Recycling and Safe Handling Act of 1991

United States · United States Congress · 26 November 1991

Oil Recycling and Safe Handling Act of 1991 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to revise provisions concerning the management of used oil. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to list as a hazardous waste any used oil and any product derived from such oil that fails to meet certain specifications for flashpoint, lead, arsenic, chromium, cadmium, halogens, and polychlorinated biphenyls. Prohibits compliance with such specifications by blending used oil with virgin oil or other materials. Permits fuel containing used oil that meets specifications without treatment to be marketed as containing ingredients that are not hazardous wastes if the oil and fuel are analyzed to demonstrate compliance. Exempts used oil generated by petroleum refining or production facilities which is to be refined along with normal process streams from requirements for hazardous waste under the Solid Waste Disposal Act if it is inserted into the refining process or production pipeline. Directs the Administrator to promulgate regulations for the management of used oil classified as a hazardous waste. Exempts from such regulation generators of used oil which is household waste or State or local government curbside collection programs collecting such oil. Exempts certain used oil generators and collectors from hazardous waste regulations under the Solid Waste Disposal Act (other than those under this Act) if they have: (1) recycled or burned used oil at a permitted hazardous waste management facility or have arranged for the periodic transport of such oil by a licensed transporter to a permitted facility; (2) not disposed of such oil except as provided under this Act or mixed the oil with other hazardous wastes; and (3) maintained specified records with respect to the volume of such oil. Applies standards for hazardous waste transporters and facilities to hazardous used oil transporters and facilities. Permits the modification of transporter requirements for used oil that contains less than a specified concentration of halogens. Requires hazardous used oil facilities to obtain hazardous waste management permits. Directs the Administrator to require producers and importers of lubricating base stock to guarantee the reuse of an annually increasing percentage of used lubricating oil. Requires States to encourage used oil collection by providing incentives to retailers and others who accept and collect used oil. Imposes fees on lubricating base stock sold at retail and provides for the use of such fees for State and local used oil collection efforts. Requires agencies procuring recycled goods to report on the effectiveness of the re-refined oil procurement program. Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act to prohibit any person from bringing an action against (currently, recovering response costs or damages from) service station dealers for response costs or damages resulting from releases of used (currently, recycled) oil, subject to certain conditions.

Bill· HRH.R. 3939 (102nd)referred

Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle for America Act

United States · United States Congress · 26 November 1991

Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle for America Act - Title I: State Recycling Requirements and Related Provisions - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to promulgate regulations containing a standard methodology for States and municipalities to measure: (1) the composition of waste generated in their jurisdictions, by type and amount; and (2) the waste management capacity of landfills, recycling facilities, and incinerators. Requires the Administrator to promulgate regulations for States, municipalities, and regional solid waste management authorities to identify the life-cycle costs of waste management or recycling options. Directs the Administrator to promulgate regulations containing a standard methodology to measure the amount of material annually diverted from a municipal solid waste stream and to calculate the diversion rates for materials. Requires a diversion rate for a particular material to be calculated by comparing the amount of the material generated within a municipality or regional authority with the annual amount of that material diverted from an incinerator or landfill for recycling purposes. Directs such municipalities or regional authorities to conduct waste composition analyses at least once every five years to indicate: (1) the percentage of solid waste managed in the jurisdiction that consists of materials required to be analyzed; and (2) the percentage of such waste that consists of noncombustible materials. Includes within the list of materials to be analyzed: (1) paper; (2) glass; (3) metal; (4) plastics; (5) food and yard waste; (6) wood; (7) construction and demolition debris; (8) household hazardous waste and lead-acid and household batteries; (9) medical waste; (10) incinerator ash; and (11) miscellaneous combustibles and noncombustibles. Prohibits States, municipalities, or other local solid waste management authorities from issuing permits for the construction, expansion, or operation of a landfill, incinerator, or composting unit unless a waste composition analysis has been conducted in the jurisdiction where the facility is or will be located. Requires States or regional authorities to carry out programs to divert annually from incineration and landfilling those materials that otherwise would be destined for disposal by such methods. Sets forth required diversion percentages for glass, paper, metals, plastics, and yard and food waste. Provides that the delivery of plastics, metals, or glass for composting purposes shall not be considered diversion. Requires the Administrator to increase diversion rates by July 1, 2002, to assure decreasing reliance on incineration and landfilling. Authorizes States to petition for alternative diversion rates if economic conditions preclude an entity from achieving such rates, subject to specified requirements. Directs entities to which diversion requirements apply to certify to the State that the applicable percentage of materials has been diverted from the waste stream. Prohibits the issuance of permits by States, municipalities, or other regional authorities for the construction, expansion, or operation of a landfill or incinerator unless the entity from which the facility plans to accept waste: (1) is achieving the required diversion rates; and (2) demonstrates that the facility will not interfere with maintaining such rates. Declares that States must demonstrate achievement of diversion rates in order to receive approval for solid waste management plans. Prohibits the incineration of the following materials in municipal incineration units: (1) glass; (2) ferrous and nonferrous metals; (3) lead-acid and household batteries; (4) recyclable plastics; (5) yard waste; and (6) other materials that are noncombustible or recyclable, as appropriate. Requires owners or operators of such units to inspect wastes to ensure that such materials are removed before incineration and to certify to the State that they are in compliance with such prohibition. Excludes from the inspection requirement waste delivered after prohibited materials have been: (1) removed at a materials recovery facility; or (2) collected pursuant to a curbside collection or deposit program under which material is diverted from solid waste at a rate of at least 90 percent. Prohibits the disposal of lead-acid and household batteries in municipal landfills. Makes such prohibition inapplicable under certain circumstances. Provides for the incorporation of requirements under this title into State solid waste management plans. Title II: Other Recycling Provisions - Requires manufacturers or importers of covered items to ensure that such items contain a minimum percentage of post-consumer materials. Defines a "covered item" as a product, packaging or a container for a product, or materials made of aluminum, glass, steel, plastic, or paper. Authorizes manufacturers or importers to comply with such requirements by: (1) recycling a covered item for purposes of producing such item; or (2) purchasing recycling credits under a system established by the Administrator. Sets forth minimum content standards and deadlines for compliance for aluminum, glass, steel, plastics, and paper. Provides for exemptions to such requirements in cases where meeting such requirements would result in a potential hazard to human health or the environment. Prescribes penalties for violations of such requirements. Sets forth recordkeeping requirements for importers and manufacturers of covered items. Prohibits manufacturers, distributors, retailers, or importers from offering a consumer item for sale or promotional purposes if such item contains less than 90 percent product (by volume) or more than ten percent package and packing material (by volume). Exempts specified items from such requirement. Requires manufacturers or importers of products, packages, or packing material to furnish to the Administrator, a retailer, or a consumer, upon request, a certification of compliance with respect to such requirement. Prescribes penalties for violations of such requirement. Requires manufacturers, distributors, retailers, or importers of motorized vehicles (other than automobiles) or large appliances to: (1) accept any vehicle or appliance of the type sold by such persons from purchasers; or (2) assure the diversion of such items away from incinerators or landfills. Permits the disposal of household batteries only by delivery to retailers, wholesalers, or manufacturers of batteries of the same general type, regulated collection or recycling facilities, or governmental curbside collection programs. Sets forth disposal requirements for retailers, wholesalers, and manufacturers. Prohibits battery retailers, wholesalers, and manufacturers from refusing to accept batteries of the same type as the batteries sold. Requires wholesalers to remove used batteries from the place of business of the retailer. Sets forth refund requirements with respect to such batteries. Requires notices to be posted in household battery retail establishments that: (1) state that is illegal to throw away such batteries and that Federal law requires acceptance of batteries for recycling and the return of batteries to authorized recyclers or collectors; and (2) encourage the recycling of used batteries. Prohibits the sale of household batteries unless such batteries bear a label that identifies the chemical in the battery and that states the refund value and requirements for recycling and acceptance. Requires the Administrator to promulgate labeling requirements for small, button-shaped batteries. Prohibits States or local governments from enforcing labeling requirements unless identical with this Act's requirements. Prohibits the sale of a rechargeable consumer product unless: (1) the battery can be easily removed by the consumer or is contained in a battery pack separate from the product and can be easily removed; and (2) the product and the battery are both labeled in a manner that is clearly visible, that indicates that the battery must be collected separately, and that identifies the electrode used in the battery. Revises provisions concerning Federal procurement of recycled goods. Applies procurement requirements to the purchase or acquisition of items during a fiscal year if, during any of the preceding five fiscal years, the price of such items exceeded $10,000 in the aggregate. Includes the Congress within the definition of "procuring agency." Requires procuring agencies to procure only items which are composed of the highest percentage of post-consumer materials (currently, recovered materials) practicable or, in the case of items for which minimum content standards have been set, which contain no less than the required minimum content. Revises conditions under which a procuring agency may determine not to procure such items. Directs the Administrator to: (1) revise existing standards for the procurement of paper containing post-consumer materials so that the standards are at least as stringent as the minimum content requirements of title II; (2) promulgate standards for the procurement and use of containers and packaging and other goods made from aluminum, ferrous, and plastic scrap and waste glass that are as stringent as such requirements; (3) promulgate standards for the procurement and use of waste glass in the construction of paved surfaces, rubber scrap in the construction of paved surfaces, roofing, and other nonroadway applications, and compost, fertilizers, and other soil amendments made from yard and food waste; and (4) promulgate standards for at least three additional categories of items and other items, as appropriate.

Bill· HRH.R. 3975 (102nd)referred

Equal Remedies Act of 1991

United States · United States Congress · 26 November 1991

Equal Remedies Act of 1991 - Amends Federal law relating to damages in cases of intentional employment discrimination to remove provisions limiting the dollar amount of damages awarded for pecuniary and nonpecuniary losses and punitive damages.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 314 (102nd)referred

Providing for motor vehicle leasing for the House of Representatives to be conducted through the General Services Administration.

United States · United States Congress · 26 November 1991

Requires, with specified exceptions, all motor vehicle leasing for the House of Representatives to be conducted through an agreement with the Administrator of General Services which shall include competitive bidding and, where appropriate, use of the least expensive motor vehicle.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 257 (102nd)referred

Expressing the sense of the Congress that the substantial changes implemented during 1991 by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to the single family housing mortgage insurance program of the Federal Housing Administration, pursuant to the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act of 1991, including the changes made to the pricing and structure of mortgage insurance premiums, should be reexamined to determine the effects of the changes on the affordability of homeownership, the long-term financial viability of the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund, and the composition of the FHA loan portfolio.

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.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 256 (102nd)open

To express the sense of the Congress with respect to the support of the United States for the protection of the African elephant.

United States · United States Congress · 26 November 1991

Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States should continue to support the full protection of the African elephant through the unqualified listing of all populations of the African elephant on Appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna.

Bill· HRH.R. 3922 (102nd)open

Biomedical Research in Space Act of 1991

United States · United States Congress · 25 November 1991

Biomedical Research in Space Act of 1991 - Mandates establishment of: (1) a working group to coordinate space-based biomedical research; (2) microgravity biomedical research grants; and (3) graduate research fellowships. Authorizes appropriations. Requires a plan for joint biomedical research with the Soviet Union or its constituent republics. Provides for a national electronic data archive for space-based biomedical research data. Authorizes appropriations. Mandates an international telemedicine satellite consultation capability to support emergency medical services in disaster areas. Authorizes appropriations.

Bill· HRH.R. 3918 (102nd)referred

Consumer Products Safe Testing Act

United States · United States Congress · 25 November 1991

Consumer Products Safe Testing Act - Declares the policy that Federal departments and agencies shall encourage the development and use of product testing procedures that accurately reflect the acute health effects on humans of certain products, including consumer products and products containing hazardous or toxic substances, but which do not rely upon animals. Directs each Federal department or agency head (head), within one year, to: (1) review and evaluate any regulation, guideline, or recommendation issued by such department or agency which requires, recommends, or encourages the use of the Draize or other animal acute toxicity test for the purpose of evaluation of the safety of a regulated product; (2) review and evaluate nonanimal alternatives with the potential for partial or full replacement of the products regulated; and (3) promulgate regulations, guidelines, or recommendations that specify that a nonanimal acute toxicity test or battery of tests (NATT) should be used instead of an animal acute toxicity test unless that head determines that the NATT is less likely to predict the acute health effects on humans of a product than the animal acute toxicity test. Requires the appropriate head, if a determination is made that no NATT is as likely to predict the human reaction to the regulated product as the Draize or other animal acute toxicity test, to publish in the Federal Register an explanation of all options considered and the justification for continuing the animal acute toxicity test, which shall be subject to public comment. Provides for periodic review of animal acute toxicity testing regulations. Makes this Act inapplicable to regulations, guidelines, or recommendations related to medical research.

Bill· HRH.R. 3848 (102nd)referred

Commercial Space Competitiveness Act of 1992

United States · United States Congress · 21 November 1991

Commercial Space Competitiveness Act of 1991 - Title I: General Provisions - Sets forth findings and definitions for this Act. Title II: Space Transportation - Amends the Commercial Space Launch Act to extend certain provisions relating to payment by the United States against a licensee under the Act. Amends the Launch Services Purchase Act of 1990 to include suborbital payloads in the requirement to purchase launch services from commercial providers. Modifies requirements regarding use of non-commercial providers. Mandates a report on use of commercial services for suborbital launch programs. Establishes a demonstration program to award vouchers to researchers for the payment of commercial launch services and payload integration services for small scientific payloads. Authorizes grants for projects relating to the development or improvement of space transportation infrastructure. Establishes in the Treasury the Commercial Space Transportation Trust Fund, to consist of revenues from any fees assessed by the Department of Transportation for the licensing of commercial launch activities and to be used for projects that directly benefit the U.S. space transportation industry. Requires that projects be selected by an Industry Selection Committee representing fee payors. Requires an inventory to identify federally-owned launch support facilities: (1) not needed for public use; or (2) which could be made available for non-Federal use on a reimbursable basis without interfering with Federal activities. Title III: Use of Missile Assets for Space Launch - Allows Federal agencies to make use of missile systems or components thereof decommissioned from the military arsenal (missile assets) only when such use is more cost effective than commercial launch services. Requires an agency, when missile assets are used, to make the assets available as Government-furnished equipment and purchase commercial launch services from the private sector. Regulates the decision on whether to use missile assets and, if so, their use. Allows Federal agencies, in certain circumstances, to provide for acquisition by the private sector of missile assets. Amends the Commercial Space Launch Act to allow, for purposes of provisions relating to acquisition and payment by the private sector of launch property or services, an agency providing launch property to define "fair market value" as the most beneficial price offered to the Government at auction. Requires an agency, to promote fair and open competition, to make certain data available to bidders. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the release of missile assets by foreign governments or the offer of launch services by foreign entities using such assets should be addressed in fair trade negotiations. Requires Federal agencies to consider such release or offer in decisions regarding the sale of U.S. missile assets. Title IV: Miscellaneous - Authorizes the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to enter into contracts in which the Government agrees to procure sufficient quantities of a commercial space product or service needed to meet Government mission requirements so that a commercial venture is made viable (anchor tenancy contracts) in order to increase the viability of a commercial space venture. Amends the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 to authorize NASA to: (1) make contracts in excess of available funds; and (2) provide for liability payments from certain sources in the event the Government terminates such contracts. Authorizes Federal agencies to allow non-Federal entities to use their space-related facilities on a reimbursable basis. Amends the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 to mandate protection of information developed under specified provisions of the Act from dissemination. Establishes a Commercial Space Achievement Award, consisting of a medal and, if funding is available, a cash prize, to individuals, corporations, corporate divisions, or corporate subsidiaries meeting certain criteria. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to accept gifts from public and private sources for the cash prize.

Bill· HRH.R. 3845 (102nd)referred

To terminate the military assistance pipeline for El Salvador.

United States · United States Congress · 21 November 1991

Requires unexpended funds obligated for military assistance to El Salvador prior to FY 1992 to be deobligated and returned to the Treasury. Permits such funds to be used for the payment of costs resulting from the termination of such assistance for El Salvador from prior fiscal years so long as such payments do not result in the delivery of military assistance to El Salvador.