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United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1992
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal requirements for: (1) individuals to include unemployment compensation in gross income; and (2) information returns from payors and statements to individuals relating to unemployment compensation.
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
Boston Harbor Cleanup Funding Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to make grants to the State of Massachusetts for use by the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority for constructing wastewater treatment works for areas served by the Authority. Limits the Federal share of such grants to 75 percent of construction costs. Authorizes appropriations.
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 March 17, 1992, as Irish Brigade Day.
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1992
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require continuation coverage under an employer-provided group health plan for both current and former employees of an employer in bankruptcy proceedings.
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
Designates May 1992 as Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month.
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
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.
United States · United States Congress · 18 February 1992
Designates September 13 through 19, 1992, as National Rehabilitation Week.
United States · United States Congress · 18 February 1992
Declares that the Congress: (1) commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Midway on June 4, 1992; (2) salutes the vision and dedication of those Americans who planned and participated in this heroic battle; (3) reveres the memory, bravery, and spirit of those who fought and perished in it; and (4) honors the sacrifices and devotions of those gallant men who fought in such battle and who, in a single master stroke, reversed the tide of war in the Pacific.
United States · United States Congress · 11 February 1992
Designates April 14, 1992, as Education and Sharing Day, U.S.A., the birthday and the start of the 91st year of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, leader of the worldwide Lubavitch movement.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1992
Cancer Registries Amendment Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants or contracts to operate population-based, statewide cancer registries in order to collect certain data for each form of in-situ and invasive cancer except basal cell and squamous cell carcinoma of the skin. Authorizes grants for planning the registries. Mandates a study on factors contributing to elevated rates of breast cancer mortality in Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, and the District of Columbia. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services, directly or through grants and contracts, or both, to provide technical assistance to the States in the establishment and operation of statewide registries. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1992
Unemployment Benefits Assurance Act of 1992 - Amends the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-164) to establish special rules for computing the weekly benefit amount and for determining an individual's account, in order to assure that all eligible individuals will receive their full benefits under the emergency unemployment compensation program (on the basis of the former full-time employment for which they are eligible to receive such benefits, without being disqualified by State laws which would determine such amount and account on the basis of some intervening temporary period of part-time earnings).
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1992
Designates the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Northampton, Massachusetts, as the Edward P. Boland Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1992
Designates January 16, 1993, as National Good Teen Day.
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 · 4 February 1992
Designates May 3 through 9, 1992, as National Correctional Officers Week.
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 · 29 January 1992
Economic Revitalization and Federal Excess and Surplus Property Utilization Improvement Act of 1992 - Title I: Findings and Purposes - Sets forth the purposes of this Act involving the utilization of excess and surplus Government heavy equipment and construction materials infrastructure and development. Title II: Definitions - Sets forth the definitions of terms used in this Act. Title III: Disposal of Defense Articles - Amends the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to require the Secretary of Defense to: (1) evaluate inventories of heavy equipment and construction materials and ensure that those items which are not needed for an identifiable military mission will be classified as excess and disposed of; (2) declare as excess those inventory items which cost over a certain amount to store, maintain, and repair; (3) develop a cost-effective plan for returning excess items to the United States for disposal; (4) report to specified congressional committees on the status of, and disposal plans for, such inventory items; and (5) annually review and evaluate the utilization by recipients of excess nonlethal supplies and excess defense articles pursuant to programs administered by the Department of Defense in order to ensure that such items are being utilized accordingly. Requires the heads of Federal agencies overseeing Federal laboratories to evaluate their inventories of scientific equipment. Requires all such equipment not needed for current or anticipated Federal purposes to be disposed of. Requires appropriate reports to specified congressional committees. Directs the Administrator (Administrator) of the General Services Administration (GSA) to make available excess heavy equipment and construction materials to a Federal agency based on the agency's ability to use such items for official business. Prohibits Federal agencies receiving excess heavy equipment and construction materials from transferring such equipment to other Federal or non-Federal agencies or organizations. Requires excess heavy equipment and construction materials received by a Federal agency to be returned to GSA if the Administrator determines that the equipment is not being efficiently used or if the official business of the agency for which the equipment is being used has been completed. Excludes heavy equipment and construction materials from the definition of "nonlethal excess supplies" used under armed forces provisions, and from the definition of various terms used for excess property in the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. Title IV: Distribution Of Excess And Surplus Heavy Equipment And Construction Materials - Gives the Administrator authority over the disposal of all excess and surplus heavy equipment and construction materials. Requires such disposal to be done pursuant to this Act. Requires the Administrator to make all excess and surplus heavy equipment and construction materials available to the States after such items have been disposed of to Federal agencies. Requires the Administrator, after providing actual notice to the States of the availability of excess heavy equipment and construction materials, to deliver such items requested by the States on a fair and equitable basis according to public need and efficiency of utilization. Requires the Administrator to make the equipment and materials available without cost, except that if transportation is requested by the State, the Administrator may assess fees for transportation costs. States that for no less than 12 months after original delivery, the Administrator shall retain all right, title, and interest in heavy equipment and construction materials which have an acquisition cost greater than $10,000. Provides that if a State can show that the equipment or materials were well maintained and were efficiently used in the furtherance of public purposes and that the equipment can reasonably be expected to be maintained and used in the furtherance of public purposes, the Administrator shall transfer to the State all right, title, and interest in the equipment or materials. Requires States, within 12 months after regulations to implement this paragraph have been issued, to establish a program under which equipment and construction materials are allocated to eligible users in order to continue to be eligible to receive excess heavy equipment and construction materials. Allows such a program to be operated by the State or by State-Certified Equipment Centers. Requires the Administrator to offer grants for the establishment of such Centers. Sets forth provisions providing for disposals under specified conditions of urgency, such as when the President certifies that a foreign nation has dire need for particular pieces of heavy equipment and construction materials. States that Indian tribes and historically black colleges shall have equal standing with the States in acquiring excess heavy equipment and construction materials. Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to authorize the use of community development block grant funds to establish such Centers and to establish State infrastructure and economic development plans. Authorizes appropriations for GSA grants to establish such Centers. Title V: State And Community Infrastructure And Economic Development - Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to require the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (Secretary) to establish a computerized database and standardized forms which States shall use to develop infrastructure and economic development plans utilizing priority lists of anticipated needs submitted to the States by counties and other units of local government, and which also utilize State-Certified Equipment Centers and advanced planning techniques. Requires the Secretary to make grants to States that want to establish such a plan, with priority to States with high long-term unemployment rates and pressing infrastructure needs. Requires the Secretary to establish a national infrastructure and economic development strategy to help States implement their plans to encourage cooperation among the States, and to coordinate Federal infrastructure and economic development programs and resources. Requires the Secretary to update such strategy every two years and to transmit a document containing such strategy to specified congressional committees. Authorizes appropriations for grants to States that want to establish such a plan. Title VI: Effective Date And Applicability - Specifies the effective dates of this Act and requirements for the promulgation of regulations.
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1992
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a new productive equipment credit for investment in qualified productive property for the period after December 31, 1991, and before January 1, 1996. Makes imported property and property used in mining extraction and timber harvesting ineligible for such credit. Allows such credit for qualified failed thrift property acquired from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) or the Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC). Denies such credit to any officer, director, substantial shareholder, or owner of depository institutions acquired by the FDIC or the RTC. Requires a portion of the gain on the resale, exchange, or other disposition of such property to be paid to the FDIC or the RTC.
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1992
Designates the week beginning August 16, 1992, as National Convenience Store Appreciation Week.
United States · United States Congress · 22 November 1991
Middle Income Tax Relief Act of 1991 - Allows individuals a deduction of 50 percent of the net capital gain from assets held for at least one year. Restricts such deduction: (1) to a lifetime limitation of $400,000; and (2) to taxpayers whose adjusted gross income does not exceed $200,000. Requires the substitution of the indexed basis of property for its adjusted basis in determining qualified gain from the sale or exchange of real property. Disallows such deduction in computing the alternative minimum tax. Increases the income tax rate for certain high-income individuals.
United States · United States Congress · 21 November 1991
Taxpayer Bill of Rights Act of 1991 - Title I: Additional Safeguards to Protect Taxpayers' Rights - Subtitle A: Taxpayers' Advocate - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish in the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) the Office of Taxpayers' Advocate, headed by the Taxpayers' Advocate, appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Requires the Office to: (1) assist taxpayers in resolving problems with the IRS; (2) identify areas in which taxpayers have problems in dealings with the IRS; (3) propose changes in the administrative practices of the IRS to mitigate such problems; and (4) identify potential legislative changes which may be appropriate to mitigate such problems. Requires the Taxpayers' Advocate to annually report to specified congressional committees on Office activities. Requires the Commissioner of Internal Revenue to establish procedures requiring a formal response to all recommendations submitted to the Commissioner by the Taxpayers' Advocate. Authorizes the terms of a Taxpayer Assistance Order to require the Secretary of the Treasury to take certain actions (currently, only to cease or refrain from taking such actions). Subtitle B: Modifications to Installment Agreement Provisions - Requires prior notification to taxpayers under an installment agreement to pay tax liability before altering, modifying, or terminating such an agreement. Provides for administrative review of denials of requests for installment agreements. Suspends the failure to pay penalty during any period an installment agreement is in effect. Subtitle C: Interest - Extends from ten days to 21 days the period for which interest will not be imposed after notice and demand for payment, if such payment is less than $100,000. Provides for the abatement of interest in the case of an assessment due to the error or delay of an IRS managerial act. Increases the interest rate for overpayment of tax from two percent to three percent (making such rate equal to the interest rate for underpayment of tax). Waives interest on all overpayments refunded within 45 days after a return is filed. Subtitle D: Joint Returns - Requires separate deficiency notices in the case of a joint income tax return if the most recent data available to the IRS shows that such spouses did not file a joint return with each other. Allows the disclosure of collection activities to an individual requesting such information in the case of a joint return where such individual is no longer married to or resides in the same household as the other joint filer. Removes limitations on filing a joint return after filing separate returns. Subtitle E: Collection Activities - Authorizes the Secretary, if it is determined to be in the best interest of the taxpayer and the United States, to: (1) withdraw a notice of a lien; (2) return property that has been levied upon; and (3) offer compromises in civil or criminal cases. Requires the Secretary, at the request of the taxpayer, to make reasonable efforts to notify credit reporting agencies and financial institutions of such withdrawal notice. Subtitle E (sic): Erroneous and Fraudulent Information Returns - Requires payee statements to provide the phone number of the person providing payment. Establishes civil damages for the fraudulent filing of information returns. Requires the Secretary to take reasonable steps to corroborate the accuracy of an information return when making a determination of a deficiency by a third party, when such return is disputed by the taxpayer. Subtitle F: Modifications to Penalty for Failure to Collect and Pay Over Tax - Declares that a person shall not be liable for any penalty for failure to collect and pay over tax if such person: (1) is not a significant owner, or highly compensated employee of the trade or business; (2) notifies the Secretary within ten days after such failure; and (3) such notification was before any notice by the Secretary with respect to such failure. Requires the Secretary to disclose certain information where more than one person is liable for a penalty. Subtitle G: Awarding of Costs and Certain Fees - Repeals the "substantially justified" test for determining whether a taxpayer may recover costs and fees incurred as part of an administrative or court proceeding. Provides for the awarding of reasonable litigation or administrative costs to a prevailing party who represents himself in an administrative or court proceeding. Makes IRS employees personally liable in certain cases. Provides that any failure to agree to an extension of time for the assessment of any tax shall not be taken into account in determining whether a prevailing party has exhausted all administrative remedies. Subtitle H: Other Provisions - Revises provisions on the required content of tax due, deficiency, and other notices. Provides for the treatment of returns prepared for or executed by the Secretary for purposes of certain tax penalties. Provides protection for taxpayers who rely on certain guidance published by the IRS. Title II: Form Modifications, Studies - Subtitle A: Form Modifications - Directs the Secretary to: (1) ensure that taxpayers are aware of permission to pay tax in installments, extensions of time for payment of tax, and compromises of tax liability; (2) improve procedures for taxpayers to notify the Secretary of changes in names and addresses; (3) include in a specified publication a section on the rights and responsibilities of divorced individuals; (4) ensure that employees are aware of their responsibilities under the Federal tax system and that the public is aware of penalties for failure to collect and pay over tax; and (5) notify taxpayers any payments that cannot be associated with any outstanding tax liability. Subtitle B: Studies - Requires the Secretary to report to the tax-writing committees on: (1) a pilot program for appeals of certain enforcement actions (including lien, levy, and seizure actions; (2) a study on ways to assist the elderly, physically impaired, foreign-language speaking, and other taxpayers with special needs to comply with IRS laws; (3) the scope and content of the IRS taxpayer-rights education program for its officers and employees; and (4) cases involving complaints about misconduct of IRS employees and the disposition of such complaints. Requires the Comptroller General to report to the tax-writing committees on: (1) a study of notices of deficiency; (2) the accuracy and clarity of 25 of the most commonly used IRS forms, notices, and publications; and (3) a study of IRS employee-suggestion programs.
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.
United States · United States Congress · 20 November 1991
Earned Income Credit Simplification Act of 1991 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise the calculation of the earned income credit by: (1) repealing the supplemental young child credit and the health insurance credit; and (2) increasing the credit percentage of the taxpayer's earned income.
United States · United States Congress · 20 November 1991
Long-Term Care Insurance Standards Act of 1991 - Title I: Excise Tax on Nonconforming Long-Term Care Insurance Policies - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose an excise tax on long-term care insurance policies that do not conform to Federal standards established under title II of this Act. Requires such tax, equal to 50 percent of the premium, to be paid by the policy issuer. Title II: Federal Standards for Long-Term Care Insurance Policies - Amends the Social Security Act to add a new title XXI under which the Secretary of Health and Human Services is required to establish, review annually, and revise as necessary Federal standards for long-term (12 months or longer) care insurance policies that incorporate specified requirements relating to: (1) consumer disclosure; (2) benefits and eligibility, including restrictions on inflation adjustments and policy forfeiture; (3) premium increase limitations and policy renewability, conversion, and replacement; (4) policy issuance and sale, including prohibitions against the sale or issuance of a policy to a beneficiary under Medicaid or under Medicare (titles XIX and XVIII, respectively, of the Social Security Act) or a Medicare supplemental policy if benefits are duplicated; and (5) issuer reporting of information on policies, premiums, lapse rates, and denials of applicants and claims. Directs the Secretary to establish a procedure for certifying long-term care insurance policies as meeting Federal standards. Deems a policy issued in and approved by a State to be certified if (and for so long as) the Secretary determines that the State has en effective regulatory program that applies and enforces the Federal standards.
United States · United States Congress · 19 November 1991
Second National Blue Ribbon Commission to Eliminate Waste in Government Act - Establishes the Second National Blue Ribbon Commission to Eliminate Waste in Government to: (1) conduct a private sector survey on management and cost control in the Federal Government; (2) review executive agency operations and existing General Accounting Office, Congressional Budget Office, Inspector General Reports, and other existing governmental and nongovernmental recommendations for reducing waste; and (3) submit to the President and the Congress a list of those recommendations with estimated savings that the Commission determines are most significant and recommendations for improving the budget process, management, and reducing waste and costs in the Government. Requires the Commission to identify, address, and to report to the President and the Congress on: (1) opportunities for increased efficiency and reduced costs in the Government that can be realized by executive action or legislation; (2) areas in the Government where managerial accountability can be enhanced and administrative control can be improved; (3) specific Federal programs that have accomplished their objectives and ought to be terminated; (4) specific Federal program services that could be provided at a lower cost by the private sector; (5) specific reforms of the budget process that would yield savings, increase accountability and efficiency, and enhance public confidence in the budget process; (6) specific areas in the Government where further study can be justified by potential savings; and (7) specific recommendations for legislative and administrative actions. Requires the Commission to be funded, staffed, and equipped, to the extent practicable and permitted by law, by the private sector without cost to the Government.
United States · United States Congress · 19 November 1991
Designates December 1, 1991, as World AIDS Day.
United States · United States Congress · 14 November 1991
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require taxpayers who determine depreciation under the income forecast method to pay interest under the look-back method for any recomputation year. Requires such determinations to include, in the case of a film produced for theatrical or television exhibition, estimated income from subsequent television exhibition or syndication. Establishes a formula for such recomputations to recapture foregone tax revenues. Provides for taxing certain rents and royalties paid to foreign subsidiaries as foreign personal holding company income.
United States · United States Congress · 7 November 1991
Middle Class Tax Relief and Fairness Act of 1992 - Title I: Credit for Portion of Social Security Taxes - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a credit for 20 percent of a taxpayer's social security taxes, limited to $200 ($400 in the case of a joint return) and applicable to years beginning after December 31, 1991, and before January 1, 1994. Title II: Revenue Increases - Subtitle A: Increase in Top Marginal Individual Income Tax Rates - Lowers the tax rates for certain taxpayers and increases the tax rate for certain higher incomes. Increases the tentative minimum tax for taxpayers other than corporations. Subtitle B: Surtax on Individuals With Incomes Over $1,000,000 - Imposes a surtax on incomes in excess of $1,000,000, including estates and trusts. Title III: Budget Provisions - Provides that any change in outlays or receipts resulting from this Act shall not be considered for any purpose under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act).
United States · United States Congress · 7 November 1991
Designates December 21, 1991, as Basketball Centennial Day.
United States · United States Congress · 29 October 1991
1996 Atlanta Centennial Olympic Games Commemorative Coin Act - Provides for the minting and sale of commemorative gold and silver coins to support the 1996 Atlanta Centennial Olympic Games and the programs of the United States Olympic Committee.
United States · United States Congress · 24 October 1991
Authorizes the Air Force Association to establish a memorial on Federal land in the District of Columbia or its environs to honor the men and women who have served in the U.S. Air Force.
United States · United States Congress · 24 October 1991
Nuclear Testing Moratorium Act - Prohibits the Secretary of Energy from conducting any explosive nuclear weapons test during the one-year period following the enactment of this Act unless the President certifies to the Congress that the Soviet Union has conducted such a test during such period.
United States · United States Congress · 24 October 1991
Designates November 24 through 30, 1991, and November 22 through 28, 1992, as National Adoption Week.
United States · United States Congress · 22 October 1991
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise the definition of a leased employee for pension plan purposes to require: (1) a contract for such services pursuant to which payments are made, directly or indirectly, by the recipient to the leasing organization; (2) the leased employee to perform at least 1,000 hours during a plan year for the recipient; and (3) the leased employee to be under the control of the recipient. Requires hospitals which are leasing organizations to contract for payment for services to be made directly or indirectly to the hospital. Allows a recipient to elect not to treat a leased employee as such an employee for a plan year if such employee performs services for less than 501 hours during such plan year. Authorizes the establishment of additional safe harbor plans if such plans provide significant retirement benefits and meet the requirements of qualified pension plans or are governmental plans. Provides that regulations issued to carry out employee leasing provisions shall apply to any plan year beginning before the date the regulation is published in final form, unless taxpayers elect to apply such regulations retroactively.
United States · United States Congress · 22 October 1991
Designates 1992 as the Year of Reconciliation Between American Indians and Non-Indians.
United States · United States Congress · 22 October 1991
Designates December 1991 as Bicentennial of the District of Columbia Month.
United States · United States Congress · 17 October 1991
Designates January 4 through 10, 1992, as Braille Literacy Week.
United States · United States Congress · 16 October 1991
Designates March 1992 as Irish-American Heritage Month.
United States · United States Congress · 2 October 1991
Qualified Medicare Beneficiary Enrollment Improvement and Protection Act of 1991 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to include in the annual mailing to Medicare beneficiaries: (1) a clear and simple explanation of the availability of and the requirements to qualify for Medicaid (title XIX of the Social Security Act) payment of their premiums, deductibles, and copayments under Medicare; (2) the toll-free telephone number to be established by the Secretary for information on such assistance; and (3) an initial application for such assistance. Directs the Secretary to develop a poster containing the information listed above and distribute it to service providers in order to publicize the availability of such assistance. Amends the Medicaid program to direct the Secretary to: (1) establish a process for using local Social Security Administration offices for the distribution and receipt of applications for such assistance; (2) transmit such applications to the appropriate State agency; (3) develop a form to be available at such offices which individuals may use to request additional information on or an application for such assistance; and (4) distribute such form to entities receiving grants for programs to provide services to older individuals. Requires States to provide for a process for receiving, distributing, and processing applications for such assistance and for responding to requests for information on or applications for such assistance. Allows individuals who qualified during a certain period for Medicaid payment of Medicare costs to temporarily apply for retroactive payment of any medical costs incurred but not paid under a State plan required to provide for making Medicaid payment of Medicare costs available to Medicare beneficiaries. Allows States, in determining the income level for individuals who seek to qualify for Medicaid payment of Medicare costs, to exclude expenses for medical care incurred by the individual that are not reimbursed under a public program of the State or political subdivision thereof, a health plan, or Medicare. Directs the Secretary to establish a grant program to provide outreach services to enable individuals who are entitled to receive Medicaid payment of Medicare costs to receive such assistance. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 1 October 1991
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should: (1) recognize Ukraine's independence and take steps toward the establishment of full diplomatic relations with Ukraine should the December 1, 1991, referendum confirm the Ukrainian parliament's independence declaration; and (2) use U.S. assistance, trade, and other programs to support the Government of Ukraine and encourage the further development of democracy and a free-market.
United States · United States Congress · 26 September 1991
Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to permit a public housing agency (including Indian housing) to limit assisted housing occupancy to only elderly, disabled, or handicapped families.
United States · United States Congress · 25 September 1991
Authorizes claims for damages against the United States for personal injury or death of a member of the armed forces serving on active duty or on full-time National Guard duty. Provides that the personal injury or death must have arisen out of noncombatant medical or dental care furnished in a fixed medical facility operated by the United States. Offsets the amount of Government benefits for members of the armed forces or veterans for personal injury or death by the amount of any awards or judgments from such claims.
United States · United States Congress · 25 September 1991
Small Business Recovery Act of 1991 - Authorizes the Small Business Administration (SBA) to enter into agreements to participate, on a guaranteed basis, in the purchase of eligible securities issued pursuant to this Act by certain financial institutions. Sets forth participation criteria. Establishes the Regional Small Business Recovery Panel to evaluate: (1) applications submitted pursuant to this Act; (2) the type of proposed debt or equity security; and (3) claims for repurchase of approved securities by the SBA. Requires the SBA to submit a progress report to the Congress. Establishes the Regional Small Business Recovery Fund.