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Rep. Fawell, Harris W. [R-IL-13]

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Bill· HRH.R. 5437 (102nd)referred

To require the construction of a memorial on Federal land in the District of Columbia or its environs to honor members of the Armed Forces who served in World War II and to commemorate United States participation in that conflict.

United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1992

Directs the National World War II Memorial Fund, Inc., to construct a memorial on Federal land in the District of Columbia or its environs to: (1) honor members of the armed forces who served in World War II; and (2) commemorate U.S. participation in that conflict. Directs the fund to plan, design, and oversee the construction of the Memorial. Establishes the World War II Memorial Advisory Board to: (1) promote and encourage the donation of private funds for the construction of the Memorial; and (2) recommend the site for and assist in the selection of the design of the Memorial. Terminates the Board within 30 days after completion of the Memorial or on the lapse of the authority provided by this Act. Authorizes the Fund to solicit and accept private contributions for construction of the Memorial. States that the requirements and authority of this Act shall lapse if: (1) construction of the Memorial is not commenced within seven years of its enactment; or (2) before such construction, the Secretary of the Interior certifies that funds are not available in an amount sufficient to ensure its completion.

Law· HRH.R. 5419 (102nd)enacted

International Dolphin Conservation Act of 1992

United States · United States Congress · 17 June 1992

International Dolphin Conservation Act of 1992 - Amends the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to authorize entering into international agreements establishing a global moratorium, for at least five years, prohibiting harvesting tuna using purse seine nets deployed on or to encircle dolphins or other marine mammals. Allows moratorium termination with respect to the United States before the year 2000 only if the Secretary of Commerce so recommends and the Congress approves. Specifies elements to be contained in such agreements, including requirements for: (1) research regarding tuna fishing methods; (2) review of research proposals by a competent regional organization; (3) the conduct of research by dedicated vessels, approved and observed by a component regional organization; (4) specified limits on the number of research sets and the total annual dolphin mortality; (5) establishment by the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission of a panel to report on limit compliance and an Advisory Board to guide research; (6) fair funding mechanisms for the research; (7) use of the proceeds from harvested tuna for the research; and (8) limiting use of U.S. funds to research on fishing methods not involving setting nets on dolphins. Requires review of all research proposals by the Marine Mammal Commission. Requires the Secretary, in certain circumstances, to recommend to the Congress whether the moratorium should be terminated. Prohibits a ban on the importation of yellowfin tuna or yellowfin tuna products from a country which implements the moratorium and meets other requirements. Mandates such a ban regarding countries which do not implement the moratorium and the other requirements. Mandates, a specified period after the tuna ban, a ban on the importation of all fish and fish products, except shrimp and shrimp products, from a country that still fails to implement all the requirements. Imposes additional restrictions on the general permit issued to the American Tunaboat Association, including: (1) limiting total dolphin mortalities; (2) prohibiting deploying purse seine nets on or encircling dolphin schools including certain types of dolphin; and (3) terminating the permit on a specified date. Declares that an international agreement under this Act shall not supersede any provisions of the Act requiring a permit. Makes unlawful certain acts, including: (1) selling, purchasing, or transporting in the United States any tuna or tuna product that is not dolphin safe; (2) purposefully setting a purse seine net on or to encircle any marine mammal; or (3) prohibiting, resisting, or interfering with inspections. Imposes civil and criminal penalties and subjects vessels, cargo, and fish to forfeiture for violations. Defines dolphin safe to mean: (1) not harvested using driftnets; and (2) depending on where harvested, either dolphin safe under specified provisions of the Dolphin Protection Consumer Information Act or certified as not harvested using purse seine nets set on or encircling dolphins. Authorizes appropriations to carry out provisions mandating inclusion in the agreements of research programs. Amends the Tuna Conventions Act of 1950 to require that, of the U.S. representatives on the International Commission for the Scientific Investigation of Tuna and the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission, at least one be chosen from a national conservation, environmental, or animal welfare nongovernmental organization. Requires that the members of a related advisory committee be selected, in addition to other sources, from such an organization. Amends the South Pacific Tuna Act of 1988 to authorize appropriations to carry out a specified Treaty on Fisheries Between the Governments of Certain Pacific Island States and the Government of the United States of America and to carry out the Act.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 490 (102nd)referred

Relating to the enforcement of United Nations Security Council resolutions calling for the cessation of hostilities in the former territory of Yugoslavia.

United States · United States Congress · 17 June 1992

Calls upon the President to urge the United Nations Security Council to direct the Secretary General of the United Nations to provide a plan and budget for intervention as may be necessary to enforce the Security Council resolutions seeking cessation of hostilities in the former republics of Yugoslavia.

Bill· HRH.R. 5282 (102nd)referred

To restrict assistance for Russia until its armed forces are removed from the Baltic states.

United States · United States Congress · 28 May 1992

Prohibits, unless a certification under this Act is in effect: (1) U.S. economic assistance to the Government of Russia; and (2) the U.S. Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) from consenting to an increase in the U.S. quota in the IMF. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury, unless such certification is in effect, to instruct the U.S. Executive Directors of the IMF and other international financial institution to oppose any loan to the Government of Russia. Describes such certification as a certification by the President to the Congress that: (1) progress has been achieved toward removal of Russian armed forces from Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania; (2) additional Russian armed forces have not been brought into such countries for any purpose without their permission; (3) artillery exercises or training operations are not being conducted by Russian armed forces on the territory of such countries without their permission; (4) Russian military installations in such countries are open to inspection by the governments of such countries; (5) Russian air and naval forces are not interfering with traffic in the air space or territorial waters of such countries; and (6) the Russian Government is keeping such governments informed regarding the number and location of Russian armed forces in such countries. Makes such certifications effective for six months and authorizes the President to make recertifications for additional six-month periods. Terminates the restrictions under this Act if the President certifies that all Russian armed forces have been withdrawn from such countries.

Bill· HRH.R. 5261 (102nd)referred

Runaway and Homeless Youth Amendments of 1992

United States · United States Congress · 26 May 1992

Runaway and Homeless Youth Amendments of 1992 - Amends the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act to specify the support services for which grants under the runaway and homeless youth grant program shall be awarded. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, when selecting grant applicants, to give priority to entities that have experience in providing services to runaway and homeless youth. (Currently such priority is to be given to private entities.) Adds to current grant applicant requirements certain assurances about: (1) the provision of outreach programs; and (2) confidentiality of records maintained on individual runaway and homeless youth. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to national nonprofit organizations to provide technical and training assistance. Repeals the requirement that priority be given to grants smaller than $150,000. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to public and private entities to implement evaluation projects designed to increase knowledge concerning, and to improve services for, runaway and homeless youth. Authorizes appropriations.

Bill· HRH.R. 5229 (102nd)open

Fundamental Competitiveness Act of 1992

United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1992

Fundamental Competitiveness Act of 1992 - Title I: Public Debt Reduction - Allows individual taxpayers to designate a portion of tax liability (not to exceed ten percent) on their tax returns to reduce the public debt. Establishes the Public Debt Reduction Trust Fund consisting of amounts so designated. Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to provide for a sequestration of revenues equivalent to the estimated aggregate amount so designated. Specifies accounts exempted from such sequestration and establishes reporting requirements with respect to budget procedures. Title II: Capital Formation - Establishes a method of computing the credit for increasing research activities based on aggregate research expenses, as an alternative to the method based on qualified research expenses. Establishes a variable capital gains deduction whose formulas on a sliding scale range from ten percent for assets held for one year up to 100 percent for assets held for ten years. Allows a deduction of 50 percent of the capital gain from stock investments by non-corporate taxpayers in start-up companies where initial stock offerings are held for two years. Requires indexing, based on the gross national product deflator, of the adjusted basis of certain assets (corporate stock and tangle property that is a capital asset of property used in a trade or business) that have been held for more than one year at the time of sale or other disposition, solely for the purpose of determining gain or loss. Permits an income tax deduction in the amount of dividends paid by domestic corporations, except S corporations, regulated investment companies, real estate investment trusts, and personal holding companies. Repeals the income tax deductions currently permitted in connection with: (1) dividends received by a corporation; (2) dividends received by a corporation on the preferred stock of a public utility; and (3) dividends paid by a public utility on its preferred stock. Increases the deductible percentage of amounts received by a corporation from a qualified ten-percent owned foreign corporation. Allows a charitable deduction for corporate contributions of employee volunteer services to an educational organization. Establishes an investment tax credit for manufacturing and other productive equipment. Provides for determining the applicable percentage of such credit, which includes an efficiency improvement percentage. Increases the limitation based on the amount of tax for purposes of the general business credit. Provides for the treatment of losses on stock in manufacturing companies as ordinary (as opposed to capital) losses. Allows a partial exclusion of dividends or interest received by an individual. Provides for ordinary-loss treatment for losses on investments in a qualified startup company. Describes such company as one which: (1) manufacture tangible personal property in the United States; (2) does not involve a business acquired from another person; and (3) has not been in existence for more than one taxable year at the time it issued stock. Title III: Antitrust - Amends the Clayton Act to bar the acquisition by one corporation of stock of another, subject to specified conditions, where there is a significant probability that such acquisition will substantially increase the ability to exercise market power (currently, where the effect of such acquisition may be to substantially lessen competition or to tend to create a monopoly). Defines the ability to exercise market power for purposes of such provision as the ability of one or more firms profitably to maintain prices above competitive levels for a significant period of time. Directs the court, in determining whether there is a significant probability that any acquisition will substantially increase the ability to exercise market power, to consider all economic factors relevant to the effect of the acquisition in the affected markets, including: (1) the number and size distribution of firms and the effect of the acquisition thereon; (2) the ease or difficulty of entry by foreign or domestic firms; (3) the ability of smaller firms in the market to increase production in response to an attempt to exercise market power; (4) the nature of the product and terms of sale; (5) conduct of firms in the market; (6) efficiencies deriving from the acquisition; and (7) any other evidence indicating whether the acquisition will or will not substantially increase the ability, unilaterally or collectively, to exercise market power. Amends the National Cooperative Research Act of 1984 to include a joint production venture within the scope of such Act as an activity that shall not be deemed illegal per se under the antitrust laws. Changes the short title of such Act to the National Cooperative Research, Development, and Production Act. Title IV: Business Liability - Subtitle A: Findings - Makes findings with respect to the increasing amount of litigation in our society and the desirability of encouraging alternative dispute mechanisms and providing uniform legal standards in the areas of professional and product liability. Subtitle B: Professionals' Liability Reform - Professionals' Liability Reform Act of 1992 - Establishes certain limitations and procedures regarding professional liability actions. Preempts certain State laws. Provides that nothing in this Act shall prohibit any State from developing or implementing alternative procedures for: (1) expediting the adjudication of professional liability claims; (2) resolving professional liability disputes; or (3) compensating for harm caused by professional services. Requires professional liability actions to be brought within three years after the claimant discovered, or should have discovered, the harm. Requires the claimant, in any professional liability action, to establish: (1) that the professional negligently rendered professional services and that such negligence was the proximate cause of the harm; or (2) in a claim for economic injury, that the professional negligently rendered professional services to and for the direct and intended benefit of the claimant, and such services were the proximate cause of the harm. Requires the claimant to establish that, at the time such services were provided, knowledge of the circumstances that caused the harm and a practical means to eliminate such circumstances were reasonably available. States that a professional shall not be liable in a professional liability action in which: (1) the professional's services were rendered to an agency of the Federal or State government; (2) Federal or State contract specifications existed which were material to the claim; and (3) the services rendered conformed to such specifications. Permits future damage awards exceeding $100,000 to be made by periodic payments. Requires that damage awards be offset by any amount received as compensation for the same injury. Establishes a contingency fee schedule for plaintiffs' attorneys. States that the principles of comparative liability shall apply unless persons engaged in concerted action which proximately caused the harm. Permits the awarding of punitive damages only where the conduct of the defendant: (1) manifested a malicious and reckless disregard for safety; and (2) constituted an extreme departure from accepted standards of safety. States that punitive damages may not be awarded in the absence of a compensatory award, or for the negligent provision of professional services. Requires the trier of fact, at the request of the professional, to consider in a separate proceeding whether punitive damages are to be awarded. Limits the claimant's actual recovery of punitive damages to three times the amount of compensatory damages. States that excess punitive damages shall be paid to the State or Federal government. Makes any attorney who files a frivolous claim subject to pecuniary sanctions by the court. Requires each State to encourage professional organizations to form risk management programs. Subtitle C: Product Liability Fairness - Part I: General Provisions - Product Liability Fairness Act - Declares that this Act governs any product liability action brought against a manufacturer or product seller, on any theory, for harm caused by a product. States that a civil action brought against a manufacturer or product seller for loss or damage to a product itself or commercial loss shall be governed by applicable commercial or contract law. Supersedes any inconsistent State law regarding recovery in such actions. Lists specific laws not superseded, including: (1) defense of sovereign immunity asserted by any State or by the United States; (2) any Federal law (except the Federal Employees Compensation Act and the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act); (3) the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976; (4) State choice-of-law rules; (5) the right of any court to transfer venue or to apply the law of a foreign nation or to dismiss a claim of a foreign nation or citizen on the ground of inconvenient forum; and (6) any statutory or common law cause of action, including an action to abate a nuisance, that authorizes a State or person to institute an action for civil damages or civil penalties, clean up costs, injunctions, restitution, cost recovery, punitive damages, or any other form of relief from contamination or pollution of the environment or the threat of it. Declares that U.S. district courts shall not have jurisdiction over any civil action under this Act, based on specified provisions of Federal law relating to district court jurisdiction. Declares that, if any provision of this Act would shorten the period during which a manufacturer or seller would otherwise be exposed to liability, the claimant may, notwithstanding that period, bring any civil action under this Act within one year after the effective date of this Act. Part II: Out of Court Procedures - Allows any claimant to bring a civil action for damages against a person for harm caused by a product under applicable State law, except to the extent such law is superseded by this title. Sets forth expedited settlement measures, including: (1) an option to include an offer of settlement, for a specific dollar amount, by the plaintiff in the complaint and by the defendant in a responsive pleading; and (2) awarding attorney's fees and costs, in certain circumstances, to the prevailing party if the other party does not accept the settlement offer. Sets forth alternative dispute resolution procedures, including: (1) an option, in lieu of or in addition to a settlement offer, for a claimant or a defendant to offer to proceed under any voluntary alternative dispute resolution procedure established or recognized under the law of the State in which the action is brought or maintained; and (2) awarding of attorney's fees and costs to the offering party if the court determines that a refusal to so proceed was unreasonable or not in good faith. Creates a rebuttable presumption that a refusal to so proceed was unreasonable, or not in good faith, if a verdict is rendered in favor of the offeror. Part III: Court Procedures - Allows a person seeking to recover for harm caused by a product to bring a civil action against the manufacturer or seller under applicable State or Federal law, except to the extent such law is superseded by this Act. Establishes a standard of product seller liability for proximate causes of harm, established by a preponderance of the evidence, which fall under the categories of negligence or express warranty. Allows the trier of fact, in a negligence action, to consider the conduct of the seller with respect to: (1) the construction, inspection, or condition of the product; and (2) failure to pass on warnings or instructions from the manufacturer. Deems the seller not liable for failure to provide warnings or instructions unless the claimant establishes that the seller failed to: (1) provide warnings or instructions received while the product was in the seller's possession and control; or (2) make reasonable efforts to provide users with warnings and instructions which it received after the product left its possession and control. Deems a seller not liable except for breach of warranty where there was no opportunity to inspect the product in a manner which would or should, in the exercise of reasonable care, have revealed the aspect which allegedly caused the harm. Declares that the seller shall be treated as the manufacturer and be liable for harm caused by a product as if it were the manufacturer if: (1) the manufacturer is not subject to service of process in any State in which the action might have been brought; or (2) the court determines that the claimant would be unable to enforce a judgment against the manufacturer. Allows punitive damages, if otherwise permitted by applicable law, to be awarded in any civil action under this title to any claimant who establishes by clear and convincing evidence that the harm suffered was the result of conduct manifesting a manufacturer's or product seller's conscious, flagrant indifference to the safety of those persons who might be harmed by a product. Declares that a failure to exercise reasonable care in choosing among alternative product designs, formulations, instructions, or warnings is not of itself such conduct. Prohibits awarding punitive damages in the absence of a compensatory award, subject to exception. Prohibits punitive damages against a manufacturer or seller of a drug or medical device where: (1) the drug or device was subject to pre-market approval by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA); or (2) the drug is generally recognized as safe and effective under conditions established by the FDA. Prohibits punitive damages against a manufacturer of an aircraft where: (1) the aircraft was subject to pre-market certification by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); and (2) the manufacturer complied, after delivery, with FAA requirements and obligations with respect to continuing airworthiness. Provides for separate proceedings, if requested by the manufacturer or seller, with regard to punitive damages. Lists factors the trier of fact is allowed to consider in determining the amount of punitive damages. Bars any civil action under this title: (1) unless filed within two years after the claimant discovered or should have discovered the harm and its cause, subject to exception; and (2) if the product involved is a capital good that is alleged to have caused harm which is not a toxic harm unless filed within twenty-five years after delivery of the product, provided the claimant has received or would be eligible for State or Federal workers' compensation. Excludes a motor vehicle, vessel, aircraft, or railroad used primarily to transport passengers for hire from these time limitations. States that nothing in these provisions affects the right of any person who is subject to liability under this Act to obtain contribution or indemnity from any other person who is responsible for the harm. Requires reduction in the damages awarded by the sum of all State or Federal workers' compensation benefits to which the employee is or would be entitled. Requires a claimant in a civil action under this title who is or may be eligible to receive State or Federal workers' compensation to notify the claimant's employer of the civil action. Requires an action to be stayed, at the sole discretion of the claimant, until a final determination is made on the amount payable as workers' compensation benefits. Declares that, unless the manufacturer or seller has expressly agreed to indemnify or hold an employer harmless, neither the employer nor the workers' compensation insurance carrier shall have a right of subrogation, contribution, or implied indemnity against the manufacturer or seller or a lien against the claimant's recovery, except if the claimant's harm was not in any way caused by the fault of the claimant's employer or co-employees. Allows the employer or workers' compensation insurer to intervene in the action to prove that fact. Prohibits a third party tortfeasor, where workers' compensation is involved, from maintaining any action for implied indemnity or contribution against the employer, any coemployee, or the exclusive representative of the injured person. Prohibits, for a person who is or would have been entitled to receive workers' compensation, any other action, unless a State or Federal workers' compensation law permits recovery based on a claim of an intentional tort. Makes these provisions inapplicable and declares that applicable State law shall control if the employer or the workers' compensation insurer asserts a right of subrogation, contribution, or implied indemnity against the manufacturer or seller or a lien against the claimant's recovery. Declares that, in any product liability action, the liability of each defendant for noneconomic damages shall be several and not joint. Requires the trier of fact to determine the proportion of responsibility of each party for the claimant's harm. Establishes a complete defense, in any civil action under this Act in which all defendants are manufacturers or sellers, that the claimant was under the influence of alcohol or any drug and that, as a result, the claimant was more than 50 percent responsible for the event which resulted in the harm. Defines "drug" to mean any non-over-the-counter drug which has not been prescribed by a physician. Title V: Long-Term Investment - Long-Term Investment Promotion Act of 1992 - Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to eliminate the requirement that publicly-held corporations report their financial status on a quarterly basis. Title VI: Competitiveness Risk Assessment - Declares that no agency shall propose or promulgate a regulation without first analyzing its direct and indirect effects on the health and safety of consumers and workers, including effects due to wage and job losses, price increases, product restrictions, technological delays, and substitution effects. Title VII: Department of Manufacturing And Commerce - Department of Manufacturing and Commerce Act of 1992 - Renames the Department of Commerce as the Department of Manufacturing and Commerce. Requires the President to establish a Manufacturing Advisory Commission to examine Federal agencies, programs, and offices responsible for manufacturing-related research and development, technology transfer, education, and trade in order to prepare a report for the Congress on the feasibility of consolidating such agencies, programs, and offices into a single Office of Manufacturing within the Department of Manufacturing and Commerce. Title VIII: Amendments to the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 - Amends the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 to change from discretionary to mandatory a Federal agency's authority to permit the director of any of its laboratories to enter into cooperative research and development agreements on its behalf. Authorizes each Federal agency to copyright on behalf of the United States any computer software prepared in whole or in part by Government employees involved in cooperative research and development agreements. Includes software royalties in the current distribution format (agency, laboratory, author, and Treasury) under such Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 5205 (102nd)referred

Adam Mann Child Abuse and Neglect Protection Act

United States · United States Congress · 19 May 1992

Adam Mann Child Abuse and Neglect Protection Act - Amends the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to establish as an eligibility criterion for Federal child abuse prevention grants that a State establish authorities and procedures for information disclosure among appropriate agencies in order to: (1) implement its child protective duties; and (2) restrict disclosure of the identity of a subject of a substantiated allegation to circumstances where disclosure is appropriate for protection purposes. Expresses the sense of the Congress that each State should review and reform its child abuse and neglect system, and implement formal interagency, multidisciplinary teams to review and make final recommendations regarding: (1) certain child death cases; and (2) cases where there is evidence of negligent handling by the State in order to hold such State accountable.

Law· HRH.R. 5194 (102nd)enacted

Incentive Grants for Local Delinquency Prevention Programs Act

United States · United States Congress · 18 May 1992

Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Amendments of 1992 - Title I: Amendments to the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 - Amends the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (JJDPA) to include within the policy enunciated under such Act to: (1) encourage parental involvement in treatment and alternative disposition programs; and (2) provide for coordination of services between State, local, and community-based agencies, and promote interagency cooperation in providing such services. Revises the definition of "valid court order" to mean a court order given by a juvenile court judge to a juvenile: (1) who was brought before the court and made subject to such order (as under current law); (2) who received, before the issuance of such order, the full due process rights guaranteed to such juvenile by the Constitution; and (3) with respect to whom an appropriate public agency (other than a court or law enforcement agency), before the issuance of such order, reviewed the behavior of the juvenile and circumstances under which the juvenile was brought before the court and made subject to such order, determined the reasons for such behavior, determined that all dispositions (including treatment), other than placement in a secure detention or correctional facility had been exhausted or were clearly inappropriate, and submitted to the court a written report stating the results of the review and the determinations made. Specifies that there shall be a direct reporting relationship between the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention and the Attorney General, that the Administrator shall be directly responsible to the Attorney General, and that the Attorney General may not delegate specified powers, duties, or functions. (Under current law, the Administrator reports to the Attorney General through the Assistant Attorney General who heads the Office of Justice Programs under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968.) Directs the Administrator to develop objectives, priorities, and a long-term plan, and implement overall policy and a strategy to carry out such plan (currently, to implement overall policy and develop objectives and priorities). Specifies that such plan shall: (1) contain specific goals and criteria for making grants and contracts, conducting research, and carrying out other activities under such Act; and (2) provide for coordinating the administration of programs and activities under such Act with the administration of all other Federal juvenile delinquency programs and activities. Requires the Administrator to review such plan annually, revise it as appropriate, and publish it in the Federal Register. Repeals certain provisions with respect to: (1) the transfer of funds to other agencies; and (2) grants and contracts to other agencies, institutions, and individuals. Revises provisions with respect to the composition, functions, and administration of the Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Provides for the appointment of specified numbers of members appointed from among individuals who are practitioners in the field of juvenile justice who are not officers or employees of the United States, from members selected by the Congress, and from members appointed by the President. Directs the Council to examine how the separate programs can be coordinated among Federal, State, and local governments to better serve at-risk children and juveniles. Specifies that, in addition to performing their functions as members of the Council, members shall collectively: (1) make recommendations regarding the development of the objectives, priorities, and long-term plan, and the implementation of overall policy and strategy to carry out such plan; and (2) submit recommendations to the Administrator and the chairmen of specified congressional committees. Requires the Administrator's annual report to include a summary and analysis of: (1) the types of facilities used to hold juveniles treated as adults for purposes of prosecution; and (2) the educational status of juveniles. Makes a portion of any State allotment under such Act available to pay for one full-time staff position. Revises State plan requirements to provide for: (1) representation by recreation departments on the advisory group appointed by the chief executive of the State; (2) an assessment of educational needs as part of the analysis of juvenile justice and delinquency prevention needs; (3) coordination and maximum utilization of existing juvenile-related recreation programs within the State; (4) home-based alternative services; (5) community-based programs and services designed to work with juveniles during their incarceration, and with their families, to ensure the safe return of such juveniles to their homes and to strengthen the family unit; (6) enhanced coordination with the local schools such juveniles would otherwise attend to ensure that the instruction such juveniles receive outside, is closely aligned with the instruction provided in, such schools, and that information regarding any learning problems identified in such alternative learning situations are communicated to such schools; (7) juvenile initiated programs and outreach programs to assist juveniles with limited English-speaking ability; (8) special emphasis on involving parents with limited English-speaking ability; (9) programs relating to juveniles who have educational problems; (10) programs (including referral to literacy and social service programs) to assist families with limited English-speaking ability that include delinquent juveniles to overcome language and cultural barriers that may prevent the complete treatment of such juveniles and the preservation of the family unit; (11) programs designed to prevent and reduce hate crimes committed by juveniles; (12) a prohibition on detention or confinement in institutions in which juveniles alleged or found to be delinquent have contact (currently, regular contact) with adult convicts or with adults awaiting trial on criminal charges, or with the security staff or direct-care staff of a jail or lockup for adults; (13) elimination of an exception to the requirement that no juvenile be detained or confined in any jail or lockup for adults; (14) family counseling during the incarceration of juvenile family members and coordination of family services when appropriate and feasible; and (15) an assurance that any specified excess funds received by the State shall be expended through or for programs that are part of a comprehensive and coordinated community system of services. Directs that such State plans contain an analysis of services available, and a plan for providing needed services, with respect to: (1) gender-specific services for the prevention and treatment of juvenile delinquency; (2) services for the prevention and treatment of juvenile delinquency in rural areas; and (3) mental health services available to juveniles in the juvenile justice system (including an assessment of the appropriateness of the particular placements of juveniles in order to receive such services) and of barriers to access to such services. Revises provisions with respect to the approval of State plans and the lack of a State plan. Provides for a reduction or termination of funds for noncompliance, subject to specified limitations. Specifies that the National Institute for Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (the Institute) shall serve as a clearinghouse for information regarding juvenile delinquency, including State and local juvenile delinquency prevention and treatment programs (as under current law), and including drug and alcohol programs and gender-specific programs. Authorizes the Administrator to: (1) support research related to achieving a better understanding of the commission, and designed to identify educational programs best suited to prevent and reduce the incidence, of hate crimes by juveniles; and (2) develop, conduct, and provide training programs for persons working with juveniles and their families (as under current law), including juveniles who commit hate crimes. Requires the Administrator to include within the Institute's training program methods and techniques specifically designed to prevent and reduce such incidence. Directs the Administrator to conduct a study of the incidence of violence committed by or against juveniles in urban areas of the United States. Sets forth study objectives, including: (1) identifying characteristics and patterns of behavior of juveniles who are at risk of becoming violent or victims of homicide, factors particularly indigenous to such areas that contribute to violence committed by or against juveniles, and existing and new diversion, prevention, and control programs to ameliorate conditions causing any increase in such violence; (2) determining the accessibility and use of firearms, and the conditions that cause any increase in violence committed, by or against juveniles; (3) using data available from Federal and State law enforcement agencies to make specified assessments with respect to hate crimes; (4) improving current systems to prevent and control violence by or against juveniles; and (5) developing a plan to assist State and local governments to establish viable ways to reduce homicide committed by or against juveniles. Sets forth reporting requirements. Directs the Administrator, in making grants and contracts under Special Emphasis Prevention and Treatment Programs, to include: (1) home-based treatment programs in establishing or maintaining community-based alternatives to traditional forms of institutionalization of juvenile offenders; (2) self-help programs for parents in developing or supporting model programs to strengthen and maintain the family unit; (3) programs that work with families during the incarceration of juvenile family members and which take into consideration the special needs of families with limited English-speaking ability; (4) targeting juveniles who have had, or are likely to have, contact with the juvenile justice system in disseminating information regarding model, innovative, law-related education programs; and (5) establishing or supporting programs designed to prevent and reduce the incidence of hate crimes committed by juveniles, including model educational programs (designed to reduce such incidence by means such as addressing the specific prejudicial attitude of each offender, developing an awareness in such offender of the effect of the hate crime on the victim, and educating such offender about the importance of tolerance in our society) and sentencing programs (designed specifically for juveniles who commit hate crimes and that provide alternatives to incarceration). Authorizes the Administrator, in making such grants and contracts, to assist in identifying learning disabilities in developing and implementing model programs and methods to keep students in elementary and secondary schools, and in encouraging new approaches with respect to prevention of school violence and vandalism. Bars the Administrator from making any such grant or contract to the Department of Justice (DOJ) or to any administrative unit or other entity that is part of DOJ. Modifies provisions regarding the competitive process (and related reporting requirements) in approving applications for such grants or contracts. Specifies that such process shall not apply to programs to be carried out in areas with respect to which the President declares (under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act) that a major disaster or emergency exists. Revises provisions with respect to prevention and treatment programs relating to juvenile gangs and drug abuse and trafficking. Directs the Administrator to make grants to or enter into contracts with public agencies (including local educational agencies) and private nonprofit agencies, organizations, and institutions to establish and support programs and activities that involve families and communities that are designed to carry out specified purposes, including to: (1) prevent and reduce the participation of juveniles in the activities of gangs that commit crimes (which may include individual, peer, family, and group counseling, education and social services designed to address the social and developmental needs of juveniles, the organization of neighborhood and community groups, and training and assistance to adults who have significant relationships with juveniles who are or may become members of gangs, in providing constructive alternatives to participating in gang activities); (2) promote and support the development of policies and activities in public elementary and secondary schools which will assist such schools in maintaining a safe environment conducive to learning; (3) assist juveniles who are or may become gang members to obtain appropriate educational instruction, in or outside a regular school program, including the provision of counseling and other services; (4) expand the availability of prevention and treatment services relating to the illegal use of controlled substances and controlled substance analogues by juveniles; (5) provide services to prevent juveniles from coming into contact with the juvenile justice system again as a result of gang-related activity; and (6) support activities to inform juveniles of the availability of treatment and services for which financial assistance is available. Authorizes the Administrator to make grants and enter into contracts with public agencies and private nonprofit agencies, organizations, and institutions to: (1) conduct research on issues related to juvenile gangs; (2) evaluate the effectiveness of programs and activities funded under these provisions; and (3) increase the knowledge of the public by disseminating information on research and on effective programs and activities. Sets forth application requirements, including that applications: (1) provide an assurance that the proposed program or activity will supplement, not supplant, similar programs and activities already available in the community; (2) describe how such program or activity is coordinated with other specified programs, activities, and services available locally; and (3) certify that the applicant has requested the State planning agency (currently, any designated local agency) to review and comment on such application, and summarize the responses of such State planning agency to the request). Directs the Administrator, in reviewing applications, to give priority to specified applications, including those: (1) submitted by, or substantially involving, local educational agencies; and (2) for assistance for programs and activities that are broadly supported by public and private nonprofit agencies, organizations, and institutions in the geographical area in which the applicants propose to carry out the programs and activities, and that will substantially involve the families of juvenile gang members in carrying out such programs or activities. Sets forth new provisions with respect to community-based gang intervention. Directs the Administrator to make grants to, or enter into contracts with, public and private nonprofit agencies, organizations, and institutions to carry out programs and activities to: (1) reduce the participation of juveniles in illegal gang activities; (2) develop regional task forces involving State, local, and community-based organizations to coordinate enforcement, intervention, and treatment efforts for juvenile gang members and to curtail interstate gang activities; and (3) facilitate coordination and cooperation among local education, juvenile justice, employment, and social service agencies, and community-based programs with a proven record of effectively providing intervention services to juvenile gang members for the purpose of reducing the participation of juveniles in illegal gang activities. Authorizes appropriations. Title II: Amendments to the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act - Amends the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (RHYA) to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to provide services to deal with the immediate needs of homeless youth and their families (as under current law) in a manner which is outside the law enforcement, child welfare, mental health, and juvenile justice systems (current law specifies outside the law enforcement structure and juvenile justice system). Increases the allotment of grant funds. Amends the JJDPA to: (1) delete a provision authorizing the Secretary to provide on-the-job training to local runaway and homeless youth center personnel and coordinated networks of local law enforcement, social service, and welfare personnel to assist such personnel in recognizing and providing for learning disabled and other handicapped juveniles; and (2) authorize the Secretary, subject to specified appropriations-related limitations, to make grants to establish and operate street-based service projects for runaway, homeless, and street youth, and home-based service projects for families that are separated (or at risk of separation) as a result of the physical absence of a runaway youth or youth at risk of family separation. Amends the RHYA to provide that, to be eligible for assistance under the Runaway and Homeless Youth Grant Program, an applicant shall propose to establish, strengthen, or fund specified centers and services and a locally controlled facility providing temporary shelter (as under current law), including a family host home. Specifies that, to qualify for such assistance, the applicant shall submit a plan to the Secretary including assurances that such applicant shall: (1) use such assistance with respect to a facility that has a maximum capacity of not more than 25 youths (currently, not more than 25 children); (2) develop an adequate plan for assuring proper relations with law enforcement, social service, school system, and welfare personnel (as under current law), and health care personnel, as well as coordination with personnel of the schools to which runaway and homeless youth will return, to assist such youth to stay current with the curricula of such schools; (3) develop an adequate plan for providing counseling and aftercare services to such youth, and for encouraging the involvement of their parents or legal guardians in counseling (current law specifies aftercare counseling involving such youth and their families within the State in which the runaway and homeless youth center is located); (4) keep adequate statistical records profiling the children and parents which it serves, except that records maintained on individual youth shall not be disclosed without consent of the individual youth and family members (as under current law) whom it serves, including youth who are not referred to out-of-home shelter services; and (5) develop an adequate plan for establishing outreach programs designed to attract individuals (including minorities and those with limited English-speaking ability) who are eligible to receive services for which a grant may be expended. Amends the JJDPA to provide that, to be eligible for street-based services assistance, an applicant shall propose to establish, strengthen, or fund a street-based service project for runaway and homeless youth and street youth, and shall submit to the Secretary a plan in which such applicant agrees, as part of such project: (1) to provide qualified supervision of staff, backup personnel for on-street staff, informational and health educational material to runaway and homeless youth and street youth in need of services, and initial and periodic training of staff who provide services under such project; (2) to carry out outreach activities for, and collect statistical information on, such youth; (3) to develop referral relationships with agencies and organizations that provide services or assistance to such youth; (4) to submit to the Secretary an annual report, an annual budget, and such other information as the Secretary may reasonably require; (5) to implement such accounting procedures and fiscal control devices as the Secretary may require; (6) to keep adequate statistical records that profile such youth whom it serves and not disclose their identity in reports or other documents based on such records; and (7) not to disclose records maintained on individual youth without their consent to anyone other than an agency compiling statistical records. Requires an applicant, to be eligible for home-based services assistance, to propose to establish, strengthen, or fund a home-based service project for runaway youth or youth at risk of family separation and submit to the Secretary a plan in which the applicant agrees, as part of such project: (1) to provide counseling and information services needed by runaway youth, youth at risk of family separation, and the family (including unrelated individuals in the family household) of such youth, 24-hour service to respond to family crises (including immediate access to temporary shelter for such youth affected by family crises), informational and health educational material to such youth in need of services, and initial and periodic training of staff who provide services under such project; (2) to establish in partnership with the families of such youth objectives and measures of success to be achieved as a result of participating in such project; (3) to carry out outreach activities for, and collect statistical information on, such youth; (4) to ensure that caseloads remain sufficiently low to allow for intensive involvement with each family participating in, and that qualified supervision will be provided to staff who provide services under, such project; (5) to submit to the Secretary an annual report, an annual budget, and such other information as the Secretary may reasonably require; (6) to implement such accounting procedures and fiscal control devices as the Secretary may require; (7) to keep adequate statistical records that profile such youth whom it serves and not disclose the identity of such youth in reports or other documents based on such records; and (8) not to disclose records maintained on individual youth without their consent to anyone other than an agency compiling statistical records. Makes conforming amendments with respect to grants to private entities and approval by the Secretary of specified grant funds. Gives priority to grants smaller than $200,000 (currently, $150,000). Provides that, to be eligible for assistance under the Transitional Living Grant Program, an applicant must agree not to disclose records maintained on individual homeless youth without the consent of such individual (current law also requires consent of a parent or legal guardian) to anyone other than an agency compiling statistical records or a government agency involved in the disposition of criminal charges against youth. Directs the Secretary to include in its annual report to the Congress a summary of the results of Federal evaluation of the programs, projects, and activities carried out under the RHYA, and a description of the training provided to the individuals who carry out such evaluation. Specifies that, as part of such evaluation, the Secretary shall require such individuals to visit each grantee on-site not less frequently than at three-year intervals. Authorizes appropriations for the Runaway and Homeless Youth Grant Program and the Transitional Living Grant Program. Directs the Secretary to: (1) give priority to grant applicants (with respect to grants, as provided for under current law, for a national communication system to assist runaway and homeless youth in communicating with their families and with service providers) that have experience in providing telephone services to such youth; (2) coordinate the activities of agencies of the Department of Health and Human Services with those of other Federal and eligible non-Federal entities (currently, with respect to matters relating to communicable diseases); and (3) make grants to statewide and regional nonprofit organizations to provide technical assistance and training to eligible public and private entities (as under current law) for the purpose of carrying out the programs, projects, or activities for which such grants are made pursuant to this Act. Sets forth additional criteria for the Secretary to use in selecting applicants with respect to grants (provided for under current law) to States, localities, and private entities to carry out research, demonstration, and service projects designed to increase knowledge concerning, and to improve services for, runaway and homeless youth. Title III: Amendment to the Missing Children's Assistance Act - Amends the Missing Children's Assistance Act to authorize appropriations. Title IV: General Provisions - Sets forth effective dates of this Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 5175 (102nd)referred

Gang-Free Schools and Communities Act of 1992

United States · United States Congress · 14 May 1992

Gang-Free Schools and Communities Act of 1992 - Amends the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to establish a program of assistance to achieve gang-free schools and communities. Directs the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to make grants to or contract with public agencies (including local educational agencies) and private nonprofit entities to establish family and community programs and activities designed to carry out any of specified purposes, including: (1) prevention and reduction of juvenile participation in gangs that commit crime, through various methods; (2) innovations within juvenile adjudicatory and correctional systems; (3) treatment for juvenile gang members; (4) involvement of juveniles in lawful activities in areas of gang-crime; (5) policies and activities in schools to maintain a safe learning environment; (6) counseling and other instructional services for at-risk juveniles, in or outside a regular school program; (7) drug abuse prevention and treatment services; and (8) services to prevent repeat offenses. Authorizes grants and contracts for research, evaluation, and public information on issues relating to the program and juvenile gangs. Sets forth requirements for application review and approval. Defines juvenile as an individual under 22 years old. Authorizes appropriations.

Bill· HRH.R. 5153 (102nd)referred

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the income tax check-off which provides funding for Presidential election campaigns and to provide a check-off to reduce the public debt.

United States · United States Congress · 13 May 1992

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to terminate the authority for individuals to designate income tax payments to the Presidential Election Campaign Fund. Allows individual taxpayers to designate a portion of any tax overpayment (not less than one dollar) and to make cash contributions with their tax returns to reduce the public debt. Allows individuals who do not itemize deductions a deduction for contributions to reduce the public debt.

Bill· HRH.R. 5113 (102nd)referred

To abolish the Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals.

United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1992

Amends the Economic Stabilization Act of 1970 to abolish the Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals (TECA). Specifies that appeals from orders or judgments entered by a U.S. district court in cases and controversies arising under such Act may be brought in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit if the appeal is from a final decision of the district court or is an interlocutory appeal permitted under the Federal judicial code. Amends: (1) the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 to substitute the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit for TECA with respect to judicial review of emergency orders under such Act; and (2) the Federal judicial code to grant such Court exclusive jurisdiction over appeals under specified provisions of such Act, the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973, and the Energy Policy and Conservation Act. Provides for the handling of cases pending before TECA.

Bill· HRH.R. 5117 (102nd)open

To prohibit United States assistance to Serbia and Montenegro.

United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1992

Prohibits U.S. assistance to Serbia and Montenegro or any successor entity and requires the President to block all assets of the former Yugoslavian Government until he certifies to the Congress that: (1) Serbia and Montenegro have withdrawn their forces from Croatia and Bosnia-Hercegovina; and (2) the government of Serbia and Montenegro or any successor entity is democratically-elected and recognizes the territorial integrity of neighboring states and the political rights of Kosovo. Urges President Bush to withdraw U.S. recognition of Yugoslavia and to refuse to recognize Serbian and Montenegrin claims as a successor state. Supports withholding formal recognition of Serbia and Montenegro until all Serbian military, paramilitary, and irregular units are withdrawn from Bosnia-Hercegovina, Slovenia, and Croatia and until Serbia and Montenegro respect the territorial integrity of neighboring nations. Calls upon the administration to impose an "air cap" to provide protection to Bosnia-Hercegovina and Croatia, as is being afforded to the Kurds in Iraq. Supports the immediate provision of humanitarian and refugee assistance for the victims of war in Bosnia-Hercegovina and Croatia. Urges President Bush to call for a special meeting of the United Nations Security Council to adopt a resolution calling on member countries to: (1) suspend aid to Serbia and Montenegro; (2) block Serbian assets; (3) participate in an international trade embargo of Yugoslavia; (4) withdraw recognition of the Yugoslavian Government; and (5) terminate Yugoslavia's membership in international and multilateral organizations.

Bill· HRH.R. 5125 (102nd)referred

To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to expand the requirement that legislation be accompanied by cost estimates of its impact on State and local governments.

United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1992

Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to include conference reports in cost estimate analyses by the Congressional Budget Office of legislative impact on State and local governments. Requires concurrent resolutions on the budget to direct committees to include cost estimates with reconciliation legislation.

Bill· HRH.R. 4975 (102nd)referred

To provide for a moratorium on the construction of incinerators in the United States for the chemical munitions demilitarization of the Army until the Secretary of the Army certifies to Congress that the incineration disposal program process to be used in the program is the safest means available at a reasonable cost.

United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1992

Prohibits the Secretary of the Army from expending any funds for construction of incinerators in the continental United States for use in the chemical munitions demilitarization program until the Secretary certifies to the Congress that he has: (1) evaluated alternative technologies for the destruction of chemical munitions under the program; and (2) determined that the current chemical munitions disposal process is the safest means available to carry out the program at a reasonable cost.

Bill· HRH.R. 4878 (102nd)referred

To approve the President's rescission proposal transmitted to the Congress on April 9, 1992.

United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1992

Rescinds the budgetary resources specified in the rescission proposal (R92-130) (Research, development, test and evaluation, Defense Agencies) transmitted to the Congress by the President on April 9, 1992, pursuant to the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974.

Bill· HRH.R. 4877 (102nd)referred

To approve the President's rescission proposal transmitted to the Congress on April 9, 1992.

United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1992

Rescinds the budgetary resources specified in the rescission proposal (R92-129) (Research, development, test, and evaluation, Defense Agencies) transmitted to the Congress by the President on April 9, 1992, pursuant to the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974.

Bill· HRH.R. 4876 (102nd)referred

To approve the President's rescission proposal transmitted to the Congress on April 9, 1992.

United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1992

Rescinds the budgetary resources specified in the rescission proposal (R92-128) (Research, development, test, and evaluation, Defense Agencies) transmitted to the Congress by the President on April 9, 1992, pursuant to the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974.