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5,563 records where Rep. Horton, Frank J. [R-NY-29] is listed as a sponsor, author, or other actor. Search with topics and years
United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1992
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to designate special inquiry officers as immigration judges and provide for their compensation.
United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1992
Individuals With Disabilities Transportation Assistance Act of 1992 - Amends the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to authorize the Commissioner of the Rehabilitation Services Administration to make discretionary competition grants to public and nonprofit private organizations (including Indian tribes), and formula grants to States, for the provision of transportation service between the homes of eligible individuals with disabilities and the places where they are: (1) employed; (2) seeking employment; or (3) receiving vocational rehabilitation services. Requires States to provide certain matching funds for the formula grants. Sets forth specified grant requirements. Requires the Commissioner to submit a report to the Congress. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1992
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend permanently the exclusion from gross income of Christa McAuliffe Fellowships.
United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1992
Designates June 1992 as National Scleroderma Awareness Month.
United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1992
Designates the week beginning May 17, 1992, as National Senior Nutrition Week.
United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1992
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should appoint a special envoy to be personally and actively involved in bringing a solution to the conflict in Northern Ireland.
United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1992
Designates May 16 through 22, 1992, as National Awareness Week for Life-Saving Techniques.
United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1992
Commends the New York Stock Exchange on the occasion of its bicentennial on May 17, 1992.
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1992
Designates April 9, 1992, as Child Care Worthy Wage Day.
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1992
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) the veterans' health care system administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs should be maintained within that Department uniquely for providing health care for veterans; and (2) eligibility for health care services provided by such health care system should not be expanded to non-veterans other than to provide care for veterans' dependents or to enter into sharing arrangements with other health-care providers.
United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1992
Authorizes the President, on behalf of the Congress, to present a gold medal to a representative of the American Philosophical Society in commemoration of the 250th anniversaries of the founding of the Society and the birth of Thomas Jefferson. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to strike and sell bronze duplicates of such medal. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1992
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase income thresholds for the taxable amount of social security and tier 1 railroad retirement benefits. Adjusts such amounts for inflation after 1992.
United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1992
Designates June 19, 1992, as National Baseball Day.
United States · United States Congress · 10 March 1992
Amends the Tax Reform Act of 1986 to repeal the provision taxing scholarships and fellowships, and to exclude them from gross income, beginning with the 1987 tax year. Waives the statute of limitations for related refund or credit claims filed within one year of enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 10 March 1992
Democracy Corps Act of 1992 - Establishes a Democracy Corps Board to carry out this Act. Requires the Board to establish a Democracy Corps composed of U.S. citizens who have expertise relevant to the development of democratic institutions and free market economies in eligible former Soviet republics and the Baltic States. Directs the Corps to: (1) recruit and train teams of Corps members and assign such teams to eligible republics to make onsite assessments of the needs of individuals and organizations for training and other assistance relevant to the development of democratic institutions and free market economies; (2) prepare reports on critical needs at the regional and local levels; (3) identify local leaders who might benefit from training programs in the United States and other democratic countries; and (4) review the effectiveness of the distribution of U.S. humanitarian assistance. Requires the teams to establish Democracy Houses in localities to assist local efforts to create democratic institutions and a market economy and to provide logistical support and information to U.S. Government agencies and nongovernmental organizations assisting in the development of democracy. Directs the Corps to disseminate the needs assessments to relevant Government agencies, the National Endowment for Democracy, and other nongovernmental organizations and foreign governments engaged in assisting the transition to democratic institutions and free market economies. Requires the Corps to seek to obtain support in the United States for those working to consolidate such transition. Permits funds made available under this Act to be used to compensate Corps members. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 9 March 1992
Designates April 2, 1992, as Chuck Taylor Day.
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1992
Small Business Innovation Development Amendment Act of 1992 - Amends the Small Business Innovation Development Act of 1982 to extend the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program from October 1, 1993, to October 1, 2000. Amends the Small Business Act regarding small business eligiblity for Federal agency research and development awards to include in the three-phase evaluation process determining the technological feasibility of ideas those ideas which appear to have commercial potential. Prescribes minimum SBIR expenditure amounts for FY 1992 through 1997 and after. Requires each Federal agency that is required to establish an SBIR program to: (1) determine unilaterally research topics within its SBIR solicitations, giving special consideration to topics which permit substantial applicant participation in research project formulation; and (2) make payments in full to SBIR funding agreement recipients, subject to specified audit deadlines. Directs the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (the Administrator) to modify directives for the conduct of general SBIR policy to provide for: (1) rights to data; (2) continued use of agency property; (3) follow-on contracts; and (4) increased amounts of Phase 1 awards. Repeals the requirement for an annual report by the Office of Science and Technology Policy. Provides that if a Federal agency required to establish an SBIR program makes an SBIR solicitation award for which it receives only one proposal, it shall provide written justification of such award in its next annual report. Requires the Comptroller General to report to the Congress on specified aspects of SBIR program implementation.
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1992
Amends Federal law relating to unlicensed shipping personnel to require merchant mariner's documents for individuals serving on a vessel of at least five gross tons (currently, at least 100 gross tons), subject to certain exceptions, including small passenger vessels (currently, including vessels operating only on rivers and lakes, except the Great Lakes). Removes provisions excepting barges.
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1992
Medicare Geographic Data Accuracy Act of 1992 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to consult with State medical societies in revising the geographic adjustment factors used to determine reimbursements for physician services under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of Medicare. Requires the Secretary to base geographic-cost-of-practice indices under Medicare upon the most recent available data.
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1992
Designates October 1992 as National Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1992
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the environmental cleanup of military installations should be a priority use of savings resulting from reductions in defense spending so that such installations can be made available for civilian use in the future.
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1992
Authorizes the Secretary of the military department concerned to donate excess military clothing, medical supplies, and sundry articles to State and local governments for distribution to homeless individuals. Directs each Secretary to conduct an annual survey of each logistical depot used under his jurisdiction to determine the types and amounts of such excess material and food likely to be available for disposal.
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1992
Designates April 26 through May 2, 1992, as National Adult and Continuing Education Week.
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1992
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives: (1) acknowledging the cooperation of the Soviet and now Russian authorities in providing records and personal effects of Raoul Wallenberg to his family; (2) requesting that the President, through diplomatic discussions with the Government of the Russian Federation, pursue an investigation into the whereabouts and fate of Raoul Wallenberg; and (3) requesting that the results of such investigation be made public.
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
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the tax credit for increasing research activities. Provides for reinstatement of the ten percent investment tax credit.
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 · 27 February 1992
Designates the week beginning April 19, 1992, as National Credit Education Week.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1992
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should: (1) terminate certain current Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) petitions from Central and Eastern European countries for products (Goya cheese, mushrooms, grape wine, and other products) considered and rejected in the 1990 GSP annual review as well as other specified products (nitrocellulose and sulfasalazine); and (2) reinstate his determination of May 3, 1991, to reject such petitions.
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1992
Designates May 10, 1992, as Infant Mortality Awareness Day.
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1992
Designates May 7, 1992, as National Barrier Awareness Day.
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1992
Voting Rights Improvement Act of 1992 - Amends the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to extend the termination date on the prohibition of covered States and political subdivisions providing voting materials only in English. Modifies criteria for determining whether a State or subdivision is covered.
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1992
Designates May 1992 as Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month.
United States · United States Congress · 24 February 1992
Provides an extension, at the election of the qualified taxpayer, of the time for payment of income tax on the nonexcluded portion of the combat pay of members of the armed forces serving in the Persian Gulf conflict.
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1992
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish a nonimmigrant (but not permanent resident) status for the spouse and minor children of a lawful permanent resident alien. Prohibits such spouse from working in the United States. Terminates such status upon termination of the marriage.
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1992
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to waive the Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) late enrollment penalty for certain current and former uniformed service members aged 65 or older and dependents residing within 100 miles of a treatment facility on a military base slated for closure who enroll under part B during a special 90-day enrollment period established by this Act.
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 the honored dead in the war against drugs are heroes deserving the recognition and appreciation of all nations.
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1992
Designates July 4 through 11, 1992, as Buy American Week.
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1992
Designates March 2 through 7, 1992, as National Saleswoman Week.
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1992
Urges the Government of Syria to: (1) provide the strictest accounting of all Israelis who are prisoners of war or missing in action; (2) immediately release all living Israeli prisoners in its custody or the custody of its proxies in Lebanon; and (3) recover and return the bodies of all Israeli soldiers interred in Syria or in formerly Syrian-controlled areas of Lebanon.
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 · 19 February 1992
Petitions the President to intervene personally to urge the Government of Great Britain to address the continuing human rights violations in the north of Ireland and to initiate talks among all parties involved in the conflict to find a lasting and equitable solution.
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1992
Declares that: (1) businesses should offer monetary employee achievement awards to employees who offer ideas to improve efficiency, productivity, competitiveness, and products; and (2) the Congress should encourage such awards by enacting significant tax incentives for employees to contribute to business productivity and for businesses to reward such contributions.
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
Authorizes and requests the President to designate the second full week in March 1992 as National Employ the Older Worker 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
Deposit Insurance Notification Act of 1992 - Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to mandate that an insured depository institution promptly notify its depositors when their deposits equal 95 percent or more of the maximum amount insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.