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United States · United States Congress · 16 July 1991
Proclaims Leif Ericson, a Norse navigator and North American explorer, as an honorary citizen of the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 16 July 1991
Designates the week beginning June 7, 1992, as Animal Rights Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 15 July 1991
Designates the week beginning September 2, 1991, as Buy American Week.
United States · United States Congress · 11 July 1991
Magnetic Levitation Research, Development, and Construction Act of 1991 - Establishes a national magnetic levitation design program to be managed jointly by the Secretary of Transportation (Secretary) and the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works (Assistant Secretary). Directs the Secretary and Assistant Secretary to establish a National Meglev Joint Project Office. Requires them to develop and transmit to appropriate congressional committees a national strategic plan for the design and construction of a prototype magnetic levitation system. Authorizes eligible participants to submit to the Meglev Project Office a proposal for research and development of a conceptual design for a magnetic levitation system and an application for a grant to conduct such research and development (R and D). Directs the Secretary and Assistant Secretary to: (1) award one-year phase-one R and D to grants to no less than six applicants which agree to report the results to such Office and provide for the ten percent non-Federal share of the grant costs; (2) select not more than three participants to receive one-year phase-two grants for R and D leading to a final design for a magnetic levitation system if they agree to provide for the 20 percent non-Federal share of such grant costs; (3) select, after receiving such final design, one design for development into a full scale prototype magnetic levitation system; and (4) award, after selection of such design, one prototype construction grant to a State, local government, organization of State or local governments, consortium of U.S. private businesses, or any combination of such entities in order to construct a prototype magnetic levitation system in accordance with such design. Requires the Secretary and Assistant Secretary to provide to appropriate congressional committees periodic reports on progress made with regard to such systems. Prohibits the disclosure of trade secrets or commercial or financial information that is privileged or confidential which is obtained from a U.S. business, research, or education entity as a result of activities under this Act. Subjects the research, development, and use of any technology developed pursuant to agreement under this Act, including the terms under which any technology may be licensed and resulting royalties distributed, to the provisions of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980. Authorizes the Secretary and Assistant Secretary to require grant recipients to assure that research and development be performed and that products of inventions made under such agreeement be manufactured substantially in the United States. Amends the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1987 to require the Secretary (current law authorizes the Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration) to authorize States to make available without charge, to a publicly or privately owned authority or company, any lands and rights-of-way, where sufficient, within the publicly acquired rights-of-way of highways built with Federal funds in order to accommodate passenger or commuter rail, high speed ground transportation systems (including magnetic levitation systems or steel-wheel high speed rail systems), or highway public mass transit facilities. Authorizes States to permit governmental use, use by public or private entities for high speed ground transportation systems (including magnetic levitation systems), or other transit utility use and occupancy of airspace rights-of-way, without charge, for transportation projects funded under such Act or this Act. Authorizes appropriations from the Highway Trust Fund.
United States · United States Congress · 11 July 1991
FHA Energy Efficiency Incentives Act of 1991 - Amends the National Housing Act to require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to provide mortgage financing incentives for energy efficiency housing subject to mortages insured under such Act. Obligates specified funding for the promotion of such program. Increases mortgage limits for energy efficiency improvements.
United States · United States Congress · 11 July 1991
Access to Life-Saving Therapies Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the Food and Drug Administration, to approve, at the request of the sponsor and on an expedited basis, a drug or biologic needed to treat or prevent a life threatening disease or seriously debilitating illness if the drug or biologic meets certain conditions, including some indications of effectiveness and safety and a lack of alternative satisfactory therapy. Deems an application under the amendments made by this Act approved unless other action is taken within 120 days. Prohibits any health insurance policy or plan from distinguishing, for the purpose of determining whether a drug is eligible for coverage or reimbursement, between a drug approved under the amendments made by this Act and one approved under specified other provisions of the Public Health Service Act. Mandates suspension of approval under the amendments made by this Act if at least two subsequent studies fail to confirm the initial safety and efficacy conclusions. Requires written informed consent for administration of a drug approved under amendments made by this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 11 July 1991
Community Right-To-Know More Act of 1991 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to revise congressional findings, objectives, and national policy provisions. Title I: Expansion of Toxics Release Inventory - Requires owners or operators of facilities subject to toxic chemical release requirements under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act of 1986 that meet threshold requirements under this Act to include supplemental information comparable to that required in toxic chemical release forms for transfers or releases of chemicals that are: (1) priority pollutants relating to steam electric power point source pollutants under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act; (2) specified hazardous wastes listed under the Solid Waste Disposal Act; (3) specified chemicals listed under the Clean Air Act; (4) pesticides with respect to which the registration has been denied, cancelled, or is under suspension or pesticides undergoing administrative review or that are classified for restricted use; (5) chemicals listed under the Safe Drinking Water Act for which maximum contaminant levels have been proposed; (6) chemicals identified as carcinogens by the Carcinogen Assessment Group of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the International Agency for Research on Cancer, or the National Toxicology Program; (7) extremely hazardous substances listed pursuant to the Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act of 1986; (8) chemicals listed in 90 California Regulatory Notice Register 990 as reproductive toxins; or (9) listed under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act of 1986 that are not used at a level that meets threshold requirements for reporting but are released to the environment or transferred to an offsite waste management facility in amounts meeting the threshold under this Act. Provides that a facility meets the threshold requirements with respect to a chemical listed under this Act if the facility: (1) uses the chemical at a level that meets the threshold requirement for reporting under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act of 1986; or (2) releases to the environment or transfers to an offsite waste management facility a chemical in an amount greater than or equal to 100 pounds annually in the case of metals or metal compounds or 2,000 pounds annually for any other chemical. Authorizes the EPA Administrator to establish lower thresholds for any chemical, user segment, or facility. Permits authorized States to establish lower thresholds for facilities in their jurisdictions. Authorizes the Administrator to delete a carcinogen or reproductive toxin from the list under this Act if it is not otherwise listed under this Act or the Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act of 1986. Applies toxic chemical release reporting requirements to facilities employing at least ten full-time employees that are not currently subject to such requirements, but meet threshold reporting requirements under this Act or the Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act of 1986. Title II: Toxics Use Reduction - Requires owners or operators of covered facilities to submit: (1) annual toxics use reduction reports for each covered chemical for which such facilities are required to file toxic chemical release forms or supplemental information pursuant to title I; and (2) annual plans for reducing the use of covered chemicals. Sets forth report and plan requirements and submission deadlines. Authorizes the Administrator to modify such plans. Requires the Administrator to establish an advisory board to determine a professional code of practice for toxics use reduction materials accounting and planning. Directs owners or operators of facilities in violation of standards, permit conditions, or regulations pertaining to the management or release of covered chemicals, upon the request of 50 citizens or employees, to establish a workplace toxic use reduction committee to provide ongoing dialogue and appraisal of the progress toward pollution prevention. Requires the committee to meet at least quarterly to review a facility's progress on toxics use reduction. Directs the Administrator to implement a strategy to promote toxics use reduction. Requires the Administrator, Federal agencies, and States or political subdivisions, in issuing or approving regulatory action under specified environmental, consumer protection, occupational health and safety, and energy Acts, to make toxics use reduction an integral part of the planning, decisionmaking, and rulemaking process. Authorizes the Administrator to require owners or operators of facilities to provide records and information and grants the Administrator access to records, products, or raw materials. Requires the Administrator to establish a technical assistance and research program to promote and study toxics use reduction. Directs the Administrator to analyze information on production units reported by facilities for purposes of classifying such units into groups that use similar production processes and covered chemicals. Authorizes the Administrator to classify such units into groups on the basis of industrial categories according to Standard Industrial Classification codes. Requires the Administrator to: (1) classify ten groups, to be referred to as user segments; (2) evaluate the reduction in the use and generation of covered chemicals by each production unit in each user segment; and (3) prepare and make available to the public an annual percentile ranking of each unit according to use and generation as byproduct. Authorizes the Administrator to promulgate regulations to establish minimum toxics use reduction performance requirements for production units in user segments. Sets forth regulation requirements. Applies provisions of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act of 1986 concerning trade secrets, the provision of information to health professionals, and public availability of information to toxics information under this Act. Waives Federal facility compliance with toxics use reduction and reporting requirements upon the request of the Secretary of Defense and the President's determination that such waiver is in the interest of national security. Directs the Administrator to study and report to the appropriate congressional committees on methods of encouraging the reporting of toxics information through the use of computer telecommunication and other means. Requires the Director of the Office of Technology Assessment to study and report to the Administrator and the Congress on the provision to the public of toxic release inventory information and related information required to be submitted to the Administrator. Prescribes civil and administrative penalties for violations of toxics use reduction and reporting requirements. Sets forth provisions concering civil actions with respect to such violations. Requires the Administrator to establish a grant program to assist States and local governments in establishing innovative toxics use reduction programs. Directs States to make 75 percent of a grant available to local governments for carrying out toxics use reduction. Bases the awarding of grants on the extent to which chemical substances are manufactured, processed, used, and disposed of in a State, the extent of exposure to such substances in a State, and the population density of a State. Authorizes appropriations for such grants and for toxics use reduction under this Act. Requires the Administrator to: (1) implement a procurement policy that reduces, avoids, or eliminates the acquisition of agency procurement items made with or containing covered chemicals and hazardous secondary materials; and (2) make recommendations to the Congress for a national toxics use reduction procurement policy covering all procuring agencies, Federal facilities, and government contractors. Amends the Pollution Prevention Act of 1990 to increase the amounts authorized to be appropriated for functions under such Act and to increase and extend the authorization of appropriations for technical assistance grants to States. Title III: Waste Stream Reporting - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to revise recordkeeping and reporting requirements for hazardous waste generators. Directs hazardous waste generators to report annually to the Administrator and authorized State agencies on the quantity of hazardous waste generated from each catastrophic event, remedial action, or one-time event not associated with production processes. Sets forth reporting requirements for generators of solid waste in amounts in excess of 11,000 pounds a month and for facilities managing solid and certain special wastes generated by fossil fuels combustion, mining, and activities involving cement kilns. Reqiures the Administrator to: (1) maintain publicly accessible databases for hazardous, solid, and special waste stream data reported under this Act; (2) make the data accessible on a cost reimbursable basis; and (3) report to the Congress on links between EPA databases and changes that would facilitate links between all major EPA operations.
United States · United States Congress · 11 July 1991
Amends the Internal Revenue code to exempt from income tax withholding the wages of agricultural workers for services that are not described as exempt from minimum wage and maximum hour provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938.
United States · United States Congress · 11 July 1991
Designates September 1991 as National Mushroom Month.
United States · United States Congress · 10 July 1991
Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to determine whether an individual entitled to benefits under part A (Hospital Insurance) meets the requirements for status as a qualified Medicare beneficiary under the Medicaid program (title XIX of the Social Security Act).
United States · United States Congress · 10 July 1991
Designates March 19, 1992, as National Women in Agriculture Day.
United States · United States Congress · 10 July 1991
Designates the week beginning August 11, 1991, as National Convenience Store Appreciation Week.
United States · United States Congress · 9 July 1991
Amends Federal law (relating to making surplus U.S. vessels available for humanitarian services to peoples of developing countries) to designate two specified vessels as humanitarian service candidates and to transfer them to the National Defense Reserve Fleet, removing from such designation two other specified vessels. Extends to October 22, 1996, the expiration date of the law being amended.
United States · United States Congress · 9 July 1991
Authorizes States to waive certain requirements under the Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986 limiting to one the number of driver's licenses that can be owned by an operator of a commercial vehicle with respect to local government employees who operate snow or ice removal vehicles.
United States · United States Congress · 9 July 1991
Condemns the Government of Mauritania's persecution of non-Hassaniya-speaking black Mauritanians and the continued practice of slavery in Mauritania. Calls upon such Government to: (1) abide by its international obligations and the Mauritanian constitution to protect the rights of all Mauritanians; (2) permit an impartial investigation by independent Mauritanian organizations into the death in detention of hundreds of black Mauritanians and to bring those responsible to justice; (3) permit international human rights and humanitarian organizations to conduct fact-finding missions to Mauritania; and (4) take immediate steps to enforce Mauritanian law and end the practice of slavery. Welcomes: (1) recent actions by such Government, including the amnesty and release in April 1991 of hundreds of political prisoners; (2) President Taya's announcement on April 15, 1991, promising legislative elections and allowing political parties to be formed; and (3) the diminution of tensions between Senegal and Mauritania. Commends the U.S. Department of State for its thorough reporting on human rights abuses in Mauritania in the Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 1990. Calls upon the President to convey U.S. concern about human rights violations in Mauritania by: (1) publicly condemning human rights abuses, such as killings and imprisonment of Mauritanians and the continued practice of slavery; (2) encouraging the appointment of a special rapporteur on Mauritania at the United Nations Human Rights Commission; (3) opposing loans to Mauritania in the World Bank and the African Development Fund; and (4) encouraging the Governments of France, Spain, and Germany to oppose such loans and to limit assistance to Mauritania to humanitarian assistance provided through private voluntary organizations.
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1991
Earthquake Hazard Reduction Amendments Act - Amends the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 to mandate identification of earthquake-prone States. Establishes the Earthquake Loss Mitigation Advisory Committee. Requires development of comprehensive earthquake loss-reduction criteria for State and local land use and management ordinances, building codes, and other measures. Requires that a percentage of the annual earthquake insurance premiums collected under the Primary Insurance program enacted by this Act be deposited in the Self-Sustaining Mitigation Fund to support specified hazard reduction activities. Requires the Director to support public education programs. Provides for assistance, to the extent provided for in appropriations Acts, to States which are in compliance with the loss-reduction criteria of this Act to support development and implementation of mitigation plans. Prohibits making, increasing, extending, or renewing any federally-related mortgage loan secured by: (1) residential property in an earthquake-prone State unless the property is covered by earthquake insurance coverage under this Act or equivalent private insurance; or (2) improved real estate or a mobile home located in an earthquake-prone State if the State is not in compliance with the loss-reduction criteria of this Act and the property does not meet minimum mitigation criteria. Establishes the Primary Insurance Program against loss from any earthquake. Requires the Director to arrange for participation, on other than a risk-sharing basis, by private insurers, insurance agents and brokers, insurance adjustment organizations, and others. Mandates development of a plan of operation for the Insurance Fund and the Reinsurance Fund. Limits Program coverage to residential property in earthquake-prone States. Establishes an independent advisory committee in the executive branch to be known as the Earthquake Insurance and Reinsurance Advisory Committee. Establishes in the Treasury the Residential Property Insurance Fund to carry out the Primary Insurance Program. Credits to the Insurance Fund premiums received by the Program. Requires, if gross reimbursements to private insurers exceeds amounts in the Insurance Fund, loans from the industry for ten percent of the additional losses, with the remaining amounts borrowed from the Treasury and backed by the full faith and credit of the United States. Requires the Director to make reinsurance and excess reinsurance available to private insurers participating in the Program and their reinsurers. Provides for the excess reinsurance liability of the insurance industry and the Federal Government. Specifies the lines of insurance for which reinsurance coverage must be provided. Establishes in the Treasury the Reinsurance Fund to carry out the excess loss reinsurance program. Credits to the Fund any reinsurance premiums received under the excess loss reinsurance program and amounts borrowed from the Treasury under this Act. Requires the Director, to the extent that the Reinsurance Fund is insufficient to pay claims and expenses, to issue to the Secretary of the Treasury obligations to cover the insufficiency.
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1991
Directs the Administrator of the General Services Administration to provide for the installation of bicycle racks or lockers at each Federal office building.
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1991
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the Republic of Hungary has successfully made a peaceful transition from socialist dictatorship to Western democracy; (2) all political parties in the Hungarian Parliament are dedicated to the principles of human rights and free markets and the Hungarian Government fully desires to integrate the country into the free world of nations; and (3) Hungary has renounced the hostile and confrontational military posture of the now-defunct Warsaw Pact. Declares that, upon the final withdrawal of Soviet troops from Hungarian territory (scheduled for June 1991), Hungary will have regained its freedom from Soviet influence and should no longer be considered a socialist, one-party state, but a representative democracy.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1991
Elderly and Handicapped Transportation Improvement Act - Amends the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 to authorize the Secretary of Transportation to make grants and loans to private nonprofit corporations and associations to be used to pay operating expenses related to new and existing mass transportation services for elderly and handicapped persons. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1992-1996.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1991
World Cup USA 1994 Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to issue a specified number of five-dollar gold coins, one-dollar silver coins, and half-dollar clad coins in commemoration of the 1994 World Cup and the unique appeal of soccer. Sets forth certain features of such coins and provides for their design, issuance, and sale. Requires that all sales include a surcharge of $35 per coin for the five-dollar coins, $7 per coin for the one-dollar coins, and $1 per coin for the half-dollar coins. Requires that all surcharges be paid to the Organizing Committee to organize and stage the 1994 World Cup. Requires that ten percent of such funds shall be made available through the U.S. Soccer Federation Foundation, Inc., for distribution to institutions for scholastic scholarships to qualified students.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1991
Prohibits Federal law from being construed as restricting a medical professional from advising a patient concerning abortion.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1991
Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to include the costs of securing and maintaining a hearing dog trained to assist a deaf or hard-of-hearing individual as allowable medical expenses for the purpose of income-related calculations to determine eligibility for the food stamp program. Amends Federal law to: (1) include as a benefit to certain veterans the provision of hearing dogs trained to assist deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals; (2) permit hearing dogs trained to assist a deaf or hard-of-hearing individual to be admitted to public buildings and other properties owned by the United States; and (3) permit certain common carriers to continue to establish a special rate for transportation of a hearing-impaired individual when accompanied by a dog trained to assist the individual. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a commission regarding measures that should be taken to provide rights regarding the use of guide dogs by deaf or hard-of-hearing individuals.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1991
Constitutional Amendment - Requires the Congress and the President, prior to each fiscal year, to agree on an estimate of total receipts (except those derived from borrowing) for that fiscal year by enactment of a law devoted solely to that subject. Prohibits outlays for that year (except those for repayment of debt principal) from exceeding this amount unless the Congress, by a three-fifths roll call vote of each House, authorizes a specific excess of outlays over receipts. Requires a three-fifths roll call vote of each House to increase the public debt. Directs the President to submit a balanced budget to the Congress. Requires the approval of a majority of the total membership of each House by roll call vote before any bill to increase revenue may become law. Waives these provisions when a declaration of war is in effect. Makes this article effective beginning with FY 1995 or with the second fiscal year after its ratification, whichever is later.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1991
Designates the week of October 27 through November 2, 1991, and October 11 through 17, 1992, as National Job Skills Week.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1991
Designates October 1991 as National School Attendance Month.
United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1991
Anti-Forced Labor Act of 1991 - Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to prohibit the importation, or the transportation in interstate commerce, of products manufactured by forced labor. Declares that such prohibition shall not apply to products vital to U.S. national security. Prohibits U.S. nationals from investing in, or making loans to, a foreign joint venture involving the use of forced labor. Sets forth civil penalties for violating such prohibitions. Provides for the administrative review of orders imposing such penalties. Authorizes private persons to: (1) bring civil actions to enforce such prohibitions in an appropriate U.S. district court; and (2) sue for treble damages business competitors which violate such prohibitions if the plaintiff is injured as a result of such violation.
United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1991
Nuclear Proliferation Prevention Act of 1991 - Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to restrict the export of nuclear weapon items to a non-nuclear weapon state, unless: (1) such state maintains International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) safeguards on all its peaceful nuclear activities; and (2) the the export, retransfer, or activity is under the terms of an agreement for cooperation. Prohibits the Nuclear Regulatory Commission from issuing any license for the export of highly enriched uranium. Directs the President to undertake negotiations with foreign nations which participate in the Nuclear Suppliers Group to establish specified multilateral nuclear non-proliferation controls. Sets forth sanctions for violations of this Act. Amends the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act of 1978 to require the United States to enter into negotiations with other nations and groups of nations to improve the effectiveness of the safeguards of the IAEA.
United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1991
Prohibits the importation of Chinese products unless: (1) the Secretary of the Treasury determines that they are not manufactured with the use of forced labor; and (2) such determination is based on certain consultations with international organizations conducting inspections, and a certification to the Secretary that a product was not manufactured with the use of forced labor. Requires the United States to use all diplomatic efforts to persuade China to permit representatives of certain international organizations to inspect all facilities holding detainees to assure that products for export are not being produced with the use of forced labor. Sets forth civil penalties for violations of such prohibition and the making of a false certification.
United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1991
Voluntary Drug Abuse Education Checkoff Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow taxpayers to designate on their income tax returns contributions (not less than one dollar) to the Drug Abuse Education Trust Fund. Establishes such Trust Fund to make grants to States for drug abuse education programs and to pay administrative expenses to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1991
Designates the second week in April as National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week.
United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1991
Designates the week of November 10, 1991, as Hire a Veteran Week.
United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1991
Designates the week beginning June 21, 1992, as Child Support Enforcement Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 1991
Shipbuilding and Repair Industry Free Trade Act of 1991 - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to annually determine and publish the net shipbuilding and repair subsidy provided, directly and indirectly, to each major shipbuilding and repair company in foreign countries meeting certain requirements. Requires the information submitted to the Secretary in connection with the determinations to be treated as proprietary if it meets certain requirements of the Tariff Act of 1930. Requires each company to repay to its government the total value of the aggregate subsidy provided, plus interest. Directs the Secretary to: (1) require certification from both the company and the foreign government that the payments have occurred; and (2) if requested, verify the repayment. Directs the Secretary, if a company has not complied, to direct the Commandant of the Coast Guard to collect an annual assessment on each vessel constructed or repaired by the company. Sets the amount of the assessment at the amount of the net subsidy, adjusted by partial repayments and increased by any previous unpaid assessment. Prohibits a vessel from entering a U.S. port until the assessment is paid in full. Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to provide for the judicial review of subsidy assessment determinations by the U.S. Court of International Trade.
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 1991
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, upon request of the survivors, to repatriate to the United States for burial in a national cemetery the remains of a member of the armed forces who: (1) died while serving on active duty; (2) received the Medal of Honor or distinguished service cross during such duty; and (3) is buried in an American cemetery outside the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 1991
Highway Tree Planting Initiative of 1991 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation: (1) to identify public rights-of-way along Federal-aid highways suitable for the planting of trees and publish a report listing those identified rights-of-way; (2) within 24 months, to require each State to develop a plan for tree planting along such highways which include identification of species, design standards, and specifications for tree plantings for States which do not have such standards and specifications, and development of a tree maintenance policy; and (3) within 30 months, to require each State to have in effect a program for the planting of trees in public rights-of-way along such highways where safety, topography, soil, and other natural conditions provide that trees may be grown satisfactorily and with minimal maintenance. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants of up to $500,000 in a fiscal year to States for identifying rights-of-way, developing a plan, and implementing a program pursuant to the Act. Limits the Federal share to 80 percent. Directs the Secretary to: (1) take action as necessary to encourage State highway departments to enter into cooperative agreements with State foresters in implementing the requirements of this Act; and (2) enter into a cooperative agreement with the Chief of the Forest Service of the Department of Agriculture for technical and other assistance.
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 1991
Provides for the printing of a revised edition of the booklet entitled "Our American Government" as a House document. Requires additional printing of such document for the use of the House of Representatives, the Senate, and the Joint Committee on Printing.
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1991
Medicare Physician Regulatory Relief Amendments of 1991 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) prohibit the denial of physician claims because of patient failure to complete Medicare secondary payer questionnaires; (2) prohibit carriers from using extrapolation to recover the amounts they reimbursed physicians for claims for which Medicare disallows payment, if the physician requests that each such claim be individually identified; (3) prohibit the imposition of specified user fees on physicians; (4) require consideration of physician comments in annual carrier performance reviews; (5) allow individuals (including physicians) to file administrative appeals when they have suffered damages as a result of the failure of a carrier to carry out Medicare policies; and (6) require review of medical necessity denials by physicians in the same medical specialty as the physician providing the service. Amends the Medicare and Medicaid (title XIX of the Social Security Act) programs to permit the reimbursement of a patient's regular physician for services provided by another physician who covers for the regular physician under contractual arrangements. Amends title XI of the Social Security Act to repeal the peer review requirement for certain surgical procedures.
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1991
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) President Bush, Administration officials, and the President's emissary should be commended for their diplomatic initiatives to secure the release of Ethiopian Jews; (2) the Government of Israel should be commended for carrying out Operation Solomon, for its efforts to reunite Jews with their families, and for welcoming this community with open arms; (3) individuals and private voluntary organizations should be applauded for their support of the Jewish community in Ethiopia; and (4) the United States should make every effort to bring an end to the civil war in Ethiopia, increase support for famine relief, and ensure the release to Israel of Jews remaining in Ethiopia.
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1991
Expresses the sense of the Congress commending and encouraging President-elect Yeltsin to continue his leadership on behalf of democratic, pluralistic, and free-market principles as a basis for local and national government and society in the Russian national republic and in other republics and nations.
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1991
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Residential Treatment Grants Act of 1991 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Office of Substance Abuse Prevention, to make grants to public and nonprofit private entities for purposes of providing specified alcohol and drug abuse residential treatment services to: (1) pregnant women and their minor children; (2) women who have given birth within 12 months of requesting treatment services and their minor children; and (3) other parents with whom a dependent child lives and their minor children, at the option of the applicant (except that such parents shall not be given priority in admission over the other eligible individuals). Authorizes grant applicants to restrict the age and number of children (but not to less than one unless all children are over age 13) that each parent may bring to the facility. Requires the Director to give priority to applicants that assure that they will give priority to providing services to pregnant women, mothers, and children eligible for Medicaid or who are low-income and do not have insurance covering such services. Describes the residential treatment services. Prohibits the awarding of a grant unless the applicant agrees that: (1) services will be provided to an individual for such period as is therapeutically required, except that such services may be limited to 12 months; and (2) services will be provided free of charge to individuals eligible for Medicaid and their minor children. Prohibits the awarding of a grant unless the facility: (1) is certified to provide such services and meets all applicable State licensure or certification requirements; and (2) has a certain amount of beds. Prohibits the awarding of a grant unless the applicant submits an application and reports regarding services and agrees that the grant will be used to supplement non-Federal funds for such services. Provides for evaluations of such services. Authorizes appropriations. Amends the Social Security Act to make medical assistance grants under title XIX of such Act (Medicaid) available for individuals receiving services under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1991
Postal Service Voter Registration Facilitation Act of 1991 - Directs the Postal Service to provide voter registration forms whenever change-of-address forms are provided to postal patrons. Declares that the Postal Service shall not be obligated to provide voter registration forms in any State whose voter registration authority has not provided voter registration forms to the Postal Service. Directs the Postal Service to notify State voter registration authorities of this Act's enactment and mail a copy of it to such authorities.
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1991
Postal Service Voter Registration Facilitation Act of 1991 - Directs the U.S. Postal Service to make space available in post offices for State voter registration authorities to place voter registration forms and materials. Directs the U.S. Postal Service to notify State voter registration authorities of this Act's enactment and mail a copy of it to such authorities.
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1991
C02 Offsets Policy Efficiency Act of 1991 - Amends the Clean Air Act to prohibit new major sources of carbon dioxide from operating without a permit issued under this Act. Provides that such permits shall require source owners or operators to: (1) demonstrate possession of certified carbon dioxide credits equal to the carbon dioxide emissions expected to occur between the commencement of operations and December 31 of the year in which operations begin; and (2) make annual deposits of sufficient carbon dioxide credits into the National Carbon Dioxide Offset Bank to compensate for annual carbon dioxide emissions. Exempts from credit requirements new major sources that use as a fuel trees that are replaced through replanting and that have not been grown as carbon dioxide offsets. Makes owners or operators of sources emitting excess carbon dioxide liable for an excess emissions penalty. Requires such sources to offset the excess emissions by an equal tonnage amount in the following calendar year. Provides for annual adjustments of the penalty, based on the Consumer Price Index. Makes it unlawful to fail to pay the penalty or to offset emissions. Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to promulgate regulations concerning the certification of carbon dioxide offset credits. Lists as eligible ways to obtain credits, and directs the Administrator to promulgate regulations for: (1) the certification of carbon dioxide emissions reductions by sources subject to title IV of the Clean Air Act to the extent that such reductions occur from switching to less carbon intensive fuels; (2) regional average annual per acre carbon dioxide fixation rates by tree species over a 100-year period (sets forth eligibility requirements for offset credits for new forests, improved forest management, and old growth forests); (3) the certification of carbon dioxide credits from new vehicle fleet fuel efficiency improvements; (4) the certification of carbon dioxide credits from appliance efficiency improvements; (5) the certification of carbon dioxide credits for energy conservation investments; (6) the certification of carbon dioxide equivalent credits from the capture and use of methane from coalbeds, municipal landfills, wastewater treatment facilities, and sewage sludge facilities; (7) the certification of carbon dioxide credits created by the construction and operation of cogeneration facilities that replace existing industrial boilers or other thermal power not produced by cogeneration; (8) the certification of carbon dioxide equivalent credits for the capture and destruction of chlorofluorocarbons in the United States and other nations; (9) carbon dioxide credits for manufacturers of alternative fuel vehicles that use less carbon intensive fuels than gasoline; (10) the certification of carbon dioxide credits for utility sources that achieve more efficient heat rates through the repowering or replacement of an existing unit; and (11) the certification of carbon dioxide credits for renewable energy sources that replace existing utility sources that emit carbon dioxide. Requires the Administrator to establish a baseline for sources subject to certification, to be set according to actual performances of such sources during a specified baseline year. Prohibits certification from being granted for a utility shutdown for purposes of repowering or refurbishing an existing facility. Authorizes the Administrator to provide for expedited certification carbon dioxide credits. Authorizes reductions in air pollutants that contribute to global warming to be certified as carbon dioxide offset credits if such reductions meet regulation criteria, except that the amounts of such credits may be reduced or increased based on radiative differences and atmospheric lifetime to reflect the global warming potential of such air pollutants. Requires the Administrator to establish the minimum elements of a permit program to be administered by any air pollution control agency. Requires State Governors to submit permit programs to the Administrator for approval. Directs the Administrator to enforce programs for States failing to make such submission. Requires permits to set forth inspection, entry, monitoring, compliance certification, and reporting requirements. Directs the Administrator to create a National Carbon Dioxide Offset Bank to ensure adequate supplies of carbon dioxide offsets and to create procedures for the tracking and retirement of used credits.
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1991
James Madison-Bill of Rights Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury (the Secretary) to mint and issue five-dollar gold coins emblematic of the Bill of Rights, and one-dollar silver coins emblematic of James Madison. Sets forth guidelines for their sale and issuance, and for financial assurances. Mandates that the surcharges received by the Secretary shall be transmitted to the James Madison Memorial Fellowship Trust Fund. Authorizes audits by the Comptroller General. Provides a general waiver of procurement regulations when implementing this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1991
Authorizes the President, on behalf of the Congress, to present to the Secretary of Defense, Richard B. Cheney, a gold medal in recognition of his exemplary performance as a leader in coordinating the planning, strategy, and execution of combat action by U.S. armed forces which led to the liberation of Kuwait. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to provide for the sale of bronze duplicates of the medal.
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1991
Designates March 20, 1992, as National Agriculture Day.
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1991
Designates the week beginning August 25, 1991, as National Parks Week.
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1991
Designates the week of September 13 through 19, 1991, as National Ballroom Dance Week.
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1991
Designates September 1991 as National Gymnastics Month.
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1991
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States should ask the United Nations (UN) to release through UNICEF a portion of Iraq's frozen assets to provide medical and humanitarian assistance to the Iraqi people, particularly children, with release of the funds contingent on Iraqi Government acceptance of UN oversight and control.