United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1992
Rescinds certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded (R92-72) (infrastructure improvements in Clinton, Tennessee) in a special message transmitted to the Congress by the President on March 20, 1992, in accordance with the Impoundment Control Act of 1974.
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1992
Rescinds certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded (R92-53) (mechanical tomato harvester) in a special message transmitted to the Congress by the President on March 20, 1992, in accordance with the Impoundment Control Act of 1974.
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1992
Rescinds certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded (R92-68) (economic development in Davenport, Iowa) in a special message transmitted to the Congress by the President on March 20, 1992, in accordance with the Impoundment Control Act of 1974.
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1992
Rescinds certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded (R92-49) (integrated orchard management) in a special message transmitted to the Congress by the President on March 20, 1992, in accordance with the Impoundment Control Act of 1974.
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1992
Rescinds certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded (R92-45) (fusarium resistant asparagus germplasm) in a special message transmitted to the Congress by the President on March 20, 1992, in accordance with the Impoundment Control Act of 1974.
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1992
Rescinds certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded (R92-64) (national agricultural library) in a special message transmitted to the Congress by the President on March 20, 1992, in accordance with the Impoundment Control Act of 1974.
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1992
Rescinds certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded (R92-41) (poultry facility in Arkansas) in a special message transmitted to the Congress by the President on March 20, 1992, in accordance with the Impoundment Control Act of 1974.
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1992
Rescinds certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded (R92-60) (swine research in Minnesota) in a special message transmitted to the Congress by the President on March 20, 1992, in accordance with the Impoundment Control Act of 1974.
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1992
Rescinds certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded (R92-37) (consolidation of Rhode Island coastal facilities) in a special message transmitted to the Congress by the President on March 20, 1992, in accordance with the Impoundment Control Act of 1974.
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1992
Rescinds certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded (R92-56) (oil from jojoba) in a special message transmitted to the Congress by the President on March 20, 1992, in accordance with the Impoundment Control Act of 1974.
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1992
Rescinds certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded (R92-52) (manure disposal) in a special message transmitted to the Congress by the President on March 20, 1992, in accordance with the Impoundment Control Act of 1974.
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1992
Rescinds certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded (R92-48) (eastern filbert blight research) in a special message transmitted to the Congress by the President on March 20, 1992, in accordance with the Impoundment Control Act of 1974.
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1992
Rescinds certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded (R92-44) (Appalachian hardwoods) in a special message transmitted to the Congress by the President on March 20, 1992, in accordance with the Impoundment Control Act of 1974.
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1992
Rescinds certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded (R92-40) (oilseed promotion facility) in a special message transmitted to the Congress by the President on March 20, 1992, in accordance with the Impoundment Control Act of 1974.
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1992
Rescinds certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded (R92-36) (university research animal facilities) in a special message transmitted to the Congress by the President on March 20, 1992, in accordance with the Impoundment Control Act of 1974.
United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1992
Community and Residents Education at Hazardous Waste Sites Act of 1992 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to authorize the Administrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) to conduct health studies at any hazardous waste facility and take other actions with respect to risks to human health posed by such facility. Requires the ATSDR Administrator, if a health study finds that the exposure concerned may present a health risk, to notify the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the State (if the State has an authorized hazardous waste program) and recommend actions necessary to reduce the exposure and eliminate or mitigate risks. Directs the EPA Administrator or the State to order the owner or operator of the facility to take steps to reduce the exposure and eliminate or mitigate the risks. Provides for public participation in health studies, including public meetings and comments on proposed studies and public availability of completed studies. Permits petitions to request the performance of a health study. Authorizes appropriations. Requires the ATSDR Administrator to: (1) develop a plan to perform health assessments at hazardous waste treatment, storage, or disposal facilities identified under the Solid Waste Disposal Act; (2) give priority in selecting such facilities to the 25 facilities believed to present the highest risk to human health; and (3) report to the Congress on such assessments, including findings on exposure and risk reduction and efforts to improve responsiveness to communities. Establishes: (1) an ATSDR Peer Review Board to carry out technical and scientific peer review of ATSDR health studies; and (2) an ATSDR Citizen Review Board to monitor ATSDR and EPA responsiveness to citizen concerns and to make recommendations on ways to improve citizen involvement and the readability of documents intended for public consumption. Requires: (1) the Peer Review Board to review and report to the Congress on the quality of the ATSDR health assessments; and (2) the Citizen Review Board to report to the Congress on the effectiveness of the ATSDR in responding to the needs of communities for information on health effects of hazardous wastes. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the ATSDR Administrator to make health education grants to any group that may be affected by exposure to hazardous wastes from a facility with respect to which a health study is being conducted. Permits such grants to be used for obtaining the following from health professionals: (1) information about threats of exposure and actions that can be taken to reduce exposure; (2) assistance in interpreting and reviewing health assessments and studies and other information developed by the ATSDR and other agencies; and (3) assistance in preparing public comments and in designing community health surveillance techniques. Limits the amount of such grants. Authorizes grant cost recovery from hazardous waste facility owners or operators as a condition of receiving a facility permit. Applies small purchase or other simplified procurement procedures to grant recipients. Permits grant cost recovery as a response cost under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 from persons contributing to hazardous substance releases in cases where a health assessment or study discloses exposure of a population to such releases. Authorizes the EPA Administrator to make specified amounts available to the Director of the Office of Research and Development for grants to demonstrate nonincineration technologies for the treatment of dioxin and hazardous wastes and substances. Requires the EPA Administrator to consider the use of nonincineration treatment technologies in corrective and response actions and to promote public participation in such demonstrations.
United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1992
Savings Associations Interstate Branching Reform Act of 1992 - Amends the Home Owners' Loan Act to preclude a savings association from establishing or operating a new branch outside its home State unless it has the written approval of the Director of the Office of Thrift Supervision. Restricts the Director's authority to approve interstate branching by a savings association to situations where: (1) the law of the host State allows interstate branching; (2) the interstate branch is operated pursuant to the laws of the host State; and (3) the savings association is adequately capitalized under Federal law.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1992
Civil Liberties Act Amendments of 1992 - Amends the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 to increase the authorization of appropriations to the Civil Liberties Public Education Fund. Includes non-Japanese spouses and parents of an individual of Japanese ancestry in the definition of the term "of Japanese ancestry." Modifies requirements regarding payments made in the case of deceased persons. Terminates the duties of the Attorney General a specified period after the Fund terminates (currently, when the Fund terminates).
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1992
Provides that any Federal employee serving under a temporary appointment who has completed at least one year of service in such position within the preceding two years shall be eligible to participate in the Government's health benefits program.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1992
Federal Travel Discosure Act of 1992 - Prohibits: (1) the obligation or expenditure of Federal funds for Government travel other than from amounts specifically appropriated by law for such purpose; and (2) any Federal entity from expending funds for the travel expenses of any individual employed by another Federal entity without being reimbursed by the individual or the travel account of the individual's employer. Directs the head of each executive department to designate a travel supervisor. Specifies the travel supervisors for the legislative and judicial branches. Requires all Government travel to be: (1) approved in advance by the appropriate travel supervisor; (2) accomplished by the most economical means conveniently possible; and (3) accomplished by U.S. commercial carrier wherever possible, unless the travel supervisor determines that an alternative means is more economical or necessary to achieve the goal of the mission. Requires all legislative branch foreign travel to be approved in advance by recorded vote of the committee (in the case of travel by a committee member or committee staff) or by the appropriate travel supervisor. Provides that advance approval shall not be required for travel which either does not require an individual to spend the night away from his or her principal residence or place of employment or which is undertaken under emergency circumstances as defined in written guidelines established by the appropriate travel supervisor. Requires each travel supervisor to establish written guidelines for Government travel and to submit quarterly reports with respect to such travel to the Administrator of General Services (for executive branch or independent agency travel), the Clerk of the House of Representatives or the Secretary of the Senate (for legislative branch travel), and the Director of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts (for judicial branch travel). Requires that such reports be made available for public inspection.
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1992
Declares that it is the sense of the Congress that any legislation passed by the Congress to address American health care needs must include coverage for mental disorders.
United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1992
Buddy System Computer Education Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to award a grant to each of three States to create a computer-based education project for children in grades six through eight. Requires such awards to be on an competitive basis. Gives preference to applications: (1) from States with demonstrated ability or commitment to computer-based technology education; and (2) describing projects serving school districts serving a large number or percentage of economically disadvantaged students. Requires site selection and project implementation within nine months after funds are appropriated. Requires such projects to: (1) be provided in a continuous three-year form to two consecutive groups of sixth, seventh, and eighth graders; (2) be conducted in not more than seven public schools within the State; and (3) ensure each student in such classes participates and has access to a computer at school during the school year and at home during the school year and summer. Sets forth application requirements. Requires the use of grant funds to provide: (1) hardware and software components to all sites; and (2) training for classroom teachers as well as parents, administrators, and technical personnel. Requires the Secretary to evaluate such demonstration program and report to the Congress. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1992
Prohibits U.S. military and economic assistance to Turkey until the President certifies to the Congress that: (1) the Turkish Government has released or accounted for the five Americans abducted by the Turkish invasion forces in 1974 and the 1,614 Greek Cypriots who have been missing since the Turkish invasion; (2) the churches in the occupied parts of Cyprus that were converted to mosques in violation of the Geneva Conventions have been restored to their original condition for Christian worship; (3) all Turkish military forces in excess of those permitted by the 1960 Treaty of Alliance and all illegal Turkish colonists have been withdrawn from Cyprus; (4) the Turkish Government has returned the area of Famagusta/Varosha to the Government of Cyprus; (5) negotiations have resulted in progress towards establishing a democracy in Cyprus; and (6) the Turkish Government is in compliance with the United Nations Charter, specified United Nations resolutions, and the North Atlantic Treaty and is not engaged in human rights violations.
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1992
OPIC Abolition and Domestic Employment Opportunity Act - Title I: Termination of Overseas Private Investment Corporation - Prohibits the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) from: (1) issuing any insurance, guaranties, or reinsurance; (2) making any loans; (3) acquiring any securities; or (4) entering into any agreements or risk sharing arrangements authorized by the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. Abolishes OPIC 180 days after this Act's effective date. Provides for the transfer of OPIC's functions to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Requires OMB to carry out existing contracts and agreements for OPIC, but prohibits their renewal. Repeals provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and of other specified Acts concerning OPIC. Sets forth provisions concerning pending proceedings and provides for the continuation of any legal proceedings concerning OPIC that were commenced before the termination of OPIC's authorities. Title II: Domestic Private Investment Corporation - Directs the Secretary of Labor to: (1) study methods by which investment that will result in job creation and training could be stimulated through a Federal corporate instrumentality to provide financial services to American companies expanding their domestic operations; and (2) submit a plan to the Congress for the establishment and operation of such corporation.
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 · 3 March 1992
Waives Federal matching fund requirements of qualifying projects under the Federal Transit Act between October 1, 1991, and September 30, 1993. Specifies that the Federal share shall be the percentage of the construction cost as the recipient of mass transit assistance requests, up to 100 percent. Requires recipients to repay the total amount of increases in the Federal share on or before March 30, 1994.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1992
Prohibits exports of unprocessed timber or wood chips to any country that does not provide reciprocal access to its markets for finished U.S. wood products and paper.
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1992
National Parks and Public Lands Wilderness Management Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) to establish and maintain wilderness management programs within the National Park Service and the Bureau of Land Management (Park Service) (BLM) to protect and restore the pristine wilderness portions of the National Wilderness Preservation System (System) managed by such agencies. Requires the Directors of the Park Service and of BLM (Directors) each to appoint a Wilderness Division Chief for their respective agencies to supervise management of that agency's portions of the System. Requires the President's budget to the Congress for each fiscal year after the enactment of this Act to identify specifically, in a line item for each agency separate from other programs, funds to be expended by the Park Service and BLM on wilderness management. Declares that such appropriated funds shall be spent on wilderness management only. Requires the Directors to establish and maintain a national wilderness monitoring system, based on the best available science, to monitor the condition of the wilderness resource within each agency's portions of the System. Requires the Secretary, beginning in 1995 and every five years thereafter, to report to the President and specified congressional committees on the condition of the wilderness resource on Park Service and BLM lands, identifying steps the Secretary plans to take to reverse any degradation or deterioration. Requires the Directors to: (1) develop guidelines for a personnel evaluation system for each line officer with wilderness management responsibilities; and (2) establish a field wilderness ranger program for specified lands managed by the agencies. Requires the Director of BLM to take certain steps to improve the efficiency of the wilderness management program and give it needed emphasis. Requires the Park Service and BLM to complete Wilderness Management Plans for each wilderness area designated on or before the enactment of this Act. Directs such agencies, within two years after non-designated areas have been designated, to complete wilderness management plans for them. Requires the Secretary and other U.S. departments that manage wilderness to establish a national wilderness education program to educate the American people on wilderness laws and policies, values of wilderness, wilderness ecological processes, and ways to minimize visitor impacts on the wilderness resource. Directs BLM to: (1) conduct cadastral boundary surveys before offering timber on tracts adjacent to its public lands for sale to locate the legal boundaries of the wilderness areas; and (2) take necessary actions to ensure that timber harvesting is restricted on them. Requires the Secretary to: (1) protect cultural resource sites in wilderness areas; (2) encourage specified scientific research in them; and (3) establish wilderness research programs within the Park Service and BLM. Requires the President's budget to the Congress for each fiscal year after the enactment of this Act to identify specifically, in a line item for each agency separate from other programs, funds to be spent by them on wilderness research. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1992
National Forest Wilderness Management Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (Secretary) to establish and maintain a wilderness management program within the Forest Service to protect and restore the pristine wilderness of the national forest portions of the National Wilderness Preservation System (System). Requires the Chief of the Forest Service (Chief) to appoint a Director of Wilderness to supervise the management of the national forest portions of such System. Requires the President's proposed budget to the Congress for each fiscal year after the enactment of this Act to identify specifically, in a line item separate from the Forest Service's recreation program, funds to be expended by the Forest Service on wilderness management. Declares that such appropriated funds shall be spent on wilderness management only. Directs the Chief to appoint a committee of at least five scientists to make recommendations to the Chief and Directors of the Federal agencies that manage wilderness in the Department of the Interior on establishing and maintaining a national wilderness monitoring system. Requires the committee to report on such recommendations to the Chief, such Directors, and specified congressional committees. Directs the Chief to establish a national wilderness monitoring system, based on the best available science, to monitor the condition of the wilderness resource within the national forest portions of the System. Requires the Secretary, beginning in 1995 and every five years thereafter, to report to the President and specified congressional committees on the condition of the wilderness resource on national forest lands, identifying steps the Secretary plans to take to reverse any degradation or deterioration. Directs the Chief to: (1) develop guidelines for a personnel evaluation system for each line officer with wilderness management responsibilities; and (2) take steps to improve the efficiency of the wilderness management program and to give it needed emphasis. Requires the Forest Service to amend the National Forest Management Plan for each national forest with wilderness designated on or before the enactment of this Act to make such Plan consistent with this Act. Directs the Forest Service, within two years after non-designated areas have been designated, to complete wilderness management plans for such areas. Directs the Secretary to establish the Arthur Carhart National Wilderness Academy to provide interagency training for wilderness managers. Requires the Secretaries of Agriculture and of the Interior to establish a national wilderness education program to educate the American people on wilderness laws and policies, values of wilderness, wilderness ecological process, and ways to minimize visitor impacts on the wilderness resource. Directs the Forest Service to: (1) conduct cadastral boundary surveys before offering timber on tracts adjacent to national forest land for sale to locate the legal boundaries of any such wilderness areas; and (2) take necessary actions to ensure that timber harvesting is restricted on them. Requires the Secretary to: (1) protect cultural resource sites in wilderness areas; and (2) encourage specified scientific research in them. Establishes within the Forest Service the Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute in or near Missoula, Montana. Directs the National Academy of Sciences to assess and report to the Secretaries of Agriculture and of the Interior and specified congressional committees on the status of wilderness research nationwide. Requires the Secretary, through the Cooperative State Research Service, to establish a program to provide wilderness research grants to State supported colleges and universities, and to encourage States to submit wilderness research proposals for such grants. Amends the McIntire-Stennis Act to include the following within the scope of forestry research: protection, management, and maintenance of the National Wilderness Preservation System. Requires the Secretary to establish within wilderness areas at least one global baseline site for each region of the Forest Service to monitor the environmental health of the Earth. Requires the President's budget to the Congress for each fiscal year after the enactment of this Act to identify specifically, in a separate line item from other research programs, funds to be spent by the Forest Service on wilderness research. Defines "special management area" as any area of national forest land, other than wilderness areas, wild and scenic rivers, and national trails system areas that have been given a special designation by Act of the Congress (such as national recreation area, national scenic area, or national monument). Directs the Secretary, acting through the Forest Service, to take necessary actions to: (1) increase public awareness of such special management areas to make them highly visible; and (2) provide management that sets them apart from general national forest lands consistent with their designation. Requires the Chief: (1) to appoint an area manager for each special management area; and (2) to provide public information for them. Requires the Forest Service to amend the National Forest Management Plan for each national forest which includes a special management area designated on or before the enactment of this Act, to include a management plan for each forest. Directs the Forest Service, within two years after designation of each special management area after the enactment of this Act, to include a management plan for such forest in the National Forest Management Plan. Requires the President's budget to the Congress for each fiscal year after the enactment of this Act, to identify specifically, in a separate line item, funds to be spent by the Forest Service on special management areas. Directs the Chief, beginning in 1995 and every five years thereafter, to report to the Secretary and specified congressional committees on the status of all special management areas and plans for them. Includes all lands in the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness within a single separate national forest (known as the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness National Forest) in order to: (1) protect the wilderness resource by giving it a quality wilderness management program; (2) encourage scientific research; and (3) serve as a model wilderness management program. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1992
National Wildlife Refuge Wilderness Management Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) to establish and maintain a wilderness management program within the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) to protect and restore the pristine wilderness portions of the National Wilderness Preservation System (System) managed by the Service. Requires the Director of the Service (Director) to appoint a Wilderness Division Chief to supervise management of its portions of the System. Requires the President's budget to the Congress for each fiscal year after the enactment of this Act to identify specifically, in a line item separate from other U.S. Fish and Wildlife programs, funds to be expended by the Service on wilderness management. Declares that such appropriated funds shall be spent on wilderness management only. Requires the Director to establish and maintain a national wilderness monitoring system, based on the best available science, to monitor the condition of the wilderness resource within the Service's portions of the System. Requires the Secretary, beginning in 1995 and every five years thereafter, to report to the President and specified congressional committees on the condition of the wilderness resource on the Service's lands, identifying steps the Secretary plans to take to reverse any degradation or deterioration. Requires the Director to: (1) develop guidelines for a personnel evaluation system for each line officer with wilderness management responsibilities; and (2) establish a field wilderness ranger program for each national wildlife refuge with wilderness. Requires the Service: (1) to complete Wilderness Management Plans for each wilderness area designated on or before the enactment of this Act; and (2) within two years after non-designated areas have been designated, to complete such plans for them. Requires the Secretary and other U.S. departments that manage wilderness to establish a national wilderness education program to educate the American people on wilderness laws and policies, values of wilderness, wilderness ecological processes, and ways to minimize visitor impacts on the wilderness resource. Requires the Secretary to: (1) protect cultural resource sites in wilderness areas; (2) encourage specified scientific research in them; and (3) establish wilderness research programs within the Service. Requires the President's budget to the Congress for each fiscal year after the enactment of this Act to identify specifically, in a line item separate from other research programs, funds to be spent by the Agency on wilderness research. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1992
Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1992 - Title I: General Provisions - States that the provisions of this Act shall not be construed to provide new budget authority. Title II: Interagency Council on the Homeless - Amends the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (McKinney Act) to extend: (1) authorization of appropriations for the Interagency Council on the Homeless; and (2) the Council's sunset date. Title III: Federal Emergency Management Food and Shelter Program - Amends the McKinney Act to extend the authorization of appropriations for the Federal emergency management food and shelter program. Title IV: Housing Assistance - Subtitle A: Existing FEMA and HUD Programs - Amends the McKinney Act to extend the authorization of appropriations for: (1) the emergency shelter grants program; (2) the supportive housing demonstration program; (3) supplemental assistance for facilities to assist the homeless; and (4) the shelter plus care program (rental housing and rental housing for the elderly or handicapped). Increases budget authority for single room occupancy assistance. Amends the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act to extend the transition period for homeless housing programs under title IV of the McKinney Act. Subtitle B: New FmHA Programs - Amends the McKinney Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out programs: (1) for disposing of single family Farmers Home Administration properties to house homeless individuals and families; and (2) of rural homelessness grants. Authorizes appropriations for such grants. Title V: Health Care for the Homeless - Subtitle A: Categorical Grants for Primary Health Services and Substance Abuse Services - Amends the Public Health Service Act to extend the authorization of appropriations for health care grants for the homeless. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants for programs of substance abuse prevention and treatment among the homeless. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle B: Formula Grants to States for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness - Amends the Public Health Service Act to extend the authorization of appropriations for State formula grants for homelessness transition. Subtitle C: Authorization of Appropriations for Community Demonstration Projects - Amends the McKinney Act to extend the authorization of appropriations for mental health services for homeless persons with chronic mental illness. Title VI: Education, Training, and Community Services Program - Amends the McKinney Act to extend the authorization of appropriations for: (1) adult education for the homeless; (2) education for homeless children and youth; (3) the emergency community services homeless grant program; (4) family support centers; and (5) job training for the homeless, including homeless veterans' reintegration projects. Title VII: Veterans Programs - Amends the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1988 to extend the authorization of appropriations for veterans' medical care. Provides for disposition of single family Department of Veterans Affairs properties to house homeless individuals and families. Title VIII: National Homeless Advocate Demonstration Grant Program - Amends the McKinney Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a homeless advocate demonstration grant program. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1992
Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to provide for mandatory coverage under State Medicaid plans of those services furnished by a certified nurse practitioner or clinical nurse specialist which are legally authorized to be performed by such practitioner or specialist, regardless of whether or not such services are performed under a physician's or other health care provider's supervision. Defines "clinical nurse specialist" as an individual who has earned a master's degree in a clinical area of nursing from an accredited institution and who is a registered nurse licensed to practice nursing in the State in which the individual furnishes services.
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1992
Expansion of Processed and High-Value Agricultural Exports and Employment Opportunities Act of 1992 - Establishes: (1) export credit guarantee and enhancement program set-asides for processed and high-value agricultural products; and (2) related reporting requirements.
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1992
Wetlands Reform Act of 1992 - Title I: Amendments to the Federal Water Pollution Control Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to make any pollutant discharge or alteration of navigable waters unlawful. Revises certification requirements for persons seeking to conduct activities which may result in discharges or other alterations of navigable waters to provide State certifications that such activities will allow for the protection, achievement, and maintenance of designated uses included in water quality standards. Authorizes the issuance of permits for other alterations of navigable waters. Defines "other alterations" as activities which impair the flow, reach, or circulation of surface water, or which result in changes in the hydrologic regime, bottom contour, or configuration of the waters or in the type, distribution, or diversity of vegetation. Revises provisions concerning general permits for the discharge of dredged or fill material into, or other alteration of, navigable waters. Prohibits authorization for an activity within a State that has denied or revoked a water quality certification for such activity. Provides for biennial review of permits and revision or revocation to avoid or minimize adverse effects on navigable waters and for reports to the Congress. Directs the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to establish a special Fast Track team in each district office to expedite the review and processing of minor permits. Prohibits the issuance of permits if there is a practical alternative to the proposed activity that would have less adverse impact on navigable waters. Requires all adverse impacts to wetlands and other U.S. waters to be fully mitigated to achieve full restoration of the functions and values lost. Applies exemptions from permit requirements for agricultural and certain other activities to other alterations of navigable water that occur as a result of such activities. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Secretary of the Army to promulgate final regulations determining the circumstances under which discharges of dredged or fill material or other alterations of navigable waters which were converted to production of commodity crops prior to December 23, 1985, shall be exempt from permit requirements. Authorizes citizen suits for violations of general permits or permit conditions. Title II: Other Provisions - Directs the Comptroller General to submit to the Congress an analysis of needs of the Corps of Engineers and EPA for additional personnel, administrative resources, and funding to improve implementation of the wetlands permit program. Requires funds to be used for: (1) the training and certification of wetlands delineators authorized by the Water Resources Development Act of 1990; and (2) the improvement of existing education and outreach programs of the Corps of Engineers or EPA regarding wetlands permitting. Requires the Director of the Fish and Wildlife Service to use funds for wetlands mapping and for the delineation of wetlands in watersheds and ecosystems for which the need for delineation is particularly acute. Provides for the update of existing maps at least once every 15 years. Directs the Administrator to contract for an independent study of the scientific basis for wetlands identification and delineation to be conducted by the National Academy of Sciences. Requires such study to specifically address the scientific bases of certain Federal manuals for identifying and delineating wetlands and to recommend appropriate scientific methods and procedures for identification and delineation. Provides for the submission of study results to specified congressional committees. Prohibits revisions to or clarifications of the Federal Manual for Identifying and Delineating Jurisdictional Wetlands or regulations related to the definition, delineation, or identification of wetlands until the study has been completed. Title III: Wetlands Restoration Pilot Program - Directs the Secretary to initiate a pilot program of wetlands restoration.
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
Amends the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 to prohibit the extension of fast track procedures with respect to the implementation of any trade agreement that establishes a free-trade area between the United States and Mexico. Prohibits the amendment, with specified exceptions, of free-trade area implementing bills in either the House of Representatives or the Senate.
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1992
Declares that it is the sense of the Congress that: (1) the Bill of Rights is one of the most important achievements in history; (2) the Bill of Rights' liberties should not be abridged or infringed upon; (3) constant vigilance and struggle are required; and (4) the study of the Bill of Rights and the Constitution should be a central component of primary and secondary education.
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