United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1992
Child Support Economic Security Act of 1992 - Title I: Child Support Enforcement Amendments - Amends the Social Security Act to provide that, in order to satisfy Federal grant eligibility criteria, a State plan for child and spousal support must provide for the designation of a single, separate, organizational unit at the State level to administer the plan under rules that apply uniformly throughout the State. Requires a State, in order to satisfy such criteria, to have in effect statutorily prescribed procedures which ensure that: (1) the agency administering a State plan for child and spousal support has on-line access to all information contained in any data base maintained by the State or local government; (2) any court order or State administrative order for child support or maintenance requires payments until specified events occur; (3) all income of an individual is subject to withholding to meet child support obligations; (4) State licenses are denied to persons whose child support payments are in arrears; (5) the agency administering the State plan report to major consumer reporting agencies certain arrearages for support owed by an individual residing in the State or furnish such information to a consumer reporting agency upon request; (6) statutes of limitation are eliminated in child support cases; (7) social security numbers appear on marriage licenses and child support orders; (8) conduct affecting the exercise of visitation rights under an order for child support or maintenance shall be treated as irrelevant in any action brought to enforce support provisions of the order; and (9) the provision of, or failure to provide support pursuant to such order shall be treated as irrelevant in any action brought to enforce visitation rights. Mandates that State absent parent locator programs include response deadlines for information requests from other States, and that such deadlines be periodically reviewed for technological adequacy. Directs the Secretary to issue regulations establishing standards and procedures governing the processing by States of cases involving the enforcement of child support obligations against parents in other States, including a deadline by which prosecutions must commence after the case first comes to the State's attention, and a deadline by which such actions must be decided or dismissed. Increases the amount the Secretary shall pay to each State for each quarter to 90 percent of the total amounts expended by it during such quarter for the operation of a State plan for child and spousal support. Repeals the existing mandate for Federal incentive payments to the States for cost-effective enforcement of child support payments. Makes a prerequisite for approval of any State plan that it have in effect, by the effective date of this Act, a law identical to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, as most recently adopted by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws. Establishes the Commission on Child Support Guidelines (the Commission) to submit recommendations to the Congress on national guidelines for child support award amounts. Terminates the Commission after submission of its report. Title II: Bankruptcy Amendments Relating to Child Support, Alimony, and Property Settlement Agreements - Amends Federal bankruptcy law to declare that the filing of a petition in bankruptcy does not operate as an automatic stay of actions for: (1) establishment of paternity; (2) establishment or modification of orders for alimony, maintenance or support; (3) collection of alimony, maintenance, or support from property that is not property of the bankrupt estate; and (4) certain debts for child and spousal support and maintenance. Includes among priority claims and expenses those for certain child and spousal support and maintenance. Permits a debtor to avoid the fixing of a lien to the extent that it impairs an exemption to which the debtor would have been entitled, as long as the lien does not secure a claim for certain debts regarding child and spousal support and maintenance. Precludes a trustee in bankruptcy from avoiding a tranfer to the extent it was a bona fide payment of a debt for child or spousal support, maintenance or alimony. Declares that property of the bankrupt estate of either a family farmer or an individual with regular annual income includes specified property acquired by the debtor after commencement of the case until the bankruptcy plan is confirmed, except such property as is necessary to fund the plan and is specified in the plan or order confirming it shall remain property of the estate. Declares, for such debtors, that the court shall confirm a plan if the debtor has paid all allowable claims arising after the order for relief for debts for child and spousal support maintenance or alimony. Permits representatives of child support creditors to appear and intervene in court without charge and without meeting any special local court rule requirement for attorney appearances in any judicial bankruptcy proceeding if such representatives file a form in such court that contains information detailing the child support debt, status, and other characteristics.
United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1992
Bank Lending Stimulus Act - Establishes an 18-month moratorium during which a Federal banking regulatory agency is prohibited from imposing or enforcing upon an adequately capitalized insured bank any leverage limit which requires a ratio of tangible equity to total assets greater than three percent. Cites exceptions for insured banks with insufficient loan loss reserves, or operating in an unsafe or unsound manner.
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1992
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) an appropriate commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Mariana Islands campaign of World War II should be planned; and (2) the Secretary of the Interior should take steps to ensure by June 15, 1994, the completion of a visitor center at the War in the Pacific National Historical Park, Guam (Park), and one at the American Memorial Park, Saipan, for the interpretation of the campaign. Authorizes the Secretary to refurbish and take steps to preserve the Japanese two-person midget submarine, as well as the various World War II vintage weapons and fortifications which exist within the boundaries of the Park. Directs the Secretary to: (1) conduct an appraisal of all privately held property located within the boundaries of the Park that had not been appraised during the 12-month period preceding the date of enactment of this Act; and (2) establish at such Park a War in the Pacific National Historical Park Management Intern Program to provide Guam residents with the skills needed to manage territorial parks. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) Program participants; and (2) allocation of funds. Increases the authorization of appropriations for both such parks.
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1992
Federal Facilities Toxics Release Act - Amends the Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act to require Federal facilities that are subject to safety or chemical inventory reporting requirements under such Act or that manufacture or use a toxic chemical listed under such Act in excess of threshold amounts to comply with all Federal, State, and local requirements respecting emergency planning, notification, and reporting on substances covered by such Act. Waives sovereign immunity and the immunity of Federal employees for purposes of enforcement and injunctive relief. Authorizes the President to exempt a facility from requirements for one year if it is in the U.S. interest. Prohibits such an exemption due to lack of appropriations unless the President has specifically requested the appropriation as part of the budgetary process and the Congress failed to make it available. Authorizes additional exemptions for periods of up to one year. Permits the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to commence administrative enforcement actions against Federal agencies pursuant to this Act. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Administrator to study and report to the Congress on making chemicals used by Federal facilities subject to toxic chemical release form requirements under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act.
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1992
Financial Consumers Association Act of 1992 - Establishes the Financial Consumers Association as a nonprofit corporation which will not be an agency or establishment of the Federal Government. Requires the Association to establish regional offices in each of the Federal Reserve districts. Authorizes appropriations. Outlines the duties of the Association, including: (1) advising consumers on financial service matters; (2) representing consumer interests in financial service matters; and (3) encouraging membership by low- and moderate-income and minority consumers.
United States · United States Congress · 7 April 1992
Entitles the Department of Veterans Affairs to recover the reasonable cost of care or services provided to a veteran for a non-service-connected disability from another Federal department or agency to the extent that such veteran would have been eligible to receive payment for such care or services from such department or agency. Requires the amount recovered to be reduced by any required deductible or copayment. Subrogates the Department to any right or claim that the veteran may have against another department or agency in the receipt of such payment. Directs the Secretary to prescribe regulations to determine the reasonable cost of care and services so provided. Directs the Comptroller General to report to the Senate and House Veterans' Affairs Committees on comments and recommendations with respect to such regulations. Provides that a veteran eligible through the Department for such care or services may not be denied such care or services or be required to make any copayment or deductible in order to receive such care. Directs that amounts recovered shall be credited to the current operating account of the Department facility that provided such care or services. Prohibits any amounts so credited from being offset by reductions in amounts otherwise available to such facility or in the total amount of funds made available to the Department for health care and medical services. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide for enrollment under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act at any time (without regard to special enrollment periods) in the case of any veteran over age 65 who is entitled to benefits under part A (Hospital Insurance) of such title.
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1992
Global Climate Protection Act - Directs the President to promulgate final regulations that will achieve stabilization of carbon dioxide emissions by January 1, 2000. Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to evaluate and report biennially to the Congress on the progress made pursuant to such regulations. Directs the President to promulgate additional regulations to achieve stabilization if the Administrator finds that the regulations will not achieve stabilization. Permits citizen suits against officers of the United States for failures to perform duties in accordance with this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1992
Anti-Car Theft Act of 1992 - Title I: Tougher Law Enforcement Against Auto Theft - Subtitle A: Enhanced Penalties for Auto Theft - Amends the Federal criminal code to provide for a fine, up to 20 years imprisonment, or both, for taking (or attempting to take) a motor vehicle from the person or presence of another by force, violence, or intimidation. Increases penalties for: (1) the importation and exportation of stolen motor vehicles, off-highway mobile equipment, vessels, or aircraft (stolen vehicles); and (2) the transportation, sale, or receipt of stolen vehicles. Makes altering or removing motor vehicle identification numbers, exporting or importing stolen vehicles, and dealing in counterfeit obligations or securities predicate offenses to a violation of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act. Subtitle B: Targeted Law Enforcement - Requires the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance to make grants to Anti-Car Theft Committees submitting applications in compliance with the requirements of this subtitle. Sets forth application requirements, including a statement from a chief executive of such committee that the applicant committee: (1) is either a State agency, an agency of a unit of local government, or a nonprofit entity organized pursuant to specific authorizing legislation by a State or such unit; (2) is or will be financed in part by a tax or fee on motor vehicles registered by or possessed within the State of not less than one dollar per vehicle; and (3) will devote its resources entirely to combating motor vehicle theft. Establishes formulas for the allocation of grant funds. Authorizes appropriations. Title II: Automobile Title Fraud - Directs the Attorney General: (1) by March 1, 1993, to conduct a review of information systems pertaining to the titling of motor vehicles utilized by one or more States or by a third party which represents the interests of States, and promulgate such regulations as the Attorney General deems necessary to the establishment of an information system to serve as a clearinghouse for information pertaining to the titling of motor vehicles; and (2) within six months of the promulgation of regulations, and by no later than September 1, 1993, to establish such a system. Sets forth additional provisions with respect to: (1) system operation; (2) user fees; (3) minimum capabilities of the system (such as enabling the user to determine the validity and status of a document purporting to be a certificate of title); and (4) information availability. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes a State, by written notice to the operator, to elect to participate in the system. Grants the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation authority to deny access to the National Crime Information Center system to any State failing to participate in the information system pursuant to this Act. Sets forth: (1) title verification requirements (by participating States); (2) reporting requirements (by operators of junk or salvage yards and by insurance carriers); and (3) enforcement provisions (providing for the assessment and collection by the Attorney General of a civil penalty, which sum may be deducted from any sums owed by the United States to the person charged, subject to specified requirements). Title III: Illicit Trafficking in Stolen Auto Parts - Directs the Attorney General to promulgate a vehicle theft prevention standard which conforms to the requirements of this Act and which applies with respect to major automobile parts and replacement parts. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) deadlines for promulgation of a proposed and final standard, extensions, and the effective date of such standard; and (2) application of such standard (to major parts installed by the motor vehicle manufacturer in automobiles with a model year designation later than the calendar year in which such standard takes effect and major replacement parts manufactured after such standard takes effect). Requires that engines and transmissions installed by the motor vehicle manufacturer be permanently stamped with the vehicle identification number and that other major parts have labels affixed meeting certain specifications. Prohibits the standard, in the case of major replacement parts, from requiring identification of any part which is not designed as a replacement for a major part required to be identified under such standard and the inscribing or affixing of any identification other than a symbol identifying the manufacturer and a common symbol identifying the part as a major replacement part. Prohibits such standards from imposing costs, to comply with such standard, upon any manufacturer of: (1) motor vehicles in excess of $15 per vehicle; or (2) major replacement parts in excess of such reasonable lesser amount per major replacement part as the Attorney General specifies in such standard. Specifies that the cost of identifying engines and transmissions shall not be taken into account in calculating a manufacturer's costs under such provision. Directs the Secretary of Labor, at the beginning of each calendar year commencing on or after January 1, 1993, as data becomes available, to certify to the Attorney General and publish in the Federal Register the percentage difference between the average of the Consumer Price Index for the 12 months preceding the beginning of such calendar year and such average for the base period. Specifies that, effective for model years beginning in such calendar year, the amounts specified in the previous paragraph shall be adjusted by such percentage difference. Requires every manufacturer of a motor vehicle part which is subject to the standard and any manufacturer of major replacement parts subject to such standards: (1) to establish and maintain such records, make such reports, and provide such items and information as the Attorney General may reasonably require to enable the Attorney General to determine whether such manufacturer has acted or is acting in compliance with this Act and such standard; and (2) upon request of an officer or employee (officer) designated by the Attorney General, to permit such officer to inspect vehicles and major parts subject to the standard and appropriate documents relevant to determining whether such manufacturer has acted or is acting in compliance with this Act and such standard. Sets forth additional requirements with respect to inspections, certification of compliance with such standard, notification of errors to the Attorney General, and inapplicability of certification requirements (to motor vehicles or major replacement parts intended solely for export, which are so labeled or tagged on the vehicle or replacement part itself and on the outside of the container, if any, until exported, and which are exported). Directs the Attorney General to enter into an agreement for the operation of an information system containing the identification numbers of stolen motor vehicles and motor vehicle parts and to designate an individual or entity as the operator of such system. Requires such system to include, at a minimum, the following information pertaining to each motor vehicle reported to a law enforcement authority as stolen and not recovered: (1) the vehicle identification number; (2) the make and model year; (3) the date on which the vehicle was reported as stolen; (4) the location of the law enforcement authority that received the reports of the vehicle's theft; and (5) if the vehicle at the time of its theft contained parts bearing identification numbers different from the vehicle identification number of the stolen vehicle, such identification numbers. Sets forth additional provisions regarding availability of information, recordkeeping, and user fees. Authorizes appropriations. Prohibits (with exceptions) any person from: (1) manufacturing for sale, selling, offering for sale, or introducing or delivering for introduction in interstate commerce or import into the United States any motor vehicle subject to the theft prevention standard under this Act or any major replacement part subject to such standard which is manufactured on or after the date the standard takes effect unless it is in conformity with such standard; (2) failing to comply with any rule prescribed by the Attorney General under this Act; (3) failing to keep specified records (or refusing access to or copying of records), make reports or provide items or information, or permit (or refusing to permit) entry or inspection as required by this Act; or (4) failing to furnish certification, or issuing a certification if such person knows that such certification is materially false or misleading, pursuant to this Act. Prohibits (with exceptions) any person from selling, transferring, or installing a major part marked with an identification number without: (1) first making a request of the operator of the system and determining that such major part has not been reported as stolen; and (2) providing the transferee with a written certificate bearing a description of such major part and the identification number affixed to such major part. Establishes civil and criminal penalties for violation of this Act, including injunctions (upon petition by the Attorney General) to restrain specified violations of, and criminal contempt for violation of an injunction or restraining order issued pursuant to, this Act. Sets forth provisions with respect to venue and subpoenas. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) the confidentiality of information reported to, or otherwise obtained by, the Attorney General pursuant to this Act, with exceptions; (2) judicial review; and (3) coordination of State and local law with the Federal vehicle theft prevention standard. Directs the Attorney General to conduct three- and five-year studies regarding motor vehicle theft and make recommendations to the Congress. Title IV: Export of Stolen Vehicles - Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to require the Commissioner of Customs to direct customs officers to conduct random inspections of motor vehicles and shipping containers that contain motor vehicles being exported for purposes of determining whether such vehicles were stolen. Directs the Commissioner to require all persons or entities exporting used self-propelled vehicles by air or ship to provide to the U.S. Customs Service, at least 72 hours before the export, the vehicle identification number of each such vehicle and proof of ownership of such vehicle. Makes such requirement applicable to vehicles exported for personal use. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to conduct a pilot study of the utility of a nondestructive examination system for inspection of containers that contain motor vehicles leaving the country for the purpose of determining whether such vehicles are stolen.
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 · 19 March 1992
Community Services Empowerment Amendments of 1992 - Amends the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 to establish the National Community Services Empowerment Partnership Corporation (Corporation). Authorizes the Corporation to appoint a Community Services Empowerment Advisory Committee. Establishes in the Corporation an Office of Inspector General. Authorizes the Corporation to make grants to existing or emerging community services empowerment corporations (corporations) for revolving funds that will provide assistance for business and employment opportunities in low-income urban and rural areas. Obligates at least ten percent of existing corporation annual appropriations for loans and capital investments to locally-owned small enterprises in high unemployment areas. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) eligibility requirements; (2) aggregate grant limits; (3) limitations on capital investment, administrative costs, technical assistance, and training; and (4) limitations on loan repayments and capital investment proceeds. Authorizes the Corporation to make grants for: (1) emerging corporation enhancement, technical assistance, and training; and (2) research and development. Sets forth audit and reporting provisions. Authorizes appropriations.
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 · 12 March 1992
Amends the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act to authorize jurisdictions receiving FY 1992 HOME Investment Partnership funds allocated for new construction to use the funds for other eligible activities. (Applies such authorization only to funds provided under the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1992 which suspends the contribution requirement for participating jurisdictions.) Amends the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1988 to permit local governments or local housing agencies to retain and use funds recaptured from refinanced projects after January 1, 1992.
United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1992
Homeowners' Equity Protection Act - Requires a federally regulated institution to notify and offer a person defaulting on a federally related home mortgage a one-year period of forbearance (with interest but not principal payable during such period). Prohibits foreclosure during such period. Provides for foreclosure and sale upon the period's expiration. Requires foreclosing institutions to supply specified foreclosure and sale information to the appropriate Federal banking agencies for submission to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. States that a federally related mortgage shall not be classified as a substandard asset for Federal banking purposes unless the forebearance period has expired, the mortgage default has not been corrected, and the remaining principal balance is at least 80 percent of the home's appraised value. Applies such notice, forbearance, and foreclosure provisions to federally related mortgages held by nonfederally regulated institutions.
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
Amends the Export Administration Act of 1979 to: (1) repeal the current licensing requirements for exports of dual use items to countries whose governments support international terrorism; and (2) prohibit such exports outright. Authorizes the President to waive such prohibition if: (1) the export transaction is determined essential to U.S. national security interests; and (2) the President consults with specified congressional committees about the proposed transaction and submits the reason for such waiver to the Congress in writing. Requires denial of a license to export any chemical or biological weapons if the ultimate consignee is a country whose government has repeatedly supported acts of international terrorism. Requires the President to report annually to the Congress on all visits to the United States by any official of any such government.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1992
National Beverage Container Reuse and Recycling Act of 1992 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to prohibit the sale of beer, mineral water, soda water, wine coolers, or carbonated soft drinks in beverage containers by retailers and distributors unless such containers carry a refund value of ten cents. Requires distributors to collect from retailers the refund value for each beverage sold to such retailers. Directs retailers to collect from consumers the refund value for each beverage sold to such consumers. Requires retailers and distributors to pay the refund on returned containers of brands (in the same kind and size of container) sold by such retailers or distributors. Directs distributors to pay annually to a State unclaimed refund amounts (the amount by which the total refund value of all containers sold by such distributors exceeds the amount paid by distributors to persons in that State). Makes unclaimed refunds available to a State for carrying out pollution prevention and recycling programs. Prohibits distributors and retailers from: (1) selling beverages in metal beverage containers with detachable openings; and (2) disposing of containers subject to this Act or any metal, glass, or plastic from such containers (other than the top or seal) in landfills or solid waste disposal facilities. Makes this Act inapplicable to States that have adopted requirements identical to those under this Act or that have demonstrated achievement of a recycling or reuse rate for beverage containers of at least 70 percent. Makes States that fail to maintain such rate for a consecutive 12-month period subject to this Act's requirements. Prohibits States or political subdivisions that impose taxes on the sale of beverage containers from imposing any tax on the amount attributable to the refund value of such containers. Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to promulgate regulations to provide for the adjustment for inflation of the ten-cent refund amount at ten-year intervals. Prescribes civil penalties for violations of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1992
Boston Harbor Cleanup Funding Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to make grants to the State of Massachusetts for use by the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority for constructing wastewater treatment works for areas served by the Authority. Limits the Federal share of such grants to 75 percent of construction costs. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1992
Condemns the forced repatriation of Vietnamese asylum seekers in Hong Kong. Calls upon the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to work to improve screening procedures in place in Hong Kong and other first asylum states in Southeast Asia, including the special procedures for unaccompanied minors. Urges: (1) the United Kingdom to end the forced repatriation of Vietnamese asylum seekers; and (2) the Department of State to ensure that U.S. contributions to the UNHCR are properly monitored and used toward protecting Vietnamese boat people against flawed screening.
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
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
Individualized Rehabilitation Services Program Selection Act of 1992 - Amends the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to provide handicapped individuals eligible for services under such Act with the right to select their vocational rehabilitation service providers pursuant to an individualized written rehabilitation program.
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 · 11 February 1992
Designates April 14, 1992, as Education and Sharing Day, U.S.A., the birthday and the start of the 91st year of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, leader of the worldwide Lubavitch movement.
United States · United States Congress · 11 February 1992
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should: (1) encourage the United Nations to deploy a peacekeeping force to Nagorno-Karabakh (NK); (2) urge Russian President Boris Yeltsin to have the Azerbaijani armed elements removed from the vicinity of NK; (3) withhold any U.S. assistance to Azerbaijan for as long as the state of siege around NK continues to be the policy of the Government of Azerbaijan; and (4) condition the establishment of full diplomatic relations with Azerbaijan on its respect for the rights of the Armenian population of NK and the cessation of hostilities with NK and Armenia.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1992
Cancer Registries Amendment Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants or contracts to operate population-based, statewide cancer registries in order to collect certain data for each form of in-situ and invasive cancer except basal cell and squamous cell carcinoma of the skin. Authorizes grants for planning the registries. Mandates a study on factors contributing to elevated rates of breast cancer mortality in Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, and the District of Columbia. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services, directly or through grants and contracts, or both, to provide technical assistance to the States in the establishment and operation of statewide registries. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1992
Unemployment Benefits Assurance Act of 1992 - Amends the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-164) to establish special rules for computing the weekly benefit amount and for determining an individual's account, in order to assure that all eligible individuals will receive their full benefits under the emergency unemployment compensation program (on the basis of the former full-time employment for which they are eligible to receive such benefits, without being disqualified by State laws which would determine such amount and account on the basis of some intervening temporary period of part-time earnings).
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1992
Declares that it is the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) breast cancer should be declared a public health emergency under specified provisions of the Public Health Service Act to accelerate investigation into the cause, treatment, and prevention of the cause; and (2) activities initiated under the emergency should not supplant major research projects on breast cancer.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1992
Designates the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Northampton, Massachusetts, as the Edward P. Boland Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center.
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