Rep. Lagomarsino, Robert J. [R-CA-19]

An amendment to require the President in furnishing aid to Nicaragua to take into account the extent to which the government of Nicaragua engages in violations of human rights. It also requires termination of aid to Nicaragua if Nicaragua is determined to harbor any international terrorist organization or if it aids and abets terrorism in other countries. Aid is to be terminated if the U.S. determines that Cuban or Soviet troops are stationed in Nicaragua in such a way as to threaten U.S. security, or the security of a U.S. Latin American ally. And the amendment requires that funds provided Nicaragua be used to the extent possible to aid the private sector.

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An amendment to add to the Economic Assistance for Countries in the Andean Region and the Caribbean, 75,000,000 dollars for the Dominican Republic. The assistance was originally titled for "Countries in the Andean Region and the Eastern Caribbean". This amendment strikes "Eastern" from the title.

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An amendment denying nondiscriminatory (most favored nation) trade status to products of Afghanistan. It also prohibits direct or indirect participation by Afghanistan in any program under which the U.S. extends credit, credit guarantees, or investment guarantees.

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An amendment to increase by $126 million the amount of Air Force aircraft procurement funds earmarked for aircraft mofification, and to require that this increase be used to acquire ALQ-184 electronic counter measure equipment designed to jam Soviet interceptor radar systems.

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An amendment to Title V, Defense Personnel Policy, authorizing award of Prisoner of War Medal. The medal may be given to persons serving in any capacity of the armed services who were taken prisoner after 4/6/17 if they were 1) engaged in action against a U.S. enemy, 2) engaged in military opertions involving an opposing foreign force, or 3) serving with friendly forces engaged in armed conflict against an opposing armed force in which the U.S. is not a belligerent party. Only one medal may be given to a person and it may be given posthumously. The amendment sets the medal's rank among other medals.

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An amendment adding to the list of concerns U.S. policy in Latin America and the Caribbean should support the following: reform in tax systems, encouragement of private enterprise and individual initiative, creation of favorable investment climates, curbing corruption where it exists, and spurring balanced trade.

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An amendment to the Roth amendment adding the provision that "The Secretary may require an export license for the export of such goods or technology to such end users as the Secretary may specify by regulation".

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An amendment to provide for distribution within the U.S. of two USIA films relating to Afghanistan: "Afghanistan 1982: the Struggle for Freedom Continues" and "We Are Afghanistan".

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Amendment originally sought to require the President to certify that India does not possess a nuclear explosive device before receiving any assistance under the bill. \ As amended by the Kostmayer amendment (A014) the language was revised to require Presidential certification that India has not developed additional nuclear explosive devices during fiscal years 1992 and 1993 as a precondition for receiving any assistance under the bill.

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An amendment to earmark $15 million for the Afghan people for FY'86 and each year thereafter. The money is to be used for humanitarian assistance.

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An amendment to delete the section removing export controls on an item to a country group if all export license applications for that item to that group have been granted during a one year period. The export control removal being striken by this amendment would not apply if the Secretary imposes it on the basis of the end user of the good or technology in question.

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An amendment to insert language which provides that the United States shall not enter into any arrangement, express or implied, conditioning the provision of assistance under the Act of the International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1988 or the purchase of defense articles and services under the Arms Export Control Act upon the provision of assistance by a recipient to persons or groups engaging in an insurgency or other act of rebellion against the Government of Nicaragua.

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An amendment to increase from $2,043,500,000 to $2,058,500,000 the ceiling for the off budget foreign military sales guaranteed loans.

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An amendment to provide that the restriction on international military education and training contained in the Kostmayer language shall not apply if the President determines, and certifies in writing to the Congress, that the country to which assistance is provided has a democratically-elected civilian government and is engaged in armed conflict with a Marxist insurgent movement that is receiving significant support from Nicaragua or any country listed as a Communist country.

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Tax Fairness Restoration and Economic Growth Act

United States · United States Congress · 6 October 1992

Tax Fairness Restoration and Economic Growth Act - Title I: Tax Reductions - Subtitle A: Capital Gains Provisions - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude capital gain from gross income and exempt capital gain from tax. Makes such exemption applicable to computing the alternative minimum tax. Subtitle B: Restoration of Income Averaging - Sets forth provisions to restore income averaging. Subtitle C: Elimination of Double Tax on Dividends - Allows a shareholder credit (for taxpayers other than corporations) for dividends from domestic corporations. Provides for determining such credit based on the corporation's post-1992 Federal income taxes and post-1992 undistributed earnings. Includes such credit in the determination of gross income. Allows corporations a 100 percent deduction for amounts received as dividends from domestic corporations. Revises computations on dividends received by corporations on the preferred stock of a public utility. Subtitle D: Permanent Extension of Research Credit - Makes permanent law the credit for increasing research activities. Subtitle E: Reduction of Individual Tax Rate - Reduces individual income tax rates by eliminating the highest tax bracket. Subtitle F: Retirement Savings Incentives - Part I Restoration of IRA Deduction - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to remove the limitations on deductions for individual retirement plans and provides a cost-of-living adjustment for deductible amounts. Part II: Nondeductible Tax-Free IRAs - Establishes special individual retirement accounts that are nondeductible. Makes such accounts nontaxable if earnings on contributions are held for at least five years. Applies the early withdrawal penalty to distributions made before the end of the five year-period. Part III: Penalty-Free Distributions - Provides exemptions from the ten-percent penalty on early withdrawals from individual retirement plans for: (1) first home purchases; (2) higher education expenses; and (3) financially devastating medical expenses. Subtitle G: Repeal of Excise Penalty Taxes on Autos - Repeals the excise tax on luxury items (passenger vehicles, boats, aircraft, jewelry, and furs). Subtitle H: Repeal of Limitation On Itemized Deductions - Repeals the overall limitation on itemized deductions. Subtitle I: Repeal of Passive Loss Limitations - Repeals passive loss limitations. Subtitle J: Restoration of 10-Percent Investment Credit - Restores the ten percent investment tax credit for property placed in service after enactment of this Act. Subtitle K: Restoration of Accelerated Cost Recovery System - Restores the accelerated cost recovery system as in effect on the day after the enactment of the Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981. Subtitle L: Credit for First-Time Homebuyer - Allows a credit for a first-time homebuyer of ten percent of the price of the principal residence. Limits such credit to $2,500. Requires the residence to be acquired on or after February 1, 1992, and before January 1, 1993. Title II: Taxpayer Bill of Rights - Subtitle A: Additional Safeguards to Protect Taxpayers' Rights - Part I: Taxpayers' Advocate - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish in the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) the Office of Taxpayers' Advocate, headed by the Taxpayers' Advocate, appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Requires the Office to: (1) assist taxpayers in resolving problems with the IRS; (2) identify areas in which taxpayers have problems in dealings with the IRS; (3) propose changes in the administrative practices of the IRS to mitigate such problems; and (4) identify potential legislative changes which may be appropriate to mitigate such problems. Requires the Taxpayers' Advocate to annually report to specified congressional committees on Office activities. Requires the Commissioner of Internal Revenue to establish procedures requiring a formal response to all recommendations submitted to the Commissioner by the Taxpayers' Advocate. Authorizes the terms of a Taxpayer Assistance Order to require the Secretary of the Treasury to take certain actions (currently, only to cease or refrain from taking such actions). Part II: Modifications to Installment Agreement Provisions - Requires prior notification to taxpayers under an installment agreement to pay tax liability before altering, modifying, or terminating such an agreement. Provides for administrative review of denials of requests for installment agreements. Suspends the failure to pay penalty during any period an installment agreement is in effect. Part III: Interest - Extends from ten days to 21 days the period for which interest will not be imposed after notice and demand for payment, if such payment is less than $100,000. Provides for the abatement of interest in the case of an assessment due to the error or delay of an IRS managerial act. Increases the interest rate for overpayment of tax from two percent to three percent (making such rate equal to the interest rate for underpayment of tax). Waives interest on all overpayments refunded within 45 days after a return is filed. Part IV: Joint Returns - Requires separate deficiency notices in the case of a joint income tax return if the most recent data available to the IRS shows that such spouses did not file a joint return with each other. Allows the disclosure of collection activities to an individual requesting such information in the case of a joint return where such individual is no longer married to or resides in the same household as the other joint filer. Removes limitations on filing a joint return after filing separate returns. Part V: Collection Activities - Authorizes the Secretary, if it is determined to be in the best interest of the taxpayer and the United States, to: (1) withdraw a notice of a lien; (2) return property that has been levied upon; and (3) offer compromises in civil or criminal cases. Requires the Secretary, at the request of the taxpayer, to make reasonable efforts to notify credit reporting agencies and financial institutions of such withdrawal notice. Part VI: Erroneous and Fraudulent Information Returns - Requires payee statements to provide the phone number of the person providing payment. Establishes civil damages for the fraudulent filing of information returns. Requires the Secretary to take reasonable steps to corroborate the accuracy of an information return when making a determination of a deficiency by a third party, when such return is disputed by the taxpayer. Part VII: Modifications to Penalty for Failure to Collect and Pay Over Tax - Declares that a person shall not be liable for any penalty for failure to collect and pay over tax if such person: (1) is not a significant owner, or highly compensated employee of the trade or business; (2) notifies the Secretary within ten days after such failure; and (3) such notification was before any notice by the Secretary with respect to such failure. Requires the Secretary to disclose certain information where more than one person is liable for a penalty. Part VIII: Awarding of Costs and Certain Fees - Repeals the "substantially justified" test for determining whether a taxpayer may recover costs and fees incurred as part of an administrative or court proceeding. Provides for the awarding of reasonable litigation or administrative costs to a prevailing party who represents himself in an administrative or court proceeding. Makes IRS employees personally liable in certain cases. Provides that any failure to agree to an extension of time for the assessment of any tax shall not be taken into account in determining whether a prevailing party has exhausted all administrative remedies. Part IX: Other Provisions - Revises provisions on the required content of tax due, deficiency, and other notices. Provides for the treatment of returns prepared for or executed by the Secretary for purposes of certain tax penalties. Provides protection for taxpayers who rely on certain guidance published by the IRS. Subtitle B: Form Modifications - Directs the Secretary to: (1) ensure that taxpayers are aware of permission to pay tax in installments, extensions of time for payment of tax, and compromises of tax liability; (2) improve procedures for taxpayers to notify the Secretary of changes in names and addresses; (3) include in a specified publication a section on the rights and responsibilities of divorced individuals; (4) ensure that employees are aware of their responsibilities under the Federal tax system and that the public is aware of penalties for failure to collect and pay over tax; and (5) notify taxpayers of any payments that cannot be associated with any outstanding tax liability. Subtitle C: Additional Improvements - Requires the Secretary to report to the tax-writing committees on: (1) a pilot program for appeals of certain enforcement actions (including lien, levy, and seizure actions); (2) a study on ways to assist the elderly, physically impaired, foreign-language speaking, and other taxpayers with special needs to comply with IRS laws; (3) the scope and content of the IRS taxpayer-rights education program for its officers and employees; and (4) cases involving complaints about misconduct of IRS employees and the disposition of such complaints. Requires the Comptroller General to report to the tax-writing committees on: (1) a study of notices of deficiency; (2) the accuracy and clarity of 25 of the most commonly used IRS forms, notices, and publications; and (3) a study of IRS employee-suggestion programs.

To amend the National Trails System Act to designate the American Discovery Trail for study to determine the feasibility and desirability of its designation as a national trail.

United States · United States Congress · 6 October 1992

Amends the National Trails System Act to designate the American Discovery Trail extending from Pt. Reyes, California, to Cape Henlopen State Park, Delaware, and the Ala Kahakai Trail in Hawaii for study for potential addition to the National Trails System.

Concerning the sale of F-15 aircraft to Saudi Arabia.

United States · United States Congress · 25 September 1992

Expresses the sense of the Congress that if Saudi Arabia acquires F-15 aircraft from the United States it should demonstrate its peaceful intentions by lifting its economic boycott against Israel and against U.S. companies that trade with Israel.

National Park System Reformation Act

United States · United States Congress · 23 September 1992

National Park System Reformation Act - Title I: Development of a Comprehensive Plan for the Future of the National Park System - Establishes the National Park System Strategic Planning Commission to develop a long-term plan for the direction of the National Park System (System). Requires the plan to guide the System for the next ten to 20 years and to address criteria for determining inclusion or exclusion of a site within the System. Authorizes appropriations. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to terminate National Park Service management at all park areas as recommended by the Commission. Applies the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 to all actions of the Secretary during the termination process. Directs the Administrator of General Services to delegate to the Secretary, with respect to excess and surplus real property and facilities located at such park areas, the authority to: (1) dispose of surplus property; and (2) grant certain approvals under the Surplus Property Act of 1944. Directs the Secretary, as part of each annual budget request, to transmit to the appropriate congressional committees a schedule of actions to be carried out under this title and an estimate of the total expenditures required and cost savings to be achieved by each closure, along with environmental assessments of such actions. Prohibits the Secretary from establishing new units of the System until the Commission transmits a report to the Congress. Title II: New Area Establishment - Directs the Secretary to submit reports of new area studies to the appropriate congressional committees for purposes of determining the suitability of adding such areas to the System. Designates the following areas for study as potential units: (1) Apollo XI Launch Tower, Florida; (2) Kennecott/McCarthy, Alaska; (3) New Jersey Delaware Bay Wetlands, New Jersey; (4) Nicodemas, Kansas; (5) Oak Hill, Virginia; (6) Susan B. Anthony House, New York; and (7) Virginia City, Montana. Requires the National Park Service to maintain a list of units in order of their numerical priority for potential addition to the System. Repeals provisions of existing law concerning inclusion of additional areas to the System. Authorizes appropriations. Title III: Enhanced National Park Service Technical Assistance Program for Protection and Management of Natural, Cultural, and Recreation Sites - Establishes the American Heritage System to better protect natural, cultural, and recreational resources which do not belong in the System. Provides for administration of such sites by State and local governments and private entities with Federal technical assistance. Requires the National Park Service to establish a grant program to conduct studies for potential designations of American Heritage sites. Provides for Federal technical and financial assistance for designated sites for periods of up to ten years.

Designating October 4, 1992, through October 10, 1992, as "National Bone Marrow Donor Awareness Week".

United States · United States Congress · 16 September 1992

Designates October 4 through 10, 1992, as National Bone Marrow Donor Awareness Week.

Minor Boundary Adjustments and Miscellaneous Park Amendments Act of 1992

United States · United States Congress · 15 September 1992

Minor Boundary Adjustments and Miscellaneous Park Amendments Act of 1992 - Title I: Increases for Land Acquisition for Certain Units of the National Park System - Increases the authorization of appropriations for land acquisition in the Channel Islands National Park, California. Amends the National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978 to remove the ceiling on appropriations for land acquisition in the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, California. Requires the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) to submit to the Congress a detailed acquisition-priority list and cost estimates for completion of acquisitions within such recreation area in accordance with the land protection plan or revisions thereof. Amends the Volunteers in the Parks Act of 1969 to increase the ceiling on appropriations for volunteers in parks programs. Title II: Clarification of Authority to Cooperate with Non-Federal Entities in the Conduct of Research Concerning Units of the National Park System - Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) enter into cooperative agreements with public or private educational institutions, States and their political subdivisions, or private conservation organizations to develop adequate, coordinated, cooperative research and training programs concerning the resources of the National Park System; and (2) accept from, and make available to, the cooperator technical and support staff, financial assistance for mutually agreed upon research projects, supplies, equipment, facilities, and administrative services relating to cooperative research units. Title III: Museum Properties in the National Park System - Revises functions of the Secretary to prohibit the use of donations and bequests of money for purchasing museum objects, museum collections, and other personal properties with regard to managing museum properties in the National Park System. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) transfer museum objects, museum collections, and other personal property that is no longer needed for museum purposes to qualified Federal agencies that have programs to preserve and interpret cultural or natural heritage and accept the transfer of personal property from any other Federal agency; (2) convey, without monetary consideration but subject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary deems necessary, museum objects, museum collections, and other personal property that is no longer needed for museum purposes to private nonprofit institutions and to non-Federal governmental entities if the Secretary determines that the recipient is dedicated to the preservation and interpretation of natural or cultural heritage and is qualified to manage the property prior to such conveyance; (3) sell by negotiated sale or to the highest bidder those museum objects, museum collections, and other personal property that are no longer needed for museum purposes, no longer have scientific value, and can not reasonably be disposed of by exchange, loan, gift, or transfer, subject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary deems necessary to protect the public interest; and (4) destroy or cause to be destroyed museum objects, museum collections, and other personal property that have no scientific, cultural, historic, educational, esthetic, or monetary value. Requires the Secretary to: (1) ensure that museum property is treated in a careful and deliberate manner that protects the public interest; and (2) establish a systematic review and approval process, including consultation with appropriate experts, that meets the highest standards of the museum profession. Makes the authorities in this Act available to the Secretary with regard to museum objects, museum collection, and other personal property that was under the Secretary's administrative jurisdiction for purposes of the National Park System before the date of enactment of this Act as well as those properties that may be acquired on or after such date. Title IV: Minor Boundary Adjustments - Authorizes the Secretary to transfer specified land located in the Shenandoah National Park to the Secretary of the Treasury for use as a U.S. Customs Service Canine Enforcement Training Center and for other uses deemed appropriate. Provides that: (1) an agreement to transfer such land shall include provisions for the protection of the National Park; (2) the transfer may be made without consideration or reimbursement; and (3) if the transferred land becomes surplus to the needs of the Secretary of the Treasury at any time, title to the land shall revert to the Department of the Interior. Makes the Secretary of the Treasury responsible for certifying that the property is not contaminated with hazardous substances before reversion is completed. Authorizes the Secretary to acquire, through an exchange, certain land in Washington County, Utah, and to revise the boundary of Zion National Park to add the parcel acquired and to exclude the parcel exchanged. Adjusts the boundaries of the following units in the National Park System to include additional land: (1) Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore; (2) Wupatki National Monument, Arizona; and (3) Yucca House National Monument. Modifies: (1) the boundary of the Craters of the Moon National Monument, Idaho, to add and delete specified lands; and (2) the administrative boundary between Independence National Historical Park and the U.S. Customs House along the Moravian Street Walkway in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Amends the Arizona-Idaho Conservation Act of 1988 to authorize the Secretary to acquire from willing sellers only, by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, or exchange a maximum of 65 acres outside the Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument to develop and operate thereon research, information, interpretive, and administrative facilities. Modifies the boundary of the monument to include the added lands as a non-contiguous parcel. Title V: Miscellaneous Specific Park Amendments - Amends the National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978 to extend the Na Hoa Pili O Kaloko-Honokohau (The Friends of Kolako-Honokohau) Advisory Commission through November 10, 1998. Extends the Women's Rights National Historical Park Advisory Commission through December 28, 2005. Repeals provisions of Federal law that: (1) reserve portions of the Fort Pulaski National Monument on Cockspur Island, Georgia, for the Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army, to deposit dredging materials and for other purposes and for the Treasury Department to use as a quarantine station; and (2) state that nothing in an Act authorizing the Secretary to preserve certain wetlands and historic sites in the St. Johns River Valley, Florida, shall affect the multiunit residential resort project proposed for Fort George Island or be construed to affect any Federal, State, or local law applicable to such project. Title VI: General Authorizations and Repealers - Repeals the $3,000 ceiling on expenditures that may be made for building construction in any national park without express authority from Congress. Amends the National Historic Preservation Act to include within the definition of "State": (1) the Federal States of Micronesia; (2) the Republic of the Marshall Islands; and (3) the Republic of Palau. Authorizes appropriations for transportation of children in nearby communities to and from any unit of the National Park System used in connection with organized recreation and interpretive programs of the National Park Service. Declares that nothing in an Act relating to protection of wild-free roaming horses and burros shall be deemed to limit the authority of the Secretary of the Interior in managing units of the National Park System. Authorizes the Secretary, without regard to provisions of such Act or penalties under Federal law, to use motor vehicles, fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters, or contract for such use, to transport such captured animals in furtherance of the management of the National Park System. Directs the Secretary to study and report to specified congressional committees on the suitability and feasibility of establishing the Mission San Antonio de Padua in California and its surrounding historic and prehistoric archeological sites as a unit of the National Park System. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to prepare and transmit to the Congress a National Historic Landmark Theme Study on the History of Water Conservation and Watershed Management to identify the key sites and structures that illustrate the development and management of water resources critical to the westward expansion of the Nation. Requires the Secretary to: (1) identify, evaluate, and nominate as national historic landmarks those unique and significant contributions to our national heritage of cultural and historical lands, waterways, structures, and landscapes; (2) identify possible new park units appropriate to the theme of the history of water development; and (3) analyze the feasibility and suitability of including these sites in the National Park System (including a detailed study of the Cache la Poudre River Basin).

Designating the week beginning October 18, 1992, as "National Radon Action Week".

United States · United States Congress · 15 September 1992

Designates the week beginning October 18, 1992, as National Radon Action Week.

Designating the week beginning November 8, 1992, as "Hire a Veteran Week".

United States · United States Congress · 12 August 1992

Designates the week beginning November 8, 1992, as Hire a Veteran Week.

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to exchange certain lands with the District of Columbia and to regulate advertising and related commercial activities in the National Park System, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 12 August 1992

Requires the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) to transfer specified lands to the District of Columbia in exchange for certain District lands to be administered as part of the National Park System (System). Requires the Secretary to transmit to the District a final environmental impact statement and all appropriate supporting documentation concerning the use of lands transferred to the District. Prohibits advertising, commercial notices, and similar commercial activities in the System except where the Director of the National Park System finds that the advertising or commercial notice: (1) is desirable and necessary for the convenience and guidance of park visitors; (2) is for a product, service, or facility available within such park area; or (3) is contained in a publication primarily to familiarize visitors with a park program, activity, or resource, and any such advertising or commercial notice is for a locally available product, service, or facility. Declares that nothing contained in this Act is intended to curtail the display, sale, or distribution of newspapers, magazines, theater programs, and similar printed material under the terms of a properly executed concessions permit, contract, or a cooperating association memorandum of agreement. Authorizes appropriate and limited public acknowledgment of a donor or sponsor's contribution to a specific program, activity, or event in a National Park area on a case-by-case basis to such individual only if the program, activity, or event furthers the purpose of the park area and the recognition is determined to be appropriate. Prohibits the advertising, commercial notice, or acknowledgment from: (1) including specific information about the suitability or quality of a particular product, service, or facility; or (2) stating or implying National Park Service endorsement of a product, service, or facility. Permits organized activities or special events in a National Park area if there is a meaningful association between such area and the activity or event. Prohibits the organized activity or special event from: (1) harming the area's resources or values; (2) posing a risk of damage to any property or illness or injury to any person; (3) unduly interfering with normal park operations or visitor use; or (4) resulting in significant conflict with other uses.

Women in the Armed Forces Commemorative Coins Act

United States · United States Congress · 12 August 1992

Women in the Armed Forces Commemorative Coins Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) mint and issue coins to commemorate the women who have served in the armed forces of the United States; and (2) transfer the surcharges received from coin sales to the Women in Military Service for America Memorial Foundation and endow and dedicate the Women in the Armed Forces Memorial.