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Rep. Luken, Charles [D-OH-1]

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Bill· HRH.R. 5842 (102nd)referred

To award a congressional gold medal to John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie.

United States · United States Congress · 12 August 1992

Authorizes the President, on behalf of the Congress, to present a gold medal to John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie in recognition of his accomplishments as a musician. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to provide for the sale of bronze duplicates of the medal.

Bill· HRH.R. 5740 (102nd)referred

Federal Home Loan Bank Modernization Act of 1992

United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1992

Federal Home Loan Bank Modernization Act of 1992 - Amends the Federal Home Loan Bank Act to permit the withdrawal of any member from membership in a Federal Home Loan Bank. (Currently Federal savings and loan associations are precluded from doing so.) Repeals certain guidelines regarding advances granted to a non-qualified thrift lender and the minimum stock purchase requirements for membership in a Federal Home Loan Bank. Replaces the minimum share subscription formula for Federal Home Loan Bank membership with a requirement based upon a subscriber's total assets (currently, aggregate unpaid loan principal). Repeals: (1) the 30 percent lending cap limitation on advances to members that are non-qualified thrift lenders; (2) the proscription against the acquisition of new advances from a Federal Home Loan Bank by a savings association lacking qualified thrift lender status; and (3) the minimum residential mortgage loan requirement for qualified thrift lender membership in the Federal Home Loan Bank system. Reduces from ten years to five years the waiting period before which a withdrawn member may resume membership. Modifies the formula for annual contributions by Federal Home Loan Banks to capitalize the Resolution Funding Corporation. Authorizes the Federal Home Loan Bank Board to: (1) impose assessments to make up for any deficiency resulting from such modification; and (2) establish Federal Home Loan Bank branches in the district in which the bank is located, provided that the total number of such banks and branches in all districts does not exceed 12. Directs the Federal Housing Finance Board to study and report to the Congress on: (1) the feasibility of creating a class of affiliate members of the Federal Home Loan Banks for institutions that make long term home mortgage loans; and (2) the desirability of applying requirements to such members that differ from those currently applicable in specified areas to Federal Home Loan Bank members.

Bill· HRH.R. 5545 (102nd)referred

Fiscal Accountability and Impact Reform Act (FAIR Act)

United States · United States Congress · 2 July 1992

Fiscal Accountability and Impact Reform Act (FAIR Act) - States that one purpose of this Act is to assist the Congress in consideration of proposed legislation establishing or revising Federal programs to assure that, to the maximum extent practicable, legislation enacted will: (1) minimize the burden of such legislation on expenditure of scarce local public resources by State and local governments; (2) minimize inefficient allocation of economic resources; and (3) reduce the adverse effect of such legislation on the ability of State and local governments to use local public resources to meet local needs, and on allocation of economic resources, full employment, and international competitiveness. States that a second purpose of this Act is to require Federal agencies to exercise discretionary authority and implement statutory requirements in a manner which, consistent with agency mission and Federal law, minimizes the impact of regulations and other major Federal actions affecting the economy on: (1) the ability of State and local governments to use local public resources to meet local needs; and (2) the allocation of economic resources, full employment, and international competitiveness of American goods and services. Title I: Legislative Reform - Provides that whenever a committee of either House reports a bill to its House which mandates unfunded requirements upon State and local governments or the private sector, the report accompanying that bill shall analyze the effect of the new requirements on: (1) State and local government expenditures necessary to comply with Federal mandates; (2) private businesses; and (3) economic growth and competitiveness. Title II: Agency Impact Analysis - Requires, to the fullest extent practicable, that: (1) the policies, regulations, and public laws of the United States be interpreted and administered in accordance with the purposes of this Act; (2) all Federal agencies, consistent with attainment of the requirements of Federal law, minimize the adverse effects of rules affecting the economy; and (3) Federal agencies take certain actions in promulgating new rules, reviewing existing rules, developing legislative proposals, or initiating any other major Federal action affecting the economy whenever an agency identifies two or more alternatives which will satisfy the agency's statutory obligations. Provides that, whenever an agency publishes a general notice of proposed rulemaking, promulgates a final rule, or before initiating or implementing any other major Federal action affecting the economy, the agency shall prepare and make available for public comment an Economic Impact Assessment. Specifies the contents of such an assessment. Provides for judicial review of final agency actions for compliance with this title.

Bill· HRH.R. 5462 (102nd)referred

Urban Entrepreneurial Opportunities Act

United States · United States Congress · 23 June 1992

Urban Entrepreneurial Opportunities Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a deduction for equity contributions made by a corporation to an urban entrepreneurial opportunity financing subsidiary of such corporation. Requires the subsidiary to use such contribution in making qualified enterprise zone business loans to qualified small business concerns. Establishes an overall program limitation among the contributing corporations to be allocated by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.

Bill· HRH.R. 5234 (102nd)referred

Justice in India Act

United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1992

Justice in India Act - Terminates all development assistance for India under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (except assistance for specified health projects) if the President reports to the Congress that India has not repealed certain special and preventive detention laws. Provides for the resumption of such assistance if India repeals such laws.

Bill· HRH.R. 5217 (102nd)referred

Aviation Noise Limit Act of 1992

United States · United States Congress · 20 May 1992

Aviation Noise Limit Act of 1992 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (Secretary) to develop a staged plan to reduce by at least 75 percent on or before January 1, 2001, the number of individuals residing in residential areas in the vicinity of an airport who are exposed to a yearly day-night average sound level of 60 decibels or above. Requires the Secretary in developing such plan to consider various methods for aviation noise reduction, including soundproofing, relocation incentives, use of quieter aircraft, operations restrictions, and revision of air routes. Authorizes the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to make airspace traffic changes in residential areas if they will not result in an increase in aviation noise. Requires the Secretary to assume responsibility for compliance with the requirements of this Act with respect to all non-military aviation activity.

Bill· HRH.R. 5209 (102nd)referred

Nuclear Weapons Reduction Act of 1992

United States · United States Congress · 19 May 1992

Nuclear Weapons Reduction Act of 1992 - Declares that it shall be the goal of the United States to: (1) significantly and continuously reduce the number of nuclear weapons in all countries through a stage-by-stage process; (2) achieve, through negotiations with former Soviet republics, the elimination of all nuclear weapons in such republics, except for the Russian Federation, as soon as possible; (3) reach agreement as soon as possible with the Russian Federation to reduce the number of nuclear weapons in each country's arsenal to a level of approximately 2,500 warheads; (4) begin negotiations with the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom, France, and China to further reduce the number of such weapons to approximately 1,000 weapons each for the Russian Federation and the United States, with lower levels for the other countries; (5) conduct negotiations with such countries and with other countries to make further reductions in nuclear arsenals; (6) provide immediate U.S. assistance to disable, transport, store, and dismantle former Soviet nuclear weapons and missiles and to identify alternative employment opportunities for former Soviet nuclear weapons designers and technicians; (7) achieve a worldwide, verifiable agreement to end by 1995 the production of plutonium and highly enriched uranium for weapons purposes and to place existing stockpiles under bilateral or international controls; and (8) strengthen and expand multilateral regimes to prevent countries from developing nuclear weapons or their components and to create international mechanisms to enforce these regimes.

Bill· HRH.R. 5113 (102nd)referred

To abolish the Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals.

United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1992

Amends the Economic Stabilization Act of 1970 to abolish the Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals (TECA). Specifies that appeals from orders or judgments entered by a U.S. district court in cases and controversies arising under such Act may be brought in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit if the appeal is from a final decision of the district court or is an interlocutory appeal permitted under the Federal judicial code. Amends: (1) the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 to substitute the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit for TECA with respect to judicial review of emergency orders under such Act; and (2) the Federal judicial code to grant such Court exclusive jurisdiction over appeals under specified provisions of such Act, the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973, and the Energy Policy and Conservation Act. Provides for the handling of cases pending before TECA.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 478 (102nd)referred

Designating September 18, 1992, as "National POW/MIA Recognition Day", and authorizing display of the National League of Families POW/MIA flag.

United States · United States Congress · 5 May 1992

Designates September 18, 1992, as National POW/MIA Recognition Day. Requires the POW/MIA flag to be flown on a flagstaff of the White House, the Departments of State, Defense, and Veterans Affairs, the Selective Service Commission, each national cemetery, and the National Vietnam Veterans Memorial on such day. Requires the flag to be flown on a flagstaff of each national cemetery and the National Vietnam Veterans Memorial on May 30, 1992 (Memorial Day), and on November 11, 1992 (Veterans Day). States that the flag shall be displayed as a symbol of national concern and commitment to resolving the fates of Americans still prisoner, missing, and unaccounted for.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 422 (102nd)reported

Concerning the crisis in Somalia.

United States · United States Congress · 7 April 1992

Condemns the conduct since November 1991 of General Mohamed Farah Aideed, Interim President Ali Mahdi Mohamed, and other warring parties in Somalia (the parties) which has resulted in the destruction of Mogadishu and has placed the entire civilian population of the city at risk. Calls upon the parties to: (1) curb the violence and destruction by immediately suspending artillery shelling; (2) guarantee protection of relief commodities; and (3) participate in good faith in United Nations (UN) sponsored efforts to achieve a ceasefire and political reconciliation in Somalia. Commends: (1) the U.S. Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance for its efforts to provide food and humanitarian relief to Somalia; and (2) UN Secretary General Boutros Ghali for his attention to Somalia and for promoting the adoption of resolutions on Somalia in the UN Security Council. Calls upon the U.S. representative to the UN to urge the UN to: (1) appoint a special UN envoy to Somalia; (2) take steps to assure the safety of UN and other relief personnel and to coordinate relief efforts and facilitate negotiations; and (3) allow the provisions of extensive food and humanitarian relief even in the absence of a ceasefire. Requests that the Secretary of State convey to the parties the U.S. condemnation of the practices employed by all parties which have contributed to the tragedy in Somalia.

Bill· HRH.R. 4775 (102nd)referred

Postal Employees Safety and Health Act

United States · United States Congress · 7 April 1992

Postal Employees Safety and Health Act - Makes various provisions of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSHA), including civil and criminal penalty provisions, applicable to the U.S. Postal Service. Directs the Postmaster General to issue standards on ergonomic hazards to protect Postal Service employees from work-related musculoskeletal disorders. Requires the Postal Service to: (1) ensure that, in order to protect the hearing impaired from smoke or fire hazards, warning devices are present in all appropriate postal facilities; (2) prescribe regulations which ensure at least the minimum level of safety provided by the then current national consensus standards under OSHA dealing with smoke and fire warning devices for the hearing impaired and which include criteria for identifying which types of postal facilities shall be subject to particular requirements with respect to such warning devices; and (3) report to specified congressional committees. Authorizes a joint labor-management postal safety committee (committee) to enter into contracts with the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health of the Department of Health and Human Services to identify any ergonomic or other safety or health hazards which might be associated with any major new mechanization, equipment, or technology (change) being, or proposed to be, implemented by the Postal Service. Requires the Postal Service, to the extent practicable, before awarding any contract for the acquisition, installation, or implementation of any such change, to notify the committee of its intentions, so that the committee may review the design plans for such change and submit written comments relating to any safety or health hazards which might result. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Postal Service should not discharge or in any manner discriminate against an employee for refusing to perform duties if the employee: (1) believes that performing such duties would result in serious injury, where a reasonable person in those circumstances would draw the same conclusion; and (2) has previously sought to have the Postal Service correct the conditions involved.

Law· HRH.R. 4572 (102nd)enacted

To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to waive certain requirements under the medicaid program during 1992 and 1993 for health maintenance organizations operated by the Dayton Area Health Plan in Dayton, Ohio.

United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1992

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, during quarters in calendar years 1992 and 1993, with respect to: (1) the Health Plan Network operated by the Dayton Area Health Plan, to waive a provision of the Social Security Act governing eligible State plans for medical assistance under Medicaid that requires that Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries constitute less than 75 percent of the membership of any prepaid medical provider; and (2) the Day-Med HMP and Health Power programs operated by such Plan, not to treat any individuals enrolled in the Health Start program carried out by the Director of the Ohio Department of Human Services as Medicare or Medicaid beneficiaries for purposes of determining the compliance of the programs with such requirement. Makes such provision inapplicable with respect to quarters in a calendar year unless the Secretary finds that the State of Ohio has adopted and is enforcing enhanced quality assurance standards regarding specified services provided by the Plan.

Bill· HRH.R. 4530 (102nd)referred

Federal Travel Disclosure Act of 1992

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.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 404 (102nd)referred

Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to limit the availability of appropriations for the Official Mail Allowance of the House of Representatives to 1 year and to require that any amounts remaining unobligated at the end of the year shall revert to the Treasury.

United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1992

Amends rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit consideration of any measure appropriating amounts for the Office Mail Allowance of the House unless it: (1) prohibits availability of any such amount for obligation after the end of the fiscal year for which the amount is appropriated; and (2) requires any amount not obligated before the end of the fiscal year to revert to the Treasury.

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