Rep. Morrison, Sid [R-WA-4]

An amendment to permit borrowers, upon application to the Secretary, to transfer their loans to a third party who qualifies for such loans, and in such transfers, transfer all personal liability for the loan. The loans would thus be transferable at their original rates and terms.

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An amendment directing the Department of Energy to formulate a plan to demonstrate the feasibility of burning weapons-grade nuclear materials from dismantled weapons in a liquid metal reactor.

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An amendment to direct the Interior Department to transfer a parcel of land in Sunnyside, Washington to the Sunnyside Irrigation District.

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Concerning United States participation in a Cascadia Corridor commission.

United States · United States Congress · 6 October 1992

Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States should continue negotiations with the Government of Canada and State, provincial, and local governments in the urbanized Cascadia corridor along Interstate 5/Highway 99 from Vancouver, British Columbia, to Eugene, Oregon, to establish a Cascadia Corridor Commission to: (1) act as a forum to coordinate consideration of regional issues in the Cascadia area; (2) develop a strategy for environmentally sound economic development in the region; and (3) submit a plan, developed by the Commission and incorporating such strategy to the Congress, the Canadian Parliament, the legislature of British Columbia, and the State legislatures of Oregon and Washington.

Concerning United States participation in a Cascadia Corridor Commission.

United States · United States Congress · 5 October 1992

Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States should continue negotiations with the Government of Canada and State, provincial, and local governments in the urbanized Cascadia corridor along Interstate 5/Highway 99 from Vancouver, British Columbia, to Eugene, Oregon, to establish a Cascadia Corridor Commission to: (1) act as a forum to coordinate consideration of regional issues in the Cascadia area; (2) develop a strategy for environmentally sound economic development in the region; and (3) submit a plan incorporating such strategy to the Congress, the Canadian Parliament, the legislature of British Columbia, and the State legislatures of Oregon and Washington.

Concerning United States participation in a Cascadia Corridor commission.

United States · United States Congress · 1 October 1992

Declares that the United States should continue negotiations with the Canadian Government and State, provincial, and local governments in the urbanized Cascadia corridor along Interstate 5/Highway 99 from Vancouver, British Columbia, to Eugene, Oregon, to establish a commission to: (1) act as a forum to coordinate consideration of regional issues in the Cascadia area; (2) develop a strategy for environmentally sound economic development in such region; and (3) submit a plan incorporating such strategy to the Congress, the Canadian Parliament, and the legislatures of British Columbia, Oregon, and Washington. Provides for cost-sharing among the Federal, State, and local participants. Authorizes appropriations.

To authorize United States participation in the Cascadia Corridor Commission.

United States · United States Congress · 25 September 1992

Authorizes the United States to participate in the Cascadia Corridor Commission to be established as a bilateral advisory commission in coordination with the Canadian Government and State, provincial, and local governments in the Cascadia region along Interstate 5/Highway 99 from Vancouver, British Columbia, to Eugene, Oregon. Authorizes the Commission to: (1) establish a forum to coordinate consideration of regional issues in the Cascadia region; and (2) develop a strategy for environmentally sound economic development in such region and submit such plan to the Congress, the Canadian Parliament, the legislature of British Columbia, and the State legislatures of Oregon and Washington. Requires the strategy to consider environmental management, urban development, transportation, communications, and education. Authorizes appropriations.

Designating May 2, 1993, through May 8, 1993, as "National Walking Week".

United States · United States Congress · 12 August 1992

Designates May 2 through 8, 1993, as National Walking Week.

Designating November 30, 1992, through December 6, 1992, as "National Education First Week".

United States · United States Congress · 12 August 1992

Designates November 30 through December 6, 1992, as National Education First Week.

Defense Nuclear Workers' Health Insurance Act of 1992

United States · United States Congress · 12 August 1992

Defense Nuclear Workers' Health Insurance Act of 1992 - Mandates payment to certain former Department of Energy employees for health care services incurred (through insurance or out-of-pocket) above a specified dollar amount. Sets forth eligibility requirements, including that a former employee have had certain exposure to ionizing radiation or have worked in a facility in which radioactive materials were regularly stored, handled, or disposed of.

Designating December 1, 1992, as "World AIDS Day".

United States · United States Congress · 11 August 1992

Designates December 1, 1992, as World AIDS Day.

Designating October 1992 as "Polish-American Heritage Month".

United States · United States Congress · 30 July 1992

Designates October 1992 as Polish-American Heritage Month.

State Health Care Reform Incentive Act of 1992

United States · United States Congress · 22 July 1992

State Health Care Reform Incentive Act of 1992 - Amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to permit States to seek waivers of program requirements in order to provide health care coverage under certain regular or alternative State programs. Establishes Federal requirements for such State programs. Sets forth payment provisions.

Cedar River Watershed Land Exchange Act of 1992

United States · United States Congress · 9 July 1992

Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to exchange specified lands in the Cedar River Watershed, Washington State, with the City of Seattle for purposes of land consolidation and water quality protection.

Credit Availability and Regulatory Relief Act of 1992

United States · United States Congress · 2 July 1992

Credit Availability and Regulatory Relief Act of 1992 - Title I: Supervisory Reforms - Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to authorize the appropriate Federal banking agency to exempt any insured depository institution owned or controlled by a depository institution holding company from statutory examination requirements if: (1) the agency is satisfied that adequate internal controls and examination procedures exist within the holding company structure; and (2) the institutions owned or controlled by the holding company having at least 80 percent of all insured depository institutions owned or controlled by such holding company have been subjected to onsite examinations. Modifies statutory auditing and reporting requirements in order to reduce the regulatory costs incurred by insured depository institutions. Requires the Small Business Administration together with specified financial institution regulatory agencies to conduct a joint study and report to the Congress on the appropriate methods to obtain the information needed to assess the availability of credit to small businesses, including minority-owned small businesses and small farms. Repeals the existing mandate for certain regulatory standards for safety and soundness. Requires the appropriate Federal banking agencies to review their regulations and adopt uniform regulations. Excludes from bank closure requirements specified branches and automated teller machines. Amends the Federal Reserve Act to modify the aggregate statutory limits on insider lending. Repeals the current statutory mandate with respect to the regulation of interbank risks. Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to change the assessment base calculation for deposit insurance premiums (from the two most recent quarterly call reports of the institution to the next-to-last call report and the one immediately before it). Amends the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 to: (1) establish a threshold of $100,000 or less level below which State-certified or State-licensed appraisers are not required for certain Federal real estate-related transactions; and (2) prohibit the States from requiring State-certified or State-licensed appraisers for such transactions. Amends the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977 to set forth guidelines for self-certification of small rural regulated financial institutions that have complied with such Act. Requires the appropriate Federal financial supervisory agency to investigate any allegation filed against a regulated financial institution regarding whether it is helping to meet the credit needs of its community, consistent with safe and sound operation of the institution. Modifies the regulatory the guidelines for such institutions. Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to require: (1) the appropriate Federal banking agencies to jointly establish application requirements to reduce duplicative filings by depository institutions; and (2) the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to minimize the regulatory burden imposed upon insured depository institutions. Removes certain interest rate restrictions placed upon depository institutions that are adequately capitalized. Repeals provisions relating to private deposit insurers and deposit institutions lacking Federal deposit insurance. Prohibits the Federal Trade Commission from bringing an action or proceeding against a private deposit insurer for non-compliance with the requirement to complete a certain annual audit within a specified time period. Requires the Secretary to study and report to the Congress on: (1) those measures necessary to ensure adequate public disclosure of depository institutions that lack Federal deposit insurance; and (2) the appropriateness of imposing audit requirements on private deposit insurers. Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act of 1991 to delay the effective dates for specified new requirements for insured financial institutions. Amends the Home Owners' Loan Act to accelerate the effective date by which savings associations may engage in certain affiliate transactions permitted for banks. Title II: Non-Supervisory Reforms - Subtitle A: Expedited Funds Availability and Electronic Transfers - Amends the Expedited Funds Availability Act to eliminate next-day availability schedules for checks drawn on and deposited at an automated teller machine of the same depository institution. Makes the availability schedule for new accounts applicable during the 90-day (currently 30-day) period beginning on the date the account is established. Authorizes the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the Federal Reserve Board) to establish rules imposing liability and allocating risk of loss among depository institutions and other entities participating in the payments system, including the States and political subdivisions on which checks are drawn. Subtitle B: Amendments to the Truth in Lending Act - Amends the Truth in Lending Act to: (1) exempt from its purview credit transactions involving consumers whose income or net worth exceeds specified thresholds; and (2) prohibit the recovery of punitive damages. Subtitle C: Homeownership Amendments - Amends the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act of 1974 to exempt lenders who finance the purchase of residential real estate from requirements to provide certain information booklets to borrowers if the lender denies the loan application within three business days after it is received. Amends the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act of 1975 to index the asset size of depository institutions exempt from the Act to increases in the Consumer Price Index. Amends the Competitive Equality Banking Act of 1987 to apply the definition of "adjustable rate mortgage loan" with respect to the interest rate cap to consumer loans only. Prohibits an appropriate Federal banking agency from requiring any depository institution to engage in Fair Housing Act data collection activities if such activities are already required under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act of 1975. Subtitle D: Amendments to the Truth in Savings Act - Amends the Truth in Savings Act to direct the Federal Reserve to exempt certain broadcast, electronic, or outdoor advertisements from interest-rate disclosure requirements, as well as (at the Board's discretion) interest rate notice boards on the premises of an institution. Authorizes the Board to exempt or modify certain disclosure requirements with respect to specified accounts and interest rates. Limits the civil liability of a depository institution to an accountholder to the actual damages sustained. Subtitle E: Expedited Procedures for Bank Holding Companies - Amends the Bank Holding Company Act to set forth expedited procedures by which banks may reorganize into bank holding companies. Amends the Securities Act of 1933 to: (1) reflect such expedited procedures; and (2) prescribe expedited procedures for bank holding companies to seek approval to engage in nonbanking activities. Amends the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 and the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to permit, with the concurrence of the Attorney General, the reduction to five days of the post-approval waiting period for bank holding company acquisitions and bank mergers.

Designating October 8, 1992, as "National Firefighters Day".

United States · United States Congress · 2 July 1992

Designates October 8, 1992, as National Firefighters Day.

International Woman and Child Health Act of 1992

United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1992

International Woman and Child Health Act of 1992 - Requires U.S. contributions to international organizations and nongovernmental organizations for programs to immunize people in high-mortality countries for diseases such as measles or polio to be at least $100,000,000 greater in each of FY 1993 through 1995 than the amount of such contributions for FY 1992. Provides additional funding for vitamin A supplementation and fortification programs and iodine and iron supplementation and fortification programs for pregnant women. Directs the Agency for International Development, during FY 1993 through 1995, to ensure that a specified amount in local currencies made available under foreign assistance programs is used to provide training, compensation, and other support for maternal and child health workers in developing countries. Authorizes appropriations. Reduces funding for military assistance programs during such fiscal years in order to provide funding for this Act without increasing the foreign assistance budget.

To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain real property in the Wenatchee National Forest, Washington, to the Public Utility District No. 1 of Chelan County, Washington, in exchange for other real property.

United States · United States Congress · 24 June 1992

Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to transfer certain sewage facilities in the Wenatchee National Forest to Public Utility District No. 1 of Chelan County, Washington, in exchange for equal value in sewer charges from such facilities to the Secretary.

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.

International Refugee Protection Act of 1992

United States · United States Congress · 10 June 1992

International Refugee Protection Act of 1992 - States that: (1) the Congress affirms that U.S. obligations under certain international refugee agreements have applied to U.S. actions with respect to persons outside U.S. territorial boundaries; and (2) the United States shall refrain from the involuntary return of refugees to their home country from boundaries outside the United States or from the territorial waters of such home country, with specified exceptions.

Health Professional Shortage Area Amendments of 1992

United States · United States Congress · 10 June 1992

Health Professional Shortage Area Amendments of 1992 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to add a certain percentage of the population being 65 years old or older to the indicators of need which must be taken into consideration in designating health professional shortage areas (HPSAs). Prohibits, for frontier areas, considering the travel time between population centers or to contiguous area resources. Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to continue, for three months after withdrawal of the designation of an area as an HPSA, the additional payments mandated for services furnished in HPSAs.

Dollars for Scholars Community Scholarship Foundation Development Act

United States · United States Congress · 4 June 1992

Dollars for Scholars Community Scholarship Foundation Development Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to make an endowment grant to an eligible organization to support the establishment of 25 regional centers to foster development of locally based, volunteer organizations to improve high school graduation rates and postsecondary attendance through providing academic support services and financial assistance for postsecondary education. Sets forth requirements for the eligible organization, the regional centers, and the local affiliates of the eligible organization. Sets forth conditions for the endowment grant. Authorizes appropriations.

State Initiatives in Child Welfare Act of 1992

United States · United States Congress · 3 June 1992

State Initiatives in Child Welfare Act of 1992 - Title I: Child Welfare Entitlement Program - Amends title IV of the Social Security Act to create a capped entitlement program under a new part C, Child Welfare Entitlement. States that the purpose of this new part is to grant States the flexibility and resources necessary to provide appropriate services and activities to: (1) preserve and strengthen families with children at risk of needing placement outside their home; (2) reunite children with their families if an out-of-home placement is found to be necessary; (3) place children in adoptive homes or other permanent arrangements in a timely fashion if reunification with their families is not in the best interest of the child; and (4) ensure the well-being of children referred to public officials because of suspected or actual abuse or neglect. Sets forth criteria which States must meet in order to qualify for payments under such entitlement program. Provides for allotments and payments to qualified States, and supplemental payments under certain conditions. Provides that, except with respect to certain restrictions, States may use payments under this part in any manner that the State child welfare agency deems appropriate to accomplish the purpose of the part. Establishes a penalty for misuse of funds. Sets forth administrative provisions. Terminates such new entitlement program after FY 1997. Title II: Federal Oversight And Technical Assistance - Amends part B (Child-Welfare Services) of title IV of the Social Security Act to require State plans under such part to: (1) afford certain protections to foster children; (2) contain certifications respecting proper use of part B program payments and State audits of program expenditures; and (3) contain assurances respecting State compliance with Federal guidelines for protecting foster children. Amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act to require State plans under such part to contain similar certifications. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to provide for broker technical assistance to States with respect to child welfare. Provides funding for such assistance. Places a two-year moratorium on child protection compliance reviews and on disallowances and deferrals of expenditures under the Child-Welfare Services program. Establishes the Commission on Child Welfare Accountability (the Commission) to recommend to the Congress and the Secretary methods by which the Federal Government can better ensure the protection of children referred to State child protective services programs and the accountability of such programs. Authorizes appropriations. Requires each State to transmit to the Secretary and the Commission on Improvement of Child Protective Services Programs a report outlining the efforts that the State has made to ensure the uninterrupted provision of child protections under the Child-Welfare Services program. Requires HHS recommendations on a new accountability system for the protection of children to be transmitted to the Commission. Title III: Creating Reliable Information On Child Welfare - Amends part E to set June 1, 1992, as the deadline for final regulations providing for the implementation of a system currently authorized for the collection of data on adoption and foster care. Requires such regulations to provide for full implementation of such system by FY 1993. Provides for demonstration projects on foster care prevention, family reunification, and adoption assistance services. Requires HHS studies on State administration of Foster Care and Adoption Assistance programs. Authorizes appropriations. Amends part E to provide for a 90 percent match for data collection and information retrieval systems.

Animal Medicinal Drug Use Clarification Act of 1992

United States · United States Congress · 28 May 1992

Animal Medicinal Drug Use Clarification Act of 1992 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to allow, on order of a veterinarian: (1) a new animal drug approved for one use to be used for a different purpose, provided the use does not result in residues in food in violation of established safe levels for the drug; and (2) a new drug approved for human use to be used in non-food producing animals.