Rep. Panetta, Leon [D-CA-16]

An amendment to have the federal government pay 95 percent of the cost of certain highway maintenance programs. The amendment also requires that certain funds be allocated within and 120 day period.

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An amendment to permit persons injured by a violation of this Act to bring suit in appropriate U. S. District Courts for equitable relief, but not for damages or attorney's fees. This is not to be taken to permit class action suits.

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An amendment to permit the Department of Agriculture to approve long term leases between recipients of certain Farmers Home Administration loans and third parties. The long term leases of this type must be found to be necessary to insure the continuation of services for which financing was originally extended.

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An amendment to provide for expansion of international markets for U.S. agricultural commodities and products.

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An amendment dealing with perishable agricultural commodities.

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MR. PANETTA to state that funds appropriated by this or any other appropriation to carry out the food stamp program, are to be used to ensure that households certified as eligible to participate in the program are issued an allotment that reflects the full cost of the thrifty food plan, adjusted to reflect changes in the cost of the plan for the twelve months ending June 30, 1984.

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A substitute amendment to the Jeffords amendment to reduce the penalty states pay for error rates that exceed 5 percent by the amount states recover through collection.

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An amendment to the Coleman (MO) amendment to add that the Secretary is, on an annual basis, to change the maximum amount permitted for the value of a car owned by a food stamp recipient to reflect the Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers, with a maximum value of 5,500 dollars permitted.

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A Committee on Agriculture amendment no. 8 (no. 42) to permit growers of perishable crops to apply directly to the Attorney General for guest workers, and to have that petition acted on within 72 hours if such employers have otherwise qualified for that program and if extraordinary and unusual circumstances exist. The amendment also allows guest workers to work for any approved growers within a limited region established by the Attorney General. It maintains the bill's labor protections, including requirements that employers actively recruit U.S. workers and provide housing and compensation as set forth in the bill and prohibits the use of guest workers as strikebreakers.

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An amendment adding that attention should be paid to the needs of small and rural community libraries and information centers because these facilities are often underfunded and understaffed and as a consequence cannot adequately serve the needs of the community.

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An amendment requiring immediate notice by the EPA Administrator to local authorities upon receipt of information that there is hazardous waste, in any site, presenting imminent and substantial danger to human health or the environment within the local authorities jurisdiction. Also, notice must be posted promptly at the site of the waste.

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An amendment to the Roberts amendment to give EPA discretionary authority to set uniform pesticide residue standards for certain pesticides, rather than requiring the EPA to issue uniform standards for such pesticides.

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Amendments en bloc to authorize $10 million in each of Fiscal Years 1987, 1988, 1989 to establish a voluntary national youth service program, run by ACTION, that would offer grants to State and local governments to operate youth service programs in which young people would perform services that met human and environmental needs in local communities.

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An amendment to make grants to institutions of higher education to provide model programs designed to improve and expand foreign language studies in those institutions. It sets out criteria for the programs. It also provides authority to establish study abroad programs and internships for advanced foreign langauge students. The amendment specifies areas for study abroad.

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An amendment to establish an Off-Post Rental Housing Lease Indemnity Pilot Program.

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An amendment expressing the sense of Congress that all U.S. consular offices should be equipped with 24 hour emergency telephone service through which U.S. citizens can contact a member of the staff of any such office. It requires the Secretary of State to report to Congress within 90 days on the steps taken with regard to this matter.

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An amendment in the nature of a substitute.

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An amendment to restore foreign languages as one of the activities eligible for funding under the critical skills improvement provisions of the bill, and to authorize $1 million in FY 1988, and such sums as may be necessary in Fiscal Years 1989 through 1993, for a program of presidential awards for excellence in the teaching of foreign languages at the elementary and secondary levels of education.

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An amendment comprised of several amendments offered en bloc and made in order by the provisions of H. Res. 509. The amendments are intended to strike certain provisions in the Reconciliation measure which are considered to be extraneous. The amendment also includes certain technical and conforming changes.

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An amendment to authorize $30 million each in FY 1991, FY 1992, and FY 1993 for matching grants to states to set up institutes to retrain elementary and secondary teachers in the areas of foreign languages and cultures, and international studies. The amendment also authorizes $5 million each in FY 1991, FY 1992, and FY 1993 for competitive grants to public or private non-profit organizations to coordinate and disseminate foreign language and cultural instructional materials, including teachers kits, children's literature in foreign languages, and video tapes.

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An amendment to specify that the deficit increase resulting from repeal or modification of the Catastrophic Coverage Act shall be counted for purposes of determining compliance with the Gramm-Rudman deficit ceilings. This amendment is being offered pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 249 and due to the acceptance by the Committee of the Whole of the Donnelly amendment.

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An amendment to increase budget authority and outlays by $225 million and $175 million respectively for veteran's medical programs. The amendment calls for the increase to be offset by an across-the-board cut in all other categories of domestic discretionary funding by 0.16%.

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See Davis amendment (A003) for description.

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Amendment authorized the Secretary of the Interior to provide technical assistance to State and local governments constructing water desalinization plants.

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Amendment adds foreign languages to the list of core subjects for the new State academies for teachers, and provides demonstration grants for the development of foreign language and culture instructional materials.

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Amendment deletes language which treats provisions in the bill as an emergency under pay-as-you-go budget requirements and precludes a budget sequester.

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Amendment sought to add language stating as the sense of Congress that separate legislation should be enacted during the first session of the One Hundred Second Congress to provide a means (through increased receipts, reduced spending under other Federal programs, or a combination thereof) to offset the increase in Federal spending in each of fiscal years 1991 through 1995 as a result of the provisions in the bill that are direct spending provisions.

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Mickey Leland Childhood Hunger Relief Act

United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1993

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Ensuring Adequate Food Assistance Title II: Promoting Self-Sufficiency Title III: Simplifying the Provision of Food Assistance Title IV: Commodity Distribution to Needy Families Title V: Implementation and Effective Dates Mickey Leland Childhood Hunger Relief Act - Title I: Ensuring Adequate Food Assistance - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to remove the excess shelter deduction cap for purposes of food stamp program (program) eligibility. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to adjust the basic benefit level upwards by specified increments at the beginning of each fiscal year until it reaches 105 percent of the cost of the thrifty food plan. Eliminates food stamp reductions for certain reapplying households. Excludes third party payments for transitional housing for the homeless from consideration as program income. Increases funding for the nutrition assistance program in Puerto Rico. Excludes general assistance vendor payments from consideration as program income. Excludes the income of high school students from consideration as program income. Title II: Promoting Self-Sufficiency - Excludes from consideration as program income: (1) the first $50 a month received as child support; and (2) child support payments to non-household members. Increases annually the fair market value limit of vehicles that program recipients may own. Excludes from financial resources the value of a vehicle a household depends upon to carry heating fuel or water for home use when transported fuel or water is the household's primary source of such item. Increases dependent care deductions and participant and State agency reimbursements in connection with employment and training activities. Title III: Simplifying the Provision of Food Assistance - Permits related adults living in the same household to apply for separate program benefits under specified conditions. Permits a participating family made up of, or including, an elderly or disabled member to own $3,000 in allowable financial resources. Repeals provisions authorizing benefit reductions due to insufficient funding. Title IV: Commodity Distribution to Needy Families - Amends the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 with respect to the Secretary of Agriculture's spending authority for the temporary emergency food assistance program. Title V: Implementation and Effective Dates - Sets forth the effective dates for provisions of this Act.

To provide that a special census shall be conducted, without charge to a requesting State, county, or other unit of government, if necessary to correct a significant undercount in a decennial census which is due, in whole or in part, to a natural disaster or similar situation.

United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1993

Requires the Secretary of Commerce to conduct a special census for the government of a State, the District of Columbia, a U.S. territory or possession, or a political subdivision thereof without charge to such government, if: (1) the special census is necessary to correct a significant undercount which occurred in the most recent decennial census of population; (2) a natural disaster or other emergency affecting such area, as declared by the President, was a major factor contributing to the undercount; and (3) a request for such census is made by such government within such time and in such manner as the Secretary shall prescribe, except that the deadline for such a request may not be before the end of the 18-month period beginning on the most recent decennial census date.

Federal Foreign Language Institute Consolidation Act

United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1993

Federal Foreign Language Institute Consolidation Act - Consolidates foreign language learning programs of the executive branch into the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, California, to form a new Federal Language Institute. Directs the Secretary of Defense to supervise such consolidation, in coordination with the Secretary of State, the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, and the Center for the Advancement of Language Learning.

To condition the closure of a military medical facility in the United States or a reduction in the level of care provided at a military medical facility in the United States upon a determination by the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of the military department concerned that the closure or reduction is cost effective for the Federal Government.

United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1993

Prohibits the Secretary of a military department from closing, or reducing the level of care provided at, a military medical facility in the United States until determining that the closure or reduction will be cost effective. Bases a determination of cost-effectiveness on whether the cost to the Federal Government of providing such care exceeds the cost of providing equivalent care at other health facilities as a consequence of closure or reduction. Applies this Act to any closure or reduction, including pursuant to a base closure law.

To provide for the transfer of a parcel of land at Fort Ord, California, when that parcel is declared to be excess property.

United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1993

Transfers a specified parcel of land within Fort Ord, California, to the State of California Department of Parks and Recreation for public recreational and sand dune preservation purposes upon a determination by the Secretary of the Army that such property is excess Army property. Requires the Secretary to ensure and certify to California that such parcel is not contaminated with explosive, toxic, or other hazardous materials.

To provide for the conveyance of real property at Fort Ord, California, to the University of California and the California State University.

United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1993

Directs the Secretary of Defense to convey to the University of California and the California State University certain surplus real property at Fort Ord, California.

Medicare Durable Medical Equipment Patient Protection Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1993

Medicare Durable Medical Equipment Patient Protection Act of 1993 - (Sec. 2) Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to designate no more than five regional carriers nationwide to process all claims for durable medical equipment (DME). Prohibits a supplier from presenting a claim for payment unless such claim is presented to the appropriate carrier (i.e., the carrier having jurisdiction over the geographic area of the residence of the patient to whom the item is furnished, with exceptions). (Sec. 3) Includes: (1) within the definition of "DME" ostomy and tracheostomy supplies, urologicals, surgical dressings, and splints, casts, and other devices used for reduction of fractures and dislocations; and (2) such supplies in the category of inexpensive and other routinely purchased equipment for payment purposes. Directs the Secretary to: (1) report to the Congress on the feasibility and desirability of basing payment amounts for covered items of DME, prosthetic devices, and orthotics and prosthetics on the reasonable costs of such items; and (2) publish updated guidelines for carriers describing conditions under which such items shall be considered medically effective when furnished to an elderly patient or a disabled patient, and under which a supplier may furnish a patient with an item in excess of, or more expensive than, the standard version for which payment may be made under the program. (Sec. 4) Specifies that no payment may be made unless the supplier meets specified certification standards. Directs the Secretary to establish certification standards for suppliers. Authorizes the Secretary to require suppliers to pay an administrative fee and waive or modify certification standards or fee payment under certain circumstances. Prohibits a carrier from issuing more than one provider number to a supplier unless there are significant differences among the items the supplier furnishes or the geographic regions the provider serves. Provides that anti-kickback requirements shall not apply to amounts paid to employees for provision of covered items or services (as under current law), except that any employment relationship between an employee of a nursing facility and a supplier shall not be considered a bona fide employment relationship. (Sec. 5) Directs the Secretary to develop a list of suppliers determined to have: (1) engaged in activities which subject them to specified civil or criminal monetary penalties; (2) furnished a substantial number of items for which payment was not made; or (3) engaged in a pattern of overutilization of items. Requires carriers to determine in advance whether payment for an item furnished by a listed supplier may not be made because of coverage exclusions. (Secs. 6 and 7) Directs the Comptroller General to study and report to the Congress on: (1) the impact of this Act on access to, and costs of, DME for Medicare beneficiaries; and (2) the types, volume, and utilization of DME furnished to Medicare beneficiaries residing in skilled nursing and intermediate care facilities. Sets forth reporting requirements.

To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require the coverage of hospice care under medicaid plans.

United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1993

Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require States to provide Medicaid coverage of hospice care.

Philippine Scout Retirement Pay Equity Act

United States · United States Congress · 6 January 1993

Philippine Scout Retirement Pay Equity Act - Directs the Secretary of the Army to redetermine the retired pay for persons who served as Philippine Scouts during World War II to bring it into conformity with retired pay of other members of the armed forces. Directs the Secretary to make similar adjustments for benefits for survivors of such Philippine Scouts.

To require the Secretary of the Interior to determine 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, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993

Directs the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) conduct a study of the Mission San Antonio de Padua in California and its surrounding historic and prehistoric archaeological sites to determine its significance in illustrating and commemorating the role of pre-Columbian Indians, Franciscan Missionaries, post-mission Mexican ranchos, and pioneers of the western expansion in the development of the State of California; and (2) provide recommendations on the suitability and feasibility of establishing the area as a unit of the National Park System. Authorizes appropriations.

To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to add Morro Bay, California, to the priority list of the national estuary program.

United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993

Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to include Morro Bay, California, in the list of areas to be given priority consideration for inclusion in the national estuary program.

California Central Coast National Marine Sanctuary Act

United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993

California Central Coast National Marine Sanctuary Act - Designates a specified area of submerged lands and waters, including living and other resources, as the California Central Coast National Marine Sanctuary. Allows the Governor of California to prevent this Act from taking effect for any area in California State waters by objecting within a specified period. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to develop a comprehensive management plan. Authorizes appropriations.

To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act.

United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993

Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to change from discretionary to mandatory the Secretary of the Interior's authority to cancel a lease or permit within such lands in specified circumstances. Revises the condition that the Secretary must determine that continued activity would probably cause serious harm or damage. States that lease or permit cancellation shall occur if the activity has resulted in or poses a threat of serious harm or damage and that the environmental or other resources harmed or placed at risk are of substantial value. Prohibits the cancellation of a lease or permit unless its operation has been suspended or temporarily prohibited by the Secretary or the Congress. (Current law provides for suspension by the Secretary alone.) Decreases the due extension of such suspended lease term from five years to one. Allows the compensation for a cancelled lease to be made in the form of currency, forgiveness of the lessee's obligation to pay rents or royalties on another issued lease, or against bonus payments for future lease purchases. Changes the administrative procedure for processing comments received from a Governor modifying a proposed Outer Continental Shelf leasing program that affects his or her State. Requires the national interest of lands within the Outer Continental Shelf to be determined by application of a balancing process that gives equal weight to obtaining oil and gas supplies and to protection of the environment. Directs the Secretary to accept a Governor's recommendation providing a reasonable balance between the national interest and the well-being of the citizens of such affected State, unless found to be based on a material error of fact or arbitrary or capricious. Sets requirements for peer review and publication deadlines for certain environmental studies.

Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: General Requirements for Leave Title II: Leave for Civil Service Employees Title III: Commission on Leave Title IV: Miscellaneous Provisions Title V: Coverage of Congressional Employees Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 - Title I: General Requirements for Leave - Establishes certain requirements for family and medical leave for permanent employees. (Sec. 101) Makes employees eligible for such leave if they have been employed, by the employer from whom leave is sought, for at least: (1) 12 months; and (2) 1,250 hours of service during the previous 12-month period. (Excludes from such coverage: (1) employees at worksites at which the employer employs less than 50 persons, if the total number of employees of that employer within 75 miles of that worksite is less than 50; and (2) Federal officers and employees covered under title II of this Act.) (Sec. 102) Entitles employees to 12 workweeks of leave during any 12-month period because of: (1) the birth of their child; (2) the placement of a child for their adoption or foster care; (3) their care of a child, spouse, or parent who has a serious health condition; or (4) their own serious health condition which makes them unable to perform the functions of their position. Conditions such leave for the birth or placement of a child as follows: (1) the entitlement ends 12 months after the birth or placement; and (2) such leave may not be taken intermittently unless employee and employer agree otherwise. Allows intermittent leave for necessary medical treatment of an employee or family member. Allows the employer to require a temporary transfer to an equivalent alternative position that better accommodates such intermittent leave. Allows all leave under this title to: (1) be taken on a reduced leave schedule, upon agreement with the employer; and (2) consist of unpaid leave, except under specified conditions when substitution of certain types of paid leave may be elected or required. Does not require an employer to provide paid sick or medical leave in any situation in which the employer would not normally provide any such paid leave. Requires employees to: (1) give at least 30 days' notice of the need for leave to which they are entitled under this Act, when foreseeable; and (2) make a reasonable effort to schedule medical treatment or supervision so as not to disrupt unduly the employer's operations, subject to approval of the health care provider. Allows limitation of the dual aggregate leave entitlement to 12 weeks in any 12-month period, in the case of spouses employed by the same employer, if such leave is for the birth or placement of a child or for the care of a sick parent. (Sec. 103) Sets forth conditions of certification for leave entitlements under this Act. (Sec. 104) Requires restoration of the employee to his or her position or an equivalent position upon return from such leave. Allows an employer to deny such restoration to certain highly compensated employees, under specified conditions (the highest paid ten percent of the employer's employees within a 75-mile radius of a facility; the denial must be necessary to prevent substantial and grievous economic injury to the employer's operations). Requires maintenance of employee health benefits during such leave. (Sec. 105) Prohibits interference with or discrimination against employees exercising rights under this title. (Sec. 106) Sets forth the investigative authority of the Secretary of Labor under this title. (Sec. 107) Provides for enforcement of this Act. Provides for administrative and civil actions. Makes an employer who violates this title's prohibitions against interference or discrimination liable for damages in the amount of: (1) any wages, salary, employment benefits, or other compensation denied or lost; (2) (where such compensation has not been denied or lost) any actual monetary losses, such as the cost of providing care; (3) interest on such losses; and (4) liquidated damages under certain conditions. Makes such employers also liable for appropriate equitable relief, including, without limitation, employment, reinstatement, and promotion. Sets forth provisions for attorney's fees, limitation of actions, and injunctions. (Sec. 108) Sets forth special rules concerning employees of local educational agencies and of private elementary and secondary schools. (Sec. 109) Sets forth requirements for posting notice and for fines. (Sec. 110) Directs the Secretary of Labor to prescribe regulations to carry out this title. Title II: Leave for Civil Service Employees - (Sec. 201) Entitles eligible civil service employees to family and temporary medical leave for specified periods. Allows up to 12 administrative workweeks of leave without pay (or substituted paid leave) in any 12-month period for: (1) family leave (i.e., leave because of the birth or placement of a child or care of a sick spouse, child, or parent); or (2) temporary medical leave for a serious health condition that makes the employee unable to perform the functions of their position. Sets forth: (1) requirements for employees to give prior notice; (2) certification provisions; (3) protections for job position and health insurance benefits; and (4) prohibitions against coercion. Requires the Office of Personnel Management to prescribe regulations for this title which are consistent with the regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Labor under title I of this Act. Title III: Commission on Leave - (Sec. 301) Establishes the Commission on Leave. (Sec. 302) Requires the Commission to conduct a comprehensive study of: (1) existing and proposed leave policies; (2) the potential costs, benefits, and impact on productivity of such policies on employers; and (3) alternative and equivalent State enforcement of this Act with respect to employees of local educational agencies and private schools. Requires the Commission to report on such study to the Congress within two years after the Commission first meets. (Sec. 306) Terminates the Commission within 30 days after its report to the Congress. Title IV: Miscellaneous Provisions - (Sec. 401 and Sec. 402) Sets forth the effect of this Act on other laws and existing employment benefits. (Sec. 403) Provides that nothing in this Act shall be construed to discourage employers from adopting more generous leave policies. (Sec. 404) Directs the Secretary of Labor to prescribe regulations to carry out this title (except those provisions applicable to the Senate) within 60 days. Title V: Coverage of Congressional Employees - (Sec. 501) Applies the rights and protections established under specified provisions of title I of this Act to Senate employees. Makes specified provisions of the Government Employee Rights Act of 1991 applicable, with certain exceptions. Provides that allegations shall be considered by the Office of Senate Fair Employment Practices or another entity designated by the Senate. Requires such Office to ensure that Senate employees are informed of their rights under this Act. (Sec. 502) Applies the rights and protections under title I of this Act to employees of the House of Representatives, except for the exemption concerning highly compensated employees. Requires that the remedies and procedures under the Fair Employment Practices Resolution be applied in administering such coverage.

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to equal rights for men and women.

United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993

Constitutional Amendment - Declares that equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State on account of sex.

Authorizing the Philippine Scouts and United States Veterans' Association of America to establish a memorial in the District of Columbia or its environs to honor Filipino veterans who served in the United States Army during World War II.

United States · United States Congress · 30 September 1992

Authorizes the Philippine Scouts and United States Veterans' Association of America to establish a memorial on Federal land in the District of Columbia or its environs to honor Filipino veterans who served in the U.S. Army during World War II. Prohibits the use of Federal funds to pay any expense of the memorial.

Sierra Nevada Forests Ecosystem Study Act of 1992

United States · United States Congress · 24 September 1992

Sierra Nevada Forests Ecosystem Study of 1992 - Directs the Secretaries of Agriculture and of the Interior to establish a Sierra Nevada Forests Scientific Committee. (Defines Sierra Nevada forests to include specified national forests and national parks in California.) Directs the Committee to prepare and submit to the Secretaries and the appropriate congressional committees a report on the Forests' ecosystems and their health trends and alternative management strategies.

Medicare Respite Care Coverage Act of 1992

United States · United States Congress · 24 September 1992

Medicare Respite Care Coverage Act of 1992 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of respite care services for a chronically dependent individual under Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance).

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).

To provide that a special census be conducted, without charge to a requesting State, county, or other unit of government, if necessary to correct a significant undercount in a decennial census which is due, in whole or in part, to a natural disaster or similar situation.

United States · United States Congress · 15 September 1992

Requires the Secretary of Commerce to conduct a special census for the government of a State, the District of Columbia, a U.S. territory or possession, or a political subdivision thereof without charge to such government, if: (1) the special census is necessary to correct a significant undercount which occurred in the most recent decennial census of population; (2) a natural disaster or other emergency affecting such area, as declared by the President, was a major factor contributing to the undercount; and (3) a request for such census is made by such government within such time and in such manner as the Secretary shall prescribe, except that the deadline for such a request may not be before the end of the 18-month period beginning on the most recent decennial census date.

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.

Filipino Veterans' Equity Act of 1992

United States · United States Congress · 12 August 1992

Filipino Veterans' Equity Act of 1992 - Amends the Immigration Act of 1990 to extend the naturalization application deadline for certain Filipino veterans of World War II. States that military service records authenticated by the Government of the Philippines shall be accepted to certify qualifying military service. Permits the naturalization examination and oath to be given in the Philippines. Grants special immigrant status for spouses and sons and daughters of such veterans.