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Rep. Rhodes, John J., III [R-AZ-1]

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Bill· HRH.R. 6097 (102nd)referred

Native American Veterans' Home Loan Equity Act of 1992

United States · United States Congress · 2 October 1992

Native American Veterans' Home Loan Equity Act of 1992 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish and implement a pilot program under which the Secretary may make direct housing loans to aid Native American (Indian, Alaska or Hawaii native, or Pacific Islander) veterans in purchasing, constructing, or improving dwellings on trust land. Requires such loans to be made in a variety of geographic areas and in areas experiencing a variety of economic circumstances. Prohibits any such loans from being made after the end of FY 1997. Authorizes the Secretary to make such a direct housing loan to a Native American if: (1) the Secretary has entered into a memorandum of understanding with respect to such loans with the tribal organization having jurisdiction over such veteran; and (2) the memorandum is in effect when the loan is made. Outlines provisions to be included in each such memorandum. Prohibits entering into any such memorandum unless the Secretary determines that it provides standards and procedures necessary for the reasonable protection of the financial interests of the United States. Limits to $80,000 the principal amount of any such loan, but authorizes the Secretary to exceed such amount in a geographic area in which housing costs are significantly higher than average housing costs nationwide. Sets forth provisions concerning loan interest rates and credit underwriting standards. Directs the Secretary to determine the reasonable value of the interest in property that will serve as security for a loan made under this Act and to establish procedures for appraisals upon which to base such determinations. Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish minimum requirements for planning, construction or improvement, and general acceptability relating to any direct loan; and (2) establish credit underwriting standards to be used in evaluating such loans. Requires loans to be repaid in monthly installments. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) make advances to provide for repairs, alterations, and improvements and to meet incidental expenses of the loan transaction; and (2) take any other actions and make any necessary determinations with respect to expenses, rules and regulations, and the use of persons, organizations, or departments or agencies to carry out his functions. Directs the Secretary to carry out an outreach program to inform tribal organizations and Native American veterans of the pilot program and the availability of direct housing loans for Native American veterans residing on trust lands. Establishes in the Treasury the Native American Veteran Housing Loan Program Account to carry out financial activities relating to the making of loans under this Act. Directs the Secretary, in carrying out the pilot program, to consider the views and recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Native-American Veterans established under the Veteran's Health-Care Amendments of 1986. Directs the Secretary to report annually in 1994 through 1998 to the Senate and House Veterans' Affairs Committees on: (1) the pilot program and recommendations for legislation regarding the program; (2) the exercise of authority to exceed the maximum loan limit; and (3) the real property appraisals performed for the Secretary during such year. Allows new direct loan obligations for Native American veteran housing loans under this Act to be incurred only to the extent that appropriations to cover their anticipated cost are made in advance. Authorizes appropriations for such loans for FY 1993.

Bill· HRH.R. 6114 (102nd)referred

Taxpayer Debt Buy-Down Act

United States · United States Congress · 2 October 1992

Taxpayer Debt Buy-Down Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individuals with adjusted income tax liability to designate on their tax returns that a portion of such liability (not to exceed ten percent) be used to reduce the public debt. Establishes a Public Debt Reduction Trust Fund for the deposit of designated amounts. Makes amounts in such Trust Fund available only to pay at maturity, or to redeem or buy before maturity, any obligation of the Federal Government included in the public debt. Prohibits the reissuance of any obligation which is paid, redeemed, or bought with amounts from the Trust Fund. Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to provide for the sequestration of amounts designated to the Trust Fund. Specifies accounts exempt from such sequestration. Includes aggregated amounts designated to the Trust Fund and amounts sequestered to reduce the public debt in sequestration preview and final reports.

Bill· HRH.R. 6070 (102nd)referred

To establish a demonstration project under which payment shall be made under the medicare program for transportation services for dialysis patients residing in rural areas.

United States · United States Congress · 30 September 1992

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) establish a three-year demonstration project to determine whether special transportation services for eligible dialysis patients residing in rural areas may be cost-effectively covered under the Medicare program (title XVIII of the Social Security Act); and (2) report annually to the Congress on such project. Authorizes appropriations.

Bill· HRH.R. 6075 (102nd)referred

American Jobs Retention Act of 1992

United States · United States Congress · 30 September 1992

American Jobs Retention Act of 1992 - Prohibits the use of funds under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 to finance: (1) the establishment of an export processing zone in a foreign country in which the tariff, commercial, tax, labor, environmental, and safety laws of such country do not apply to such zone; (2) any activity carried on by any foreign business within the United States to encourage U.S. businesses to locate or relocate outside of the United States; or (3) activities of a foreign country that contribute to the violation of laws to protect internationally recognized worker rights, including activities within any export processing zone.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 363 (102nd)referred

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.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 551 (102nd)referred

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.

Bill· HRH.R. 5947 (102nd)referred

Amending the Metric Conversion Act of 1975 to prohibit the expenditure of Federal funds for highway signs expressed solely in metric system measurements.

United States · United States Congress · 15 September 1992

Amends the Metric Conversion Act of 1975 to prohibit the Federal Highway Administration from expending Federal funds for highway signs expressed solely in metric system measurements.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 550 (102nd)referred

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.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 565 (102nd)referred

Priority Reforms for a New House Resolution of 1992

United States · United States Congress · 15 September 1992

Priority Reforms for a New House Resolution of 1992 - Amends rule I of the Rules of the House of Representatives to direct the Speaker of the House to announce a specified legislative program at the beginning of each session of the Congress. Requires the Speaker to ensure that the minority leader is fully consulted in developing the program for the House each week. Amends rule X to require the House standing committees to hold their organizational meetings within four calendar days after their election and to conclude the meetings within seven calendar days after such election. Requires the membership of each committee (except the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct and the Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight of the Committee on House Administration) select committee, and conference committee to reflect the ratio of majority to minority party Members of the House at the beginning of the Congress. Excludes the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico and the Delegates to the House from the count in determining such party ratio of committees. Prohibits any standing committee of the House (except the Committee on Appropriations) from establishing more than six subcommittees. Prevents any Member from serving on more than four House subcommittees at any one time. Requires each standing committee of the House, by March 1 in the first session of a Congress, in a meeting open to the public and with a quorum present, to adopt and submit to the Committee on House Administration its oversight plans for that Congress. Prohibits the consideration of any committee expenses resolution, or any amendment to it, if that committee has not submitted its oversight plans. Directs the Committee on House Administration to report the oversight plan submitted by each committee to the House. Authorizes the Speaker, with the approval of the House, to appoint special ad hoc oversight committees to review specific matters within the jurisdiction of two or more standing committees. Amends rule XI to require each committee to include in its report due by January 2 of each odd-numbered year summaries of legislative and oversight activities of that committee. Amends rule X to require the Speaker to refer legislation initially to one committee as the committee of principal jurisdiction (currently, such legislation may initially be referred simultaneously to two or more committees for concurrent consideration). Amends rule XI to repeal the exceptions allowing voting by proxy by a member of any committee or subcommittee with respect to any measure or matter. Allows committees and subcommittees to close their meetings only where disclosure of matters to be considered would: (1) endanger national security; (2) tend to defame, degrade, or incriminate any person; (3) violate any law or rule of the House; or (4) involve committee personnel matters. Provides that a majority of the members of each committee or subcommittee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business, including the markup of legislation (currently, all committees but the Committees on Appropriations, Budget, and Ways and Means are permitted to fix the number exceeding one-third of the members that constitutes a quorum). Makes it out of order to consider any primary expenses resolution unless the Committee on House Administration has reported, and the House has adopted, a resolution establishing an overall ceiling for House committee statutory and investigative staff personnel for that year. Makes such a resolution privileged. Sets forth requirements governing staff positions authorized and allocated under primary and supplemental expense resolutions. Provides that the overall ceiling for committee staff in a resolution reported by the committee or contained in any amendment for the first and second session of the 103d Congress and the first session of the 104th Congress shall not exceed 90 percent of the total committee staff personnel employed in the previous session of the Congress. Makes it in order to consider amendments to bills making appropriations for the legislative branch placing limitations on the number of staff personnel of House committees not otherwise subject to rule XI. Makes it out of order for the Committee on Rules to report any rule or order that would prevent a motion to recommit that has amendatory instructions (except in the case of a Senate measure for which the language of a House passed measure has been substituted). Abolishes the following select committees and terminates their funding for investigations and studies: (1) the Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Family; (2) the Select Committee on Hunger; (3) the Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control; and (4) the Select Committee on Aging. Makes it out of order, during the first session of the 103d Congress, to consider any resolution reestablishing such committees or any order of business resolution waiving this prohibition except by a two-thirds vote of the House. Amends rule XXI to make it out of order to consider any bill or joint resolution in the House which directly or indirectly authorizes enactment of new budget authority for a fiscal year unless such measure is reported in the House on or before May 15 preceding the beginning of such fiscal year.

Bill· HRH.R. 5948 (102nd)referred

To prohibit the expenditure of Federal funds for constructing or modifying highway signs that are expressed only in metric system measurements.

United States · United States Congress · 15 September 1992

Prohibits the expenditure of Federal funds for constructing, erecting, or modifying highway signs expressed only in metric system measurements.

Bill· HRH.R. 5932 (102nd)referred

To provide for the resolution of the conflicting water rights claims for lands within the Roosevelt Water Conservation District in Maricopa County, Arizona, and the Gila River Indian Reservation.

United States · United States Congress · 10 September 1992

Ratifies the agreement between the United States, the Gila River Indian Community, and the Roosevelt Water Conservation District for the settlement of the water rights claims of the Community against the District for lands on the Gila River Indian Reservation in Maricopa County, Arizona. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to enter into a water delivery contract with the Community for delivery of water relinquished by the District for the Community's use and benefit.

Bill· HRH.R. 5850 (102nd)referred