Rep. Wortley, George C. [R-NY-27]

An amendment to prohibit the Secretary of HUD from selling any mortgage held by the Secretary as security for a loan made under certain provisions for housing for the elderly and handicapped under the Housing Act of 1959.

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An amendment to authorize the creation of a two year demonstration program under which the FHA would be permitted to insure home equity conversion mortgages.

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An amendment to add the language in quotes to the bill: In the event the Secretary has paid to a receiver of a qualified insured bank the dollar amount of outstanding guarantees of net worth, the Secretary of the Treasury shall have the right to recover such amount from the assets of the bank involved, subject to the prior payment of all accounts, certificates of deposit, and debt obligations "other than debt obligations subordinated to the claims of general creditors which were outstanding when any such guarantee of net worth was issued".

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An amendment to the Gonzalez substitute amendment to the Wylie substitute amendment to reduce by half, to $380,000,000 funds authorized in the bill for emergency mortgage relief.

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An amendment allowing federal agencies to transfer to the Justice Department financial records relevant to criminal investigations without providing notification to the subject of the investigation.

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An amendment to require registration of krugerrands sold in the United States and to impose a tariff with receipts going toward the education of black South Africans.

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An amendment to increase from $516,160,000 to $524,060,000 funds for Veterans Administration major construction projects. The intent of the amendment is to provide funding for a parking facility at the Syracuse, N.Y. V.A. medical center.

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An amendment to allow prosecutors to present summaries of subpoenaed financial records to federal grand juries, when the documents themselves are too voluminous.

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A bill for the relief of Alejandro Aceves.

United States · United States Congress · 22 October 1988

Declares a named individual to have satisfied certain requirements of the Immigration and Nationality Act relating to eligibility for naturalization.

A concurrent resolution in support of democracy in Hong Kong.

United States · United States Congress · 20 October 1988

Declares that it is in the U.S. national interest that there be freely elected democratic institutions established in Hong Kong before 1997. Urges the British Government to ensure that the 1991 elections to the Legislative Council involve all members of such Council or a higher proportion than the ten currently planned. Calls upon the President to communicate to the People's Republic of China and the British Government the importance to the United States of the promises made regarding democratic rights and the retention of Hong Kong's capitalist system.

Veterans Entrepreneurship Promotion Act of 1988

United States · United States Congress · 20 October 1988

Veterans Entrepreneurship Promotion Act of 1988 - Title I: Findings, Purposes, and Definitions - Sets forth congressional findings and purposes with respect to small businesses owned and controlled by veterans. Amends the Small Business Act to add veteran-related definitions used in this Act. Title II: Procurement Assistance - Amends the Small Business Act to include small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans as a discrete group with respect to which the head of each Federal agency must establish goals for participation in procurement contracts. Requires annual reports to the Congress on the extent of participation by such businesses in agency procurement contracts. Includes veteran-owned businesses as a targeted group for purposes of Government contracts and subcontracts. Directs Federal agencies, in their procurement activities, to engage in affirmative action to identify and solicit offers from small businesses owned and controlled by veterans, by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals, and by veterans with service-connected disabilities. Title III: National Veterans Business Council - Establishes the National Veterans' Business Council to review the status of veteran-owned businesses nationwide and to develop detailed multiyear plans in connection with both private and public sector actions to assist and promote such businesses. Requires annual reporting to both the President and the Congress. Title IV: Statistical Data - Directs: (1) the Bureau of Labor Statistics to include in its census reports on veterans businesses specified information on sole proprietorships, partnerships, and corporations; (2) the Bureau of the Census to include in its Business Census data the number of corporations that are 51 percent or more owned by veterans; (3) the Small Business Administration's Office of the Chief Counsel for Advocacy to report on the most cost-effective and accurate ways to gather and present the statistics required in these census reports; and (4) Federal agencies to report to the Office of Federal Procurement Policy the number of first-time contract recipients that are small businesses owned and controlled by veterans, by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals, and by veterans with service-connected disabilities. Requires the President's annual Report on Small Business and Competition to include in separate detail information relevant to small businesses owned and controlled by veterans, by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals, and by veterans with service-connected disabilities.

A joint resolution designating December 7, 1988 as "National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day" on the occasion of the anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor.

United States · United States Congress · 19 October 1988

Designates December 7, 1988, as National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day.

Neighborhood Housing Services Act of 1988

United States · United States Congress · 6 October 1988

Neighborhood Housing Services Act of 1988 - Amends the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation Act to authorize FY 1990 through 1994 appropriations for the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation. States that appropriations in excess of amounts necessary for existing Corporation services shall be available in specified amounts for: (1) mutual housing associations; (2) expansion of the neighborhood housing services network; and (3) expansion of such services' loan purchasing capacity.

Older Women's Cancer Prevention Act of 1988

United States · United States Congress · 6 October 1988

Older Women's Cancer Prevention Act of 1988 - Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to eliminate the cap on coverage of screening mammography.

Truth in Legislating Resolution

United States · United States Congress · 6 October 1988

Truth in Legislating Resolution - Amends rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives to require each report or joint explanatory statement accompanying each bill or joint resolution to contain: (1) an identification of each provision which benefits only ten or fewer beneficiaries; (2) the name of each beneficiary; (3) the name of the Member who sponsored such provision and an identification of each such provision requested by a Federal agency or Federal officer; and (4) an estimate by the Congressional Budget Office or the Joint Committee on Taxation of the costs or loss in revenues resulting from such provision.

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the Amateur Basketball Association United States of America and the United States Olympic Committee should promote the adoption of rules that would make all basketball players eligible to compete in the Olympic games and that the United States Olympic Committee should promote the adoption of rules that would make all athletes eligible to compete in the Olympic games.

United States · United States Congress · 4 October 1988

Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the Amateur Basketball Association United States of America and the U.S. Olympic Committee should promote the adoption of rules that would make all basketball players eligible to compete in the Olympic games; and (2) the U.S. Olympic Committee should promote the elimination of the distinction between amateur and professional athletes in all sports for purposes of eligibility to compete in the Olympic games.

A bill to amend the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 to establish special fees for the ocean dumping of sewage sludge and industrial waste, and for other purpose.

United States · United States Congress · 30 September 1988

Amends the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 to prohibit persons from dumping sewage sludge or industrial waste into the ocean without a permit. Prohibits all such dumping after 1992. Imposes dumping fees which increase with the approach of 1993. Requires that 85 percent of such fees be deposited in a trust account for the development of environmentally sound alternatives to ocean dumping or improvement in sewage sludge and industrial waste treatment and storage techniques. Pays the remainder of such fees to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency for ocean dumping permit, enforcement, research, and monitoring activities. Conditions receipt of an ocean dumping permit upon the entering into of a compliance or enforcement agreement with the Administrator which includes a plan for the phasing-out and cessation of ocean dumping and the implementation of alternatives to such dumping. Waives dumping fees charged against persons who have entered into a compliance agreement. Imposes civil monetary penalties against persons who dump sewage sludge or industrial waste into the ocean after 1992. Requires that 90 percent of such penalties be paid into the trust accounts in 1993, with five percent reductions in such allotment for each succeeding year. Pays the remainder to the Administrator for the activities to which dumping fees are devoted. Sets forth reporting requirements. Requires that fees and penalties not needed for use by the Administrator for permit, enforcement, research, and monitoring activities be used for making capitalization grants to New York and New Jersey for the establishment of a revolving fund to assist specified water pollution control efforts under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. Directs the Administrator to issue orders requiring ocean dumpers to cease such dumping until they enter into a compliance or enforcement agreement and obtain a permit. Authorizes the Administrator to request the Attorney General to commence civil actions against persons who violate such orders or this Act's ocean dumping provisions. Prohibits persons from disposing of sewage sludge at any landfill located on Staten Island, New York. Requires that New York and New Jersey use at least 20 percent of their capitalization grant and contribution associated with such grant within six months of receipt of such grant to assist persons in developing and implementing environmentally sound alternatives to ocean dumping of sewage sludge and industrial waste. Directs the Administrator to report to the Congress, within six months of this Act's enactment, on ocean discharge guidelines established pursuant to the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. Requires the President, in submitting his budget for FY 1990, to include a schedule and an estimate of the resources needed for achieving compliance with such guidelines.

Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation Recapitalization Amendments of 1988

United States · United States Congress · 30 September 1988

Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporaton Recapitalization Amendments of 1988 - Amends the Federal Home Loan Bank Act to increase the limitation on outstanding obligations of the Financing Corporation. Repeals the annual limitation on net new borrowing by the Corporation after its first year. Amends the National Housing Act to limit the aggregate outstanding balance on promissory notes issued by the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation (FSLIC). Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Federal Home Loan Bank Board should rely primarily on raising funds through the Financing Corporation to provide assistance through the FSLIC to resolve cases of failed or failing thrift institutions.

A joint resolution to designate September 15, 1989, as "National Respect for the Elderly Day".

United States · United States Congress · 30 September 1988

Designates September 15, 1989, as National Respect for the Elderly Day.

A bill to establish a National Commission on the Thrift Industry.

United States · United States Congress · 28 September 1988

Establishes the National Commission on the Thrift Industry. Requires the Commission to investigate: (1) the adequacy of the regulation of thrift institutions; (2) the financial condition and sources of income of the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation (FSLIC); (3) the extent of liability relating to the FSLIC's inventory of troubled thrift institutions; (4) methods for increasing capital levels in the thrift industry; (5) problems in the structure of the deposit insurance system and options for reforming such system; (6) the impact on the thrift industry of FSLIC assistance programs; (7) the role of the thrift industry in providing mortgage credit, including such industry's projected share of the mortgage market in the year 2000; (8) the effect the development of the Government-sponsored secondary mortgage market has had on the role of the thrift industry in providing mortgage credit, including the secondary mortgage market's projected share of the mortgage market in the year 2000; and (9) the need for specialized depository institutions to serve such market, including the extent to which such institutions affect the availability of low- and moderate-income housing. Requires the Commission, on or before February 1, 1989, to report to the President and specified House and Senate committees on its findings and conclusions, including its recommendations for administrative and legislative action. Specifies that any expenses of the Commission shall be paid by the Secretary of the Treasury. Limits the total expenses of the Commission. Directs the Comptroller General to audit and report to the Congress on Commission expenditures. Terminates the Commission 30 days after it submits its final report.

Chemical Warfare Control Act

United States · United States Congress · 27 September 1988

Chemical Warfare Control Act - Amends the Export Administration Act of 1979 to set forth as U.S. policy the use of export controls to curtail transfers of material and technology used in producing chemical weapons. Requires the President to prepare a list of materials and technology which would assist a country's chemical warfare capability. Prohibits the export of such materials and technology to Iran, Iraq, Libya, or Syria or, at the President's discretion and upon notification to the Congress, to additional countries. Authorizes the President to waive such prohibition upon determining that an export will not assist a country's chemical warfare capability. Authorizes the exclusion of any country from such prohibition beginning 30 days after the President submits the name of such country to the Congress. Requires the President, no later than 90 days after enactment of this Act and every 180 days thereafter, to submit to specified House and Senate members and committees a report on: (1) the efforts by Iran, Libya, and Syria to acquire the materials to produce chemical weapons; and (2) the present and future capability of such countries to produce such weapons. Requires the report to: (1) assess whether Communist-bloc countries have aided such countries in acquiring such materials; (2) list companies in non-Communist countries which have exported items on the President's list to such countries; and (3) provide credible information that any non-Communist country has aided such countries. Directs the President to apply sanctions to any foreign person who exports any item on the list to any such country. Requires that such sanctions prohibit: (1) contracting with and procuring products and services from a sanctioned person by the U.S. Government; and (2) importing products produced by such person into the United States. Declares that the President shall not apply sanctions in the case of procurement of defense articles and services if: (1) the articles and services are under existing contracts; (2) the President determines that the person to whom sanctions would apply is the sole supplier of essential defense articles or services; or (3) the President determines that such articles or services are essential to national security. Prohibits the application of sanctions to: (1) contracts entered into before the President notifies the Congress of the intention to impose sanctions; (2) spare parts; (3) component parts; (4) routine servicing and maintenance of products; or (5) information and technology.

A bill to provide financial assistance to States to carry out demonstration projects to provide character education to juveniles confined in juvenile detention facilities.

United States · United States Congress · 23 September 1988

Authorizes the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to make grants to States for demonstration projects to provide character education to juveniles who are confined in juvenile detention facilities as a result of being delinquent. Provides that such grants may be made to eligible States to carry out, directly or by contract, at least ten demonstration projects. Sets forth eligibility and application requirements. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 to carry out this Act.

Public Housing Family Stability Act

United States · United States Congress · 23 September 1988

Public Housing Family Stability Act - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended by the Housing and Community Development Act of 1987, to direct public housing agencies to set maximum monthly rents for their tenants.

Family Impact Statement Act of 1988

United States · United States Congress · 23 September 1988

Family Impact Statement Act of 1988 - Requires congressional committees to prepare family impact statements to accompany each report of a bill or joint resolution that would affect families in the United States. Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require the Congressional Budget Office to assist congressional committees in the preparation of such statements at the request of the committee. Requires each Executive agency to: (1) utilize a systematic, interdisciplinary approach that ensures the integrated use of the economic and social sciences in planning and decisionmaking that may affect families; (2) identify and develop methods and procedures that will ensure that such agency gives appropriate consideration to any potential effect of proposed actions, decisions, and activities of such agency on families; and (3) include a family impact statement in every recommendation or report on a proposal for legislation or other major Federal action which significantly affects families. Requires each Executive agency to report to the President, the Speaker of the House, and the President pro tempore of the Senate on a review of how its statutory authorities, rules, policies, or procedures affect families in the United States.