United States · United States Congress · 26 July 1991
Medicare Enrollment Improvement and Protection Act of 1991 - Title I: Improving Enrollment - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services' annual notice to Medicare beneficiaries to inform certain low-income Medicare beneficiaries of the requirements to qualify for Medicaid (title XIX of the Social Security Act) payment of their premiums, deductibles, and copayments under Medicare and how to apply for such benefit. Requires the notice described above to be prepared in a manner suitable for posting and distributed to physicians, hospital offices, and other medical facilities. Requires the Secretary to establish a toll-free telephone number for information about such benefit. Amends the Medicaid program to require the Secretary to develop a simplified form for applying for such benefit for processing at social security offices. Amends the Medicare program to provide for mandating direct enrollment of part A (Hospital Insurance) eligibles. Directs the Secretary to make grants to State agencies and approved organizations for the provision of outreach assistance to older individuals who may be eligible for such benefit. Authorizes appropriations to fund such grant program. Title II: Retroactivity - Amends the Medicaid program to permit retroactive payments of medical costs incurred by certain low-income Medicare beneficiaries in or after the third month before the month in which such an individual applied to have Medicaid cover such costs. Title III: Refunds - Allows those individuals whose incomes would have qualified them for Medicaid payment of Medicare costs, but who were not eligible for such benefit because they did not apply, to apply to have such costs refunded. Title IV: Report - Directs the Secretary to submit reports to the Congress on Department activities to ensure enrollment and full implementation of the program under the Social Security Act for Medicaid payment of Medicare costs and the effectiveness of each such activity, along with any recommendations for appropriate legislation.
United States · United States Congress · 26 July 1991
Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility and Home Health Benefit Act of 1991 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) eliminate the requirement that extended care services be provided within a certain period following hospitalization in order to be covered under the Hospital Insurance Program; and (2) cover nursing care and home health aid services provided or needed on an intermittent basis.
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1991
Toxic Cleanup Equity and Acceleration Act of 1991 - Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to absolve municipalities or other persons from liability to any person other than the United States for claims of contribution or other response costs or damages related to the generation or transportation, or arrangement for the transportation, treatment, or disposal of municipal solid waste or sewage sludge unless there is a basis for liability under provisions governing owners or operators. Prohibits the President from initiating or maintaining an action against any person (other than owners or operators) in the absence of exceptional circumstances. Provides that exceptional circumstances exist where the President obtains evidence that: (1) the release of hazardous substances on which liability is based is not that ordinarily found in municipal solid waste or sewage sludge and the hazardous substances were derived from a commercial, institutional, or industrial process or activity; (2) the total contribution to the site of hazardous substances from such activities is insignificant in terms of volume and toxicity when compared to the volume and toxicity of the municipal solid waste and sewage sludge; or (3) absent the contribution of such substances, the contribution of hazardous substances from the municipal solid waste and sewage sludge would be a significant cause of the release that will result in the response action. Authorizes the President, when the release involves trash from commercial, institutional, or industrial sources, to require persons handling such materials to provide evidence that the general composition and toxicity of the trash are similar to those of waste generated by households. Authorizes a municipality, whenever an administrative or judicial action is brought against the municipality for acts or omissions concerning the handling of municipal solid waste or sewage sludge, to request the President to settle the municipality's potential liability for response costs or damages to natural resources. Prohibits an action from being commenced or pursued during the period the President is considering the settlement request. Limits permissible reasons to fail to reach a settlement to one or more of the following: (1) the settlement offer from the municipality does not meet the cost allocation criteria; (2) the municipality refuses to agree to settlement terms required in consent decrees; or (3) insufficient information exists to permit a cost allocation. Provides that if the President completes a settlement with a party other than the municipality requesting a settlement, such settlement creates a rebuttable presumption that the President cannot invoke insufficient information as a reason for failing to settle with the municipality concerning matters addressed in the other party's settlement. Provides that settlements shall: (1) require the municipality to pay for costs based on the quantity of hazardous constituents in municipal solid waste and sewage sludge, subject to a certain condition; (2) limit a municipality's payments if such payments would force a municipality to dissolve, declare bankruptcy, or default on debt obligations; and (3) be reached even in the event that a municipality may be liable for response costs or damages in other actions. Requires the President to provide a covenant not to sue with respect to the facility concerned to any municipality which has entered into a settlement. Directs the President to prepare a nonbinding preliminary allocation of responsibility (based on the quantity of hazardous constituents in municipal solid waste and sewage sludge) upon the request of a municipality. Applies this Act to all administrative or judicial actions commenced before this Act's effective date, unless a final court judgement has been rendered or a court-approved settlement agreement has been reached.
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1991
Self-Reliance Scholarship Act of 1991 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to provide for Self-Reliance Scholarships to assist students in financing their undergraduate and graduate education. Establishes the self-reliance scholarship program as a student loan program, with repayments to be made over chosen periods under the income tax system on the basis of the individual's adjusted gross income. Requires the Director of the Office of Self-Reliance Scholarships established by this Act (the Director) to make such loans to each eligible student who qualifies, in an amount determined according to a specified formula. Authorizes the Director to enter into a contract for the conduct of the program or any portion of it. Requires each eligible institution to submit a list of loan applicants and the amounts for which they are qualified and promptly notify the Director of any change in their enrollment status. Requires the Director to establish an account for each such loan recipient by name and taxpayer identification number and provide for the increase of the total amount stated for such account by any amounts subsequently loaned to such recipient. Sets forth the terms of institutional agreements under such program, enforcement provisions, and reporting requirements. Requires each eligible institution entering such a program agreement, if it experiences a percentage increase in its cost of attendance exceeding a certain amount, to report to the Director on such increase and its justification. Requires the Director to report to the Congress on the reasons for such excessive increases and whether such information should be used as a basis on which to suspend or revoke, in whole or in part, the agreement with the eligible institution. Sets forth annual and aggregate limits on the amounts of such loans to individuals, with adjustments for inflation and for less than full-time students. Sets forth loan terms and provisions for disbursement of proceeds. Prohibits the amount of any such loan from being taken into consideration in determining student eligibility for assistance under any other program assisted under HEA. Establishes in the Treasury the Education Trust Fund (the Fund), consisting of transfers from education loan repayment taxes and surtaxes on individuals with incomes over $1,000,000 and from loan refunds after student withdrawals, amounts received pursuant to the issuance of obligations, and any interest earned on Fund investments. Bases the transfer of tax and surtax amounts on estimates. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to invest the portion of the Fund which the Director judges is not required to meet current withdrawals. Authorizes the Fund to issue certain obligations. Authorizes the Director to obligate certain sums available to the the Fund for specified purposes. Requires the Director to hold the Fund and report annually to the Congress on its financial condition, the results of its operations, and its expected condition and operations. Provides for repayment of such loans. Requires the Director to develop and implement a procedure for computing repayment percentage options for each borrower, taking specified factors into consideration. Sets various limits on such repayments based on the individual's adjusted gross income. Limits the maximum repayment period to 25 years, with individuals given the option of selecting a 15-, 20- or 25-year repayment period. Requires development of a buyout procedure, including interest and a prepayment penalty. Requires the Director to: (1) provide each borrower with the option to select a repayment status with a repayment percentage determined in accordance with specified procedures and factors; and (2) transmit such information along with the borrower's taxpayer identification number to the borrower and to the Secretary of the Treasury by January 1 of each calendar year. Requires repayment status to commence at the start of the first taxable year following either the date of the loan or the date of graduation, but in no event later than the sixth taxable year after the date of the loan. Authorizes the Director to establish special repayment rules for individuals in categories of special consideration. Makes proprietary trade schools ineligible for the Self-Reliance Scholarship program. Makes eligible for such scholarships any student who is a U.S. citizen of age 17 through 50. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish the education loan repayment tax, to be imposed upon individuals certified by the Director in an amount equal to the repayment percentage of the taxpayer's adjusted gross income for the taxable year. Sets forth minimum and maximum adjusted gross income amounts. Sets forth requirements for joint returns. Establishes a surtax on individuals with taxable incomes over $1,000,000. Imposes such surtax on income tax at a specified rate in certain cases, and on the tentative minimum tax at a specified rate in certain cases. Makes special rules for a surtax on estate and trusts and for treatment of married individuals filing separate returns. Amends the Department of Education Organization Act to establish the Office of Self-Reliance Scholarships, to be administered by the Director who is responsible for overseeing this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1991
Amends the National Trails System Act to designate the American Discovery Trail extending from Pt. Reyes, California, through Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia, and Maryland to Cape Henlopen State Park, Delaware, for study for potential addition to the National Trails System.
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1991
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct a program for furnishing marriage and family counseling services to veterans who were awarded a campaign medal for active-duty service during the Persian Gulf War, reservists who were called or ordered to active duty during such War, and their spouses, dependents, and parents. Authorizes the Secretary to provide marriage and family counseling services that the Secretary determines, based on an assessment by a mental-health professional, is necessary for the amelioration of psychological, marital, or familial difficulties resulting from such active-duty service. Outlines provisions concerning the manner in which such services will be furnished, as well as qualifications required of the marriage and family counselors performing such services. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1994. Terminates the program at the end of FY 1994. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress on such program, with recommendations.
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1991
Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991 - Establishes an emergency unemployment compensation program. Allows any State to enter into and participate in an agreement with the Secretary of Labor (the Secretary) under which the State agency which administers the State unemployment compensation law will make payments of emergency unemployment compensation: (1) to individuals who have exhausted all rights to regular compensation under State law, have no rights to such regular compensation or any additional State or Federal compensation, and are not receving Canadian compensation; and (2) for any week of unemployment beginning in the individual's eligibility period. Sets forth provisions relating to exhaustion of regular benefits and weekly amount of emergency benefits equal to regular benefits. Requires a State, under such an agreement, to establish an emergency unemployment compensation account with respect to the benefit year of each eligible individual who files an application. Limits benefit payments to not more than the amount in the individual's account. Sets forth formulas for determining the amount in such account. Provides that such amount shall be equal to the lesser of: (1) 100 percent of the total amount of regular compensation (including dependents' allowances) payable to the individual with respect to the most recent regular benefit year; or (2) the applicable limit times the average weekly benefit amount for the benefit year. Sets the applicable limit at: (1) 20 for an eight-percent period, i.e. one triggered by a total unemployment rate (TUR) of eight percent or more in the State, seasonally adjusted, for the most recent six calendar months with available data; (2) 13 for a seven-percent period; (3) seven for a six-percent period; and (4) four for any other period. Sets forth special rules relating to such applicable limits. Requires reduction in such account by the amount of extended benefits received by the individual relating to the same benefit year under the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970. Sets the weekly benefit amount at the amount of regular compensation (including dependents' allowances) payable under the State law to the individual for such week for total unemployment. Provides for determination of periods and applicable triggers. Sets forth transition and reachback provisions for the eligibility of certain individuals for such benefits. Provides for payments to States having such agreements for emergency unemployment compensation. Sets forth financing provisions. Requires that funds in the extended unemployment compensation account of the Unemployment Trust Fund be used to make payments to States having agreements under this Act. Sets forth provisions relating to fraud and overpayments. Amends specified Federal law to repeal certain limitations on payment of unemployment compensation to former members of the armed forces. Reduces the length of required active duty by reserves for purposes of such payment. Sets forth reachback provisions. Amends the Social Security Act to establish an Advisory Council on Unemployment Compensation. Directs the Secretary of Labor to establish such a council by February 1, 1992, and every fourth year thereafter. Requires each such council to evaluate the unemployment compensation program. Sets forth membership and staff provisions. Requires each council to report to the President and the Congress by January 1 of the second year following the year in which it is required to be established. Designates as emergency requirements, pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, all direct spending amounts provided, and all appropriations authorized, by this Act (for all fiscal years). Provides that this Act shall not take effect unless, by its enactment date, the President submits to the Congress a written designation of all such direct spending amounts and authorized appropriations as such emergency requirements.
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1991
Establishes a two-year minimum service obligation within the Department of Veterans Affairs for those receiving assistance under the Health Professional Scholarship Program. (Currently, the requirement is one calendar year of service for each school year of assistance received under the Program, but with no minimum requirement.)
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1991
Securities Investor Protection Act of 1991 - Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to provide that private rights of action may be brought either: (1) five years from the date on which violations of this Act occurred; or (2) two years from the date on which such violation was discovered or should have been discovered through reasonable diligence.
United States · United States Congress · 22 July 1991
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow farmers' cooperatives to elect to treat as ordinary income or loss certain capital gains and losses from the disposition of assets used in conducting business with or for patrons.
United States · United States Congress · 22 July 1991
Title I: Short Title and References - Veterans' and Survivors' Compensation and Pension Improvement Act of 1991. Title II: Survivors' Dependency and Indemnity Compensation Equalization - Amends Federal provisions relating to the payment of dependency and indemnity compensation (DIC) to the surviving spouses of veterans to prescribe as the minimum amount of such payments: (1) for FY 1992, the rate provided for the surviving spouse of a veteran whose pay grade was E-2; (2) for FY 1993, E-3; (3) for FY 1994, E-4; (4) for FY 1995, E-5; and (5) effective October 1, 1995, E-6. Provides that, for DIC awards based on deaths occurring after October 1, 1991, or on or after 90 days after the termination of the Persian Gulf War, whichever is later, the monthly rate shall be the above rates, with the condition that if the pay grade of the person whose death entitlement is predicated exceeds E-6, then the DIC shall be payable at the E-6 level as the maximum amount. Title III: Pension Provisions - Amends Federal provisions regarding the pensions for veterans for wartime service to require generally 180 days of service (currently 90) to qualify for a non-service-connected disability pension. Provides a savings clause for claims filed before October 1, 1991. Provides that the monthly pension of a veteran whose pension has been reduced because of Department of Veterans Affairs-provided hospital, domiciliary, or nursing home care, and who is readmitted for such care within six months of discharge, would have a cap of $90 per month (currently, $60). Provides that when an award of pension has been deferred or paid based on anticipated income, the effective date of an entitlement or increase in pension shall be in accordance with the facts found if evidence is received before the expiration of the next year (currently, next calendar year). Title IV: Miscellaneous Compensation Provisions - Revises the definition of "radiation-exposed veteran" for purposes of eligibility for payment of veterans' disability compensation to: (1) delete the current requirement that participation in a radiation-risk activity must have taken place while serving on active duty; and (2) provide that onsite participation in a test involving the atmospheric detonation of a nuclear device can include the detonation of such devices by nations other than the United States. Provides that the disease of leukemia arising at any time after service (currently, must arise within a 30-year manifestation period) and associated with participation in the testing of nuclear devices while in service will be considered service-connected for purposes of coverage under Department benefits provisions. Provides that no adjustment in the schedule for the ratings of veterans' disabilities shall result in a reduction of individual evaluations or the severance of service-connected presumption in the absence of: (1) a demonstrable improvement in a physical or mental condition; or (2) a finding of clear and unmistakable error. Provides that, where an incompetent veteran having neither spouse nor child is being furnished hospital treatment or institutional or domiciliary care at government expense, payments of pension or compensation or certain retired pay will be suspended when the veteran's estate equals or exceeds $4,500 (currently, $1,500) and continue until such estate is reduced to $1,500 (currently $500). Title V: Repeal of Certain Sunset Provisions - Makes permanent (currently ends September 30, 1992) the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to obtain from the Secretaries of the Treasury and Health and Human Services certain information needed to determine the eligibility of veterans for certain needs-based compensation and benefits. Makes permanent (currently ends September 30, 1992) a provision which limits the monthly pension payments for Medicaid-eligible recipients of veterans' pensions who have no dependents and are in nursing homes participating in Medicaid. Title VI: Manila Regional Office - Extends through FY 1996 the authority to operate a regional office of the Department in the Philippines.
United States · United States Congress · 22 July 1991
Veterans' Loan Asset Sale Act of 1991 - Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to guarantee the timely payment of principal and interest on certificates evidencing an interest in a pool of mortgages made in connection with the sale of properties acquired by the Department of Veterans Affairs under the Department's housing loan guaranty program.
United States · United States Congress · 22 July 1991
Veterans' Educational Assistance Improvements Act of 1991 - Amends Federal provisions with respect to a temporary program for trial work periods and vocational rehabilitation for certain veterans with total disability ratings to: (1) reduce from 12 to six months the work period of a totally disabled veteran engaged in a work program during which the total disability rating will not be reduced due to such employment; and (2) make such trial work program permanent (currently ends January 31, 1992). Revises provisions concerning a temporary program of vocational training for veterans under age 45 who are awarded a veteran's pension to: (1) delete the current January 31, 1992, termination date of such program; (2) make voluntary between the veteran and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (currently, required) an evaluation as to whether such veteran could reasonably achieve a vocational goal; (3) make unnecessary (currently, required) a personal interview by a Department of Veterans Affairs counselor as part of such evaluation when such interview is not practical or necessary for the goal-achievement determination; and (4) protect for three years such veteran's health-care eligibility without regard to when the veteran's entitlement to pension is terminated due to income from work or training. Requires a veteran to be found to have a serious employment handicap (currently, only an employment handicap) in order to qualify for a current program of the provision of independent living services for such veteran. Amends the Montgomery GI Bill Active-Duty Educational Assistance Program to expand the eligibility for the monthly basic educational assistance allowance under the Program to include persons who initially serve a continuous period of active duty of at least three years without a break in such service, notwithstanding that they were initially obligated to serve only two years of active duty. Eliminates the current requirement of the advance payment of 40 percent of the allowance under the work-study allowance program of the veterans' educational assistance program. Revises provisions concerning the approval of courses for participation in the veterans' educational assistance program to: (1) exclude elementary and secondary schools from the requirement that, in making application for the approval of a school course, the school must furnish copies of its catalog to the State approving agency; and (2) require that all accredited schools that have and enforce standards of attendance must submit such standards to such agency. Bars payment by the Department of education benefits to an individual for training paid for under the Government Employees Training Act. Repeals the authority of the Department to grant education loans for veterans wishing to complete their education after the delimiting period for an educational program has expired, or for certain flight training. Provides a savings provision under which the Secretary is authorized to: (1) collect loan principal and interest, as well as overpayments, with respect to loans made prior to this Act; and (2) transfer monies contained in the Department of Veterans Affairs Education Loan Fund to the appropriation for readjustment benefits. Defines the amount of monthly benefit payable to an individual engaged in a course of independent study leading to a standard college degree under the armed forces' and veterans' educational assistance programs.
United States · United States Congress · 22 July 1991
Title I: Short Title and References - Veterans' Benefits Reform Act of 1991. Title II: Preservation of Disability Ratings - Provides that a current Federal provision protecting from reduction a veteran's total (100 percent) disability rating after it has been in effect for 20 years or more shall not apply when: (1) such rating is combined with any other disability rating to provide a higher total rate of compensation; and (2) such total disability rating was based on the unemployability of the individual and the individual has engaged in gainful employment during the period when such rating was in force. Title III: Renouncement of Right to Benefits - Provides that a new application for pension or parents' dependency and indemnity compensation filed within one year after a renouncement of the right to such benefits shall not be treated as an original application (for income-computation purposes) and benefits will be payable as if the renouncement had not occurred. Title IV: Communications Concerning Benefits - Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to suspend benefit payments to payees who fail or refuse to: (1) provide a current mailing address; or (2) cooperate in the establishment of another appropriate method of communication for the provision of notices concerning benefits and verification of continued eligibility for such benefits.
United States · United States Congress · 19 July 1991
Amends Federal law relating to the Martin Luther King, Jr. Federal Holiday Commission to: (1) increase its membership from 23 to 30 and its staff membership from five to eight; (2) increase the potential salary of a staff member from a GS-13 to a GS-15; and (3) authorize appropriations for FY 1992 through 1993.
United States · United States Congress · 17 July 1991
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States should: (1) take a leadership role in urging other G-7 nations to reaffirm their commitment to completing, by 1992, an agreement to stem the destruction of forests worldwide and announce its intention to commit to meaningful reductions in greenhouse gases; (2) propose an agreement to curb deforestation, protect biodiversity, and stimulate positive forest policies; (3) emphasize public participation in forest conservation strategies; (4) support innovative financial mechanisms to support the efforts of developing countries to implement programs to protect forests and promote agroforestry; and (5) initiate a national plan to curb deforestation of primary forests and forests with significant biodiversity.
United States · United States Congress · 16 July 1991
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the United Nations donor nations, including the United States, should fulfill their pledges made to the United Nations in response to its appeal for emergency humanitarian assistance to Iraq; and (2) the United States and other countries should immediately transfer a portion of Iraq's frozen state assets necessary to help meet the medical and humanitarian needs of Iraqi families and children in greatest need exclusively to the United Nations system, the International Committee of the Red Cross, and other internationally recognized relief organizations.
United States · United States Congress · 11 July 1991
Prohibits any Federal agency from entering into any contract with a foreign person unless: (1) such foreign person certifies to such agency that it does not comply with the Arab boycott of Israel; and (2) such agency has determined that such foreign person does not comply with such boycott.
United States · United States Congress · 10 July 1991
Agriculture Disaster Assistance Act of 1991 - Title I: Emergency Livestock Assistance - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to prohibit a person from receiving emergency feed assistance under this title and disaster assistance for the same 1991 weather damaged crops. Subjects eligible recipients to specified combined payments and benefits limitations. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to implement an emergency forage program to reseed 1991 weather damaged forage crops. Limits: (1) Federal cost-sharing to 50 percent; and (2) individual payments to $3,500. Funds such program through the Commodity Credit Corporation (with a $50,000,000 limit). Directs the Secretary to implement an emergency freshwater aquaculture assistance program to restore 1991 weather damaged structures. Limits: (1) Federal cost sharing to 50 percent; and (2) program costs to $5,000,000. Title II: Emergency Crop Loss Assistance - Subtitle A: Annual Crops - Directs the Secretary to make 1991 disaster payments to producers of wheat, feed grains, upland cotton, extra long staple cotton, rice, peanuts, sugar, tobacco, oilseeds, and other nonprogram crops. Extends crop quality reduction disaster assistance through the 1991 crop year. Reduces disaster assistance payments in relation to Federal crop insurance payments. Requires producers to obtain Federal crop insurance for 1992 in order to be eligible for disaster payments and other specified assistance for 1991 crop losses. Sets forth exempted circumstances. Requires the Secretary to announce within a specified time the conditions for establishing a 1991 farm yield for forage-use-crops. Limits assistance under this subtitle to $100,000. Prohibits double payments on replanted acreage. Authorizes: (1) the substitution of crop insurance program yields for 1991 disaster assistance eligibility purposes; and (2) the Secretary to determine a de minimis yield for each crop eligible for reduced yield disaster payments. Subtitle B: Administrative Provisions - Directs the Secretary to make full disaster assistance available as soon as possible. Subtitle C: Sense of Congress - Expresses the sense of the Congress regarding disaster payments' purposes of preserving farm livelihoods and the financial health of rural communities. Title III: Other Emergency Provisions - Directs the Secretary to provide loan guarantees through the Rural Development Insurance Fund to rural businesses (including Indian tribes) who have suffered 1991 disaster damage. Limits: (1) individual guarantees to 90 percent of $500,000; and (2) aggregate guarantees to $200,000,000. Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to authorize temporary crop acreage base shifting.
United States · United States Congress · 10 July 1991
Authorizes the use of the rotunda of the Capitol by the National League of POW/MIA Families on July 13, 1991, for a ceremony to honor the POWs and MIAs of the Vietnam conflict.
United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1991
Limited Partnership Rollup Reform Act of 1991 - Amends the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 to revise proxy solicitation rules with respect to partnership rollup transactions (in which general partners combine several limited partnerships into one unit that trades on a stock exchange). Requires any proxy rules prescribed by the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) to: (1) permit dissenting shareholders in a proposed rollup to contact other limited partners before the transaction date without first having to file a written proxy statement with the SEC; (2) prohibit any general partner from paying directly or indirectly any person providing solicitation services (a broker-dealer) on the basis of whether the solicitations either approve or disapprove the proposed transaction, or the compensation is contingent on the transaction's approval or completion; (3) require the issuer to provide to a shareholder (limited partner) a list of all limited and general partners involved in the proposed rollup; (4) require the rollup prospectus to be clear, concise, and understandable and summarize all effects of the proposed transaction, conflicts of interest, changes in voting rights and ownership interests, dissenters' rights, and other pertinent information; (5) provide that the soliciting material describe in reasonable detail any opinion, appraisal, or report that is prepared by a person, unaffiliated with the general partner or sponsor and received by the entity subject to the transaction or its affiliates and that is related to the proposed transition; (6) require that each prospectus be accompanied by an independent opinion on the rollup's fairness; and (7) give each shareholder at least 60 days to review the prospectus; and (8) contain such other provisions as the SEC determines necessary. Requires the rules of a national securities association to prevent association members from participating in any rollup transaction unless it protects the rights of dissenting limited partners, including: (1) the right to an appraisal and compensation, or to retain a security under the same terms as the original issue; (2) the right not to have dissenters' voting power unfairly reduced or abridged; (3) the right not to bear the costs of a rejected rollup; and (4) restrictions on the conversion of management profit-sharing interests and incentive fees into asset-based management fees. Requires a national securities exchange to prohibit the listing of any security resulting from a rollup transaction unless it provided for such dissenters' rights. Requires SEC rules to prohibit any national market system from trading any security resulting from a rollup transaction unless it provided for such dissenters' rights.
United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1991
Amends the Housing Act of 1949 to extend through FY 1992: (1) rental housing loan authority; and (2) mutual and self-help housing grant and loan authority.
United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1991
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) President Bush, Administration officials, and the President's emissary should be commended for their diplomatic initiatives to secure the release of Ethiopian Jews; (2) the Government of Israel should be commended for carrying out Operation Solomon, for its efforts to reunite Jews with their families, and for welcoming this community with open arms; (3) individuals and private voluntary organizations should be applauded for their support of the Jewish community in Ethiopia; and (4) the United States should make every effort to bring an end to the civil war in Ethiopia, increase support for famine relief, and ensure the release to Israel of Jews remaining in Ethiopia.
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1991
Expresses the sense of the Congress that U.S. nationals conducting industrial cooperation projects in China or Tibet should adhere to specified principles, including to: (1) suspend the use of merchandise manufactured by convict or forced labor; (2) seek to ensure political and religious freedom without fear for one's employment status; (3) ensure that methods of production do not pose a danger to project employees and the surrounding environment; (4) strive to use business enterprises that are not controlled by China; and (5) promote human rights in China. Requires the Secretary of State (Secretary) to forward a copy of such principles to member nations of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and encourage them to promote such principles. Requires each U.S. national to register with the Secretary of State and indicate whether they agree to implement such principles. Sets forth specified reporting requirements. Authorizes U.S. agencies to intercede on behalf of a U.S. national with foreign governments or foreign nationals regarding export marketing activity in China or Tibet if such U.S. national adheres to such principles. Requires the Secretary to report annually to appropriate congressional committees on: (1) enforcement procedures with respect to prohibitions on the importation into the United States of goods manufactured by convict or forced labor; (2) steps taken to investigate which goods are produced by such labor in China and Tibet; and (3) the results of such investigations.
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1991
Defense Federal Nuclear Facilities Waste Management Act - Title I: Nuclear Waste Management Fund - Establishes in the Treasury the Defense Federal Nuclear Facilities Environmental Response Fund. Transfers into the Fund all amounts appropriated for Federal nuclear waste management of defense Federal nuclear facilities. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to report annually to the Congress on the financial condition and operation of the Fund. Requires Fund amounts to be expended to carry out Federal nuclear waste management. Directs the Secretary of Energy (Secretary) to establish a separate budget account for the Fund within the Office of Environmental Restoration and Waste Management. Title II: Environmental Management and Remedial Action - Requires any land use compliance plan entered into between the Secretary and a State or Indian tribe to contain a requirement that such parties will cooperate in the development of a land use plan for the region in which the facility or site is located and the remediation of the facility or site to the extent necessary to make it compatible with the land use plan. Requires the Secretary, at least 180 days before a stage of remediation is scheduled to be accomplished under a compliance agreement, to notify the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the State or Indian tribe affected concerning whether such stage of remediation will be completed on time or whether such compliance agreement will need to be modified to permit the delay. States that a substantial modification of a compliance agreement shall not be made without opportunity for public comment. Directs the Secretary, in consultation with the EPA Administrator and affected States and Indian tribes, to prepare a plan describing nuclear waste management activities that are recommended to be undertaken over a period of five years at all defense Federal nuclear facilities under the jurisdiction of the Department of Energy (DOE). Outlines plan contents and requires the Secretary to publish a notice in the Federal Register as well as a brief analysis of such plan, with opportunity for public comment. Requires the Secretary to adopt a final plan within one year after publication of the proposed plan and to submit it to the President and the Congress. Directs the Secretary to annually review and update such plan. Requires the Secretary to annually prepare and submit to the President a request for appropriations sufficient to fund all of the activities identified in the five-year plans in order to ensure that milestones established in the enforceable agreements will be achieved. Requires all defense Federal nuclear facilities and sites to meet all Federal, State, and tribal environmental, health, and safety laws at the earliest practicable time. Requires the Secretary to complete the environmental restoration of all defense Federal nuclear facilities by the year 2019. Establishes in DOE an Office of Nuclear Waste Management to consolidate all waste management, remedial, environmental, and decommissioning programs related to defense Federal nuclear facilities within the Department and to improve the efficiency, cost-effectiveness, budgeting, and accountability of those programs. Requires the Director of the Office to carry out the functions of the Secretary under this Act and to be responsible for DOE's remedial action and waste technology programs other than those assigned to the Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management under the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982. Provides that, in the execution of activities necessary to bring defense Federal nuclear facilities into compliance with Federal laws governing the management of nuclear waste and in the execution of any other actions for the decommissioning, decontamination, long-term care, and monitoring of defense Federal nuclear facilities, the Secretary and the EPA Administrator shall consult with and ensure the participation of affected States and Indian tribes. Requires requests for information pertinent to a defense Federal nuclear facility or site by an affected Governor or Indian tribe to be acted upon by the Secretary within 30 days. Directs the Secretary to make grants from the Fund to States affected by defense Federal nuclear facilities remedial actions in order to implement all actions necessary to achieve remedial environmental and compliance activities at defense Federal nuclear facilities. Requires such grant funds to also be used for testing and monitoring, evaluations and public education, information requests, and public comment. Directs the Secretary to make grants to an affected State to which the Administrator has delegated regulatory authority under Federal law governing the management of Federal nuclear waste for execution of such authority with respect to defense Federal nuclear facilities located in that State. Requires such States, prior to receiving such grants, to submit to the Congress certain analyses of grant amounts and of the adequacy of DOE's environmental restoration and waste management programs relating to defense Federal nuclear facilities within such State.
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1991
United States Law and Business Training Program for Soviet Graduate Students Act - Directs the President, acting through the U.S. Information Agency, to provide scholarships for study at U.S. institutions of higher education, coupled with private and public internships, by nationals of the Soviet Union who have completed their undergraduate education and could not otherwise study in the United States. Provides that such scholarships shall be in the form of loans, with repayment to be forgiven: (1) entirely, upon the student's prompt return to the Soviet Union for a period at least one year longer than that of U.S. study; or (2) by one-half, if the student is granted asylum in or is admitted as a refugee to the United States. Sets forth scholarship program guidelines. Limits scholarship opportunities to fields that are critical to economic and political reforms in the Soviet Union, particularly business administration, economics, law, or public administration. Authorizes appropriations to the U.S. Information Agency for FY 1992 and 1993 to carry out this Act. Provides that any authority provided by this Act shall be effective only to the extent or in such amounts as are provided in advance in appropriations Acts.
United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1991
United States-China Act of 1991 - Prohibits the extension for a 12-month period beginning July 3, 1992, of nondiscriminatory treatment (most-favored-nation treatment) to China under the Trade Act of 1974, unless the President submits to the Congress a specified report stating that China has: (1) accounted for and released prisoners who have been detained and imprisoned as a result of the nonviolent expression of their political beliefs; (2) ceased exporting to the United States products manufactured by convict or forced labor; (3) ceased the supply of military arms to the Khmer Rouge; and (4) adhered to the Joint Declaration with the United Kingdom on Hong Kong. Requires such report to state whether China has made significant progress in: (1) engaging in high-level discussions on human rights issues; (2) preventing gross violations of such rights (including in Tibet); (3) terminating harassment of Chinese citizens in the United States; (4) ensuring access of international human rights monitoring groups to prisoners; (5) providing protection of U.S. intellectual property rights; (6) providing U.S. exporters access to Chinese markets by lowering tariffs, removing nontariff barriers, and increasing the purchase of U.S. goods and services; and (7) adopting a national policy consistent with specified missile, nuclear, and chemical and biological control agreements. Terminates most-favored-nation trade status for China unless the President certifies to the Congress that it has not transferred ballistic missiles or missile launchers for the M-9 or M-11 weapon systems to Syria, Iran, or Pakistan. Requires the President, if he determines such transfers to have occurrred, to: (1) notify the Congress; and (2) terminate most-favored-nation treatment for Chinese products.
United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1991
Amateur Radio Spectrum Protection Act of 1991 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from diminishing existing allocations of spectrum (available radio frequencies) to the amateur radio service after January 1, 1991. Requires the FCC to provide replacement spectrum to the service for any frequency reallocation after such date.
United States · United States Congress · 24 June 1991
Veterans' Hospice Services Act of 1991 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct a pilot program to: (1) assess the feasibility and desirability of furnishing hospice care to terminally ill veterans; and (2) determine the most efficient and effective means of furnishing such care. Directs the Secretary to designate 15 to 30 Department of Veterans Affairs medical facilities for such demonstration projects. Requires the Secretary to ensure that: (1) Department medical facilities conducting such projects include both urban and rural area facilities; (2) the full range of affiliation between medical facilities of the Department and medical schools is represented by the facilities selected to conduct such projects; and (3) such facilities vary in the number of beds they operate and maintain. Allows such hospice care to be accomplished by Department medical facilities and personnel, by contract where inpatient services are provided by Department medical facilities, or by contract where inpatient services are provided by a non-Department medical facility. Allows such inpatient care to be provided at a facility not designated in the contract when the provision of such care at such other facility is necessary under the circumstances. Limits the amount paid for hospice care programs under this Act to the equivalent of hospice care payments under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act. Allows the Secretary to pay in excess of such amounts for hospice care when the Secretary determines, on a case-by-case basis, that: (1) the furnishing of such care is necessary and appropriate; and (2) the amount paid under Medicare would not compensate the program for the cost of furnishing such care. Directs the Secretary, during the pilot program period, to designate not less than five Department medical facilities at which palliative care is being furnished to terminally ill veterans either by Department personnel and facilities providing such care or by Department personnel monitoring care provided by non-Department facilities. Directs the Secretary to ensure that terminally ill veterans who have been informed of their medical prognosis receive information relating to their eligibility for hospice care and services under Medicare. Directs the Secretary to submit annual reports to the Senate and House Veterans' Affairs Committees relating to the conduct of the pilot program and the furnishing of hospice care to terminally ill veterans under the demonstration projects. Requires the Secretary to also report to such committees an evaluation and assessment of the hospice care program, including information enabling the committees to fully evaluate the feasibility of furnishing palliative care to terminally ill veterans.
United States · United States Congress · 21 June 1991
El Salvador Peace, Security, and Justice Act of 1991 - Limits the amount of military assistance for El Salvador for FY 1992. Prohibits the provision of such assistance if the President reports to the appropriate congressional committees that: (1) the Salvadoran Government has declined to participate in negotiations for a permanent settlement and cease-fire to the armed conflict; (2) the Salvadoran Government has failed to support an active role for the United Nations Secretary General in mediating such settlement; (3) the Salvadoran Government is not conducting an investigation into, and prosecution of those responsible for, the murders at the University of Central America; or (4) the Salvadoran military and security forces are engaging in violent acts against civilians or are failing to control such activities by elements subject to their control. Provides for the resumption of such assistance pursuant to a law enacted by the Congress. Withholds 50 percent of military assistance allocated for FY 1992 and of unobligated assistance for prior fiscal years. Releases such assistance only if: (1) the Farabundo Marti Liberation Front (FMLN) has declined to participate in negotiations for a settlement or have failed to accept the Secretary General's role in such settlement; (2) the survival of the Salvadoran Government is being jeopardized by FMLN actions; (3) proof exists that the FMLN is continuing to acquire significant shipments of lethal military assistance from outside El Salvador; or (4) the FMLN is engaging in violent acts against civilians or is failing to control such activities by elements subject to its control. Conditions the provision of military assistance to El Salvador on the prior notification of the appropriate congressional committees. Prohibits U.S. assistance to El Salvador if the elected head of the government is deposed by military coup or decree. Provides for the resumption of such assistance pursuant to a law enacted by the Congress. Establishes the Demobilization and Transition Fund to assist in monitoring a settlement of the conflict and in demobilizing combatants in such conflict and aiding their transition to peaceful pursuits. Makes amounts in the Fund available only if the President notifies the appropriate congressional committees that a permanent settlement of the conflict has been reached. Transfers withheld military assistance to the Fund on the date of such notification or on September 30, 1992, if no notification has occurred. Authorizes the delivery of U.S. military assistance to the Salvadoran armed forces only with the prior approval of the elected president of El Salvador. Directs the Secretary of State, through agreement with the National Endowment for Democracy or other qualified organizations, to continue programs to strengthen democratic, political, and legal institutions in El Salvador. Makes available economic support fund (ESF) assistance for such program. Authorizes the Secretary to cooperate with the United Nations to implement the Human Rights Accord agreed to by the Salvadoran Government and the FMLN and to provide assistance in support of the United Nations Observer Force in El Salvador. Makes ESF assistance available for such purposes. Withholds a specified amount of military assistance for El Salvador until the President certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that the Salvadoran Government has pursued all legal avenues to investigate, bring to trial, and obtain verdicts against those responsible for the murders of certain land reformers, peasants, priests, and unionists. Repeals provisions of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1991 concerning military assistance for El Salvador.
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 1991
Japanese-American National Historic Landmark Theme Study Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to report to specified congressional committees on a National Historic Landmark Theme Study on Japanese-American history. Requires the Secretary to: (1) identify those sites that are appropriate for the study and that may be suitable for designation as National Historic Landmarks; and (2) prepare a list in order of importance or merit of the most appropriate sites for such designation. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 1991
Vietnam Access Act of 1991 - Terminates sanctions prohibiting the export or reexport of goods and technical data to or the purchasing, transport, and import of certain goods from Vietnam upon certification to the President that it has agreed to cooperate and open its territory to international organizations investigating unresolved cases of American prisoners of war and missing in action from the Vietnam war.
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1991
Prohibits the proposed sale to the United Arab Emirates of AH-64 APACHE attack helicopters and related defense articles and services, and design and construction services described in the certification submitted to the Congress pursuant to the Arms Export Control Act on June 11, 1991.
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1991
Authorizes the Go for Broke National Veterans Association to establish a memorial on Federal land in the District of Columbia or its environs to honor Japanese-American War Veterans. Prohibits any Federal funds from being used to pay any expense of the establishment of the memorial.
United States · United States Congress · 12 June 1991
Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to invest in U.S. securities moneys in the Veterans' Canteen Service Revolving Fund that are not required for current operations, as determined by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
United States · United States Congress · 12 June 1991
Deletes a Federal provision which precludes the Department of Veterans Affairs from providing veterans with medical equipment and prosthetic devices as part of outpatient care furnished for, or to obviate the need of, hospital care. Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish needed fitting and training in the use of any medical equipment that the Department furnishes to a veteran. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) furnish veterans eligible for medical services with special clothing made necessary by the wearing of a prosthetic appliance; (2) repair or replace any medical equipment or prosthetic appliance which was damaged or destroyed by a fall or other accident caused by a service-connected disability for which the veteran is entitled to disability compensation; and (3) furnish devices for assisting veterans entitled to compensation on account of hearing impairment in overcoming profound deafness.
United States · United States Congress · 11 June 1991
Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to accept gifts, devises, and bequests on behalf of the Department of Veterans Affairs as long as such acceptance would not: (1) reflect unfavorably on the Department's ability to carry out official responsibilities and duties objectively; and (2) compromise the integrity or appearance of integrity of a Government program or of any official involved in that program. Requires the Secretary to establish criteria for making such determinations.
United States · United States Congress · 11 June 1991
Municipal and Industrial Water Conservation Act of 1991 - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish an Office of Water Conservation to perform specified duties, including: (1) the support of programs to reduce water use and loss in municipal, industrial, commercial, institutional, and residential sectors; (2) the support of dissemination of model water conservation programs; and (3) the promotion of least-cost approaches to water planning and regional approaches to management of water and sewer systems. Calls for intergovernmental coordination in water conservation efforts. Requires the Office to provide technical assistance to States, Indian tribes, utilities, local governments, and others in efforts to implement water conservation policies. Requires regular consultations with major water resources development agencies to target limited resources. Requires the Office to develop a series of model water conservation programs with policy options for States, Indian tribes, water utilities, and municipalities. Allows such water users to request feasibility studies of their current and potential water conservation activities. Allocates the costs of such studies, allowing smaller studies to be conducted at full Federal cost. Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (as amended by the Water Quality Act of 1987) to require the Administrator to make capitalization grants to State water pollution control revolving funds for conducting municipal and industrial water conservation activities which will reduce operating and capital costs of and needs for waste water treatment facilities. Directs the Office to provide, upon request, technical assistance to businesses and institutions for water efficiency campaigns, plumbing system leak-detection, water use audits, and other water conservation measures. Requires the development of model water conservation programs for businesses and institutions and studies, upon request, of their programs. Directs the Administrator to establish a National Clearinghouse on Water Conservation to collect and disseminate, free of charge, information on water conservation technologies and practices. Establishes the Advisory Council on Water Conservation to make recommendations to the Administrator on activities under this Act. Requires the President's Council on Environmental Quality to require, by rulemaking authority, the consideration of water conservation activities in all relevant environmental impact studies conducted under specified provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1996 to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 11 June 1991
National Plumbing Products Efficiency Act of 1991 - Title I: Water Use Standards for Plumbing Products - Requires the Secretary of Commerce to prescribe test procedures for classified products. Directs the Secretary to establish water use performance standards for plumbing products classified as covered products. Requires such standards to be designed to achieve the maximum water efficiency which the Secretary determines is technologically feasible and economically justified. Sets forth maximum water use standards for the following products: (1) water closets; (2) urinals; and (3) faucets. Directs the Secretary to prescribe water use standards for any product that is classified as a covered product and manufactured and sold on or after the date that is three years after such product receives its classification. Describes the procedure for prescribing water use standards. Directs the Secretary to reevaluate such standards at the end of each five-year period after the date of enactment of this title. Requires the Secretary to publish the existing water use standards in the Federal Register and to allow a specified period for comment by interested persons. Directs the Federal Trade Commission to prescribe labeling and marking rules for each classified product. Directs the Secretary to study the feasibility of determining coverage for additional consumer products. Establishes a procedure for testing plumbing products and for maintaining test data. Directs the National Institute of Standards and Technology to assist the Secretary as necessary. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to prescribe rules for any covered product offered for importation. Sets forth provisions for prohibited acts, enforcement procedures, and the commencement of civil actions under this title. Declares that standards, procedures, or rules under this title supersede State or river basin commission regulations. Provides for a waiver of Federal preemption over such State or river basin commission regulations. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish an advisory committee to report annually to the Congress on the implementation of this title by the Secretary and the Commission. Directs the Secretary to report annually to the Congress and the President on activities under this title. Authorizes appropriations. Title II: Water Use Standards for Dishwashers and Clothes Washers - Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to provide for the establishment of standards for water use by dishwashers and clothes washers.
United States · United States Congress · 11 June 1991
Veterans' Research Corporation and Medical Care Extension Act of 1991 - Amends various Federal veterans' benefits provisions to: (1) extend through FY 1994 the authority of the Department of Veterans Affairs to establish independent nonprofit research corporations at Department medical centers; (2) terminate a provision prohibiting the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from furnishing care and treatment and rehabilitative services for alcohol and drug dependence or abuse disabilities beyond FY 1991; (3) terminate a provision requiring an ongoing clinical evaluation of the long-term results of drug and alcohol abuse treatment furnished to veterans in contract residential treatment facilities; (4) extend through FY 1996 the Department's authority to make grants to States for constructing and acquiring State home facilities for furnishing domiciliary and nursing home care and for expanding, altering, or remodeling existing facilities; (5) extend through FY 1995 the authority for the operation of the Veterans Memorial Medical Center in the Philippines; (6) decrease from $1,000,000 to $500,000 the annual authorized grant for replacing and upgrading equipment and facilities at such Medical Center, requiring the first $50,000 of such funds to be used for educating and training medical personnel; and (7) extend through FY 1994 the authority of the Department to operate adult day health care programs.
United States · United States Congress · 11 June 1991
Veterans' Vocational Rehabilitation and Education Benefit Budget Amendments of 1991 - Limits: (1) entitlement to veterans' vocational rehabilitation programs sponsored by the Department of Veterans Affairs to veterans entitled to veterans' disability compensation for a service-connected disability rated at 30 percent or more (currently, 20 percent or more); and (2) eligibility under the Survivors' and Dependents' Educational Assistance program to the natural or legally adopted children of the parent from whom eligibility is derived.
United States · United States Congress · 11 June 1991
Veterans' Housing Amendments Act of 1991 - Revises the loan fee to be paid by veterans for housing loans guaranteed, insured, or made by the Department of Veterans Affairs to make such fee: (1) 1.85 percent of the total loan amount; (2) 1.625 percent of such amount in the case of loans for veterans for housing in rural areas, loans made to acquire housing by default, or loans made to refinance a housing loan; (3) 1.375 percent of such amount in the case of a loan for purchase or construction in which the veteran has made a down payment of at least five but less than ten percent of the total purchase price or construction cost; (4) 1.125 percent of such amount in the case of a purchase or construction loan when the veteran makes a down payment of ten percent or more; (5) two percent of such amount in the case of a loan made to purchase manufactured homes and lots; and (6) 2.5 percent of such amount in the case of a veteran who has previously obtained a guaranteed loan, without regard to the type of loan or the down payment made. Makes the 2.5 percent charge inapplicable to: (1) a person on active duty at the time of the loan; (2) refinancing an existing loan; or (3) the purchases of property for which prior loans made are in default. Revises veterans' home loan default procedures to allow the holder of a Government National Mortgage Association loan to convey the property to the United States in return for payment by the Secretary of an amount equal to the net value of the property. Makes such default procedures permanent. Repeals a provision providing for the continuation of, and additional funding for, the direct loan revolving fund established under the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944. Provides, in lieu, for the use of the Department of Veterans Affairs Loan Guaranty Revolving Fund for the making of direct loans to veterans for housing purposes. Revises provisions regarding the maximum loan amount for the purchase or construction of homes by veterans to make the maximum amount of a loan obtained or assumed by a veteran that provides for a lower interest rate than the loan being refinanced the greater of: (1) the sum of the outstanding balance on the loan to be refinanced and closing costs actually paid; or (2) 90 percent of the reasonable value of the dwelling or farm residence securing the loan. Makes the maximum loan amount to be obtained by a veteran who has previously obtained a loan or direct housing loan through the Department 90 percent of the reasonable value of the dwelling or farm residence securing the loan. Extends to October 1, 1993, the time period authorized for lenders to review appraisal reports in connection with homes for which the Department is guaranteeing loans. Repeals provisions which prohibit the Department from guaranteeing loans for newly constructed residences in areas not served by public or community water and sewage systems. Requires any veteran desiring a housing debt waiver to make such request within 180 days after the notification of such indebtedness, or by September 30, 1993, if notice was provided before October 1, 1991. Directs the Secretary, at the request of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, to issue certificates of veteran status to prospective mortgagors or applicants for assistance under the National Housing Act or other programs administered by such agency. Provides that persons applying for Department guaranteed, made, or insured housing loans will not become subject to provisions requiring persons seeking loans exceeding $150,000, which are guaranteed, made, or insured by a Federal agency to disclose their lobbying activities. Provides that the maximum amount of any loan made to a veteran for the purchase of a manufactured home and lot shall not exceed 90 percent (currently, 95) of the purchase price of the property securing the loan.
United States · United States Congress · 11 June 1991
Removes restrictions imposed on the transfer of a tract of land to Temple Junior College, Temple, Texas, in 1967, including reverter rights, for appropriate monetary consideration to be determined by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Authorizes the Secretary to execute such legal documents as necessary to remove such restrictions or conditions while protecting the interests of the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 11 June 1991
Medical Care Cost Recovery Amendments of 1991 - Extends permanently the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to recover from third party insurance providers the cost of medical care and services furnished by the Department of Veterans Affairs for a non-service-connected disability to veterans who have a service-connected disability and are covered under a health-plan contract. Revises the definition of "health-plan contract" to provide that Medicare supplemental insurance plans shall be required to reimburse the Department for services provided to veterans by the Department under such a plan.
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