United States · United States Congress · 4 June 1992
Calls upon the President to urge the United Nations Security Council to direct the Secretary General of the United Nations to provide a plan and budget for intervention as may be necessary to enforce the Security Council resolutions seeking cessation of hostilities in the former republics of Yugoslavia.
United States · United States Congress · 4 June 1992
Condemns the assassination of Judge Giovanni Falcone of Italy. Urges the Italian-American Working Group to vigorously continue its primary mission, as well as to investigate and prosecute those who perpetrated this violent crime.
United States · United States Congress · 2 June 1992
Amends the Immigration Act of 1990 to: (1) increase the number of immigrant visas available to nationals of adversely affected foreign states; and (2) extend such admissions category through FY 1996.
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1992
Economic Growth and Affordable Housing Act of 1992 - Title I: First-Time Homebuyer Credit - Allows a first-time homebuyer who purchases a principal residence a tax credit of ten percent of the purchase price, not to exceed $5,000. Limits such credit to one residence and requires acquisition between December 31, 1992, and January 1,1993. Title II: Modifications of Passive Loss Rules - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for the treatment of rental and nonrental real estate activities under the limitations on losses from passive activities. Title III: Penalty-Free Distributions From IRA's for First Homes - Allows penalty-free withdrawals from individual retirement plans for a first-home purchase. Title IV: Low-Income Housing Credit and Qualified Mortgage Bonds - Makes the low-income housing credit permanent law. Expands the ten-year anti-churning rule waiver to certain projects substantially assisted, financed, or operated under the National Housing Act. Allows units occupied by certain full-time students to qualify for such credit. Authorizes the Treasury Department to waive penalties for certain de minimis errors and recertifications. Requires that certain community service facilities in projects in qualified census tracts be included in the eligible basis as functionally related and subordinate facilities. Permanently extends the period during which qualified mortgage bonds and mortgage credit certificates may be issued. Title V: Enterprise Zones - Subtitle A: Designation of Enterprise Zones - Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to designate enterprise zones for purposes of providing tax and regulatory relief and improving local services. Limits choices to areas nominated by States and local governments. Limits the total number of areas that may be designated, and the time period of the designation. Authorizes the Secretary to designate a zone only if the area meets certain locational, demographic, unemployment, and poverty criteria. Requires nominating local governments, as a condition of the Secretary's designation, to agree in writing to follow a course of action that may include reducing tax rates, improving local services, simplifying or streamlining regulation of business, and providing job training to area residents. Describes areas to which the Secretary must give preference in selecting areas for designation. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress every two years on the effects of such enterprise zones' designation in accomplishing the purposes of this Act. Subtitle B: Federal Income Tax Incentives - Allows a nonrefundable income tax credit to enterprise zone employees for five percent of any wages earned that do not exceed a specified amount. Phases out such credit. Provides for the nonrecognition of capital gain on the sale of enterprise zone property. Allows a taxpayer a deduction on the aggregate amount paid for the purchase of enterprise stock on its original issue by a qualified issuer. Requires any gain from the disposition of the stock to be treated as ordinary income. Excludes enterprise zone capital gains from income computation of alternative minimum taxes. Subtitle C: Regulatory Flexibility - Amends Federal law to revise the definition of "small entity" for purposes of the analysis of regulatory functions to include qualified business, government, and nonprofit enterprises operating within enterprise zones. Authorizes Federal agencies, upon request by a designating government, to waive or modify rules and regulations pertaining to the implementation of projects or activities within an enterprise zone. Requires agencies to approve the request if the resulting benefits of job creation, community development, or economic revitalization outweigh the public interest in retaining the rule unchanged. Disallows waiver or modification of a rule that would directly violate a statutory requirement or present a danger to the public health and safety. Subtitle D: Establishment of Foreign-Trade Zones in Enterprise Zones - Requires the Foreign-Trade Zone Board to consider on a priority basis and to expedite the processing of applications for the establishment of foreign-trade zones within enterprise zones. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to give priority to, and expedite applications for, the establishment of ports of entry necessary to establish such zones. Subtitle E: Repeal of Title VII of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1987 - Repeals title VII (enterprise zone development) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1987.
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1992
Designates August 1, 1992, the 17th anniversary of the signing of the Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (the Helsinki accords), as Helsinki Human Rights Day. Calls upon the President to: (1) issue a proclamation reasserting the U.S. commitment to full implementation of the Act, urging all signatory states to abide by their obligations under the Helsinki accords; (2) continue his efforts to achieve full implementation of the human rights and humanitarian provisions of the Helsinki accords by raising the issue of noncompliance on the part of any signatory State which may be in violation; (3) convey to all signatories that respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms continues to be a vital element of further progress in the ongoing Helsinki process; and (4) in view of the considerable progress made to date, develop new proposals to advance the human rights objectives of the Helsinki process, and in so doing address the major problems that remain.
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1992
Designates February 21 through February 27, 1993, as American Wine Appreciation Week. Commends the winegrape and fruit growers and vintners of the United States for the production of high quality agricultural products.
United States · United States Congress · 19 May 1992
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the United States should: (1) suspend all U.S. assistance and cooperative programs with the former Yugoslavia; (2) move to prevent the new Yugoslavia from gaining access to benefits and assets available to the former Yugoslavlia, including most-favored-nation status; (3) urge the European Community (EC) and other members of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) and the United Nations (UN) to take immediate action to impose more comprehensive sanctions (such as an oil embargo) against, cease all negotiations by international financial institutions with, and freeze all available credit lines to, the former Yugoslvia; (4) take no action to recognize the "Federal Republic of Yugoslavia" until such republc meets the same EC criteria for recognition applied to the other republics of the former Yugoslavia and until Serbia ceases its aggression against, withdraws its forces from, and guarantees the territorial integrity of, Bosnia-Hercegovina; (5) require that diplomatic representation by the former Yugoslavia in the United States be placed on the same level as is current U.S. diplomatic representation in the former Yugoslavia; (6) continue to press for the suspension of the Yugoslav seat from the deliberations and decisions of the CSCE and other international bodies; (7) take immediate steps with the EC and other members of the CSCE and the UN to establish a "security zone" around the capital of Sarajevo; (8) insist that Serbia restore the autonomy of Kosovo and Vojvodina and respect that status in its laws and policies; and (9) press all the new states created from the former Yugoslavia to respect all ten CSCE principles guiding relations between states in their relations with each other.
United States · United States Congress · 13 May 1992
Constitutional Amendment - Provides for the direct election of the President and Vice President and eliminates the electoral college. Declares that the times, places, and manner of holding presidential elections and entitlement to inclusion on the ballot shall be prescribed by State law, but that the Congress may by law make or alter such regulations. States that the days for such elections shall be determined by the Congress and shall be uniform throughout the United States. Requires the Congress to prescribe the times, places, and manner in which the results of such elections shall be ascertained and declared. Requires such elections, other than runoff elections, to be held not later than the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November and the results declared no later than 30 days after the date of the election. Authorizes the Congress to provide for the case of death, inability, or withdrawal of any candidate for President or Vice President before an election and for the case of the death of either the President-elect or Vice President-elect.
United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1992
Title I: Extension of Unemployment Benefits - Amends the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-164, as amended) to extend the emergency unemployment compensation (EUC) program. Changes the EUC program termination date (currently July 4, 1992) to March 6, 1993. Provides for phaseout reductions of such benefits for weeks beginning after June 12, 1992, and for weeks beginning after January 3, 1993. (Provides, therefore, up to: (1) 33 weeks of EUC benefits in certain high-unemployment States and 26 weeks in all other States, respectively, for claimants for weeks beginning prior to June 13, 1992; (2) 20 or 13 weeks, respectively, for new claimants for weeks beginning on or after such date; and (3) 10 or 7 weeks, respectively, for new claimants for weeks beginning on or after January 3, 1993, until March 6, 1993.) Amends the Social Security Act (SSA) to authorize certain advances to the extended unemployment compensation account to pay for emergency unemployment compensation benefits. Amends SSA to require the first Advisory Council on Unemployment Compensation to study and report with recommendations (by February 1, 1993) on certain proposed permanent changes in the extended benefits program under the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970. Title II: Revenue Provisions - Subtitle A: General Provisions - Amends the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to apply mark-to-market accounting method rules for certain securities held by dealers in securities (with specified exceptions for certain types of securities such as those held for investment or as a hedge). Requires taking into account for tax deduction determinations: (1) certain Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation (FSLIC) assistance as compensation for loss; and (2) any FSLIC assistance for any debt for determining whether such debt is worthless and in determining the amount of any addition to a reserve for bad debts arising from such worthlessness or partial worthlessness. Revises the IRC for individual estimated tax payments. Changes (for taxable year years 1993 through 1996) from 100 to 115 percent of the preceding year's tax liability the amount of the timely estimated payaments which an individual must make to qualify for a "safe harbor" alternative in making such estimated payments. Repeals special rules which denied the use of such last year's liability safe harbor for certain individuals with significant increases in tax liability from one year to the next. Subtitle B: Alternative Taxable Years - Revises the IRC with respect to electing alternative taxable years. Allows a partnership, S corporation, or personal service corporation to elect a taxable year other than the required taxable year if the annual financial statements (if any) of the entity used for credit purposes or provided to the partners, shareholders, or other proprietors of the entity are based on a fiscal year ending in the same month as the taxable year elected. Increases the amount of the required payment that must be made by a partnership or S corporation that elects a taxable year other than the required taxable year. Requires an additional payment for any taxable year that a partnership or S corporation first makes or changes a taxable year election to increase the deferral period.
United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1992
Equitable Health Care for Severe Mental Illnesses Act of 1992 - Declares that it is the policy of the United States that: (1) persons with severe mental illnesses must not be discriminated against in health care; and (2) health care coverage, provided through any financing, must provide for the treatment of severe mental illnesses in a way that is equitable and commensurate with that provided for other major illnesses. Designates as consistent with that policy any plan which incorporates specified elements.
United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1992
Civil War Battlefield Commemorative Coin Act of 1992 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to issue a specified number of five-dollar gold coins, one-dollar silver coins, and half-dollar clad coins to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Civil War battlefield preservation. Sets forth certain features of such coins and provides for their design, issuance, and sale. Requires that all sales include a surcharge of $35 per coin for the five-dollar coins, $7 per coin for the one-dollar coins, and $1 per coin for the half-dollar coins. Requires that all surcharges be paid to the Civil War Battlefield Foundation for the preservation of historically significant Civil War battlefields.
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1992
Authorizes the President, on behalf of the Congress, to present a gold medal to a representative of the American Philosophical Society in commemoration of the 250th anniversaries of the founding of the Society and the birth of Thomas Jefferson. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to strike and deliver bronze duplicates of such medal to the Society, upon receipt of full payment for them.
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1992
Irwin Rutman Retired Safety Officers Benefits Act - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide: (1) death benefits to the families of retired public safety officers who die as the direct result of a personal injury sustained while responding to a fire, rescue, or police emergency; and (2) benefits to such officers who become permanently and totally disabled as the direct result of a catastrophic injury sustained while responding to such an emergency.
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1992
Congratulates the residents of Jerusalem and the people of Israel on the 25th anniversary of the reunification of that city. Urges that: (1) Jerusalem remain an undivided city in which the rights of every ethnic and religious group are protected; and (2) the President and Secretary of State issue an unequivocal statement in support of such principle.
United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1992
Directs the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to issue a notice of proposed rulemaking to require improved measures to enhance the safety of aircraft operations in adverse winter weather conditions. Requires such rulemaking to address, among other things: (1) the need to require uniform procedures and standards for deicing aircraft before takeoff, including the use of particular deicing agents; (2) limitations and improvements on elapsed time allowed between deicing and takeoff; (3) requirements for deicing facilities in close proximity to the point of takeoff at U.S. airports; (4) modifications to FAA procedures for certifying aircraft for operation in the United States to require notification to aircraft operators of safety recommendations made by aircraft manufacturers; (5) the implementation of recommendations issued by the National Transportation Safety Board; and (6) modifications to procedures for determining when aircraft require deicing and whether such aircraft can safely operate under conditions which compel the use of deicing agents. Sets deadlines for interim and final regulations.
United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1992
Urges the United States to: (1) hold the Government of Serbia accountable for the attacks on and occupation of the Republics of Bosnia-Hercegovina and Croatia, and for human rights abuses in Kosovo; (2) withhold diplomatic recognition of Serbia and Montenegro until Serbia ceases its aggression against such republics and halts the brutal repression of the Albanian people in Kosovo and the denial of the right to self-determination; and (3) actively encourage its allies to follow the same course.
United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1992
Recognizes and honors the actions of those who risked their lives to protect their fellow man during the Holocaust of the Second World War. Calls upon the President to issue a proclamation honoring such individuals for their actions in saving thousands of Jews in Europe during the Holocaust.
United States · United States Congress · 28 April 1992
Title I: Interagency Council on the Homeless - Amends the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act to extend the authorization of appropriations for the Interagency Council on the Homeless, and the Council's authority, through October 1, 1994. Title II: Federal Emergency Management Food and Shelter Program - Amends the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act to extend the authorization of appropriations for the Federal emergency management food and shelter program.
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1992
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to reduce, through December 31, 1994, the duty on watch glasses other than round watch glasses.
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1992
Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) Libya should comply with United Nations (UN) Security Council Resolution 748 and release to the United States or the United Kingdom for trial the two Libyan suspects in the bombing of Pan Am flight 103, cooperate with the French judicial investigation into the bombing of UTA flight 772, compensate the families of the victims of those aircraft bombings, and cease support for terrorism; (2) the United States and the UN Security Council should consider additional measures against Libya if it does not fully cooperate with the UN Security Council Resolutions; (3) all countries should adhere to the UN sanctions against Libya; (4) the U.S. Government, the UN Security Council, and other nations should work together to ensure that the sanctions are adhered to; (5) the United States and other nations should consider additional measures against violators of the UN sanctions; and (6) all U.S. nationals who are contributing to the Libyan economy should leave Libya promptly, and the U.S. Congress and executive branch should work together to increase penalties against those U.S. individuals who choose to remain in Libya in defiance of U.S. law.
United States · United States Congress · 8 April 1992
Hudson River Artists National Historical Park Act of 1992 - Establishes, as a unit of the National Park System, the Thomas Cole National Historic Site, New York. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to establish the Hudson River Artists National Historical Park, subject to specified requirements. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) acquire specified lands and improvements, as well as historic objects, artifacts, and other personal property associated with and appropriate for the interpretation of the Park; (2) enter into cooperative agreements with the State of New York (the State), specified entities, and individuals; and (3) accept donated funds, property, and services. Specifies that lands and improvements owned by the State may be acquired by the State only by transfer at no cost to the Federal Government. Directs the Secretary to: (1) administer the Park in accordance with this Act and all laws generally applicable to national historic sites; (2) preserve and interpret the Site; (3) preserve and perpetuate knowledge and understanding, and provide for public understanding and enjoyment, of the lives and works of the Hudson River artists (the artists); and (4) assist public and private entities in the interpretation of the artists, their houses and studios, and the vistas depicted by the artists throughout the Hudson River Valley region (region). Specifies that: (1) the Secretary shall take no action with respect to the lands and structures owned by the State within Park boundaries except through cooperative agreements in accordance with this Act; and (2) with regard to lands within the State Forest Preserve, the provisions of such cooperative agreements shall be in strict conformance with the pertinent provisions of the New York State Constitution. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) provide technical assistance to cooperating entities for the marking, interpretation, restoration, preservation, or interpretation of Site property; and (2) enter into cooperative agreements to plan and coordinate the interpretation of the cultural and natural history of the region, and with the Greene County Historical Society to provide for the establishment of a library and research center at the Site. Directs the Secretary to submit to specified congressional committees a general management plan for the Site and Park, including: (1) recommendations and cost estimates for the identification, marking, interpretation, and preservation of properties and landscapes associated with the artists and located throughout the region; and (2) recommendations on ways to broaden public understanding of the region and its role in American prehistory, history, and culture, and to foster relevant public education, resource preservation, and appropriate levels of regional tourism. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 8 April 1992
Amends the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 to set forth the Iran-Iraq Arms Non-Proliferation Act of 1992. Declares that it is U.S. policy to oppose any transfer of goods or technology to Iraq or Iran whenever there is reason to believe that such transfer could contribute to that country's acquisition of chemical, biological, nuclear, or advanced conventional weapons. Provides that sanctions against Iraq under the Iraq Sanctions Act of 1990 shall apply to Iran in the same manner, but prohibits the President from exercising a certain waiver authority (after certifying about changes in leadership, human rights improvement, and other specified matters) with respect to either country. Prohibits, for a period of two years, U.S. procurement of goods from, and approval of export licenses for, any foreign person who transfers goods or technology so as to knowingly contribute to efforts by Iran or Iraq to acquire weapons or technology described by this Act. Authorizes the President, for any period of time, to prohibit the importation of articles from such person or from anyone who has equity in such person. Imposes the following mandatory sanctions on foreign countries (third countries) that transfer goods or technology so as to knowingly contribute to such efforts by Iran or Iraq: (1) suspension of U.S. assistance (except for humanitarian assistance and food or agricultural commodities) for one year; (2) opposition to the extension of financial or technical assistance by international financial institutions for two years; (3) termination of U.S. obligations under any memorandum of understanding for the codevelopment or coproduction of items on the U.S. Munitions List; and (4) termination of technical exchange agreements and a prohibition on the export of technology to such countries. Authorizes the President to impose the following discretionary sanctions with respect to third countries: (1) suspension of most-favored-nation status; (2) prohibitions on transactions involving property in which the sanctioned country has interest; (3) suspension or termination of air carrier transportation to or from the United States; and (4) prohibitions on the loading or unloading of freight in the United States if a vessel enters a sanctioned country to engage in trade. Waives any sanction under this Act if the President reports to the Congress that a sanction would jeopardize national security interests.
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1992
John Heinz Competitive Excellence Award Act of 1992 - Establishes the John Heinz Excellence Award, to be evidenced by a national medal coined and provided to the U.S. Senate by the U.S. Mint. Allows two such separate awards to be presented annually (one to a qualifying individual, including Federal, State, or local government employees, and one to a qualifying organization, institution, or business). Prohibits presentation of an award within a category in a given year if there is no qualified individual, organization, institution, or business recommended by the selection panel established by this Act. Sets forth qualification criteria for such awards. Requires the Senate majority and minority leaders to present such award to an individual and an organization, institution, or business that has demonstrated excellence in promoting U.S. industrial competitiveness in the international marketplace through technological innovation, productivity improvement, or improved competitive strategies. Directs the Office of Technology Assessment to: (1) ensure that all nominees receive a detailed summary of any evaluation conducted of such nominee; and (2) make available to the nominee and the public a summary of each award winner's competitiveness strategy (excluding proprietary information unless the award winner consents).
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1992
Small Business Incentive Act of 1992 - Title I: Amendment to the Securities Act of 1933 - Amends the Securities Act of 1933 to increase from $5 million to $10 million the size of small business offerings that are exempt from the registration requirements of the Act (thus removing some regulatory constraints in order to facilitate capital-raising by small businesses). Title II: Amendments to the Investment Company Act of 1940 - Amends the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the Act) to exclude from its definition of investment company any issuer all of whose securities are held by certain investors whom the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has determined by rule or regulation possess such financial sophistication, net worth, and other specified factors as not to need the protections of the Act (thus exempting such companies from some of the Act's regulatory constraints). Empowers the SEC to define, by rule, such "qualified purchasers." Sets forth conditions under which certain business and industrial development companies that are already subject to regulation by the State in which they are organized are exempt from the regulatory constraints of the Act. Increases from $100,000 to $10 million the maximum aggregate amount of proceeds that certain interstate closed-end investment companies may receive from the sale of their outstanding securities and still retain their exempt status under the Act. Expands the definition of eligible portfolio company to include any company which does not have total assets in excess of $4 million and capital and surpluses in excess of $2 million (thus increasing the flow of capital by permitting business development companies to invest in more small businesses). Declares that a business development company is not required to make available significant managerial assistance with respect to any eligible portfolio company (as defined by this Act), or any other company that meets certain SEC criteria (thus encouraging the flow of capital to very small businesses). Permits a business development company to include within its mandatory asset threshold the securities of any eligible portfolio company as defined by this Act (thus including securities of very small businesses). Permits a business development company to acquire the securities of an eligible portfolio company from persons other than such portfolio company itself. Permits a business development company to: (1) issue multiple classes of debt without restriction; and (2) issue warrants, options, or rights to subscribe or convert to voting securities either alone or accompanied by debt or equity securities.
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1992
Combined Stormwater and Sewer Overflow Management Strategy Act of 1992 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army, in cooperation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and in consultation with local organizations, to conduct a program to assess the technologies and methodologies available to: (1) address the adverse impacts on receiving waters of discharges from combined stormwater and sanitary systems (overflows); and (2) ensure compliance with water quality standards of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. Directs the Secretary to study conditions and problems associated with overflows, and appropriate management and engineering strategies to remedy such problems, and to complete a comprehensive overflow management plan for specified areas in Massachusetts, Louisiana, Maine, New Jersey, and New York. Outlines information to be included in each such overflow management plan, including environmental and public health impacts, technologies and methodologies available to address such impacts, and an appropriate overflow management strategy for each area. Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress within four years after enactment of this Act on assessments conducted, together with recommendations and observations. Authorizes the Secretary, as part of the overflow assessment conducted for each area, to enter into an agreement with the appropriate State or local government official to construct and monitor an overflow prevention project that uses the best available control technology. Requires such official to provide assurances that the overflow prevention project will be operated and maintained by such State or local government at a non-Federal share of 100 percent of the project's costs. Requires the Federal share of each project's construction costs to be 100 percent. Directs the Secretary to evaluate the capabilities and performance of each project under this Act for use in developing a Federal strategy for a combined stormwater and sanitary sewer system infrastructure. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary to develop a Federal strategy for the optimal expenditure of Federal funds for: (1) minimizing the adverse effects of overflows in the waters and aquatic ecosystems of the United States; and (2) assuring compliance with water quality standards of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. Outlines information to be utilized in the development of such Federal strategy, including the evaluation of the capabilities and performances of each area project authorized under this Act. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress within five years after enactment of this Act on the strategy. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary, in order to ensure coordination of the Federal strategy with results of the area overflow programs authorized under this Act, to consult with the EPA Administrator, the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and other appropriate Federal and non-Federal entities.
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1992
Declares that the Congress supports the presentation of the Ellis Island Medal of Honor on April 26, 1992, to initiate the centennial celebration of the opening of the Island.
United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1992
National Children's Advocacy Program Act of 1992 - Requires the Director of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, in coordination with the Director of the National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect, to establish a national children's advocacy program of centers to provide information, services, and assistance so that communities can establish multidisciplinary programs that respond to child abuse. Provides for solicitation of proposals from applicants to operate such centers, proposal criteria, management plans, selection of proposals, funding of the centers, and program coordination. Requires regular monitoring and evaluation of each center's activities, annual reports, discontinuation of funding in cases of failure to implement program activities, and solicitation of new proposals upon discontinuation of funding for any center. Requires the two Directors to: (1) establish a children's advocacy advisory board to develop identified goals and program objectives; and (2) review annually the solicitation and selection process and program activities of each center. Directs the Attorney General and the Secretary of Health and Human Services to send to the Congress an annual, detailed review of the progress of such program activities. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1992
Domestic Spending Freeze Act of 1992 - Prohibits the spending limits set forth in the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 for the domestic category for FY 1993 and 1994 from exceeding the limits provided for FY 1992.
United States · United States Congress · 31 March 1992
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend, through December 31, 1996, the suspension of duty on 7-acetyl-1,1,3,4,4,6-hexamethyletrahydronaphthalene.
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