United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1992
National Quality Commitment Award Act of 1992 - Amends the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 to establish the National Commitment to Quality Award Program involving the awarding of a medal and at least three monetary competitive awards to institutions of higher education. Authorizes specialized monetary awards to any institution of higher education that excels in teaching or practicing either total quality management (TQM) or process manufacturing engineering services productivity improvement. Allows a recipient institution which agrees to help other institutions of higher education improve their TQM curriculum to publicize its receipt of the award. Requires the award to be used to further improve the TQM and process manufacturing engineering curriculum of the institution. Authorizes the use of gifts from public and private sources to carry out the award program. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1992
Every Fifth Child Act - Makes appropriations for FY 1993, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, in specified amounts to begin a phase-in toward full funding of: (1) the special supplemental food program for women, infants, and children (WIC) under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966; (2) Head Start programs under the Head Start Act; and (3) the Job Corps program under the Job Training Partnership Act. Expresses the sense of the Congress that such programs should receive specified minimum levels of funding to allow: (1) the WIC program to be fully funded through FY 1996; (2) Head Start programs to be fully funded through FY 1998; and (3) the Job Corps to establish at least 50 additional centers and serve at least 50 percent more of low-income disadvantaged youth by the year 2000.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1992
Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to prohibit owners or operators of landfills, incinerators, or other waste disposal facilities in a State from receiving municipal solid waste generated outside the State unless they obtain authorization from the affected local government. Requires only one authorization per facility. Exempts from such prohibition: (1) owners or operators of landfills that meet specified design, monitoring, and financial responsibility requirements; comply with specified regulations; and, before January 1, 1993, accepted waste generated outside the State or obtained authorization to accept it from a local government; (2) owners or operators of landfills under construction that have obtained the necessary permits and were the subject of authorization before January 1, 1993, and that meet specified design and financial responsibility requirements; (3) owners or operators of incinerators or other disposal facilities that accepted waste generated outside the State and obtained authorization before January 1, 1993, and that meet applicable new source performance standards and monitoring requirements under the Clean Air Act; and (4) persons who plan to own or operate an incinerator or other disposal facility who have obtained necessary permits and authorizations and meet such standards and monitoring requirements. Terminates such exemptions for landfills for noncompliance with specified laws and regulations. Considers expansions of landfills, incinerators, or waste disposal facilities to be separate facilities requiring authorization. Permits expansions without additional authorization if: (1) the owner or operator demonstrates that the proposed expansion will not result in an increase in the volume or tonnage of solid waste received by the facility; (2) the area of expansion was indicated in documents filed with the affected local government before obtaining authorization; or (3) one or more ancillary facilities to be used for the sole purpose of supporting the landfill are added. Prohibits the receipt of municipal solid waste generated in another State if the generating State does not have an approved solid waste management plan. Authorizes the receipt of such waste without local government authorization if the State in which the recipient facility is located does not have an approved plan. Permits a State Governor to impose certain conditions on the receipt of waste generated in another State by existing exempted facilities if: (1) all landfills within the State meet or exceed requirements for exemption; and (2) the limitations are applied on a uniform, facility-by-facility basis. Makes it unlawful to transport such waste through interstate commerce in a manner that violates this Act's requirements. Prescribes criminal and civil penalties for violations of this Act. Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a program that requires persons who transport more than 500 pounds annually of solid waste in interstate commerce to submit annual registration statements.
United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1992
Toxics Release and Pollution Prevention Act of 1992 - Sets forth findings with respect to the Toxics Release Inventory established by the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986. Title I: Community Right-to-Know More - Community Right-to-Know More Act of 1992 - Amends the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 to require facilities subject to such Act to prepare toxic chemical release forms for chemicals manufactured, processed, used, or released (currently, manufactured, processed, or used) in quantities exceeding an established threshold. Expands the application of such Act's requirements to cover facilities that have ten or more full-time employees, conduct any portion of their business in (currently, that are in) Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Codes 20 through 39, and exceed certain chemical thresholds. Applies toxic chemicals release reporting requirements, beginning in 1993, to facilities that have ten or more full-time employees and that: (1) conduct any portion of their business in specified SIC Codes; (2) have combustion units (other than units operated principally to heat buildings and fueled with natural gas or petroleum) with a heat input capacity exceeding 25 million Btu per hour; and (3) are facilities owned or operated by the Federal Government. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection (EPA) to promulgate additions to the list of covered facilities to include facilities in each SIC Code that present adverse health or environmental effects as a result of chemical uses or releases. Authorizes the President to exempt any executive agency from compliance with such requirements for one year if it is in the U.S. interest. Grants additional exemptions if the President makes a new determination. Requires the Administrator to add 250 toxic chemicals to the current list of chemicals subject to release reporting requirements. Adds to the list: (1) all class I and II substances listed under title VI of the Clean Air Act; (2) the 100 toxic chemicals in the group of 250 that present the greatest health and environmental threat, beginning in 1993; and (3) the remaining 150 chemicals in such group, beginning in 1995. Modifies such list to include the following substances if the Administrator fails to propose the additional chemicals: (1) priority pollutants listed under regulations relating to steam electric power point source pollutants under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act; (2) hazardous wastes listed under the Solid Waste Disposal Act; (3) specified chemicals listed under the Clean Air Act; (4) pesticides for which registrations have been denied, cancelled, or suspended or that are undergoing review or are classified for restricted use; (5) contaminants for which maximum contaminant levels have been proposed under the Safe Drinking Water Act; (6) chemicals identified by the Carcinogen Assessment Group of EPA, the International Agency for Research on Cancer, or the National Toxicology Program as probable human carcinogens; (7) extremely hazardous substances listed under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986; and (8) chemicals listed in a specified California Regulatory Notice as reproductive toxins. Removes a limit on the number of chemicals that may be included on the list based on determinations of potential toxicity, persistence in the environment, or bioaccumulation. Provides for the deletions of chemicals from the list if there is sufficient evidence that adverse effects are not established (currently, if there is not sufficient evidence to establish certain criteria). Authorizes the Administrator to establish additional thresholds for reporting based on the amount of any toxic chemicals released to the environment or transferred offsite from a facility. Permits States to establish lower threshold amounts for facilities in their jurisdictions. Directs the Administrator to require specified information concerning amounts of chemicals entering the waste stream, recycling and treatment of chemicals, source reduction, catastrophic or remedial releases, and percentage changes from previous years to be included on toxic chemical release forms, beginning in 1992. Requires additional information concerning input and output of chemicals, materials accounting, and goals for pollution prevention to be included on such forms, beginning in 1994. Repeals certain reporting requirements and requirements for a mass balance study under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986. Grants access to information and facilities to EPA employees and authorized States. Prescribes civil penalties for noncompliance with access requirements. Removes an exemption from release reporting requirements with respect to the transportation of covered toxic chemicals. Directs the Administrator to establish a grant program to assist States, local governments, local emergency planning commissions, and State emergency response commissions in carrying out the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986. Requires States to make 75 percent of a grant available to local governments and emergency planning commissions. Bases the awarding of grants on the extent to which chemical substances are manufactured, processed, used, and disposed of in a State, the extent of exposure to such substances in a State, and the population density of a State. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Administrator to study and report to the appropriate congressional committees on methods of encouraging the reporting of toxics information through the use of computer telecommunication and other means. Requires the Director of the Office of Technology Assessment to study and report to the Administrator and the appropriate congressional committees on the provision to the public of toxic release inventory information. Title II: Pollution Prevention - Pollution Prevention Act of 1992 - Integrates portions of the Pollution Prevention Act of 1990 into the Solid Waste Disposal Act. Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to direct the Administrator, in promulgating requirements under specified environmental laws, to give pollution prevention the highest priority. Replaces references to "source reduction" in the Pollution Prevention Act of 1990 with "pollution prevention." Requires owners or operators of facilities subject to toxic chemical release reporting requirements to periodically prepare pollution prevention plans, summaries, and progress reports. Sets forth plan preparation deadlines and content requirements. Makes plan summaries and progress reports available to the public. Provides for the modification of plans and summaries to correct deficiencies. Authorizes the Administrator to require plan preparers to receive training or attend seminars on the preparation of toxic release inventories and pollution prevention plans. Requires the Administrator to periodically prepare reports with respect to specific industrial categories of facilities and production units for which pollution prevention plans are required. Permits the Administrator to require owners or operators of such facilities to conduct feasibility studies with respect to: (1) the attainment of a specific pollution prevention performance standard for, or the implementation of a particular pollution prevention measure at, the facility or production unit; or (2) the use of out-of-process recycling as a complement to pollution prevention. Requires the Administrator to establish a research program to assist EPA's Office of Pollution Prevention in performing its functions. Grants access to information and facilities to EPA employees and authorized States. Prescribes civil penalties for noncompliance with access requirements and criminal penalties for knowing violations of this title's requirements. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1992
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to allow a person to sell or issue to an individual entitled to benefits under part A (Hospital Insurance) or enrolled under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of Medicare a Medicare supplemental insurance (Medigap) policy providing for benefits which duplicate health benefits to which such individual is otherwise entitled, provided such benefits are payable to or on behalf of an individual without regard to other health benefit coverage of such individual. Makes it unlawful for a person to issue or sell a Medigap policy to an individual entitled to benefits under Medicare part A or enrolled under Medicare part B with knowledge that such policy duplicates health benefits to which such individual is otherwise entitled under another Medigap policy. Provides criminal penalties for violations of this paragraph. Provides that the amendments made by this Act shall take effect as if included in the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990.
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1992
Insurance Simplification and Portability Act of 1992 - Title I: Qualified Health Insurance Plans - Amends the Social Security Act to add a new title XXI, Health Insurance, under which the Secretary of Health and Human Services is required to establish the Health Insurance Standards Commission. Requires the Commission to: (1) prepare and submit to the Secretary a report with recommendations for implementing the requirements of this new title; (2) develop a long-term plan for the implementation of computerized billing, eligibility, and any other activity that it determines to be appropriate and uniform standards for electronic data interchange; (3) acquire from the American National Standards Institute reports on such Institute's progress in developing electronic data interchange and, based upon such reports, adopt additional electronic data interchange standards for incorporation into such plan; (4) make recommendations to the Secretary concerning plan components and uniform standards for electronic data interchange as well as recommendations for certain revisions, including revisions in the standards and requirements that a health insurance plan must meet, in addition to those described below, in order to be a qualified plan; (5) collect and review information concerning medical and surgical procedures and services, giving special attention to treatment patterns for conditions that appear to involve excessively costly or inappropriate services not adding to the quality of care provided, in order to identify patterns of medically appropriate uses of health resources; (6) collect and review data concerning the effectiveness and efficiency of health insurance claims billing systems; and (7) collect and review data on health care cost-containment methods that maintain high quality care and the right of the patient to choose his or her provider. Requires the Secretary, taking into consideration Commission recommendations, to review: (1) proposed Commission requirements and determine requirements for the implementation of efficient, cost-effective computerized billing and for requiring that a health insurance plan meet such requirements in order to be a qualified plan; and (2) requirements with respect to qualified plans and determine appropriate revisions in such requirements necessary to maintain the efficient and effective delivery of medically appropriate and necessary care that is of high quality and the reductions in administrative costs. Authorizes appropriations. Establishes a part C under new title XXI under which are established Federal standards for health insurance plans that incorporate specified requirements relating to: (1) insurer registration with the applicable regulatory authority for each State; (2) plan eligibility and renewability; (3) restrictions on rating practices; and (4) limits on out-of-pocket costs and copayments. Title II: Tax Penalty On Noncomplying Insurers - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose an excise tax on health insurance policies which do not conform to Federal standards established under title I of this Act. Requires such tax, equal to 25 percent of gross plan premiums, to be paid by the issuer of the plan.
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1992
States that the Congress calls for: (1) the President to terminate all cases in the Special Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) Review for Eastern and Central Europe that involve petitions for products considered and rejected, or petitions filed and rejected, in any previous GSP annual review, such as Goya cheese, prepared or preserved mushrooms, grape wine, glassware, and chinaware; (2) reaffirmation of the President's determinations of May 3, 1991; and (3) the determination that GSP program reauthorization should include the review of any discretion to waive the required three-year waiting period.
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1992
Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to establish the Income Dependent Education Assistance (IDEA) program as part D of such title. (Replaces the current part D, Income Contingent Direct Loan Demonstration Project.) Authorizes the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) to carry out IDEA as a program that: (1) makes direct loans (self-reliance loans) to all eligible students enrolled at participating institutions of higher education, without regard to student financial need; and (2) establishes an account for each borrower and collects repayments on such loans in accordance with the Internal Revenue Code (as amended by this Act). Directs the Secretary to: (1) make IDEA payments to participating institutions on the basis of estimated borrowing needs of students; and (2) make initial IDEA payments in a manner similar to the procedure for distribution of Pell Grants. Deems eligible students at participating institutions to have a contractual right against the United States to receive a self-reliance loan, regardless of financial need, but requires such students nonetheless to undergo needs test assessments for the Pell Grant and Stafford Loan programs for the fiscal year for which the self-reliance loan is to be received. Directs the Secretary to select for IDEA program participation diverse types of institutions of higher education from among those eligible to participate in Stafford Loan programs. Limits the initial selection to 300 institutions by May 1, 1993, with the projected volume of new student borrowing under IDEA not to exceed specified limits for each of FY 1994 through 1997. Provides for expansion of the program, beginning on August 1, 1997, by directing the Secretary to permit participation by all institutions of higher education that have the administrative and fiscal capacity to administer a self-reliance loan program, if the Congress: (1) does not act before such date to terminate or modify the program; and (2) takes the affirmative step to approve such expansion by providing sufficient resources to offset program costs. Directs the Secretary to publish criteria for institutional eligibility for the IDEA program by September 1, 1995. Sets forth requirements for institutional applications and program agreements. Sets forth borrowing limits on self-reliance loans, as follows: (1) annual: $5,000 for an undergraduate, $15,000 for a graduate student; (2) aggregate: $25,000 for an undergraduate, $30,000 for a gradute student (with a $30,000 maximum for any student); (3) maximum in combination with Stafford guaranteed loan programs and Perkins direct loans, equal to specified limits on aggregate indebtedness under the Stafford loans program except that independent students under the Supplemental Loans for Students (SLS) program may borrow an additional $10,000 under IDEA above those limits; and (4) no self-reliance loan to exceed the student's cost of attendance for the year in question. Requires the interest rate for self-reliance loans to be: (1) established at the time the loan is made; and (2) equal to the interest rate on 52-week Treasury bills plus an additional two percentage points. Directs the Secretary to establish such interest rate at the same time and with the same frequency as interest rates are established for the Supplemental Loans for Students program. Requires repayment of self-reliance loans through the income tax collection system. Requires borrowers to devote seven percent of their adjusted gross income to such repayment, except that the Secretary is required to allow the following options to borrowers at the following levels of indebtedness when they enter repayment: (1) for low indebtedness, three, five, or seven percent of such income; and (2) for moderate indebtedness, five or seven percent of such income. Provides that self-reliance loan borrowers shall be in repayment status for any taxable year, unless: (1) the borrower was, during at least seven months of such year, a student enrolled in an institution of higher education on at least a half-time basis; or (2) such taxable year was the first year in which the borrower was such a student and the borrower was such a student during the last three months of such year. Requires repayment to continue until the loan has been repaid or for 25 years after the borrower ceases to be enrolled on at least a half-time basis, whichever occurs first. Provides that no repayment shall be due in any year in which the borrower is not required to file a tax return under the Internal Revenue Code. Requires borrowers who marry individuals who have not received self-reliance loans to make repayments on the basis of the greater of: (1) one-half of the adjusted gross income on the joint income tax return; or (2) the individual borrower's adjusted gross income. Allows borrowers to defer, at their own discretion, payment of interest on self-reliance loans while they attend institutions of higher education on at least a half-time basis. Allows borrowers to prepay all or part of a self-reliance loan to the Secretary without a penalty. Provides for discharge, by the Secretary, of the self-reliance loan liability of any borrower who dies or becomes permanently and totally disabled. Provides that, in general, a self-reliance loan shall not be dischargeable in a case of bankruptcy, but authorizes the Secretary to postpone certain portions of the loan liability in such cases. Makes the Secretary responsible for: (1) promulgating terms and conditions of self-reliance loans that are not otherwise specified in this Act; (2) enforcing compliance with institutional program participation requirements through limitation, suspension, or termination actions and additional criteria for monitoring participant performance; (3) developing and administering a central data system for use in administering self-reliance loans; (4) annually certifying to the Secretary of the Treasury specified amounts relating to each borrower's repayment status; (5) developing standard forms and data formats; (6) sending certain reports, including annual reports, to the Congress; and (7) overseeing all participating institutions. Defines eligible student, for IDEA program purposes, as a U.S. citizen aged 17 to 51. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to enter into an agreement with the Secretary of Education to provide for collection of repayments of self-reliance loans. Imposes an educational loan repayment tax equal to the repayment percentage of the taxpayer's adjusted gross income for the taxable year.
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1992
Designates April 9, 1992 (the 50th anniversary of the fall of Bataan), as the Day of Recognition of Filipino War Veterans. Authorizes and urges the President to present a copy of this resolution to Filipino veterans and the Filipino people in Manila on April 9, 1992, during the observance of such anniversary, as an expression of good will and reaffirmation of the continuing regard of the United States and the American people for a lasting Filipino-American friendship.
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1992
Voting Rights Act Language Assistance Amendments of 1992 - Amends the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to extend the termination date on the prohibition of covered States and political subdivisions providing voting materials only in English. Modifies criteria for determining whether a State or subdivision is covered.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1992
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President should: (1) again urge all parties to the conflict in Somalia to declare an immediate ceasefire; (2) urge the United Nations to remain committed to the diplomatic and peacekeeping tasks in Somalia which fall under its mandate, to facilitate the distribution of emergency assistance to those areas of Somalia which are peaceful and to explore options for assisting people in nonsecure areas, and to appoint mediators to facilitate the achievement of the earliest possible ceasefire; and (3) encourage other neutral mediation efforts by nongovernmental and regional organizations.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1992
Expresses the sense of the Senate that dairy products, including nonfat dry milk, from U.S. stocks should be used as part of the humanitarian assistance provided to the republics of the former Soviet Union.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1992
Requires a one-year delay in the implementation of final regulations prohibiting pension plan benefits from discriminating in favor of highly compensated employees. Grants a two-year delay in the case of plans maintained by governments and tax-exemption organizations.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1992
Cancer Registries Amendment Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants or contracts to operate population-based, statewide cancer registries in order to collect certain data for each form of in-situ and invasive cancer except basal cell and squamous cell carcinoma of the skin. Authorizes grants for planning the registries. Mandates a study on factors contributing to elevated rates of breast cancer mortality in Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, and the District of Columbia. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services, directly or through grants and contracts, or both, to provide technical assistance to the States in the establishment and operation of statewide registries. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1992
Suspends the nonvoluntary repatriation of Haitian nationals until a specified date or until certain conditions are met and so certified by the President (international monitoring, reduction of violence in Haiti, danger to repatriated Haitians, and a specific U.S. refugee and asylum administrative system).
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1992
Recognizes and commemorates the centennial of the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws. Requests the President to issue a proclamation observing the centennial from January 1 through December 31, 1992.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1992
Commends and congratulates: (1) all parties to the negotiations with respect to the war in El Salvador, former United Nations (UN) Secretary General Javier Perez de Cuellar, and the Salvadoran people for their persistence, commitment, and dedication to peace; and (2) the Governments of Colombia, Mexico, Spain, and Venezuela for their contributions in support of the negotiating process. Praises President Cristiani for his efforts. Encourages the Salvadoran people and all sectors of Salvadoran society to commit themselves to the process of consolidating peace, democracy, and economic and social development. Expresses the sense of the Senate that the United States should commit itself to: (1) providing appropriate assistance to the Government and people of El Salvador that promote reconstruction, reconciliation, and further strengthening of democracy and democratic institutions; (2) seeking and encouraging other members of the international community to contribute materially to such process; and (3) cooperating with UN efforts to monitor compliance with the peace agreements in El Salvador and other efforts pertaining to the UN role in post-war El Salvador.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1992
Congratulates the Governments and people of Croatia and Slovenia on the occasion of the recognition of their independence by 38 countries. Urges the President to immediately extend diplomatic recognition to, and establish mutually beneficial relations with, Croatia and Slovenia.
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1992
Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to include within the definition of "hazardous waste" any solid waste that: (1) is a mixture of a solid waste and a hazardous waste listed under the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR); (2) is a mixture of solid waste and a hazardous waste that exhibits one or more of the characteristics identified under a specified subpart of the CFR unless the resultant mixture no longer exhibits such characteristics; or (3) is generated from the treatment, storage, or disposal of a hazardous waste. Authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to exclude from such definition solid wastes that would otherwise be deemed hazardous wastes as a result of being generated from the treatment, storage, or disposal of hazardous wastes.
United States · United States Congress · 21 January 1992
Long-Term Care Insurance Improvement and Accountability Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish the Long-Term Care Insurance Standards Commission to establish and modify minimum Federal standards for long-term care insurance. Authorizes appropriations. Prohibits the offering of a long-term care insurance policy in a State unless the State has a regulatory program meeting the requirements of this Act or the policy has been certified by the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Directs the Secretary to periodically review State regulatory programs. Provides for enforcement of the prohibition. Authorizes grants to States for demonstration programs to improve enforcement of the standards. Imposes on agents selling long-term policies a duty of good faith and fair dealing. Prohibits: (1) twisting, high pressure tactics, and cold lead advertising; and (2) the agent from completing the medical history portion of the application. Mandates minimum financial standards, including income and asset criteria, for the purchase of a long-term policy. Prohibits sales: (1) to an individual eligible for assistance under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act; and (2) of duplicate service policies. Provides for penalties. Mandates agent training and certification. Sets forth additional carrier responsibilities relating to refunding of premiums, mailing of policies, providing information on denials of claims, reporting of information, and limiting compensation to agents for the sale or renewal of policies. Prohibits cancellation or nonrenewal of a long-term care policy except for nonpayment of premium or material misrepresentation. Sets forth continuation and conversion rights for group policies. Requires guaranteed issuance to an individual if the individual meets the minimum medical requirements of the policy. Limits cancellation for nonpayment by an incapacitated individual. Requires: (1) standard definitions and terminology, a uniform format, and standard benefits; and (2) disclosure of certain matters, including an outline of benefits. Limits certain conditions on benefits, including those based on preexisting conditions. Requires: (1) that eligibility for, and the level of, benefits be based on a functional assessment; (2) inflation protection; (3) limits on premium increases; and (4) nonforfeiture benefits. Limits the period during which the issuer may cancel the policy or deny a claim based on fraud or misrepresentation. Establishes: (1) the right of a purchaser to return a policy within a specified period; and (2) civil money penalties for failure to comply with specified provisions of this Act. Defines "long-term care insurance policy," excluding: (1) any Medicare supplemental policies; (2) other insurance offered primarily to provide specified types of coverage; and (3) certain life insurance policies. Requires the Commission to issue guidelines applicable to organizations that endorse long-term policies or permit such policies to be offered through their organization. Authorizes appropriations to provide information, counseling, and assistance regarding the procurement of long-term insurance. Mandates reports to the Congress on: (1) standards to assure the solvency of insurers regarding long-term care policies; and (2) a standard measure of value for long-term care policies.
United States · United States Congress · 27 November 1991
Steel Industry Corrective Action Policy Amendments of 1991 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act, with respect to the standards applicable for cleanup of hazardous waste at certain steel manufacturing facilities, to require that groundwater correction measure standards be met at the facility's property boundary (rather than at the boundary of each individual solid waste management unit). Provides for groundwater monitoring at facility boundaries and other locations. Requires the establishment by facility owners or operators of a fund to provide financial responsibility for monitoring and corrective measures for 30 years following cessation of operations. Requires assurance of financial responsibility by such facilities for completing corrective action in the amount required to complete the selected remedy. Authorizes financial responsibility to be established by any combination of insurance, guarantee, surety bond, letter of credit, trust agreement, qualification as a self-insurer, or other method provided under the Solid Waste Disposal Act. Establishes eligibility requirements for self-insurers, including compliance with a specified financial tests. Provides that facilities shall not be required to provide independent assurance of financial responsibility for closure and post-closure care for the same facility, regulated unit, or solid waste management unit. Permits financial responsibility assurances for less than the full amount of corrective action costs by facilities that cannot comply with financial tests required for self-insurers. Phases in the remaining amounts to be committed in subsequent years.
United States · United States Congress · 27 November 1991
Right to Know More Act of 1991 - Requires owners or operators of facilities subject to toxic chemical release requirements under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 that meet threshold requirements under such Act or threshold quantities established under this Act for releases or transfers to offsite facilities to include comparable supplemental information for transfers or releases of chemicals that are: (1) priority pollutants relating to steam electric power point source pollutants under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act; (2) specified hazardous wastes listed under the Solid Waste Disposal Act; (3) specified chemicals listed under the Clean Air Act; (4) pesticides with respect to which the registration has been denied, cancelled, or is under suspension or pesticides undergoing administrative review or that are classified for restricted use; (5) chemicals listed under the Safe Drinking Water Act for which maximum contaminant levels have been proposed; (6) chemicals identified as carcinogens by the Carcinogen Assessment Group of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the International Agency for Research on Cancer, or the National Toxicology Program; (7) extremely hazardous substances listed pursuant to the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986; and (8) chemicals listed in 90 California Regulatory Notice Register 990 as reproductive toxins. Directs the EPA Administrator to establish a threshold quantity for releases to the environment or transfers to offsite facilities for such chemicals. Sets specified thresholds for such chemicals if the Administrator fails to establish thresholds. Applies toxic chemical release reporting requirements to facilities employing at least ten full-time employees that are currently exempt from such requirements under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986, but meet threshold reporting requirements. Requires facilities subject to reporting requirements to submit additional information that includes maximum hourly release rates for chemicals, compilations of annual input, accumulation, and output quantities of chemicals, targeted production processes, and goals for reduction in the use and generation of such chemicals. Directs the Administrator to: (1) establish criteria to aid such facilities in focusing pollution prevention strategies on targeted production processes; and (2) identify environmental and health hazards resulting from such chemicals. Applies provisions of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 concerning trade secrets, public availability of information, and the provision of information to health professionals to toxics information under this Act. Prescribes civil and administrative penalties for violations of this Act. Directs the Administrator to study and report to the appropriate congressional committees on methods of encouraging the reporting of toxics information through the use of computer telecommunication and other means. Waives compliance with this Act if the President determines a waiver to be necessary in the paramount interest of the United States. Authorizes petitions for rescission of waivers. Requires the Director of the Office of Technology Assessment to study and report to the Administrator and the appropriate congressional committees on the provision to the public of toxic release inventory information and reports required by this Act. Directs the Administrator to establish a grant program to assist States, local governments, local emergency planning commissions, and State emergency response commissions in carrying out specified provisions of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 and this Act. Requires States to make 75 percent of a grant available to local governments and emergency planning commissions. Bases the awarding of grants on the extent to which chemical substances are manufactured, processed, used, and disposed of in a State, the extent of exposure to such substances in a State, and the population density of a State. Authorizes appropriations. Makes owners or operators of facilities subject to reporting requirements of this Act subject to source reduction and recycling reporting requirements under the Pollution Prevention Act of 1990.
United States · United States Congress · 26 November 1991
Repeals the Assault Weapon Manufacturing Strict Liability Act of 1990, signed by the Mayor of the District of Columbia. Restores or revives any provisions of law amended or repealed by it.
United States · United States Congress · 26 November 1991
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow certain business entities to elect to use a fiscal year for tax purposes other than the required taxable year. Modifies provisions concerning required payments for such entitites.
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