United States · United States Congress · 12 August 1992
World War II 50th Anniversary Commemorative Coins Act - Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States should recognize the 50th anniversary of World War II by minting and issuing commemorative coins for the anniversaries of: (1) World War II; (2) the Battle of Normandy; and (3) "D-Day." Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) issue and mint such coins in five-dollar gold, one-dollar silver, and half-dollar clad denominations; and (2) determine the role that the American Battle Monuments Commission and the Battle of Normandy Foundation shall have in coin promotion and marketing. Mandates that surcharges received from the sale of such coins be deposited in a coinage profit fund and allocated, upon separate congressional authorization, to the American Battle Monuments Commission to establish a World War II memorial and to the Battle of Normandy Foundation to dedicate, on the 50th anniversary of D-Day and Battle of Normandy Memorial in Normandy, France. Directs the Secretary to report semiannually to the Congress regarding implementation of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 5 August 1992
Congratulates the citizens of Israel on concluding fair and open democratic elections. Welcomes Prime Minister Rabin to the United States. Applauds his statements and actions encouraging active participation in the search for peace. Calls upon all parties in the region to actively and seriously engage in the peace process.
United States · United States Congress · 30 July 1992
Declares that it is U.S. policy to seek international agreements prohibiting the sale, transfer, or export; limiting the use; and terminating the production, possession, or deployment of antipersonnel landmines. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should seek to negotiate an international agreement or a modification of the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious or To Have Indiscriminate Effects to prohibit the sale, transfer, or export of antipersonnel landmines. Prohibits for a period of one year from this Act's enactment date: (1) sales, financing, transfers, and the issuance of licenses under the Arms Export Control with respect to antipersonnel landmines; and (2) assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 with respect to the provision of such landmines.
United States · United States Congress · 2 July 1992
Supplemental Compensation Plan Act of 1992 - Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to establish a U.S. Supplemental Compensation Plan to supplement the compensation payable to claimants under the Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to International Carriage by Air (Warsaw Convention) with respect to death, or personal injury, of airline passengers. Prohibits air carriers required to participate in the Plan from engaging in any air transportation unless they comply with specified requirements. Requires each air carrier to submit to the Secretary of Transportation for approval an agreement to designate an agent as its attorney in fact in order to: (1) negotiate the Compensation Plan Contribution; (2) select and negotiate with the Plan Administrator; and (3) monitor the Plan Administrator's performance. Provides for: (1) liability of the Plan Administrator for covered damages to claimants; (2) collection and payment of the Compensation Plan Contribution; (3) notice to claimants and evaluation of their claims; (4) claimants' proof of claim for offer of settlement; and (5) negotiation with and selection of the Plan Administrator.
United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1992
Establishes reemployment rights for Department of Defense (DOD) employees in reduction in force (RIF) actions. Requires DOD and each military department concerned to offer an employee who has been released under a RIF the right of first refusal to a job such entity restores within two years after the employee's release. Prohibits such entities from replacing within two years such an employee with a contract or temporary employee. Provides that if DOD or a military department seeks to staff some positions within two years after a RIF, it must offer reemployment to employees released under the RIF on the basis of seniority. Requires the Office of Personnel Management to keep a Government-wide list of vacant positions and establish a toll-free number which will enable the public to access information on the list. Requires Federal agencies to give qualified displaced DOD employees full consideration before hiring candidates from outside the agency. Codifies existing regulations requiring agencies to issue specific written notices to employees and their representatives at least 60 days prior to a RIF. Requires additionally that an agency also notify the appropriate State dislocated worker unit and chief elected official whenever a significant number of employees will be separated under a RIF. Amends the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 and the Defense Authorization Amendments and Base Closure and Realignment Act to make civilian employees at military installations scheduled for closure or realignment eligible to receive assistance under the defense conversion adjustment program under the Job Training Partnership Act one year in advance of the closure or realignment. Provides that DOD or each military department concerned may offer certain employees the option of receiving a lump sum payment for unused sick leave. Provides that this option is in lieu of adding unused sick leave to length of service for purposes of calculating Federal retirement benefits. Allows DOD and each military department concerned to authorize payment of a lump sum separation benefit to certain civilian employees to encourage voluntary separations. Sets forth rules for determining the amount of such payment. Provides that civilian employees at military bases scheduled for closure between October 1, 1992, and December 31, 1997, will be allowed to have annual leave which was lost as a result of closure operations during such period restored. Provides for continued health benefit coverage for DOD employees involuntarily separated under a RIF. Requires such an employee to continue to pay his or her share of the premium under the health plan involved. Provides that an employee who is involuntarily separated under a RIF will be treated as if entitled to an immediate annuity under the Thrift Saving Plan.
United States · United States Congress · 24 June 1992
Repeals a Federal prohibition on the payment of compensation to a veteran who has neither spouse, child, nor dependent parent, who is rated by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs as being incompetent, and whose estate exceeds $25,000, until the estate's value is reduced to less than $10,000.
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1992
Chemical Demilitarization Program Revisions Act of 1992 - Amends the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986 to direct the Secretary of Defense to carry out the destruction of the stockpile of lethal chemical agents and munitions in accordance with a schedule prescribed by the Secretary, which shall be consistent with U.S. diplomatic and treaty obligations. (Current law sets a stockpile elimination deadline of July 31, 1999.) Establishes the Chemical Demilitarization Advisory Commission to determine, and report to the President and the Congress on, alternative technologies appropriate for use in the disposal of such agents and munitions. Requires the Secretary to submit to the Congress a revised stockpile elimination plan, taking into account the determinations of the Commission and other specified considerations, including: (1) a revised stockpile disposal schedule; (2) revised life-cycle cost estimates and schedules; and (3) a detailed description of the facilities, technology, and operating procedures to be used in carrying out such plan. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) develop and implement a program with any of the affected independent states of the former Soviet Union or any country that is a signatory of a treaty banning the possession of chemical weapons for the exchange of technical knowledge on the disposal of chemical weapons, to explore and develop safer, more cost-effective methods of such disposal; and (2) make grants to individuals in the private sector with expertise in the disposal of chemical agents to cover the costs incurred in exchange activities under such program. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1992
Requires the Senate to participate in State and local government transit programs to encourage Senate employees to use public transportation. Authorizes the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration to issue regulations pertaining to such participation through, and at the discretion of, the Senate's members, committees, officers, and officials.
United States · United States Congress · 11 June 1992
Prohibits the transfer of construction or fire equipment from Department of Defense stocks to any foreign country or international organization under foreign assistance or military sales programs.
United States · United States Congress · 4 June 1992
United States - China Act of 1992 - Prohibits the President from recommending for a 12-month period in 1993 continuation of a waiver of human rights and emigration requirements for nondiscriminatory treatment (most-favored-nation treatment) for China under the Trade Act of 1974 unless a specified report is submitted to the Congress stating that China has: (1) taken steps to adhere to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in China and Tibet and allowed the unrestricted emigration of Chinese citizens who desire to leave for reasons of political or religious persecution; (2) accounted for and released prisoners who dissented in Tiananmen Square on June 3, 1989; and (3) prevented the export to the United States of products manufactured by convict or forced labor. Requires such report to state whether China has made significant progress in: (1) ceasing religious persecution in China and Tibet and releasing religious leaders incarcerated as a result of the expression of their religious beliefs; (2) ceasing unfair trade practices against U.S. businesses, and providing them access to Chinese markets, including lowering tariffs, removing nontariff barriers, and increasing the purchase of U.S. goods and services; and (3) adhering to the Missile Control Technology Regime, the Nuclear Suppliers Group controls and the Australian Group on Chemical and Biological Arms controls. Requires the President, if he recommends such extension, to include in a specified document submitted to the Congress a report on China's compliance with the above-mentioned objectives. Grants nondiscriminatory treatment to products produced by nonstate-owned enterprises in China. Requires the President, if he decides not to seek such extension, to ensure that members of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade take similar action with respect to China.
United States · United States Congress · 4 June 1992
GPO Gateway to Government Act of 1992 - Requires the Superintendant of Documents, under the direction of the Public Printer, to establish a Government Printing Office program to provide the public with online access to electronic public information of the Federal Government. Sets forth guidelines for determining fees for accessing such information. Permits depository libraries to access information through such program without charge. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 4 June 1992
Local Exchange Infrastructure Modernization Act of 1992 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to exercise its authority to: (1) preserve and enhance universal telephone service at reasonable rates; (2) achieve universal availability of advanced network capabilities and information services; (3) assure a seamless nationwide distribution network through joint network planning, coordination, and service arrangements between and among local exchange carriers (LECs); (4) maintain high standards of quality for advanced network services; and (5) assure adequate communication for the public health, safety, defense, education, national security, and emergency preparedness. Defines "local exchange carrier" for purposes of such Act as a carrier that: (1) is required to provide upon request, under tariff or subject to other government oversight (by the FCC or a State commission), interstate and intrastate access services and telephone exchange service; (2) is, or was, a participant in one or more interstate pools established by the FCC, or would have been required to participate in one or more such pools had the carrier been engaged in interstate and intrastate access and telephone exchange service while such participation was mandatory; (3) is subject to the requirements imposed by the FCC or a State commission related to the provision of equal access; and (4) conforms with the provisions of the North American Numbering Plan applicable to the assignment of numbering resources for telephone exchange service, as defined by the Plan's Administrator. Requires the FCC to prescribe regulations that require: (1) joint coordinated network planning, design, and cooperative implementation among all LECs in the provision of public switched network infrastructure and services; (2) development of standards for interconnection between the LEC public switched network and others by appropriate standard-setting bodies; and (3) a LEC to share public switched network infrastructure and functionality with requesting LECs which serve a geographic area for which they lack economies of scale or scope for the particular required network functionality. Specifies that: (1) no LEC shall be prohibited from transporting or processing signalling and information for another LEC in adjoining or reasonably proximate serving areas upon request of that LEC to the same extent that the providing LEC is permitted to engage in such activities for itself; (2) nothing in such Act shall be construed to alter, limit, or supersede the authority of any State with respect to the regulation of intrastate communication service; and (3) nothing contained in Federal or State antitrust law shall render unlawful any action taken by a LEC or any individual or concerted action taken such as lobbying before the Congress, the FCC, or communicating by any means with other LECs, by any LEC, or its directors, officers, agents, employees, affiliates, subsidiaries, joint ventures, counsel, or other persons purporting to act on behalf of such carrier.
United States · United States Congress · 2 June 1992
Savings Association Interstate Branching Limitation Act of 1992 - Establishes a 15-month moratorium on interstate branching by Federal savings associations.
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1992
Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research on Space and Aeronautics Act - Directs the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), using the National Science Foundation infrastructure, to make grants (and supplemental grants) to eligible States in areas of research important to NASA. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1992
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of Agriculture should study options for implementing universal-type school lunch and breakfast programs.
United States · United States Congress · 14 May 1992
National Guard and Reserve Personnel Transition Benefits Act of 1992 - Title I: Personnel Protections Transition Plan - Provides that, during the period beginning on October 1, 1991, and ending on September 30, 1995 (force reduction transition period), no unit in the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve (the Reserve) of the armed forces may be deactivated and no member of the Reserve may be involuntarily separated from the armed forces, involuntarily reassigned to a unit or position not in the Reserve, or otherwise involuntarily given a status not in the Reserve before the Secretary of Defense has promulgated, implemented, and transmitted to the House and Senate Armed Services Committees regulations that govern the treatment of members of the Reserve assigned to such units and subjected to such actions, with exceptions. Specifies that: (1) the purpose of such regulations shall be to ensure that the members of the Reserve are treated with fairness, with respect for their service, and with attention to the adverse personal consequences of Reserve unit deactivations and other involuntary changes in their status; and (2) such regulations shall include such provisions as necessary to implement the provisions of this Act, as well as such other policies and procedures for the recruitment of personnel for the Reserve, and for the reassignment, retraining, separation, and retirement of Reserve members, as are appropriate for satisfying the needs of the Reserve together with such purpose. Directs that such regulations include: (1) the giving of a priority to Reserve personnel for reassignment to Reserve units not being deactivated and for transfer among the reserve components of the armed forces in order to facilitate reassignment to such units; (2) a requirement that the Secretaries of the military departments take diligent actions to ensure that members of the reserve components are informed in easily understandable terms of the rights and benefits conferred upon such personnel by this Act and by such regulations; and (3) such other protections, preferences, and benefits (protections) as the Secretary considers appropriate. Requires such regulations to apply uniformly to the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps. Makes such protections inapplicable with respect to personnel who are separated or transferred under adverse conditions. Title II: Retired Pay - Authorizes the Secretary concerned (with exceptions) to grant a person under age 60, upon the application of such person, immediate reduced retired pay if: (1) as of October 1, 1991, such person has performed at least 20 years of service, or after that date and before October 1, 1995, completes 20 years of service; (2) the person is a member of the Reserve; (3) the person satisfies specified age and service requirements; and (4) the person applies for the immediate reduced retired pay within one year after the later of the date of the enactment of this Act or the date on which the person satisfies the applicable years-of-service requirement (such dates). Permits the Secretary concerned (with exceptions) to grant a person, upon application of such person, retired pay if: (1) as of October 1, 1991, such person has performed at least 15 years of service or after that date and before October 1, 1995, completes 15 years of service; (2) the person is a member of the Reserve; (3) the person satisfies specified age and service requirements; and (4) within one year after the later of such dates, the person applies for retired pay or requests transfer to an inactive status list. Authorizes the Secretary concerned (subject to restrictions consistent with the purpose set forth in this Act) to limit the applicability of provisions under this title to any category of personnel defined by such Secretary in order to meet a need of the armed forces under the jurisdiction of the Secretary concerned to reduce the number of members in certain grades, who have completed a certain number of years of service, or who possess certain military skills or are serving in designated competitive categories. Sets forth a formula for reduced retired pay for non-regular service members of the armed forces who retire before age 60. Title III: Additional Benefits - Entitles a member of the Reserve who, after completing at least six, and before completing 15, years of service, is involuntarily separated from the armed forces during the force reduction transition period, to separation pay. Sets forth a formula for determining the amount of such pay. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) the relationship of such pay to other service-related pay; and (2) uniformity of regulations among the various armed services. Provides that a person who involuntarily ceases to be a member of the Reserve during the force reduction transition period may be provided educational assistance for specified periods of time, based upon the number of years of service completed. Sets forth: (1) further provisions with respect to educational assistance; and (2) provisions regarding refunds of contributions in cases where a person's entitlement to such assistance is reduced below 36 months. Directs the Secretary of Defense to prescribe regulations to authorize a person who involuntarily ceases to be a member of the Reserve during the force reduction transition period to continue to use commissary and exchange stores for a specified period. Extends the period of group life insurance coverage from 120 to 365 days in the case of a former member of the Reserve. Sets forth requirements with respect to eligibility, payment of premiums, and actions necessary to implement this provision. Authorizes the Secretary of the military department concerned (with exceptions) to limit the applicability of a benefit provided under this title to any category of personnel defined by such Secretary in order to meet a need of the armed force under the jurisdiction of the Secretary concerned to reduce the number of members in certain grades, who have completed a certain number of years of service, or who possess certain military skills or are serving in designated competitive categories. Makes the provisions of this title inapplicable with respect to personnel who cease to be members of the Reserve under adverse conditions. Specifies that the eligibility of a member of a reserve component of the armed forces (after having involuntarily ceased to be a member of the Reserve) to receive benefits and privileges under this title terminates upon the involuntary separation of such member from the armed forces under adverse conditions.
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
Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to allow, on order of a veterinarian: (1) a new animal drug approved for one use to be used for a different purpose; and (2) a new drug approved for human use to be used in non-food producing animals.
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 · 5 May 1992
Petroleum Marketing Practices Act Amendments of 1992 - Amends the Petroleum Marketing Practices Act to allow as grounds for nonrenewal of a franchise relationship the failure of the parties to agree to changes to the franchise provisions as long as such failure is not the result of the franchisor's insistence for the purpose of converting a franchisee operation into one operated by the franchisor's employees or agents (that is, turning the franchise into a company-owned station). Prohibits a State or any political subdivision from implementing any law or regulation which requires payment for a franchisee's goodwill upon either termination or nonrenewal of a franchise. Permits State law to specify the terms and conditions under which a franchise or franchise relationship may be transferred to a franchisee's designated successor upon the franchisee's death. Requires a franchisor that does not wish to exercise its underlying lease options to lease or purchase the marketing premises, to offer to assign them to the franchisee as a prerequisite to termination or nonrenewal of the franchise relationship. Bars a franchisor from requiring, as a condition of the franchise relationship, that the franchisee waive or release its rights under Federal or State law. Declares invalid and unenforceable any franchise provision which specifies that franchise interpretation or enforcement shall be governed by the law of any State other than the one in which the franchisee has its principal place of business.
United States · United States Congress · 5 May 1992
Entitles a member or employee of the Capitol Police whose pay is disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate and who is separated from the Capitol Police to receive a lump-sum payment for accumulated and current accrued annual leave, based on service with the Capitol Police. Terminates this Act after two years.
United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1992
Aviation Noise Improvement and Capacity Act of 1992 - Title I: Airport and Airway Improvement Act Amendments - Amends the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 to declare that: (1) it is in the public interest to recognize the effects of airport capacity expansion projects on airport noise; and (2) noncompatible land uses around airports must be reduced, and efforts to mitigate noise must be given a high priority. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1993 through 1995 for: (1) airport development and planning projects; (2) air navigation facilities; (3) weather reporting services for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); (4) aviation research, engineering and development, and demonstration projects; and (5) enhancing airport capacity. Requires the Administrator of the FAA to assure that sufficient resources are available to develop improved technology for reduction in engine and airframe noise and aircraft emissions. Amends Federal law to authorize appropriations for FY 1993 through 1995 for FAA operations. Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to revise the minimum Federal appropriation levels which permit imposition of local airport passenger facility fees on airline passengers. Amends the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 to increase the apportionment of airport development and planning funds for: (1) airports which are served by aircraft providing only air cargo (including mail) transportation; and (2) primary airports. Repeals the limitation on the amount of such funds. Decreases the State apportionment of such funds. Limits to no more than 44 percent (currently, 49.5 percent) the apportionment of such funds for primary and cargo service airports in cases where such apportionment has been limited or reduced by an Act of the Congress. Extends the funding for the military airport set-aside program. Increases the noise set-aside apportionment for airport noise compatibility planning programs. Prohibits the Secretary of Transportation (Secretary) from obligating funds for airport development projects for the construction or extension of a runway for large aircraft operations at an airport unless it has a noise compatibility program which takes into account such runway extension or construction. Authorizes the increase by a specified percentage of the maximum obligation of the United States for airport development and planning projects for FY 1993 and thereafter for an airport other than a primary airport. Includes as an "aircraft development" activity the: (1) relocation of an air traffic control tower if relocation is necessary to carry out an approved project; and (2) if funded by a grant under this title, construction, reconstruction, repair, or improvement of an airport (or any purchase of capital equipment for an airport) which is necessary for compliance with specified Federal laws, other than construction or purchase of capital equipment which would benefit a revenue-producing area of the airport used by a nonaeronautical business. Requires as a condition precedent to the approval of an airport development project grant application that the Secretary receive assurances that a report of the airport budget will be available to the public at reasonable times and places. Requires the Administrator of the FAA to increase the employment of aviation safety inspectors by a specified ratio percentage. Title II: Federal Aviation Act Amendments - Amends Federal law to limit the term of the Administrator of the FAA appointed after March 1, 1993, to one five-year term. Requires the Administrator of the FAA to require, by regulation, procedures to improve safety of aircraft operations during winter conditions. Requires the Administrator of the FAA to initiate a rulemaking to consider whether it is advisable to require enhanced training or education, especially on the use of autopilot and high altitude flight, for pilots operating high performance, single engine, propeller-driven aircraft. Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to authorize the Administrator of the FAA to enter into a contract with a State or political subdivision to permit it to operate a level I visual flight rules airport traffic control tower, provided certain safety and contract requirements are met. Requires all persons to give adequate public notice of the establishment or expansion, or the proposed establishment or expansion, of any structure or sanitary landfill where such notice will promote safety in air commerce and preserve the navigable airspace and airport traffic capacity at public-use airports. Title III: Airline Consumer Protection and Competition Emergency Commission - Airline Consumer Protection and Competition Emergency Commission Act of 1992 - Establishes the Emergency Commission on Airline Consumer Protection and Competition to: (1) assess and report to the President and the Congress on the state of the airline industry and the aircraft manufacturing industry, particularly the full implications of foreign ownership of U.S. carriers; and (2) recommend Government policies to improve the competitive environment for the U.S. airline industry and aircraft manufacturing industry, retard the flow of carrier bankruptcies and accompanying loss of jobs, assure continued ownership and control of U.S. carriers by U.S. citizens, promote adequate levels of competition and service with reasonable fares in all geographic areas of the Nation, and stabilize the work environment of airline industry employees.
United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1992
Used Oil Energy Production Act - Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to require a producer or importer of 100,000 gallons or more per year of lubricating oil to increase annually the percentage (set by the Secretary) of recycled oil either: (1) by refining, rerefining, or reprocessing it into petroleum products (including fuels); or (2) by purchasing certain oil recycling credits. Exempts certain facilities from such requirements. Requires annual reports to specified congressional committees. Authorizes appropriations. Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) not to list or identify used oil as a hazardous waste for certain purposes.
United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1992
Provides for the printing as a Senate document of "A Manual of Parliamentary Practice for the Use of the Senate of the United States," by Thomas Jefferson.
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1992
Department of Energy Laboratory Technology Partnership Act of 1992 - Establishes the Department of Energy (DOE) partnership program under which the Secretary of Energy must ensure that departmental laboratories enter into research partnerships with industry, educational institutions, and other Federal agencies. Authorizes the Secretary to establish Secretary of Energy Partnerships to develop research and demonstration activities listed in the biennial National Critical Technologies Report or in other specified areas. Grants such partnerships the same preference they would receive under the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 if they agree that products embodying inventions made under a cooperative research and development agreement will be manufactured substantially in the United States. Directs the Secretary to encourage research partnerships with minority educational institutions and private sector entities owned or controlled by disadvantaged individuals. Cites the technology research and demonstration areas which such partnerships may target. Directs the Secretary to: (1) encourage the exchange of scientists and engineers among departmental laboratories, educational institutions, industry, and other Federal agencies; (2) provide fellowships to facilitate personnel exchanges from such areas; (3) provide education and training and further partnerships; (4) develop evaluation mechanisms; (5) develop a management plan for implementation of this Act; and (6) report biennially to the Congress on its implementation. Directs the Secretary to establish the Laboratory Partnership Advisory Board to provide guidance on the implementation of this Act. Amends the Department of Energy Organization Act to: (1) increase the number of DOE Under Secretaries from one to three and the number of Assistant Secretaries from eight to 11; and (2) establish the position of General Counsel. Requires the Secretary to make recommendations to the Congress regarding establishment of an Office of Technology Research within DOE. Directs the Secretary to establish a Laboratory Career Path Program to recruit employees of departmental laboratories to serve in positions in DOE. (Currently such transfers are unlawful.) Sets forth mechanisms to ensure the integrity of service that the proscription against such transfer was meant to achieve.
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1992
Directs the Committee on Rules and Administration to promulgate regulations pertaining to and requiring the payment of fees for the service provided by the Attending Physician and the operation and use of the Senate health and fitness facilities. Authorizes the Secretary of the Senate to withhold fees from an individual's salary for such services or use.
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1992
Veterans' Employment and Training Act of 1992 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (Secretary) and the Secretary of Labor to assist eligible veterans in obtaining employment with eligible employers in permanent and stable positions that require significant training by providing: (1) training assistance payments to employers who employ and train eligible veterans; and (2) training benefits and appropriate counseling to eligible veterans. Requires the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans' Employment and Training to assist the Secretary of Labor in carrying out this Act. Makes eligible for such training programs veterans who: (1) are unemployed at the time they apply; and (2) have either been unemployed for ten of the previous 15 weeks prior to applying, or were separated from active duty not more than ten weeks before starting the program. Requires such eligible veterans to submit to the Secretary of Labor an application for a certificate of eligibility for participation in the training program. Outlines provisions concerning the granting or denial of such certificates, including the right to appeal a denial to the Secretary of Labor. Requires a veteran to commence participation in an appropriate training program within 90 days after the certificate is issued. Provides for certificate renewal. Defines as eligible employers employers who intend to provide training in a field of employment providing reasonable probability of stable, long-term employment. Provides job training program requirements, including the provision of compensation to a veteran during such training and the employment of such veteran in the position for which trained, if practicable. Provides certain positions of employment for which an employer is prohibited from training eligible veterans (those involving seasonal or temporary employment, training outside of the United States, or those which will displace current workers or delay the return of previously laid-off workers). Authorizes an eligible employer to provide job training through educational instruction, if appropriate. Limits the duration of such training periods to no less than six months and no more than two years, with an exception. Directs the Secretary of Labor to approve each job training program established by an employer for purposes of this Act. Requires each employer who intends to carry out a job training program to submit an application to the Secretary of Labor. Provides: (1) application requirements; (2) program approval requirements; (3) that apprenticeship or other on-job training shall be considered a job training program for this Act's purposes; and (4) conditions under which the approval of a job training program may be discontinued by the Secretary of Labor. Requires notification to an employer and any affected veterans of the disapproval of a job training program. Provides for reapproval of such program in appropriate circumstances. Directs the Secretary to pay training assistance to employers who provide job training to veterans in programs under this Act. Provides for payment amounts and requires such payments to be made on a quarterly basis, with an exception. Requires the Secretary of Labor to transmit to the Secretary notice of program approval before such payments may be made. Directs the Secretary to pay accommodation assistance to permit employers to modify their facilities or equipment in order to facilitate the training and employment of disabled veterans. Requires an employer desiring such assistance to submit to the Secretary of Labor a detailed proposal relating to such modifications as well as documentation of the completion of such modifications and their costs. Requires the Secretary of Labor to approve each proposal for modifications, approve modification costs, and transmit to the Secretary notice of such approval. Directs the Secretary, after receiving such notice, to pay the appropriate accommodation assistance. Limits such payments to $3,000 per employer. Requires each employer so paid to permit facility access to ensure compliance with modification requirements. Outlines provisions concerning the determination of overpayment of job training program assistance under this Act and the recovery by the Secretary of such overpayments. Directs the Secretary to pay training benefits to veterans who participate in programs under this Act in order to defray work-related expenses. Limits such payments to $1,500 per veteran. Requires a veteran desiring such payment to apply to the Secretary of Labor, stating the amount of expenses incurred. Requires the Secretary of Labor to approve such application before any payment may be made. Outlines provisions concerning payment administration, determinations of overpayments, and recovery of overpayments. Authorizes the Secretary to waive recovery of overpayments when recovery would be against equity and good conscience. States that an employer: (1) may not provide a veteran with job training under a program if the Secretary determines that there are insufficient funds; (2) must notify the Secretary 14 days before furnishing job training to a veteran and to commence such program unless advised otherwise by the Secretary within such period; and (3) who provides training under this Act shall provide the veteran with a copy of the application for approval of the program as submitted to the Secretary of Labor. Directs the Secretary of Labor to ensure that the job training programs are carried out in compliance with this Act. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to investigate matters related to a program, to enter onto an employer's premises, and to have access to records maintained by an employer with respect to a job training program. Prohibits an employer from being paid training assistance on behalf of a veteran under this Act if, during the training period, the employer is allowed a tax credit or is paid an allowance for such veteran under various Federal provisions. Provides an identical prohibition for the payment to a veteran of training benefits under this Act for work-related expenses. Prohibits either such payment if the veteran has completed a program of job training under this Act or under the Veterans' Job Training Act. Authorizes the Secretary and the Secretary of Labor to provide certain employment counseling and guidance services to veterans who are issued certificates of eligibility for participation in a job training program under this Act. Requires such services to be coordinated with similar services under Federal veterans' benefits provisions. Directs the Secretary of Labor to establish a program of case management services under which each veteran participating in a job training program approved under this Act is provided a case manager who is a veterans' outreach program specialist. Outlines the case management services to be provided. Provides that the Secretary of Labor is not required to provide a veteran with case management services if: (1) the outreach specialist recommends that the veteran does not need such services; or (2) the Secretary of Labor determines that the employer has an appropriate assistance program or that the rate of successful completion of the program is more than 60 percent. Directs the Secretary and the Secretary of Labor to provide eligible veterans with notice and information with respect to the counseling and guidance services, the case management services, and certain supportive services available to service-connected disabled veterans who are recently separated from military service as provided under the Job Training Partnership Act. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into contracts with and pay (up to a specified limit) entities for the provision of all such services. Directs the Secretary and the Secretary of Labor to carry out a public information and outreach program under which the Secretaries: (1) inform veterans of job training and employment programs; (2) inform private businesses, institutions of higher education, trade associations, and labor organizations of such training programs and employment opportunities; and (3) promote the development of job training and employment opportunities for veterans by various means. Requires coordination of such program with other Federal, State, and local programs. Directs each Secretary to make available in his or her respective local and regional offices such personnel and services as determined necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. Directs the Secretary of Labor to obtain from the Administrator of the Small Business Administration a list of small businesses that are suitable to carry out job training programs under this Act. Requires the Administrator to update such list on a regular basis. Directs the Secretary of Labor to use resources made available under this Act to assist service-connected disabled veterans and veterans recently separated from military service under provisions of the Job Training Partnership Act. Directs the Secretary of Labor to inform veterans who are denied certificates of eligibility for programs provided under this Act of the opportunities available to such veterans under the Job Training Partnership Act or other similar programs. Directs the Secretary of Labor, in each of FY 1993 through 1997, to award grants to nonpublic entities having appropriate expertise in such matters for providing employment assistance (including counseling) to homeless veterans. Provides a fiscal year funding limitation for such grants. Directs the Secretary of Labor, in consultation with the Secretary, to evaluate on an annual basis the status of the programs authorized and carried out under this Act in order to ensure that programs satisfy their purposes. Directs the Secretary of Labor to submit to the Senate and House veterans' and labor committees preliminary and annual reports on actions taken and costs to implement this Act and their assessments with respect to the programs provided. Terminates the provision of training assistance to employers and training benefits to a veteran under this Act for any training provided after September 30, 1997. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1993 through 1997. Prohibits the obligation of any more than five percent of such authorized amounts for administrative activities by either Secretary.
United States · United States Congress · 31 March 1992
Provides that employees of the Tennessee Valley Authority who are covered by a collective bargaining agreement shall not be subject to any regulations which take employee efficiency or performance ratings into account in determining the order of retention of competing employees in a reduction in force.
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1992
National Triad Program Act - Requires the Director of the National Institute of Justice to conduct a national assessment of: (1) the nature and extent of crimes against the elderly; (2) the needs of law enforcement, health, and social service organizations in working to prevent, identify, investigate, and provide assistance to victims of such crimes; and (3) promising strategies to respond effectively to those challenges. Specifies that such assessment shall address: (1) the analysis and synthesis of data from a range of sources; (2) the problems of elderly who are living alone or in high crime areas and who are abused and neglected, and the fear of victimization; (3) the identification of strategies and techniques that have been shown to be effective or which show promise; (4) the analysis of the factors that enhance or inhibit development of a coordinated response by law enforcement, health care, and social service providers; and (5) the research agenda needed to develop a comprehensive understanding of the problems of crimes against the elderly. Requires the Director to disseminate the results of such assessment. Authorizes the Director to make awards to coalitions of local law enforcement agencies, victim service providers, and organizations representing the elderly for pilot programs and field tests of promising strategies and models for forging partnerships for crime prevention and service provision. Specifies that pilot programs funded under this Act may include existing general service coalitions of law enforcement, victim service, and elder advocate organizations that wish to use additional funds to work at a particular problem in their community or to target a particular geographic area in need of intensive services. Authorizes the Director to make awards to: (1) coalitions of national law enforcement, victim service, and elder advocate organizations for training and technical assistance in implementing pilot programs; (2) research organizations to investigate the types of elder victimization shown by the assessment to present particularly critical problems or emerging crimes about which little is known, to evaluate the effectiveness of selected pilot programs, and to conduct research and development identified as being critical; and (3) public service advertising coalitions to increase public awareness of, and promote ideas or programs to prevent, crimes against the elderly. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1992
Provides for a Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies to make the necessary arrangements for the inauguration of the President-elect and Vice President-elect on January 20, 1993.
United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1992
Authorizes the use of the rotunda of the Capitol on January 20, 1993, by the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies in connection with the proceedings and ceremonies for the inauguration of the President-elect and Vice President-elect.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1992
Appropriations Category Reform Act of 1992 - States that the Congress declares that it is essential that the Nation achieve savings in national defense beyond those agreed to in the budget summit agreement of 1990, reduce the deficit, and invest in areas of pressing domestic need that have been neglected since the 1980s. Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to revise the discretionary spending limit for FY 1993 by merging the defense and domestic categories into a national category. Makes conforming changes to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act).
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1992
Declares that it is the purpose of this Act to acquire a dedicated communications satellite system on which instructional programming can be colocated and free from preemption. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to guarantee any lender against loss of principal or interest on a loan made by the lender to a non-Federal, nonprofit, public corporation: (1) in existence as of January 1, 1992; (2) whose charter is designed for affiliation with State and local instructional institutions and other instructional resource providers; (3) whose governing board includes members representing specified types of education and institutions; and (4) whose sole purpose is to acquire and operate a communications satellite system dedicated to transmitting instructional programming. Sets forth conditions on such loans as well as limitations on amounts. Requires lenders, in order to receive guarantees, to agree to assign to the United States any right or interest in the system that such lender possesses upon payment by the Secretary on the guarantee. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1992
Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to make it unlawful for 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 or meet other conditions under this Act. Requires local governments to notify the State Governor of such authorization. Permits a State Governor to disapprove an authorizations if the authorization will result in the disposal of municipal solid waste generated outside of the State in an amount exceeding 30 percent of the total volume of such waste disposed of in the State in the preceding year. Authorizes local governments, in issuing such authorizations, to impose fees and limitations on the amount of waste received for disposal. Terminates an authorization if a facility's operating permit is revoked or suspended or if a permit renewal application is denied. Exempts from this Act's prohibition owners or operators of landfills that: (1) meet certain State and Federal requirements concerning design standards, leachate collection, groundwater monitoring, and financial assurance for closure and corrective action; (2) received waste generated outside the State in a manner consistent with a written contract during February 1992; and (3) for each year between 1992 and 1996, did not receive municipal solid waste generated outside the State in an amount exceeding the total amount received in 1991. Exempts owners or operators of incinerators or other waste disposal facilities that meet the contract requirements and amount limitations applicable to landfills, as well as new source performance standards and other requirements of the Clean Air Act. Considers expansions of landfills, incinerators, or waste disposal facilities to be separate facilities requiring authorization. Exempts owners or operators of such facilities from the requirement to obtain additional authorizations if: (1) at the time they obtained authorization, they owned or possessed an option to purchase the land on which the expansion is proposed to occur; and (2) the area of expansion was indicated in documents filed with the affected local government before obtaining authorization. Directs State Governors to submit State municipal solid waste management plans to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Requires such plans to cover a period of at least ten years and to be reviewed by the Governor at least every five years. Makes it unlawful for owners or operators of landfills, incinerators, or other waste disposal facilities to receive municipal solid waste generated in another State if the exporting State does not have an approved plan. Permits such owners or operators located in a State without an approved plan to receive municipal solid waste generated outside the State if the exporting State has a plan in effect. Prescribes civil and criminal penalties for violations of this Act. Authorizes States to impose fees for the disposal of solid waste generated outside the State if the fee does not exceed $10 per ton of waste disposal and the State uses such amounts to fund solid waste management activities.
United States · United States Congress · 13 March 1992
Savings Association Interstate Branching Act of 1992 - Amends the Home Owners' Loan Act to preclude a Federal savings association from establishing or operating a new branch outside its home State unless it has the written approval of the Director of the Office of Thrift Supervision. Restricts the Director's authority to approve interstate branching by a Federal savings association to situations where: (1) the law of the host State allows interstate branching for its State-chartered thrifts; (2) the interstate branch is operated pursuant to the laws of the host State; and (3) the Federal savings association is adequately capitalized under Federal law.
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