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United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1992
Amends the Home Owners' Loan Act to extend from June 30, 1992, to October 31, 1992, the transition rule for separate capitalization required of certain subsidiaries of savings associations.
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1992
Military Separation Retirement Benefits Act of 1992 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow rollovers into individual retirement accounts of military separation pay.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1992
Prohibits the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from implementing any national primary drinking water regulation under the Safe Drinking Water Act (the Act) or any similar regulation until this Act's requirements are met and legislation that extends the authorization of the Act is enacted. Requires the Administrator to study and report to the Congress on: (1) each final regulation that has been promulgated under the Act and regulatory alternatives that reflect a range of levels of safety or direct health benefits; (2) any health effect an alternative would prevent and the system-level incremental cost of each alternative; (3) the contaminants listed pursuant to the Act for purposes of considering revisions to the list, taking into account anticipated adverse health effects of the contaminant, the risk or safety factors associated with the maximum contaminant level, and whether the contaminant may occur in public water systems; (4) compliance deadlines; (5) whether a regulation should apply exclusively to small public water systems; and (6) recommended alternatives to ensure that States and political subdivisions meet funding needs to carry out the Act. Directs the Administrator, if a primary drinking water regulation is justifiable to protect human health, to implement or promulgate such regulation without regard to the requirements of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 24 June 1992
Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to: (1) establish a program for qualified military and Department of Energy (DOE) personnel to enable such individuals to acquire career training in environmental engineering or environmental sciences in fields related to hazardous waste management and cleanup; and (2) implement, as part of such program, an academic program at institutions of higher education at undergraduate and graduate levels. Requires the Administrator to award grants to the hazardous substance research centers described under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) to pay the full cost of the academic program. Provides funding for the program, subject to certain limitations, from amounts allocated for: (1) the EPA under CERCLA; (2) the Defense Environmental Restoration Account; and (3) DOE environmental cleanup activities.
United States · United States Congress · 23 June 1992
Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to include interim processors within industries producing processed agricultural products. Prohibits the United States International Trade Commission, in making certain determinations of material injury, from considering the relative overall health of the domestic industry to be dispositive of the issue of material injury or the threat thereof, but allows the consideration of the relative health of such industry only in the context of import impact.
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1992
Designates November 13, 1992, as Vietnam Veterans Memorial 10th Anniversary Day.
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1992
Designates the second Sunday in October 1992 as National Children's Day.
United States · United States Congress · 17 June 1992
Canyons of the Escalante National Conservation Act - Establishes: (1) the Canyons of the Escalante National Conservation Area to promote the traditional multiple uses of public lands in and adjacent to the Canyons in Garfield County, Utah; and (2) a travel corridor to the historical feature called Hole in the Rock. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to develop a comprehensive plan for the long-range management and protection of the Conservation Area. Designates the following lands in Utah as wilderness and components of the National Wilderness Preservation System: (1) Phipps-Death Hollow Wilderness; (2) North Escalante Canyons Wilderness; (3) Scorpion Wilderness; (4) Escalante Canyons Wilderness; and (5) Steep Creek Wilderness. Releases the Fifty Mile Mountain from further wilderness study to be managed as part of the Conservation Area for multiple use activities. Directs the Secretary to establish the Escalante National Conservation Area Advisory Committee to advise with respect to the preparation and implementation of the comprehensive long-range plan and the need and funding of the travel corridor. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 17 June 1992
Export Enhancement Act of 1992 - Title I: Reauthorization of Export-Import Bank - Amends the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 to extend through FY 1997 the authority of the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Bank) to finance the export of goods and services to foreign countries. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1993 through 1995 for the Tied Aid Credit Fund. Requires the Bank, among other things, when determining whether to provide support for exports under its loan, guarantee, and insurance program to consider the need to involve private capital. Authorizes the Bank to guarantee up to 100 percent coverage of the interest and principal of loans for exports if its Board of Directors determines the coverage to be necessary to ensure acceptance of Bank guarantees by U.S. financial institutions for any transaction in any export market in which the Bank is open for business. Directs the Bank, in transactions involving projects for which long-term support requested is $10 million or more and certain environmental concerns exist, to establish procedures to take into account the potential beneficial and adverse environmental effects of goods and services which it may support under its direct lending and guarantee programs. Authorizes the Board to withhold financing for environmental reasons or to approve financing after considering the potential environmental effects of a project. Encourages the Bank to use its programs to support the export of goods and services that have beneficial effects on the environment or mitigate potential adverse environmental effects. Provides for compensation of Bank employees. Redefines the term "Marxist-Leninist country" to mean any country which: (1) maintains a centrally planned economy based on the principles of "Marxism-Leninism"; or (2) is economically and militarily dependent on any other country which maintains a centrally planned economy based on the principles of "Marxism-Leninism." Requires fees and premiums charged to be commensurate with risks covered in connection with the contractual liability which the Bank incurs for guarantees, insurance, coinsurance, and reinsurance against political and credit risk of loss. (Currently, not less than 25 percent of such contractual liability may be charged against such risks of loss.) Increases the size of the Bank's Advisory Committee from 12 to 15 members. Increases the ceiling on the total amount of outstanding loans for Bank programs from $40 billion to $75 billion. Title II: Export Promotion - Directs the President to establish the Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee (TPCC) to coordinate U.S. export promotion and financing activities. Requires the TPCC to develop a governmentwide strategic plan for Federal trade promotion efforts. Amends the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 to require the United States and Foreign Commercial Service to: (1) use its district and foreign offices as one-stop shops providing U.S. exporters with information on all Federal export promotion activities; and (2) provide information and assistance to U.S. exporters on all financing and insurance programs of the Bank. Amends the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 to require the Bank to: (1) provide full and current information on all of its programs and financing practices to the U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service; and (2) undertake a training program for Service officers in Bank programs and practices. Amends the Export Enhancement Act of 1988 to increase from eight to 12 the number of missions that the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) may designate abroad and for which senior Commercial Service Officers will be able to use the diplomatic title of Minister-Counselor. Requires the Secretary to: (1) report annually to the Congress on the U.S. international economic position; and (2) appear annually before specified congressional committees to testify on issues addressed in the report. Amends the Export Administration Amendments Act of 1985 to authorize appropriations for FY 1993 and 1994 to the Department of Commerce.
United States · United States Congress · 16 June 1992
Designates the week of November 30 through December 6, 1992, as National Education First Week.
United States · United States Congress · 16 June 1992
Designates September 16, 1992, as National Occupational Therapy Day.
United States · United States Congress · 11 June 1992
World University Games Commemorative Coin Act of 1992 - Authorizes the minting and issuance of five-dollar gold coins and one-dollar silver coins (at no net cost to the Government) to commemorate American participation in the World University Games. Requires that all surcharges from the sale of such coins be paid to the Greater Buffalo Athletic Corporation to support amateur athletic programs, to erect facilities for the use of such athletes, and to underwrite the cost of sponsoring the World University Games.
United States · United States Congress · 11 June 1992
Health Freedom Act of 1992 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to define "dietary supplement" as an article that: (1) includes, and is intended to supplement the diet with, a vitamin, mineral, herb, or another similar nutritional substance; or (2) is intended for ingestion in tablet, capsule, or liquid form, or another similar form. Provides that a dietary supplement shall not be considered to be a drug solely because: (1) of the potency of a substance in such supplement; and (2) the labeling or advertising for the supplement contains a claim, or provides information, concerning the potency of a substance in the supplement, or contains a health claim of the type permitted under this Act. Specifies that: (1) a substance in a dietary supplement is not a food additive if the substance is identified in the labeling of the dietary supplement as a substance provided by the product to supplement the diet; and (2) an article that is a dietary supplement may be described as a dietary supplement in labeling or advertising. Permits labeling or advertising for such a supplement to include a claim or other information that characterizes the relationship of the supplement, or the presence or absence of one or more of the substances provided by the supplement, to a disease or health-related condition, if: (1) such claim or other information is truthful and not misleading; and (2) there is scientific evidence, whether published or unpublished, that provides a reasonable basis for such claim or other information. Prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services from establishing any requirement that such a claim or other information that meets the requirements of this Act be approved by or conform to a regulation issued by the Secretary before the claim or information may be used. Provides that, if the Secretary asserts that labeling or advertising for a dietary supplement includes a claim or other information that fails to comply with the Act, the manufacturer (or other specified parties) may bring an action to secure a declaratory judgment regarding the validity of the assertion and obtain any other means of judicial relief authorized by law.
United States · United States Congress · 11 June 1992
Constitutional Amendment - Provides for a runoff election for the offices of the President and Vice President if no candidate receives a majority of electoral college votes.
United States · United States Congress · 4 June 1992
Amends the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 to repeal the requirement that the Export-Import Bank include in its annual report to the Congress a statement assessing the impact of each loan made to foreign borrowers for the development of energy-related industries abroad on the availability of energy products, services, or supplies in the United States. Redefines the term "Marxist-Leninist country" to mean any country which: (1) maintains a centrally planned economy based on the principles of Marxism-Leninism; or (2) is economically and militarily dependent on any other country which maintains a centrally planned economy based on the principles of Marxism-Leninism. Repeals the Marxist-Leninist country list. Repeals the requirement that the President make a separate determination of U.S. national interest with respect to the Bank's financing transactions for the purchase of products by Marxist-Leninist countries in excess of $50,000,000. Repeals the requirement that the Bank notify the Congress of the details of all financing in support of exports of fossil fuel technology to the Soviet Union. Extends the Bank's authority (which would otherwise expire on or before September 30, 1992) to finance the sale of defense articles for anti-narcotics purposes to foreign countries. Repeals the requirement that the Secretary of State certify that any purchaser of U.S. exports in South Africa seeking Bank financing has proceeded to implement the so-called "Sullivan" principles regarding human rights. Repeals the prohibition against Bank financing of the export of goods and services to Angola. Increases the size of the Bank's Advisory Committee from 12 to 15 members. Increases the ceiling on the total amount of outstanding loans for Bank programs from $40,000,000,000 to $75,000,000,000. Requires fees and premiums charged to be commensurate with the risks covered in connection with the contractual liability which the Bank incurs for guarantees, insurance, coinsurance, and reinsurance against political and credit risks of loss. (Currently, not less than 25 percent of such contractual liability may be charged against such risks of loss.) Repeals provisions of the Act and of the Trade Act of 1974 limiting to $300,000,000 annually the amount of Bank loans, guarantees, or insurance for exports to the Soviet Union. Extends through FY 1998 the Bank's authority to provide financing for the export and import of goods and services between the United States and foreign countries. Repeals the requirement that in its annual report to the Congress the Bank detail actions it has taken to maintain the competitive position of key linkage industries in the United States. Repeals the requirement that the Comptroller General report to the Congress on the Bank's interest subsidy payment program. Extends the Tied Aid Credit Fund through FY 1994. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 2 June 1992
Community Bank Regulatory Relief Act of 1992 - Title I: Regulatory Burden Relief - Amends the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977 to exempt from its requirements certain small-sized banks located in small towns. Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act of 1991 to exempt certain small-sized banks from its data gathering requirements with respect to their small business and small farm lending practices. Directs the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the Board) to complete a study of the costs and benefits of compliance with such data-gathering requirements. Prohibits a bank regulatory agency from prescribing standards or regulations that set a specific level or range of compensation for bank personnel. Amends the Truth in Lending Act to: (1) exempt from its requirements credit transactions involving consumers with certain high incomes or net worth (sophisticated consumers); (2) preclude rescission in a transaction containing an unintentional error that does not substantively affect the terms of the extension of credit; and (3) deny standing to sue creditors to anyone but an individual aggrieved by a violation of the Act (thus eliminating class actions). Amends the Federal Reserve Act to: (1) exempt from its interbank liability scheme exposures between certain adequately capitalized small-sized depository institutions; and (2) exempt from its aggregate limits on credit extensions certain transactions by a member bank with senior executive personnel or principal shareholders (insider lending). Amends the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 to authorize Federal financial institutions regulatory agencies and the Resolution Trust Corporation to establish a threshold level below which a certified or licensed appraiser is not required to perform appraisals in connection with federally related transactions. Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to repeal: (1) the independent public accountant attestation requirement; and (2) the asset quality, earnings, and valuation requirements. Declares that during a 15-month moratorium no regulations issued under the Truth in Savings Act shall apply to certain small-sized depository institutions. Requires the Board to conduct a full cost benefit analysis of the compliance of such institutions with the Act. Requires a detailed corroboration to accompany any Federal banking regulatory agency certification that a proposed or final rule will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of all small depository institutions. Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to require Federal banking regulatory agencies to: (1) undertake a coordinated review of regulations promulgated by them; and (2) ensure that their regulations are uniform with those of their Federal counterparts. Title II: Secured Creditor Protection - Asset Conservation and Deposit Insurance Protection Act of 1992 - Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to set forth conditions under which the liability of an insured depository institution or mortgage lender for the actual or threatened release of petroleum or hazardous substances in connection with certain property is limited to the actual benefit conferred upon them by the remedial action undertaken by another party. Shields an insured depository institution or mortgage lender from liability for such hazards if their relationship to the affected property stems solely from foreclosure, fiduciary capacity, or certain credit transactions. Requires the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to promulgate regulations to require insured depository institutions and mortgage lenders to develop and implement procedures to evaluate environmental risks that may arise from property before making an extension of credit involving a security interest in the property. Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to shield Federal banking and lending agencies from liability under any law imposing strict liability for the actual or threatened release of petroleum or a hazardous substance from property acquired in connection with the exercise of receivership or conservatorship authority, the provision of financial assistance, or receipt of property in a civil or criminal proceeding. Extends such liability limitation to certain subsequent first purchasers of such property. Exempts: (1) such property from any liens for damages associated with actual or threatened petroleum or hazardous substance release; and (2) Federal banking or lending agencies from covenants to remediate.
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1992
Mike Mansfield Fellowship Act - Establishes the Mike Mansfield Fellowship Program. Directs the Secretary of State (Secretary) to make grants to the Mansfield Center for Pacific Affairs (Center) to award two-year fellowships to eligible Federal employees. Requires fellowship recipients (Mansfield Fellows): (1) during their first year, to study, in Washington, D.C., the Japanese language and political economy; and (2) during their second year, to serve as a Fellow in a parliamentary office, ministry, or other agency of the Government of Japan, or, subject to Center approval, a nongovernmental Japanese institution associated with the recipient's interests. Requires the Center to comply with specified program requirements in order to be eligible for such grants. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into an arrangement with the Government of Japan to place Fellows in that Government. Authorizes the Foreign Service Institute to assist in carrying out Japanese language training by the Center through providing classroom space, teaching materials, and facilities, insofar as this is not detrimental to the Institute's other responsibilities. Authorizes the Center to accept and use gifts from private sources for such program, subject to review and approval of the Mansfield Fellowship Review Board. Provides that specified amounts from Department of State funds shall be available to the Secretary to make program grants to the Center for FY 1993 through 1996. Sets forth program requirements. Requires that the Federal employees eligible for such fellowships have: (1) at least two years experience in any branch of the U.S. Government; and (2) a strong career interest in U.S.-Japan relations and a commitment to further Federal service. Requires that at least ten such fellowships be awarded annually. Prohibits Mansfield Fellows from engaging in any intelligence or intelligence-related activity on behalf of the U.S. Government. Allows Federal agencies to separate from service such Fellows for a specified period, but requires that: (1) Fellows be reemployed or reinstated in an appropriate position and with all attendant rights and benefits as they would have acquired if they had not been so separated; and (2) they continue to participate during the fellowship period, as if they were not separated, in specified programs for health and life insurance, workers' compensation leave, and retirement (with employer contributions to be made by the Center, and employee deductions to be taken from fellowship stipends). Establishes the Mansfield Fellowship Review Board to review program administration and submit annual reports. Authorizes appropriations for the Board.
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1992
Amends Federal banking law regarding the powers of national banking associations to declare that the limitations and restrictions pertaining to dealing in, underwriting, and purchasing securities for an association's own account do not apply to certain State and municipal obligations (thus permitting national banks to underwrite municipal revenue bonds).
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1992
Designates the week beginning November 8, 1992, as National Women Veterans Recognition Week.
United States · United States Congress · 19 May 1992
Designates July 1992 as National Muscular Dystrophy Awareness Month.
United States · United States Congress · 14 May 1992
Commends and congratulates the crew of the Space Shuttle Endeavour for the magnificent rescue of the INTELSAT VI satellite and for the successful maiden voyage.
United States · United States Congress · 13 May 1992
Vietnam Veterans Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to issue a specified number of one-dollar silver coins to commemorate the heroic service of veterans who served during the Vietnam War and the 10th anniversary of the dedication of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Sets forth certain features of such coins and provides for their design, issuance, and sale. Requires that all sales include a surcharge of $7 per coin. Requires that all surcharges be paid to the Vietnam Veterans Assistance Fund for specified veteran programs and services.
United States · United States Congress · 13 May 1992
Designates October 1992 as National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1992
Designates July 2, 1992, as National Literacy Day.
United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1992
Declares the 27th article of amendment to the Constitution, providing that no law varying the compensation for the services of Members of Congress shall take effect until an election of Representatives has intervened, to be part of the Constitution.
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 · 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 · 30 April 1992
Designates September 10, 1992, as National DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) Day.
United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1992
Designates the week of May 17 through 23, 1992, as National Senior Nutrition Week.
United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1992
Urges the United States to: (1) hold the Government of Serbia accountable for the attacks on and occupation of the Republics of Bosnia-Hercegovina and Croatia, and for human rights abuses in Kosovo; (2) withhold diplomatic recognition of Serbia and Montenegro until Serbia ceases its aggression against such republics and halts the brutal repression of the Albanian people in Kosovo and the denial of the right to self-determination; and (3) actively encourage its allies to follow the same course.
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1992
Designates the week beginning November 1, 1992, as National Medical Staff Services Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 10 April 1992
Authorizes the Thomas Paine National Historical Association to construct a Heroic Statue honoring Thomas Paine on the U.S. Capitol Grounds.
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1992
Revises formulae for ski area permit fees for National Forest System lands.
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1992
Utah Federal Lands Exchange Act of 1992 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) to: (1) acquire certain lands from the State of Utah for the Navajo Nation and Goshute Indian Tribe in exchange for Federal lands; and (2) send a list of lands and interests to be offered for exchange to the State of Utah. Conveys specified lands of San Juan County, Utah. Prohibits such lands from being offset against State lands exchanged pursuant to this Act. Transfers lands under this Act without cost to the Navajo Nation, State of Utah, and Goshute Indian Tribe. Requires the Secretary to acquire all school trust lands within established units of the National Park System in Utah. Provides that trust lands located within the boundaries of the Glen Canyon Recreation Area shall be administered as part of such recreation area. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury, upon conveyance of the trust lands by the State of Utah and acceptance of titles by the Secretary, to pay to certain funds an additional 25 percent of royalties, sales, bonuses, interest charges, penalties, and rentals collected pursuant to the Mineral Leasing Act within Utah for a period of 25 years. Directs the Secretary to exchange Federal mineral interests in Utah for certain lands owned by the State of Utah within units of the National Forest System. Incorporates such lands into national forests. Requires such exchanges to be completed by December 31, 1994. Directs the Secretary to determine the value of Federal mineral interests to be offered and to deduct the State's share in royalties, sales, bonuses, interest charges, penalties, and rentals collected pursuant to the Mineral Leasing Act. Recognizes revenues received by Utah from Federal mineral leasing as a matter of equity and not as a legal property right. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1992
Directs the Postmaster General to issue a commemorative postage stamp in honor of American POWs/MIAs.
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1992
Designates June 10 through 16, 1992, as International Student Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1992
John Heinz Competitive Excellence Award Act of 1992 - Establishes the John Heinz Excellence Award, to be evidenced by a national medal coined and provided to the U.S. Senate by the U.S. Mint. Allows two such separate awards to be presented annually (one to a qualifying individual, including Federal, State, or local government employees, and one to a qualifying organization, institution, or business). Prohibits presentation of an award within a category in a given year if there is no qualified individual, organization, institution, or business recommended by the selection panel established by this Act. Sets forth qualification criteria for such awards. Requires the Senate majority and minority leaders to present such award to an individual and an organization, institution, or business that has demonstrated excellence in promoting U.S. industrial competitiveness in the international marketplace through technological innovation, productivity improvement, or improved competitive strategies. Directs the Office of Technology Assessment to: (1) ensure that all nominees receive a detailed summary of any evaluation conducted of such nominee; and (2) make available to the nominee and the public a summary of each award winner's competitiveness strategy (excluding proprietary information unless the award winner consents).
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1992
Small Business Incentive Act of 1992 - Title I: Amendment to the Securities Act of 1933 - Amends the Securities Act of 1933 to increase from $5 million to $10 million the size of small business offerings that are exempt from the registration requirements of the Act (thus removing some regulatory constraints in order to facilitate capital-raising by small businesses). Title II: Amendments to the Investment Company Act of 1940 - Amends the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the Act) to exclude from its definition of investment company any issuer all of whose securities are held by certain investors whom the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has determined by rule or regulation possess such financial sophistication, net worth, and other specified factors as not to need the protections of the Act (thus exempting such companies from some of the Act's regulatory constraints). Empowers the SEC to define, by rule, such "qualified purchasers." Sets forth conditions under which certain business and industrial development companies that are already subject to regulation by the State in which they are organized are exempt from the regulatory constraints of the Act. Increases from $100,000 to $10 million the maximum aggregate amount of proceeds that certain interstate closed-end investment companies may receive from the sale of their outstanding securities and still retain their exempt status under the Act. Expands the definition of eligible portfolio company to include any company which does not have total assets in excess of $4 million and capital and surpluses in excess of $2 million (thus increasing the flow of capital by permitting business development companies to invest in more small businesses). Declares that a business development company is not required to make available significant managerial assistance with respect to any eligible portfolio company (as defined by this Act), or any other company that meets certain SEC criteria (thus encouraging the flow of capital to very small businesses). Permits a business development company to include within its mandatory asset threshold the securities of any eligible portfolio company as defined by this Act (thus including securities of very small businesses). Permits a business development company to acquire the securities of an eligible portfolio company from persons other than such portfolio company itself. Permits a business development company to: (1) issue multiple classes of debt without restriction; and (2) issue warrants, options, or rights to subscribe or convert to voting securities either alone or accompanied by debt or equity securities.
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1992
Export Administration Act of 1992 - Declares it to be U.S. policy to minimize the imposition of export controls and to encourage trade with all countries with which the United States has diplomatic or trading relations, except those countries with which such trade has been determined by the President to be against the national interest. Establishes as an independent establishment in the executive branch the Office of Strategic Trade and Technology (Office). Declares that such Office shall be headed by a Director, appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, who shall serve as the President's principal advisor on U.S. strategic trade and technology policy. Establishes within the Office the Strategic Trade Policy Council which shall approve export control and technology transfer policies proposed by the director. Provides for the appointment of: (1) Associate Director for Export Administration; (2) Associate Director for Economic Security; (3) Associate Director for Non-Proliferation; and (4) Chief Negotiator. Establishes within the Office an: (1) Office of Enforcement and Compliance; (2) Office of Foreign Availability; and (3) Office of Industry Advisory Committees. Declares that the Director, or other designated employees of the Office, shall constitute the permanent U.S. delegation to the Coordinating Committee (COCOM). Provides for the appointment of an industry advisory committee. Transfers to the Office the functions and authorities: (1) of the Office of Munitions Control of the Department of Defense; (2) of the Defense Technology Security Administration of the Department of Defense; (3) of the Department of Commerce under the Export Administration Act of 1979; (4) granted under the Defense Production Act of 1950; (5) granted under a specified section of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962; (6) of the Department of Energy with respect to the review of exports pursuant to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act of 1978; (7) of the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury; and (8) not specifically vested by statute as the Director determines to be appropriate. Declares that no authority or permission may be required to export goods or technology. Authorizes the issuance of specified export licenses, including: (1) multiple export licenses for the export of goods or technology; (2) distribution licenses; (3) operations licenses for the export and reexport of technolgy and related goods; (4) project licenses; (5) service supply licenses; (6) general licenses; and (7) other type licenses. Requires the Director to establish a United States Export Control index which shall identify goods or technology which shall be subject to controls under this Act, the Arms Export Control Act, or the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act of 1978. Prohibits the Director from imposing national security or foreign policy export controls on the export of goods or technology for which there is foreign availability. Authorizes the President to prohibit the export of goods and technology that would prove detrimental to the national security of the United States. Requires the President, for purposes of administering national security export controls, to establish a list of controlled countries that includes: (1) countries that represent a strategic threat to the United States; and (2) countries of proliferation concern. Subjects China to certain strategic and proliferation export controls. Urges the President, for purposes of enhancing the effectiveness of multilateral controls, to negotiate with the governments participating in COCOM and other multilateral export control arrangements to develop: (1) a common list of controlled countries, (2) a common list of controlled goods and technology; and (3) a common approach to treatment of exports to nonadherents to such arrangements. Declares that no authority or permission may be required for the export or reexport of goods or technology to or from a country which maintains export controls on such items cooperatively with the United States pursuant to the agreement of COCOM or an agreement to restrict such exports. Authorizes the Director to require authority or permission to export or reexport of: (1) goods or technology to unreliable end-users; (2) supercomputers, goods or technology for sensitive nuclear uses, devices for surreptitious interception of wire or oral communication, and goods or technology intended for end users to a country other than a country which maintains export controls cooperatively with the United States pursuant to the agreement of COCOM or restrictive export agreement; and (3) goods or technology pursuant to special multilateral control arrangements agreed to unanimously by COCOM, as long as all countries in which such goods or technology are produced agree to equivalent controls and requirements. Requires the Director to pursue negotiations with: (1) governments participating in nonproliferation agreements in order to strengthen and to achieve common approaches to licensing and enforcement of such agreements; and (2) countries that do not participate in COCOM or such nonproliferation agreements regarding their cooperation in restricting the export of goods and technology. Requires the Director to establish a national security control list. Sets forth provisions regarding controls based on: (1) proliferation concern; and (2) strategic threat. Authorizes the issuance of export licenses for multiple exports of technology and related goods. Prohibits the Director from requiring an export license for the export of replacement parts for certain goods. Declares that there shall be a presumption of approval of an application for a license for the export to a controlled country of goods for exhibition at a trade show if specified requirements are met. Requires export licenses authorizing the export of goods or technology to also authorize the export of related operation technical data if such data does not exceed the minimum level necessary to install, repair, maintain, inspect, operate, or use such goods or technology. Prohibits the imposition of export controls on a good solely because it contains parts or components subject to export controls if such parts or components are essential to the functioning of the good, customarily included in sales of the good in countries other than controlled countries, and comprise 25 percent or less of the total value of the good, unless such good as a whole would make a significant contribution to the military potential of a controlled country that would prove detrimental to U.S. national security. Declares that no authority or permission may be required to reexport goods or technology from any country: (1) when such good or technology is incorporated in another resulting good or technology; and (2) the incorporated U.S. good or technology represents not more than 25 percent of the total value of the resulting good or technology. Sets forth specified exceptions. Sets forth specified requirements with respect to commercial agreements for the export of goods and technology between U.S. firms and controlled countries. Requires the Director to publish the full text of the three International Lists of COCOM. Authorizes the President to prohibit or curtail the export of goods, technology, or other information (except medicine and certain food exports) by U.S. persons in order to further U.S. foreign policy. Requires the Director to notify specified congressional committees before any license is approved for the export of goods and technology valued at more than $1 million to any country that supports international terrorism. Requires crime and detection and equipment to be approved for export by the Director. Authorizes the President to prohibit the export of goods and technology where necessary to protect the domestic economy from excessive drain of source materials. Authorizes any trade association, firm, or group of workers that may be adversely affected by short supply conditions to petition the Director to monitor such exports or impose export controls. Prohibits domestically produced crude oil transported by pipeline over a right-of-way under the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act from being exported, with specified exceptions, from the United States. Declares that such export controls shall not apply to any agricultural commodity, including fats and oils or animal hides or skins, without the approval of the Secretary of Agriculture. Directs the President to issue regulations prohibiting any U.S. person from knowingly supporting any boycott imposed by a foreign country and not supported by the United States against a country which is friendly to the United States. Authorizes any person who utilizes a product produced abroad in whole or in part from a good historically obtained from the United States but which has been subjected to export controls, or any person who historically has exported such a good, to transmit a hardship petition to the Director requesting an exemption from such controls. Sets forth specified procedures for the processing of export licenses by the Director. Sets forth civil and criminal penalties. Requires the President to impose specified sanctions against foreign and U.S. persons who have: (1) violated the export control laws of a member of COCOM; and (2) knowingly and materially contributed to use or development of chemical, biological, nuclear, or missile weapons. Provides for enforcement of export controls authorized under this Act. Provides for administrative and judicial review of penalties and sanctions imposed under this Act. Requires specified reports. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1992
Designates October 4 through 10, 1992, as Mental Illness Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 31 March 1992
Designates June 10 through 16, 1992, as International Student Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 31 March 1992
Designates August 4, 1992, as National Neighborhood Crime Watch Day.
United States · United States Congress · 31 March 1992
Pays tribute to Vice Admiral Richard H. Truly in appreciation for his dedication and commitment to: (1) promoting the goals and objectives of our Nation's civil space program; (2) sustaining America's leadership in space and aeronautics; and (3) inspiring our youth to continue to reach for the stars. Commends him for outstanding leadership of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration through difficult program and policy debates and wishes him God speed as he brings to a close an exemplary career in Government service to chart new waters.
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 · 26 March 1992
Designates September 14 through 20, 1992, as National Small Independent Telephone Company Week.
United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1992
Authorizes and requests the President to advance a named individual on the retired list of the U.S. Army Reserve to the grade of lieutenant colonel, retroactive to the date of his retirement.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1992
Establishes a right-of-way corridor for electric power transmission lines within the Sunrise Mountain (Natural Area) Inventory Unit, Nevada.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1992
Provides for the appointment of Wesley S. Williams, Jr., as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1992
Designates the week of January 3 through 9, 1993, as Braille Literacy Week.