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United States · United States Congress · 8 October 1991
Designates May 16 through 22, 1992, as National Awareness Week for Life-Saving Techniques.
United States · United States Congress · 4 October 1991
Designates the week of October 19 through 27, 1991, as National Red Ribbon Week for a Drug Free America.
United States · United States Congress · 3 October 1991
Designates March 12, 1992, as Girl Scouts of the United States of America 80th Anniversary Day.
United States · United States Congress · 1 October 1991
Semiconductor Investment Act of 1991 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to classify the depreciable life for semiconductor manufacturing equipment as three-year property.
United States · United States Congress · 1 October 1991
Designates December 1 through 7, 1991, and November 29 through December 5, 1992, as National Adoption Week.
United States · United States Congress · 26 September 1991
Designates November 16, 1991, as Dutch-American Heritage Day.
United States · United States Congress · 24 September 1991
Designates October 1991 as Crime Prevention Month.
United States · United States Congress · 20 September 1991
United States-Hong Kong Policy Act of 1991 - Title I: United States Policy - Expresses the sense of the Congress that the following should be U.S. policy with respect to the U.S. relationship with Hong Kong: (1) the United States should seek to establish direct bilateral ties with Hong Kong in economic, shipping, communications, tourism, cultural, sport, and other matters to the extent that Hong Kong is allowed to exercise autonomy in these fields under the 1984 Joint Declaration of the Governments of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and China on the question of Hong Kong; (2) the United States should seek to maintain after July 1, 1997, with the authorization of the Chinese Government, the U.S. Consulate-General in Hong Kong and other U.S. official and semi-official organizations; (3) the United States should invite Hong Kong to maintain, after such date, its official and semi-official missions in the United States and to open other missions in those fields in which it is permitted to exercise autonomy under the Joint Declaration; (4) the United States should seek to reach agreements with the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (Administrative Region) in such fields, particularly with respect to reduction or abolishment of visa restrictions hindering U.S. nationals seeking to work in Hong Kong and covering Hong Kong residents seeking to work in the United States; (5) the United States should recognize passports and travel documents issued by the Administrative Region; and (6) the Chinese Government's exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong should not affect treatment of Hong Kong residents who apply for visas to visit the United States. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the following should be U.S. policy with respect to participation by Hong Kong in multilateral organizations: (1) the United States should support Hong Kong's participation in multilateral organizations open to non-states which are concerned with those matters in which Hong Kong is permitted to exercise autonomy under the Joint Declaration; (2) the United States should continue to fulfill its obligations to Hong Kong under international agreements, so long as Hong Kong reciprocates; (3) the United States should support Hong Kong's application to join all multilateral international conferences, agreements, and organizations; and (4) the United States should support Hong Kong's continued participation after July 1, 1997, under the name Hong Kong, China, in all such conferences, agreements, and organizations. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the following should be U.S. policy with respect to commerce between the United States and Hong Kong: (1) the United States should seek to maintain and expand economic and trade relations with Hong Kong and should continue to treat Hong Kong as a separate territory in economic and trade matters (even after July 1, 1997); (2) the United States should continue to negotiate directly with Hong Kong to conclude bilateral economic agreements (even after July 1, 1997); (3) the United States should continue to consider Hong Kong for most-favored-nation trade status and to recognize certificates of origin for manufactured goods issued by the Administrative Region; (4) the United States should continue to allow the U.S. dollar to be freely exchanged with the Hong Kong dollar and U.S. businesses should continue to operate in Hong Kong; (5) the United States should continue to support Hong Kong's access to sensitive technologies; (6) the United States should encourage Hong Kong to continue to develop a framework which provides protection for intellectual property rights; and (7) the United States should negotiate a bilateral investment treaty with Hong Kong. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the following should be U.S. policy with respect to transportation from Hong Kong: (1) the United States should continue to recognize ships and airplanes registered in Hong Kong and negotiate air service agreements directly with Hong Kong; (2) the United States should continue to recognize ships registered by Hong Kong after July 1, 1997, and U.S. commercial ships should remain free to port in Hong Kong; (3) the United States should recognize licenses issued by the Administrative Region to Hong Kong airlines; (4) the United States should recognize permits issued by the Administrative Region to U.S. airlines for specified services; (5) the United States should negotiate with the Administrative Region to renew or amend all air service agreements existing on June 30, 1997, and to conclude new air service agreements affecting all flights to, from, or through China; and (6) the United States should negotiate with the Administrative Region about arrangements to implement international aviation agreements. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the following should be U.S. policy with respect to cultural and educational exchanges with Hong Kong: (1) the United States should seek to maintain and expand U.S.-Hong Kong relations and exchanges in culture, education, science, and academic research; (2) the Administrative Region should be accorded individual status as a full partner in the Fulbright Program; and (3) the Congressional Research Service of the Library of Congress should seek to expand educational and informational ties with the Legislative Council of Hong Kong. Title II: The Status of Hong Kong in United States Law - Continues to treat Hong Kong as a separate territory under U.S. law after July 1, 1997. Approves the continuation in force of all treaties entered into by the United States and Hong Kong before such date. Title III: Reporting Provisions - Directs the Secretary to submit to the Speaker of the House and the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee: (1) a report on the degree to which the Joint Declaration is being implemented; and (2) a separate subreport (with respect to country reports) on Hong Kong.
United States · United States Congress · 18 September 1991
Designates December 4, 1991, as Hawaii Remembrance Day, to recognize contributions provided by Federal civilian employees during the attack on Pearl Harbor and during World War II.
United States · United States Congress · 18 September 1991
Declares that the President should award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Martha Raye in honor of her service in the form of entertainment and nursing care to members of the U.S. armed forces.
United States · United States Congress · 16 September 1991
Designates 1992 as the Year of the Gulf of Mexico. Expresses the sense of the Congress that governmental entities that have responsibilities relating to the Gulf should work to increase public awareness concerning the immeasurable value of the Gulf's resources and conditions that threaten its aesthetic and economic value.
United States · United States Congress · 10 September 1991
Government Securities Offering Enforcement Act of 1991 - Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to prohibit a government securities dealer, broker, bidder, or purchaser from knowingly or willingly making false or misleading written statements with respect to any bid or purchase of such securities (including the omission of necessary facts which results in such a statement).
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1991
Authorizes the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution to enter into a contract to acquire an administrative service center in the District of Columbia.
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1991
Repeals the McCarran-Ferguson Act (which provides an antitrust exemption for the business of insurance).
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1991
Family Home Investment and Education Plan Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make the tax on prohibited transactions inapplicable to a home equity participation arrangement. Describes such arrangement as one in which the eligible participant in an individual retirement plan directs the trustee of such plan to acquire an ownership interest in all or part of any dwelling unit which within a reasonable period of time (determined at the time the arrangement is executed) is to be used as the principal residence for a first-time homebuyer. Requires such ownership interest to be a fee interest which requires full repayment. Limits the amount invested to the balance in the plan before January 1, 1992. Describes the first-time homebuyer as an eligible participant or a qualified family member (child, parent, grandparent, or spouse) who had no present ownership interest in a principal residence during the 36-month period before the date of the arrangement. Allows the use of amounts in an individual retirement plan (prior to January 1, 1992) to make loans to purchase a home for a first-time homebuyer or to pay qualified higher education expenses on behalf of an eligible participant or a qualified family member. Requires the repayment of first-time homebuyer loans within 15 years and of higher education loans within ten years.
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1991
James Madison - Bill of Rights Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to issue: (1) five-dollar and half-dollar coins emblematic of the Bill of Rights; and (2) one-dollar silver coins emblematic of James Madison. Sets forth guidelines for their sale and issuance, and for financial assurances. Mandates that the surcharges received by the Secretary be transmitted to the James Madison Memorial Fellowship Trust Fund. Authorizes audits by the Comptroller General. Provides a general waiver of procurement regulations when implementing this Act. Requires the Secretary to submit monthly financial status reports to certain congressional committees.
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1991
Designates November 1991 as National Red Ribbon Month.
United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1991
Fairplay for Taxpayers Act of 1991 - Amends the Federal Rules of Evidence to declare that the communications between a lawyer, an accountant, or an enrolled agent with respect to the preparation of a tax return for a client and the client shall be privileged in the U.S. courts. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the interest rate for overpayment of tax from two percent to three percent (making such rate equal to the interest rate for underpayment of tax). Provides that if a taxpayer pays the full amount of taxes, interest, and penalties owed within 45 days (currently, ten days) from the date of notice and demand, then no interest liability will be imposed. Requires any final, temporary, or proposed tax regulation or ruling to be applied prospectively from the date of publication in the Federal Register. Provides that such prospective-only treatment may be superseded only by congressional action. Replaces the "substantially-prevailed" test for determining whether a taxpayer may recover costs and fees incurred as part of an administrative or court proceeding with a "prevailed-to-some-extent" test. Allows the taxpayer to recover the same percentage of costs incurred as the percentage by which he or she prevails in the controversy. Revises the meaning of reasonable administrative costs to include only costs incurred during, or in preparation for, the initial audit, or an appeals conference, or at any time thereafter. Expands the current test allowing taxpayers to sue for civil damages for certain unauthorized collection actions to allow a suit if in connection with any collection of tax any officer or employee of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) carelessly disregards tax law. (The current test is "recklessly or intentionally disregards".) Directs the IRS to require all employees to report to the Inspection Service all instances of misconduct. Directs the Commissioner of IRS to make quarterly reports to the Inspector General concerning cases reported to the Inspection Service. Requires the Inspector General to submit an annual summary of such quarterly reports to specified congressional committees. Directs the Commissioner to carry out an education and training program for all IRS employees regarding appropriate and ethical conduct of governmental duties and responsibilities, including an explanation of applicable standards of conduct. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1991
Expresses the sense of the Senate that in light of the current economic conditions the Federal excise taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel shall not be increased.
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1991
Authorizes the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution to acquire land for watershed protection at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center at Edgewater, Maryland. Authorizes appropriations to the Board to carry out such purposes for FY 1992 and succeeding fiscal years. Requires that such sums be matched equally with funds from non-Federal sources. Amends Federal law which authorizes the Board to plan, design, construct, and equip specified space in the National Museum of Natural History to provide that the appropriation authorized for such purpose: (1) is for FY 1991 and succeeding fiscal years; and (2) is to remain available until expended.
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1991
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide a tax deduction for business equipment or other depreciable property donated to charitable organizations solely for the training of individuals who are disabled or needy.
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1991
Establishes a Joint Committee on the Organization of the Congress to: (1) make a full and complete study of the organization and operation of the Congress; and (2) recommend improvements in such organization and operation with a view toward strengthening its effectiveness, simplifying its operations, improving its relationships with other branches of the Government, and improving the orderly consideration of legislation. Requires a report to the Senate and the House of Representatives not later than the adjournment sine die of the 102d Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 29 July 1991
Recognizes and commemorates the tenth anniversary of the enactment of the Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981.
United States · United States Congress · 26 July 1991
Designates November 1991 as National Accessible Housing Month.
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1991
Amends the National Trails System Act to designate the American Discovery Trail extending from Pt. Reyes, California, through Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia, and Maryland to Cape Henlopen State Park, Delaware, for study for potential addition to the National Trails System.
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1991
Constitutional Amendment - Requires the Congress, prior to each fiscal year, to adopt a statement in which total Federal outlays (except those for repayment of debt principal) do not exceed total receipts (except those derived from borrowing), unless a three-fifths vote of both Houses authorizes a specific excess. Limits the rate of increase in receipts in the statement to that of the increase in national income in the previous calendar year, unless law is enacted solely to approve specific additional receipts by a three-fifths majority vote of both Houses. Directs the President to submit a balanced budget. Authorizes waiver of these provisions in time of war. Sets a permanent limit on the amount of Federal public debt, prohibiting any increase unless legislation enacted by a three-fifths majority of both Houses becomes law.
United States · United States Congress · 16 July 1991
Designates the week beginning August 25, 1991, as National Parks Week.
United States · United States Congress · 11 July 1991
Comprehensive Wetlands Conservation and Management Act of 1991 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to revise provisions concerning permits for dredged or fill material. Prohibits, unless such activity is undertaken pursuant to a permit issued by the Secretary of the Army: (1) the discharge of dredged or fill material into U.S. waters; or (2) the draining, channelization, or excavation of wetlands. Authorizes the Secretary to issue permits for such activities. Sets forth permit application procedures. Requires the Secretary, upon receiving applications, to: (1) classify as Type A wetlands wetlands that are of critical significance to the long-term conservation of the ecosystem of which they are a part and which meet specified requirements; (2) classify as Type B wetlands wetlands that provide habitat for a significant population of avian, aquatic, or wetland dependent wildlife or provide other significant wetlands functions; and (3) classify as Type C wetlands wetlands that serve marginal functions but exist in such abundance that regulation of activities is not necessary to conserve wetlands values and functions, or are prior converted cropland, fastlands, or wetlands within intensely developed areas that do not serve significant wetlands functions. Directs the Secretary to notify a permit applicant of the classification. Permits owners of interests in Type A wetlands to seek compensation for the fair market value of such lands. Provides that title for such lands shall pass to the United States upon acceptance of an offer for compensation. Deems such takings to be takings of surface interests in lands only or water rights allocated under State law unless the Secretary determines that the exploration for, or development of, oil and gas or mineral interests is not compatible with conservation of the surface interests in lands that have been classified as Type A wetlands. Authorizes the Secretary to classify such interests as Type A wetlands and to notify the owner that he may receive compensation. Sets forth provisions concerning court jurisdiction and remedies for taking of interests. Requires the Secretary to deny a permit authorizing activities in Type A wetlands unless: (1) such activities can be undertaken with minimal alteration or surface disturbance; (2) there are overriding public interest concerns that require use of the lands for purposes other than conservation; or (3) the proposed use of the land will result in overall environmental benefits. Authorizes the Secretary to issue a permit for activities in Type B wetlands subject to conditions that ensure that the watershed or aquatic ecosystem of which such wetlands are a part does not suffer loss or degradation of wetlands values or functions. Imposes requirements for mitigation when such activities result in the permanent loss or degradation of Type B wetlands where such loss or degradation is not a temporary or incidental impact. Directs the Secretary to establish a mitigation banking program in each State to ensure compensation for loss and degradation of wetlands. Requires the primary objective of such programs to be to provide for the restoration, enhancement, or creation of ecologically significant wetlands on an ecosystem basis. Sets forth requirements of such programs. Permits activities in Type C wetlands to be undertaken without specified authorization. Authorizes the Secretary to issue general permits on a State, regional, or nationwide basis for activities in wetlands if such activities are similar in nature and will not result in the significant loss of ecologically significant wetlands values and functions. Exempts specified activities from this Act's requirements. Permits States or political subdivisions to submit land management plans for identified wetlands for the Secretary's approval. Authorizes and directs the Secretary to establish standards that govern the delineation of lands as wetlands. Prohibits more than 20 percent of any county, parish, or borough from being classified as Type A wetlands. Requires the Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to undertake a project to identify and classify U.S. wetlands. Provides for public participation in such project and makes information concerning identification and classification available to the public. Authorizes the Secretary to commence civil actions for permit violations. Prescribes civil penalties for such violations. Authorizes States to administer permit programs for activities covered by this Act, subject to the Secretary's approval.
United States · United States Congress · 11 July 1991
World Cup USA 1994 Commemorative Coin Act - 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 in commemoration of the 1994 World Cup and the unique appeal of soccer. 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 Organizing Committee to organize and stage the 1994 World Cup. Requires that ten percent of such funds shall be made available through the U.S. Soccer Federation Foundation, Inc., for distribution to institutions for scholastic scholarships to qualified students.
United States · United States Congress · 10 July 1991
Provides for supplying additional mineral material to mining operations under unpatented mining claims.
United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1991
Designates 1991 as the 25th Anniversary Year of the Formation of the President's Committee on Mental Retardation.
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1991
General Accounting Office Reform Act of 1991 - Title I: Special Inspector General for the General Accounting Office - Establishes the Office of Special Inspector General for the General Accounting Office to be headed by the Special Inspector General. Requires the Special Inspector General to conduct a study and an audit of the operations of the General Accounting Office (GAO), which includes the drawing of samples of GAO studies and subjecting them to independent, outside review of accuracy, fairness, and professionalism. Requires appropriate reports to the Congress and the President on the results of such study and audit, including a review of whether GAO should be limited to strictly accounting and auditing functions. Authorizes appropriations. Title II: General Accounting Office Reform - Limits GAO use of funds for consulting services for FY 1992 to 75 percent of the amount spent for such services in FY 1991. Requires annual Comptroller General reports to the Congress on GAO's internal control structure. Prohibits GAO studies, investigations, or audits which have not been requested by the Congress or a Federal agency or are not required by statute. Requires reimbursement for GAO assignments and details to congressional committees and offices and to Federal agencies. Requires appropriate House and Senate leadership notification in cases of the former. Requires annual GAO reports on its employees detailed to executive agencies or the Congress for submission to the House and Senate leadership. Provides for congressional committee and Congressional Research Service and other congressional agency review and comment with respect to GAO draft reports. Prohibits GAO personnel from performing official duties in a combat zone. Requires GAO reports to the Congress and the President on studies or audits of Federal agencies to note the subject agency's lack of review or comment on such report. Requires the President to designate an Inspector General to conduct a financial audit and internal controls examination of GAO each Congress for submission to the President and the Congress. Requires the Congress to review the Special Inspector General's final report under title I and take appropriate actions.
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1991
Designates November as National American Indian Heritage Month, beginning in 1991.
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1991
Designates September 20, 1991, as National POW/MIA Recognition Day. Authorizes the POW/MIA flag to be flown on a flagstaff of the White House, the Departments of State, Defense, and Veterans Affairs, the Selective Service Commission, each national cemetery, and the National Vietnam Veterans Memorial on such day. Provides that the flag may be flown on a flagstaff of each national cemetery and the National Vietnam Veterans Memorial on May 30, 1991 (Memorial Day), and on September 2, 1991 (Labor Day). States that it is the sense of the Congress that the POW/MIA flag be displayed under this Act as an expression and symbol of the concern and commitment of the people and the U.S. Government to resolving the uncertainty relating to members of the U.S. armed forces who are missing in action or whose locations are unknown as result of United States foreign wars (including those members who may still be prisoners of war).
United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1991
Shipbuilding and Repair Industry Free Trade Act of 1991 - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to annually determine and publish the net shipbuilding and repair subsidy provided, directly and indirectly, to each major shipbuilding and repair company in foreign countries meeting certain requirements. Requires the information submitted to the Secretary in connection with the determinations to be treated as proprietary if it meets certain requirements of the Tariff Act of 1930. Requires each company to repay to its government the total value of the aggregate subsidy provided, plus interest. Directs the Secretary to: (1) require certification from both the company and the foreign government that the payments have occurred; and (2) if requested, verify the repayment. Directs the Secretary, if a company has not complied, to direct the Commandant of the Coast Guard to collect an annual assessment on each vessel constructed or repaired by the company. Sets the amount of the assessment at the amount of the net subsidy, adjusted by partial repayments and increased by any previous unpaid assessment. Prohibits a vessel from entering a U.S. port until the assessment is paid in full. Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to provide for the judicial review of subsidy assessment determinations by the U.S. Court of International Trade.
United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1991
Employee Benefits Simplification and Expansion Act of 1991 - Title I: Nondiscrimination Provisions - Amends the Internal Revenue Code with respect to employee benefit plans. Redefines the term "highly compensated employee" for pension, profit sharing, and stock bonus plans, etc., purposes. Makes such employee one who is a five-percent owner or who has compensation from the employer in excess of $50,000. Provides a special rule where no employees are treated as highly compensated. Provides that the cost of living adjustment with respect to any calendar year is based on the increase in the applicable index as of the close of the calendar quarter ending September 30 of the preceding calendar year. Requires the rounding of such amounts to the nearest $1,000, except that elective deferrals and elective contributions to simplified employee pensions are to be rounded to the nearest $100. Allows an employer to determine an employee's compensation solely by reference to such employee's base pay. Provides that the minimum participation rule applies only to defined benefit pension plans. Requires such plans to benefit not less than 25 employees, or the greater of 40 percent of all employees or two employees (or if there is only one employee, such employee). Sets forth alternative methods of meeting nondiscrimination requirements for cash or deferred arrangements, including specified contribution and notice requirements. Sets forth alternative methods of satisfying the nondiscrimination test for matching contributions. Revises the method for distributing excess contributions to highly compensated employees. Title II: Distributions - Allows distributions from qualified pension plans to be rolled over tax-free to an individual retirement account or another qualified plan or annuity. Eliminates five-year forward averaging for lump-sum distributions from qualified plans. Requires certain tax-free distributions to be made in the form of a direct trustee-to-trustee transfer to an eligible individual retirement plan. Sets forth administrative requirements in making such distributions. Requires distributions to be made from qualified plans by April 1 of the calendar year following the later of: (1) the calendar year in which the employee attains age 70; or (2) the calendar year in which the employee retires. (Present law requires such distributions no later than April 1 of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the employee attains age 70 1/2.) Title III: Miscellaneous Provisions - Revises the definition of a leased employee to include one whose services are performed under the control of a service recipient, instead of one whose services are historically performed by employees. Replaces the 59 1/2- and 70 1/2-year age requirement with 59- and 70-year age requirements for specified pension plans. Eliminates the special aggregation rules that apply to plans maintained by owner-employees that do not apply to other qualified plans. Makes the 150 percent current liability limitation on the deduction allowed for employer contributions to qualified pension plans inapplicable to multi-employer plans. Repeals the present law annual valuation requirement for such plans and applies the prior law requirement that valuations be performed at least every three years. Sets forth affiliation requirements for employers jointly maintaining a voluntary employees' beneficiary association. Provides that compensation, in the case of a governmental plan, includes any amount which is contributed by the employer pursuant to a salary reduction agreement and which is not includible in the gross income of an employee under cafeteria plans, cash or deferred arrangements, tax-exempt organization or public school annuities, State or local government plans, or deferred compensation plans of State and local governments and tax-exempt organizations. Makes the following limitations inapplicable to plans maintained by State and local governments and certain tax-exempt organizations: (1) excess benefit limitations; (2) compensation limitation on benefits; and (3) limitations on disability and survivor benefits. Allows government plan employers to revoke the grandfather election on the limitation to equal accrued benefits. Modifies provisions relating to simplified employee pensions. Increases the number of allowable participants for salary reduction arrangements from 25 to 100. Allows participation after one year of service (currently, three years of service is required). Repeals the requirement that at least 50 percent of eligible employees participate in a salary reduction arrangement. Eliminates certain requirements regarding contributions on behalf of disabled employees. Allows rural cooperative plans which include cash or deferred arrangements to make distributions to participants after attainment of age 59. Includes reports of pension and annuity payments in information returns and payee statements. Eliminates reports of designated distributions from the scope of the $25 per day penalty. Provides a $10 reporting threshold for designated distributions. Makes tax-exempt organizations eligible for cash or deferred arrangement pension plans.
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1991
Federal Used Property for Humanitarian Relief Act of 1991 - Amends the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to authorize the Administrator of the General Services Administration to make available to foreign governments or international relief agencies for humanitarian relief purposes nonlethal surplus personal property not needed for State disaster relief or by the American Red Cross or by States or territories for educational or public health purposes. Requires transfer of such property to the Secretary of State for distribution. Makes the Secretary responsible for the reacquisition of such property from the donee government or agency upon determining that its need for such property ceases to exist. Requires the Secretary to retransfer such property to the Administrator for further disposition. Authorizes executive agencies having any such property in a foreign country that has not been returned to the United States to make such a transfer. Repeals provisions authorizing the Secretary of Defense to make available for humanitarian relief purposes any nonlethal excess supplies of the Department of Defense.
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1991
Advises the International Olympic Committee that the United States Congress would welcome the holding of the 1998 winter Olympic games in Salt Lake City, Utah. Expresses the hope of the Congress that Salt Lake City, Utah, will be selected for the site for the 1998 winter Olympic games, and pledges its cooperation and support of their successful fulfillment.
United States · United States Congress · 12 June 1991
Government-Sponsored Enterprises Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1991 - Title I: Improvement of Supervision and Regulation of the Federal National Mortgage Association and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Association - Defines specified terms for purposes of this title. Subtitle A: Establishment of Financial Safety and Soundness Regulatory - Establishes in the Department of Housing and Urban Development the Office of Government-Sponsored Enterprise Financial Oversight (Office). Subtitle B: Capital Levels and Special Enforcement Powers - Requires the Office to establish risk-based capital levels for each enterprise. Establishes minimum capital levels, critical capital levels, and enforcement levels. Sets forth mandatory supervisory actions at various capital levels. Subtitle C: General Enforcement Powers - Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) cease-and-desist proceedings; (2) temporary cease-and-desist orders; (3) removal and prohibition authority; (4) director or officer suspension and removal; (5) hearings and judicial review; (6) jurisdiction; (7) civil money penalties; (8) notice; (9) subpoena power; and (10) public disclosure of final orders and agreements. Subtitle D: Conservatorship - Authorizes: (1) the appointment of a conservator for a troubled enterprise; and (2) an enterprise to judicially challenge such appointment. Title II: Primacy of Financial Safety and Soundness for the Federal Housing Finance Board - Amends the Federal Home Loan Bank Act to state that the primary duty of the Board shall be to ensure that the Federal Home Loan Banks operate in a financially safe and sound manner. Title III: Improvement of Supervision and Regulation of the Student Loan marketing Association - Subtitle A: Establishment of Financial Safety and Soundness Regulatory - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to report annually to the Congress on the financial safety and soundness of the Student Loan Marketing Association. Establishes a separate fund in the Treasury for the deposit of assessments, fees, and other charges collected to carry out the Secretary's responsibilities for the Association. Subtitle B: Capital Levels and Special Enforcement Powers - Directs the Secretary to establish relevant capital measures and minimum risk-based capital levels for each such measure. Subtitle C: General Enforcement Powers - Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) cease-and-desist proceedings; (2) temporary cease-and-desist orders; (3) removal and prohibition authority; (4) director or officer suspension and removal; (5) hearings and judicial review; (6) jurisdiction and enforcement; (7) civil money penalties; (8) notice; (9) subpoena power; and (10) public disclosure of final orders and agreements. Subtitle D: Conservatorship - Authorizes the Secretary to appoint a conservator for the Association when necessary. Title IV: Jurisdiction of Courts in Prompt Corrective Action - Amends Federal law to grant the United States Claims Court exclusive jurisdiction over claims for damages against the United States by any person who has petition for judicial review of certain actions made under this Act. Title V: Farm Credit System - Subtitle A: Improvements to Farm Credit System Safety and Soundness - Amends the Farm Credit Act of 1971 to authorize the Federal Farm Credit Banks Funding Corporation to gather information from, and monitor the financial condition and performance of, Farm Credit System banks and their related associations and to establish and impose certain economic incentives. Authorizes the Corporation, whenever assistance has been provided to any System bank, the authority to determine the amount of additional stock in the bank to be subscribed for to provide capital to meet certain capital requirements. Subtitle B: Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation - Revises the composition of the Board of Directors of the Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation. Directs the Corporation to develop and publish a new risk-based premium structure and to succeed to the rights of the Farm Credit System Assistance Board in the certification of institutions as eligible to issue preferred stock. Subtitle C: Farm Credit System Consolidation - Revises provisions governing the consolidation of farm credit districts. Subtitle D: Repayment of Financial Assistance Corporation Debt Obligations - Replaces the authority of the Financial Assistance Corporation to issue debt obligations with provisions for the prepayment of principal and interest into the Farm Credit Assistance Fund. Subtitle E: Farm Credit System Bank and Institution Management - Requires one-third of the members (currently, one of the members) of the board of directors of the following entities to be elected by the other directors: (1) each Federal land bank association; (2) each production credit association; and (3) each Farm Credit Bank.
United States · United States Congress · 11 June 1991
Requires Federal agencies to make available to the public information relating to the location, treatment, or condition of any U.S. personnel currently classified as prisoners of war or missing in action. Requires the Secretary of Defense to also make available to the public a complete list of U.S. personnel classified as prisoners of war, missing in action, or killed in action (body not returned) after 1940, including: (1) the current classification of each person; and (2) each change in the listed person's classification that has occurred since the original classification. Provides exceptions to such disclosure requirements, including where disclosure would compromise the safety of personnel known or thought to be held as prisoners of war. Requires the agency head, in such an instance, to notify the President and the congressional intelligence committees of such a determination.
United States · United States Congress · 11 June 1991
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the luxury excise tax on passenger vehicles, boats, aircraft, jewelry, and furs.
United States · United States Congress · 11 June 1991
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for the treatment of rental and nonrental real estate activities under the limitations on losses from passive activities.
United States · United States Congress · 11 June 1991
Designates June 1991 as National Forest System Month.
United States · United States Congress · 11 June 1991
Designates the month of November 1991 as National Alzheimer's Disease Month.
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1991
Designates the week of November 10, 1991, as Hire a Veteran Week.
United States · United States Congress · 5 June 1991
Small Town Environmental Planning Act of 1991 - Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a small community environmental compliance planning program for facilities that are owned or operated by, or under contract with, a small community, or with respect to which an environmental compliance activity is dependent. Provides for voluntary participation in such program. Requires the Administrator to publish a list of requirements under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act, the Clean Air Act, and the Toxic Substances Control Act to be addressed in small community environmental compliance plans. Provides for the annual review of such list. Directs the Administrator to: (1) publish guidelines for small communities or States responsible for the development of such plans; and (2) promulgate regulations setting forth the requirements for submission of such plans. Sets forth plan format requirements. Requires regulations, at a minimum, to: (1) identify areas of environmental regulation where there are significant problems in achieving compliance or noncompliance with implementation schedules under such Acts; and (2) estimate the amount of user fees necessary for the financing of environmental compliance activities at treatment or disposal facilities owned, operated, or under contract with small communities and assess the ability of residents to pay such fees. Directs small communities participating in the program to prepare plans. Authorizes State agencies to prepare plans for small communities without sufficient resources to do so. Sets forth provisions concerning plan approvals and modifications. Requires the Administrator to provide for a mechanism under which a small community may apply for a waiver with respect to regulations issued under the Acts identified by this Act. Permits the Administrator to waive requirements where the small community demonstrates that compliance with regulations is not necessary to protect human health and the environment. Requires the Administrator, as part of the program, to: (1) notify small communities of the regulations through methods providing information to the greatest number of small communities; and (2) implement a technical assistance program to aid small communities in the preparation of plans. Provides for waivers to plan requirements, as necessary, and for the assessment of administrative penalties against facilities failing to meet requirements.
United States · United States Congress · 3 June 1991
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the American public should observe the 100th anniversary of filmmaking in 1993 and recognize the American Film Institute's leadership role in preserving the art of film.
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1991
Bonneville Salt Flat Preservation Study Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct and report to the Congress on a study to determine the nature and extent of the salt loss occurring at Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah, and how best to preserve the resources threatened by such salt loss, including consideration of designating the area as a national conservation or recreation area. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1991
Authorizes the city of Kaysville, Utah, to lease specified lands for communication site purposes. Authorizes their use for recreation and other purposes not inconsistent with the protection of the city's watershed and water supply system.
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1991
Fishlake National Forest Enlargement Act - Transfers jurisdiction of certain public lands in Utah, currently under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management, to the Secretary of Agriculture to be added to, and administered by the Secretary as part of, the Fishlake National Forest. Extends current land use authorizations with respect to such transferred lands.