Skip to content
PoliticalRepoPoliticalRepo

Person

Official portrait of Sen. Graham, Bob [D-FL]

Sen. Graham, Bob [D-FL]

United States · Official source

Records

2,765 records where Sen. Graham, Bob [D-FL] is listed as a sponsor, author, or other actor. Search with topics and years

Bill· SS. 3273 (102nd)referred

Wind Engineering Program Act of 1992

United States · United States Congress · 25 September 1992

Wind Engineering Program Act of 1992 - Establishes within the National Institute of Standards and Technology (Institute) a Wind Engineering Program which shall: (1) provide for wind engineering research; (2) serve as an information clearinghouse; and (3) improve interagency coordination on wind engineering research. Authorizes Institute appropriations for purposes of this Act, of which at least 50 percent shall be used for interagency wind research cooperative agreements.

Bill· SS. 3241 (102nd)referred

A bill to award a congressional gold medal to John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie.

United States · United States Congress · 17 September 1992

Authorizes the President, on behalf of the Congress, to present a gold medal to John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie in recognition of his accomplishments as a musician. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to provide for the sale of bronze duplicates of the medal.

Bill· SS. 3180 (102nd)open

State Care Act of 1992

United States · United States Congress · 12 August 1992

State Care Act of 1992 - Amends the Social Security Act (SSA) to add a new title XXI, State Comprehensive Health Coverage And Cost Containment Demonstration Projects, establishing a program under which the State-Based Comprehensive Health Care Commission (established below) is required to select States to participate in health coverage and cost containment demonstration projects (State Care projects). Establishes the State-Based Comprehensive Health Care Commission (the Commission) to review, approve, and oversee State Care projects. Authorizes appropriations. Requires States desiring grants to develop State Care projects to establish a State Health Care Authority through which to develop such projects. Exempts from this requirement States that have enacted comprehensive health care plans (State Care plans) within 12 months of enactment of this Act. Establishes Federal standards for approval of applications for grants for demonstrations in up to ten States. Specifies State Care plan requirements, including those for standard and basic benefit packages, cost-control mechanisms, and quality control procedures. Details the various items and services which constitute each respective package. Sets limits on the amount, scope, and duration of certain benefits under the standard package. Details cost-sharing under the respective packages, and provides for limits on out-of-pocket package expenses. Authorizes the Commission to award grants to States receiving approval of a State Care project grant application for: (1) establishment of a data base infrastructure necessary to measure and evaluate State Care plan success in achieving cost containment and access goals; and (2) consolidation of health care budgeting, regulating, financing, and delivery responsibilities of the State. Authorizes appropriations. Prohibits payments under Medicaid (SSA title XIX) for State Care project services if payment for them may be made under the State Care plan. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to pay to each State participating in a State Care project an amount equal to the amount of any payments that, as a result of such prohibition, were not made under Medicaid because payment was made under the State Care plan. Sets forth provisions governing the application of Medicare (SSA title XVIII) and ERISA (Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) with respect to any approved State Care project. Requires periodic reports by the Commission to the Congress on the reforms undertaken in States participating in State Care projects, along with recommendations for increased Federal funding for reform initiatives and project grants. Requires additional Commission reports on continued financing of State Care plans and, if no national comprehensive health care system has been established, on establishing such a system that utilizes the experiences of State Care projects.

Bill· SS. 3210 (102nd)referred

Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Fair Share Act of 1992

United States · United States Congress · 12 August 1992

Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Fair Share Act of 1992 - Amends Federal law to base Federal funding for agricultural experiment stations on the latest Department of Commerce population figures rather than on decennial census figures. Makes similar changes to: (1) the Smith-Lever Act with respect to the Federal Extension Service; and (2) the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 with respect to agricultural research at 1890 land grant colleges (including Tuskegee Institute), and the nutrition education program.

Bill· SS. 3209 (102nd)referred

Census Data Fair Share Act of 1992

United States · United States Congress · 12 August 1992

Census Data Fair Share Act of 1992 - Requires the Secretary of Commerce to annually produce and publish current data or estimates on below poverty, urban, rural, and farm populations, for each State, urban area, and rural area for which data is compiled in the most recent decennial census of population. Authorizes such data or estimates to be produced by means of sampling or other methods which the Secretary determines will produce current, comprehensive, and reliable data or estimates.

Bill· SS. 3205 (102nd)referred

A bill to require that, in the administration of any benefits program established by or under Federal law which requires the use of data obtained in the most recent decennial census, the 1990 adjusted census data be considered the official data for such census.

United States · United States Congress · 12 August 1992

Directs that, in the administration of any benefits program established by or under Federal law which requires the use of data obtained in the most recent decennial census, the 1990 adjusted census data be considered the official data for such census.

Bill· SS. 3206 (102nd)referred

Airport Improvements Fair Share Act of 1992

United States · United States Congress · 12 August 1992

Airport Improvements Fair Share Act of 1992 - Amends the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 to provide for the use of the latest available estimates prepared by the Department of Commerce (currently, the latest decennial census of the United States) for the calculation of the apportionment of State airport development and airport planning funds.

Bill· SS. 3208 (102nd)referred

Energy Extension Fair Share Act of 1992

United States · United States Congress · 12 August 1992

Energy Extension Fair Share Act of 1992 - Amends the National Energy Extension Service Act to provide for the use of population figures provided by the latest available estimates prepared by the Department of Commerce (currently, provided by the most recent decennial census) for the calculation of the apportionment of State energy extension service funds.

Bill· SS. 3204 (102nd)referred

Fair Share Act of 1992

United States · United States Congress · 12 August 1992

Fair Share Act of 1992 - Requires the use of the most recent annual population data when determining the amount of benefit under Federal programs for a State, county, or local unit of government.

Bill· SS. 3211 (102nd)referred

Urban Mass Transportation Fair Share Act of 1992

United States · United States Congress · 12 August 1992

Urban Mass Transportation Fair Share Act of 1992 - Amends the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 to base the apportionment of Federal transportation funds for certain urban and nonurban mass transportation programs on census estimates prepared by the Department of Commerce. (Currently, the apportionment is based only on the latest available Federal census.)

Bill· SS. 3207 (102nd)referred

Environment and Public Works Fair Share Act of 1992

United States · United States Congress · 12 August 1992

Environment and Public Works Fair Share Act of 1992 - Amends the Federal Aid to Wildlife Restoration Act to require the Federal formula used to allocate funds to States under such Act to use the population figures from the latest available estimates prepared by the Department of Commerce for each State (currently, from the latest decennial census). Requires the Federal formula used for grants to States for interstate highway systems, Federal-aid urban highways, and highway safety programs to include the population figures from the latest available estimates prepared by the Department of Commerce (currently, from the latest decennial census).

Bill· SS. 3188 (102nd)referred

Florida Keys Water Quality Protection Act

United States · United States Congress · 12 August 1992

Florida Keys Water Quality Protection Act - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to continue the Water Quality Program established under the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary and Protection Act. Requires the Administrator and the Governor of Florida to establish a Steering Committee to set guidance and policy for the implementation of the Program. Directs the Administrator to establish a Florida Keys Liaison Office in Florida to: (1) assist in the implementation of the Program and to support local, State, and Federal agencies in implementing specific action plans to carry out the Program; (2) coordinate the actions of the EPA with other Federal agencies and State and local authorities in developing strategies to protect and improve water quality in the Florida Keys; (3) make information related to the water quality in the Keys available to the public; and (4) report biennially to the Congress on the Program. Authorizes the Administrator to make grants to State agencies, local governments, and nonprofit, private organizations for projects or studies to implement the Program. Provides for establishment of a Technical Advisory Committee to assist in the design and prioritization of grants and programs for scientific research and monitoring. Authorizes appropriations.

Bill· SS. 3187 (102nd)referred

A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to improve programs related to home and community based care and community supported living arrangements, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 12 August 1992

Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to allow the participation in home- and community-based care programs of functionally disabled elderly individuals with: (1) incomes of up to three times the maximum amount allowed under the Supplemental Security Income program, at the State's option; and (2) two of five (currently, two of three) impaired activities of daily living. Exempts small community care settings which are not providers of home- and community-based care from survey and certification requirements. Requires case managers who have been properly trained to review such small settings for compliance with applicable requirements. Revises program funding provisions to: (1) guarantee States with a certain amount of funding over one year's election period; and (2) allow remaining funds to be carried over to the next fiscal year. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) evaluate the provision of home- and community-based care by States: and (2) submit to specified congressional committees an annual report on the effectiveness of such care. Makes technical revisions in the definition of developmentally disabled individual with respect to eligibility for community supported living arrangements program services. Allows program funds remaining at the end of a fiscal year to be carried over to the next fiscal year. Requires the Secretary to: (1) evaluate the provision of community supported living arrangement services by States; and (2) submit to specified congressional committees an annual report on their effectiveness. Amends the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986 to reauthorize Alzheimer's disease demonstration projects. Requires the Secretary to report to the Cognress any recommendations regarding: (1) a plan under which the Federal Government would provide, and finance the provision of, both long-term and home- and community-based care; and (2) the appropriate role of the States in such a plan.

Bill· SS. 3174 (102nd)referred

A bill to make technical corrections to the International Banking Act of 1978.

United States · United States Congress · 11 August 1992

Amends the International Banking Act of 1978 to specify that the requirement that foreign banks must establish U.S. subsidiaries (as opposed to direct branches) to accept or maintain deposits under $100,000 requiring insurance applies only to domestic retail deposits.

Bill· SS. 3148 (102nd)referred

Intergovernmental Health Care Fraud and Abuse Task Force Act of 1992

United States · United States Congress · 6 August 1992

Intergovernmental Health Care Fraud and Abuse Task Force Act of 1992 - Amends title XI of the Social Security Act to establish the Intergovernmental Task Force on Health Care Fraud and Abuse to: (1) investigate the nature, magnitude, and cost of health care fraud and abuse in the United States; and (2) identify and develop the most effective methods of preventing and eliminating such fraud and abuse.

Bill· SS. 3101 (102nd)referred

White House Conference on Juvenile Justice Act of 1992

United States · United States Congress · 30 July 1992

White House Conference on Juvenile Justice Act of 1992 - Directs the President to call and conduct a National White House Conference (Conference) on Juvenile Justice to bring together individuals and organizations from Federal, State, and local governments concerned with the issues and programs, both public and private, relating to juvenile and juvenile delinquency prevention. Authorizes participating conferees and other interested individuals and organizations to conduct conferences and other activities at the State and regional levels prior to the date of the Conference, subject to approval of the executive director of the Conference. Prohibits: (1) a person involved in administering State juvenile justice programs providing services to, or advocacy of, juvenile offenders from being denied admission to any State or regional conference; or (2) the imposition of fees on any person attending a Conference except for a maximum ten dollar registration fee. Directs all Federal departments, agencies, and instrumentalities to provide necessary support and assistance to facilitate the planning and administration of the Conference. Requires the Executive Director of the Coalition of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Advisory Committees to: (1) provide necessary assistance for the organization and conduct of State and regional conferences; (2) enter into contracts and agreements with public agencies, private organizations, and academic institutions; and (3) prepare and provide background materials for use by participants in the Conference and in the State and regional conferences. Requires: (1) the Conference to submit a final report to the President and the Congress on its findings and recommendations along with proposals for any legislative action necessary to implement them; and (2) the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to report annually to the Congress on the status and implementation of such findings and recommendations during the three-year period following submission of the final report of the Conference. Authorizes appropriations. Prohibits the use of funds appropriated to the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act from being used to carry out this Act except for funds appropriated specifically to conduct the Conference.

Bill· SS. 2973 (102nd)referred

Women Veterans Health Programs Act of 1992

United States · United States Congress · 2 July 1992

Women Veterans Sexual Trauma Services Act of 1992 - Requires a woman veteran who is diagnosed by a Department of Veterans Affairs health professional to be in need of counseling or treatment for sexual trauma to be furnished such care and services by the Department. Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into contracts with appropriate non-Department facilities in order to furnish such care and services. Directs the Secretary to report to the Senate and House Veterans' Affairs Committees on the use of such contracting authority. Prohibits any such contracts after September 30, 1994. Directs the Secretary to commence the provision of information and referrals by means of a toll-free telephone number of such available care and services in both Department and non-Department facilities. Requires the telephone information system to be operated at all times, and by personnel trained in providing information and referrals to sexual trauma victims. Directs the Secretary to study and report to the Congress on the needs of women veterans for counseling, medical care, and other services for sexual trauma. Directs the Secretary to make a comprehensive report to the Congress on such care and services furnished by the Department. Directs the Secretary and the Secretary of Defense to carry out a program to ensure that women who are being separated from active duty are provided information on the counseling, medical care, and other services and assistance relating to sexual trauma that are available under programs carried out by the Department. Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress the Secretary's: (1) assessment of the difficulties women veterans encounter in obtaining Department determinations that medical conditions relating to sexual trauma are service-connected, as well as the extent to which Department personnel fail to make such determinations; and (2) recommendation of actions to be taken to respond to such difficulties and eliminate such failures.

Bill· SS. 2969 (102nd)open

Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1992

United States · United States Congress · 2 July 1992

Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1992 - Prohibits any agency, department, or official of the United States or any State (the government) from burdening a person's exercise of religion even if the burden results from a rule of general applicability, except that the government may burden a person's exercise of religion only if it demonstrates that application of the burden to the person is: (1) essential to further a compelling governmental interest; and (2) the least restrictive means of furthering that compelling governmental interest. Sets forth provisions pertaining to judicial relief, attorney's fees, and applicability.

Bill· SS. 2980 (102nd)referred

Minor Crop Protection Assistance Act of 1992

United States · United States Congress · 2 July 1992

Minor Crop Protection Assistance Act of 1992 - Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) to define "minor use" as the use of a pesticide on a commercial agricultural crop or site where: (1) the total U.S. acreage for the crop is less than 300,000 acres; (2) the acreage expected to be treated as a result of that use is less than 300,000 acres annually or the agricultural crop represents production from less than 300,000 acres annually; (3) the use does not provide sufficient economic incentive to support initial or continuing registration; and (4) the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has not determined that the use presents an unreasonable adverse environmental effect. Permits the Administrator, in handling the registration of a pesticide for a minor use, to waive applicable data requirements if determined that the absence of data will not prevent the Administrator from determining the incremental risk presented by the minor use and that such risk would have an unreasonable adverse environmental effect. Prohibits data that relates solely to a minor use, without the permission of the original data submitter, from being considered by the Administrator to support a minor use application by another person for ten years following the submission of the data. Terminates the exclusive use of such data if the registration is voluntarily cancelled or if the data are used to support a nonminor use. Provides for expedited review (within six months of submission) of applications to support minor use pesticide registrations. Grants registrants who make good faith requests for minor use waivers regarding required data and whose requests are denied a full time period for providing such data. Requires the Administrator, upon the request of a registrant, to extend the deadline for the production of data required solely to support a minor use pesticide up to four years if the registrant provides data to support other uses of the pesticide and a schedule to assure that the data production will be completed before the expiration of the extension. Applies the same extension conditions to data for reregistrations. Requires the Administrator to conditionally amend a registration to permit additional minor uses even if data is insufficient if the applicant has submitted satisfactory data pertaining to the proposed minor use and amending such registration would not increase environmental risks. Prohibits amendments if the pesticide meets or exceeds risk criteria associated with human dietary exposure and other specified conditions. Provides for extensions of minor use registration and data submission deadlines in cases where a registrant is not providing data to support a minor use but is providing data in a timely fashion to support other uses. Requires the Administrator, when a minor use registration application is filed no later than two years after another registrant voluntarily cancels registration for a similar use, to evaluate such application as if the voluntary cancellation had not yet taken place for purposes of data use, subject to environmental risk considerations. Directs the Administrator to assure coordination of minor use issues through the establishment of a minor use program within the Office of Pesticide Programs. Establishes and authorizes funding for a Department of Agriculture matching fund minor use program. Requires the program to be used to ensure the continued availability of minor use crop protection chemicals, including the data to support minor use pesticide registrations.

Bill· SS. 2918 (102nd)open

Cuban Democracy Act of 1992

United States · United States Congress · 1 July 1992

Cuban Democracy Act of 1992 - Sets forth U.S. policy with respect to Cuba. Declares that the President should encourage countries that conduct trade with Cuba to restrict their trade and credit regulations with Cuba in a manner consistent with this Act. Authorizes the President to impose the following sanctions against countries that provide assistance to Cuba: (1) ineligibility for assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or the Arms Export Control Act; (2) a prohibition on agreements with the United States for the establishment of free trade areas; and (3) ineligibility for forgiveness or reduction of debt owed to the U.S. Government. Terminates such sanctions if the President reports to the Congress that Cuba has met conditions established under this Act concerning democracy, human rights, and a free market economy. Prohibits restrictions on the export to Cuba of medicines, subject to specified conditions and inspection requirements. Permits telecommunications services between the United States and Cuba. Requires the U.S. Postal Service to provide direct mail service to and from Cuba. Authorizes the President to provide assistance to promote nonviolent democratic change in Cuba. Prohibits the issuance of licenses for certain transactions between U.S.-controlled firms in third countries and Cuba. Bars domestic concerns from receiving a tax deduction for the portion of the deductible expenses of such concerns which are allocated or apportioned to income derived from Cuba. Prohibits vessels which enter Cuba to engage in trade from loading or unloading any freight in the United States within 180 days after departure from Cuba. Prohibits: (1) vessels carrying goods or passengers to or from Cuba or carrying goods in which a Cuban national has an interest from entering a U.S. port, except as authorized by the Secretary of the Treasury; and (2) specified commodities authorized to be exported under a general license from being exported under such a license to any such vessels. Directs the President to establish strict limits on remittances to Cuba by U.S. persons for purposes of financing the travel of Cubans to the United States to assure that such remittances are not used by the Cuban Government as a means of gaining access to U.S. currency. Declares that food, medicine, and medical supplies for humanitarian purposes should be made available to Cuba under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 if the President certifies to the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the Government of Cuba: (1) has made a commitment to hold free and fair elections for a new government within six months and is proceeding to implement that decision; (2) has made a commitment to respect and is respecting human rights and basic democratic freedoms; and (3) is not providing weapons or funds to any group in any other country that seeks the violent overthrow of the government of such country. Waives sanctions against Cuba under this Act if the President reports to the Congress that Cuba: (1) has held free and fair elections conducted under internationally recognized observers; (2) has permitted opposition parties ample time to campaign for such elections and has permitted full access to the media to all candidates; (3) is showing respect for basic civil liberties and human rights; (4) is moving toward establishing a free market economic system; and (5) has committed itself to constitutional change that would ensure regular free and fair elections. Requires the President, if he makes such report, to take the following actions with respect to a freely-elected Cuban Government: (1) encourage the admission of such government to international organizations and financial institutions; (2) provide emergency relief during Cuba's transition to a viable economic system; (3) take steps to end the U.S. trade embargo of Cuba; and (4) enter into negotiations for a trade agreement with Cuba. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to exercise the authorities of the Trading With the Enemy Act in enforcing this Act. Authorizes appropriations. Amends the Trading With the Enemy Act to authorize the Secretary to impose a civil penalty on violators of such Act. Provides for forfeiture of any property or vessel that is the subject of a violation. Requires the Department of the Treasury to establish a branch of the Office of Foreign Assets Control in Miami, Florida.

Bill· SS. 2893 (102nd)referred

A bill to provide for assistance to Federal employees in reduction in force actions of Federal personnel, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 25 June 1992

Establishes reemployment rights for Department of Defense (DOD) employees in reduction in force (RIF) actions. Requires DOD and each military department concerned to offer an employee who has been released under a RIF the right of first refusal to a job such entity restores within two years after the employee's release. Prohibits such entities from replacing within two years such an employee with a contract or temporary employee. Provides that if DOD or a military department seeks to staff some positions within two years after a RIF, it must offer reemployment to employees released under the RIF on the basis of seniority. Requires the Office of Personnel Management to keep a Government-wide list of vacant positions and establish a toll-free number which will enable the public to access information on the list. Requires Federal agencies to give qualified displaced DOD employees full consideration before hiring candidates from outside the agency. Codifies existing regulations requiring agencies to issue specific written notices to employees and their representatives at least 60 days prior to a RIF. Requires additionally that an agency also notify the appropriate State dislocated worker unit and chief elected official whenever a significant number of employees will be separated under a RIF. Amends the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 and the Defense Authorization Amendments and Base Closure and Realignment Act to make civilian employees at military installations scheduled for closure or realignment eligible to receive assistance under the defense conversion adjustment program under the Job Training Partnership Act one year in advance of the closure or realignment. Provides that DOD or each military department concerned may offer certain employees the option of receiving a lump sum payment for unused sick leave. Provides that this option is in lieu of adding unused sick leave to length of service for purposes of calculating Federal retirement benefits. Allows DOD and each military department concerned to authorize payment of a lump sum separation benefit to certain civilian employees to encourage voluntary separations. Sets forth rules for determining the amount of such payment. Provides that civilian employees at military bases scheduled for closure between October 1, 1992, and December 31, 1997, will be allowed to have annual leave which was lost as a result of closure operations during such period restored. Provides for continued health benefit coverage for DOD employees involuntarily separated under a RIF. Requires such an employee to continue to pay his or her share of the premium under the health plan involved. Provides that an employee who is involuntarily separated under a RIF will be treated as if entitled to an immediate annuity under the Thrift Saving Plan.

Bill· SS. 2872 (102nd)referred

Dry Tortugas National Park Establishment Act

United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1992

Dry Tortugas National Park Establishment Act - Redesignates Fort Jefferson National Monument, Florida, as Dry Tortugas National Park. Specifies that the park shall be administered by the Secretary of the Interior as a unit of the National Park Service and managed for specified purposes. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) acquire lands and interests in land within the park by donation or exchange; (2) exchange those Federal lands which were deleted from the park by specified boundary modifications and which are directly adjacent to lands owned by the State of Florida outside the park, for lands owned by Florida within the park boundary; and (3) acquire and operate an administrative site in Key West, Florida. Provides for the transfer to the Secretary of jurisdiction over lands within the park boundaries determined by the U.S. Coast Guard to be excess to its needs, subject to specified requirements. Authorizes appropriations.

Bill· SS. 2808 (102nd)reported

United States-China Act of 1992

United States · United States Congress · 4 June 1992

United States - China Act of 1992 - Prohibits the President from recommending for a 12-month period in 1993 continuation of a waiver of human rights and emigration requirements for nondiscriminatory treatment (most-favored-nation treatment) for China under the Trade Act of 1974 unless a specified report is submitted to the Congress stating that China has: (1) taken steps to adhere to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in China and Tibet and allowed the unrestricted emigration of Chinese citizens who desire to leave for reasons of political or religious persecution; (2) accounted for and released prisoners who dissented in Tiananmen Square on June 3, 1989; and (3) prevented the export to the United States of products manufactured by convict or forced labor. Requires such report to state whether China has made significant progress in: (1) ceasing religious persecution in China and Tibet and releasing religious leaders incarcerated as a result of the expression of their religious beliefs; (2) ceasing unfair trade practices against U.S. businesses, and providing them access to Chinese markets, including lowering tariffs, removing nontariff barriers, and increasing the purchase of U.S. goods and services; and (3) adhering to the Missile Control Technology Regime, the Nuclear Suppliers Group controls and the Australian Group on Chemical and Biological Arms controls. Requires the President, if he recommends such extension, to include in a specified document submitted to the Congress a report on China's compliance with the above-mentioned objectives. Grants nondiscriminatory treatment to products produced by nonstate-owned enterprises in China. Requires the President, if he decides not to seek such extension, to ensure that members of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade take similar action with respect to China.

Bill· SS. 2814 (102nd)referred

Medicare Enrollment Improvement and Protection Act of 1992

United States · United States Congress · 4 June 1992

Medicare Enrollment Improvement and Protection Act of 1992 - Title I: Improving Enrollment - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services' annual notice to Medicare beneficiaries to inform certain low-income Medicare beneficiaries of the requirements to qualify for Medicaid (title XIX of the Social Security Act) payment of their premiums, deductibles, and copayments under Medicare and how to apply for such benefit. Requires the notice described above to be prepared in a manner suitable for posting and distributed to physicians, hospital offices, other medical facilities, and entities receiving grants from the Secretary for programs designed to provide services to individuals age 65 or older. Requires the Secretary to establish a toll-free telephone number for information about such benefit. Amends the Medicaid program to require the Secretary to develop a simplified form for applying for such benefit for processing at social security offices. Amends the Medicare program to mandate direct enrollment of part A (Hospital Insurance) eligibles by the Secretary. Directs the Secretary to make grants to State agencies and organizations for the provision of outreach assistance to older individuals who may be eligible for such benefit. Authorizes appropriations to fund such grant program. Title II: Application of Other Medicaid Eligibility Rules - Amends the Medicaid program to permit retroactive payments of medical costs incurred by certain low-income Medicare beneficiaries in or after the third month before the month in which such an individual applied to have Medicaid cover such costs. Title III: Report - Directs the Secretary to submit reports to the Congress on Department activities to ensure enrollment and full implementation of the program under the Social Security Act for Medicaid payment of Medicare costs and the effectiveness of each such activity, along with any recommendations for appropriate legislation.

Resolution· SRESS.Res. 307 (102nd)referred

A resolution entitled "Deficit Reduction: A Call for Debate."

United States · United States Congress · 4 June 1992

Declares that the Senate calls upon: (1) public officials and candidates for public office to make proposals and engage in extensive and substantive discussion on reducing the deficit; (2) the candidates for President to agree to a formal discussion that focuses entirely on the Federal budget deficit and its implications and solutions; and (3) all candidates for office to affirm their support for this statement of principles and to resolve, in the course of their campaigns, to seek a mandate from the electorate with which they can effectively address the Federal budget deficit if elected.

Bill· SS. 2803 (102nd)referred

Defense Workers Economic Reinvestment Act

United States · United States Congress · 3 June 1992

Defense Workers Economic Reinvestment Act - Title I: Economic Reinvestment Council - Establishes the Economic Reinvestment Council to: (1) administer the National Technology Infrastructure Goals Improvement and Consortia Creation program and the Fast Response State Technological Competitiveness Grants program, both established under this Act; and (2) be empowered to examine and approve or disapprove all other project and program selections made under this Act and funding decisions under this Act exceeding $500,000. Requires reviews of funding requests to be completed within 60 days. Directs the Council to advise the Secretary of Defense and the heads of other Federal agencies on the progress and success of the economic reinvestment programs established under this Act and under the Defense Economic Adjustment, Diversification, Conversion, and Stabilization Act of 1990 in alleviating the adverse economic and social effects of reductions in defense spending. Requires the Council to consult on a regular basis with Governors of States involved in reinvestment activities. Directs the Council: (1) upon receiving notification of the annual defense budget proposal of the Secretary, to commence a preliminary study of the potential adverse economic effects the proposal may have on qualified defense contractors and communities; and (2) to prepare and distribute an economic reinvestment progress report on an annual basis. Requires the latter report to be distributed to State Governors, the heads of Federal departments and agencies, and any other interested persons. Authorizes appropriations. Title II: National Technology Infrastructure Goals Improvement and Consortia Creation - Directs the President, in order to exploit the potential of critical technologies that would benefit national infrastructure and create export opportunities, to develop and carry out a program to assist advanced technology projects. Includes the following areas within appropriate investments in advanced technology projects which are in the national interest: space exploration, transportation, environmental restoration, telecommunications, energy efficiency, health care, education, and ocean technology. Directs the Council to solicit, review, prioritize, and select advanced technology projects to benefit the national technology infrastructure. Requires the Council to prepare and disseminate guidelines for qualifying project proposals. Requires specified Federal department and agency heads to submit to the Council proposals for such projects. Allows other Federal departments and agencies to submit proposals. Provides that, once a project is selected, the Council shall review project plans and schedules, provide funds to the project through the Department of Defense (DOD), and oversee implementation of the project. Encourages joint ventures in such projects with combinations of industry, academic, and State and Federal Government partners. Authorizes appropriations to fund such project for FY 1993 through 1996. Directs the Council to coordinate and oversee the creation of one consortium matched to each project, focusing on the basic and applied research for such project. Requires at least 50 percent of the funding for a consortium to derive from non-Federal sources. Limits Federal funding for a consortium to $5,000,000 annually for a period of four years. Requires small business to receive a minimum of 20 percent of the consortium research funding. Requires the Council to solicit and evaluate other proposals for critical technology consortia and to select at least three proposals annually. Places identical limits on the length and amounts of Federal funding for such consortia. Requires activities conducted by such a consortium to include a significant defense component. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1993 through 1996. Directs the Secretary to reexamine existing procurement contracts to determine whether overly restrictive specifications on systems, supplies, and services that are also available commercially have been made. Directs the Secretary, for contracts exceeding $100,000 where DOD specifications preclude the purchase of commercial sector products, to justify the necessity for developing a different specification and the unsuitability of commercial specifications. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress detailing such justifications for each contract. Requires each defense contract solicitation to include provisions which encourage the use of commercially available systems, supplies, and services. Title III: Relieving Labor Shortages in Selected Civilian Applications - Directs the Secretary to establish an Office of Training Oversight and Administration to coordinate and oversee retraining, placement, and other transition assistance activities for full-time employees of at least three years of a qualified defense contractor (a contractor deriving 30 percent of its annual income from, or using 30 percent of its work force on, defense contracts) who: (1) are directly involved with a DOD funded project which is canceled or which receives at least a 25 percent reduction in Federal funds; and (2) are terminated or likely to be terminated within one year as the result of such cancellation or reduction. Directs the Office to disseminate information concerning such retraining and placement assistance to all qualified contractors and eligible DOD employees. Directs the Office to maintain statistics on the effectiveness of the transition assistance program in order to aid the Council in required activities. Authorizes the Office, in cooperation with other Federal agencies, to enter into agreements for the provision to eligible DOD employees of such transition assistance in skills identified to be in short supply in the area in which the retraining program operates. Authorizes the Office to award one- and two-year scholarships to educational institutions, giving a priority in such scholarships to eligible employees who seek vocational training and for scholarships in certain critical occupations as determined by the Office. Limits the Federal contribution to a training program to 50 percent of its costs. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1993 through 1995. Requires a qualified defense contractor to make a good faith effort to identify as early as possible employees who meet the eligibility requirements of the program, to advise them on options, and to allow them to participate in retraining and other transition assistance programs. Allows certain employees previously terminated under similar conditions within one year before the enactment of this Act to be eligible for such program. Title IV: Commercialization Opportunities - Directs the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary, for purposes of this title) to establish a program to assist U.S. businesses in creating and applying the generic technology and research results necessary to commercialize significant new discoveries and technologies. Requires the program selection board to be modeled after the Advanced Technology Program of the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Directs the Secretary to inform the Council of the status of funded projects and on new selections for the Council's approval as required under title I. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into contracts and cooperative agreements with U.S. businesses for commercialization projects to demonstrate the feasibility of a particular technology or process up to the prototype stage, limiting the Federal funds to 33 percent of the project's costs, and limiting a single project to $1,000,000. Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary for FY 1993 through 1996. Authorizes the Secretary to make loans to U.S. businesses of up to $3,000,000 for any one commercialization project. Prohibits more than three loans from being made to any single company or joint venture. Provides loan conditions and criteria. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1993. Directs the Secretary of Defense to: (1) encourage the creation of industrial parks or technology incubator centers to transfer and spin off technology from qualified defense contractors to small businesses; (2) use royalties earned from the licensing of certain patents to assist local technology transfer activities; and (3) create and administer an awards program (modeled after an awards program under the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980) to foster and encourage innovation and redirection efforts by qualified defense contractors in the area of commercialization. Title V: Fast Response State Technological Competitiveness Grants - States as the purpose of this title to provide Federal assistance directly to States for defense reinvestment programs. Directs the Secretary to allocate amounts authorized for appropriation under this title under a specified funding formula as technological competitiveness grants to States whose defense reinvestment programs meet certain requirements. Directs the Council to develop and disseminate guidelines on State eligibility for such grants. Requires a State, prior to receiving such a grant, to provide the Council information about its defense reinvestment program. Directs each State to report annually to the Council on progress under its reinvestment program, as well as any other data analysis required by the Council for its duties. Directs the Secretary to withhold grant funds from a State if the Council concludes that such State's reinvestment program or its progress is unsatisfactory relative to the published guidelines. Allows a 90-day appeal period during which the State shall be permitted to submit a revised program for Council review. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1993 through 1995 for such grants.

Bill· SS. 2792 (102nd)open

A bill to amend and authorize appropriations for the continued implementation of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974.

United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1992

Amends the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (the Act) to revise provisions with respect to the operation of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Establishes a direct reporting relationship between the Administrator of the Office and the Attorney General. Makes the Administrator directly responsible to the Attorney General. Bars the Attorney General from delegating specified powers, duties, or functions. Repeals a provision directing the Administrator, in carrying out his functions, to consult with the Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Directs the Administrator to: (1) assist Federal agencies that have direct responsibilities for the prevention and treatment of juvenile delinquency in the development and promulgation of regulations, guidelines, requirements, criteria, standards, procedures, and budget requests in accordance with the policies, priorities, and objectives that the Commission establishes; (2) conduct and support evaluations and studies of the performance and results achieved by Federal juvenile delinquency programs and activities and of the prospective performance and results that might be achieved by alternative programs and activities supplementary to or in place of those currently being administered; and (3) develop for each fiscal year, and publish annually in the Federal Register for public comment, a proposed comprehensive plan describing the particular activities that the Commission intends to carry out. Authorizes the Administrator to: (1) request a Federal department or agency that engages in activity involving any Federal juvenile delinquency prevention program to provide the Administrator with programmatic and other information, and the head of such department or agency to comply with such request; and (2) make grants and enter into contracts with public or private nonprofit agencies, organizations, institutions, and natural persons to carry out the Act. Directs the Administrator to review: (1) the programs and practices of Federal agencies and report to the President and the Congress on the degree to which Federal agency funds are used for purposes that are either consistent or inconsistent with provisions of the Act; and (2) the reasons why Federal agencies take juveniles into custody and make recommendations regarding how to improve Federal practices and facilities for holding juveniles in custody. Revises reporting requirements to cover specified activities, including a description of exemplary delinquency programs for which assistance is provided under the Act, with particular attention to community-based alternatives to juvenile incarceration that involve and assist families of juveniles. Authorizes the Administrator to make grants for State and local programs with public and private nonprofit agencies for the development of more effective programs of juvenile justice and delinquency prevention and treatment (currently, with public and private agencies for the development of more effective education, training, research, prevention, diversion, treatment, and rehabilitation programs in the area of juvenile delinquency and programs to improve the juvenile justice system (system)). Increases allocations for State formula grants. Revises provisions with respect to the composition and functions of the advisory group required under each State plan. Specifies that such advisory group shall consist of not more than 30 members: (1) who have training, experience, or special knowledge concerning the prevention and treatment of juvenile delinquency or the administration of juvenile justice; (2) including at least one locally elected official representing general purpose local government, representatives of law enforcement and juvenile agencies, public agencies concerned with delinquency prevention or treatment, private nonprofit organizations, volunteers who work with delinquents or potential delinquents, youth workers involved with programs that are alternatives to incarceration, persons with special experience and competence in addressing problems related to school violence, vandalism, and alternatives to suspension and expulsion, and in addressing problems related to learning disabilities, emotional difficulties, child abuse and neglect, and youth violence; (3) a majority of whom (including the chairperson) shall not be full-time employees of the Federal, State, or local government; (4) at least one-fifth of whom shall be under age 24 at the time of appointment; and (5) at least three of whom have been under the jurisdiction of the system at some time. Sets forth additional requirements with respect to such advisory group. Earmarks funds for programs and services such as: (1) community-based alternatives to incarceration and institutionalization, including specified programs and services for youth who can remain at home with assistance, need temporary placement, and need residential placement; (2) community-based programs and services to work with parents and other family members to strengthen families, including parent self-help groups, so that juveniles may be retained in their homes; (3) comprehensive juvenile justice and delinquency programs that meet the needs of youth through the collaboration of the many local systems before which a youth may appear, including schools, courts, and specified agencies and services; (4) educational programs or supportive services for delinquent or other youth, provided equitably regardless of sex, race, or family income, designed to encourage them to remain in school; (5) expanded use of home probation; (6) programs and projects designed to provide for the treatment of youths' dependence on or abuse of alcohol or other drugs; (7) law-related education programs and projects for delinquent and at-risk youth; and (8) programs for positive youth development that assist delinquent and other at-risk youth in obtaining a sense of safety and structure, of belonging, of self-worth, of independence and control over one's life, of closeness in interpersonal relationships, and of competence. Extends through 1997 (currently, 1993) the requirement that the Administrator promulgate regulations which make exceptions to a prohibition against the detention or confinement of juveniles in any jail or lockup for adults with respect to the detention of juveniles accused of non-status offenses who are awaiting an initial court appearance pursuant to an enforceable State law requiring such appearances within 24 hours after being taken into custody, subject to specified limitations. Requires State plans to provide assurance that youth in the system are treated equitably on the bais of gender, race, family income, and mentally, emotionally, or physically handicapping conditions. Provides for the reduction of funds by 25 percent for each paragraph with respect to which noncompliance with requirements of the Act occurs. Revises provisions with regard to ineligibility of such States to receive allotments. Includes among the purposes of the National Institute for Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to provide appropriate training for prosecutors and defense attorneys. Authorizes the Administrator to provide such training. Directs the Comptroller General, not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, to conduct studies with respect to: (1) juveniles waived to adult court; (2) admissions of juveniles for behavior disorders to private psychiatric hospitals and to other residential and nonresidential programs that serve such juveniles; (3) gender bias within State juvenile justice systems; (4) the Native American pass-through grant program that reviews the cost-effectiveness of the funding formula utilized; and (5) access to counsel in juvenile court proceedings. Sets forth reporting requirements. Requires the Administrator to provide for the establishment or support of programs and services that encourage the improvement of due process available to juveniles in the system and the quality of legal representation for such juveniles. Specifies that the competitive process regarding consideration of grant applications shall not be required if the Administrator makes a written determination that apply to programs to be carried out in areas with respect to which the President declares under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act that a major disaster or emergency exists (but repeals other exceptions, and reporting requirements related to such exceptions, to the competitive process). Directs the Administrator to establish and support programs and activities that involve families and communities in: (1) the prevention of youth gangs through programs that are designed to: target elementary school students, with the purpose of steering students away from gang involvement; provide individual and family crisis intervention and counseling to students and their families who are particularly at risk of gang involvement; develop and support community education about gangs and gang activity with the intent of involving the community in dealing with the problems associated with gangs; and include a special location within a school or housing project for program activities; and (2) crisis intervention and rehabilitation of youth gangs. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Administrator to make grants, in the amount of ten percent of the amount of the State allocation, for challenge activities in which the State participates in such activities. Defines "challenge activity" as a program maintained for one of specified purposes, such as: (1) developing and adopting policies and programs to provide: basic health and appropriate education services for youth in the system as specified in standards developed by the National Advisory Committee for Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention prior to October 12, 1984; access to counsel for all juveniles in the justice system to ensure that juveniles consult with counsel before waiving the right to counsel; and secure settings for the placement of violent juvenile offenders with capacities of no more than 50 youth with ratios of staff to youth great enough to ensure adequate supervision and treatment; (2) increasing community-based alternatives to incarceration by establishing programs and developing and adopting objective criteria for the appropriate placement of juveniles in detention and secure confinement; (3) developing and adopting policies to prohibit gender bias in placement and treatment, and establishing programs to ensure that female youth have access to the full range of health services, treatment for physical or sexual assault and abuse, education in parenting, education in general, and other training and vocational services; (4) establishing and operating a State ombudsman office for children, youth, and families to investigate and resolve complaints relating to action, inaction, or decisions of providers of out-of-home care to children and youth that may adversely affect the health, safety, welfare, or rights of resident children and youth; (5) developing and adopting policies and programs designed to remove, where appropriate, status offenders from the jurisdiction of the juvenile court; (6) developing and adopting policies and programs designed to serve as alternatives to suspension and expulsion from school; (7) increasing aftercare services for juveniles involved in the justice system; and (8) developing and adopting policies to establish a State administrative structure to coordinate program and fiscal policies for children who have emotional and behavioral problems and their families among the major child serving systems and a statewide case review system which meets specified requirements. Revises findings with respect to runaway and homeless youth. Specifies that runaway and homeless youth centers funded by grants under the Act shall serve as alternatives to the law enforcement, child welfare, mental health, and juvenile justice systems. Provides for increases in the allocation to a State or territory under such provisions. Repeals a provision authorizing the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to provide on-the-job training to local runaway and homeless youth center and other personnel in recognizing and providing for learning disabled and other handicapped juveniles. Modifies eligibility requirements with respect to such grants. Includes among such requirements that an applicant propose to establish, strengthen, or fund a locally controlled project (currently, facility) providing temporary shelter. Requires that, to qualify for such assistance, the applicant submit a plan to the Secretary including assurances that the applicant shall: (1) develop an adequate plan for assuring proper relations with health and mental health care personnel; and (2) keep adequate statistical records profiling the family members which it serves, including youth who are not referred to out-of-home shelter services. Authorizes appropriations for grants for a national communication system to assist runaway and homeless youth in communicating with their families and with service providers. Gives priority to grants smaller than $250,000 (currently, $150,000) for runaway and homeless youth centers. Requires applicants, to be eligible for transitional living grant assistance, to submit to the Secretary a plan in which such applicant agrees, as part of such project: (1) to provide services including training in money management, budgeting, consumer education, and use of credit to homeless youth; and (2) not to disclose records maintained on individual homeless youth without the consent of the individual youth (currently, and parent or legal guardian) to anyone other than an agency compiling statistical records or a government agency involved in the disposition of criminal charges against youth. Repeals provisions with respect to grants for technical assistance and training, authority to make grants to research, demonstration, and service projects, and coordination with the activities of health agencies in the Department of HHS. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants and provide technical assistance to public and nonprofit private entities (and combinations of such entities) to establish and operate street-based services to runaway, homeless, and other street youth. Requires an applicant, to be eligible for such assistance, to propose to establish, strengthen, or fund a street-based services project and submit to the Secretary a plan in which the applicant agrees, as part of the project, to: (1) identify and frequent areas in which such youth congregate, making contact and forming relationships with such youth; (2) assess the problems and service needs of such youth and provide appropriate services or information and referral for these services; (3) cause its staff to work in teams with on-street supervision or backup and off-street clinical supervision, develop referral relationships with agencies and organizations, and help integrate and coordinate such services for youth; (4) submit to the Secretary an annual report and an annual budget; (5) implement such accounting procedures and fiscal control devices as the Secretary may require; (6) keep adequate statistical records profiling the youth that it serves and not disclose the identity of individual street youth in documents based on such records; (7) not disclose records maintained on street youth without the consent of the individual youth to anyone; and (8) provide to the Secretary such other information as the Secretary may reasonably require. Directs the Secretary to: (1) give priority in selecting eligible applicants to entities that have experience in providing direct services to street youth; and (2) make grants to State, regional, and other nonprofit organizations (and combinations of such organizations) to provide technical assistance and training to eligible groups for the purpose of establishing and improving the operation of programs for street youth. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to States, localities, and private entities (and combinations of such entities) to carry out research, demonstration, and service projects designed to increase knowledge concerning, and to improve services for, street youth. Requires the Secretary to give priority to applicants that have knowledge of or experience in working with runaway and homeless youth, and special consideration to proposed projects meeting specified criteria. Directs the Secretary, with respect to matters relating to health, education, employment, and housing, to coordinate the activities of health agencies in the Department of HHS with those of other divisions of that department and other public and private entities, and encourage coordination with other departments. Sets forth additional reporting requirements. Authorizes appropriations. Sets forth priorities in the use of appropriated funds. Authorizes appropriations for grants relating to locating missing children. Creates a new title V of the Act, which may be cited as the Incentive Grants for Local Delinquency Prevention Programs Act. Sets forth provisions regarding the duties and functions of the Commission. Authorizes the Commission to make grants to a State for delinquency prevention programs and activities for youth who have had, or who are likely to have, contact with the system, including the provision to children, youth, and families of recreation services, tutoring and remedial education, assistance in the development of work awareness skills, child and adolescent health and mental health services, alcohol and substance abuse prevention services, and leadership development activities. Sets forth requirements with respect to: (1) eligibility requirements; (2) priorities in considering grant applications; (3) innovative ways to involve the private nonprofit and business sector in delinquency prevention activities; and (4) developing or enhancing a statewide subsidy program to local governments that is dedicated to early intervention and delinquency prevention. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the General Accounting Office, after such program has been funded for two years, to prepare and submit to the Congress a study of the effects of the program in encouraging States and units of general local government to comply with requirements of the Act. Creates a new title VI of the Act, which may be cited as the Justice System Enhancement for Abused and Neglected Children Act. Directs the Administrator, subject to specified limitations, to: (1) issue such rules as are necessary or appropriate to carry out such title; (2) make such arrangements as necessary and appropriate to facilitate coordination and policy development among all civil and criminal justice system improvement activities funded through the Department of Justice, as well as with other Federal agencies (including the Inter-Agency Task Force on Child Abuse and Neglect), relating to abused and neglected children (including the preparation of an annual comprehensive plan for facilitating such coordination and policy development); and (3) provide adequate staff and agency resources necessary to properly carry out responsibilities pursuant to such title. Authorizes the Administrator to make grants to and enter into contracts with public agencies or privte nonprofit organizations (or combinations thereof) for research or demonstration and system improvement projects designed to: (1) identify effective approaches to the handling of child abuse and neglect cases in the criminal and civil justice systems so that such approaches can serve as models to other jurisdictions; (2) research issues concerning the legal system's reponse as a whole to child abuse and neglect; (3) improve the response of the criminal and civil justice systems to the special needs and sensitivities of children who have been abused or neglected; and (4) enhance coordination between the civil and criminal justice systems in child abuse and neglect cases (as well as coordination between these systems and the social services, mental health, health, and education systems that are also involved) and the availability of, and access to, child abuse and neglect prevention and treatment services for child victims, their family members, and the perpetrators. Directs the Assistant Attorney General, in considering grant applications, to give priority to applicants that demonstrate ability in: (1) conducting research and disseminating findings with respect to civil and criminal justice system cases involving child abuse, child neglect, or child maltreatment-related fatalities; (2) developing model approaches for responding to such cases; and (3) coordinating responses to such cases. Requires the Administrator, in considering grant and contract applications under such title, to endeavor to ensure that cases of child abuse and neglect in family settings, in the community, and within residential institutions are all given an adequate focus. Authorizes the Administrator to make grants and enter into contracts with public agencies or private nonprofit organizations (or combinations thereof) for training, technical assistance, and service programs designed to educate prosecutors and defense attorneys in the criminal justice system, judges in the civil and criminal justice systems, and practitioners in the civil justice system about the experiences of children who are abused or neglected and their families and improve skills and responses in handling child abuse and neglect cases. Sets forth priorities in considering applications for such grants. Directs the Administrator to establish annual priorities for making grants and contracts for research or demonstration and system improvement projects and criteria based on merit for making such grants and contracts, and to publish in the Federal Register for public comment a statement of such proposed priorities and criteria before establishing such priorities and criteria. Authorizes appropriations.

Bill· SS. 2789 (102nd)referred

Commercial Space Competitiveness Act of 1992

United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1992

Commercial Space Competitiveness Act of 1992 - Title I: General Provisions - Sets forth findings and definitions for this Act. Title II: Space Transportation - Amends the Commercial Space Launch Act to extend certain provisions relating to payment by the United States against a licensee under the Act. Amends the Launch Services Purchase Act of 1990 to include suborbital payloads in the requirement to purchase launch services from commercial providers. Modifies requirements regarding use of non-commercial providers. Mandates a report on use of commercial services for suborbital launch programs. Applies such provisions, as well as those regarding launch service contracts, to the Federal Government. (Current law refers to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).) Establishes a demonstration program to award vouchers to researchers for the payment of commercial launch services and payload integration services for small scientific payloads. Authorizes grants for projects relating to the development or improvement of space transportation infrastructure. Establishes in the Treasury the Commercial Space Transportation Trust Fund, to consist of revenues from any fees assessed by the Department of Transportation for the licensing of commercial launch activities and to be used for projects that directly benefit the U.S. space transportation industry. Requires that projects be selected by an Industry Selection Committee representing fee payors. Requires an inventory to identify federally-owned launch support facilities: (1) not needed for public use; or (2) which could be made available for non-Federal use on a reimbursable basis without interfering with Federal activities. Title III: Miscellaneous - Authorizes the Administrator of NASA to enter into contracts in which the Government agrees to procure sufficient quantities of a commercial space product or service needed to meet Government mission requirements so that a commercial venture is made viable (anchor tenancy contracts) in order to increase the viability of a commercial space venture. Amends the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 to authorize NASA to: (1) make contracts in excess of available funds; and (2) provide for liability payments from certain sources in the event the Government terminates such contracts. Authorizes Federal agencies to allow non-Federal entities to use their space-related facilities on a reimbursable basis. Amends the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 to mandate protection of information developed under specified provisions of the Act from dissemination. Establishes a Commercial Space Achievement Award, consisting of a medal and, if funding is available, a cash prize, to individuals, corporations, corporate divisions, or corporate subsidiaries meeting certain criteria. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to accept gifts from public and private sources for the cash prize.

Law· SJRESS.J.Res. 310 (102nd)enacted

A joint resolution to designate August 1, 1992, as "Helsinki Human Rights Day".

United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1992

Designates August 1, 1992, the 17th anniversary of the signing of the Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (the Helsinki accords), as Helsinki Human Rights Day. Calls upon the President to: (1) issue a proclamation reasserting the U.S. commitment to full implementation of the Act, urging all signatory states to abide by their obligations under the Helsinki accords; (2) continue his efforts to achieve full implementation of the human rights and humanitarian provisions of the Helsinki accords by raising the issue of noncompliance on the part of any signatory State which may be in violation; (3) convey to all signatories that respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms continues to be a vital element of further progress in the ongoing Helsinki process; and (4) in view of the considerable progress made to date, develop new proposals to advance the human rights objectives of the Helsinki process, and in so doing address the major problems that remain.

Bill· SS. 2740 (102nd)open

Veterans Preventive Health Act of 1992

United States · United States Congress · 19 May 1992

Veterans Preventive Health Act of 1992 - Changes the definition of "preventive health care services" furnished by the Department of Veterans Affairs to include: (1) screening for high blood pressure, glaucoma, high cholesterol, and colorectal and gender-specific cancers; and (2) patient health education in stress management, physical fitness, and stopping smoking. Repeals provisions of Federal law with respect to a preventive health-care service pilot program. Requires the Chief Medical Director (CMD) to establish and operate a National Center for Preventive Health in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). Designates the Director of Preventive Health as the head of the Center. Requires the Center to: (1) provide a central office for monitoring and encouraging the activities of VHA with respect to the provision, evaluation, and improvement of preventive health services; and (2) promote the expansion and improvement of clinical, research, and educational activities of VHA with respect to such services. Requires the Center to report annually on the programs, activities, and findings of the Department on preventive health services to health-care professionals and organizations that have an interest in the provisions of such services. Authorizes appropriations for the Center. Directs the Secretary to establish a Preventive Health Services Advisory Committee to: (1) advise and make recommendations to the Secretary on means of enhancing and continuing preventive health services by the Department; and (2) identify appropriate preventive health services for particular groups of veterans and areas of inquiry regarding such services that are suitable for additional research by the Department. Requires the Secretary to report annually to specified congressional committees on: (1) a description of the programs and activities of the Department with respect to preventive health services during the preceding 12-month period; (2) a specific description of research activities on preventive health services carried out during that period using employees and various support services of the Department; (3) the work and recommendations of the Advisory Committee and a description of any activities of the Department to carry out such recommendations; and (4) expenditures of the Center.

Bill· SS. 2726 (102nd)referred

Weed and Seed Implementation Act of 1992

United States · United States Congress · 14 May 1992

Weed and Seed Implementation Act of 1992 - Directs the Attorney General, in cooperation with other Federal agencies, to: (1) provide local communities with weed and seed program technical assistance; and (2) enter into weed and seed agreements with State, local, and private nonprofit entities to promote neighborhood revitalization. Directs the Attorney General to establish a Weed and Seed Council which shall: (1) review submitted weed and seed plans; (2) coordinate funding, services, and technical assistance; and (3) evaluate program impact in designated communities. Authorizes appropriations for: (1) intergovernmental weed and seed agreements; and (2) specified programs under the authority of the Secretary of Education. Obligates specified funds for weed and seed plans under the authority of: (1) the Department of Housing and Urban Development; (2) the Departments of Labor and of Health and Human Services; (3) the Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC); and (4) other Federal law. Authorizes permanent appropriations for weed and seed programs beginning with FY 1994. Obligates specified funds for weed and seed programs in enterprise and nonenterprise zones.

Bill· SS. 2707 (102nd)referred

Vietnam Veterans Commemorative Coin Act

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.