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United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993
Provides for a recess or adjournment of the Senate from January 6 or 7, 1993, until January 20, 1993, and an adjournment of the House of Representatives from January 6, 1993, until January 20, 1993.
United States · United States Congress · 5 January 1993
Provides for the counting of electoral votes for the President and Vice President on January 6, 1993.
United States · United States Congress · 8 October 1992
Amends Senate Resolution 106, 101st Congress (establishing the Senate Central American Negotiations Observer Group), to extend the Group through March 31, 1993.
United States · United States Congress · 8 October 1992
Thanks the Honorable Robert Dole, Republican Leader, for his exemplary leadership during the second session of the 102d Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 8 October 1992
Amends Senate Resolution 105, 101st Congress (reconstituting and reauthorizing the Senate Arms Control Observer Group), to extend the Group through March 31, 1993.
United States · United States Congress · 8 October 1992
Authorizes: (1) the Committee on the Judiciary to produce documents in United States v. John M. Kent, Sr., et al., except concerning matters for which a privilege is asserted; and (2) the Senate Legal Counsel to represent the Committee, any of its employees, and Senator Biden in connection with the subpoenas in such case.
United States · United States Congress · 8 October 1992
Thanks the Honorable Robert C. Byrd, President pro tempore, for the manner in which he presided over the Senate during the second session of the 102d Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 8 October 1992
Amends rule XXIX of the Standing Rules of the Senate to make Senators liable to expulsion and officers and employees of the Senate liable to dismissal and punishment for contempt if such a person discloses the secret or confidential business or proceedings of the Senate, its committees, subcommittees, or offices.
United States · United States Congress · 8 October 1992
Thanks the Honorable Dan Quayle, Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate, for the manner in which he has presided over the Senate during the second session of the 102d Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 7 October 1992
John F. Kennedy Center Act Amendments of 1992 - Amends the John F. Kennedy Center Act (the Act) to extend the authorization of appropriations for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (the Center). Revises provisions for the Center's Board of Trustees (the Board). Provides for the appointment (as ex officio members of the Board) of: (1) the Secretary of State (to replace the Secretary of Health and Human Services); and (2) the Superintendent of Schools of the District of Columbia (to replace the Chairman of the District of Columbia Recreation Board). Shortens the length of terms of general trustees (who are appointed by the President) from ten to six years. Revises Board duties to include: (1) a leadership role in national performing arts policies and programs; (2) a comprehensive and broad program for national and community outreach; (3) joint initiatives with the affiliated Very Special Arts for model programs in the arts for disabled individuals; (4) ensuring excellence and cultural diversity in the Center's education and outreach programs and policies; and (5) annual comprehensive Center building needs planning. Authorizes the Board to enter into contracts and other arrangements and make payments to public agencies or private organizations or persons to carry out its functions under the Act. Authorizes the Board to negotiate any contract for any capital improvement to the Center with selected contractors, and to award the contract on the basis of contractor qualifications as well as price. Revises Board powers to provide for appointment of a Center chairperson (rather than a director and assistant director). Directs the Secretary of the Interior (the Secretary) and the Board to enter into a cooperative agreement regarding major capital projects for the Center. Requires that the Board or its designated representative plan, design, and construct all such projects, with the approval of the Secretary (or designee) before commencement of such activities. Requires the Secretary to transfer funds for such activities to the Board. Requires the Board to submit quarterly progress reports to the Secretary (or designee) on such activities. Requires the Board, with the concurrence of the Secretary of the Interior, to designate the maintenance, repair, alteration, and other services to be performed for the Center, in order to ensure that such services will meet Board's requirements for high quality operations. Prohibits the Board from requiring the expenditure of funds in excess of those appropriated for such purposes. Extends the authorization of appropriations for the Center for: (1) capital projects and for maintenance, repair, and security services (these funds go to the Secretary of the Interior to cover the Board's expenses and their use is prohibited for performing arts related production expenses); and (2) education and outreach programs (these funds go to the Secretary of Education, to be granted to the Board to carry out these activities).
United States · United States Congress · 30 September 1992
Authorizes: (1) the Senate Legal Counsel to represent Senators Dodd and Lieberman, and any other Member or employee who is subpoenaed to testify or to produce documents in the case of State of Connecticut v. Juanita Martin; and (2) Senate employees to testify in this case.
United States · United States Congress · 28 September 1992
Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act - Specifies that, beginning 90 days after the enactment of this Act and ending on the day before the date that the Attorney General certifies that the national instant criminal background check system (System) is established (pursuant to this Act), it shall be unlawful for any licensed importer, manufacturer, or dealer to sell, deliver, or transfer a handgun to an unlicensed individual unless: (1) after the most recent proposal of such transfer by the individual, the transferor has received a statement of eligibility from the individual, verified the identity of such individual by examining the identification document presented, provided notice of the contents, and transmitted a copy of the statement to the chief law enforcement officer (chief) of the place of residence of the individual within one day after the individual furnishes the statement; and five business days have elapsed from the date the transferor furnished notice of the contents of the statement to the chief, during which period the transferor has not received information from the chief that receipt or possession of the handgun by the individual would be in violation of Federal, State, or local law, or has received notice from the chief that the chief has no information indicating that such receipt or possession would violate Federal, State, or local law; (2) the individual has presented to the transferor a statement from the chief, issued in the past ten days, stating that the individual requires a handgun because of a threat to such individual or such individual's family; (3) the individual has presented to the transferor a permit to possess a handgun that has been issued in the past five years by the State in which the transfer is to take place under a State law which requires law enforcement verification of the individual's legal qualification to possess a handgun; (4) State law requires that an authorized government official verifies that the information available to such official does not indicate that possession of a handgun by the purchaser would be unlawful, with exceptions; (5) the Secretary of the Treasury has approved the transfer under provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC); or (6) the Secretary has certified, on application of the transferor, that compliance with the notice requirement is impracticable for specified reasons. Requires a chief to whom a transferor has provided notice to make a reasonable effort to ascertain within five business days whether the individual has a criminal record or whether there is any other legal impediment to the individual's receiving a handgun, including research in whatever State and local record-keeping systems are available and in a national system designated by the Attorney General. Requires the statement of eligibility to include a statement that the individual: (1) is not under indictment for and has not been convicted of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year; (2) is not a fugitive; (3) is not an unlawful user of, or addicted to, a controlled substance; (4) has not been adjudicated as a mental defective or committed to a mental institution; (5) is not an alien who is illegally in the United States; (6) has not been dishonorably discharged from the armed forces; and (7) is not a person who has renounced U.S. citizenship. Requires any transferor who, after a transfer, receives a report from such officer that receipt or possession of the handgun by the individual violates the law, to: (1) furnish information about the transfer and the individual to the chief of the transferor's place of business and the individual's place of residence; and (2) keep confidential any information received which is not otherwise available to the public, with exceptions. Requires a transferor to retain a copy of the individual's statement and retain evidence of compliance with the requirement under this Act with respect to the furnishing of notice of the contents and a copy of the statement to the chief of the place of residence of the individual within one day after furnishing such statement. Requires: (1) the chief, within 20 business days after the date the individual made the statement on the basis of which the notice was provided, to destroy the statement and any record containing information derived from the statement; and (2) that the information contained in the statement not be conveyed to any person not having a need to know and not be used for any purpose other than to carry out this subtitle. Specifies that a chief or other person responsible for providing criminal history background information pursuant to this Act shall not be liable in an action at law for damages for failure to prevent the sale or transfer of a handgun to a person whose receipt or possession of the handgun is unlawful under this subtitle, or for preventing such a sale or transfer to a person who may lawfully receive or possess a handgun. Directs the Secretary to take necessary actions to ensure that the provisions of this subtitle are published and disseminated to licensed dealers, law enforcement officials, and the public. Specifies that, beginning on the date that the Attorney General certifies that the System is established, a licensed importer, manufacturer, or dealer shall not transfer a firearm to another person who is not such a licensee unless: (1) before the completion of the transfer, the licensee contacts the System; (2) the System notifies the licensee that it has located any record that demonstrates that the receipt of a firearm by such person would violate this subtitle or any State or local law; and (3) the transferor has verified the identity of the individual by examining a valid identification document of the individual containing a photograph of such individual. Makes such provision inapplicable to a firearm transfer between a licensee and another person if: (1) such other person has presented to the licensee a permit that allows such other person to possess a firearm and was issued not more than five years earlier by the State in which the transfer is to take place, and the law of the State provides that such a permit is to be issued only after an authorized government official has verified that the information available to such official does not indicate that possession of a firearm by such other person would be a violation of law; (2) the Secretary has approved the transfer under provisions of the IRC; or (3) the Secretary has certified, on application of the transferor, that compliance is impracticable for specified reasons. Specifies that: (1) if the System notifies the licensee that the information available to the System does not demonstrate that the receipt of a firearm by such other person would violate this subtitle and the licensee transfers a firearm to such person, the licensee shall include in the record of the transfer the unique identification number provided by the System with respect to the transfer; and (2) neither a Federal, State, or local government employee responsible for providing information to the System shall be liable in an action at law for damages for failure to prevent the sale or transfer of a handgun to a person whose receipt or possession of the handgun is unlawful under this subtitle, or for preventing such a sale or transfer to a person who may lawfully receive or possess a handgun. Authorizes the Secretary to suspend for up to six months or revoke the license of, and impose a civil fine of up to $5,000 upon, a licensee who knowingly transfers a firearm to another person and fails to comply with the transfer requirements of this subtitle, subject to specified limitations. Provides that whoever knowingly violates the provisions of this subtitle shall be fined up to $1,000, imprisoned for not more than one year, or both. Directs the Attorney General to: (1) establish the System; and (2) expedite the upgrading and indexing of State criminal history records in the Federal criminal records system maintained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the development of hardware and software systems to link State criminal history check systems into the System, and the current revitalization initiatives by the FBI for technologically advanced fingerprint and criminal records identification. Requires the Attorney General, within six months, to: (1) determine the type of computer hardware and software that will be used to operate the System and the means by which State criminal records systems will communicate with the System; (2) investigate the criminal records system of each State and determine for each a timetable by which the State should be able to provide criminal records on an on-line capacity basis to the System; and (3) notify each State of the determinations made pursuant to such provisions. Directs the Attorney General to require as part of the State timetable that the State achieve, within five years, at least 80 percent currency of case dispositions in computerized criminal history files for all cases in which there has been an event of activity within the last five years and continue to maintain such a system. Directs the Attorney General, within 30 months and at any time thereafter, to determine whether the System has achieved at least 80 percent currency of case dispositions in computerized criminal history files for all cases in which there has been an event of activity within the last five years on a national average basis and whether the States are in compliance with the timetable and, if so, certify that the System is established. Sets forth provisions with respect to: (1) State noncompliance with the timetable; (2) notification of licensees and chiefs of each State of the existence, purpose, and means of using the System; (3) authority of the Attorney General; and (4) correction of erroneous System information. Directs the Attorney General, after 90 days' notice to the public and an opportunity for hearing by interested parties, to prescribe regulations to ensure the privacy and security of System information. Bars any department, agency, officer, or employee of the United States from: (1) requiring that any record or portion thereof maintained by the System be recorded at or transferred to a facility owned, managed, or controlled by the United States or any State or political subdivision thereof; or (2) use the System to establish any system for the registration of firearms, firearm owners, or firearm transactions or dispositions, except with respect to persons prohibited from receiving a firearm. Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the use of justice system improvement formula grants for the improvement of State record systems and the sharing with the Attorney General of specified records for the purpose of implementing this Act. Directs the Attorney General, subject to appropriations and with preference to States that as of the date of enactment of this Act have the lowest percent currency of case dispositions in computerized criminal history files, to make a grant to each State to be used: (1) for the creation of a computerized criminal history record system or improvement of an existing system; (2) to improve accessibility to the System; and (3) upon establishment of the System to assist the State in the transmittal of criminal records to the System. Authorizes appropriations. Sets forth provisions with respect to the withholding of State and Department of Justice funds.
United States · United States Congress · 25 September 1992
Authorizes the President of the Senate, the President of the Senate pro tempore, and the majority and minority leader of the Senate, notwithstanding the sine die adjournment of the present session of the Congress, to make appointments to commissions, committees, boards, conferences, or interparliamentary conferences authorized by law, by concurrent action of the two Houses, or by order of the Senate.
United States · United States Congress · 24 September 1992
Durable Medical Equipment Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act of 1992 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to: (1) define "medical equipment and supplies" to include durable medical equipment and prosthetics and orthotics and prosthetic devices; (2) require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to issue revised national standards for suppliers of medical equipment and supplies and to develop one or more standardized medical necessity certificates for suppliers of the items covered by the definition above; (3) permit suppliers of such items to complete information in such certificates identifying the supplier and the beneficiary, describing the item furnished, and giving the product code for such item; (4) set penalties for violations involving distribution of such certificates; (5) require the Secretary to develop and establish uniform national coverage and utilization review criteria for 200 items of medical equipment and supplies selected in accordance with specified standards, annually review to determine whether items not included among those selected should be subjected to such uniform criteria, and report to the Congress on the criteria's impact on item utilization; (6) prohibit the Secretary from issuing more than one supplier number to any supplier of medical equipment and supplies, except under certain circumstances; (7) specify the circumstances under which Medicare beneficiaries are not financially liable for items and services furnished by a supplier on an unassigned basis; (8) change payment methodology for nebulizers and aspirators and certain medical supplies; and (9) direct the Comptroller General to study and report to the Congress on services and supplies furnished to Medicare-eligible nursing facility residents, and on HHS changes to descriptions relating to the codes for medical equipment and supplies. Amends SSA title XI to modify anti-kickback provisions.
United States · United States Congress · 24 September 1992
Authorizes the chairman and ranking minority member of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on Governmental Affairs, acting jointly, to provide to law enforcement and regulatory entities requesting access, records of the subcommittee's investigation of allegations of corruption in professional boxing.
United States · United States Congress · 24 September 1992
Authorizes the Senate Select Committee on Ethics to produce documents in United States v. Charles H. Keating, Jr., et al, except concerning matters for which a privilege should be asserted.
United States · United States Congress · 21 September 1992
Designates the week of February 14 through 20, 1993, as National Visiting Nurse Associations Week.
United States · United States Congress · 18 September 1992
Appoints: (1) Senator Conrad of North Dakota to serve on the Senate Committee on Appropriations for the 102d Congress; and (2) Senator Burdick of North Dakota to serve on the Committee on Environment and Public Works, the Special Committee on Aging, and the Select Committee on Indian Affairs for the 102d Congress.
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.
United States · United States Congress · 17 September 1992
Directs the Senate Legal Counsel to represent Senator John C. Danforth in the case of Flowers v. Danforth, et al.
United States · United States Congress · 17 September 1992
Directs the Senate Legal Counsel to appear as amicus curiae on behalf of the Senate in the case of United States ex rel. Jason Madden, et al. v. General Dynamics Corporation, and the case of United States ex rel. Kevin G. Kelly v. The Boeing Company, to defend the constitutionality of the qui tam provision of the False Claims Act.
United States · United States Congress · 15 September 1992
Designates September 18, 1992, as National POW/MIA Recognition Day. Requires 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. Requires the flag to be flown on a flagstaff of each national cemetery and the National Vietnam Veterans Memorial on May 30, 1993 (Memorial Day), and on November 11, 1992 (Veterans Day). States that the flag shall be displayed as a symbol of national concern and commitment to resolving the fates of Americans still prisoner, missing, and unaccounted for.
United States · United States Congress · 15 September 1992
Appoints Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan of New York as the Chairman of the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
United States · United States Congress · 10 September 1992
Designates the U.S. courthouse to be constructed in Fargo, North Dakota, as the Quentin N. Burdick United States Courthouse.
United States · United States Congress · 10 September 1992
Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the Federal excise tax on boats should be repealed this year; (2) consideration of such repeal should not be contingent on the passage of any other tax legislation this year; and (3) the repeal should be effective as of January 1, 1992.
United States · United States Congress · 9 September 1992
Denies nondiscriminatory treatment (most-favored-nation treatment) of the products of Serbia or Montenegro unless the President certifies to the Congress that such nation: (1) has made significant progress toward complying with the Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (also known as the "Helsinki Final Act"), particularly with regard to human rights and humanitarian affairs as well as respect for minority rights in Kosovo and Vojvodina; (2) has ceased its armed conflict with other ethnic peoples of the region formerly comprising the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia; (3) has ceased support of Serbian forces inside Bosnia-Hercegovina; and (4) has agreed to respect the borders of the six former Yugoslavian republics.
United States · United States Congress · 8 September 1992
Expresses the profound sorrow of the Senate on the death of the Honorable Quentin N. Burdick of North Dakota.
United States · United States Congress · 8 September 1992
Authorizes the printing of 2600 additional copies of Riddick's Senate Procedure.
United States · United States Congress · 12 August 1992
World War II 50th Anniversary Commemorative Coins Act - Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States should recognize the 50th anniversary of World War II by minting and issuing commemorative coins for the anniversaries of: (1) World War II; (2) the Battle of Normandy; and (3) "D-Day." Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) issue and mint such coins in five-dollar gold, one-dollar silver, and half-dollar clad denominations; and (2) determine the role that the American Battle Monuments Commission and the Battle of Normandy Foundation shall have in coin promotion and marketing. Mandates that surcharges received from the sale of such coins be deposited in a coinage profit fund and allocated, upon separate congressional authorization, to the American Battle Monuments Commission to establish a World War II memorial and to the Battle of Normandy Foundation to dedicate, on the 50th anniversary of D-Day and Battle of Normandy Memorial in Normandy, France. Directs the Secretary to report semiannually to the Congress regarding implementation of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 12 August 1992
Agency for Health Care Policy and Research Reauthorization Act of 1992 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to add prevention of diseases and other health conditions to the purposes of the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Authorizes training grants in the field of health services research. Mandates: (1) the gathering, organizing, summarizing, and conveyance of technology assessment information to provide a single public source regarding assessment of health care technologies; (2) an annual report on technology assessments; and (3) conducting assessments of existing and new technologies, in part through an evaluation of health services provided through publicly and privately funded sources. Replaces provisions establishing at the National Library of Medicine (NLM) an information center on health care technologies and health care technology assessment with provisions mandating establishment and publication of a methodology for setting assessment priorities. Requires: (1) implementation of the methodology to produce, at least annually, a ranked list of assesements to be conducted or supported; and (2) annually conducting at least five of the high priority assessments. Requires the Office of Health Technology Assessment to publish a description of the process used to conduct its assessments. Establishes: (1) a program of grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements for public-private partnerships for conducting health care technology assessments of activities in the private sector; and (2) a task force to support interagency collaboration on health technology assessment, including the development of new and emerging technologies, the conduct of clinical trials, and consensus development. Requires, with regard to certain Agency guidelines, standards, performance measures, and review criteria: (1) inclusion of information on the risks, benefits, and costs of all alternative strategies; and (2) coverage, by a specified date, of at least three clinical treatments or conditions that account for a significant portion of national health expenditures, have significant variation in treatment, and are identified by a specified Advisory Council as likely to involve inappropriate use of health care resources. Establishes, as part of the single public health care technology assessment source established by this Act, a Resource Center for Clinical Practice Guidelines. Requires the NLM to establish a system to identify and collect practice guidelines and to provide information on guidelines in a convenient, electronic form. Requires the Agency to enter into an agreement with the NLM to implement this paragraph. Requires that the Agency's Administrator carry out provisions relating to the Forum for Quality and Effectiveness in Health Care through the Form's Director. Provides for the selection and composition of panels convened by the Director. Limits the percentage of members of grant and contract peer review groups who may be U.S. officers or employees. (Currently, U.S. officers and employees are excluded from the groups.) Revises other requirements regarding the groups. Allows the Agency to tabulate and analyze statistics and prepare studies for public or nonprofit private entities who pay the costs of such services. Modifies requirements for the agenda for development of guidelines, standards, performance measures, and review criteria, including covering at least three conditions that account for significant national health expenditures. Mandates production of an annual list of priority guideline topics. Modifies, with regard to guidelines, standards, performance measures, and review criteria, requirements concerning: (1) pilot testing; and (2) evaluations. Mandates studies of: (1) cost estimating methods for alternative treatments included in guidelines; and (2) the processes by which guidelines and standards are developed and disseminated. Requires the National Advisory Council for Health Care Policy, Research, and Evaluation to advise the Agency's Administrator on the selection of Guideline Panels and the Chairpersons of the Panels and to participate in the production of the annual list of priority guideline topics. Removes provisions establishing a subcouncil of the Council to carry out specified duties. Authorizes appropriations to carry out provisions relating to the Agency. Authorizes appropriations for demonstration projects on emergency medical services for children.
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.
United States · United States Congress · 12 August 1992
Designates September 1992 as Childhood Cancer Month.
United States · United States Congress · 12 August 1992
Authorizes the chairman and vice chairman of the Select Committee on Intelligence, acting jointly, to produce documents in the case of United States of America v. Caspar W. Weinberger, except concerning matters for which a privilege should be asserted.
United States · United States Congress · 11 August 1992
Authorizes the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, acting jointly, to provide documents in the custody and control of the committee to the independent counsel in the case of United States v. Dean, except those for which a privilege should be asserted. Authorizes Lory Breneman, a Senate employee, to testify in the case, except concerning matters for which a privilege should be asserted. Directs the Senate Legal Counsel to represent Lory Breneman in connection with her testimony.
United States · United States Congress · 11 August 1992
Makes the Miscellaneous Items appropriations account available for the payment of official travel expenses incurred by the Chaplain of the Senate. Authorizes the Secretary of the Senate to advance funds for such travel expenses in the same manner provided for committees of the Senate.
United States · United States Congress · 11 August 1992
Provides for a recess or adjournment of the Senate from August 12, 1992, until September 8, 1992, and an adjournment of the House of Representatives from August 12, 1992, until September 9, 1992.
United States · United States Congress · 10 August 1992
Authorizes the custodians of records of the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Select Committee on Intelligence, and current or former Members and employees of the Senate from whom testimony may be necessary, to testify and produce documents in the case of United States of America v. Clair E. George, except, with respect to Members of the Senate, when their attendance at the Senate is necessary for the performance of their legislative duties and except concerning matters for which a privilege should be asserted. Authorizes the Senate Legal Counsel to represent such individuals in connection with their testimony.
United States · United States Congress · 6 August 1992
Designates March 1993 as Irish-American Heritage Month.
United States · United States Congress · 5 August 1992
Ready to Learn Act - Amends the General Education Provisions Act (GEPA) to establish Ready to Learn Television programs to: (1) expand availability of educational and instructional video programming and supporting educational resources for preschool and elementary school children as a tool to improve school readiness; and (2) develop and distribute such programming and support materials for parents, child care providers, and educators of young children. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to implement such programs. Directs the Secretary, in administering them, to: (1) set priorities regarding educational needs of preschool and elementary school children; (2) award grants for development and dissemination of such educational and instructional programming and of training materials; (3) establish a Special Projects of National Significance program of grants to develop programming and to support materials to address learning needs of young children in English-limited households, and to increase literacy skills among parents to assist them in teaching their children; (4) establish within the Department of Education a clearinghouse for information, referrals, and model program materials; (5) coordinate activities with the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make such programming and training materials available to other federally funded programs serving preschool and elementary school children; (6) consult with the Secretary of Commerce regarding what the educational and information needs of preschool and elementary school children are for purposes of implementing specified requirements of the Children's Television Act of 1990; and (7) coordinate activities funded under this Act with those of the National Endowment for Children's Educational Television established under the Communications Act of 1934. Sets forth requirements relating to awards of such grants for developing and distributing programming and training materials. Requires annual reports to the Secretary by grantees for programming and support materials development and distribution and biannual reports by the Secretary to relevant congressional committees on information and outreach for training parents and personnel. Authorizes the Secretary to contract with a public broadcasting entity to distribute educational video programming for preschool and elementary school children, parents, and child care providers, on at least one channel under a specified satellite interconnection. Designates such channel the Ready to Learn Channel. Authorizes appropriations for Ready to Learn Television programs. Requires at least 60 percent of such funds to be used for grants to develop and distribute educational programming for children. Amends the Head Start Act (the Act) to revise various provisions for the Head Start program (the program). Extends for one additional year the formula for distribution of certain quality improvement funds allocated by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), thus extending local determination of the use of such funds over that period. Requires early childhood intervention programs under the program to include parental literacy training among the services they provide for parents. Establishes guidelines which the Secretary of HHS must consider in determining whether a local Head Start agency may receive a waiver or reduction of required non-Federal matching funds. Includes consideration of community lack of resources, whether the community is adversely affected by a major disaster, impacts of program costs in initial years or unanticipated increases in operating costs, and impact on the community if the program were forced to close there. Directs the Secretary of HHS to issue transportation safety regulations for all Head Start programs. Directs the Secretary of HHS to review each newly designated Head Start agency immediately after completion of its first year and to conduct followup reviews of Head Start agencies when appropriate. Revises provisions for designation of Head Start agencies to include consideration of the applicant agency's effectiveness based on: (1) its plan to provide, directly or through referral, child development and literacy skills training to parents of participating children; and (2) its plan (if it chooses to do so) for assisting younger siblings of participants to obtain health services from other sources. Requires Head Start agencies to provide, directly or through referral, child development and literacy skills training to parents of participating children. Requires such agencies to consider providing services to assist younger siblings of participants to obtain health services from other sources. Directs the Secretary of HHS to establish uniform procedures for Head Start agencies to request approval to purchase facilities to be used to carry out Head Start programs. Requires such request applications to include: (1) facility site description; (2) facility plans and specifications; (3) information demonstrating either that the purchase will result in a cost savings (compared to an alternative facility) or that there are no alternative facilities available; and (4) additional information and assurances that the Secretary of HHS requires. Makes certain technical amendments to the Act and to the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 and the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990. Revises requirements for technical assistance, training, and staff qualifications. Provides for use of Head Start program funds to support an organization to administer a centralized child development and national assessment program leading to recognized credentials for personnel working in early child development and child care programs. (Current law allows administration of such program at the State or local level and limits such credentials to specialized or other personnel needed in connection with Head Start programs.) Directs the Secretary of HHS to: (1) develop a systematic approach to training Head Start personnel, including specific goals and objectives for program improvement and professional development, a process for continuing input from the Head Start community, and a strategy for delivering training and technical assistance; and (2) report on such approach to specified congressional committees. Authorizes the Secretary of HHS to provide (either directly or through grants) training for Head Start personnel in the use of the performing and visual arts and interactive programs using electronic media to enhance the learning experience of Head Start children.
United States · United States Congress · 5 August 1992
Congratulates the citizens of Israel on concluding fair and open democratic elections. Welcomes Prime Minister Rabin to the United States. Applauds his statements and actions encouraging active participation in the search for peace. Calls upon all parties in the region to actively and seriously engage in the peace process.
United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1992
Designates February 4, 1993, and February 3, 1994, as National Women and Girls in Sports Day.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1992
Authorizes Anna Mayfield, a Senate employee, to testify and produce documents in Marian Mixon v. United States Department of the Treasury, except concerning matters for which a privilege should be asserted.
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1992
Condemns the killing and destruction by the political factions in Somalia. Urges such factions to abide by the United Nations (UN) ceasefire and to allow the deployment of security forces to protect humanitarian relief deliveries and workers. Commends the efforts of UN Secretary-General Boutrous Ghali and his Special Envoy to Somalia, Ambassador Sahnoun. Pays tribute to the actions of relief agencies working in Somalia. Recognizes the July 27, 1992, statement of the President urging the UN to deploy a sufficient number of security guards to permit relief supplies to move into and within Somalia, and committing funds for such an effort. Calls upon: (1) the international community to immediately expand its relief efforts in Somalia; and (2) the President to work with the UN Security Council to deploy security guards immediately to assure that humanitarian relief gets to those most in need.
United States · United States Congress · 30 July 1992
Declares that it is U.S. policy to seek international agreements prohibiting the sale, transfer, or export; limiting the use; and terminating the production, possession, or deployment of antipersonnel landmines. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should seek to negotiate an international agreement or a modification of the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious or To Have Indiscriminate Effects to prohibit the sale, transfer, or export of antipersonnel landmines. Prohibits for a period of one year from this Act's enactment date: (1) sales, financing, transfers, and the issuance of licenses under the Arms Export Control with respect to antipersonnel landmines; and (2) assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 with respect to the provision of such landmines.
United States · United States Congress · 30 July 1992
Waives provisions of Federal law (which require adjournment by July 31 of each year) to prohibit the Senate and the House of Representatives from adjourning for a period in excess of three days, or adjourning sine die, until both Houses of Congress adopt a concurrent resolution providing either for an adjournment (in excess of three days) to a day certain, or for an adjournment sine die.
United States · United States Congress · 27 July 1992
Declares that the Congress acknowledges and appreciates the commitment, devotion, and sacrifices of present and former military families. Designates November 23, 1992, as National Military Families Recognition Day.
United States · United States Congress · 22 July 1992
Brain Injury Rehabilitation Quality Act of 1992 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to provide for optional Medicaid coverage of services provided through a State case management program that meets specified requirements to Medicaid-eligible individuals who sustain traumatic brain injuries. Describes the services provided under such a program. Specifies criteria related to the eligibility of individuals and service providers to participate in such a program. Requires that an individual reside in a State that has designated a State coordinator for traumatic brain injuries in order to receive services under this Act. Requires such coordinator to establish policies and standards for providing services, make necessary reports to the Secretary of Health and Human Services, supervise and coordinate services for persons with traumatic brain injuries, and perform other specified duties, including establishing an advisory committee. Makes such coordinator responsible for a program of activities related to preventing and reducing the rate of traumatic brain injuries in the State. Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control, to establish standards for the reporting of data on traumatic brain injuries and the operation of registries of traumatic brain injuries for coordinator use. Authorizes appropriations. Requires the Administrator for Health Care Policy and Research to conduct a study on the effectiveness of traumatic brain injury interventions. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 22 July 1992
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to the classification of sole community hospitals under Medicare.
United States · United States Congress · 20 July 1992
Makes a technical correction in the enrollment of S. Con. Res. 129 (expresses support for the Taif Agreement).
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.