United States · United States Congress · 5 October 1992
Trade Reorganization Act of 1992 - Title I: General Provisions - Sets forth congressional findings with respect to the expansion of U.S. trade. Title II: Department of Trade - Part A: Establishment - Establishes the Department of Trade (Department), to be administered by a Secretary of Trade (Secretary) appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Directs the Secretary, among other things, to: (1) exercise primary responsibility for developing international trade policy, including the initiation of international trade negotiations; (2) establish a national export strategy; and (3) promote new opportunities for U.S. products and services to compete in the world marketplace. Part B: Office and Bureaus - Establishes: (1) the Office of the Trade Representative; (2) the Bureau of Export Promotion; (3) the Bureau of Trade Policy and Analysis; and (4) the Bureau of Trade Administration. Part C: Officers - Establishes within the Department: (1) a Deputy Secretary of Trade; (2) a Trade Representative; (3) three Under Secretaries of Trade; (4) six Assistant Secretaries of Trade; (5) a General Counsel; (6) an Inspector General; and (7) a Permanent Representative to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. Part D: Transfers to the Department - Transfers to the Secretary all functions of the : (1) Secretary of Commerce, including functions relating to the Export-Import Bank of the United States; (2) Department of Commerce, including functions performed by certain of its officers and employees; (3) Director of the United States International Development Cooperation Agency relating to the Overseas Private Investment Corporation; and (4) Director of the United States International Development Cooperation Agency relating to the Trade and Development Program; and (5) the United States Trade Representative. Transfers to the Department the Export-Import Bank of the United States. Amends the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 to revise the membership of the Board of Directors of the Export-Import Bank of the United States to consist of: (1) the Under Secretary of the Bureau of Export Promotion of the Department as Chairman (currently, the President of the Bank serves as Chairman); (2) the President of the Bank as Vice Chairman; (3) the President of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation; and (4) the Director General of the United States and Foreign Commercial Service. Amends the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 to require the Commercial Service to provide certain assistance with respect to the Bank's lending, loan guarantee, and insurance activities. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to revise the membership of the Board of Directors of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation to consist of: (1) the Under Secretary of the Bureau of Export Promotion of the Department as Chairman (currently, the Administrator of the Agency for International Development serves as Chairman, ex officio); (2) the President of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation as Vice Chairman; and (3) the Director General of the United States Foreign and Commercial Service. Transfers all functions of the Bureau of Private Enterprise of the Agency for International Development to the United States and Foreign Commercial Service. Part E: Administrative Provisions - Sets forth certain administrative provisions, including requiring the Secretary to transmit to the President and the Congress a report containing recommendations for: (1) the establishment of a Professional Trade Service Corps to administer U.S. trade policies and activities; and (2) enhancing the National Trade Data Bank. Part F: Related Agencies - Amends the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 and the National Security Act of 1947 to revise the composition of the Interagency Trade Organization and the National Security Council to include the Secretary. Directs the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, in order to enhance the collection and analysis of intelligence information on trade issues, to establish a directorate of economic and trade intelligence within the Agency. Amends the Bretton Woods Agreement Act to require the U.S. executive director of the International Monetary Fund to consult with the Secretary with respect to matters under consideration by the Fund which relate to trade. Requires the Secretary, as Chairman of the Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee established by the President on May 23, 1990, to submit to the President a coordinated appropriations request for trade promotion functions of all agencies represented on the Committee. Part G: Conforming Provisions - Amends specified Federal laws to set forth conforming provisions. Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to require the Secretary to: (1) be the chief U.S. representative for trade neogotiation; (2) report and be responsible to the President and the Congress for the administration of certain trade agreements programs; (3) advise the President and the Congress with respect to nontariff barriers to international trade, international commodity agreements, and other matters related to the trade agreements programs; and (4) be responsible for specified reports to the Congress. Amends the Foreign Service Act of 1980 to authorize the Secretary (currently, the Secretary of Commerce) to utilize the Foreign Service personnel system with respect to certain personnel. Amends the International Travel Act of 1961 to set forth the powers and duties of the Secretary (currently, the Secretary of Commerce) with respect to encouraging travel to the United States by residents of foreign countries. Repeals specified Federal laws. Title III: Establishment of Technology Administration as Independent Agency - Part A: Establishment of Technology Administration - Technology Administration Act of 1992 - Establishes the Technology Administration which shall be administered by an Administrator appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Transfers to the Administration all functions of: (1) the Technology Administration; (2) the National Institute of Standards and Technology; (3) the National Technical Information Service; (4) the National Telecommunications and Information Administration; and (5) the Patent and Trademark Office. Establishes such departments within the Administration. Sets forth the functions of the Administrator. Part B: Administrative Provisions - Sets forth certain administrative provisions. Title IV: Establishment of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration as an Independent Agency - Part A: Establishment of Administration - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Act of 1992 - Establishes as an independent agency the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration which shall be administered by an Administrator appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Transfers all functions of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the Department of Commerce to the Administration. Part B: Administrative Provisions - Sets forth certain administrative provisions. Title V: Transfers to Other Federal Agencies - Part A: Minority Business Development Agency - Transfers all functions of the Secretary of Commerce with respect to the Minority Business Development Agency to the Administrator of the Small Business Administration. Declares that the Agency shall be a separate unit in the Small Business Administration. Part B: Transfer of the Bureau of the Census to the Department of Labor - Transfers: (1) all functions of the Secretary of Commerce with respect to the Bureau of Census to the Secretary of Labor; (2) the Bureau of the Census of the Department of Commerce to the Department of Labor; and (3) all functions of the Inspector General of the Department of Commerce to the Director of the Census. Establishes the Bureau of the Census within the Department of Labor. Directs the Secretary of Labor to transmit to the President and the Congress a report containing recommendations for integrating the Bureau of the Census and the Bureau of Labor Statistics within the Department of Labor to improve the Government's statistical collection activities. Title VI: Transitional, Savings, and Conforming Provisions - Sets forth transitional, savings, and conforming provisions. Terminates the Department of Commerce. Title VII: Miscellaneous - Sets forth effective dates. Sets forth provisions with respect to: (1) interim appointments; and (2) personal and funding reductions. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 28 September 1992
Declares that the President should promptly seek the advice and consent of the Senate to ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly with the support of the United States on November 20, 1989.
United States · United States Congress · 21 September 1992
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to provide a separate tariff classification for the duty on herbal liqueurs containing the following natural flavoring substances or natural adjuvants: rhubarb root, camomile blossom, cloves, myrrh resin, and star aniseed in containers each holding not over four liters or holding over four liters.
United States · United States Congress · 18 September 1992
Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to prohibit any officer, agent, or employee (currently, officer or employee) of the United States from effecting an arrest in any foreign country as part of a foreign police action (currently, a foreign police action with respect to narcotics control). Prohibits such individuals from authorizing, carrying out, or assisting the abduction of any person within the territory of a foreign state without the express consent of such state. Exempts from such prohibitions the seizure of any official, agent, or employee of a state during armed hostilities for purposes of bringing such person to trial for violations of international laws of war. Bars the prosecution by the U.S. Government of a person abducted in violation of this Act if the state in which the abduction occurred objects and provides for the return of such person to the state in the event of an objection.
United States · United States Congress · 10 September 1992
State Health Care Financing Equity Act of 1992 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to waive ERISA preemption requirements so as to allow States to: (1) provide for State universal health plans, State risk pools for the medically uninsurable, or prospective payment systems; and (2) impose State provider taxes.
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
Comprehensive Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Prevention Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish: (1) a comprehensive program to prevent Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol Effects and coordinate related Federal efforts; and (2) an Inter-Agency Task Force on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol Effects. Provides for related research, technical assistance, grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts, surveillance and prevention programs, professional and public education, and diagnostic criteria. Authorizes appropriations.
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
Long Island Sound Comprehensive Improvement Act of 1992 - Directs the Secretary of the Army to conduct a comprehensive investigation of the Long Island Sound to: (1) consolidate certain ongoing studies; and (2) develop a comprehensive long-range plan of improvement for the Sound that includes provisions for the control of water quality, commercial and recreational navigation, storm protection, water pollution control and remediation, beach erosion control and recreation, technical data and modeling support for the Management Conferences of the Long Island Sound Study (Study), and other areas of concern. Requires the Secretary, with respect to the Sound and its principal tributaries, to: (1) develop a three-dimensional mathematical model; and (2) construct, operate, and maintain in the State of New York a large-scale hydraulic model and, in association with that model, construct a center for public education. Directs that the models and center be available, in conjunction with any research, investigation, or study conducted by the entity concerning the Sound, for use by: (1) any Federal agency; (2) the governments of New York and Connecticut; and (3) the Study. Requires the Secretary to: (1) develop a reconnaissance-level plan to implement this Act, including an inventory of ongoing related studies, an examination of known water resource problems and needs, an implementation plan for locating and constructing the hydraulic model, and a framework for participation by States and the public in the investigation; and (2) report to specified congressional committees. Directs the Secretary to conduct a comprehensive study, with respect to the Sound, to: (1) fully explore water resources problems; and (2) develop alternative plans that include an assessment of costs, benefits, and environmental impacts. Specifies that: (1) the principal focus of the study shall be the development of cost-effectiveness criteria against which to evaluate identified solutions to water resources problems of the Sound; and (2) the study shall fully evaluate the environmental consequences and future costs of refraining from taking any Federal action. Directs the Secretary to submit to specified congressional committees a feasibility report that includes the findings of the study. Requires that the full cost of developing and preparing the reconnaissance plan and report be paid by the Federal Government. Sets the Federal share of developing and preparing the feasibility report at 50 percent. Directs that 50 percent of such costs be paid from non-Federal sources. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 12 August 1992
Medicaid Coordinated Care Improvement Act of 1992 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to revise Medicaid requirements to provide States with more flexibility to use coordinated care programs. Adds new provisions to Medicaid respecting State use of coordinated care programs, including those that: (1) permit States to mandate enrollment of Medicaid-eligible individuals with program providers only if at least two risk contacting entities are available, or one such entity and a primary care case management entity, or two such case management entities; (2) mandate quality care reviews; and (3) provide for participation of federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics. Makes technical amendments to Medicaid respecting case management services and home- and community-based waivers. Provides that in the case of certain plan services prescribed under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act for children who are eligible for medical assistance under such plan, the State or local agency administering such plan is not required to take measures to ascertain the legal liability of third parties under Medicaid for such services. Sets forth miscellaneous congressional reporting requirements respecting coordinated care programs and: (1) services for children with special needs; (2) public health services; (3) payments for hospital services; and (4) payments to risk contracting entities.
United States · United States Congress · 5 August 1992
Calverton Pine Barrens Preservation Act - Requires the Secretary of the Navy to designate as a protected tract any part of the Calverton Pine Barrens, New York, declared to be excess to the needs of his department. Prohibits the protected tract or any part from being disposed of in any way that would allow commercial development to take place on it. Reverts ownership of such tract to the United States if it or any part is ever conveyed to an entity which uses it for commercial development.
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 · 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 · 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 · 24 July 1992
Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to require the administering authority to consider, in addition to those factors already required, when determining whether imported parts or components of merchandise completed or assembled in the United States or a foreign country are circumventing an antidumping or countervailing duty order, the value and sources of supply of parts or components historically used in the assembly of the merchandise subject to such order. Authorizes the administering authority to include within the scope of an antidumping or countervailing duty order imported parts or components that constitute certain merchandise sold in the United States and subject to such order, provided: (1) it is completed or assembled in the United States or a foreign country from parts or components supplied by the exporter or producer, from suppliers that have historically supplied such parts or components to such exporter or producer, or from any party in the exporting country supplying such items on behalf of such exporter or producer; (2) the value of the imported parts or components is significant in relation to the total value of all parts and components used in the assembly or completion operation, excluding packing; (3) consideration of specified factors establishes a pattern of circumvention of an antidumping or countervailing duty order; or (4) the administering authority determines that action is appropriate to prevent circumvention of such order. Enables the administering authority to base such a decision on any of such factors by itself, rather than on all of them together.
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1992
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend, through December 31, 1994, the suspension of duty on: (1) tartaric acid; (2) potassium antimony tartrate (tartar emetic); and (3) potassium sodium tartrate (rochelle salts).
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1992
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1994, the duty on pyrrolo (3,4-C) pyrrole-1, 4-dione,2,5-dihydro 3,6-diphenyl.
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1992
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend, through December 31, 1994, the suspension of duty on corned beef in airtight containers.
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 · 21 July 1992
Urges: (1) the Government of the Yemen Arab Republic to cease its obstruction and allow unlimited Yemeni-Jewish emigration and free travel for family reunification, medical treatment, and educational purposes; (2) that the provision of the free and unlimited exchange of letters and phone calls be extended to Yemeni Jews; (3) that the issue of the emigration and family reunification of such Jews be part of any equation of U.S. aid to such Government; and (4) the President to discuss with U.S. allies and trading partners making similar pleas to such Republic on behalf of Yemeni Jews' freedom of travel and emigration.
United States · United States Congress · 20 July 1992
Tuberculosis Prevention and Control Amendments of 1992 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize appropriations for grants for the prevention, control, and elimination of tuberculosis. Requires the Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to conduct or support research and research training regarding tuberculosis. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes grants for the prevention, control, and elimination of tuberculosis for: (1) construction or modernization of outpatient medical facilities serving medically underserved populations; (2) conversion of existing facilities into outpatient or long-term care facilities for such populations; and (3) renovation of inpatient facilities. Authorizes appropriations. Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to mandate provision to eligible persons with tuberculosis of certain drugs and services under Medicaid. Allows a State to limit the provision of case management services to such persons. Adds such persons to provisions defining "medical assistance."
United States · United States Congress · 2 July 1992
Radio Free China Act of 1992 - Amends the Board for International Broadcasting Act of 1973 to authorize the Board for International Broadcasting to designate one organization constituted on the model of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), Incorporated, to carry out radio broadcasting to China. Designates such broadcasts as Radio Free China. Increases the number of Board members. Limits terms of Board members who are presidential appointees to three years. Sets forth additional provisions concerning membership terms.
United States · United States Congress · 2 July 1992
Charitable Contribution Tax Act of 1992 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the tax preference for the appreciated property charitable deduction. Requires a charitable contribution allowable as a deduction in computing taxable income to be allocated and apportioned solely to gross income from sources within the United States. Disallows a deduction for contributions of $100 or more unless the taxpayer substantiates the contribution by a contemporaneous written acknowledgement of the contribution by the donee organization. Specifies the contents of such acknowledgment. Sets forth disclosure requirements for an organization that receives a quid pro quo contribution (payment made partly as a contribution and partly in consideration for goods or services provided to the payor by the donee organization). Imposes a penalty for failure to make such disclosure. Provides for the tax treatment of bonds of certain nonprofit tax-exempt organizations in a manner similar to governmental bonds.
United States · United States Congress · 2 July 1992
Excludes from the determination of income, for purposes of the payment of pension by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, any future increases made by the State of New York in the monthly amount paid to blind and totally disabled veterans.
United States · United States Congress · 2 July 1992
Collective Security Participation Resolution - Urges the President to take steps to negotiate, under Article 43 of the United Nations Charter, a special agreement or agreements with equitable terms under which designated forces from various countries, including the United States, would be available to the Security Council for the purpose of maintaining international peace and security. Urges the President to consult with the foreign affairs and defense committees of the Congress in the course of negotiating such an agreement. Expresses the intent of the Congress to give prompt consideration to any such agreement negotiated. Affirms the principle that, upon congressional approval of such an agreement, the President shall be authorized to direct that the U.S. armed forces designated in the agreement be employed as necessary to support decisions of the Security Council.
United States · United States Congress · 24 June 1992
Declares that it is the sense of the Congress that any legislation passed by the Congress to address American health care needs must include coverage for mental disorders.
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1992
Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) anyone who attempts to kidnap a person in the United States for the purpose of bringing such person to trial abroad should be deemed to have committed a crime in the United States and dealt with accordingly; (2) the United States should vigorously pursue drug traffickers and any person involved in the murder of U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency officials through the existing international legal framework, including extradition treaties; and (3) U.S. officials should refrain from committing the crime of kidnapping.
United States · United States Congress · 11 June 1992
World University Games Commemorative Coin Act of 1992 - Authorizes the minting and issuance of five-dollar gold coins and one-dollar silver coins (at no net cost to the Government) to commemorate American participation in the World University Games. Requires that all surcharges from the sale of such coins be paid to the Greater Buffalo Athletic Corporation to support amateur athletic programs, to erect facilities for the use of such athletes, and to underwrite the cost of sponsoring the World University Games.
United States · United States Congress · 10 June 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 · 10 June 1992
Water Pollution Control and Estuary Restoration Financing Act of 1992 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to extend the authorization of appropriations for the State water pollution control revolving fund program through FY 1999. Requires a specified percentage (increasing with each succeeding fiscal year) of such appropriations to be used by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to make capitalization grants for estuary plans to qualified States. Requires States to submit estimates of the need for assistance for implementing and monitoring such plans. Prohibits the submission of such estimates unless the estimates are approved by the appropriate management conference under the National Estuary Program. Makes States that fail to submit approved estimates ineligible for assistance. Directs States to establish separate Estuary Accounts in their water pollution control revolving funds, to be used for implementing approved estuary plans. Permits loans made with amounts in such Accounts to be for terms of up to 40 years or for the useful life of a facility constructed with the loan, whichever is less, if the borrower demonstrates financial hardship. Allows States to use interest earned on amounts in such Accounts to subsidize up to 90 percent of the principal portion of debt service of certain entities that are financially unable to carry out a necessary project for an estuary plan. Establishes a State matching requirement for deposits into Accounts. Authorizes the Administrator to make grants for the implementation of estuary conservation and management plans. Limits the Federal share to 75 percent of the total cost of implementation. Authorizes appropriations. Permits certain grants under the National Estuary Program to be used for interim actions adopted by management conferences to protect the water and sediment quality of estuaries. Extends the authorization of appropriations for management conferences, grants, conservation and management plans, and research under the National Estuary Program through FY 1999. Revises provisions concerning the purposes of management conferences. Directs the Administrator to issue a guidance document that establishes requirements for: (1) management conferences to follow in developing, implementing, and monitoring conservation and management plans; and (2) approving and implementing interim actions to protect water quality of estuaries for which plans are developed. Requires management conferences to be convened for periods of at least five years (currently, up to five years). Permits the extension of a conference for an additional five years if the affected Governors concur in the extension and the extension is necessary to meet requirements. Revises approval and implementation procedures for estuary conservation and management plans and establishes such procedures for interim actions.
United States · United States Congress · 4 June 1992
United States - China Act of 1992 - Prohibits the President from recommending for a 12-month period in 1993 continuation of a waiver of human rights and emigration requirements for nondiscriminatory treatment (most-favored-nation treatment) for China under the Trade Act of 1974 unless a specified report is submitted to the Congress stating that China has: (1) taken steps to adhere to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in China and Tibet and allowed the unrestricted emigration of Chinese citizens who desire to leave for reasons of political or religious persecution; (2) accounted for and released prisoners who dissented in Tiananmen Square on June 3, 1989; and (3) prevented the export to the United States of products manufactured by convict or forced labor. Requires such report to state whether China has made significant progress in: (1) ceasing religious persecution in China and Tibet and releasing religious leaders incarcerated as a result of the expression of their religious beliefs; (2) ceasing unfair trade practices against U.S. businesses, and providing them access to Chinese markets, including lowering tariffs, removing nontariff barriers, and increasing the purchase of U.S. goods and services; and (3) adhering to the Missile Control Technology Regime, the Nuclear Suppliers Group controls and the Australian Group on Chemical and Biological Arms controls. Requires the President, if he recommends such extension, to include in a specified document submitted to the Congress a report on China's compliance with the above-mentioned objectives. Grants nondiscriminatory treatment to products produced by nonstate-owned enterprises in China. Requires the President, if he decides not to seek such extension, to ensure that members of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade take similar action with respect to China.
United States · United States Congress · 4 June 1992
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.
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1992
Champlain Valley Heritage Corridor Study Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to study and report to specified congressional committees on the feasibility of designating as part of a national heritage corridor specified sites located in the area around the upper Hudson River, Lake Champlain, and Lake George that are thematically linked to the important conflicts that occurred between the European discovery of Lake Champlain in 1609 and the end of the Civil War. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1992
Tax Extension Act of 1992 - Title I: Extension of Certain Expiring Tax Provisions - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend from August 1, 1992, until August 1, 1993, the provisions governing the allocation of research and experimental expenditures for purposes of determining sources of income. Extends the following provisions from June 30, 1992, until December 31, 1993: (1) the tax credit for increasing research activities; (2) the targeted jobs credit; (3) the authority to issue qualified mortgage bonds and qualified mortgage credit certificates; (4) the authority to issue qualified small issue bonds to finance manufactuiring facilities and farm property; (5) employer-provided educational assistance; (6) the tax exclusion for employer-provided group legal services plans; (7) the energy investment credit for solar and geothermal property; (8) the credit for clinical testing expenses for certain drugs for rare diseases or conditions; and (9) health insurance costs of self-employed individuals. Extends the low-income housing credit until December 31, 1993, with modifications. Expands the ten-year anti-churning rule waiver to certain projects substantially assisted, financed, or operated under the National Housing Act. Allows units occupied by certain full-time students to qualify for such credit. Authorizes the Treasury Department to waive penalties for certain de minimis errors and recertifications. Provides that certain community service facilities in projects in qualified census tracts are included in eligible basis as functionally related and subordinate facilities. Requires housing credit agencies, in determining whether the credit allocated to a building exceeds the amount necessary to assure the project's feasibility, to consider the reasonableness of total project costs and the appropriateness of amenities. Allows certain building owners to elect to use apartment size or family size in determining the credit's gross rent limitation. Provides for the tax treatment of resale price control and subsidy lien programs under mortgage revenue bond provisions. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from the five-year occupancy requirement under the tax-exempt mortgage revenue bond program any two-family residence which: (1) is a targeted area residence; or (2) is located in an area designated as an economic development zone or enterprise zone by Federal or State law. Amends the Railroad Retirement Solvency Act of 1983 to extend, from October 1, 1992, until January 1, 1994, the authority to transfer income tax revenues attributable to the taxation of tier railroad retirement benefits to the railroad retirement account. Extends the termination date of the nonconventional source fuels credit for one year. Repeals the tax preference for the appreciated property charitable deduction during 1992 and 1993. Requires a report by the Secrretary of the Treasury to certain congressional committees on an advance valuation procedure. Title II: Repeal of Certain Luxury Excise Taxes; Imposition of Tax on Diesel Fuel Used in Noncommercial Boats - Repeals the luxury excise tax on boats, aircraft, jewelry, and furs. Provides an inflation adjustment for the threshold amount on which luxury vehicles are taxed. Terminates the luxury tax on passenger vehicles after December 31, 1999. Extends the diesel fuels excise tax to diesel fuel used in noncommercial boats. Exempts from such tax diesel fuel used for fisheries or commercial navigation. Retains diesel fuel taxes in the general Treasury (instead of the Highway Trust Fund and the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund).
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.
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