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United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1991
Designates the week beginning July 21, 1991, as Korean War Veterans Remembrance Week. Requires the President to urge that the American flag be flown at half staff on July 27, 1991, in honor of those Americans who died as a result of their service in Korea.
United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1991
Designates July 27 through August 2, 1991, as National Invent America! Week.
United States · United States Congress · 6 May 1991
Designates August 6, 1991, as National Neighborhood Crime Watch Day.
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 1991
Provides that reimbursement for certain travel expenses related to relocation of Federal employees shall apply to all stations within the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 1991
Designates October 1991 as National Down Syndrome Awareness Month.
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 1991
Designates the week of October 13 through 19, 1991, as National Radon Action Week.
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 1991
Designates May 1991 as United States Savings Bond Month.
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 1991
Designates May 22, 1991, as National Desert Storm Reservists Day to commemorate the accomplishments of the men and women of the reserve components of the U.S. Armed Forces who proudly served the United States during Operation Desert Storm.
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 1991
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Administration should: (1) act as expeditiously as possible to extend agricultural export credit guarantees to the Soviet Union if they assure an equitable and humanitarian distribution of such credits to their people; (2) provide for the extension of equivalent credit tranches which may be extended contingent upon the acceptable distribution and/or repayment of previous credits; and (3) use such programs to aid the export of agricultural commodities experiencing serious price depression, such as wheat, corn, soybeans, and dairy products.
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 1991
Commends General Vessey and Foreign Minister Thach, and the Governments of the United States and Vietnam, for agreeing to establish an American POW/MIA office in Hanoi, Vietnam. Calls for the immediate establishment of such office. Expresses the sense of the Senate that such office should be authorized to serve as a liaison between the families of Americans missing in action and the Government of Vietnam through which such families can make arrangements with such Government to investigate the fates of their relatives.
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 1991
Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the accession of Taiwan to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is in the best interest of the United States and of the world trading system and should be achieved in an expeditious manner; and (2) the United States should take the necessary steps to assure such country's membership in the GATT.
United States · United States Congress · 24 April 1991
Directs the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture, where appropriate, to celebrate the victory and safe return of our servicemen and women from Operation Desert Storm through appropriate activities and programs on lands under their jurisdiction (including units of the National Park System and other congressionally designated areas), during the weekend of June 7 through 9, 1991.
United States · United States Congress · 24 April 1991
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt manufacturers, producers, and importers of less than 50 firearms per year from the firearms excise tax.
United States · United States Congress · 24 April 1991
National Voter Registration Enhancement Act of 1991 - Title I: Voter Registration Enhancement - Authorizes appropriations to the Attorney General for block grants to States to enhance voter registration for elections for Federal office by providing for: (1) registration at State departments of motor vehicles; (2) registration by mail; (3) registration at State-related and Federal and appropriate private-sector locations; and (4) programs to ensure that official voter registration lists are accurate and current. Requires States to match Federal funds dollar for dollar to qualify for block grants. Directs the Attorney General to establish: (1) criteria for allocation of grants among States; and (2) administrative requirements for States to meet to be eligible for block grants. Directs the Attorney General, in promulgating criteria for such an allocation, to give special consideration to State-sponsored programs designed to improve registration in counties with voter registration percentages significantly lower than that for the State as a whole. Outlines provisions regarding State certifications to receive block grants. Makes the chief election official of each State responsible for coordination of State functions under this title. Makes the Attorney General responsible for coordination of Federal functions under this Act. Directs the Attorney General to provide information to States with respect to State responsibilities under this Act and to periodically report to the Congress on the impact of this Act on the administration of elections for Federal office, with recommendations for improvements in Federal and State procedures, forms, and other matters affected by this Act. Title II: Public Corruption - Amends the Federal criminal code to prescribe criminal penalties to be imposed against anyone who uses any facility of, or affects, interstate or foreign commerce to defraud the inhabitants of the United States, a State, a political subdivision of a State, or Indian country of: (1) the honest services of a government official or employee; or (2) a fair and impartially conducted election process through the use of fraudulent ballots or voter registration forms or the filing of fraudulent campaign reports to secure the election of an official who, if elected, would have authority over the administration of funds derived from an Act of Congress totalling $10,000 or more for a year before or after the election or offense. Prescribes criminal penalties to be imposed against anyone who defrauds the inhabitants of the United States of the honest services of a public official. Prescribes criminal penalties to be imposed upon any official who: (1) uses interstate commerce to defraud the inhabitants of the United States, a State, a political subdivision of a State, or Indian country of the right to have government affairs conducted on the basis of complete, true, and accurate information; or (2) in order to carry out or conceal any scheme or artifice to defraud, discriminates against, harasses, or takes adverse action against any employee or official of the United States, any State or political subdivision, or an Indian tribal government. Amends mail fraud provisions to prohibit the use of any facility of interstate or foreign commerce in the execution of a scheme or artifice to defraud.
United States · United States Congress · 23 April 1991
Driftnet Moratorium Enforcement Act of 1991 - Directs the President to certify to the Congress each country (defining "country" as the Republic of Korea, Japan, and Taiwan) that: (1) has not notified the United States that it will cease large-scale driftnet fishing by a certain date; and (2) has not, by that date, ceased such fishing. Deems certification that a country has failed to give notice of its intent to cease driftnet fishing to be a certification under the Fishermen's Protective Act of 1967 (allowing banning importation of fish products). Directs the President, if a country fails to cease driftnet fishing by the deadline, to prohibit the bringing or importation of fish and fish products from the country. Authorizes the President to impose additional economic sanctions (including duties, import bans, or restrictions, and fees or restrictions on services) if: (1) the U.S. ban on fish imports is insufficient to stop large-scale driftnet fishing; (2) the country engages in such fishing after the deadline; or (3) a country retaliates as a result of a U.S. ban on fish imports. Continues the fish import ban or additional sanctions until the country completely ceases large-scale driftnet fishing.
United States · United States Congress · 23 April 1991
Amends the Internal Revenue Code with respect to the tax-exempt status of a cooperative telephone company to provide for the tax treatment of income received from a nonmember telephone company for services by the cooperative which are indirectly paid for by members of the cooperative. Includes billing and collection services for a nonmember telephone company under such treatment.
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1991
World Summit for Children Implementation Act of 1991 - Provides for assistance in implementing the plan of action adopted by the World Summit for Children. Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the U.S. Government should commit to increasing participation in the special supplemental food program for women, infants, and children under the Child Nutrition Act (the WIC program) by 20 percent per year in FY 1992 through 1996, to reach full participation by the end of FY 1996; and (2) specified amounts should be appropriated for the WIC program in FY 1992 and 1993 to reach such full participation goal. Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the commitment to provide full funding for the Head Start Program, contained in the Human Services Reauthorization Act of 1990, should be implemented in order that the goal of full participation of all eligible three- to five- year-old children can be reached by FY 1994; and (2) specified amounts should be authorized for such funding in FY 1992 through 1994. Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to undertake a Children's Vaccine Initiative. Requires that the Director of the National Vaccine Program: (1) plan and coordinate the Initiative; and (2) ensure that the Public Health Service conducts vaccine research, production, and delivery activities under the Initiative in collaboration with non-governmental institutions and with other Federal agencies to ensure the full use of U.S. scientific and industrial capacity to prevent infectious disease. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1992 and 1993. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1992 and 1993 for contributions to the United Nations Children's Fund for activities to promote child health and other assistance programs for children (to carry out specified provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961). Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (the Act) to authorize appropriations for FY 1992 and 1993 for special health needs of children and mothers under the Child Survival Fund. Requires that specified amounts of funds under various provisions for FY 1992 and 1993 be reserved only for such specified child survival activities. Expresses the sense of the Congress that authorization, in such amounts as may be required, should be granted to the President to exercise the (Public Law 480) debt authority with respect to least developed countries that are pursuing reforms to promote long-term economic development (as provided in specified provisions of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, as amended by the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990). Amends the Act to establish a Vitamin A Deficiency Program. Reserves for such Program specified amounts in FY 1992 and 1993 from funds for development assistance for agriculture, rural development, and nutrition. Requires that specified amounts from certain funds authorized for health-related activities under the Act in FY 1992 and 1993 be reserved for replicable community-based comprehensive reproductive health service programs that broaden other health programs by including strategies that specifically address women's reproductive health needs. Sets forth examples of such strategies, as well as congressional intent that such programs be planned and designed in consultation and participation with those whose needs they serve, and congressional encouragement for using international private voluntary organizations in building such programs. Amends the Act to direct the President, in carrying out provisions for development assistance for health-related activities to promote, encourage, and undertake activities relating to research on, and treatment and control of, acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) in developing countries. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1992 and 1993, for such purpose, to the International AIDS Prevention and Control Fund. Provides that such amounts shall be in addition to other amounts available for such purpose. Amends the Act to reserve specified amounts in FY 1992 and 1993, from funds for development assistance for education and under the provisions of the Act, for international basic education, including early childhood education, primary education, teacher training, other support activities, and adult literacy training. Expresses the sense of the Congress that at least specified minimum amounts should be appropriated for the Migration and Refugee Assistance account, and that at least specified minimum portions of such funds should be reserved for programs of refugee assistance overseas (in addition to amounts available for programs for Soviet, Eastern European, and other refugees resettling in Israel). Amends the Act to replace provisions for certain disadvantaged children in Asia with provisions for assistance to children in exceptionally difficult circumstances. Includes among such children street children, AIDS orphans, other orphaned and abandoned children, and children displaced by armed conflict, poverty, famine, or other disasters. Reserves specified minimum portions of certain funds under the Act in FY 1992 and 1993 for assistance for such children. Requires that such assistance be made available in accordance with policies and general authorities under certain disaster assistance provisions. Directs the President to report annually to the Congress on U.S. contributions to the achievement of the goals of the World Summit for Children, including U.S. efforts to achieve such goals in the United States and in other countries, with an analysis of past, current, and planned funding levels.
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1991
Requires interest income from certain qualified leased property transactions of rural electric cooperatives to be offset by rental expenses of such transactions before allocating income or expense to members and nonmembers of such cooperatives for purposes of the accelerated cost recovery system of the Internal Revenue Code.
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1991
Korean War Veterans War Memorial Amendments Act of 1991 - Amends Federal law to authorize the American Battle Monuments Commission to obtain a building permit no later than October 28, 1993, for the construction of a memorial on Federal land in the District of Columbia or its environs to honor members of the U.S. armed forces who served in the Korean War.
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1991
Declares that the Senate expresses its: (1) regret that Senator Pryor's illness will require his absence from the Senate Chamber; and (2) heartfelt wishes to him for a speedy and complete recovery, and that he return to his duties, serving the people of Arkansas, in the near future.
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1991
United States One-Dollar Coin Act of 1991 - Amends Federal currency law to prescribe the color and features (including features to aid the visually handicapped) of one-dollar coins. Mandates that the obverse side of the one-dollar coin have a design recognizing the discovery of the New World by Christopher Columbus. Requires such coins to be placed in circulation within 18 months of enactment of this Act. Mandates that the seigniorage of the new one-dollar coins be used to offset the reverse seigniorage resulting from the destruction of Susan B. Anthony dollar coins in Government storage.
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1991
Amends Federal law to repeal provisions mandating the imposition of fees on owners or operators of recreational vessels over 16 feet in length.
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1991
Designates October 1991 as Polish American Heritage Month.
United States · United States Congress · 16 April 1991
Transportation Improvement Act of 1991 - Title I: Completion of Interstate System and Interstate Substitute Highway Projects - Amends Federal-aid highway provisions to approve the Federal interstate highway cost estimate for 1991. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to apportion funds for FY 1993 through 1998 for expenditure on the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways. Extends the authorization of appropriations for the Interstate System through 1998. Makes States that have not completed construction of their portions of the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways by the end of FY 1995 ineligible to receive or apply for Federal-aid highway funds until such construction is completed. Extends the authorization of appropriations for Interstate Substitute highway projects through FY 1995. Title II: Obligation Authority - Limits total obligations for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction programs during FY 1992 through 1996. Exempts specified obligations (including discretionary interstate 4-R and bridge projects) from such limits. Sets forth provisions concerning the distribution, limitation, and redistribution of obligation authorities. Title III: Authorization of Appropriations Out of the Highway Trust Fund - Authorizes and allocates appropriations out of the Highway Trust Fund through FY 1996 for: (1) the Interstate 4R program; (2) the Federal-aid primary, secondary, and urban systems; (3) bridge replacement and rehabilitation; (4) space elimination of hazards; (5) railroad highway crossings; (6) forest, public lands, and park highways; (7) Indian reservation roads; (8) access highways to public recreation areas; (9) highway safety programs; (10) highway research projects; and (11) highway use tax evasion projects. Authorizes additional appropriations for Interstate 4R discretionary projects and for the discretionary bridge program. Subjects funds appropriated for FY 1991 through 1993 for off-system bridges to the existing limitation on expenditures for bridges on public roads. Authorizes appropriations for the following State apportionment bonuses: (1) the high level of effort bonus (based on a percentage of the amount by which State per capita highway spending exceeds the national average); (2) the adverse weather bonus (based on a percentage of the amount by which the number of days of temperatures above 90 degrees Fahrenheit and non-frost free days exceeds the national average); (3) the Federal lands bonus (based on the amount of Federal lands within a State); and (4) the low density bonus (based on a State's population density). Limits total bonuses to a State to ten percent of the State's annual apportionment. Title IV: Program Flexibility - Authorizes States, upon notification of the Secretary, to transfer up to 30 percent of: (1) their apportionments for specified highway projects between project categories; and (2) their apportionments for Federal-aid urban systems to activities eligible for assistance under the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964. Subjects additional transfers to the Secretary's approval. Limits total transfers from a category to 50 percent of the apportionment. Permits States, subject to the Secretary's approval and under certain conditions, to transfer funds apportioned pursuant to this Act for the completion of the System of Interstate and Defense Highways to other specified categories. Title V: Additional Provisions - Continues the current Federal-aid primary apportionment formula through FY 1996. Revises provisions concerning Federal participation in toll facilities to remove limitations on the number and types of facilities in which the Federal Government may participate. Permits tolls on a facility to be continued indefinitely, without sanction imposed by the Secretary, if tolls are used for eligible purposes. Authorizes appropriations for the right-of-way revolving fund. Permits States, in any case where sufficient land exists within rights-of-way of a Federal-aid highway to accommodate rail or nonhighway public mass transit facilities and where such accommodation can be accomplished without impairing automotive safety or highway improvements, to make such lands available to a mass transit authority or company. Federal Rural Tourism and Recreational Development Act of 1991 - Declares it a national goal to provide and improve safe access to public lands to encourage the development of travel and tourism opportunities in support of rural area economic development. Authorizes the use of funds under the Federal lands highways program for purposes such as: (1) transportation planning for tourism and recreational travel; (2) interpretive signage and development of public road facilities for areas of historical, archeological, cultural, and scenic interests; (3) construction and reconstruction of roadside rest areas; and (4) other appropriate facilities as determined by the Secretary. Specifies that funds available for forest development roads and trails may be made available for such purposes, as well. Requires the Secretary to authorize Federal aid highway projects for pedestrian and bicycle facilities to encourage alternative modes of transportation for tourism and recreational purposes. Authorizes the motorized use of trails and walkways, subject to State and local regulations. (Under current law, motorized vehicles are prohibited except for maintenance purposes and, when snow conditions and State or local regulations permit, snowmobiles.) Directs the Secretary to: (1) annually allocate sums authorized to be appropriated for access highways to public recreation areas on certain lakes; and (2) establish and carry out a tourism and recreational travel technical assistance program in non-urbanized areas. Makes funds available from forest and public lands highways funds for recreational travel and tourism projects. Requires each State using funds provided in this Act to have a multipurpose land use statewide driving and recreation travel plan. Permits Federal participation in the construction, refurbishment, and operation (currently, construction) of ferry boats. Requires increases in the Federal share payable on highway projects if a State certifies to the Secretary that it has developed comprehensive plans with mandatory land use and transportation elements.
United States · United States Congress · 16 April 1991
Designates September 12, 1991, as National DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) Day.
United States · United States Congress · 16 April 1991
Designates May 1991 and May 1992 as Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month.
United States · United States Congress · 16 April 1991
Designates February 14, 1992, as Flag Wavers Day.
United States · United States Congress · 16 April 1991
Expresses the sense of the Senate with regard to the significant contribution toward victory in Operation Desert Storm made by the defense-related industries of the United States and the importance of such industries in the future with respect to U.S. national security.
United States · United States Congress · 11 April 1991
Title I: Payment of United States National Claims Against Vietnam - Amends the International Claims Settlement Act of 1949 to provide for the vesting in such officer or agency as the President may designate of a portion of Vietnamese property (other than property of private persons) in which transactions were prohibited as of April 30, 1975, under specified regulations. Requires the property vested to be a portion of property which, when liquidated, will render: (1) an amount necessary to pay all certified awards made by the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the United States for claims against Vietnam; and (2) an amount equal to five percent of the total of such certified awards to pay the costs of the Commission and the Department of the Treasury. Directs the designee of the President to liquidate the vested property as expeditiously as possible. Requires the proceeds from such liquidation to be covered into the Claims Fund established for claims against Vietnam. Requires the United States, upon full payment of such certified awards, to succeed to all of the rights against Vietnam which form the basis of such awards. Prohibits rights from being asserted against Vietnam unless the U.S. Government accords Vietnam full credit for the property vested under this Act. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to require the recipients of such awards to release to the U.S. Government all claims against the U.S. Government or Vietnam arising from the expropriations that are the basis of such awards. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of State, in developing the U.S. position for balancing of claims in future negotiations with Vietnam, should give full credit to Vietnam upon the establishment of formal diplomatic relations between Vietnam and the United States for the property vested under the provisions of this Act. Title II: Termination of Economic Sanctions Against Vietnam - Terminates specified export prohibitions and prohibitions on transfers of credit and certain foreign exchange and property transactions with respect to Vietnam: (1) 30 days after the Secretary of State certifies that the Vietnamese Government has agreed to extend full cooperation to a private and voluntary organization to investigate unresolved cases of American prisoners-of-war and missing-in-action from the Vietnam War; or (2) 30 days after the date of enactment of title I, whichever occurs later. Continues any exemptions with respect to such transactions or transfers and any valid export license in effect before this title's enactment. Requires the Secretary of Commerce to prescribe less restrictive export controls on exports or reexports of U.S.-origin commodities and technical data to Vietnam.
United States · United States Congress · 11 April 1991
Designates December 7, 1991, as National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day.
United States · United States Congress · 11 April 1991
Expresses the condolences of the Senate on the death of the Honorable John Goodwin Tower of Texas, and of his daughter, Marian.
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1991
Minerals Policy Review Commission Act of 1991 - Establishes the Minerals Policy Review Commission to implement a comprehensive review of the law relating to the location and disposition of minerals on public lands and the effect of that law on national policy. Directs the Commission to report to the President and the Congress on the review. Expresses the sense of the Congress that no amendment shall be made to the law relating to the location and disposition of minerals on public lands until the Commission has reported to the Congress. Terminates the Commission within six months after such report or on June 30, 1994, whichever is earlier. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1991
Expresses the sorrow of the Senate at the death of John Heinz, the late Senator from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1991
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States and the Soviet Union should lead an effort to promptly repeal United Nations General Assembly Resolution 3379 (equating Zionism with racism.)
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1991
Declares that the Congress pays tribute on the 75th anniversary of the chartering of the Boy Scouts of America.
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1991
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude the imposition of employer social security taxes on cash tips.
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1991
Designates October 15, 1991, as National Law Enforcement Memorial Dedication Day.
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1991
Designates the week beginning May 13, 1991, as National Senior Nutrition Week.
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1991
Declares that the Senate: (1) extends a warm welcome to His Excellency Lech Walesa, President of the Republic of Poland, upon the occasion of his State Visit to the United States; (2) recalls the historic ties between the people of both countries; (3) applauds his commitment to economic and political reform; (4) reaffirms the Senate's and U.S. people's support for the independence and security of Poland; (5) looks forward to cooperation with Poland on issues relating to security and stability in Europe; and (6) commends the Bush Administration's decision to reduce Poland's debt to the United States, applauds the Paris Club's decision to reduce Poland's foreign debt, and urges Poland's private creditors to do the same.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1991
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the personal exemption for a dependent child who has not attained age 18 from $2,000 to $3,500. Provides for rounding inflation adjustments in tax tables to the nearest multiple of $10 (currently rounded to the next lowest multiple of $50).
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1991
Designates the weeks beginning November 24, 1991, and November 22, 1992, as National Family Caregivers Week.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1991
Recognizes and honors the reserve armed forces for their courage and contribution to the victory in the Persian Gulf through Operation Desert Storm.
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1991
Summer Residential Science Academy Act of 1991 - Directs the National Science Foundation to make grants, contracts, or agreements for not more than 50 Summer Residential Science Academies for talented, economically disadvantaged, minority, and other students in grades seven through 12 to study mathematics, science, engineering design, and communications. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1991
Designates November 19, 1991, as National Philanthropy Day.
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1991
Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the people and Government of Poland should be praised for their efforts in trying to transform their economy; (2) the Polish Government is expected to receive a significant reduction of its external debt burden as a result of those efforts; (3) the U.S. representatives to the Paris Club should be applauded for reaching agreement on such debt reduction; (4) the U.S. representatives to the Paris Club should encourage the governments of Western Europe and Japan, in carrying out their commitments to reduce their officially-held Polish debt by at least 50 percent, to exceed such percentage by using swaps; and (5) commercial banks holding Polish debt should also be encouraged to reduce such debt by at least 50 percent.
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1991
Indian Environmental Consolidated Grant Program Act of 1991 - Amends Federal law to authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to consolidate any or all grants made to an Indian tribe under any law administered by the agency for any fiscal year or years. Prohibits the amount of a consolidated grant for any Indian tribe under this Act from being less than the aggregate sum of all grants consolidated. Authorizes the Indian tribe receiving such consolidated grant to determine the proportion of its proceeds to be allocated among the pertinent programs. Requires the Administrator to issue regulations establishing procedures for an Indian tribe to apply for such grants. Authorizes the Administrator to: (1) waive any or all requirements for matching funds required by law to be provided by an Indian tribe in connection with such consolidated grant; (2) waive any requirement that an Indian tribe submit an application or report in writing with respect to the grant; and (3) adjust or modify maintenance or level of effort requirements for any Indian tribe with respect to it.
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1991
Designates October 1991 as National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1991
Expresses the appreciation of the Congress to: (1) all American Indian veterans for their long, proud, and distinguished tradition of service in the U.S. Armed Forces; (2) all American Indian service men and women currently or heretofore deployed in the Persian Gulf region as part of Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm; and (3) the families of American Indian service men and women and members of Indian tribes nationwide who have supported their loved ones through traditional ceremonies and have prayed for the safety and continued strength of all American forces and Allied partners. Expresses the condolences of the Congress to the families whose loved ones have made the ultimate sacrifice in the service of their nation and in the cause of peace.
United States · United States Congress · 13 March 1991
General Aviation Accident Liability Standards Act of 1991 - Declares that this Act supersedes any State law regarding liability for general aviation accidents. Establishes guidelines for uniform standards of liability of general aviation manufacturers for general aviation accidents. States that all actions for harm arising out of a general aviation accident shall be governed by the principles of comparative responsibility. Establishes, with specified exceptions, a limitation of actions period of 20 years from delivery of aircraft or harm-causing part to the purchaser for general aviation civil liability brought against a general aviation manufacturer. Declares admissible as evidence certain income tax and payroll tax liability for purposes of establishing financial harm arising out of a general aviation accident. Permits the award of punitive damages if a claimant establishes by clear and convincing evidence that the harm suffered was the direct result of conduct manifesting conscious, flagrant indifference to safety. Establishes a two-year limitation of actions period for actions arising out of a general aviation accident. Declares the intent of the Congress that sanctions be strictly enforced for violations of Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, including orders to pay to the other party the reasonable costs of legal fees. Confers original jurisdiction upon the Federal district courts, concurrently with State courts, for all civil actions that exceed $50,000 for harm arising out of a general aviation accident. Provides procedures for removal from State to Federal district courts of such actions.
United States · United States Congress · 13 March 1991
Federal Deposit Insurance Improvements Act of 1991 - Title I: Amendments to Federal Banking Acts - Subtitle A: Improvements - Federal Banking Agency Improvements Act of 1991 - Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to specify the length of interim appointments to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Board of Directors. Revises conversion authority to authorize the FDIC to approve conversion transactions that affect insubstantial portions of the total deposits of each depository institution acquired as part of the conversion transaction. Repeals the requirement that the FDIC notify other regulators 30 days before suspending deposit insurance in certain emergencies. Grants priority (with certain exceptions) to claims brought by the FDIC against an insured depository institution or its personnel in any proceeding relating to other claims against such an institution or its officers or employees. Repeals the exemption granted to certain State-chartered savings associations with respect to compliance with regulations of the Director of the Office of Thrift Supervision relating to subsidiaries. Mandates that any depository institution (currently, any savings association) whose deposits are not FDIC-insured conspicuously state that its deposits are "not federally insured." Amends the Federal Home Loan Bank Act to direct the Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC) to repeal: (1) the prohibition against selling property in certain distressed areas for less than 95 percent of its market value; (2) the requirement to sell certain residential property to low-income buyers, at below market value prices; and (3) the provision for a "net realizable market value" below market value. Imposes criminal penalties upon certain institution-affiliated parties prohibited from participating in the affairs of depository institutions if such parties knowingly participate in any manner in the affairs of: (1) any appropriate Federal depository institution regulatory agency; or (2) the Federal Housing Finance Board and any Federal Home Loan Bank. Amends Federal banking law to authorize the Comptroller of the Currency, without notice or prior hearing, to appoint a receiver to take possession and control of a national bank if it is in an unsafe or unsound condition, including having substantially insufficient capital. (Currently, the Comptroller may appoint a receiver only if the bank is insolvent or has violated the National Bank Act.) Subtitle B: Asset Conservation and Deposit Insurance Protection - Asset Conservation and Deposit Insurance Protection Act of 1991 - Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to limit the liability of an insured depository institution or mortgage lender with respect to Federal law imposing strict liability for the release (or threatened release) of a hazardous substance from property: (1) acquired through foreclosure; (2) held in a fiduciary capacity; or (3) held by a lessor or subject to financial control or oversight pursuant to the terms of a credit extension. Denies such limitation on liability to persons that caused or contributed to a release or failed to take reasonable steps to prevent a continued release. Grants immunity from such strict liability to: (1) Federal banking and lending agencies; and (2) the first subsequent purchaser of property from such Federal entities (except in certain circumstances). Exempts Federal banking and lending agencies from any law requiring them to grant convenants warranting remedial action. Mandates that appropriate Federal financial institutions, regulatory agencies and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development issue regulations requiring insured depository institutions and mortgage lenders, respectively, to develop and implement procedures to evaluate actual and potential environmental risks that may arise from property prior to making an extension of credit secured by such property. Subtitle C: Amendments to Public Law 96-510 - Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Responses, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 with respect to parity of treatment for: (1) the States and Federal Government with respect to property acquired involuntarily; and (2) emergency response actions of a Federal banking or lending agency. Title II: Clarifying Amendments to the Federal Deposit Insurance Act - Prohibits an insured depository institution from indemnifying its personnel (or other institution-related persons) for costs related to actions brought successfully by a Federal banking agency against such institution-related persons. Grants the FDIC the same powers and rights over the assets and liabilities of the FSLIC Resolution Fund as it has over other jurisdictional matters under the Federal Deposit Insurance Act. Declares the FDIC to be the successor receiver or conservator to FSLIC wards. States that if a consolidation or acquisition involves a savings association eligible for assistance and a bank (or bank holding company), the resulting entity (currently, the savings association) may retain and operate any existing branch or facilities. Amends the Federal Home Loan Bank Act to provide that upon the filing of a pleading informing the court that the RTC has been appointed conservator or receiver for a party, the RTC shall be deemed substituted in any legal proceeding involving that party. Title III: Technical Amendments to the Federal Deposit Insurance Act - Makes clerical amendments to the Federal Deposit Insurance Act.