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United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1992
Designates June 1992 as National Scleroderma Awareness Month.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1992
Commends the New York Stock Exchange on the occasion of its bicentennial.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1992
Requires a one-year delay in the implementation of final regulations prohibiting pension plan benefits from discriminating in favor of highly compensated employees. Grants a two-year delay in the case of plans maintained by governments and tax-exemption organizations.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1992
Repeals penalties for noncompliance by States with a program requiring the use of safety belts and motorcycle helmets.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1992
Designates April 19 through 25, 1992, as National Credit Education Week.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1992
Designates May 1992 as National Huntington's Disease Awareness Month.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1992
Authorizes the Assistant Secretary of the Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI) to develop a Teacher Job Bank Program. Requires such program to include: (1) development of a model computer program to link available teaching positions with applicants; (2) grants to States to use the model program to establish a teacher job bank in each State; (3) consultation with potential beneficiaries and users; (4) attempts to ensure that every State readily adopts the model program; and (5) specified model program capabilities and system contents. Requires OERI to: (1) have the model program available for implementation one year after enactment of this Act; (2) notify the Governors of each State of the model program's availability; and (3) award such grants to States, to be matched from non-Federal sources on a dollar-for-dollar basis. Requires State Governors to specify in a grant application an appropriate State agency to act as lead agency. Requires grant funds to be used to establish a teacher job bank in the State. Allows such funds to be used to purchase necessary equipment and hardware to make such job bank operational, but prohibits use of such funds for the job bank's ongoing maintenance and operation. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1992
Title I: Accelerated Growth - Economic Growth Acceleration Act of 1992 - Subtitle A: Provisions Relating to Capital Gains - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a capital gains deduction for noncorporate taxpayers for assets held from one to three years. Provides special rules for the gain or loss from the sale or exchange of collectibles and sales of interest in partnerships. Disallows such deduction in computing the alternative minimum tax. Revises the formula for determining gain from the dispositions of certain depreciable realty to take into account depreciation adjustments (adjustments allowed or allowable for exhaustion, wear and tear, obsolescence, or certain amortization). Subtitle B: Provisions Relating to Passive Losses and Depreciation - Treats the real estate development activity of a taxpayer as a single trade or business activity that is not a rental activity. Allows an additional depreciation allowance for the purchase of new equipment as investment property on or after February 1, 1992, which is placed in service before July 1, 1993. Reduces the basis of adjustment of such property by the amount of the additional allowance. Requires application of such allowance in determining the alternative minimum tax. Restricts the determination of adjusted current earnings for purposes of computing alternative minimum taxable income to property placed in service after 1989 and before February 1, 1992. Subtitle C: Provisions Relating to Real Estate Investments by Pension Funds - Modifies exceptions to the exclusion of real property acquired by a qualified organization from the meaning of acquisition indebtedness. Makes certain exceptions inapplicable to sales out of foreclosure by a financial institution. Applies the meaning of acquisition indebtedness investments in certain large partnerships where the principal purpose of partnership allocations is not tax avoidance. Repeals the special rule for publicly traded partnerships with respect to the treatment of unrelated business taxable income. Subtitle D: Provisions Affecting Homebuyers - Allows a first-time homebuyer who purchases a principal residence a tax credit of ten percent of the purchase price, not to exceed $5,000. Limits such credit to one residence and requires acquisition between February 1, 1992, and January 1, 1993. Allows penalty-free withdrawals from individual retirement plans for a first-home purchase. Limits such distribution to $10,000, or other applicable amount if previous distributions have been made.
United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1992
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the international security situation has undergone radical change and that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) should adapt to this new environment. Requests the President to open discussions with the heads of state of NATO's various member states, with a view to adapting the alliance to current realities.
United States · United States Congress · 3 February 1992
Designates August 7, 1992, as Battle of Guadalcanal Remembrance Day.
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1992
Regulatory Improvement and Accountability Act of 1992 - Amends the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980 to add as purposes of such Act: (1) reducing regulatory burdens to promote national economic growth, productivity, competitiveness, and general welfare; (2) increasing agency regulatory accountability; (3) providing for presidential oversight of the regulatory process; (4) minimizing duplication and conflict of regulations; and (5) ensuring well-reasoned regulations. Revises the definition of "burden" to include the time, effort, or financial resources expended to comply with a regulation. Defines "major rule" as any regulation that is likely to result in: (1) an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more; (2) a major increase in costs or prices for consumers, individual industries, Federal, State, or local government agencies, or geographic regions; or (3) significant adverse effects on competition, employment, investment, productivity, innovation, or on the ability of the United States-based enterprises to compete with foreign-based enterprises in domestic or export markets. Defines "regulation" or "rule" as an agency statement of general applicability and future effect designed to implement, interpret, or prescribe law or policy or describing the procedure or practice requirements of an agency, excluding: (1) certain administrative actions; (2) regulations issued with respect to a military or foreign affairs function of the United States; or (3) regulations related to agency organization, management, or personnel. Requires the Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) to serve as principal adviser to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on regulatory oversight. Provides that under the direction of the President, the OMB Director shall develop and implement Federal information policies, principles, standards, and guidelines and shall provide direction and oversee the review and approval of information collection requests and regulations and the reduction of the paperwork and regulatory burden. Specifies that the general regulatory oversight policy functions of the OMB Director shall include: (1) developing and implementing uniform and consistent regulatory policies and overseeing the development of regulatory principles, standards, and guidelines, and promoting their use; (2) initiating and reviewing proposals for changes in legislation, regulations, and agency proceedings to improve regulatory practices and informing the President and the Congress thereon; (3) coordinating agency regulatory practices; (4) evaluating such practices to determine their adequacy and efficiency, their impact on national economic competitiveness, and their compliance with the policies, principles, standards, and guidelines promulgated by the Director; (5) overseeing planning for, and research with respect to, Federal regulatory practices; and (6) reviewing any Regulatory Impact Analysis, notice of proposed rulemaking, or final rule based on the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980. Specifies that the regulatory clearance and control functions of the Director shall include: (1) designating major rules; (2) promulgating uniform standards for the identification of major rules and the development of Regulatory Impact Analyses; (3) requiring an agency to obtain and evaluate, in connection with a regulation, any additional relevant data from any appropriate source; (4) waiving the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980 with respect to any major rule; (5) identifying duplicative, overlapping, and conflicting rules and rules that are inconsistent with the policies underlying statutes governing agencies other than the issuing agency or with the purposes of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980; (6) requiring appropriate inter-agency consultation to minimize or eliminate such duplication, overlap, or conflict; (7) developing procedures for estimating the annual benefits and costs of agency regulations for purposes of compiling a regulatory budget and assessing the impact of such regulations on national economic competitiveness; (8) preparing for the President's recommendations for changes in agency statutes; (9) designating rules for review and establishing schedules for reviews and analyses under such Act; (10) establishing a regulatory planning process by which the Administration will develop and publish a regulatory program for each year; (11) considering the consistency of agency draft regulatory programs with the Administration's policies and priorities and the draft regulatory programs submitted by other agencies and identifying such regulatory or deregulatory actions as may be necessary to achieve such consistency; and (12) monitoring and advising the President with respect to agency compliance with the requirements of such Act. Makes each agency responsible for carrying out its regulatory review activities in an efficient, effective, and economical manner and for complying with the regulatory oversight standards prescribed by the OMB Director. Requires agencies, in promulgating new regulations, reviewing existing regulations, and developing legislative proposals concerning regulation: (1) not to undertake regulatory action unless the potential benefits outweigh the potential costs to society; (2) to choose regulatory objectives that maximize net benefits to society and avoid adverse effects on economic competitiveness; (3) to choose the regulatory alternative involving the least net cost to society; and (4) to set regulatory priorities to maximize the aggregate net benefits to society. Requires each agency, in connection with every major rule, to prepare and consider a Regulatory Impact Analysis. Requires each agency to initially determine whether a rule it intends to propose or to issue is a major rule. Authorizes the Director to prescribe criteria for making such determinations, to order a rule to be treated as a major rule, and to require any set of related rules to be considered together as a major rule. Prescribes procedures applicable to agency preparation and publication of Regulatory Impact Analyses of major rules. Requires such Analyses to be transmitted to the OMB Director. Specifies the information each preliminary and final Regulatory Impact Analysis must contain in order to permit each draft major rule to be analyzed. Requires agencies to make their preliminary and final Regulatory Impact Analyses available to the public. Requires agencies to initiate reviews of currently effective rules in accordance with the purposes of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980 and to perform Regulatory Impact Analyses of currently effective major rules. Provides that before approving any final major rule, each agency shall make a determination that: (1) the regulation is clearly within the authority delegated by law and consistent with congressional intent; and (2) the factual conclusions upon which the rule is based have a substantial support in the agency record, viewed as a whole, with full attention to public comments in general and the comments of persons directly affected by the rule in particular. Requires each agency to publish, in October and April of each year, an agenda of proposed regulations that the agency has issued or expects to issue and currently effective rules that are under agency review pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980. Specifies the cases in which the above prescribed procedures shall not be applicable. Requires the Director to determine whether regulations or the practice and procedure requirements of an agency relative to the administration of the Export Administration Act are exempted from review under this Act. Prohibits an agency from implementing or sponsoring the implementation of a regulation unless: (1) the agency has taken actions to adhere to specified requirements and comply with the above prescribed procedures applicable to agency preparation of Regulatory Impact Analyses and the regulatory clearance and control functions of the OMB Director; (2) the agency has submitted to the Director the draft regulation, copies of pertinent statutes and other related materials as the Director may specify, and an explanation of actions taken to carry out the regulatory analysis, clearance, and control procedures, and has prepared a notice stating that the agency has made such submission; and (3) the OMB Director has approved the draft regulation, or the period provided for review of regulations by the Director has elapsed. Makes certain provisions with respect to public information collection activities concerning information collection requests applicable to draft regulations. Revises public protection provisions to prohibit a person from being subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a regulation adopted or revised by an agency after December 31, 1993, that is not in compliance with specified requirements of such Act or that fails to disclose exemption from such Act. Provides that in reviewing draft regulations, the OMB Director shall provide interested agencies and persons early and meaningful opportunity to comment. Authorizes appropriations through FY 1997 for OIRA to carry out the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980. Strikes language under appropriations provisions stating that the review of a rule or regulation is specifically authorized or required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980 only to the extent that such review is for the sole purpose of reviewing an information collection request contained in, or derived from, such rule or regulation.
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1992
Recognizes and commemorates the centennial of the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws. Requests the President to issue a proclamation observing the centennial from January 1 through December 31, 1992.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1992
Designates March 25, 1992, as Greek Independence Day: A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1992
Congratulates the Governments and people of Croatia and Slovenia on the occasion of the recognition of their independence by 38 countries. Urges the President to immediately extend diplomatic recognition to, and establish mutually beneficial relations with, Croatia and Slovenia.
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1992
Amends the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act to include refinancing of a loan in the definition of "federally related mortgage loan." Amends the Consumer Credit Cost Disclosure Act to include refinancing of a transaction in the definition of "residential mortgage transaction."
United States · United States Congress · 26 November 1991
Repeals the Assault Weapon Manufacturing Strict Liability Act of 1990, signed by the Mayor of the District of Columbia. Restores or revives any provisions of law amended or repealed by it.
United States · United States Congress · 26 November 1991
Grants a Federal charter to the Fleet Reserve Association.
United States · United States Congress · 26 November 1991
Medicaid Managed Care Improvement Act of 1991 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to provide for State Medicaid coverage of coordinated care. Defines "coordinated care" as programs operated by any qualifying public or private health maintenance organization or primary care case management program (PCCMP). Revises provisions governing State plans for medical assistance under Medicaid to: (1) eliminate the requirement that Medicare (title XVIII of the Social Security Act) and Medicaid beneficiaries constitute less than 75 percent of the membership of any prepaid medical provider; (2) permit States to mandate enrollment of eligible individuals, provided the individuals have of choice of two or more plans, a choice between enrolling in a plan or in a PCCMP, or a choice among physicians to the extent that two-thirds of the physicians in the area particpate in the plan or system; and (3) require that a plan provide for implementation of an internal quality assurance program containing specified elements. Requires a State contracting for coordinated care: (1) with a PCCMP or a plan, to provide for specified quality assurance activities, including a State-operated enrollee grievance procedure and a survey and analysis of enrollee satisfaction; and (2) with a plan, to provide for an independent review of each plan's quality assurance activities by an organization external to the State. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide for continuation of any operating managed care program without granting additional waivers if the program is successful in assuring quality and containing costs.
United States · United States Congress · 26 November 1991
Department of Defense Acquisition Reorganization Act of 1991 - Title I: Reorganization and Reform of the Defense Acquisition System - Part A: Centralization and Improvement of Acquisition Management - Revises the authorities of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition to add to the list of the Under Secretary's responsibilities: (1) the prescribing of policies for research, development, and acquisition activities of the Department of Defense (DOD); and (2) the planning, carrying out, and execution of budgets for, such activities. Establishes a Defense Research, Development, and Acquisition Agency within DOD, to be headed by the Under Secretary. Provides for the selection of a Deputy Director of Defense Research, Development, and Acquisition for Concurrent Engineering. Includes within the responsibilities of the Under Secretary as Director of the Agency: (1) preparing budgets for, and carrying out, DOD research, development, and acquisition activities; (2) ensuring that acquisition plans realistically reflect budget and related decisions for acquisition programs; and (3) conducting research on management techniques as well as on individual systems. Provides for the selection of Agency program executive officers (PEOs) to manage acquisition programs and related technical support resources. Requires PEOs to be organized on the basis of unique mission areas or, in the case of programs for systems specifically relating to certain classes of targets, on the basis of target classes. Provides that the responsibilities of a PEO for a weapon acquisition program shall cover the entire life cycle of the program. Directs the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to prescribe policies for the interaction of the commanders of unified and specified combatant commands with PEOs regarding the conduct of weapon acquisition programs. Provides for the selection of Agency program managers (PMs) to be responsible for routine management of a research, development, and acquisition program. Requires the Deputy Director to provide the Under Secretary, PEOs, and PMs with the following types of the most advanced functional analytical capability: (1) cost and affordability analysis; (2) logistics and support analysis; (3) reliability and maintainability analysis; (4) producibility analysis; and (4) environmental analysis. Terminates the procurement authority of the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the Navy, and the Secretary of the Air Force. Requires the Congress to authorize funds for each phase of the acquisition program cycle in a single amount sufficient to carry out such phase. Directs the Secretary of Defense (Secretary) to define such phases. Establishes a one-milestone decision process for acquisition programs, under which the Under Secretary shall review each program before the program proceeds beyond concept demonstration and validation. Directs the Chairman to make recommendations to the Under Secretary regarding the desirability of joint development by the United States and foreign countries of systems proposed to be developed, or under development, by such countries. Part B: Transfer of Functions - Transfers all research, development, and acquisition functions of the Secretaries of the military departments and specified defense agencies and procurement commands to the Secretary and the Agency. Terminates such procurement agencies. Title II: Specific Procurement Management Policies - Declares that it is the policy of the Congress that, by January 1, 2000: (1) DOD should achieve 90 percent of the cost and schedule goals established for the research and development and acquisition programs; and (2) the average period necessary for converting an emerging technology into initial operational capability for DOD should not exceed eight years. States that the Secretary, when necessary to implement such policy, should: (1) identify and consider for termination programs that are not achieving such goals; and (2) identify existing and potential programs that are suitable alternatives for such programs. Urges the Secretary to implement provisions relating to the DOD acquisition workforce. Reemphasizes the importance of ensuring that the workforce is educated and trained in accordance with standards set out in such provisions. Requires the Secretary to provide an enhanced system of incentives and adverse personnel actions to encourage excellence in the DOD acquisition workforce. Sets forth provisions concerning: (1) the fixing of grades of PEOs; and (2) the designations of PEOs and PMs as positions of importance and responsibility (when held by members of the armed forces) for purposes of military promotions. Title III: Conforming Amendments - Makes conforming amendments to make other provisions consistent with the transfer of responsibility from the military departments to the Agency. Removes certain exemptions from procurement requirements for the Coast Guard and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Eliminates a requirement for the Secretary's approval of contracts for energy for military installations. Title IV: Effective Dates - Sets forth the effective dates for this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 20 November 1991
Amends S. Res. 338, 88th Congress 2nd Session, to remove sitting Senators from membership on the Senate Select Committee on Ethics. Provides for a three-member panel consisting of two former Members of the Congress (preferably former Senators) and one retired Federal or appellate State judge who shall serve as chairman.
United States · United States Congress · 19 November 1991
Designates the week beginning April 12, 1992, as National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week.
United States · United States Congress · 18 November 1991
Amends the Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989 to extend the authorization of appropriations for the U.S. Office of Special Counsel through FY 1997.
United States · United States Congress · 14 November 1991
Designates the month of May 1992 as National Foster Care Month.
United States · United States Congress · 7 November 1991
Authorizes the Air Force Association to establish a commemorative work on Federal land in the District of Columbia and its environs to honor the men and women who have served in the U.S. Air Force.
United States · United States Congress · 6 November 1991
Tax Fairness and Savings Incentive Act of 1991 - Title I: Tax Credit for Children - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit of $300 per qualifying child. Title II: Retirement Savings Incentives - Subtitle A: Retirement Savings Incentives - Removes the limitations on deductions for individual retirement accounts (IRAs) and provides a cost of living adjustment for deductible amounts. Establishes special individual retirement accounts that are nondeductible. Makes such accounts nontaxable if earnings on contributions are held for at least five years. Applies the early withdrawal penalty to distributions made before the end of the five year-period. Subtitle B: Penalty-Free Distributions - Provides exemptions from the ten-percent penalty on early withdrawals from individual retirement plans for: (1) first home purchases; (2) higher education expenses; and (2) financially devastating medical expenses. Requires contributions to be held in certain IRAs (other than special IRAs) for at least five years prior to distributions. Title III: Reduction in Defense Spending - Sets forth limits on budget outlays and authority for defense spending for FY 1993 through 1997. Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to prohibit the Congress from exceeding such limits. Provides for reducing maximum deficit amounts. Prohibits sequestration under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act).
United States · United States Congress · 6 November 1991
Designates February 3 through 9, 1992, as National Police Officer and Firefighter Recognition Week.
United States · United States Congress · 31 October 1991
Designates March 1992 as Irish-American Heritage Month.
United States · United States Congress · 30 October 1991
NAFTA Worker Adjustment Assistance Act - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to provide trade adjustment assistance to workers adversely affected by the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) between the United States and Mexico. Makes such workers eligible for assistance if the Secretary of Labor determines that the NAFTA contributed importantly to a shift in U.S. production in Mexico. Makes such assistance available during the phase-in period of the Agreement. Revises provisions under the trade adjustment assistance program concerning reemployment assistance to include labor market information, job development, and job search and placement services. Makes funds available to States to provide such services. Increases the funds available for training under such program. Requires the establishment of a standardized reporting system to determine the effectiveness of State-run programs. Directs the President to negotiate an agreement for the temporary imposition of a de minimis uniform fee on all articles imported into the United States from Mexico to fund trade adjustment assistance programs needed as a result of NAFTA. Requires, if the President is unable to negotiate such an agreement, that a certain portion of tariffs imposed on Mexican imports be used to fund such programs. Transfers any increase in duties to the Trade Adjustment Assistance Trust Fund. Authorizes appropriations to such Fund as necessary. Extends the trade adjustment assistance program until September 30, 1998 (currently, such program expires September 30, 1993). Extends authorized appropriations through such date.
United States · United States Congress · 25 October 1991
Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the conclusions and final recommendations of the United Nations (UN) Study Group on Ways and Means of Promoting Transparency in International Arms Sales should be welcomed, and the UN General Assembly should be urged to approve them; (2) an international arms registry should be created under UN auspices; and (3) information on national arms export laws or arms trading nations should be compiled.
United States · United States Congress · 24 October 1991
Defense Tax Rebate Act - Title I: Individual Income Tax Provisions - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide tax rate reductions for all categories of taxpayers. Phases in such reductions from 1992 through 1996. Title II: Retirement Savings Incentives - Subtitle A: Restoration of IRA Deduction - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to remove the limitations on (and thereby restoring) deductions for individual retirement accounts (IRAs). Provides a cost of living adjustment for deductible amounts. Subtitle B: Nondeductible Tax Free IRAs - Establishes special IRAs that are nondeductible. Makes such accounts nontaxable if earnings on contributions are held for at least five years. Applies the early withdrawal penalty to distributions made before the end of the five year-period. Title III: Penalty-Free Distributions - Provides exemptions from the ten-percent penalty on early withdrawals from individual retirement plans for: (1) first home purchases; (2) higher education expenses; and (3) financially devastating medical expenses. Title IV: Incremental Investment Tax Credit - Provides an investment tax credit for new manufacturing and other productive equipment. Provides for determining such credit. Title V: Repeal of the Earnings Test - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to increase the exempt amount applicable to an individual who has attained retirement age on the outside income such individual may earn without incurring a reduction in benefits during the period 1992-1996. Repeals the earnings test in 1997 for such individuals. Title VI: Emergency Unemployment Compensation - Establishes an emergency unemployment compensation program. Allows any State to enter into and participate in an agreement with the Secretary of Labor (the Secretary) under which the State agency which administers the State unemployment compensation law will make payments of emergency unemployment compensation: (1) to individuals who have exhausted all rights to regular compensation under State law, have no rights to such regular compensation or any additional State or Federal compensation, and are not receiving Canadian compensation; and (2) for any week of unemployment beginning in the individual's eligibility period. Sets forth provisions relating to exhaustion of regular benefits and weekly amount of emergency benefits equal to regular benefits. Requires a State, under such an agreement, to establish an emergency unemployment compensation account with respect to the benefit year of each eligible individual who files an application. Limits benefit payments to not more than the amount in the individual's account. Sets forth formulas for determining the amount in such account. Provides that the applicable limit in such account shall be equal to: (1) ten for a five-percent period; and (2) seven for any other period. Sets forth special rules relating to such applicable limits. Requires reduction in such account by the amount of extended benefits received by the individual relating to the same benefit year under the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970. Sets the weekly benefit amount at the amount of regular compensation (including dependents' allowances) payable under the State law to the individual for such week for total unemployment. Provides for determination of periods and applicable triggers. Provides, in general, that no emergency unemployment compensation shall be payable to any individual under this Act for any week beginning: (1) before the later of October 6, 1991, or the first week following the week in which an agreement under this Act is entered into; or (2) after July 4, 1992. Sets forth transition and reachback provisions for the eligibility of certain individuals for such benefits. Provides for payments to States having such agreements for emergency unemployment compensation. Sets forth financing provisions. Requires that funds in the extended unemployment compensation account of the Unemployment Trust Fund be used to make payments to States having agreements under this Act. Sets forth provisions relating to fraud and overpayments. Defines the eligibility period under this Act. Provides that in no event shall an individual's period of eligibility include any weeks after the 39th week after the end of the benefit year for which the individual exhausted rights to regular compensation or extended compensation. Reduces the length of required Desert Storm active duty by armed forces reserves for purposes of unemployment compensation payments. Limits payment to individuals who were: (1) involuntarily separated from the armed forces; or (2) separated after being retained on active duty. Title VII: Guaranteed Student Loans - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require in the case of Stafford Supplemental Loans for Students (SLS), and PLUS loans to parents for applicants over age 21, that the lender: (1) obtain a credit report; and (2) require a cosigner for applicants who have adverse credit histories. Requires lenders to obtain the borrower's driver's license number, if any, at the time of application for the loan. Revises requirements for borrower information to be submitted to the institution during the exit interview. Requires lenders to obtain the borrower's authorization for entry of judgment against the borrower in the event of default. Provides for wage garnishment for loan collection. Authorizes a guaranty agency, or the Secretary of Education where appropriate, to garnish the disposable pay of an individual to collect the amount owed or the required repayment, subject to certain conditions. Provides for data matching. Authorizes the Secretary to obtain from Federal or State agencies specified information relating to an individual for student loan collection purposes. Title VIII: Electromagnetic Spectrum Function - Emerging Telecommunications Technologies Act of 1991 - Requires the Secretary of Commerce and the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to conduct joint electromagnetic spectrum planning meetings with respect to: (1) future spectrum needs and the spectrum allocation actions to accommodate those needs; and (2) actions to promote the efficient use of the spectrum. Directs the Secretary to submit reports to the President that identify frequency bands that: (1) are allocated on a primary basis for Government use and eligible for licensing pursuant to the Communications Act of 1934 (the Act); (2) are not required for the present or identifiable future Government needs; (3) can be made available for use under the Act for non-Government users; (4) are likely to have significant value for such users; and (5) will not result in excessive costs to the Government. Sets forth criteria for identifying, and recommending for reassignment or sharing of, such frequency bands. Exempts power marketing administrations and the Tennessee Valley Authority from any reallocation procedures. Requires such reports to make an initial identification of 50 MHz of spectrum for immediate reallocation and distribution by the FCC pursuant to competitive bidding procedures, and preliminary and final identifications of additional reallocable frequency bands. Directs the Department of Commerce to make available to the FCC 50 MHz of electromagnetic spectrum for allocation of land-mobile or land-mobile-satellite services. Directs the Secretary to convene an advisory committee to: (1) review frequency bands identified in the preliminary report; (2) advise the Secretary with respect to those bands which should be included in the final report; (3) receive public comment on the reports; and (4) report to the Secretary and specified congressional committees on recommendations for the reform of allocating the spectrum between Government and non-Government users. Directs the President to: (1) withdraw or limit the assignment to a Government station of any frequency recommended in the initial identification report for reallocation; (2) withdraw or limit the assignment to a Government station of any frequency recommended in the final report for reallocation or mixed use; (3) assign or reassign other frequencies to Government stations as necessary to adjust to such withdrawal or limitation of assignments; and (4) publish in the Federal Register a notice and description of such actions taken. Authorizes the President to substitute alternative frequencies in the interests of national defense, important Government needs, public health or safety, or Federal financial considerations. Provides that any Government licensee, or non-Government entity operating on behalf of a Government licensee, that is displaced from a frequency pursuant to this Act may be reimbursed not more than the incremental costs it incurs, in such amounts as provided in advance in appropriation Acts, that are directly attributable to the loss of the use of the frequency pursuant to this Act. Authorizes appropriations to affected licensee agencies to cover such costs. Directs the FCC to: (1) form a plan to assign the spectrum identified in the initial report pursuant to competitive bidding procedures during FY 1994 through 1996; and (2) submit to the President a plan for the distribution of the remaining reallocated frequency bands. Authorizes the President to reclaim reallocated frequencies for reassignment to Government stations. Sets forth procedures for reclaiming frequencies. Amends the Act to require the FCC to use competitive bidding for awarding all initial licenses and new construction permits, subject to specified exclusions. Outlines criteria for awarding licenses and permits under competitive bidding procedures. Prohibits licensing by lottery when competitive bidding is required. Title IX: Repeal Recreational Vessel User Fee - Amends Federal law to repeal the recreational vessel user fee. Title X: Reduction in Discretionary Spending - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to reduce the discretionary spending limit for the defense and domestic categories for FY 1993. Reduces such spending in all categories for FY 1994 and 1995.
United States · United States Congress · 22 October 1991
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) the United States Trade Representative should take action under the Trade Act of 1974 to compensate for any trade losses caused by the European Community's (EC) failure to adopt by October 31, 1991, a new oilseeds regime that conforms with the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) panel oilseed ruling; and (2) such actions should remain in effect until the EC's oilseed regime conforms with its GATT obligations.
United States · United States Congress · 15 October 1991
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide an investment tax credit for manufacturing and other productive equipment. Provides for determining such credit.
United States · United States Congress · 8 October 1991
White House Commemorative Coin Act of 1991 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) issue up to 500,000 silver one-dollar coins to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the laying of the cornerstone of the White House; and (2) obtain silver for such coins from stockpiles established under the Strategic and Critical Mineral Stock Piling Act. Specifies that: (1) all amounts received from the sale of coins issued under this Act shall be deposited in the coinage profit fund; and (2) the Secretary shall pay amounts from a ten-dollar surcharge per coin into the White House Endowment Fund. Directs the Secretary to take such actions as necessary to ensure that the minting and issuance of such coins do not result in any net cost to the Government. Bars the issuance of such coins unless the Secretary has received full payment or adequate security for payment. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 8 October 1991
Designates May 16 through 22, 1992, as National Awareness Week for Life-Saving Techniques.
United States · United States Congress · 1 October 1991
Breast Cancer Screening Safety Act of 1991 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require certification in order for a facility to perform or interpret mammograms, inspect equipment, perform needle localizations or other procedures using mammography equipment, or conduct quality assurance oversight related to mammography. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue and renew certificates for up to two years. Allows the Secretary to approve a private nonprofit organization to be an accreditation body which meets certain requirements, including inspecting facilities. Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish standards for facilities to assure the safety and accuracy of mammography; (2) specify organizations eligible to certify individuals to perform radiological procedures; (3) specify boards eligible to certify individuals to interpret screening mammograms; (4) establish standards regarding the qualifications for individuals to interpret screening mammograms; and (5) specify boards eligible to certify individuals to inspect screening mammography equipment and oversee quality assurance practices. Directs the Secretary to conduct annual announced and unannounced inspections of certified facilities. Provides for: (1) intermediate sanctions for certain violations; (2) suspension, revocation, and limitation of certificates; and (3) injunctions. Requires fees for certificate issuance and renewal, and for inspections, sufficient to cover costs. Requires annual publication of a list of facilities convicted of fraud and abuse, false billings, or kickbacks, facilities that have had certificates revoked, suspended, or limited, and facilities that have been the subject of a sanction or other similar matters. Allows the Secretary to exempt facilities in a State or locality with more stringent requirements from compliance with this Act. Directs the Secretary to: (1) make grants for research on new methods of establishing a Mammography Registry; and (2) based on the research, establish the Registry. Authorizes grants to enhance the capacity of health personnel in the area of breast cancer mortality prevention. Allows grant funds to be used to establish a breast cancer mortality prevention regional training center and develop a training curriculum. Authorizes appropriations. Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require that screening mammographies paid for under Medicare be performed by a facility: (1) certified under this Act; and (2) in compliance with specified provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 1 October 1991
Deficit-Neutral Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991 - Title I: Emergency Unemployment Compensation Program - Establishes an emergency unemployment compensation program. Allows any State to enter into and participate in an agreement with the Secretary of Labor (the Secretary) under which the State agency which administers the State unemployment compensation law will make payments of emergency unemployment compensation: (1) to individuals who have exhausted all rights to regular compensation under State law, have no rights to such regular compensation or any additional State or Federal compensation, and are not receiving Canadian compensation; and (2) for any week of unemployment beginning in the individual's eligibility period. Sets forth provisions relating to exhaustion of regular benefits and weekly amount of emergency benefits equal to regular benefits. Requires a State, under such an agreement, to establish an emergency unemployment compensation account with respect to the benefit year of each eligible individual who files an application. Limits benefit payments to not more than the amount in the individual's account. Sets forth formulas for determining the amount in such account. Provides that the applicable limit in such account shall be equal to: (1) ten weeks during a five-percent period (triggered if the adjusted rate of insured unemployment for such week and the immediately preceding 12 weeks is at least five percent); and (2) six weeks for any other period. Sets forth special rules relating to such applicable limits. Requires reduction in such account by the amount of extended benefits received by the individual relating to the same benefit year under the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970. Sets the weekly benefit amount at the amount of regular compensation (including dependents' allowances) payable under the State law to the individual for such week for total unemployment. Provides for determination of periods and applicable triggers. Provides for a minimum period. Provides, in general, that no emergency unemployment compensation shall be payable to any individual under this Act for any week beginning: (1) before the later of October 1, 1991, or the first week following the week in which an agreement under this Act is entered into; or (2) after June 30, 1992. Sets forth transition and reachback provisions for the eligibility of certain individuals for such benefits, as exceptions to such general rule. Provides for payments to States having such agreements for emergency unemployment compensation. Sets forth financing provisions. Requires that funds in the extended unemployment compensation account of the Unemployment Trust Fund be used to make payments to States having agreements under this Act. Authorizes appropriations to the extended unemployment compensation account of sums necessary to pay emergency unemployment compensation payable: (1) under specified provisions for former members of the armed forces; and (2) on the basis of certain services performed for nonprofit organizations or governmental entities, to which certain Internal Revenue Code provisions relating to State unemployment compensation law apply. Sets forth provisions relating to fraud and overpayments. Defines the individual eligibility period under this Act. Amends specified Federal law to repeal certain limitations on payment of unemployment compensation to former members of the armed forces. Reduces the length of required active duty by reserves for purposes for such payment, if the reservist served on active duty in the Persian Gulf area of operations in connection with Operation Desert Storm. Title II: Collection of Nontax Debts - Amends the Deficit Reduction Act of 1984 to provide for permanent extension of provisions relating to collection of nontax debts owed to Federal agencies. Title III: Guaranteed Student Loans - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to revise provisions relating to the Stafford student loan program (including guaranteed student loans and federally-insured student loans). Requires, in the case of such student loan applicants over age 21, that the lender: (1) obtain a credit report; and (2) require a cosigner for such applicants who have adverse credit histories. Allows the lender to charge such applicants for the actual cost of such credit reports, up to $25. Requires the lender to obtain the borrower's driver's license number, if any, at the time of application for such a student loan. Directs eligible institutions to require borrowers of any student loan under HEA to supply the following exit interview information: (1) their expected permanent address after leaving the institution; (2) the name and address of their expected employer; and (3) the name and address of their next of kin. Requires student loan interest-subsidy insurance program agreements to require the lender to obtain the borrower's authorization for entry of judgment against the borrower in the event of default. Provides for wage garnishment for student loan collection. Authorizes a guaranty agency, or the Secretary where appropriate, to garnish the disposable pay of an individual to collect the amount owed or the required repayment, subject to certain conditions. Provides for data matching. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to obtain from Federal agencies specified information relating to an individual for student loan collection purposes. Title IV: Electromagnetic Spectrum Function - Emerging Telecommunications Technologies Act of 1991 - Requires the Secretary of Commerce and the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to conduct biannual joint electromagnetic spectrum planning meetings with respect to: (1) future spectrum needs and the allocation actions to accommodate those needs; and (2) actions to promote the efficient use of the spectrum. Requires an open process and joint annual reports to the President. Directs the Secretary to submit reports to the President that identify frequency bands that: (1) are allocated on a primary basis for Government use and eligible for licensing pursuant to the Communications Act of 1934 (the Act); (2) are not required for the present or identifiable future Government needs; (3) can be made available for use under the Act for non-Government users; (4) are likely to have significant value for such users; and (5) will not result in excessive costs to the Government. Sets forth criteria for identifying, and recommending for reassignment or sharing, such frequency bands. Requires such reports to make an initial identification of 50MHz of spectrum for immediate reallocation and distribution by the FCC pursuant to competitive bidding procedures, and preliminary and final identifications of additional reallocable frequency bands. Directs the Secretary to convene a private sector advisory committee to: (1) review frequency bands identified in the preliminary report; (2) advise the Secretary with respect to those bands which should be included in the final report; (3) receive public comment on the reports; and (4) prepare and submit to the Secretary and specified congressional committees a report on recommendations for the reform of allocating the spectrum between Government and non-Government users. Directs the President to: (1) withdraw or limit the assignment to a Government station of any frequency recommended in the initial identification report for reallocation; (2) withdraw or limit the assignment to a Government station of any frequency recommended in the final report for reallocation or mixed use; (3) assign or reassign other frequencies to Government stations as necessary to adjust to such withdrawal or limitation of assignments; and (4) publish in the Federal Register a notice and description of such actions taken. Authorizes the President to substitute alternative frequencies in the interests of national security, important Government needs, public health or safety, or Federal financial considerations. Provides that any Government licensee, or non-Government entity operating on behalf of a Government licensee, that is displaced from a frequency pursuant to this Act may be reimbursed not more than the incremental costs it incurs, in such amounts as provided in advance in appropriation Acts, that are directly attributable to the loss of the use of the frequency pursuant to this Act. Authorizes appropriations to affected licensee agencies to cover such costs. Directs the FCC to form a plan to assign the spectrum identified in the initial report pursuant to competitive bidding procedures during FY 1994 through 1996. Directs the FCC to submit to the President a plan for the distribution of the remaining reallocated frequency bands. Authorizes the President to reclaim reallocated frequencies for reassignment to Government stations. Sets forth procedures for reclaiming frequencies. Amends the Act to require the FCC to use competitive bidding for awarding all initial licenses and new construction permits, subject to specified exclusions. Outlines criteria for awarding licenses and permits under competitive bidding procedures. Prohibits licensing by lottery when competitive bidding is required. Title V: Dislocated Workers - Directs the Secretary of Labor to establish for eligible dislocated workers: (1) a program of readjustment allowances; (2) a program for job training and related services substantially similar to the program under specified provisions of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA); and (3) a program for job search and relocation allowances substantially similar to the program under specified JTPA provisions. Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Labor to carry out such programs, for each of FY 1993 through 1995, in an amount equal to the revenues raised in such fiscal year by the provisions of and amendments made by titles II, III, and IV of this Act which are in excess of the expenditures made in such fiscal year under title I of this Act. Directs the Secretary of Labor to give special consideration to providing services to dislocated workers in the timber industry in the State of Washington, in determining specified programs and activities to be funded under JTPA in FY 1991 and 1992. Directs the Secretary of Labor to submit a comprehensive report to the Congress on the feasibility and utility of using a total unemployment rate versus an insured unemployment rate, adjusted to include those claimants who have exhausted their benefits, for purposes of triggering extended benefits and, if appropriate, revising the foregoing measures of unemployment to include seasonal adjustments. Title VI: Deficit Reduction Requirement - Sets forth the congressional funding that provisions contained in titles I through V of this Act would lead to a reduction in the deficit. Declares that the Congress designates all direct spending amounts (both increases and decreases) provided by such titles (for all fiscal years) as emergency requirements under specified provisions of the Balance Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act). Requires, as a condition for any provisions of this Act to take effect, that the President: (1) make a determination and notify the Congress that this Act would reduce the deficit cumulatively for FY 1991 through 1996; and (2) submits a written designation of all direct spending amounts (both increases and decreases provided by titles I through V of this Act (for all fiscal years)) as emergency requirements under such specified provisions of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
United States · United States Congress · 1 October 1991
Deficit-Neutral Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991 - Title I: Emergency Unemployment Compensation Program - Establishes an emergency unemployment compensation program. Allows any State to enter into and participate in an agreement with the Secretary of Labor (the Secretary) under which the State agency which administers the State unemployment compensation law will make payments of emergency unemployment compensation: (1) to individuals who have exhausted all rights to regular compensation under State law, have no rights to such regular compensation or any additional State or Federal compensation, and are not receiving Canadian compensation; and (2) for any week of unemployment beginning in the individual's eligibility period. Sets forth provisions relating to exhaustion of regular benefits and weekly amount of emergency benefits equal to regular benefits. Requires a State, under such an agreement, to establish an emergency unemployment compensation account with respect to the benefit year of each eligible individual who files an application. Limits benefit payments to not more than the amount in the individual's account. Sets forth formulas for determining the amount in such account. Provides that the applicable limit in such account shall be equal to: (1) ten weeks during a five-percent period (triggered if the adjusted rate of insured unemployment for such week and the immediately preceding 12 weeks is at least five percent); and (2) six weeks for any other period. Sets forth special rules relating to such applicable limits. Requires reduction in such account by the amount of extended benefits received by the individual relating to the same benefit year under the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970. Sets the weekly benefit amount at the amount of regular compensation (including dependents' allowances) payable under the State law to the individual for such week for total unemployment. Provides for determination of periods and applicable triggers. Provides for a minimum period. Provides, in general, that no emergency unemployment compensation shall be payable to any individual under this Act for any week beginning: (1) before the later of October 1, 1991, or the first week following the week in which an agreement under this Act is entered into; or (2) after June 30, 1992. Sets forth transition and reachback provisions for the eligibility of certain individuals for such benefits, as exceptions to such general rule. Provides for payments to States having such agreements for emergency unemployment compensation. Sets forth financing provisions. Requires that funds in the extended unemployment compensation account of the Unemployment Trust Fund be used to make payments to States having agreements under this Act. Authorizes appropriations to the extended unemployment compensation account of sums necessary to pay emergency unemployment compensation payable: (1) under specified provisions for former members of the armed forces; and (2) on the basis of certain services performed for nonprofit organizations or governmental entities, to which certain Internal Revenue Code provisions relating to State unemployment compensation law apply. Sets forth provisions relating to fraud and overpayments. Defines the individual eligibility period under this Act. Amends specified Federal law to repeal certain limitations on payment of unemployment compensation to former members of the armed forces. Reduces the length of required active duty by reserves for purposes for such payment, if the reservist served on active duty in the Persian Gulf area of operations in connection with Operation Desert Storm. Title II: Collection of Nontax Debts - Amends the Deficit Reduction Act of 1984 to provide for permanent extension of provisions relating to collection of nontax debts owed to Federal agencies. Title III: Guaranteed Student Loans - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to revise provisions relating to the Stafford student loan program (including guaranteed student loans and federally-insured student loans). Requires, in the case of such student loan applicants over age 21, that the lender: (1) obtain a credit report; and (2) require a cosigner for such applicants who have adverse credit histories. Allows the lender to charge such applicants for the actual cost of such credit reports, up to $25. Requires the lender to obtain the borrower's driver's license number, if any, at the time of application for such a student loan. Directs eligible institutions to require borrowers of any student loan under HEA to supply the following exit interview information: (1) their expected permanent address after leaving the institution; (2) the name and address of their expected employer; and (3) the name and address of their next of kin. Requires student loan interest-subsidy insurance program agreements to require the lender to obtain the borrower's authorization for entry of judgment against the borrower in the event of default. Provides for wage garnishment for student loan collection. Authorizes a guaranty agency, or the Secretary where appropriate, to garnish the disposable pay of an individual to collect the amount owed or the required repayment, subject to certain conditions. Provides for data matching. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to obtain from Federal agencies specified information relating to an individual for student loan collection purposes. Title IV: Electromagnetic Spectrum Function - Emerging Telecommunications Technologies Act of 1991 - Requires the Secretary of Commerce and the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to conduct biannual joint electromagnetic spectrum planning meetings with respect to: (1) future spectrum needs and the allocation actions to accommodate those needs; and (2) actions to promote the efficient use of the spectrum. Requires an open process and joint annual reports to the President. Directs the Secretary to submit reports to the President that identify frequency bands that: (1) are allocated on a primary basis for Government use and eligible for licensing pursuant to the Communications Act of 1934 (the Act); (2) are not required for the present or identifiable future Government needs; (3) can be made available for use under the Act for non-Government users; (4) are likely to have significant value for such users; and (5) will not result in excessive costs to the Government. Sets forth criteria for identifying, and recommending for reassignment or sharing, such frequency bands. Requires such reports to make an initial identification of 50MHz of spectrum for immediate reallocation and distribution by the FCC pursuant to competitive bidding procedures, and preliminary and final identifications of additional reallocable frequency bands. Directs the Secretary to convene a private sector advisory committee to: (1) review frequency bands identified in the preliminary report; (2) advise the Secretary with respect to those bands which should be included in the final report; (3) receive public comment on the reports; and (4) prepare and submit to the Secretary and specified congressional committees a report on recommendations for the reform of allocating the spectrum between Government and non-Government users. Directs the President to: (1) withdraw or limit the assignment to a Government station of any frequency recommended in the initial identification report for reallocation; (2) withdraw or limit the assignment to a Government station of any frequency recommended in the final report for reallocation or mixed use; (3) assign or reassign other frequencies to Government stations as necessary to adjust to such withdrawal or limitation of assignments; and (4) publish in the Federal Register a notice and description of such actions taken. Authorizes the President to substitute alternative frequencies in the interests of national security, important Government needs, public health or safety, or Federal financial considerations. Provides that any Government licensee, or non-Government entity operating on behalf of a Government licensee, that is displaced from a frequency pursuant to this Act may be reimbursed not more than the incremental costs it incurs, in such amounts as provided in advance in appropriation Acts, that are directly attributable to the loss of the use of the frequency pursuant to this Act. Authorizes appropriations to affected licensee agencies to cover such costs. Directs the FCC to form a plan to assign the spectrum identified in the initial report pursuant to competitive bidding procedures during FY 1994 through 1996. Directs the FCC to submit to the President a plan for the distribution of the remaining reallocated frequency bands. Authorizes the President to reclaim reallocated frequencies for reassignment to Government stations. Sets forth procedures for reclaiming frequencies. Amends the Act to require the FCC to use competitive bidding for awarding all initial licenses and new construction permits, subject to specified exclusions. Outlines criteria for awarding licenses and permits under competitive bidding procedures. Prohibits licensing by lottery when competitive bidding is required. Title V: Dislocated Workers - Directs the Secretary of Labor to establish for eligible dislocated workers: (1) a program of readjustment allowances; (2) a program for job training and related services substantially similar to the program under specified provisions of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA); and (3) a program for job search and relocation allowances substantially similar to the program under specified JTPA provisions. Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Labor to carry out such programs, for each of FY 1993 through 1995, in an amount equal to the revenues raised in such fiscal year by the provisions of and amendments made by titles II, III, and IV of this Act which are in excess of the expenditures made in such fiscal year under title I of this Act. Directs the Secretary of Labor to give special consideration to providing services to dislocated workers in the timber industry in the State of Washington, in determining specified programs and activities to be funded under JTPA in FY 1991 and 1992. Directs the Secretary of Labor to submit a comprehensive report to the Congress on the feasibility and utility of using a total unemployment rate versus an insured unemployment rate, adjusted to include those claimants who have exhausted their benefits, for purposes of triggering extended benefits and, if appropriate, revising the foregoing measures of unemployment to include seasonal adjustments.
United States · United States Congress · 1 October 1991
Designates December 1 through 7, 1991, and November 29 through December 5, 1992, as National Adoption Week.
United States · United States Congress · 1 October 1991
Designates October 15, 1991, as Up With People Day.
United States · United States Congress · 30 September 1991
Domestic Corporation Taxation Equality Act of 1991 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit, with specified exceptions, the States from imposing tax on corporate taxpayers on a worldwide unitary basis, unless a taxpayer unconditionally elects to be taxed that way. Includes an express prohibition against the unitary method with respect to a domestic corporation whose average U.S. payroll, property, and sales represent less than 20 percent of its total payroll, property, and sales. Permits a State to tax dividends received by domestic corporations from their foreign affiliates only to the extent that the State excludes from the tax base of the U.S. corporation: (1) at least 85 percent of such dividends; or (2) the portion of such dividends that effectively bears no Federal income tax after application of the foreign tax credit.
United States · United States Congress · 26 September 1991
Designates November 16, 1991, as Dutch-American Heritage Day.
United States · United States Congress · 20 September 1991
United States-Hong Kong Policy Act of 1991 - Title I: United States Policy - Expresses the sense of the Congress that the following should be U.S. policy with respect to the U.S. relationship with Hong Kong: (1) the United States should seek to establish direct bilateral ties with Hong Kong in economic, shipping, communications, tourism, cultural, sport, and other matters to the extent that Hong Kong is allowed to exercise autonomy in these fields under the 1984 Joint Declaration of the Governments of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and China on the question of Hong Kong; (2) the United States should seek to maintain after July 1, 1997, with the authorization of the Chinese Government, the U.S. Consulate-General in Hong Kong and other U.S. official and semi-official organizations; (3) the United States should invite Hong Kong to maintain, after such date, its official and semi-official missions in the United States and to open other missions in those fields in which it is permitted to exercise autonomy under the Joint Declaration; (4) the United States should seek to reach agreements with the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (Administrative Region) in such fields, particularly with respect to reduction or abolishment of visa restrictions hindering U.S. nationals seeking to work in Hong Kong and covering Hong Kong residents seeking to work in the United States; (5) the United States should recognize passports and travel documents issued by the Administrative Region; and (6) the Chinese Government's exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong should not affect treatment of Hong Kong residents who apply for visas to visit the United States. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the following should be U.S. policy with respect to participation by Hong Kong in multilateral organizations: (1) the United States should support Hong Kong's participation in multilateral organizations open to non-states which are concerned with those matters in which Hong Kong is permitted to exercise autonomy under the Joint Declaration; (2) the United States should continue to fulfill its obligations to Hong Kong under international agreements, so long as Hong Kong reciprocates; (3) the United States should support Hong Kong's application to join all multilateral international conferences, agreements, and organizations; and (4) the United States should support Hong Kong's continued participation after July 1, 1997, under the name Hong Kong, China, in all such conferences, agreements, and organizations. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the following should be U.S. policy with respect to commerce between the United States and Hong Kong: (1) the United States should seek to maintain and expand economic and trade relations with Hong Kong and should continue to treat Hong Kong as a separate territory in economic and trade matters (even after July 1, 1997); (2) the United States should continue to negotiate directly with Hong Kong to conclude bilateral economic agreements (even after July 1, 1997); (3) the United States should continue to consider Hong Kong for most-favored-nation trade status and to recognize certificates of origin for manufactured goods issued by the Administrative Region; (4) the United States should continue to allow the U.S. dollar to be freely exchanged with the Hong Kong dollar and U.S. businesses should continue to operate in Hong Kong; (5) the United States should continue to support Hong Kong's access to sensitive technologies; (6) the United States should encourage Hong Kong to continue to develop a framework which provides protection for intellectual property rights; and (7) the United States should negotiate a bilateral investment treaty with Hong Kong. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the following should be U.S. policy with respect to transportation from Hong Kong: (1) the United States should continue to recognize ships and airplanes registered in Hong Kong and negotiate air service agreements directly with Hong Kong; (2) the United States should continue to recognize ships registered by Hong Kong after July 1, 1997, and U.S. commercial ships should remain free to port in Hong Kong; (3) the United States should recognize licenses issued by the Administrative Region to Hong Kong airlines; (4) the United States should recognize permits issued by the Administrative Region to U.S. airlines for specified services; (5) the United States should negotiate with the Administrative Region to renew or amend all air service agreements existing on June 30, 1997, and to conclude new air service agreements affecting all flights to, from, or through China; and (6) the United States should negotiate with the Administrative Region about arrangements to implement international aviation agreements. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the following should be U.S. policy with respect to cultural and educational exchanges with Hong Kong: (1) the United States should seek to maintain and expand U.S.-Hong Kong relations and exchanges in culture, education, science, and academic research; (2) the Administrative Region should be accorded individual status as a full partner in the Fulbright Program; and (3) the Congressional Research Service of the Library of Congress should seek to expand educational and informational ties with the Legislative Council of Hong Kong. Title II: The Status of Hong Kong in United States Law - Continues to treat Hong Kong as a separate territory under U.S. law after July 1, 1997. Approves the continuation in force of all treaties entered into by the United States and Hong Kong before such date. Title III: Reporting Provisions - Directs the Secretary to submit to the Speaker of the House and the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee: (1) a report on the degree to which the Joint Declaration is being implemented; and (2) a separate subreport (with respect to country reports) on Hong Kong.
United States · United States Congress · 20 September 1991
Subpart F Tax Simplification Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code with respect to the tax imposed on a U.S. corporation for a foreign subsidiary's income attributable to the issuance of an insurance contract in connection with an activity in any country other than the subsidiary's home country. Reduces the exception to such tax for certain income subject to high foreign taxes for controlled foreign corporations from 90 percent of the U.S. tax rate to 80 percent. Provides for computing such tax without regard to any net operating losses (including adjustments allowable with respect to depreciation deductions) arising under the laws of the foreign country in years ending before December 3, 1991. Declares that the countries comprising the European Community shall constitute a single country for purposes of computing the income tax of controlled foreign corporations. (Specifies such countries as: Belgium, Denmark, France, Greece, the Republic of Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portgual, Spain, the Federal Republic of Germany, and the United Kingdom.) Excludes from foreign personal holding company income certain income derived in the active conduct of insurance business.
United States · United States Congress · 18 September 1991
Declares that the President should award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Martha Raye in honor of her service in the form of entertainment and nursing care to members of the U.S. armed forces.
United States · United States Congress · 17 September 1991
Designates October 1991 as Ending Hunger Month.
United States · United States Congress · 16 September 1991
Glass Ceiling Act of 1991 - Establishes the Glass Ceiling Commission to conduct a study and prepare recommendations concerning: (1) eliminating artificial barriers to the advancement of women and minorities; and (2) increasing opportunities and developmental experiences of women and minorities to foster advancement of women and minorities to management and decisionmaking positions in business. Establishes the National Award for Diversity and Excellence in American Executive Management. Allows a recipient business to use the award in its advertising if the business agrees to help other U.S. businesses improve with respect to the promotion of opportunities and developmental experiences of women and minorities regarding management and decisionmaking positions. Authorizes appropriations. Terminates the Commission and the authority to make awards four years after enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 13 September 1991
Amends the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 to: (1) repeal limitations on the amount of loans, guaranties, and insurance in connection with exports for the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.); and (2) remove Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and the U.S.S.R. (including its captive constitutent republics) from the list of Marxist-Leninist countries. Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to remove the limitation on credit to the U.S.S.R.
United States · United States Congress · 10 September 1991
National Fallen Firefighters Foundation Act - Establishes the National Fallen Firefighters' Foundation. Declares that the Foundation is: (1) a charitable and nonprofit corporation to be organized under the laws of the State of Maryland; and (2) not an agency or establishment of the United States. Provides that the Foundation is to: (1) primarily encourage, accept, and administer private gifts of property for the benefit of the National Fallen Firefighters' Memorial and its annual memorial service; (2) provide financial assistance to the families of firefighers who die in the line of duty; and (3) assist in the recognition of such firefighters. Sets forth provisions for establishment and membership of a Board of Directors of the Foundation. Makes the Administator of the U.S. Fire Administration of the Federal Emergency Management Agency an ex officio nonvoting member of the Board, who shall appoint Directors of the Board. Sets forth rights and obligations of the Foundation, including having its principal offices in the State of Maryland. Authorizes the Administrator to: (1) provide, and accept reimbursements for, personnel, facilities, and other administrative services to the Foundation; and (2) accept the services of the Foundation, the Board, and the Board's officers and employees as volunteers in performing functions authorized under this Act. Sets forth requirements relating to audits and annual reports. Provides for relief for certain Foundation acts or failures to act. Provides that the United States is not liable for any debts, defaults, acts, or omissions of the Foundation. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1991
Impacted Communities Assistance Act of 1991 - Directs the Secretary of Defense, as soon as possible after closing a military installation, to transfer any property suitable for transfer to the local community of the installation involved. Requires any property which was originally donated to the United States to first be offered to the entity that made such donation. Provides that if the local community refuses such property (or fails to accept such property within six months), the Secretary shall offer the property successively to the county involved, the State of the installation, other Federal departments and agencies, and the highest bidder. Provides for the disposition of property located in more than one local community or county. Authorizes the Secretary to sever from any real property of a closed military installation that property which is suitable for transfer. Requires the Secretary to include appropriate representatives of the local community in discussions and decisions concerning the disposition of a closed military installation. Requires the local community, county, or State receiving such property to agree: (1) to pay the United States 25 percent of the proceeds from any sale of the property within five years after the date of conveyance; (2) to make available to the Comptroller General Information necessary to review all such transactions; and (3) to hold public hearings for deciding the appropriate use of the closed installation. Outlines actions to be taken by the Secretary if an entity fails to comply with any such condition. Directs the Comptroller General to review transactions under this Act. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1991
Communities Impacted by Base Closure Assistance Act of 1991 - Directs the Administrator of General Services to take jurisdiction over that part of the real property of a closed military installation which is suitable for transfer as soon as possible after the Secretary of Defense closes such installation. Requires the Administrator, within six months after assuming such jurisdiction, to offer title to such property to the local community affected by the closure of such installation. Requires any property which was originally donated to the United States to first be offered to the entity that made such donation. Provides that if the local community refuses such property (or fails to accept such property within six months), the Administrator shall offer the property successively to the county involved, the State of the installation, other Federal departments and agencies, and the highest bidder. Provides for the disposition of property located in more than one local community or county. Authorizes the Administrator to sever from any real property of a closed military installation that property which is suitable for transfer. Requires the Administrator to include appropriate representatives of the local community in discussions and decisions concerning the disposition of a closed military installation. Requires the local community, county, or State receiving such property to agree: (1) to pay the United States 25 percent of the proceeds from any sale of the property within five years after the date of conveyance; (2) to make available to the Comptroller General information necessary to review all such transactions; and (3) to hold public hearings for deciding the appropriate use of the closed installation. Outlines actions to be taken by the Administrator if an entity fails to comply with any such condition. Directs the Comptroller General to review transactions under this Act. Authorizes appropriations.