United States · United States Congress · 29 April 1992
Dependency and Indemnity Compensation Reform Act of 1992 - Title I: Dependency and Indemnity Compensation Reform - Revises the formula for the computation of the payment to surviving spouses of veterans of dependency and indemnity compensation to make such payment a flat monthly amount of $700, increased by $50 monthly in the case of: (1) the death of a veteran while performing active duty; or (2) the death of a veteran due to a service-connected disability if such disability was rated total either for the five years immediately preceding death or from the date of the veteran's discharge. Provides that, for the payment of such compensation to surviving spouses of veterans who died before October 1, 1992, the monthly rate shall be the higher amount between the current and revised formula. Increases the additional rate paid to a surviving spouse for each child of the deceased veteran under the age of 18. Title II: Life Insurance Programs - Increases the maximum amount of Servicemen's Group Life Insurance authorized to be carried by a veteran from $100,000 to $200,000 in additional increments of $10,000. Increases to $200,000 the authorized amount of Veterans' Group Life Insurance and makes it renewable on a five-year basis (currently, nonrenewable). Provides additional optional coverage of $10,000 in supplemental service disabled veterans' insurance (SSDI) for veterans currently carrying National Service Life Insurance who qualify for a waiver of premiums due to total disability. Outlines SSDI application requirements. Requires premiums to be paid for SSDI coverage. Increases the authorized amount of Veterans' Mortgage Life Insurance to the lesser of either $90,000 (currently, $40,000) or the amount of the loan outstanding on the home.
United States · United States Congress · 28 April 1992
Petroleum Marketing Practices Act Amendments of 1992 - Amends the Petroleum Marketing Practices Act to allow as grounds for nonrenewal of a franchise relationship the failure of the parties to agree to changes to the franchise provisions as long as such failure is not the result of the franchisor's insistence for the purpose of converting a franchisee operation into one operated by the franchisor's employees or agents (that is, turning the franchise into a company-owned station). Prohibits a State or any political subdivision from implementing any law or regulation which requires payment for a franchisee's goodwill upon either termination or nonrenewal of a franchise. Permits State law to specify the terms and conditions under which a franchise or franchise relationship may be transferred to a franchisee's designated successor upon the franchisee's death. Requires a franchisor that does not wish to exercise its underlying lease options to lease or purchase the marketing premises, to offer to assign them to the franchisee as a prerequisite to termination or nonrenewal of the franchise relationship. Bars a franchisor from requiring, as a condition of the franchise relationship, that the franchisee waive or release its rights under Federal or State law. Declares invalid and unenforceable any franchise provision which specifies that franchise interpretation or enforcement shall be governed by the law of any State other than the one in which the franchisee has its principal place of business.
United States · United States Congress · 28 April 1992
Displaced Federal Employees Assistance Act of 1992 - Establishes notification requirements for reductions in force (RIFs) affecting Federal employees. Requires: (1) at least 60 days' written notice to the employee and any such employee's exclusive representative for collective-bargaining purposes before such employee is so released; and (2) 60 days' notice, if the RIF would involve the separation of a significant number of employees, to the appropriate State dislocated worker units and the chief elected official of such units of local government as appropriate. Specifies that, with respect to certain RIFs involving the separation of a significant number of employees of the Department of Defense (DOD), the notice period shall be 120 days. Requires: (1) the Office of Personnel Management to establish and keep current a Government-wide list of vacant (or soon to be vacant) positions; and (2) specified executive agencies, in filling vacant positions for which qualified RIFed employees have applied, to give full consideration to the applications of such employees before selecting any candidate from outside the agency for the position, subject to specified limitations. Requires the Secretary to establish a program under which separation pay (equal to six months basic pay) may be offered to encourage eligible employees to take immediate or early retirement, subject to specified requirements. Allows RIFed employees to keep their Government health insurance for 18 months while paying only the employee share of the premium, with the cost paid out of DOD's salaries and expenses account.
United States · United States Congress · 8 April 1992
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a first-time homebuyer who purchases a principal residence a tax credit of ten percent of the purchase price of such residence. Limits the credit to $5,000. Requires married individuals filing jointly to both be first-time homebuyers. Allows the use of 50 percent of the credit in the first taxable year in which the residence is purchased and the remaining 50 percent in the succeeding taxable year. Makes this credit applicable to residences acquired after February 1, 1992, and before January 1, 1993, or for which a binding contract is entered into during such period.
United States · United States Congress · 8 April 1992
Designates October 24 through November 1, 1992, as National Red Ribbon Week for a Drug Free America. Recognize the hard work and dedication of those involved in combatting substance abuse.
United States · United States Congress · 8 April 1992
House Administration Reform Resolution of 1992 - Amends rule II of the Rules of the House of Representatives to eliminate the election of a Postmaster in the House. States that the Clerk, Sergeant-at-Arms, and Doorkeeper may be removed by the House or by the Speaker. Amends rule III and IV of the Rules of the House of Representatives to revise the duties of the Clerk and the Sergeant-at-Arms to exclude respectively: (1) making or approving contracts for material or labor for the House, keeping disbursement accounts for the contingent fund of the House or the stationery account of members, or paying the salaries of House officers and employees; and (2) keeping accounts for the pay and mileage of members. Amends rule VI of the Rules of the House of Representatives to repeal provisions prescribing duties for the Postmaster of the House. Adds rule LII to the Rules of the House of Representatives to create the position of Director of Non-Legislative and Financial Services (to be appointed for a Congress by the Speaker and the majority and minority leaders) which shall have operational and functional responsibility for functions assigned by resolution of the House. Authorizes the House or the Speaker to remove the Director. Specifies the administrative functions and entities of the House to be transferred to the Director. Exempts functions and entities within the jurisdiction of the Committee on House Administration under rule X (providing for the establishment and jurisdiction of committees) from such transfer, with exceptions. Adds rule LIII to the Rules of the House of Representatives to establish the Office of Inspector General in the House (to be appointed for a Congress by the Speaker and the majority and minority leaders) to conduct and report on periodic audits of the financial functions of the Director, Clerk, Sergeant-at-Arms, and Doorkeeper. Amends rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives to establish a bipartisan Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight of the Committee on House Administration which shall receive all audit reports of the Inspector General and be responsible for overseeing the Clerk, Sergeant-at-Arms, Doorkeeper, and Director. Revises the functions of the Committee on House Administration to include: (1) providing for transfers of functions to improve non-legislative and financial services; and (2) providing policy direction for, and oversight of, the Clerk, Sergeant-at-Arms, Doorkeeper, Director, and Inspector General. Directs the Committee on House Administration to: (1) take necessary actions to eliminate designated perquisites; and (2) provide an Office of General Counsel to the House in a manner to insure appropriate coordination with and participation by both the majority and minority leaderships in representational and litigation matters.
United States · United States Congress · 7 April 1992
Requires the District of Columbia to close the juvenile detention facility known as the Cedar Knoll Facility by January 1, 1993. Prohibits the expenditure of any funds for the facility's operation after such date.
United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1992
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a first-time homebuyer who purchases a principal residence a tax credit of ten percent of the purchase price of such residence. Limits the credit to $5,000. Requires married individuals filing jointly to both be first-time homebuyers. Allows the use of 50 percent of the credit in the first taxable year in which the residence is purchased and the remaining 50 percent in the succeeding taxable year. Makes this credit applicable to residences acquired after February 1, 1992, and before January 1, 1993, or for which a binding contract is entered into during such period.
United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1992
Elects the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico, Antonio J. Colorado, to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.
United States · United States Congress · 10 March 1992
Democracy Corps Act of 1992 - Establishes a Democracy Corps Board to carry out this Act. Requires the Board to establish a Democracy Corps composed of U.S. citizens who have expertise relevant to the development of democratic institutions and free market economies in eligible former Soviet republics and the Baltic States. Directs the Corps to: (1) recruit and train teams of Corps members and assign such teams to eligible republics to make onsite assessments of the needs of individuals and organizations for training and other assistance relevant to the development of democratic institutions and free market economies; (2) prepare reports on critical needs at the regional and local levels; (3) identify local leaders who might benefit from training programs in the United States and other democratic countries; and (4) review the effectiveness of the distribution of U.S. humanitarian assistance. Requires the teams to establish Democracy Houses in localities to assist local efforts to create democratic institutions and a market economy and to provide logistical support and information to U.S. Government agencies and nongovernmental organizations assisting in the development of democracy. Directs the Corps to disseminate the needs assessments to relevant Government agencies, the National Endowment for Democracy, and other nongovernmental organizations and foreign governments engaged in assisting the transition to democratic institutions and free market economies. Requires the Corps to seek to obtain support in the United States for those working to consolidate such transition. Permits funds made available under this Act to be used to compensate Corps members. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1992
Felon Gun Prohibition Act - Amends the Federal criminal code to: (1) deny convicted individuals the opportunity to seek administrative relief from prohibitions against possessing, shipping, transporting, or receiving firearms or ammunition; (2) eliminate provisions permitting persons to appeal for judicial review of denials of relief; (3) eliminate the authority of the Federal courts to admit additional evidence in reviewing denials of such relief; and (4) require publication of additional information about administrative relief granted to any person.
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1992
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) consideration of the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) should be a high priority; (2) LIHEAP funding for FY 1993 should be increased to a level greater than or equal to funding for FY 1992; and (3) the President should accept the LIHEAP funding level for FY 1993 as recommended by the Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 18 February 1992
Declares that the Congress: (1) commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Midway on June 4, 1992; (2) salutes the vision and dedication of those Americans who planned and participated in this heroic battle; (3) reveres the memory, bravery, and spirit of those who fought and perished in it; and (4) honors the sacrifices and devotions of those gallant men who fought in such battle and who, in a single master stroke, reversed the tide of war in the Pacific.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1992
DES Education and Research Amendments of 1992 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish a program for the conduct and support of research and training, the dissemination of health information, and other measures with respect to the diagnosis and treatment of conditions associated with exposure to the drug diethylstilbestrol (DES). Mandates: (1) programs to educate health professionals and the public; and (2) longitudinal studies. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1992
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency should accelerate the interim phaseout schedules and the final phaseout date of chlorofluorocarbons, carbon tetrachloride, methyl chloroform, and halons (and shall provide for complete phaseout as early as possible), accelerate the interim phaseout schedule and the final phaseout date of the hydrochlorofluorocarbons that have relatively long atmospheric lifetimes or high ozone depletion potentials, and prioritize efforts to issue regulations providing for the recapture and recycling of ozone-destroying substances used in appliances and motor vehicle air-conditioners and for the elimination of such substances used in nonessential consumer products; and (2) the President should urge the Contracting Parties to the Montreal Protocol to accelerate the interim phaseout schedules and the final phaseout date of the ozone-destroying chemicals currently covered by the Protocol, to include hydrochlorofluorocarbons within the terms of the Protocol and provide for the most rapid phaseout of those hydrochlorofluorocarbons with relatively long atmospheric lifetimes or high ozone depletion potentials, to amend the Protocol to include recapture and recycling provisions and prohibit the venting or release of ozone-destroying chemicals from refrigeration and air-conditioning units into the atmosphere by a set date, and to accelerate the compliance of developing countries with the terms of the Protocol.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1992
Elects Representative Bob Clement to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs and Representative Lucien Blackwell to the House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1992
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should attend the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in June 1992 as the leader of the U.S. delegation.
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1992
Bank and Thrift Employee Health Benefits Act of 1992 - Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act of 1991 to state that the Resolution Trust Corporation must provide continued health care benefits for employees of failed banks and thrift institutions.
United States · United States Congress · 22 January 1992
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude cooperative housing corporations from the limitations on deductions incurred by certain membership organizations in transactions with their members. Prohibits patronage losses of an organization from being used to offset earnings which are not patronage earnings. Specifies earnings to be treated as patronage earnings in the case of cooperative housing corporations.
United States · United States Congress · 27 November 1991
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) democratically-elected local government and civil administration in the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast of the Republic of Azerbaijan should be restored; (2) there should be free access to all prisoners by foreign government representatives and independent human rights organizations; (3) the United Nations (UN) Security Council should take up the issue of Nagorno-Karabakh to consider whether UN peacekeeping forces should be deployed to maintain order in the area; (4) foreign assistance extended to the former Soviet Union should be directed to the republics and, except for emergency and humanitarian assistance, conditioned on the establishment of democratically-elected governments and respect for human rights; (5) foreign assistance should be provided directly to Nagorno-Karabakh through impartial international organizations; (6) the human rights provisions of the September 23, 1991, communique negotiated at Zheleznovodsk under the auspices of the Presidents of Russia and Kazakhstan should be fulfilled without delay by the parties; and (7) the U.S. Government should support and encourage the objectives of this resolution by all appropriate means.
United States · United States Congress · 26 November 1991
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of Agriculture to jointly report to the President and the Congress on the differences in program rules under the food stamp program, Aid to Families with Dependent Children program (part A of title IV of the Social Security Act), and Medicaid program (title XIX of the Social Security Act) and how such rules could be made uniform. Requires coordination of such report with the report of the Advisory Committee on Welfare Simplification and Coordination.
United States · United States Congress · 26 November 1991
Vietnam Veterans Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to issue a specified number of one-dollar silver coins to commemorate the heroic service of veterans who served during the Vietnam War and the 10th anniversary of the dedication of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Sets forth certain features of such coins and provides for their design, issuance, and sale. Requires that all sales include a surcharge of $7 per coin. Requires that all surcharges be paid to the Vietnam Veterans Assistance Fund for specified veteran programs and services.
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