Agriculture

To clarify that the inspection of meat and poultry products offered for import into the United States is to be conducted by United States personnel, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1991

Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act to require that meat being imported be subject to the same inspection, sanitary, quality, species verification, and residue standards applied to products produced in the United States. Requires that inspections of imports be carried out by U.S. inspectors. Amends the Poultry Products Inspection Act to require that inspections of imports be done by U.S. inspectors.

A bill to require that imports of fresh papaya meet all the requirements imposed on domestic fresh papaya.

United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1991

Amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act, as reenacted and amended by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, to require that imports of fresh Solo-type papaya meet all marketing order grade, size, and quality requirements imposed on domestic fresh Solo-type papaya.

Community Stability Act of 1991

United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1991

Community Stability Act of 1991 - Declares that it is the policy of the Congress with respect to management and use of national forests and public lands of the United States not to: (1) create instability in the resource-dependent communities associated with each particular national forest or unit of public land; (2) create access barriers to any area of the national forests or public lands for persons who are disabled or limited in personal mobility because of age; or (3) create disadvantages to minority groups through reductions of employment, housing, or career opportunities. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to include in their statutory planning for each national forest and unit of public land certain additional requirements implementing the policy of this Act.

Animal Enterprise Protection Act of 1992

United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1991

Animal Research Facilities Protection Act of 1991 - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to make it unlawful for any person to: (1) steal or cause the unauthorized release or intentional loss of any research facility animal; (2) damage, vandalize, or steal any animal research facility property; (3) break into a facility with an intent to destroy, alter, duplicate, or obtain unauthorized possession of records, equipment, or animals; (4) receive, conceal, or retain any converted or stolen material, equipment, or animals from a research facility; or (5) enter or remain in a research facility with the intent to commit an act prohibited by this Act. Imposes a $5,000 fine or one year's imprisonment, or both, for violations of this Act. Prescribes fines of up to $10,000 or up to ten years' imprisonment, or both, for willful and malicious violations causing harm to persons or property. Increases such penalties if a person's life is placed in jeopardy. Provides for a private right of action for any research facility injured in its business or property by a violation of this Act. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture and the Attorney General to: (1) jointly conduct a study on the extent and effects of domestic and international terrorism on facilities in which animals are used for research, food production, exhibition, or pets; and (2) submit a report to certain congressional committees.

Dire Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Consequences of Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm, Food Stamps, Unemployment Compensation Administration, Veterans Compensation and Pensions, and Other Urgent Needs Act of 1991

United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1991

Dire Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Consequences of Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm, Food Stamps, Unemployment Compensation Administration, Veterans Compensation and Pensions, and Other Urgent Needs Act of 1991 - Title I: Emergency Supplemental Appropriations - Designates all funds provided under this title as emergency requirements for purposes of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act). Makes emergency amounts available for FY 1991 for additional costs resulting from Operation Desert Shield/Operation Desert Storm for: (1) the Department of Commerce; (2) the Department of Justice; (3) the Department of State; (4) the United States Information Agency; (5) the Department of Defense-Military; (6) the District of Columbia; (7) the Agency for International Development; (8) the Economic Support Fund; (9) the Capitol Police Board; (10) the Panama Canal Commission; (11) the Department of the Treasury; and (12) the Department of Veterans Affairs. Title II: Supplemental Appropriations - Makes supplemental appropriations for: (1) the Department of Commerce; (2) the Department of Justice; (3) the Department of State; (4) the Judiciary; (5) the Board for International Broadcasting; (6) the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; (7) the Federal Communications Commission; (8) the Federal Trade Commission; (9) the Legal Services Corporation; (10) the Securities and Exchange Commission; (11) the Small Business Administration; (12) the Department of Defense-Military; (13) the Federal payment to the District of Columbia; (14) the Civil Corps of Engineers of the Department of Defense; (15) the Department of the Interior; (16) the Department of Energy; (17) the Delaware River Basin Commission; (18) the Susquehanna River Basin Commission; (19) the Employment and Training Administration of the Department of Labor; (20) the Department of Health and Human Services, including the Social Security Administration; (21) the Department of Agriculture, including the Food Stamp Program; (22) the Department of Transportation; (23) the Department of Veterans Affairs; and (24) the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Amends Federal law to allow the Attorney General to use unobligated balances remaining in the Asset Forfeiture Fund to fund: (1) a program for State and local public agencies for correctional options that provide alternatives to traditional modes of incarceration and offender release programs; and (2) enhanced training and the procurement of vehicles and equipment by the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Prohibits the use of funds by the Department of Justice to pay fact-witness fees. Allows incentive special pay for certain flag officer medical personnel. Directs the Navy to begin obligating funds for the F-14 remanufactured program not later than 30 days after enactment of this Act. Directs the Department to obligate previously appropriated funds for the V-22 Osprey aircraft. Directs the Secretary of Defense to transfer funds among various prior year AOE combat support ship programs. Advances the availability of funds for grants to tribally controlled postsecondary vocational institutions. Makes a payment to the widow of Silvio O. Conte, late a Representative from Massachusetts. Authorizes the Architect of the Capitol to lease temporary storage and warehouse space for the Library of Congress. Extends the availability of certain unliquidated obligations for the books for the blind and physically handicapped account of the Library of Congress. Declares that the Congress disapproves the deferrals relating to the Department of Defense moratorium/prohibition on contracts for military construction and family housing. Prohibits the General Services Administration from obligating or expending any funds for the award of contracts for the construction of the Northern Virginia Naval Systems Command Headquarters without the advance approval in writing of the House Committee on Appropriations. Rescinds certain funds made available for annual contributions for assisted housing. Amends the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act to increase the number of persons who can reside in a facility developed under the supportive housing for persons with disabilities program. Exempts housing funds for urban development action grants from the requirement to cancel obligated and unobligated balances of appropriations five years after the end of fund availability. Title III: General Provisions - Amends the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991 to change from mandatory to discretionary the Secretary of Transportation's authority to revise the distribution of certain Federal-aid highway obligational authority. Allows Coast Guard funding to initiate a multiyear contract for the Medium Range Recovery Helicopter (HH-60J) program. Prohibits the Department of Labor from implementing or administering certain regulations concerning: (1) a specified category of workers; and (2) apprenticeship programs in the construction industry.

A bill to establish on a temporary basis a minimum basic formula price for the computation of Class I milk prices.

United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1991

Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish through December 31, 1991, a minimum basic formula price for Class I (beverage use) milk that shall not be less than the August 1990 price. Sets forth minimum solid content for beverage milk (whole, lowfat, and skim).

To authorize and direct the exchange of lands in Colorado.

United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1991

Reserves a certain portion of Federal lands known as the Mt. Sopris Tree Nursery, Colorado, to the Secretary of Agriculture as part of the White River National Forest. Directs the Secretary to convey jointly the balance of such property to Pitkin and Eagle Counties, Colorado, with certain interests retained by the United States. States that it is the intent of the Congress that such lands be retained and used by the Counties for certain public purposes. Directs Pitkin and Eagle Counties, Colorado, in consideration of such transfer, to convey by quitclaim deed to the Secretary certain lands owned within and adjacent to the boundaries of the White River National Forest, Colorado. Makes such lands a part of the White River, Gunnison, and Arapaho National Forests, and specified wilderness areas, as appropriate.

Mickey Leland Childhood Hunger Relief Act

United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1991

Mickey Leland Childhood Hunger Relief Act - Title I: Ensuring Adequate Food Assistance - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to remove the excess shelter deduction cap for purposes of food stamp program (program) eligibility. (Sets forth transitional caps through FY 1995.) Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to adjust the basic benefit level upwards by specified increments at the beginning of each fiscal year until it reaches 105 percent of the cost of the thrifty food plan. Eliminates food stamp reductions for households reapplying for program reinstatement within 30 days. Excludes third party payments for transitional housing for the homeless from consideration as program income. Increases funding for the nutrition assistance program in Puerto Rico. Excludes general assistance vendor payments from consideration as program income. Title II: Promoting Self-Sufficiency - Excludes from consideration as program income: (1) the first $50 a month received as child support; and (2) child support payments to non-household members. Increases annually the fair market value limit of vehicles that program recipients may own. Excludes from financial resources the value of a vehicle a household depends upon to carry heating fuel or water for home use where it has no other access to fuel or water. Increases dependent care deductions and participant and State agency reimbursements in connection with employment and training activities. Title III: Simplifying the Provision of Food Assistance - Permits related adults living in the same household to apply for separate program benefits under specified conditions. Permits a participating family made up of, or including, an elderly or disabled member to own $3,000 in allowable financial resources. (Current law refers to a family member 60 years of age or older.) Makes program authorization of appropriations permanent. Title IV: Implementation and Effective Dates - Sets forth the effective dates for provisions of this Act.

Providing amounts from the contingent fund of the House for the expenses of investigations and studies by standing and select committees of the House in the first session of the One Hundred Second Congress.

United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1991

Makes available from the contingency fund of the House of Representatives certain amounts for expenditures by the following House committees in the first session of the 102d Congress: Aging; Agriculture; Armed Services; Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs; Children, Youth, and Families; District of Columbia; Education and Labor; Energy and Commerce; Foreign Affairs; Government Operations; House Administration, including the House Information Systems; Hunger; Intelligence; Interior and Insular Affairs; Judiciary; Merchant Marine and Fisheries; Narcotics Abuse and Control; Post Office and Civil Service; Public Works and Transportation; Rules; Science, Space, and Technology; Small Business; Standards of Official Conduct; Veterans' Affairs; and Ways and Means. Limits the use of such funds to investigations and studies, including procurement of consultant services and specialized training for professional staff. Directs the Committee on House Administration, through the House Information Systems, to develop, operate, and improve computer and information services for the House of Representatives.

Galena Regional Recreational Development Act of 1991

United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1991

Galena Regional Recreational Development Act of 1991 - Authorizes the Secretaries of Agriculture and of the Interior to acquire, through land exchanges, certain lands for recreational use in or adjacent to the Toiyabe National Forest, Nevada, comprising the proposed Galena Resort. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to form a negotiating committee to advise on the possible land exchanges that would best serve the public interest. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to provide technical assistance to the Secretary of Agriculture, including identifying parcels that may be available for disposal and would be suitable to exchange for all or part of such property to be acquired. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to develop a plan to: (1) acquire the land comprising the proposed Galena Resort through eminent domain if, after one year of negotiations, the Secretary is unable to acquire such lands; and (2) ensure the highest and best recreational use of the lands.

Omnibus Committee Funding Resolution for 1991 and 1992

United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1991

Omnibus Committee Funding Resolution for 1991 and 1992 - Authorizes expenditures by the following Senate committees from March 1, 1991, through February 28, 1992, and for the period March 1, 1992, through February 29, 1993: (1) Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry; (2) Appropriations; (3) Armed Services; (4) Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; (5) Budget; (6) Commerce, Science, and Transportation; (7) Energy and Natural Resources; (8) Environment and Public Works; (9) Finance; (10) Foreign Relations; (11) Governmental Affairs; (12) Judiciary; (13) Labor and Human Resources; (14) Rules and Administration; (15) Small Business; (16) Veterans' Affairs; (17) Aging; (18) Intelligence; and (19) Indian Affairs. Authorizes the transfer of any unexpended balance of any committee to a special reserve to assist such committee during the transition to a biennial budget. Earmarks a minimum amount to be reserved for each Committee.

A bill to require the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct a pilot program to permit two States to enter into a reciprocal agreement for the interstate shipment and marketing of State inspected meat and poultry products and to establish a task force to advise the Secretary with respect to such pilot program, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1991

Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) conduct a two-year pilot program to permit two contiguous States to enter into a reciprocal agreement to permit interstate shipping and marketing of inspected meat and poultry products; and (2) establish a related task force to advise the Secretary regarding such program and the establishment of other such reciprocal agreements.

State Grain Fund Protection Act of 1991

United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1991

State Grain Fund Protection Act of 1991 - Amends the United States Warehouse Act to permit States to require federally licensed grain warehouses to participate in State grain indemnity funds or to require collateral security.

Fair Budget Treatment for Dairy Farmers Act of 1991

United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1991

Fair Budget Treatment for Dairy Farmers Act of 1991 - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended by the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 and the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990, to repeal the 1992 milk assessment provision (milk price support reduction).

To designate the Lake Tahoe Basin National Forest in the States of California and Nevada to be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1991

Designates the Lake Tahoe Basin National Forest in California and Nevada as a unit of the National Forest System.

To amend section 311 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to provide assistance for 2 meals served daily per person.

United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1991

Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 with regard to surplus commodity food assistance for older persons to require that assistance be provided for two meals served daily per person if such meals have a specified nutritional content.

To establish on a temporary basis a minimum basic formula price for the computation of Class I milk prices.

United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1991

Establishes on a temporary basis a minimum basic formula price for computing the price of Class I milk under a milk marketing order.

Fair Budget Treatment for Dairy Farmers Act of 1991

United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1991

Fair Budget Treatment for Dairy Farmers Act of 1991 - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended by the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 and the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990, to repeal the 1992 milk assessment provision (milk price support reduction).

A bill to authorize a transfer of administrative jurisdiction over certain land to the Secretary of the Interior, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1991

Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to transfer certain lands in Routt County, Colorado, in exchange for certain lands in Pennington County, South Dakota, which shall become part of the Black Hills National Forest. Reserves specified easements on transferred lands for the State of Colorado and the United States.

Mining Law Reform Act of 1991

United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1991

Mining Law Reform Act of 1991 - Title I: Disposition of Mineral Deposits - Declares that all public domain mineral lands shall be open to any person for location of a mining claim according to prescribed recordation requirements and filings. Reserves to the United States all surface and subsurface rights and interests (including royalties) in claimed lands, except for locatable minerals subject to a claim located, recorded, and maintained under this Act. Declares that claims shall be conclusively presumed to be abandoned 20 years after the location notice is filed unless locatable minerals have been or are being produced in sufficient quantities. Prescribes guidelines for: (1) an annual holding fee to maintain a claim; (2) surface use permits for milling, processing or beneficiation activities; (3) a mining plan of operations; (4) mineral production royalty payments; and (5) the allocation of user fees and administrative fees between the States and the Federal Government. Title II: Environmental Protection - Directs the Secretary of the Interior (the Secretary) to take action to assure that all mineral activities are conducted in a manner to minimize adverse impact upon the environment. Prescribes criteria for development of: (1) land use planning guides; (2) land reclamation standards; and (3) financial guarantees for mining area reclamation activities. Requires the Secretary to conduct biannual compliance inspections. Sets forth civil and criminal penalties for violations of this Act. Authorizes citizens' suits to compel compliance with this Act. Title III: Hardrock Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund - Establishes the Abandoned Hardrock Mine Reclamation Fund to be administered by the Secretary (acting through the Director, Bureau of Land Management) for the reclamation and restoration of land and water resources adversely affected by past hardrock mining. Outlines lands and waters eligible for reclamation expenditures. Provides for Fund allocation on an annual basis in the form of grants to eligible States. Prescribes criteria for State reclamation programs eligible for Fund expenditures. Authorizes appropriations. Title IV: Savings and Administrative Provisions - Subjects mining claims and patents to the requirements of this Act, including certain existing claims. Amends Federal law to provide that no mineral deposit material (including sand, stone, gravel, pumice, pumicite, cinders, or clay) shall have such distinct and special value as to be deemed a valuable mineral deposit within the meaning of U.S. mining laws. Sets forth conversion guidelines for mineral materials asserted to have some property giving them distinct and special value under the Mining Law of 1872. Repeals the Building Stone Act and the Saline Placer Act. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to administer Federal mining law activities on National Forest System lands. Directs the Secretary to collect user fees from claimants to reimburse Federal administrative expenses. Repeals the Mining Law of 1872, and certain filing requirements of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976.

Corn and Grain Sorghum Base Clarification Act of 1991

United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1991

Corn and Grain Sorghum Base Clarification Act of 1991 - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish 1992 through 1995 corn and grain sorghum crop acreage bases in a manner which allows maximum planting flexibility.

Edward R. Madigan, of Illinois, to be Secretary of Agriculture, vice Clayton Yeutter, resigned.

United States · United States Senate · 19 February 1991

Greer Spring Acquisition and Protection Act of 1991

United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1991

Greer Spring Acquisition and Protection Act of 1991 - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to acquire, under certain conditions, fee title to Greer Spring, Missouri, for addition to the Mark Twain National Forest.

Providing amounts from the contingent fund of the House for expenses of investigations and studies by the Committee on Agriculture in the first session of the One Hundred Second Congress.

United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1991

Authorizes amounts for expenses of investigations and studies by the House Committee on Agriculture in the first session of the 102d Congress.

A bill to amend the Agricultural Act of 1949 to modify the method of calculating crop acreage for feed grains, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1991

Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended by the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990, to replace "corn, grain sorghums, oats, barley" with "feed grains" in the definition of program crop (thus modifying the method of calculating crop acreage bases).

A bill to provide for fair treatment for farmers and ranchers who are participating in the Persian Gulf War as active reservists or in any other military capacity, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1991

Provides with regard to active reservists participating in the Persian Gulf War for: (1) acreage base protection; (2) waiver of minimum rice or upland cotton planting requirements; (3) waiver of certain conservation requirements; and (4) farm credit assistance.

A bill to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to construct buildings and related facilities on Federally owned land in Skagit County, Washington for plant materials purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1991

Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to construct buildings and related facilities on federally-owned land in Skagit County, Washington, for plant materials purposes. Achieves funding for such construction from the exchange of certain lands in Skagit County and Bellingham, Washington.

Mineral Exploration and Development Act of 1992

United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1991

Mineral Exploration and Development Act of 1991 - Title I: Mineral Exploration and Development - Sets forth guidelines for mineral exploration on public domain lands. Declares that holders of mining claims executed under this Act have the exclusive right of possession and may use such land only for mining activities. Prescribes rules for mining claim recordation and use of public land surveys. Sets forth rental fees and diligent development requirements. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to make non-mining lands available to record holders of mining claims for mineral milling, processing, and beneficiation activities. Prohibits the issuance of patents for vein, lode, placer, and mill site mining claims unless administrative requirements are met. Amends Federal law to declare that after the date of enactment of this Act, all mineral materials deposits shall only be subject to disposal under the terms of the Materials Act of 1947. Renames specified Federal laws: (1) the Surface Resources Act of 1955; and (2) the Materials Act of 1947. Repeals the Building Stone Act. Declares that all building stone shall be subject to disposal only under the Materials Act of 1947. Title II: Environmental Considerations of Mineral Exploration and Development - Prescribes surface management non-degradation guidelines to which claim holders must adhere or be subject to suspension of operations. Requires claim holders to reclaim mining-affected areas. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to ensure that all management planning decisions treat public domain lands subject to mineral claims according to environmental guidelines. Designates lands which are not open to the location of mining claims under this Act. Title III: Abandoned Minerals Mine Reclamation Fund - Amends the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to establish the Abandoned Minerals Mine Reclamation Fund to be administered by the Secretary (acting through the Director, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement) for the reclamation and restoration of land and water resources adversely affected by past minerals and mineral materials mining. Designates lands and waters eligible for reclamation expenditures. Sets forth Fund allocation and expenditure guidelines to be distributed as grants among eligible States. Authorizes appropriations. Title IV: Administrative and Miscellaneous Provisions - Sets forth jurisdiction and policy function guidelines for the Secretary and for the Secretary of Agriculture. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to administer Federal mining law activities on National Forest System lands. Authorizes user fees to reimburse the United States for administrative expenses.

Ancient Forest Protection Act of 1991

United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1991

Ancient Forest Protection Act of 1991 - Establishes the National Ancient Forest Reserve System. Designates certain lands in California, Oregon, and Washington as components of such System. Declares that all Federal lands in such States which qualify as ancient forest or associated forest and are not designated as components of the System shall be managed as if they are. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to issue regulations with respect to the removal of commercial timber from such lands. Declares it to be U.S. policy to develop and utilize scientific information to study and identify the biological and ecological requirements of ancient forest ecosystems. Directs the Chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality to study and report to appropriate congressional committees on the biological and physical requirements for the survival of such ecosystems.

To direct the President to impose certain limitations on the amount of milk protein products that may be imported into the United States.

United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1991

Directs the President to impose certain limitations on the amount of milk protein products that may be imported into the United States.

Expressing the sense of the Congress that federally funded school lunches should provide optional meatless meals.

United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1991

Expresses the sense of the Congress that federally funded school lunch programs should provide nutritious meatless meals for students who conscientiously believe such meals to be best for themselves.

An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1991

Authorizes expenditures by the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry for the 102d Congress.

A resolution to make majority party appointments to Senate Committees under paragraph 2 of Rule XXV for the One Hundred and Second Congress.

United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1991

Designates majority party membership on the following Senate Committees: (1) Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry; (2) Appropriations; (3) Armed Services; (4) Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; (5) Commerce, Science, and Transportation; (6) Energy and Natural Resources; (7) Environment and Public Works; (8) Finance; (9) Foreign Relations; (10) Governmental Affairs; (11) Judiciary; and (12) Labor and Human Resources.

A resolution making minority party appointments to Senate Committees for the 102nd Congress.

United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1991

Makes minority party appointments to the following Senate committees for the 102d Congress: (1) Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry; (2) Appropriations; (3) Armed Services; (4) Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; (5) Commerce, Science, and Transportation; (6) Energy and Natural Resources; (7) Environment and Public Works; (8) Finance; (9) Foreign Relations; (10) Governmental Affairs; (11) Judiciary; and (12) Labor and Human Resources.

A resolution to amend paragraph 2 of Rule XXV.

United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1991

Amends rule XXV of the Standing Rules of the Senate to change the number of Members on the Committees on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, on Energy and Natural Resources, on Foreign Relations, and on Labor and Human Resources.

Timber Management Improvement Act of 1991

United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1991

Timber Management Improvement Act of 1991 - Directs the Secretaries of Agriculture and of the Interior, acting through the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management, respectively, to prepare a report displaying the yields and costs (financially and environmentally) of timber management investment opportunities for Federal lands in the States of California, Oregon, and Washington. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to include in such report reasons why certain lands were classified as unsuitable for timber production. Requires both Secretaries to establish advisory boards to review and comment on the investments examined. Amends the Cooperative Forest Assistance Act of 1978 to allocate appropriations for private forest lands in the States of California, Oregon, and Washington to further second growth management of timber resources to offset the expected decline in timber harvests from Federal lands as a result of listing the northern spotted owl as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. Requires financial assistance to be concentrated in those counties containing Federal lands designated as habitat conservation areas for the purposes of the protection and recovery of the northern spotted owl. Amends specified Federal law (the Knutson-Vandenberg Act) to assure that amounts from the fund established by such Act are available for timber management investments on Federal lands consistent with the Act's original intent.

To restore the effectiveness of the Export Enhancement Program.

United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1991

Amends the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 to increase funding for the export enhancement program. Authorizes the Commodity Credit Corporation to sell commodities it holds in world trade at competitive prices.

For the relief of Richard W. Ireland.

United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1991

Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to pay a specified sum to a named employee of the Farmers Home Administration in full satisfaction of any claim for reimbursement of relocation expenses.

Nutritional Information Labeling Act of 1991

United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1991

Nutritional Information Labeling Act of 1991 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require food labels to list detailed nutritional information concerning any fats, oils, cholesterol, sodium, or potassium present in such product.

Farm and Woodland Owners Tax Simplification Act of 1991

United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1991

Farm and Woodland Owners Tax Simplification Act of 1991 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to consider a taxpayer as materially participating in a farming activity for tax accounting purposes if he or she, on a regular and continuing basis, makes substantially all significant decisions and performs substantially all the work required to conduct the activity.

National Energy Policy Act of 1991

United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1991

National Energy Policy Act of 1991 - Establishes as national goals: (1) the identification of an appropriate mix of policies that have the potential of stabilizing and reducing the generation of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the United States; and (2) the promotion of international cooperation in addressing potential global climate change through the establishment of an international framework convention on global climate change. Title I: Energy Policy Initiatives - Mandates that the first National Energy Policy Plan submitted by the President to the Congress (and each subsequent Plan) include a least-cost energy strategy prepared by the Secretary of Energy (the Secretary). Prescribes strategy guidelines. Amends the Energy Security Act to repeal energy target provisions. Directs the Secretary to appoint a Director of Climate Protection within the Department of Energy to participate in: (1) global climate change policy considerations; and (2) least-cost energy strategy considerations. Requires the Director to contract with the National Research Council for the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering (the Academies) to review and report to the Congress on trends in greenhouse gases and global climate change. Requires a report to the Office and the Congress. Requires the President to transmit to the Congress his assessment of such report. Title II: Energy Efficiency Initiatives - Requires the Secretary to: (1) submit periodic evaluations to the Congress regarding energy efficiency policy options necessary to produce certain percentage decreases in U.S. energy use; (2) pursue a research and development program intended to improve energy efficiency and productivity in energy-intensive industries and industrial processes; (3) undertake joint ventures to encourage commercialization of technologies developed from such program; and (4) conduct competitive solicitation for joint venture proposals and provide financial assistance to such ventures. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1992 through 1994. Amends the National Energy Conservation Policy Act (NECPA) to set a deadline by which each Federal agency must: (1) install energy conservation measures in its Federal buildings with specified payback periods; (2) submit a list of projects to the Secretary which meets such payback criterion and indicates total energy and cost savings involved; and (3) have substantially completed at least 25 percent of such projects as would account for 25 percent of total energy savings. Directs the Secretary to develop guidelines in consultation with the Secretary of Defense and the Administrator of the General Services Administration with respect to the selection of energy service contractors. Sets forth a deadline by which: (1) each Federal agency must consider the energy efficiency of all potential building space at the time of lease renewal or entering into a lease; and (2) all federally owned and leased space under construction must meet model Federal building standards for energy efficiency. Amends the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Technology Competitiveness Act of 1989 to direct the Secretary to solicit proposals and provide financial assistance for joint ventures in fuel cell technology to demonstrate critical enabling technologies to accelerate commercialization of electric energy production from fuel cells. Authorizes appropriations. Amends the NECPA to repeal the prohibition against the supply and installation of residential energy conservation measures by utilities. Directs the Secretary to provide financial assistance to support a voluntary, national window rating program to develop window energy ratings and labels. Directs the Federal Trade Commission to prescribe labeling rules for windows and window systems. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1992 through 1994. Directs the Administrator of the Energy Information Administration to report to the Congress regarding the acquisition of energy efficiency information. Requires the Secretary to: (1) submit a feasibility report to the Congress regarding the mandatory use in Federal facilities of compact fluorescent lamps instead of incandescent lamps; and (2) submit a plan to the Congress for the demonstration in Federal facilities of energy efficiency technologies that are ready for commercial demonstration but are not widely available commercially. Amends the NECPA to direct the Secretary to: (1) promulgate procedural guidelines enabling the States to assign energy efficiency ratings to residential buildings; and (2) establish a technical assistance program to State and local governments adopting energy efficiency rating systems or building codes. Amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA) to mandate that State regulatory commissions consider a least-cost ratemaking standard under which utility investments in demand-side measures shall be as profitable as investments in new generation facilities (thus creating an economic incentive for utilities to promote residential energy conservation measures). Requires the Secretary to report to the President and the Congress an evaluation of: (1) the results of least-cost planning methodologies implemented by electric utilities; and (2) the extent to which ratemaking methodologies implementing least-cost planning take into account the impact of such measures on electric utilities' profitability. Amends the NECPA to require the Secretary to: (1) conduct a fuel cell systems demonstration program in Federal buildings; and (2) report to the Congress on the program's implementation. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1992 through 1994. Title III: Energy Research and Development Initiatives - Requires the Secretary to: (1) consider specified criteria when establishing research and development priorities; (2) biennially submit to the Congress a management plan for research, development, and commercialization of energy technologies; (3) implement an engine and vehicle fuel research and demonstration program on systems that offer a potential reduction in the generation of greenhouse gases, and that improve transportation energy uses; and (4) emphasize advanced gas turbine cycles (and their incorporation of energy efficient materials for high efficiency electric and automotive power generation) when implementing a high efficiency heat engine research, demonstration, and commercialization program. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1992 through 1994. Directs the Secretary to conduct a natural gas cofiring research, development, and demonstration program with respect to electric utility units and large industrial boilers. Authorizes appropriations. Requires the Secretary to establish within the Department of Energy a program to develop technologies to a point where private industry will undertake further commercial development. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to conduct demonstration programs regarding: (1) magnetic and inertial confinement fusion for the production of electricity; and (2) coal-based technologies. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1992 through 1994. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into cooperative agreements or joint ventures with certain urban area transit authorities to demonstrate the feasibility of using natural gas or other alternative mass transit fuels. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1992 through 1994. Directs the Secretary to implement and finance a fleet vehicle program for the commercialization of natural gas and other alternative fuels. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1992 through 1994. Directs the Secretary of Labor to implement a technician training and certification program for the conversion of conventionally fueled vehicles to natural gas and alternative fuels. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1992 through 1994. Directs the Secretary to conduct or expand the following demonstration programs: (1) specified aspects of improved natural gas and alternative fueled vehicle technology; (2) increased availability of natural gas from specified sources; (3) natural gas and electric heating and cooling technologies for residential and commercial buildings; and (4) electric vehicle and battery technology. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1992 through 1994. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress the results of an assessment of the statutory, economic, and regulatory barriers to expanded hydroelectric capacity development at existing dams. Electric Vehicle Technology Development and Demonstration Act of 1991 - Requires the Secretary to: (1) identify by a specified deadline the nonattainment areas in which conventionally fueled vehicles contribute significantly to that nonattainment and in which the use of electric vehicles could contribute to attainment of National Air Quality Standards; (2) designate nonattainment areas eligible to participate in a specified electric vehicle research and demonstration program; (3) report to the Congress on the program's status; and (4) report to the Congress on the extent to which nuclear fission generated electricity can safely and reliably supply electricity and reduce greenhouse gases. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1992 through 1994. Title IV: Miscellaneous - Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress on: (1) specified aspects of methane generation; (2) measures that could reduce atmospheric methane concentrations from sources within the United States; and (3) methane emissions from countries other than the United States. Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to establish an interagency working group known as the Committee on Renewable Energy Commerce and Trade (CORECT) to recommend coordinated Federal actions and programs promoting the export of U.S. renewable energy and energy efficiency products and technologies. Authorizes the Committee to establish renewable energy industry information outreach offices in the Pacific Rim and the Caribbean Basin. Mandates that a program established by the Secretary of Commerce for enhancing commerce in renewable energy technologies shall provide for an information program regarding: (1) the specific energy technology needs of lesser developed countries; (2) the technical and economic competitiveness of various renewable energy and energy efficiency resources technologies; and (3) the status of ongoing technology assistance programs. Requires the Secretary to report biennially to the Congress concerning the range of environmental and energy technologies necessary to meet the energy needs of developing countries. Mandates that a certain management plan required under the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Technology Competitiveness Act of 1989 include a five-year implementation plan for joint ventures with U.S. manufacturers (including assistance to smaller manufacturers) for the development and marketing of energy efficient and renewable energy technologies in key lesser-developed countries. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1992 through 1994. Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress the results of a comparative fuel cycle cost analysis with respect to the United States, Europe, and Asia. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1992 to establish a secretariat within the Department of State to prepare for the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development. Title V: Natural Resource Policy - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study of ecological and environmental resources that could be affected by global climate change. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to report to the President and the Congress on the feasibility of a National Reforestation Initiative. Directs the Secretary of Energy to transmit to the Congress a study of the potential for reducing carbon dioxide emissions by undertaking targeted urban tree and vegetative plantings, including landscaping and the use of natural windbreaks designed to reduce the air conditioning and heating needs of buildings.

Colorado Wilderness Act of 1991

United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1991

Colorado Wilderness Act of 1991 - Designates certain lands in Colorado as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System. Provides that the land and resource management plans (including the wilderness evaluation and environmental disclosure regarding wilderness evaluation for roadless lands) for national forests in Colorado shall not be subject to judicial review. Releases national forest system lands in Colorado which were reviewed by the Department of Agriculture from further review by such department prior to the revision of the plans. States that such provisions shall also apply to national forest system roadless lands in Colorado which are less than 5,000 acres in size.

To repeal the authority to use $500,000 from the appropriation for rural development grants for the restoration of the birthplace of Lawrence Welk.

United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1991

Repeals provisions of the Rural Development, Agriculture, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991 to prohibit a specified rural development grant for the restoration of the birthplace of Lawrence Welk.

Trade Reorganization Act of 1989

United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1991

Trade Reorganization Act of 1989 - Establishes the Department of Trade, to be administered by a Secretary of Trade appointed by the President. Directs the Secretary, among other things, to: (1) coordinate U.S. policies for promoting beneficial international trade relationships; (2) negotiate U.S. international trade agreements; (3) protect American industry, agriculture, and labor from unfair or injurious foreign competition; (4) develop trade monitoring systems; (5) develop and implement U.S. policies concerning foreign investments; and (6) administer export controls. Transfers to the Secretary all functions of the: (1) U.S. Trade Representative; and (2) Secretary of Commerce which relate to international trade and investment and to specified agencies and offices of the Department of Commerce. Transfers to the Department of Trade the Export-Import Bank of the United States. Amends the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 to establish a Trade Policy Committee, to assist the President in carrying out the functions relating to trade agreements and import relief (replaces an interagency trade organization). Establishes a Trade Negotiating Subcommittee to advise the Secretary on management of international trade and investment. Designates the Secretary of Trade as the President's chief spokesman on trade and requires the Secretary to report directly to the President on all trade policy matters. Directs the Secretary to submit a report annually to the President for submission to the Congress on the Department's activities. Terminates: (1) the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative; (2) the International Trade Administration; (3) the Bureau of Industrial Economics; (4) the Bureau of Economic Analysis; (5) the U.S. Travel and Tourism Administration; and (6) the National Telecommunications and Information Administration. Designates the Secretary as the chief representative of the United States for trade negotiation. Requires the Secretary to: (1) report directly to the President and the Congress and to be responsible to both for the administration of trade agreements under this Act and other specified Acts; (2) advise the President and the Congress on matters related to trade agreement programs; and (3) be responsible for specified reports to the Congress and for such other functions as the President may direct.

Entitled the, "Northwest Indiana Ancient National Forest Act".

United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1991

Establishes a national forest in the northwestern area of Indiana to be known by a name chosen by popular referendum of the people in such area. Prohibits the Secretary of Agriculture from harvesting timber within 100 feet of any river or stream within the national forest. Directs the Secretary to study and report to the Congress on the type of original forest and plains natural to the area of the national forest at the time of settlement by non-Native peoples. Requires the national forest to be managed in a manner that recreates, as closely as possible, the status of the original forest and plains. Authorizes appropriations.

National Forest Recycled Paper Act of 1991

United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1991

National Forest Recycled Paper Act of 1991 - Requires the Director of the General Services Administration (GSA), for a one-year period, to make available to the Secretary of Agriculture recycled paper for all standard uses. Authorizes other Federal agencies to use recycled paper and to purchase such paper through GSA. Directs the Secretary, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, to use recycled paper for paperwork and printing during this one-year period. Authorizes appropriations.

Andean Trade Initiative Act

United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1991

Andean Trade Initiative Act - Authorizes the President to grant duty-free treatment to eligible articles from an Andean beneficiary country. Sets forth factors the President must take into account in determining whether to designate a country a beneficiary country, limited to a choice of Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia, and Peru. Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to require goods imported from a U.S. insular possession to receive duty treatment no less favorable than the treatment afforded such goods imported from a beneficiary country. Authorizes the President to withdraw or suspend the designation of a country as a beneficiary country or the application of duty-free treatment to a product if circumstances have changed to bar such designation. Sets forth criteria with respect to the eligibility for duty-free treatment of products manufactured in a beneficiary country. Declares that duty-free treatment shall not apply to: (1) textile and apparel articles which are subject to textile agreements; (2) footwear not designated as eligible under the General System of Preferences; (3) tuna in airtight containers; (4) petroleum; (5) certain watches; (6) certain articles which are subject to reduced rates of duty; or (7) certain sugars, syrups, and molasses. Requires the President to reduce duty rates on handbags, luggage, flat goods, work gloves, and leather wearing apparel that: (1) are the product of a beneficiary country; and (2) were not designated on August 5, 1983, as eligible articles under the General System of Preferences. Authorizes filing of a petition with the Secretary of Agriculture with a request for emergency relief regarding a perishable product if it has already been filed with the International Trade Commission (ITC) alleging injury from imports from a beneficiary country. Authorizes the President to withdraw duty-free treatment with respect to such products after the Secretary's recommendation to take emergency action under this Act. Makes conforming amendments to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States. Requires the ITC to report to the Congress on the economic impact of this Act on U.S. industries and consumers. Requires the Secretary of Labor to review and analyze the impact of this Act on U.S. labor.

Futures Trading Practices Act of 1992

United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1991

Commodity Futures Improvements Act of 1991 - Title I: Limitations on Certain Trading Practices - Amends the Commodity Exchange Act to prohibit dual trading by a floor broker in a contract market in which the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has determined the average daily trading volume to equal or exceed a threshold trading level. Exempts a board of trade from such prohibition if it can show adequate trading violation surveillance (audit trails). Limits trading among members of broker associations. Requires the CFTC to determine and report to the appropriate congressional committees with regard to whether the public interest would be best served by placing alternative restrictions or prohibitions on broker association trading. Title II: Enhancement of Regulatory and Enforcement Activities - Sets forth audit trail requirements, including one-minute transaction recording. Requires a CFTC compliance report to be filed with the appropriate congressional committees. Requires each futures association to adopt telemarketing fraud disciplinary criteria, which shall include a prohibition on a person who has solicited a new account by telephone from entering any orders for such account for three days after the customer has signed the risk disclosure statement. Continues CFTC authority to conduct undercover enforcement operations. Establishes CFTC contract market disciplinary committees. Provides for outside representation on contract market governing boards. Requires floor trader registration. Authorizes CFTC registration authority. Revises provisions regarding: (1) registration; and (2) enforcement of money penalties. Requires ethics training for new registrants. Provides for nationwide service of process and venue in U.S. district courts. Requires contract markets to monitor hedge exemptions to ensure that position limits are not being exceeded. Increases money penalties for specified violations under such Act. Provides for contract market emergency rules (effective on a temporary basis without prior CFTC approval or without compliance with notice requirements). Requires CFTC approval or disapproval within ten days of notification (or as soon as practicable) and a report to the appropriate congressional committees. Makes insider trading a felony. Sets forth Commissioner qualifications. Requires the CFTC to monitor the margin level on equity index instruments and take appropriate action to ensure that such level is sufficient to: (1) maintain futures market integrity; and (2) protect the public interest. Requires the CFTC to similarly monitor arbitrage trading, including the use of computers. Prohibits voting by financially interested members of a governing board or committee. Directs the Comptroller General to conduct studies and report to the appropriate congressional committees with regard to: (1) agricultural commodity contract delivery points; and (2) transaction assessments. Directs the CTFC to conduct studies and report to the appropriate congressional committees with regard to: (1) competitiveness of boards of trade; and (2) computerized futures trading. Directs the CFTC to establish a pilot program to collect information on and encourage the use of computers and other electronic means to effect futures and options trading. Title III: Assistance to Foreign Futures Authorities - Provides for cooperation with foreign futures authorities (as defined by this Act) with regard to: (1) subpoena authority; (2) investigative assistance; and (3) information disclosure and receipt. Title IV: Authorization of Appropriations; Technical Amendments; Effective Date - Authorizes FY 1992 and 1993 appropriations. Makes technical amendments. Makes the provisions of this Act effective upon enactment.

Andean Trade Preference Act of 1991

United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1991

Andean Trade Preference Act of 1991 - Authorizes the President to grant duty-free treatment to eligible articles from an Andean beneficiary country. Sets forth factors the President must take into account in determining whether to designate a country a beneficiary country, limited to a choice of Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia, and Peru. Requires goods imported from a U.S. insular possession to receive duty treatment no less favorable than the treatment afforded such goods imported from a beneficiary country. Authorizes the President to withdraw or suspend the designation of a country as a beneficiary country or the application of duty-free treatment to a product if circumstances have changed to bar such designation. Sets forth criteria with respect to the eligibility for duty-free treatment of products grown or manufactured in a beneficiary country. Declares that duty-free treatment shall not apply to: (1) textile and apparel articles which are subject to textile agreements; (2) footwear not designated as eligible under the General System of Preferences; (3) tuna in airtight containers; (4) petroleum or any derivative product; (5) certain watches; (6) certain articles which are subject to reduced rates of duty; or (7) certain sugars, syrups, and molasses. Requires the President to reduce duty rates on handbags, luggage, flat goods, work gloves, and leather wearing apparel that: (1) are the product of a beneficiary country; and (2) were not designated on August 5, 1983, as eligible articles under the General System of Preferences. Provides for presidential suspension of duty-free treatment. Authorizes filing of a petition with the Secretary of Agriculture with a request for emergency relief regarding a perishable product if it has already been filed with the International Trade Commission (ITC) alleging injury from imports from a beneficiary country. Authorizes the President to withdraw duty-free treatment with respect to such products after the Secretary's recommendation to take emergency action under this Act. Makes conforming amendments to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States. Requires the ITC to report to the Congress on the economic impact of this Act on U.S. industries and consumers. Requires the Secretary of Labor to review and analyze the impact of this Act on U.S. labor.

High-Performance Computing and National Research and Education Network Act of 1991

United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1991

High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 - Declares that this Act does not apply to computer systems that process classified information or are used in connection with certain defense purposes. Allows Federal agencies and departments to procure prototype or early production models of new high-performance computer systems and subsystems to stimulate hardware and software development. Amends the National Science and Technology Policy, Organization, and Priorities Act of 1976 to direct the President, through the Federal Coordinating Council for Science, Engineering, and Technology (Council), to develop and implement a National High-Performance Computing Plan, to be submitted to the Congress within one year of this Act's enactment and revised at least biennially. Requires the plan to recommend a five-year proposal of goals and priorities for a Federal high-performance computing program. Describes required plan contents, including funding requirements, roles for various Federal agencies, and establishment of a national multi-gigabit-per-second computer network (to be known as the National Research and Education Network (Network). Designates the Council as the lead entity responsible for development and implementation of the plan, directing it to coordinate related activities among Federal agencies and departments and review budget estimates. Directs the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) to establish a High-Performance Computing Advisory Panel to provide the Council with an assessment of the plan. Directs each Federal entity involved in high-performance computing to submit, as part of its annual budget request, a report on the role of its activities with regard to the plan and relevant budget requests. Instructs the Chairman of the Council to submit to the President and to the Congress, by March 1 annually, a report on plan achievements and progress. Requires the National Science Foundation to provide for the establishment of the Network by 1996 to link government, industry, and the education community. Designates the Department of Defense, through the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, as the lead agency for research and development of advanced fiber optics technology, switches, and protocols needed to develop the Network. Gives to the National Science Foundation, within the Federal Government, the primary responsibility for connecting colleges, universities, and libraries to the Network. Directs the Council to carry out certain functions, including: (1) developing goals and strategies; (2) identifying the roles of Federal agencies and departments; and (3) overseeing the Network's operation and evolution. Authorizes the National Science Foundation, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Department of Defense, the Department of Commerce, the Department of the Interior, the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Environmental Protection Agency to allow Federal research grant recipients to use grant funds to pay for computer networking. Requires the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy to report to the Congress on specified matters, including: (1) funding mechanisms for the Network, including user fees, industry support, and continued Federal investment; (2) a plan for the eventual commercialization of the Network; (3) charging commercial information service providers for Network access; (4) charging Network users for commercial services; (5) the technological feasibility of allowing commercial services to use the Network and other federally-funded networks; (6) copyright protection; and (7) resource security and user privacy. Requires the National Science Foundation (NSF) to provide funding to enable researchers to access supercomputers. Sets forth other responsibilities of the NSF, including promoting development of information services that could be provided over the Network. Authorizes appropriations to the NSF for the purposes of this Act. Requires the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to conduct basic and applied research in high-performance computing, with specified emphases. Authorizes appropriations to NASA for the purposes of this Act. Requires the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to: (1) adopt standards and guidelines, and develop measurement techniques and test methods, for the interoperability of high-performance computers in networks and for common user interfaces to systems; and (2) develop benchmark tests and standards for high performance computers and software. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to conduct a study regarding the impact of Federal procurement regulations which require that contractors providing software to the Federal Government share the rights to proprietary software development tools that the contractors used to develop the software.