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Bill· HRH.R. 4088 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1992
Authorizes and directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a program under which the Secretary makes awards to small business concerns owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged veterans in order that such businesses may provide articles, equipment, supplies, services, and materials, and perform construction work for the Department of Veterans Affairs. Prohibits the Secretary, once such program is established, from participating in any other similar program outside the Department.
Bill· HRH.R. 4084 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1992
Repeals the Military Selective Service Act. Bars the reestablishment of the Office of Selective Service Records. Requires: (1) the transfer to the Administrator of General Services of the assets, property, and records held by, and the unexpended balances of any appropriations available to, the Selective Service System (SSS); and (2) the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to assist SSS officers and employees in transferring to other positions in the executive branch. Amends the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Act to bar the use of LSC funds to provide legal assistance with respect to any proceeding or litigation arising out of desertion from the armed forces.
Bill· HRH.R. 4074 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1992
Directs the President to carry out a program to acquire additional quantities of those strategic and critical materials identified as being in deficient supply in the National Defense Stockpile requirements report submitted in 1992 by the Secretary of Defense pursuant to the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act in order to eliminate such deficiencies by September 30, 1999. Specifies that the quantity of each material acquired under such program during each of FY 1993 through 1999 shall be approximately equal, except that acquisition may occur at a faster rate to take advantage of purchase or barter opportunities that may arise. Requires the President to acquire such strategic and critical materials by using funds in the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund or by barter, subject to limitations provided in appropriations Acts.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 323 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1992
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should: (1) continue discussions with the other permanent members of the United Nations (UN) Security Council and other arms sellers on setting strict limits and guidelines on all international arms transfers; (2) reduce military assistance programs by 25 percent by 1995 and direct the savings to UN and international peacekeeping operations, economic conversion assistance programs in regions of the United States adversely affected by defense budget cuts, and bilateral development assistance to foreign countries which suffer from widespread hunger and poverty; (3) eliminate the self-financing three percent administrative fee that the Defense Security Assistance Agency adds to the costs of weapons it transfers to foreign countries; (4) seek to expand the number of signatories to the 1987 Missile Technology Control Regime beyond the original seven countries; (5) encourage the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund to discontinue loans to countries which devote more than three percent of their gross national product (GNP) to military expenditures; (6) prohibit sales of offensive arms to countries which devote more than six percent of their GNP to military purposes and phase out sales of offensive arms by 1996 to countries which devote between three and six percent of their GNP to military purposes; (7) prohibit the Export-Import Bank from extending credit for the sale of military articles and services to any country; (8) reduce all foreign aid, except emergency humanitarian assistance, by 25 percent each year to countries which devote more than three percent of their GNP to military purposes; and (9) encourage the UN Security Council to assist in the negotiation of peaceful solutions to territorial and other disputes in the world and to guarantee the security of countries threatened by other countries.