Defence

A bill to ensure fair treatment of Department of Energy employees during the restructuring of the Department of Energy defense nuclear facilities workforce, to provide medical examinations to certain current and former such employees, to provide medical reinsurance for certain former such employees, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1992

Directs the Secretary of Energy to develop, issue, and commence implementation of a plan for the restructuring of the employee work force of Department of Energy (DOE) nuclear facilities. Outlines plan requirements, including: (1) that any changes in functions or missions at such facilities be carried out so as to minimize the economic impact of such changes on such DOE employees, with prior notice of such changes at least 120 days before they take place, retraining, early retirement and attrition, and other similar means of minimization; (2) first preference for terminated DOE defense facility employees in any DOE hiring; (3) retraining of such employees for work in environmental restoration and waste management activities of DOE; (4) relocation assistance for appropriate employees; (5) retraining, education, and reemployment assistance for employment outside of DOE; and (6) local impact assistance to communities that are affected by any DOE defense facility restructuring plan. Directs the Secretary to issue yearly plan updates containing specified information. Requires appropriate consultation by the Secretary when developing such plans. Requires all plans and updates to be submitted to specified congressional committees. Directs the Secretary, when entering into a contract for the procurement of environmental restoration and waste management activities (contract) at a DOE nuclear defense facility, to require the contractor and any subcontractor to: (1) recognize any collective bargaining agreements in force at the facility and any labor organizations authorized to act on behalf of such employees; (2) employ employees of the collective bargaining units at such facility; (3) assume the liability and obligations of the pension programs of the preceding employer at such facility for employees retained under the contract; and (4) credit periods of employment with previous employers toward contract requirements relating to sick leave, vacations, health insurance, and other employment-related benefits, with limitations. Directs the Secretary to establish and carry out a program for the identification and ongoing medical evaluation of current and former DOE employees who are subject to significant health risks as a result of exposure to hazardous or radioactive substances during such employment. Outlines program implementation provisions, requiring the Secretary to: (1) carry out certain activities under the program in concurrence with the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS); (2) permit the participation of specified organizations; (3) notify each employee identified and examined or tested of test results; (4) collect and assemble information relating to such examinations and tests; (5) carry out such program within one year after enactment of this Act; and (6) enter into an agreement with the Secretary of HHS under which each Secretary of Energy carries out required activities under the program. Directs the Secretary to carry out a program to provide for insurance to cover the reasonable health care costs for DOE employees who: (1) were defense nuclear facility employees; (2) through such employment, received a level of exposure to hazardous or radioactive substances that poses a significant risk to such employee's health; (3) as a result of such exposure, have developed a significant illness, disease, or clinical sensitivity; and (4) are not entitled to benefits under the Medicare or any other health insurance program. Authorizes the Secretary to prescribe, with participation by specified organizations, standards for determining the eligibility of former employees for such insurance coverage. Requires establishment of the insurance program within six months after the enactment of this Act.

To amend title 10, United States Code, to repeal certain provisions prohibiting the appropriation of funds for civilian marksmanship expenses and services, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1992

Repeals Federal provisions which: (1) prohibit the appropriation of funds for expenses or personnel services connected with any Army program conducted to promote marksmanship among civilians; and (2) allow funds appropriated to the Department of Defense to be used for such purpose only if the appropriation accounts are reimbursed through the payment of fees by persons or gun clubs participating in the programs. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to provide for construction and equipment for indoor and outdoor rifle ranges (currently, only authorized to provide for operation and maintenance of such facilities). Authorizes annual appropriations for incidental expenses of the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice. Authorizes (current law requires) the Secretary to establish reasonable fees for civilian use of rifle ranges constructed on military installations by funds provided by the United States.

Defense Industrial Diversification and Community Assistance Act of 1992

United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1992

Defense Industrial Diversification and Community Assistance Act of 1992 - Title I: Industrial Diversification Study - Directs the Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA), the Secretary of Defense, and the Director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), to study the extent to which diversification of defense industries to non-defense production can be effectuated. Requires a report from the Secretary of Commerce on the study's results. Authorizes appropriations. Title II: Presidential Council on Economic Diversification and Adjustment - Establishes in the Executive Office of the President the Council on Economic Diversification and Adjustment, co-chaired by the Secretaries of Commerce and Labor, and the Office of Economic Diversification and Adjustment. Outlines Council duties, including the identification of defense-related impact problems of States, metropolitan areas, or communities requiring assistance, the dissemination of aid and assistance information, and the development of strategies and plans for Federal, State, and local economic adjustment efforts necessitated as the result of the termination or reduction of a defense contract or the closure or realignment of a defense facility which substantially adversely affects the local community involved. Requires the Council to prepare and distribute an economic diversification and adjustment handbook containing explanations, outlines, information, and directories concerning the economic diversification required for workers in a community as the result of curtailment of defense production. Requires the Secretary of Defense to notify the Council at least one year in advance of a pending or proposed change in defense spending that would affect local employment in the defense industry. Requires the Council to submit an annual report to the Congress on the required economic diversification and adjustment for the previous year. Authorizes appropriations. Title III: Industrial Diversification Accounts; Alternative Defense Investment Tax Credit - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow any qualified defense facility to establish an industrial diversification account for the purpose of providing qualified plant and equipment in the United States or the retraining of employees in order to diversify qualified defense facilities from predominately relying on defense contracts to nondefense lines of business. Restricts deposits to such accounts to the average of the sum of: (1) depreciation allowances with respect to eligible plant and equipment; (2) net proceeds from the sale or other disposition of such plant and equipment, or insurance or indemnity attributable to such plant and equipment; and (3) receipts from investment of amounts in such accounts. Allows deposits to such accounts during the five-year period after its establishment. Restricts deposits after the fifth taxable year to receipts from investments. Provides for the nontaxability of earnings deposited into such accounts. Allows withdrawals over a ten-year period for: (1) acquisition, construction, or reconstruction of qualified plant and equipment; (2) the payment of principal on indebtedness incurred in connection with plant and equipment acquisition, construction, or reconstruction; or (3) the retraining or continued education of employees. Provides for taxation of nonqualified withdrawals. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to report to the Secretary of Defense annually on such accounts. Provides for computing the alternative minimum tax on earnings deposited in such accounts. Allows an eligible corporation which does not have an industrial diversification account an industrial diversification credit as an alternative investment tax credit. Declares the industrial diversification credit to be equal to 20 percent of the amount paid or incurred for a purpose for which a qualified withdrawal would be permitted from an industrial diversification account if the corporation had such an account. Title IV: Small Business Diversification - Establishes in the SBA a Committee on Defense and Economic Diversification and an Office of Economic Diversification. Directs the Committee to: (1) carry out programs under title V of this Act; (2) identify defense-related problems of small businesses that require assistance; (3) disseminate information useful to small business concerns; (4) prepare a plan for coordinating the efforts of the SBA and the Administration's programs for assisting firms adversely affected by defense cutbacks; and (5) work with and coordinate efforts with the President's Office of Economic Diversification and Adjustment to assist small businesses in finding alternative procurement opportunities with Federal agencies. Authorizes appropriations. Title V: Small Business Assistance - Empowers the Administrator of the SBA to make either loans or grants to a qualified small manufacturing firm to assist such firm to diversify from defense-related to nondefense-related business. Outlines loan and grant limits, conditions, and specific purposes. Directs the Administrator to promulgate regulations to carry out this title. Authorizes appropriations. Title VI: Economic Adjustment Assistance for Employees - Requires all displacements of workers employed by a defense agency, or of civilian workers employed by the armed services, to be reported by the management of the defense facility to the Office of Economic Diversification and Adjustment and to the State employment security agency acting as the agent of the Secretary of Labor for the administration of the program under this title. Requires the Office to certify eligibility of displaced workers under this title for benefits. Amends the Job Training Partnership Act to decrease from 80 to 75 percent the portion of funds available under such Act for job training and retraining that are to be divided among the States. Increases from 20 to 25 percent of such amount the funds that are to be set aside for special grants to substates for special employment problems (intending displaced worker assistance under this Act to qualify as one such special problem). Directs the Secretary of Labor, in coordination with the Council, to develop statistical data on the permanent dislocation of defense workers due to reductions in defense expenditures, termination or reduction of defense contracts, or the closure or realignment of defense facilities. Requires the Secretary to publish a report after compilation of such data. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from individual retirement accounts early withdrawal penalties any withdrawals made by dislocated workers and used for either mortgage payments on a primary residence or rent payments for one year following the worker's layoff. Title VII: Community Economic Adjustment Planning - Requires the Secretary of Defense, upon release of the President's budget or any announcement of the realignment or closure of a qualified defense facility, to promptly notify any State or local government affected by the realignment, closure, or contract slowdown or termination which is being proposed or will likely result. Makes eligible for economic adjustment planning assistance any community which: (1) is likely to be substantially and seriously affected by the realignment or closure of a defense facility, or the slowdown, termination, or cancellation of any defense contract; and (2) prepares an analysis and forecast of the effect of any such action on the local economy and workforce as well as a proposal for an economic adjustment plan to reduce the adverse effect of any such action. Requires the Council to review the analyses, forecasts, and proposals submitted. Requires the Council to: (1) publish a list annually of the communities eligible for economic adjustment planning assistance after review of such documentation; and (2) allow a community which failed in such termination to petition the Council for review of such determination for inclusion on such list. Provides that any community found eligible for such assistance by the Council shall be eligible for community planning assistance offered by the Secretary of Defense under specified Federal armed forces provisions. Provides that any substantially and seriously affected community shall also be eligible for economic adjustment assistance authorized under title IX of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965. Title VIII: Commercial and Defense Production Integration - Establishes within DOD the Office of Commercial and Defense Production Integration to develop and implement policies, practices, and procedures designed to achieve an effective integration of commercial production processes and defense procurement practices. Attempts to accomplish such integration by increasing the use of commercial products in defense procurement, lowering unit costs in defense production through streamlining acquisition procedures, encouraging integrated processes for manufacturing civilian and defense products, and encouraging research and development of products having both civilian and military applications. Calls for the elimination of unique military specifications in the procurement of defense products and the identification of commercial suppliers that have exhibited high standards of product quality and reliability in commercial or defense production. Requires the Office to assist the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition in the acquisition and increased usage of nondevelopmental items in defense procurement (items that are generally available in the commercial marketplace). Directs the Secretary of Defense, acting through the Office, to conduct not less than three projects to demonstrate the feasibility of achieving effective integration of commercial production processes and military procurement practices. Requires the Secretary to notify the Congress at least 30 days in advance of the commencement of each such project, and requires project reports. Title IX: Commission on Military Budget Reform - Establishes the Commission on Military Budget Reform to conduct a study of the desirability and feasibility of the Congress instituting a three-year budget cycle program for DOD. Requires the Commission, in carrying out such study, to consider: (1) the advantages and disadvantages of the three-year budget program; (2) the likely savings from the program; (3) the effects of the program on other activities and programs of DOD, on short- and long-range national security planning, and on foreign military sales; (4) the favorable and adverse effects that multiyear defense budgets have had on the defense budget processes of foreign nations that have adopted such programs; and (5) alternative means of carrying out such a program. Requires a findings report from the Commission to the Secretary and the Congress. Provides powers of the Commission as well as other administrative provisions. Terminates the Commission 30 days after its report. Authorizes appropriations.

Department of Defense Environmental Scholarship, Fellowship and Training Assistance Programs Act

United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1992

Department of Defense Environmental Scholarship, Fellowship and Training Assistance Programs Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense to conduct scholarship, fellowship, and training assistance programs (programs) to enable individuals to qualify for employment in the field of environmental restoration and waste management (ERWM) in the Department of Defense (DOD). Outlines eligibility requirements for participation in such programs, including: (1) acceptance for or current enrollment as a full-time student in an institution of higher education (for the scholarship and fellowship program) or in a vocational school (for the training assistance program); (2) the pursuit of a program of education that leads to a higher education degree in a qualifying field (for the scholarship and fellowship program) or an appropriate degree or certificate after completion of training in a qualifying field (for the training assistance program); (3) signing an agreement; and (4) being a citizen, national, or lawfully admitted alien of the United States. Outlines agreement requirements, including that the individual: (1) complete all required education or training; (2) upon completion, serve as a full-time employee of the Department of Energy in an ERWM position for 12 months for each school year in which a scholarship, a fellowship, or training assistance was provided; and (3) repay to the United States the total amount of such assistance if such individual does not comply with any of the agreement requirements. Provides for setoff of wages for DOD employees failing to fulfill such agreement requirements. Authorizes the Secretary to waive the repayment requirements in whole or in part when they are against equity and good conscience or when they are contrary to the best interests of the United States. Directs the Secretary, when evaluating applicants for the award of a program under this Act, to give a preference to an individual who is or has been employed by DOD, its contractors, and subcontractors. Requires coordination of program benefits with student financial assistance eligibility under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965. Requires no less than 100 scholarships, 30 fellowships, and 300 training assistance awards to be provided in FY 1993. Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress on program activities and recommendations. Authorizes appropriations.

To amend chapter 11 of title 38, United States Code, to provide that a veteran who is a former prisoner of war detained or interned for not less than 90 days shall be deemed to have a serviced-connected disability rated at not less than 50 percent for the purposes of determining the benefits due such veteran.

United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1992

Provides that a veteran who is a former prisoner of war detained or interned for at least 90 days shall be deemed to have a service-connected disability rated at no less than 50 percent for purposes of eligibility for veterans' benefits.

Urging that the United States and its United Nations allies take necessary and timely actions to demonstrate that further Iraqi evasions of the Persian Gulf war cease-fire terms regarding the destruction of its weapons of mass destruction will not be tolerated.

United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1992

Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) Iraq must not be allowed to ignore with impunity the decisions of the United Nations (UN) Security Council expressed in resolutions pertaining to the Gulf War ceasefire and the requests of the UN Special Commission on Iraq and the International Atomic Energy Agency pertaining to such resolutions; and (2) the United States and its allies should take all necessary actions, including the selective use of military strikes, to demonstrate that further Iraqi evasions of the ceasefire will not be tolerated.

A bill to amend the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993, to make available additional funds to the Department of State for the United States contributions to international peacekeeping activities.

United States · United States Congress · 31 March 1992

Amends the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 to authorize additional funding (to be transferred from a specified Department of Defense account) for international peacekeeping activities. Provides that such funds shall not be counted as new budget authority or outlays for FY 1993 under spending limitations of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.

A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal years 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, and 1997.

United States · United States Congress · 31 March 1992

Establishes the congressional budget for FY 1993, and sets forth appropriate budgetary levels for FY 1994 through 1997. Sets forth recommended budgetary levels of Federal revenues, new budget authority, budget outlays, deficits, public debt, and credit activity. Sets forth the amounts of increase in the public debt subject to limitation and revenues and outlays of the Social Security trust funds for FY 1993 through 1997. Specifies the funding of major functional categories. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Congress should not enact major reductions in the Social Security revenues unless the current actuarial estimates of the Social Security Trust Funds over the next 75 years indicates the Trust Funds are actuarially sound. Allows an increase in budget authority and outlays to be allocated to a committee when another committee of the Senate or a committee of conference have reported legislation that will, if enacted, reduce budget authority and outlays in an equal amount or an amount that exceeds the increase of such allocation. Provides for revising allocations and reporting them. Allows a reduction in revenue aggregates for legislation that would result in a reduction in revenues due to provisions relating to certain tax incentives, if such legislation would, if enacted, reduce outlays in an amount that is equal to or exceeds the reduction in the revenue aggregates for FY 1993 and FY 1993 through 1997. Provides that, for purposes of certain allocations and points of order under the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974, if a committee exceeds its spending allocation, no direct spending reductions shall be scored with respect to the level of budget authority or outlays under such Act for any provision of legislation that would increase direct spending unless such legislation would, if enacted, bring the committee within its spending allocation. Expresses the sense of the Congress that legislation should be enacted that: (1) would, beginning with FY 1994, phase in a cap by FY 1997 on the growth in mandatory spending for all programs except Social Security at a level that allows for beneficiary and inflation growth; (2) requires mandatory funding levels in the President's budget and the congressional budget resolution not to exceed the mandatory cap; and (3) provides a mechanism to reduce the growth in spending for mandatory programs except Social Security if such mandatory spending exceeds the cap. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Budget Enforcement Act should be extended, including extension of: (1) individual caps on defense and nondefense spending; (2) pay-as-you-go discipline for mandatory programs; (3) maximum deficit amounts; (4) supermajority points of order enforcement mechanisms; and (5) sequester mechanisms to enforce the discretionary spending caps, pay-as-you-go discipline, and the maximum deficit amounts.

Agricultural Commodity Embargo Limitation Act

United States · United States Congress · 31 March 1992

Agricultural Commodity Embargo Limitation Act - Provides that the President may not prohibit or restrict the export of U.S. agricultural products to any country unless: (1) a state of war exists between such country and the United States; or (2) the President certifies to the Congress that such country is engaged in military hostilities against the United States and such certification is in effect.

Child Abuse, Domestic Violence, Adoption and Family Services Act of 1992

United States · United States Congress · 31 March 1992

Child Abuse Programs, Adoption Opportunities, and Family Violence Prevention Amendments Act of 1992 - Title I: Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act - Subtitle A: General Provisions - Amends the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (the Act, for purposes of this title) to set forth findings with respect to prevention and treatment of child abuse and neglect. Subtitle B: General Program - Revises title I (General Program) provisions of the Act for the Advisory Board on Child Abuse and Neglect (the Board). Requires the Board, within 24 months after enactment of this Act, to submit to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the appropriate congressional committees a report containing the Board's recommendations with respect to: (1) a national policy to reduce and ultimately prevent child and youth maltreatment-related deaths, detailing appropriate roles and responsibilities for State and local governments and the private sector; (2) specific changes needed in Federal laws and programs to achieve an effective Federal role in implementing such policy; and (3) specific changes needed to improve national data collection with respect to such deaths. Authorizes appropriations for the Board for FY 1992 through 1995. Revises provisions for research and assistance activities of the National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect. Requires such research to include: (1) cultural distinctions relating to child abuse and neglect; (2) culturally sensitive procedures with respect to child abuse cases; and (3) the relationship of child abuse and neglect to cultural diversity. Requires that State child abuse and neglect reporting information, for purposes of such research, be: (1) universal and case specific, to the extent practical; and (2) integrated with other case-based foster care and adoption data collected by the Secretary. Requires that peer review panels, for such research grants and contracts, be composed of members who are: (1) experts in the field of child abuse and neglect or related disciplines, with appropriate expertise in the application to be reviewed; and (2) not officers or employees of the Office of Human Development. Requires such panels to meet as often as necessary, and not less than once a year. Requires such panels to make recommendations on application approval. Directs the Secretary to select projects to be awarded such grants and contracts from among those determined to have merit by such panels. Revises provisions for grants and contracts to public agencies and nonprofit private organizations for demonstration or service programs and projects. Requires all such demonstration projects to be evaluated for their effectiveness (with evaluation funding to be provided as a stated percentage of the grant or contract or as a separate grant or contract to evaluate a particular project or group of projects). Includes under discretionary grant training programs, projects to improve recruitment, selection, and training of volunteers. Revises provisions for development and operation grants to require the Secretary of HHS to make grants to States, based on relative population of children under age 18 in applicant States, for improving each such State's child protective service system in carrying out specified activities. (Replaces provisions which authorized the Secretary to make grants to States for developing, strengthening, and carrying out child abuse and neglect prevention and treatment programs.) Requires, as a condition for State eligibility for such grants, annual submission to the Secretary of a State program plan which specifies the child protective service system area or areas (from among the specified activities) that the State intends to address with such grant funds. Sets forth required plan contents with respect to the specified areas and activities of: (1) intake and screening; (2) investigation of reports; (3) case management and delivery of ongoing family services; (4) general system enhancement; and/or (5) innovative approaches for developing, strengthening, and carrying out child abuse and neglect prevention, treatment, and research programs (limits to 15 percent of such funds the amount that may be used for innovative approaches). Requires, with respect to some of such areas of activity, information on staffing, training, public education, response time, interagency coordination, legal representation, automation, assessment tools, and information and referral services. (Replaces provisions for waivers of State eligibility requirements.) Delays the effective date of such new requirements until the earlier of October 1, 1993, or October 1 of the first fiscal year for which a specified minimum amount is appropriated for: (1) grants to States for child abuse and neglect prevention and treatment programs (the development and operations grants); and (2) technical assistance to States for such programs. Extends through FY 1995 the authorization of appropriations for the emergency child abuse prevention services grant program. Revises provisions for grants to States for programs relating to the investigation and prosecution of child abuse cases to include cases of: (1) neglect; (2) sexual exploitation; and (3) suspected child abuse or neglect related fatalities. Requires annual reports on such grant expenditures. Revises requirements for State eligiblity and for State task forces. Extends through FY 1995 the authorization of appropriations for title I (General Program) of the Act (except the emergency grant program which has a separate authorization). Reserves one-third of such funds for: (1) the national clearinghouse for information relating to child abuse; (2) research and assistance activities of the Center; and (3) grants to public and private nonprofit entities for demonstration or service programs or projects (including grants for resource centers and discretionary grants). Reserves two-thirds of such funds for: (1) grants to States for child abuse and neglect prevention and treatment programs (development and operation grants); and (2) technical assistance to States for such programs. Subtitle C: Community-Based Prevention Grants - Revises and renames title II of the Act as Community-Based Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Grants (currently, Grants with Respect to Encouraging States to Maintain Certain Funding Mechanisms). Provides for assisting States in supporting child abuse and neglect prevention activities through community-based child abuse and neglect prevention grants. Extends through FY 1995 the authorization of appropriations for such title II grants. Removes a cap on such authorization. Revises title II provisions relating to State eligibility for such grants to: (1) eliminate other funding mechanisms as alternatives to the State trust fund requirement; and (2) requires that the State establishment or maintenance of such trust fund include legislative provisions making funding available only for the broad range of child abuse and neglect prevention activities (current law specifies certain activities to be included). Revises limitations on title II grants. Revises the allotment formula for such grants for the State child abuse trust funds. Allots among eligible States the following percentages of the total appropriations for such grants: (1) 50 percent based on each State's number of children under age 18 (with a specified minimum allotment for each State); and (2) the remaining 50 percent in an amount equal to 25 percent of the total collected by each State in the prior fiscal year for the State trust fund. Requires, if total appropriations for such grants exceed a specified amount, that at least 50 percent of the grant amount to a State be used to support community-based prevention programs. Adds title II grant application demonstration requirements relating to: (1) coordination with other State and local programs; (2) outcome of services and activities funded; (3) supplementation of Federal assistance by State and local public and private sources; and (4) extent of use of funds to support community prevention activities in underserved areas (in which case the supplemental support requirement is waived for the first three years of assistance). Subtitle D: Certain Preventive Services Regarding Children of Homeless Families or Families at Risk of Homelessness - Extends through FY 1995 the authorization of appropriations for title III of the Act, the demonstration grants program to prevent inappropriate separation from the family and to prevent child abuse and neglect with respect to children whose families are homeless or at risk of being homeless. Subtitle E: Miscellaneous Provisions - Directs the Secretary of HHS, acting through the Director of the National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect, to report annually to appropriate congressional committees on measures being taken to assist States in implementing a voluntary reporting system for child abuse and neglect, including information on the extent of coordination of such State systems with the automated foster care and adoption reporting system required under specified provisions of the Social Security Act. Title II: Temporary Child Care for Children with Disabilities - Temporary Child Care for Children with Disabilities and Crisis Nurseries Act Amendments of 1992 - Amends the Temporary Child Care for Children with Disabilities and Crisis Nurseries Act of 1986 to extend through FY 1995 the authorization of appropriations for programs under such Act (including the programs of demonstration grants to States for: (1) temporary child care for disabled and chronically ill children; and (2) crisis nurseries for children who are abused and neglected, at risk of abuse and neglect, or in families receiving child protective services). Conforms the definition of children with disabilities under such Act with that under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Title III: Reauthorization of Programs with Respect to Family Violence - Amends the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (the Act, for purposes of this title) to expand its purpose to include: (1) assisting (currently demonstrating effectiveness of assisting) States to prevent family violence and provide shelter and assistance to victims and their dependents; (2) increasing public awareness about family violence; and (3) courts, legal, social service, and health care professionals among those to be provided with technical assistance relating to family violence programs. Changes the State demonstration grant program to a regular program of grants to States. Requires special emphasis on support of community-based projects of demonstrated effectiveness carried out by nonprofit private organizations, the primary purpose of which is to operate shelters for victims of family violence and their dependents, and those which provide counseling, advocacy (currently, alcohol and drug abuse treatment), and self-help services to victims and their children. Includes State domestic violence coalitions among the entities which are to be involved in State family violence programs under procedures required to be set forth in State applications for grants. Requires documentation that the State has implemented: (1) procedures for maintaining confidentiality of records; and (2) a law or procedure for the eviction of an abusing spouse from a shared household. Sets forth deadlines and procedures for: (1) notice of disapproval of a State application for a grant; (2) the State's period for correction of deficiencies before grant funds are withheld; and (3) State Domestic Violence Coalitions' challenges of determinations that a grantee is in compliance or eligible. Revises procedures for correction of application deficiencies (under provisions for noncompliance penalties). Requires that State domestic violence coalitions be permitted to participate within specified limits, in determining whether a grantee is in compliance with certain requirements. Revises provisions for grants to Indian tribes and tribal organizations to include nonprofit private organizations approved by an Indian tribe for the operation of a family violence shelter on a Reservation. Requires the Secretary of HHS to reserve for grants to Indian tribes at least ten percent of the appropriations for grants to States under the Act (current law authorizes the Secretary to make demonstration grants to Indian tribes). Allows eligible entities to submit applications for such grants regardless of whether they have previously applied for or received such funding. Repeals provisions for maximum ceilings on annual and total grants to a single entity. Revises provisions for the proportion of the local share of project funds under grants to entities other than States. Increases the portion of specified grant funds which must be used to provide immediate shelter and related assistance to victims of family violence and their dependents. Sets forth portions which must be used for certain related assistance and for family violence prevention services. Sets forth a definition of related assistance, including specified services. Increases the amount of the allotment of grant funds to States. Revises provisions for responsibilities of the Secretary of HHS under the Act, with respect to types of research to be provided. Requires a biennial evaluation and report by the Secretary of HHS to the appropriate congressional committees on the effectiveness of programs under the Act, including a summary of specified documentation provided by States. Directs the Secretary to award grants to private nonprofit organizations to establish and maintain: (1) one national resource center to offer resource, policy, and training assistance to various entities on issues pertaining to domestic violence, and to maintain a central resource library for information on family violence, its prevention, and the provision of shelter and assistance to victims; and (2) up to six special issue resource centers focusing on one or more issues of concern to domestic violence victims (including criminal justice response and court-mandated abuser treatment, child protective service agencies response to battered mothers and abused children, child custody issues, self-defense pleas by victims, interdisciplinary health care responses and access, access to and quality of legal representation for victims in civil litigation). Sets forth requirements for: (1) grant eligibility; (2) reporting; (3) regulations; and (4) funding. Extends through FY 1995 the authorization of appropriations for various programs under the Act, with specified reservations of funds for certain programs. Establishes a required program of grants for State domestic violence coalitions (coalitions). (Replaces provisions for law enforcement training and technical assistance grants and contracts.) Directs the Secretary of HHS to award grants for the funding of such coalitions. Requires such coalitions to further domestic violence intervention and prevention through activities including: (1) working with judicial and law enforcement agencies to encourage appropriate responses to domestic violence cases and examine specified types of issues; (2) working with family law judges, child protective services agencies, and children's advocates to develop appropriate responses to specified types of child custody and visitation issues in domestic violence cases and in combined domestic violence and child abuse cases; (3) conducting public education campaigns regarding domestic violence through various public information vehicles; and (4) participating in planning and monitoring of the distribution of grants and grant funds to their State under specified provisions of the Act. Sets forth a formula for allotment of funds for coalition grants. Prohibits use of such funds for lobbying. Sets forth reporting requirements. Authorizes appropriations for such coalition grants. Directs the Secretary of HHS to publish proposed and final regulations by specified deadlines for: (1) such coalition grants program; and (2) other specified provisions of the Act. Directs the Secretary to develop data on the number of victims of family violence and their dependents who are homeless or institutionalized as a result of the violence and abuse they have experienced (instead of data on the individual characteristics relating to family violence). Establishes a discretionary program of grants for public information campaigns. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to public or private nonprofit entities to provide public information campaigns regarding domestic violence through the use of various public information vehicles. Sets forth requirements for grant applications, use of funds, and award criteria. Establishes a required program of demonstration grants for model State leadership for domestic violence intervention. Directs the Secretary of HHS, in cooperation with the Attorney General, to award grants to not more than ten States to assist them in becoming model demonstration States and in meeting the costs of improving State leadership concerning activities that will: (1) increase the number of prosecutions for domestic violence crimes; (2) encourage the reporting of incidences of domestic violence; and (3) facilitate arrests and aggressive prosecution policies. Sets forth requirements for designation as a model State, including having specified types of laws and policies in effect. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1992 through 1995 for such demonstration grants program. Limits the amount of such funds to any one State. Directs the Secretary of HHS to delegate responsibilities and transfer funds to the Attorney General for carrying out such demonstration grant program. Directs the Secretary of Education, in consultation with the Secretary of HHS, to develop model programs for education of young people about domestic violence and violence among intimate partners. Requires development, through grants or contracts, of three separate programs, one each for primary and middle schools, secondary schools, and institutions of higher education. Requires participation in program development by specified types of groups of experts and advocates. Directs the Secretary of Education to transmit the model programs, along with a plan and cost estimate for national distribution, to the relevant congressional committees for review. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1992 for such model programs development. Title IV: Reauthorization of Programs with Respect to Adoption - Amends the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978 (the Act, for purposes of this title) to revise provisions for Adoption Opportunities, including congressional findings and declaration of purpose. Repeals provisions for model adoption legislation and procedures. Revises provisions for HHS information and service functions relating to adoption and foster care to: (1) add on-site technical assistance; (2) include salaries and travel costs in administrative expenses; and (3) require reports to the appropriate congressional committees (and available to the public) on activities under such Adoption Opportunities provisions of the Act. Directs the Secretary of HHS to: (1) conduct (directly or by grant or contract with public or private nonprofit organizations) ongoing and extensive recruitment efforts on a national level; (2) develop national public awareness efforts to unite children in need of adoption with appropriate adoptive parents; (3) establish a coordinated referral system of recruited families with appropriate State or regional adoption resources to serve families in a timely fashion; (4) provide for the operation of a National Resource Center for Special Needs Adoption; and (5) promote professional leadership training of minorities in the adoption field. Extends through FY 1995 the authorization of appropriations for specified programs under the Act.

To permit individuals to waive their rights to unemployment compensation based on military service in order to qualify for other unemployment benefits.

United States · United States Congress · 31 March 1992

Amends specified Federal law to permit individuals to waive their rights to unemployment compensation based on military service in order to qualify for other unemployment benefits, at such time and in such manner as the Secretary of Labor may prescribe.

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish a Veterans Teacher Corp, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 31 March 1992

Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to establish a Veterans Teachers Corps (VTC). Authorizes the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) to make grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) to conduct VTC authorized activities, as follows: (1) informational and outreach programs leading to development of programs designed to inform U.S. military veterans about teaching opportunities and necessary qualifications; (2) programs to create teaching opportunities for veterans; (3) support for programs to assist veterans to meet teacher qualifications; (4) information dissemination on the VTC program and on sources of student assistance under title IV of HEA and under programs administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs and other Federal agencies; and (5) (from up to 65 percent of VTC program funds) scholarships for veterans under the same terms and conditions as the Paul Douglas Teacher Corps Scholarships program under subpart 1 of part B of title V. Sets forth grant application requirements for LEAs. Limits the amount and duration of each grant. Gives priority to LEA applications evidencing commitments of support for the program from veterans and teacher organizations in the applicant's jurisdiction. Requires evaluations and reports by grant recipients. Authorizes appropriations.

National Defense Stockpile Modernization Act of 1992

United States · United States Congress · 30 March 1992

National Defense Stockpile Modernization Act of 1992 - Directs the President to dispose of specified excess or obsolete materials in the National Defense Stockpile (NDS), in specified amounts. Limits the disposal of silver to coin only. Repeals all previous disposal authority of the President or the NDS Stockpile Manager. Directs the President to acquire additional quantities of strategic and critical materials for the NDS determined to be in deficient supply. Requires the disposals and acquisitions mandated under this Act to be completed by the end of FY 2002 and accomplished in compliance with requirements of the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act. Authorizes the President to use barter arrangements to achieve such disposals and acquisitions. Outlines provisions for: (1) annual quantity rates for acquisitions and disposals; (2) deposits of proceeds from sales of disposed materials into the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund; and (3) use of such proceeds for materials acquisitions. Directs the President to report to the Congress on the manner in which the President will implement and carry out the disposals and acquisitions required under this Act. Amends the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act to repeal a requirement prohibiting a stockpile disposal that would result in an unobligated balance in the Fund in excess of $100,000,000.

To protect certain senior Air Reserve technicians from separation from technician service before age 60 under the High-Year Tenure program of the Air Force.

United States · United States Congress · 30 March 1992

Directs the Secretary of the Air Force to carry out the High-Year Tenure program of the Air Force Reserve so as not to require the removal before age 60 of an Air Reserve technician from active status as a reservist in the case of any such technician who has not less than 33 years of active and reserve military service before January 1, 1992, and who is otherwise qualified for retention as an Air Reserve technician.

Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1992, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 30 March 1992

Amends Federal law making further continuing appropriations to extend until September 30, 1992 (currently, March 31, 1992) the availability of funds for the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1992 (the Act). Declares that the current rate for operations for any project or activity under this joint resolution for foreign operations, export financing, and related programs shall be defined to be the amounts appropriated in FY 1991. Declares the rate for operations for specified expenses to be the amount included under the Act as passed by the House of Representatives on June 19, 1991. Specifies the rate for operations for certain other expenses. Eliminates specified earmarks, transfers, and ceilings under the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1991. Eliminates dire emergency supplemental earmarks, transfers, ceilings, and other terms and conditions under certain laws applicable to appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and related programs. Specifies the applicability or inapplicability of certain authorities and conditions to specified continuing appropriations. Makes funds available for support for the economic and democratic development of the former Soviet Republics. Restricts the use of funds made available for military assistance to El Salvador for nonlethal military assistance only. Requires the transfer of funds to the Demobilization and Transition Fund (created to assist with the costs of monitoring a permanent settlement of the conflict in El Salvador). Specifies the further use for such funds, including law enforcement purposes. Makes funds available to support El Salvador's Truth Commission and its investigations and publicization through reports of its findings and recommendations of unsolved human rights cases. Directs the Secretary of State to transmit Commission reports to the appropriate congressional committees in a timely manner. Allows commitments to guarantee loans for foreign operations, export financing, and related programs under the Housing Guarantee Program Account. Continues the administration of justice program (for anti-narcotics efforts) under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 from funds under this resolution. Makes funds available for law enforcement in Panama, Bolivia, Colombia, and Peru. Amends the International Finance Corporation Act to authorize appropriations for the U.S. Governor of the International Finance Corporation to subscribe to additional shares of the Corporation's capital stock. Amends the Asian Development Bank Act to authorize appropriations for the U.S. Governor of the Asian Development Bank to subscribe to additional shares of the Bank's capital stock. Amends the African Development Fund Act to authorize appropriations for the U.S. Governor of the Fund to contribute to the sixth replenishment of Fund resources. Reduces each discretionary appropriation provided in this joint resolution for foreign operations, export financing, and related programs by a specified percentage. Appropriates additional funds (exempt from such reduction in appropriations) to the Department of State for FY 1992 for contributions for international peacekeeping activities.

A bill to make Soviet military threat reduction funds available for programs to deter nuclear proliferation as a result of the disintegration of the Soviet Union.

United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1992

Authorizes the Secretary of Energy to provide financial assistance to key employees of the nuclear weapons complex of the former Soviet Union to carry out projects of joint interest with the United States. Authorizes the Secretary and the National Academy of Sciences to carry out scientific exchange programs with Commonwealth states that would bring Commonwealth scientists to research centers in the United States. Defines "Commonwealth states" as Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kirghizistan (a.k.a. Kirghizia), Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. Authorizes the Secretary and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to sponsor research on topics of value to the United States and the Commonwealth states. Allows the Secretary and the Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA) to provide technical support to set up a directory of Commonwealth scientists with key nuclear weapons expertise. Authorizes the Secretary and the Director of the On-Site Inspection Agency (OSIA) to provide Commonwealth states with technical support to inventory, store, and destroy sensitive documents pertaining to the design and production of nuclear weapons, materials, and components. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of State should encourage governments of other nations to: (1) support these initiatives with expertise and funding; and (2) establish a mechanism to coordinate such initiatives. Authorizes the Secretaries of Energy and Defense to provide assistance to strengthen security at facilities containing nuclear weapons or components in the Commonwealth states. Permits the Secretary of Energy and the OSIA Director to provide assistance to inventory nuclear weapons materials and components and to monitor their whereabouts. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce and the ACDA Director to provide assistance in the development of export control systems for the Commonwealth states. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of State should lead international efforts to monitor the flow of materials and components at facilities in the Commonwealth states through the International Atomic Energy Agency. Authorizes the Secretary of Energy to provide assistance in closing nuclear weapons complex facilities in the Commonwealth states. Permits the Secretary and the OSIA Director to provide assistance in the dismantlement or control of uranium mines and processing equipment in the Central Asian republics. Authorizes the Secretary to provide the Commonwealth states with short-term storage facilities for warheads awaiting dismantlement and with assistance to construct long-term storage facilities. Permits the Secretary and the OSIA Director to provide assistance to conduct an inventory of, and to construct a data base with respect to, warheads at storage facilities in Commonwealth states to assist in the monitoring of the number and location of such warheads. Authorizes the Secretaries of Energy and Defense to provide assistance to the Commonwealth states in the transportation of nuclear warheads. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of Energy should exchange data with the Commonwealth states on warhead dismantlement to facilitate the dismantlement process and to identify where further assistance might be needed. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) provide such states with assistance to design or construct facilities for dismantling nuclear warheads; (2) provide assistance to design or construct facilities for storing warheads prior to dismantlement and for storing special nuclear materials following dismantlement; and (3) dismantle former Soviet warheads at facilities in the United States. Declares that the Secretary should exchange data with the Commonwealth states on the locations of nuclear weapons storage and elimination facilities. Requires the Secretary and the OSIA Director to study and report to the Congress on: (1) U.S. warhead dismantlement procedures; (2) whether monitoring of the dismantlement process would reveal weapons design and production information; (3) parts of the process that might be monitored by Commonwealth officials; (4) the technologies that might be used to tag and seal nuclear warheads; and (5) the risks associated with on-site monitoring at different nuclear weapons facilities. Authorizes the President to transfer to Federal agencies such amounts of Soviet threat reduction funds as necessary to carry out this Act.

Assassination Materials Disclosure Act of 1992

United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1992

Assassination Materials Disclosure Act of 1992 - Provides that except for assassination material or particular information in assassination material the disclosure of which is postponed, all assassination materials shall be transferred to the National Archives and made available for inspection by the general public. Requires the Archivist to charge fees for copying and grant waivers of such fees pursuant to the standards established by the Freedom of Information Act. Authorizes the Archivist to provide copies of assassination materials of broad public interest to the Government Printing Office (GPO), which shall print copies for sale to the public. Requires assassination materials printed by GPO to be placed in Government depository libraries. Establishes as an independent agency the Assassination Materials Review Board. Requires the division of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit charged with appointment of independent counsels to appoint five distinguished and impartial private citizens outside of the Government who have had no prior involvement with inquiries into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy to serve as members of the Review Board. Allows the Review Board to appoint an Executive Director. Requires the Review Board to consider and render decisions on referrals by the Executive Director and appeals for a determination whether a: (1) record constitutes assassination material subject to this Act; and (2) record or particular information in a record qualifies for postponement of disclosure under this Act. Describes the circumstances under which the Review Board will terminate. States that disclosure to the general public of assassination material or particular information in assassination material may be postponed if its release would: (1) reveal an intelligence agent, an intelligence source or method currently utilized by the Government, or any other matter currently relating to military defense, intelligence operations, or the conduct of U.S. foreign relations which, if disclosed, would pose such a threat as to outweigh any public interest in its disclosure; (2) constitute an invasion of privacy of a living person, whether or not that person is identified in the material, that is so substantial as to outweigh any public interest in its disclosure; (3) constitute a substantial and unjustified violation of an understanding of confidentiality between a Government agent and a witness or a foreign government; or (4) disclose a security or protective procedure currently utilized by a Federal agency responsible for protecting Government officials, and that disclosure is so harmful that it outweighs any public interest in its disclosure. Requires each executive agency to make available to the Executive Director of the Review Board all assassination materials in its possession. Requires agencies that are uncertain as to whether or not a record is assassination material to make that record available to the Executive Director. Makes the Executive Director responsible for: (1) inquiring as to the existence of further records beyond those made available that may be assassination materials; (2) obtaining access to such records; (3) recommending that the Review Board subpoena such records in the event access is denied; and (4) reviewing all records that are made available by executive agencies. Requires the Executive Director to order release of any assassination material or particular information in the absence of clear and convincing evidence that it falls within the exemptions from disclosure. Requires the Executive Director, after review of each record, either to: (1) notify the originating body or bodies that the record is assassination material that is appropriate for release in its entirety; or (2) refer the record to the Review Board. Provides that in the former event, the Executive Director shall transmit the record to the Archivist of the United States who shall make the record available for public inspection, unless an originating body files an appeal with the Review Board. Requires the Review Board to review and apply the standards for release set forth in this Act to all records that are the subject of appeals and referred to the Review Board by the Executive Director. Provides that: (1) after review of each record, the Review Board shall determine whether such record is assassination material, and, if so, whether such assassination material, or particular information in the assassination material, qualifies for postponement of disclosure; (2) any reasonably segregable particular information in an assassination material shall be considered for release after deletion of information in that assassination material that qualifies for postponement of disclosure; (3) where an entire assassination material qualifies for postponement of disclosure, the Board may create and prepare for release a summary of the assassination material in order to provide for the fullest disclosure feasible; and (4) where the Board determines that a record is not assassination material, or that a record, or particular information in the record, qualifies for postponement of disclosure, the Board shall transmit to the originating body written notice of such determination, together with a copy of the record at issue, and, if the originating body is an executive agency, a copy of such notice and record shall be transmitted to appropriate congressional committees. Provides that in the case of records for which the Warren Commission or specified congressional committees are originating bodies, where the Review Board determines that a record is assassination material, and that a record, particular information in a record, a summary of a record, or a substitution for particular information in a record is appropriate for release pursuant to this Act, the Review Board shall transmit the record, particular information, summary, or substitution to the Archivist in order for it to be made public. States that the Review Board's decision to release shall not be subject to review by the President or any other entity of the Government and shall not be subject to judicial review. Provides that in the case of records for which the originating body is an executive agency, excluding the Warren Commission, where the Review Board determines that a record, particular information in a record, a summary of a record, or a substitution for particular information in a record is appropriate for release pursuant to this Act, the Review Board shall transmit to the originating body written notice of its determination. Provides that in such event, the Review Board shall transmit the record, particular information, summary, or substitute to the Archivist in order for such material to be made public, unless the President has certified to the Review Board and the Archivist that the material qualifies for postponement of disclosure, in which case release of the material shall be postponed, and this decision shall not be subject to judicial review. Prohibits the President from delegating this authority to any other official or entity. Provides that whenever the President makes such a certification, the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a written statement setting forth the reasons for superseding the Board's determination and a copy of the material at issue. Requires the Review Board to periodically make available for public inspection a notice of all postponements of assassination materials. Provides that in any case in which a determination of the Review Board to release assassination material is superseded by the President, the President shall publish in the Federal Register notice of such action. Sets forth special rules for the marking and review of materials the disclosure of which is postponed. Authorizes the Review Board to request the Department of Justice to petition any court to release any information relevant to the assassination of President Kennedy that has been sealed. Authorizes the Review Board to request the Attorney General to petition any U.S. court to release any such information that is held under injunction of secrecy of a grand jury. Requires the Review Board to seek access to the autopsy photographs and x-rays donated to the National Archives by the Kennedy family and submit to appropriate congressional committees a report on the status of these materials and on access to these materials by individuals consistent with the deed of gift. Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the Attorney General should assist the Review Board in good faith to unseal any records that the Board determines to be relevant and held under seal by a court or under the injunction of secrecy of a grand jury; (2) the Secretary of State should contact the government of the Republic of Russia and any other foreign government that may hold relevant information and seek the disclosure of all such information; and (3) all executive agencies should cooperate in full with the Review Board to seek the disclosure of all information relevant to the Kennedy assassination consistent with the public interest. Authorizes appropriations.

To require that the Strategic Defense Initiative program be carried out as a research and development program, without deployment of any antiballistic missile systems other than 100 ground-based missile interceptors deployed consistent with the 1972 ABM Treaty.

United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1992

Directs the Secretary of Defense to carry out the Strategic Defense Initiative program as a research and development program only. Prohibits: (1) the deployment by the United States of any antiballistic missile system other than one consisting of 100 ground-based interceptors at a single site, consistent with the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty; and (2) the deployment of such system before October 1, 1997.

Airport and Airway Safety, Capacity, and Intermodal Transportation Act of 1992

United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1992

Airport and Airway Safety, Capacity, and Intermodal Transportation Act of 1992 - Title I: Airport and Airway Improvement Act Amendments - Amends the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 to declare that it is a goal of the United States to develop a national intermodal transportation system. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1993 and 1994 for: (1) airport development and planning projects; (2) air navigation facilities; (3) weather reporting services for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); and (4) FAA operations. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1994 to augment, if the Secretary of Transportation (Secretary) determines it is necessary, the Airway Capital Investment Plan, including a determination with respect to the establishment of more than 23 area control facilities. Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to revise the minimum Federal appropriation levels which permit imposition of local airport passenger facility fees on airline passengers. Amends the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 to increase the apportionment of airports which are served by aircraft providing only air cargo (including mail) transportation; and (2) primary airports. Requires not less than 2.25 percent of airport development and planning funds for FY 1993 and 1994 be set-aside for development of current and former military airports. Requires the Secretary to designate such airports for participation in such set-aside program. (Currently, the Secretary is required to designate not less than eight current or former military airports.) Authorizes a specified amount of discretionary airport development and planning funds for FY 1993 and 1994 for construction, improvement, or repair of airport surface parking lots, fuel farms, and utilities at such airports. Requires the Secretary to set-aside not less than an additional 2.5 percent of airport development and planning funds to primary airports for noise compatibility planning if the Secretary finds that one or more units of local government in the areas surrounding such airports have adopted noise control measures likely to ensure land use compatible with such airports. Authorizes the maximum obligation of the United States for airport development and planning projects for FY 1993 to be increased for an airport (other than a primary airport) by a specified amount. Requires airport owners or operators as a condition precedent to approval of a grant for airport development projects to take necessary action to ensure that at least ten percent of businesses at the airport which provide ground transportation, baggage carts, automobile rentals, or other consumer services are small businesses owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals. Authorizes the Secretary to allow an airport owner or operator to meet the ten percent goal by including businesses operated through management contracts or by including the purchase of goods or services used in a business conducted on the airport if it would not be practicable for the owner or operator to comply with such goal by direct ownership arrangements. Revises the definition of an eligible "disadvantaged business enterprise" to raise the maximum average annual gross receipts permissible from $14 million to $16.015 million. Authorizes the Secretary, in cases where a commercial service airport annually has .05 percent or less of the total enplanements in the United States, to approve, as allowable project costs of an airport development project at such airport, any terminal development in revenue-producing areas and construction, reconstruction, repair, and improvement of nonrevenue-producing parking lots if the Secretary finds that no project for needed airport development affecting safety, security, or capacity will be deferred by such approval. Includes as an "airport development" activity the: (1) relocation of an air traffic control tower if such relocation is necessary to carry out an approved project; and (2) construction, reconstruction, repair, or improvement of an airport (or any purchase of capital equipment for an airport) which is necessary for compliance with specified Federal laws, other than construction or purchase of capital equipment which would benefit a revenue producing area of the airport used by a nonaeronautical business. Authorizes the Administrator of the FAA to make grants to up to four vocational technical institutions for acquisition or construction of facilities for the advanced training of maintenance technicians for air carrier aircraft. Sets forth grant eligibility requirements. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Administrator of the FAA to develop and submit annually to specified congressional committees a report on: (1) the staffing standards used to determine the number of air traffic controllers needed to operate the air traffic control system of the United States; (2) a three-year projection of the number of air traffic controllers needed to operate such system to meet such standards; and (3) a detailed plan for employing such controllers, including projected budget requests. Requires the Administrator of the FAA to hire additional air traffic controllers so as to make the controller work force not less than 18,128 on September 30, 1993. Title II: Federal Aviation Act Amendments - Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to authorize the Administrator of the FAA to enter into a contract, on a sole source basis, with a State or political subdivision to permit it to operate a level I visual flight rules airport traffic control tower if the Administrator determines that such State or political subdivision can comply with certain safety and subcontracting requirements. Authorizes, at the discretion of the Administrator of the FAA, the reimbursement of travel, transportation, and subsistence expenses for security training of non-Federal domestic and foreign personnel who contribute to civil aviation security. Requires all persons to give adequate public notice of the establishment or expansion, of any structure or sanitary landfill where such notice will promote safety in air commerce and preserve the navigable airspace and airport traffic capacity at public-use airports.

To direct that the SSN-21 Seawolf attack submarine program be terminated.

United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1992

Directs the Secretary of Defense to terminate the SSN-21 Seawolf attack submarine program. Prohibits construction funds from being obligated for such submarine other than for the single submarine for which a contract was entered into before the enactment of this Act.

To suspend indefinitely the activities of the Department of Energy relating to the production of nuclear weapons.

United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1992

Directs the Secretary of Energy to: (1) suspend the research, development, and testing of new designs for nuclear warheads; and (2) continue the moratorium on the production and processing of fissile materials and nuclear warheads, unless the President determines that a national emergency exists requiring such actions. Prohibits the Secretary from obligating funds to construct a nuclear reactor for weapons production. States that this Act shall not be construed to require: (1) production limits on naval reactor fuel; (2) reduction of environmental restoration expenditures; or (3) the dismantling of facilities needed for national security purposes.

To cancel the remainder of the B-2 bomber aircraft program.

United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1992

Prohibits the Secretary of Defense from contracting for the production of any B-2 bomber aircraft in excess of the 15 aircraft for which funds have been appropriated before the enactment of this Act. Directs the Secretary of the Air Force to convert to combat configuration the five B-2 aircraft currently configured as test aircraft.

To rescind certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded (R92-2 through R92-7, R92-9 through R92-16, and R92-18 through R92-33) in a special message transmitted to the Congress by the President on March 10, 1992, in accordance with section 1012 of the Impoundment Control Act of 1974.

United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1992

Rescinds certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded (R92-2 through R92-7, R92-9 through R92-16, and R92-18 through R92-33) (military operation, procurement, research, and construction; telecommunications; health services; flexible subsidy fund; Indian programs; and local rail freight assistance) in a special message transmitted to the Congress by the President in accordance with the Impoundment Control Act of 1974.

Assassination Materials Disclosure Resolution of 1992

United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1992

Assassination Materials Disclosure Act of 1992 - Provides that except for assassination material or particular information in assassination material the disclosure of which is postponed, all assassination materials shall be transferred to the National Archives and made available for inspection by the general public. Requires the Archivist to charge fees for copying and grant waivers of such fees pursuant to the standards established by the Freedom of Information Act. Authorizes the Archivist to provide copies of assassination materials of broad public interest to the Government Printing Office (GPO), which shall print copies for sale to the public. Requires assassination materials printed by GPO to be placed in Government depository libraries. Establishes as an independent agency the Assassination Materials Review Board. Requires the division of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit charged with appointment of independent counsels to appoint five distinguished and impartial private citizens outside of the Government who have had no prior involvement with inquiries into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy to serve as members of the Review Board. Allows the Review Board to appoint an Executive Director. Requires the Review Board to consider and render decisions on referrals by the Executive Director and appeals for a determination whether a: (1) record constitutes assassination material subject to this Act; and (2) record or particular information in a record qualifies for postponement of disclosure under this Act. Describes the circumstances under which the Review Board will terminate. States that disclosure to the general public of assassination material or particular information in assassination material may be postponed if its release would: (1) reveal an intelligence agent, an intelligence source or method currently utilized by the Government, or any other matter currently relating to military defense, intelligence operations, or the conduct of U.S. foreign relations which, if disclosed, would pose such a threat as to outweigh any public interest in its disclosure; (2) constitute an invasion of privacy of a living person, whether or not that person is identified in the material, that is so substantial as to outweigh any public interest in its disclosure; (3) constitute a substantial and unjustified violation of an understanding of confidentiality between a Government agent and a witness or a foreign government; or (4) disclose a security or protective procedure currently utilized by a Federal agency responsible for protecting Government officials, and that disclosure is so harmful that it outweighs any public interest in its disclosure. Requires each executive agency to make available to the Executive Director of the Review Board all assassination materials in its possession. Requires agencies that are uncertain as to whether or not a record is assassination material to make that record available to the Executive Director. Makes the Executive Director responsible for: (1) inquiring as to the existence of further records beyond those made available that may be assassination materials; (2) obtaining access to such records; (3) recommending that the Review Board subpoena such records in the event access is denied; and (4) reviewing all records that are made available by executive agencies. Requires the Executive Director to order release of any assassination material or particular information in the absence of clear and convincing evidence that it falls within the exemptions from disclosure. Requires the Executive Director, after review of each record, either to: (1) notify the originating body or bodies that the record is assassination material that is appropriate for release in its entirety; or (2) refer the record to the Review Board. Provides that in the former event, the Executive Director shall transmit the record to the Archivist of the United States who shall make the record available for public inspection, unless an originating body files an appeal with the Review Board. Requires the Review Board to review and apply the standards for release set forth in this Act to all records that are the subject of appeals and referred to the Review Board by the Executive Director. Provides that: (1) after review of each record, the Review Board shall determine whether such record is assassination material, and, if so, whether such assassination material, or particular information in the assassination material, qualifies for postponement of disclosure; (2) any reasonably segregable particular information in an assassination material shall be considered for release after deletion of information in that assassination material that qualifies for postponement of disclosure; (3) where an entire assassination material qualifies for postponement of disclosure, the Board may create and prepare for release a summary of the assassination material in order to provide for the fullest disclosure feasible; and (4) where the Board determines that a record is not assassination material, or that a record, or particular information in the record, qualifies for postponement of disclosure, the Board shall transmit to the originating body written notice of such determination, together with a copy of the record at issue, and, if the originating body is an executive agency, a copy of such notice and record shall be transmitted to appropriate congressional committees. Provides that in the case of records for which the Warren Commission or specified congressional committees are originating bodies, where the Review Board determines that a record is assassination material, and that a record, particular information in a record, a summary of a record, or a substitution for particular information in a record is appropriate for release pursuant to this Act, the Review Board shall transmit the record, particular information, summary, or substitution to the Archivist in order for it to be made public. States that the Review Board's decision to release shall not be subject to review by the President or any other entity of the Government and shall not be subject to judicial review. Provides that in the case of records for which the originating body is an executive agency, excluding the Warren Commission, where the Review Board determines that a record, particular information in a record, a summary of a record, or a substitution for particular information in a record is appropriate for release pursuant to this Act, the Review Board shall transmit to the originating body written notice of its determination. Provides that in such event, the Review Board shall transmit the record, particular information, summary, or substitute to the Archivist in order for such material to be made public, unless the President has certified to the Review Board and the Archivist that the material qualifies for postponement of disclosure, in which case release of the material shall be postponed, and this decision shall not be subject to judicial review. Prohibits the President from delegating this authority to any other official or entity. Provides that whenever the President makes such a certification, the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a written statement setting forth the reasons for superseding the Board's determination and a copy of the material at issue. Requires the Review Board to periodically make available for public inspection a notice of all postponements of assassination materials. Provides that in any case in which a determination of the Review Board to release assassination material is superseded by the President, the President shall publish in the Federal Register notice of such action. Sets forth special rules for the marking and review of materials the disclosure of which is postponed. Authorizes the Review Board to request the Department of Justice to petition any court to release any information relevant to the assassination of President Kennedy that has been sealed. Authorizes the Review Board to request the Attorney General to petition any U.S. court to release any such information that is held under injunction of secrecy of a grand jury. Requires the Review Board to seek access to the autopsy photographs and x-rays donated to the National Archives by the Kennedy family and submit to appropriate congressional committees a report on the status of these materials and on access to these materials by individuals consistent with the deed of gift. Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the Attorney General should assist the Review Board in good faith to unseal any records that the Board determines to be relevant and held under seal by a court or under the injunction of secrecy of a grand jury; (2) the Secretary of State should contact the government of the Republic of Russia and any other foreign government that may hold relevant information and seek the disclosure of all such information; and (3) all executive agencies should cooperate in full with the Review Board to seek the disclosure of all information relevant to the Kennedy assassination consistent with the public interest. Authorizes appropriations.

Designating August 15, 1992, as "82d Airborne Division 50th Anniversary Recognition Day".

United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1992

Designates August 15, 1992, as 82d Airborne Division 50th Anniversary Recognition Day.

Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the Kurds in northern Iraq.

United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1992

Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the United States should seek Turkish permission to extend beyond June 1992 the agreement that permits the stationing of U.S. military forces in southern Turkey for purposes of Operation Provide Comfort (the relief effort for the Kurds); (2) the Government of Turkey should respond positively to such a request; (3) the United Nations' presence in northern Iraq should be extended; and (4) the United States and the international community should attach high priority to persuading the Government of Iraq to lift the economic boycott of northern Iraq.

Department of Energy Defense Nuclear Facilities Adjustment Assistance Act

United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1992

Department of Energy Defense Nuclear Facilities Adjustment Assistance Act - Directs the Secretary of Energy to require an environmental cleanup and waste management contractor (contractor) to: (1) offer retraining to an affected employee (an individual whose employment under a defense nuclear facility management and operating contract is or will be terminated or significantly and adversely affected as a result of reduction or modification in Department of Energy programs, projects, or activities at such facility) to qualify for a job under an environmental cleanup and waste management contract (contract); (2) give a qualified affected employee first preference when hiring to fill a job under the contract; and (3) provide each affected employee it hires with benefits, compensation, and sick leave and vacation credit comparable to that provided under their prior management and operating contract. Requires the Secretary, in evaluating a bid or proposal for a contract, to place a high priority on the extent and manner of subcontractor compliance with such requirements. Directs the Secretary to determine whether a reduction or modification in Department programs, projects, or activities at a defense nuclear facility is significant for purposes of this Act. Directs the Secretary to provide prompt notice to State and local officials, as well as labor representatives, of such a significant reduction or modification. Directs the Secretary, at least 60 days before a significant reduction or modification takes effect, to develop and make public a transition plan for the facility that: (1) minimizes involuntary employment termination by use of attrition and other means; and (2) assists affected employees and the local community affected when the reduction or modification has direct and significant adverse consequences in that community. Outlines the required assistance for affected employees, including retraining and educational programs, job placement assistance, priority hiring, financial compensation while retraining, continuation for specified periods of medical insurance coverage, or provision of such coverage for terminated employees in specified instances. Outlines the required assistance for affected local communities, including making grants and entering into cooperative agreements in planning and implementing community adjustments required by the reduction or modification. Authorizes the provision of assistance to local communities for strategic planning, public facilities or services improvements, business development, research, technical assistance, training, and relocation of individuals and businesses. Directs the Secretary, in developing and implementing the transitional plan, to make maximum use of programs administered by agencies other than the Department. Directs the Secretary to consult with various public officials and representatives in developing and implementing such plan. Requires assistance to Federal employees affected by a significant reduction or modification in Department programs at a defense nuclear facility to be furnished as provided in applicable law. Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary for FY 1993 through 1995 to carry out this Act.

A bill to rescind certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded in a special message transmitted to the Congress by the President on March 10, 1992, in accordance with Title X of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974, as amended.

United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1992

Rescinds budget authority of the Department of Commerce for the National Telecommunications and Information Administration for public telecommunications facilities, planning, and construction (R92-2). Rescinds budget authority of the Department of Defense for: (1) operation and maintenance (R92-3 through -7); (2) procurement (R92-9 through -16) including Navy shipbuilding and conversion; (3) research, development, test, and evaluation (R92-18 through -21); and (4) military construction (R92-22 through -29). Rescinds budget authority of: (1) the Department of Health and Human Services for the Health Resources and Services Administration (R92-30); (2) the Department of Housing and Urban Development for the Flexible Subsidy Fund (R92-31); (3) the Department of the Interior for the Bureau of Indian Affairs (R92-32); and (4) the Department of Transportation for the Federal Railroad Administration (R92-33).

A bill to rescind certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded in special messages transmitted to the Congress by the President on March 20, 1992, in accordance with Title X of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974, as amended.

United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1992

Rescinds budget authority of the Department of Agriculture for: (1) the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (R92-35); (2) the Cooperative State Research Service (R92-36 through -61); (3) the Extension Service (R92-62 and -63); and (4) the National Agriculture Library (R92-64). Rescinds budget authority of the Department of Housing and Urban Development for: (1) certain assisted housing projects (R92-65 through -86); and (2) research and technology (R92-87). Rescinds budget authority of the Department of the Interior for: (1) the Bureau of Indian Affairs (R92-88); and (2) the National Park Service (R92-89 and -90). Rescinds budget authority of the Department of the Army for the Army Corps of Engineers-Civil (R92-91 and -92). Rescinds budget authority of the Environmental Protection Agency for: (1) abatement, control, and compliance (R92-93 through -97); and (2) research and development (R92-98). Rescinds budget authority of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for: (1) construction of facilities (R92-99); and (2) research and development (R92-100). Rescinds budget authority of the Department of Defense-Military for: (1) Navy SSN-21 attack submarine program; and (2) other Navy procurement (R92-102).

A bill to rescind certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded in special messages transmitted to the Congress by the President on March 10, 1992, and on March 20, 1992, in accordance with Title X of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974, as amended.

United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1992

Rescinds budget authority for the National Telecommunications and Information Administration of the Department of Commerce for public telecommunications facilities (R92-2). Rescinds budget authority for the Department of Defense for: (1) Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Defense Agencies operation and maintenance (R92-2 through 7); (2) Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Defense Agencies procurement (R92-9 through 16); (3) Army, Navy, Air Force, and Defense Agencies research, development, testing and evaluation (R92-18 through 21); and (4) Army, Navy, Air Force, Defense Agencies, Air National Guard, Army Reserve, and Naval Reserve military construction (R92-22 through 29). Rescinds budget authority for the flexible subsidy fund of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (R92-31). Rescinds budget authority for the Bureau of Indian Affairs of the Department of the Interior (R92-32). Rescinds budget authority for the Federal Railroad Administration of the Department of Transportation (R92-33). Rescinds budget authority for the Department of Agriculture for: (1) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (R92-35); (2) Cooperative State Research Service (R92-36 through 61); (3) Extension Service (R92-62 through 63); and (4) National Agricultural Library (R92-64). Rescinds budget authority for the Department of Housing and Urban Development for: (1) assisted housing contributions (R92-65 through 86); and (2) research and technology (R92-87). Rescinds budget authority for the Department of the Interior for: (1) Bureau of Indian Affairs construction (R92-88); and (2) National Park Service construction and operations (R92-89 and 90). Rescinds budget authority for the Department of the Army for: (1) the Army Corps of Engineers-Civil (R92-90); and (2) operation and maintenance (R92-91). Rescinds budget authority for the Environmental Protection Agency for: (1) abatement, control, and compliance (R92-93 through 97); and (2) research and development (R92-98). Rescinds budget authority for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for: (1) construction (R92-99); and (2) research and development (R92-100). Rescinds budget authority for the Department of Defense-Military for: (1) naval shipbuilding (SSN-21 attack submarine program); and (2) other procurement (R92-102).

Aviation Safety and Capacity Expansion Act Amendments of 1992

United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1992

Title I: Aviation Safety and Capacity Expansion Act Amendments of 1992 - Aviation Safety and Capacity Expansion Act Amendments of 1992 - Amends the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 to include within the definition of "airport development" certain projects to improve passenger and freight airport access. Extends: (1) airport improvement grant authority; (2) specified funds for airport noise reduction activities; and (3) authorization of appropriations for air navigation facilities. Authorizes appropriations to be available if the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) determines that its Capital Investment Plan is in need of substantial modification. Authorizes appropriations for research, engineering, and development demonstration projects. Requires that the total annual amounts appropriated from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund (Trust Fund) for airport and airway improvement programs shall equal 85 percent of the FAA's annual budget, except for liquidating aircraft loan guarantees. Extends weather services reimbursement authority. Increases the noise set-aside. Obligates such increases on a priority basis to sponsors of primary airports and to contiguous political jurisdictions where compatible land use control measures have been adopted. Amends the military airport program to: (1) increase funding set-asides; (2) increase the number of program airports; (3) repeal the airport designation deadline; and (4) set aside funds for construction and improvement of parking lots, fuel farms, and utilities. Sets aside funds for integrated urban transportation planning. Increases the scope of activities within the disadvantaged small business set-aside requirement. Authorizes up to 50 percent funding increases for certain nonprimary airports' land acquisition costs. Authorizes a State block grant program for projects at general aviation airports. Permits States which have successfully administered such block grants for at least one year to administer block grants for reliever and small commercial service airports. Title II: Federal Aviation Act of 1958 Amendments - Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to permit: (1) sole source contracts with States or political subdivisions for certain air traffic control tower operations; and (2) limited source procurement on the same basis as certain other Federal agencies. Authorizes travel and per diem reimbursement for non-Federal personnel providing aviation security training. Military Air Traffic Controller Transition Act of 1992 - Authorizes the hiring of retired military air traffic controllers under the age of 46 as FAA controllers in auxiliary flight service stations and at specified terminal facilities. Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to apply FAA safety certification requirements to airports that serve aircraft designed for ten or more (currently 30) passenger seats. Amends the civil penalty assessment program to: (1) repeal the monetary assessment ceiling; (2) give deference to FAA rules interpretations in hearings before the National Transportation Safety Board; and (3) make the program permanent. Requires the FAA to be notified of adjacent sanitary landfill establishment or expansion. Extends aviation insurance authority. Authorizes the FAA to use certain aviation related fees collected outside the United States.

Third World Development and Threat Reduction Act of 1992

United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1992

Third World Development and Threat Reduction Act of 1992 - Amends the International Financial Institutions Act to declare that it is U.S. policy to promote policies within the international financial institutions to encourage developing countries to: (1) reduce military expenditures and dedicate greater resources to health, education, and productive enterprises; and (2) dedicate an equitable allocation of health and education resources to meet the needs of their populations. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. executive directors of the international financial institutions to oppose loans, credits, or guarantees to any developing country whose military expenditures as a percentage of its gross national product are greater than its expenditures on health and education. Makes such prohibition inapplicable if the President reports to the Congress that such prohibition would: (1) result in harm to U.S. national security; or (2) endanger a democratically elected government facing armed aggression from a hostile neighboring country or from a local insurgency that presents an immediate danger to the government's survivability or is guilty of human rights violations.

David Spears Addington, of Virginia, to be General Counsel for the Department of Defense, vice Terrence O'Donnell, resigned.

United States · United States Senate · 24 March 1992

California Public Lands Wilderness Act

United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1992

California Public Lands Wilderness Act - Designates as additions to the National Wilderness Preservation System certain public lands located in California within the Bakersfield District, the Susanville District, the Ukiah District, the California Desert District, the Yuma, Arizona, District, and the Carson City, Nevada, District of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). Incorporates certain public lands in the California Desert District into the Death Valley National Monument and the Joshua Tree National Monument and makes such lands part of the National Park System. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to prepare plans to manage designated wilderness areas. Withdraws such areas from exploitation under the public lands laws. Provides for the continuation of demilitarization activities and the overflight of military aircraft in such areas. Directs the Secretary to assure access to such areas for traditional Indian cultural and religious purposes. Permits the Secretary, upon the request of an Indian tribe or religious community, to temporarily close an area to protect the privacy of religious or cultural activities. States, with specified exceptions, that lands administered by the BLM in California that have not been designated as wilderness areas have been adequately studied for wilderness designation and releases them from certain requirements. Authorizes appropriations.

Appropriations Category Reform Act of 1992

United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1992

Appropriations Category Reform Act of 1992 - States that the Congress declares that it is essential that the Nation achieve savings in national defense beyond those agreed to in the budget summit agreement of 1990, reduce the deficit, and invest in areas of pressing domestic need that have been neglected since the 1980s. Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to revise the discretionary spending limit for FY 1993 by merging the defense and domestic categories into a national category. Makes conforming changes to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act).

Manufacturing and Industrial Research Foundation for Eurasian Republics Act

United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1992

Manufacturing and Industrial Research Foundation for Eurasian Republics Act - Title I: The Manufacturing and Industrial Research and Foundation for the Eurasian Republics - Establishes as a U.S. Government agency the Manufacturing and Industrial Research Foundation for the Eurasian Republics. Authorizes the President to enter into an agreement with each eligible foreign country for participation by the country in the Foundation if the country agrees to: (1) contribute at least $5,000,000 to the Foundation during the first five years of its membership; and (2) make such changes in its laws as necessary to enable the Foundation to operate in the country. Defines an "eligible foreign country" as Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan (a.k.a. Kirghizia), Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, or Uzbekistan if the President certifies to the Congress that the country: (1) has made sufficient progress toward marketization and democratization; (2) is observant of arms control agreements previously agreed upon by the United States and the Soviet Union; and (3) is not in violation of specified human rights provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. Permits the President to cancel the indebtedness owed by a participating country to the extent of the country's contribution to the Foundation. Requires the Foundation to: (1) carry out this Act through direct investments, grants, and joint ventures with participating countries; (2) develop technology, research, and products which shall be freely transferable among the countries participating in the Foundation's programs; and (3) work closely with specified international agencies to carry out this Act. Provides that intellectual property rights derived from joint ventures under this Act shall be the property of joint venture partners. Establishes an Advisory Council on Manufacturing and Industrial Research for the Eurasian Republics. Authorizes appropriations. Title II: International Energy Agency Assistance - Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should direct the U.S. representatives to the International Atomic Energy Agency and the International Energy Agency to enter into discussions with other member countries to facilitate a process to: (1) assist the development and funding of research projects for scientists from the Commonwealth of Independent States, particularly nuclear scientists working in defense-related industries; (2) develop international exchange programs for Commonwealth scientists; (3) assist such scientists in finding employment in non-defense related occupations and provide financial support to scientists who have been working in the nuclear-related defense industry until non-defense employment can be found; and (4) assist the conversion of defense related industries in the Commonwealth to the production of products for commercial, nonmilitary purposes and assist scientists in using their skills to improve energy systems and to clean up the environment.

A joint resolution to designate May 13, 1992, as "Irish Brigade Day".

United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1992

Designates May 13, 1992, as Irish Brigade Day.

FREEDOM Support Act

United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1992

Transition to Democracy in the Former Soviet Republics Act of 1992 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to provide for assistance to the former Soviet republics to the extent that significant progress is being made, and to support efforts, to: (1) establish democratic systems; (2) respect human rights; (3) undertake economic reform based on market principles and integration into the world economy; (4) respect international law and obligations; and (5) adhere to arms control agreements and responsible security policies. Authorizes the President to provide assistance to promote the following objectives: (1) meeting urgent humanitarian needs; (2) encouraging the establishment of a democratic and free society; (3) encouraging free market systems; (4) encouraging the conversion of defense industries into civilian industries and discouraging weapons proliferation; (5) improving food distribution and support for the agricultural sector; (6) promoting basic health care, housing, and other services; (7) promoting energy efficiency and production and nuclear safety; (8) promoting environmental protection and safety; and (9) encouraging participation of the U.S. private sector in trade and investment with the former Soviet republics. Requires the United States to take a leading role in: (1) facilitating the participation of the former Soviet republics in international financial and economic organizations; and (2) organizing multilateral efforts at currency stabilization and debt reduction, conditioned on the implementation of economic reform programs. Directs the President to designate a coordinator within the Department of State to be responsible for coordinating assistance to the former Soviet republics. Makes provisions of the Support for East European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989 concerning Enterprise Funds (excluding provisions authorizing appropriations) applicable to Enterprise Funds established for former Soviet republics. Authorizes appropriations.

International Peacekeeping Act of 1992

United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1992

International Peacekeeping Act of 1992 - Authorizes additional appropriations for FY 1992 and 1993 for U.S. contributions to United Nations peacekeeping activities. Requires the President, in advance of any appropriation of funds for such purposes (in addition to those authorized under this Act) for FY 1993, to report to the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the use and purpose of such funds. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize the President, upon reporting to the Congress that it is in the national interest to assist United Nations peacekeeping activities, to direct the drawdown of defense articles and services and military education and training for such activities during FY 1992 and 1993. Limits the aggregate value of articles, services, and training to be provided for such activities. Authorizes additional appropriations for FY 1993 for contributions to international organizations.

International Cooperation Act of 1992

United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1992

International Cooperation Act of 1992 - Title I: Economic Assistance - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to revise policy provisions concerning economic assistance. Sets forth the objectives of U.S. economic cooperation policy and development and economic assistance programs as the: (1) alleviation of poverty through the development of human resources; (2) promotion of broad based economic growth; (3) improved environmental, natural resource, and agricultural management to achieve environmentally and economically sustainable patterns of development; and (4) promotion of democracy, respect for human rights, and political, social, and economic pluralism. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1992 and 1993 for development assistance. Declares that the Administrator of the agency primarily responsible for administering this title (administering agency) should target a specified amount of such funding for agriculture, rural development, and nutrition assistance. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1992 and 1993 for population planning and health, education, and human resources assistance. Declares that the Administrator should target specified amounts of human resource development funding for child survival activities and for the prevention and control of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). Repeals provisions concerning contributions to the International Fund for Agricultural Development. Permits funds authorized to be appropriated for human resources development to be used for assistance to meet the needs of individuals with disabilities and displaced children who have been abandoned or orphaned as a result of poverty or disasters. Authorizes the use of agriculture, rural development, and nutrition assistance for strengthening and expanding marine fisheries and aquaculture programs. Provides that funds made available for family planning projects shall be available only for projects which offer a broad range of family planning methods and services. Authorizes the President to furnish assistance for the prevention and control of AIDS. Revises provisions concerning private sector, environment, energy, and other development assistance. States that Appropriate Technology International qualifies for U.S. development assistance. Declares that a specified amount of economic support assistance should be made available for such organization. Authorizes assistance to be provided to developing countries to support private sector activities meeting specified criteria. Permits the President to issue guarantees assuring against losses incurred in connection with loans made for such activities. Sets forth terms and conditions for such guarantees. Authorizes the President to make direct loans for such activities, subject to certain conditions. Establishes ceilings for direct loans and for contingent liability for guarantees. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1992 and 1993. Declares that beneficiary countries should bear a share of the costs of development assistance programs under this Act. Requires the Administrator to ensure that: (1) development assistance activities incorporate the active participation of local women; (2) sex-disaggregated data is included in country development strategy statements for major sectors in which assistance is to be provided and in project papers and program assistance approval documents; (3) programs are designed so that the percentage of women who benefit from such assistance exceeds the approximate transitional level of participation of women in the sector for which assistance is being provided; and (4) program assistance evaluations include an assessment of the extent to which women are participating in the activity and the impact of the activity on the self-reliance of women and improving their incomes. Requires a specified amount to be made available each fiscal year as matching funds to support activities of the missions of the agency which demonstrate potential for integrating women into programs. Increases the percentage of funds to be made available or channeled for each fiscal year (currently, FY 1986 through 1989) to private and voluntary organizations for specified development activities. Authorizes the Administrator to support and encourage development education programs. Requires the Administrator to establish a program performance evaluation capacity to: (1) develop a program performance information system to afford the administering agency's managers a means for monitoring achievement of impact and interim performance of the agency's major programs; (2) prepare and disseminate reports on the agency's progress in meeting development objectives for major assistance categories and recipient countries; (3) strengthen the implementation of foreign assistance projects; and (4) coordinate with the Inspector General of such agency to ensure complementarity of efforts. Directs the President to report annually to the Congress on: (1) progress toward achieving the four basic objectives set forth under this title; and (2) a country-by-country analysis of the impact on economic development in each country during the preceding three to five years of U.S. economic assistance programs, with a discussion of U.S. interests that were served by such assistance. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1992 and 1993 for American schools, hospitals, and libraries abroad. Raises the ceiling on the principal amount of housing guaranties authorized to be issued under the worldwide shelter program. Continues the authority of the housing guaranty program through FY 1993. Repeals provisions concerning the issuance of guaranties for projects using solar energy technology and agricultural and productive credit and self-help community development programs. Requires fees to be charged for housing guaranties. Raises the ceiling on the total face value of guaranties authorized to be issued with respect to any country and on the average face value of guaranties in any fiscal year. Provides that the principal amount of guaranties issued shall be comparable to the amount issued for FY 1984, subject to dollar value limitations. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1992 and 1993 to pay the cost of guaranties with a specified face value and for administrative expenses of the housing guaranty program. Authorizes the issuance of guaranties in connection with loans made for housing and infrastructure in Israel for emigres from the Soviet Union and its successor states. Exempts such guaranties from specified limitations on principal amount, amount of guaranties per country, or average face value. Removes restrictions on Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) loans for mining operations. Repeals provisions that limit OPIC equity investments to countries in Subsaharan Africa and the Caribbean basin. Increases the amount of OPIC's one-time transfer to the fund established to carry out its activities. Raises the ceiling on the maximum contingent liability for outstanding OPIC guarantees. Authorizes OPIC to draw specified amounts from a noncredit account fund to pay estimated subsidy costs of program levels for the loan guarantee and direct loan programs. Revises provisions concerning OPIC's insurance reserves. Authorizes OPIC to transfer a specified amount from the noncredit account revolving fund for administrative expenses of the direct loan and loan guarantee programs. Makes provisions concerning income and revenues applicable to income and revenues from OPIC's noncredit activities (currently, revenue and income from any source). Authorizes (currently, requires) OPIC to charge fees for its services. Requires investors in projects receiving OPIC financing to certify to OPIC that any contract for the export of goods as part of a project requires that U.S. insurance companies have a fair and open opportunity to provide insurance against risk of loss of the export. Exempts from such requirement investors who do not have a controlling interest in a project. Directs the U.S. Trade Representative to report to the Congress on OPIC actions with respect to such certifications. Authorizes the President, acting through the Administrator, to provide assistance for microenterprises in developing countries. Directs the administering agency to establish specified criteria for determining the financial intermediaries that will receive such assistance. Requires a significant portion of such assistance to be used to support direct credit assistance by, and the institutional development of, financial intermediaries with a primary emphasis on assisting people living in absolute poverty, especially women. Outlines funding sources for such assistance. Permits the President, in order to generate local currencies for providing such assistance, to use development and economic support fund assistance to provide assistance to developing countries on a loan basis repayable in local currencies. Sets forth minimum levels of assistance to be provided under this Act. Requires the Administrator to develop a monitoring system to evaluate the agency's microenterprise development activities. Authorizes the President to use development and economic support assistance or assistance from the Development Fund for Africa to support human rights and activities to improve the performance of democratic institutions. Requires a substantial portion of such assistance to be provided to nongovernmental organizations. Prohibits such assistance from being used to influence the outcome of an election in any country. Permits Development Fund for Africa assistance to be used only for countries in Subsaharan Africa. Requires the President to report to specified congressional committees on activities designed to promote democracy that are funded by the Department of State, the Agency for International Development (AID), or the U.S. Information Agency (USIA), along with recommendations for ways to improve coordination of responsibilities among such agencies. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1992 and 1993 for contributions to international organizations. Earmarks specified amounts of such funds for: (1) the United Nations Development Program; (2) the United Nations Children's Fund; (3) the United Nations Environment Program; (4) the Organization of American States (OAS), with an amount set aside for establishing an electronic network for the exchange of science and technology information among universities in OAS member countries; (5) the Special Program for Africa of the International Fund for Agricultural Development; (6) the United Nations Development Fund for Women; (7) the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission; and (8) the United Nations University Endowment Fund. Permits the President to continue U.S. participation in, and make contributions to, the International Fund for Agricultural Development. Applies evaluation and auditing procedures for the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the Asian Development Bank to the International Development Association, the International Finance Corporation, the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency, the Inter-American Development Bank, the Inter-American Investment Corporation, the African Development Bank, the African Development Fund, the Asian Development Fund, and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. Provides that if Israel is denied its right to participate in any United Nations agency, the United States shall suspend its participation in, and contributions to, any such agency until the denial of rights is reversed. Permits the President to use development or economic support assistance or assistance from the Development Fund for Africa for grants to, or contracts with, nongovernmental organizations to enable such organizations to: (1) purchase debt obligations owned by developing countries to commercial lending institutions or other private parties; and (2) cancel such obligations subject to the President's approval, to the extent that such countries make available assets or policy commitments to promote the objectives of this title. Authorizes grantees or contractees to retain interest earned on the proceeds of debt-for-development or debt-for-environment purchases or exchanges pending the disbursement of such proceeds and interest for the purposes for which assistance was provided. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1992 and 1993 for international disaster assistance. Raises the ceiling on the amount that may be obligated against appropriations for use in providing such assistance. Limits the amount that may be obligated against appropriations for development assistance and assistance from the Development Fund for Africa. Authorizes appropriations for economic support fund (ESF) assistance for FY 1992 and 1993 for: (1) Israel; (2) Egypt; (3) Turkey; (4) the International Fund for Ireland; (5) Cyprus (for a scholarship program, bicommunal projects, and measures aimed at the reunification of the island and designed to promote peace between the two communities on Cyprus); (6) Nepal; (7) the South Pacific Regional Program (with earmarked funds for scholarships for study at postsecondary institutions of education in the United States); (8) regional cooperative programs in the Middle East; and (9) other recipients or purposes. Redesignates the Trade and Development Program as the Trade and Development Agency. Revises the authorities of the Director of the Agency. Requires the Agency to disseminate information about its activities to the private sector. Sets forth the duties of the Inspector General of the administering agency with respect to the Agency. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1992 and 1993. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1992 and 1993 for operating expenses of the administering agency and its Office of the Inspector General. Directs the President to report annually to the Congress on: (1) progress toward achieving the four basic objectives set forth under this title; and (2) a country-by-country analysis of the impact on economic development in each country during the preceding three to five years of U.S. economic assistance programs, with a discussion of U.S. interests that were served by such assistance. Requires the President to maintain within the administering agency a Center for University Cooperation in Development and a Center for Voluntary Cooperation in Development. Provides that the respective purposes of such centers shall be to strengthen the partnership for development between the U.S. Government and: (1) U.S. and developing country institutions of higher education engaged in education, research, and public service programs relevant to developing countries; and (2) U.S. private voluntary organizations, cooperatives, and credit unions engaged in activities relevant to such countries. Directs the Administrator to establish an Advisory Committee on University Cooperation in Development and an Advisory Committee on Voluntary Cooperation in Development. Repeals provisions concerning the Board for International Food and Agricultural Development. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should continue to make efforts to improve the management of U.S. economic assistance programs. Requires the President to report to the appropriate congressional committees on the feasibility and impact on U.S. foreign policy and foreign assistance objectives of: (1) reducing the number of countries receiving economic assistance; and (2) improving coordination and management of U.S. economic assistance programs. Title II: Military Assistance and Sales and Related Programs - Chapter 1: Military Assistance and Related Programs - Revises policies and objectives of U.S. military assistance programs. Authorizes financing assistance to be provided on a grant or credit basis or as guaranties. Revises the President's authorities to furnish such assistance to remove the authority to detail members of the armed forces to foreign countries or to transfer funds to countries to meet obligations for payments for arms sales. Requires repayment of loans within twelve years, with exceptions. Establishes a minimum interest rate of five percent on credits. Exempts from appropriations charges defense articles or services that are made available under special drawdown authority. Authorizes financing for the procurement by leasing of defense articles from U.S. commercial suppliers to be provided to Israel and Egypt if there are compelling foreign policy or national security reasons for such articles being provided by lease rather than by government-to-government sale. Permits the financing of the procurement of defense articles and services not sold by the U.S. Government only if the country or international organization proposing to make such procurement has signed an agreement with the United States specifying the conditions under which the procurement may be financed. Requires sales under the Arms Export Control Act which are wholly paid from funds made available on a grant basis under this Act or were transferred or made available under former authorities prior to this Act's enactment to be priced to exclude the costs of salaries of members of the U.S. armed forces (other than members of the Coast Guard). Prohibits assistance from being furnished under this chapter in any case involving coproduction or licensed production outside the United States of any defense article of U.S. origin unless the President furnishes full information on the proposed transaction to the appropriate congressional committees. Prohibits the obligation of certain assistance for the procurement of: (1) any vessel of war built pursuant to a prime contract awarded to a foreign shipyard; or (2) any weapons system or other major system for a vessel of war built pursuant to such a contract awarded to a foreign rather than a U.S. shipyard because of unfair foreign competition. Exempts from such prohibition vessels of war built in the foreign country which is the recipient of such assistance or built pursuant to a prime contract signed before the effective date of this Act or procurement for the maintenance, repair, or replacement of such systems. Authorizes appropriations for foreign military financing for FY 1992 and 1993 for: (1) Israel; (2) Egypt; (3) Turkey; (4) Greece; and (5) other recipients or purposes. Revises provisions concerning eligibility for the receipt of defense articles and services. Raises the ceiling on the amount of defense articles and services and military training to be drawn down under certain emergencies. Limits the amount of such articles, services, and training to be drawn down for purposes of international narcotics control and international disaster assistance. Directs the President to establish monitoring and auditing controls to make financed arms sales subject to requirements no less stringent in accountability than requirements of Federal Acquisition Regulation applicable to sales under the Arms Export Control Act relating to improper business practices and personal conflict of interest. Places a ceiling on the value of additions to stockpiles for FY 1992 and 1993. Revises provisions concerning the location of stockpiles. Requires excess defense articles to be made available to maintain the military balance in the Eastern Mediterranean. Directs the President to ensure, over a three-year period beginning in FY 1993, that the ratio of the value of such articles made available for Turkey to those made available for Greece closely approximates the ratio of the amount of foreign military financing provided for Turkey to the amount provided for Greece. Authorizes the President to transfer excess defense articles to major drug transit countries for counternarcotics purposes. Amends the Arms Export Control Act to raise the ceiling on the aggregate acquisition cost to the United States of excess defense articles ordered by the President. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to remove a reporting requirement with respect to nonlethal defense articles furnished to foreign countries. Repeals provisions of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1990 concerning transfers of excess defense articles. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1992 and 1993 for: (1) international military education and training; (2) peacekeeping operations; and (3) antiterrorism assistance. Declares that the President, in providing assistance under this Act, should take into account the cooperation provided by countries in matters connected with international terrorism. Amends the Arms Export Control Act to revise requirements of a report by the President on military exports. Chapter 2: Foreign Military Sales Program - Amends the Arms Export Control Act to repeal a provision concerning purposes of military sales or leases. Requires the President to take the following steps to address financial management problems with respect to payments on account of foreign military sales: (1) certify that payments with respect to such sales are properly recorded by case and country; (2) improve the coordination and uniformity of the military services systems used to account for, control, and report upon the operation of the foreign military sales program; and (3) reconcile the discrepancies between reported disbursements and performance for all uncompleted foreign military sales agreements executed prior to March 1989. Directs the President to notify the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the termination of any discrepancy reconciliation. Designates Australia, Egypt, Israel, Japan, New Zealand, and South Korea as major non-NATO allies. Provides that New Zealand shall be eligible for special treatment authorized for such allies only to the extent that the President notifies the appropriate congressional committees that such treatment is in the national security interest. Authorizes the President to make additional designations with advance notification to the appropriate congressional committees. Raises the threshold on the dollar amount of defense equipment or services on which the President is required to submit specified certifications. Revises provisions concerning presidential certifications and congressional procedures for certain arms transfers. Adds to the list of information required in the President's quarterly report on military exports information on all concluded defense coproduction agreements. Imposes sanctions on foreign parties to coproduction agreements that violate restrictions concerning unauthorized third party transfers or unauthorized dispositions of defense articles or services or technical data if the President notifies the Congress or the Congress determines by joint resolution. Lists such sanctions as: (1) the suspension of authority to produce defense articles abroad pursuant to such agreements; and (2) a prohibition on the issuance and approval of licenses with respect to the foreign party. Disqualifies for financing under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for 12 months any contracts of a person convicted or debarred for a violation of international traffic in arms regulations under the Arms Export Control Act. Increases the amount of defense trade registration fees required to be credited to a Department of State account. Repeals provisions of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 concerning munitions control registration fees. Amends the Arms Export Control Act to require the President to review biennially and revise, as necessary, international traffic in arms regulations. Prohibits funds authorized by any Act from being made available to facilitate the sale of M-833 antitank shells or comparable shells containing a depleted uranium penetrating component to any country other than a NATO member or major non-NATO ally. Chapter 3: Technical and Conforming Amendments; Repeal of Obsolete and Inconsistent Provisions - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to apply termination of assistance provisions (with respect to violations of agreements providing defense articles or services) to defense articles or services provided under the Arms Export Control Act. Makes technical and conforming amendments to the Arms Export Control Act. Revises a provision regarding the Guaranty Reserve Fund and redesignates the Fund as the Foreign Military Loan Liquidating Account. Repeals provisions concerning: (1) information to the Congress on credit sales and guaranties; (2) the availability of funds for procurement of defense articles and services outside the United States; (3) discrimination; (4) restraint in arms sales to Subsaharan Africa; (5) foreign military sales credit standards; and (6) foreign military sales to less developed countries. Chapter 4: Transfers of Spoils of War - Spoils of War Act of 1992 - Permits spoils of war in the possession or control of the United States to be transferred to any other party only to the extent and in the same manner that property of the same type, if otherwise owned by the United States, may be so transferred. Title III: International Narcotics Control - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1992 and 1993 for international narcotics control. Revises provisions concerning international narcotics control. Exempts maritime law enforcement operations in archipelagic waters from a prohibition on U.S. participation in foreign police actions. Makes a prohibition on the use of narcotics control funds for the procurement of weapons or ammunition inapplicable (subject to congressional notification requirements) to: (1) weapons or ammunition for the defensive arming of aircraft used for narcotics control purposes; or (2) firearms and related ammunition provided to Department of State employees for narcotics control activities. Requires the President (currently, the Secretary of State) to maintain records on aircraft use under this title. Authorizes foreign military financing assistance under the Arms Export Control Act to be made available to finance the leasing of aircraft. Authorizes (currently, requires) the reallocation of funds withheld from countries which fail to take steps to halt illicit drug production or trafficking. Revises congressional reporting and certification requirements with respect to international narcotics control. Requires the President to notify the appropriate congressional committees annually of countries determined to be major drug transit or illicit drug producing countries. Repeals obsolete provisions of specified Acts. Makes prohibitions on the provision of assistance to foreign law enforcement agencies inapplicable, during FY 1992 through 1995, to: (1) transfers of defense articles and services for counternarcotics purposes; and (2) foreign military financing and international military education and training for narcotics-related purposes. Makes provisions of law that restrict assistance to countries inapplicable with respect to narcotics-related assistance, provided that the President notifies the appropriate congressional committees. Title IV: Special Authorities, Restrictions, Reporting Requirements, Administrative and General Provisions, Definitions, and Conforming Amendments and Repeals - Chapter 1: Contingency and Other Special Authorities - Authorizes the President to provide assistance (other than foreign military financing or international military education and training) to a country that is: (1) emerging as a democracy; or (2) emerging from civil strife and has a democratically elected government or is making progress toward a democratic form of government. Raises the ceiling on funds available for unanticipated contingencies. Requires congressional notification prior to the transfer of funds between accounts. Prohibits the transfer of funds authorized for the costs of loan or guarantee programs in accordance with requirements of the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990. Revises provisions concerning the special waiver authority of the President with respect to prohibitions on assistance. Raises the ceiling on the amount of assistance that may be allocated for national security interests for any one country unless such country is a victim of active (currently, Communist) aggression. Repeals provisions concerning U.S. obligations in West Germany and a certification by the President of inadvisability to specify the nature of the use of funds. Chapter 2: Restrictions on Assistance and Exemptions from Restrictions - Applies a prohibition on assistance for police training to the furnishing of excess defense articles for law enforcement purposes. Exempts from such prohibition: (1) international narcotics control assistance; (2) assistance in protecting and maintaining wildlife habitats and in developing wildlife management and plant conservation programs; (3) antiterrorism assistance; (4) specified assistance for law enforcement in Latin America and the Caribbean; and (5) other exempted assistance. Revises prohibitions concerning restrictions on assistance. Adds to the list of restrictions prohibitions on assistance for: (1) a country whose government engages in a consistent pattern of human rights violations; (2) a country whose elected head of government is deposed by military coup; (3) a country which is more than one year in arrears to the U.S. Government on any U.S. Government loan or credit under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or specified provisions of the Arms Export Control Act; (4) projects designed to increase exports of agricultural, textile, or apparel commodities from developing countries if such exports would be in competition with U.S. exports or be expected to cause injury to U.S. exporters of the same or a similar commodity; and (5) a country that provides lethal military equipment to a government that has supported international terrorism. Authorizes the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, at the request of the President, to evaluate the value of any property that is the subject of expropriation by a foreign country. Exempts from restrictions on foreign assistance (except for countries that support terrorism or violate human rights) assistance for: (1) the needs of individuals with disabilities or displaced children; (2) child survival activities; (3) the prevention and control of AIDS; (4) immunization and oral rehydration; (5) environmentally sound, sustainable resource management; and (6) efficient energy systems. Chapter 3: Reports - Revises provisions regarding: (1) U.S. assistance policies and human rights; and (2) congressional notification for program changes. Outlines required elements of annual congressional presentation documents on economic assistance. Chapter 4: Administrative and General Provisions - Revises provisions concerning the use of private enterprise for the procurement of commodities and defense articles. Authorizes the use of Federal facilities for technical assistance purposes when such facilities are not competitive with private enterprise. Revises provisions concerning procurement standards and procedures. Sets forth provisions concerning the generation and use of local currencies. Authorizes the President to adopt as a U.S. contract or obligation any contract with a U.S. or third-country contractor that had been funded with assistance prior to the termination of such assistance. Permits nongovernmental organizations to invest local currencies accrued as a result of economic assistance provided by this Act and other specified Acts and to use interest earned on investments for assistance purposes. Exempts funds for Israel and Egypt from any restriction on the availability of funds. Prohibits appointments to specific positions within the administering agency without the advice and consent of the Senate. Permits assistance funds to be used to reimburse Federal or State agencies, private and voluntary organizations, or institutions of higher education that detail employees for assistance programs that require special technical skills. Excludes such employees from applicable personnel ceilings during the detail period. Removes funding limitations on assistance for the construction of living quarters, offices, schools, and hospitals abroad and for assistance to schools educating dependents and personnel abroad. Requires the Administrator to ensure that for assistance projects there is displayed an acknowledgment that such projects were funded by the people of the United States. Revises provisions concerning discrimination against U.S. personnel. Chapter 5: Definitions - Sets forth specified definitions. Chapter 6: Conforming Amendments and Repeals - Makes technical and conforming amendments to specified Acts. Repeals specified Acts. Title V: Europe - Chapter 1: Support for East European Democracy Act - Amends the Support for East European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989 to make eligible for SEED benefits any Eastern European country taking steps toward: (1) political pluralism and economic reform; (2) respect for human rights; and (3) a willingness to build a friendly relationship with the United States. (Currently, most SEED programs target Hungary and Poland.) Includes Albania, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, and Yugoslavia or its successor states in the list of eligible countries. Extends specified structural adjustment, debt reduction, and stabilization assistance to such countries. Requires the President to support adoption of agricultural policies in eligible countries that are based on free-market policies and to discourage policies that distort market signals through protective import barriers or government export subsidies. Authorizes AID to provide assistance to support private sector development in Eastern Europe and U.S. participation in capital projects. Permits the President, acting through the AID Administrator, to use funds for labor market transition assistance to eligible Eastern European countries. Extends technical assistance and training for labor market transition assistance to eligible Eastern European countries. Removes a provision authorizing appropriations for Peace Corps programs in Poland and Hungary. Extends assistance for the development of Peace Corps and credit unions to eligible Eastern European countries. Applies provisions governing the use of Polish currency generated by agricultural assistance to local Eastern European currencies generated by such assistance. Repeals provisions concerning: (1) OPIC support for Poland and Hungary; (2) Trade and Development Program activities in Poland and Hungary; (3) tax treatment of loans with below market interest rates for Poland and Israel; and (4) the trade credit insurance program for Poland. Extends Export-Import Bank programs to Czechoslovakia. Urges the President to seek bilateral investment treaties with eligible Eastern European countries to establish a legal framework for U.S. investment in such countries. Extends educational and cultural exchange programs and the scholarship partnership program to eligible Eastern European countries. Removes funding provisions concerning the scholarship partnership program. Authorizes the AID Administrator to use funds available for the scholarship partnership program for scholarships to enable Eastern European students to study at American institutions of higher education in Europe. Makes a specified amount of nonconvertible Polish currencies held by the United States available for the Research Center on Jewish History and Culture of the Jagiellonian University of Krakow, Poland. Declares that the President should allocate a specified amount annually for NATO's plan for expanded East European participation. Extends assistance for the support of democratic institutions and environmental protection and energy efficiency activities to eligible Eastern European countries. Authorizes the President, acting through the AID Administrator and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, to provide assistance for environmental and energy activities in eligible Eastern European countries, with emphasis on assistance for policies encouraging and providing incentives for end-use energy efficiency and conservation and reliance on renewable energy resources. Requires the President to work with officials of the Government of Czechoslovakia to establish a regional program to facilitate cooperative activities to address the public health aspects of environmental degradation. Earmarks funds for such program. Revises provisions concerning medical assistance to Poland. Authorizes the President, acting through the AID Administrator, to: (1) provide medical training, health care planning assistance, and other assistance to improve health care to eligible Eastern European countries; and (2) provide assistance to support the infrastructure for a housing sector in such countries. Directs the SEED Program coordinator to establish an Eastern European Business Information Center System to serve as a central clearinghouse and data resource service for U.S. and Eastern European businesses providing information relating to: (1) business conditions in Eastern Europe; (2) legal and regulatory information needed by U.S. companies seeking to do business in Eastern Europe; (3) investment and trade opportunities for U.S. companies; and (4) voluntary assistance efforts to Eastern European countries. Requires the SEED Program coordinator to make information accessible to local enterprises seeking trade with or investment from the United States through the establishment of Eastern European trade information centers. Declares that the President should establish American Business Centers to support American business initiative in Eastern Europe. Repeals a provision concerning economic and commercial officers at U.S. embassies and missions in Hungary and Poland. Authorizes and allocates appropriations for SEED programs for FY 1992 and 1993. Sets forth provisions concerning the reallocation or reduction of such funds. Treats the Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe in Budapest, Hungary, as an international organization for purposes of detailing U.S. Government personnel. Chapter 2: Other Provisions Relating to the Region - Authorizes additional appropriations for FY 1992 and 1993 to carry out the Soviet-East European Research and Training Act of 1983. Revises reporting requirements under such Act. Condemns the resurgence of organized anti-Semitism and ethnic animosity in Romania. Urges the Government of Romania to speak out against anti-Semitism and work to promote harmony among ethnic and religious groups. Calls on: (1) the Romanian people to resist extremist organizations and strengthen the forces of tolerance and pluralism; (2) the Romanian Government to take steps toward greater respect for internationally recognized human rights; and (3) the President of the United States to ensure that progress by such Government in combating anti-Semitism and in protecting the rights and safety of its ethnic minorities shall be a significant factor in determining levels of assistance to Romania. Sets forth congressional findings with respect to the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh in Azerbaijan. Amends the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 to establish the Andrei Sakharov Educational Exchange Program to facilitate cooperation in the fields of environmental protection and health sciences through exchanges of graduate students. Includes such exchange program in the list of actions to be taken under the SEED Act. Expresses the sense of the Congress with respect to the crisis in Yugoslavia. Amends the Anglo-Irish Agreement Support Act of 1986 to remove a certification requirement and to revise reporting requirements. Title VI: Middle East - Makes ESF assistance to Israel available on a cash transfer basis. Requires the President to ensure that the level of such transfer does not cause an adverse impact on the total level of nonmilitary exports from the United States to Israel. Makes foreign military financing for Israel available on a grant basis. Makes certain amounts of such financing available for advanced weapon systems research and development and the procurement of defense articles and services. Amends the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1991 to reduce the amount of defense articles and services and military education and training that were authorized to be drawn down for Israel under such Act. Permits ESF assistance for Egypt to include sector grants only if Egypt implements agreed upon reforms in the relevant sector. Permits specified law enforcement assistance to be provided to Egypt only through U.S. institutions of higher education or through the International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program of the Department of Justice. Requires foreign military financing for Egypt to be provided on a grant basis. Earmarks assistance allocated by AID for democratic initiatives and human rights for the growth of indigenous nongovernmental organizations that contribute to increased pluralism, democracy, and respect for human rights and the rule of law in the Middle East and North Africa. Earmarks ESF assistance for FY 1992 and 1993 for the West Bank and Gaza Program. Declares that specified amounts of development assistance should be used to finance cooperative development and cooperative development research projects among the United States, Israel, and eligible East European countries. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States should support educational, cultural, and humanitarian activities that bring Israelis together with Palestinians living in the West Bank and Gaza. Sets forth U.S. policy with respect to Lebanon. Declares that specified amounts of ESF and development assistance should be made available for Lebanon. Prohibits assistance to Syria until the President reports to the appropriate congressional committees that the Government of Syria: (1) has demonstrated willingness to enter into negotiations with Israel; (2) does not deny its citizens the right to emigrate and does not impose taxes with respect to emigration; (3) no longer supports international terrorist groups; (4) is withdrawing its armed forces from Lebanon; (5) is no longer acquiring chemical, biological, or nuclear weapons and will not use weapons currently in its arsenal to threaten its neighbors; (6) is cooperating with U.S. antinarcotics efforts and taking steps to remove members of the government who are involved in the drug trade; and (7) has made progress in improving human rights. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States should encourage all Arab states to: (1) support efforts to achieve peace and stability in the Middle East and to settle the Arab-Israeli conflict; and (2) take specific steps with respect to Israel and terrorism. Directs the President to report to the appropriate congressional committees on: (1) the impact on Israel of U.S. commercial and government-to-government transfers of defense articles and services to the Middle East; (2) policies being pursued and steps being taken to preserve Israel's qualitative edge. Amends the International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1985 to revise U.S. policy with respect to the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). Restricts negotiations with the PLO until the PLO amends or supersedes its charter to reflect recognition of Israel and ceases the use of terrorism. Requires the President to report to the Speaker of the House and the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on specified issues involving the PLO. Requires the President to report to the appropriate congressional committees on whether the Government of Kuwait has taken steps to: (1) end arbitrary arrest, torture, and other extrajudicial actions and bring to justice those responsible for such actions; (2) ensure that those detained have access to legal counsel, the right to an open and speedy trial, and other internationally recognized standards of due process; (3) allow the presence and activities of international human rights and humanitarian organizations; (4) comply with international law relating to deportations; and (5) ensure that the October 1992 elections are free and fair and permit universal suffrage. Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) U.S. businesses engaged in rebuilding Kuwait should use U.S. subcontractors and U.S. goods and services; (2) the Department of Commerce should monitor and encourage this policy; and (3) the President should seek appropriate United Nations Security Council action to establish an international tribunal to try all individuals who were involved in the planning or execution of war crimes and crimes against humanity during and after Iraq's invasion of Kuwait. Directs the President to report to the relevant congressional committees on any spoils of war that were obtained subsequent to August 2, 1990, and that were transferred to any party before the date of enactment of this Act. Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the 1981 Israeli preemptive strike against the Iraqi nuclear reactor at Osirak was a legitimate and justifiable exercise of self-defense which also reduced the threat of Iraqi nuclear aggression against countries bordering Iraq; and (2) the United States should seek the repeal of United Nations Security Council Resolution 487 which condemned the strike. Title VII: Latin America and the Caribbean - Chapter 1: Central America and the Caribbean - Subchapter A: Central America - Declares that it shall be U.S. policy to: (1) support Central American countries in efforts to build democracy, restore peace, establish respect for human rights, expand economic opportunities, and improve living conditions; (2) support dialogue as the proper means of resolving armed conflicts in Central America; (3) assist in the implementation of, and secure international cooperation and support for, recommendations of the International Commission on Central American Recovery and Development; (4) support the United Nations Development Program for its Special Plan of Economic Cooperation for Central America; and (5) organize a partnership among donor countries and Central American countries to mobilize resources and promote a forum for dialogue on issues of development, democracy, social justice, and human rights. Prohibits military assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to Guatemala during FY 1992 and 1993, except in connection with a peace agreement. Establishes the Lasting Peace Fund for Guatemala. Authorizes the President to transfer amounts available for military assistance to the Fund. Makes funds available only upon notification to the appropriate congressional committees that the Guatemalan Government and the Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unit have signed a peace agreement. Permits funds to be available for: (1) costs of retraining, relocation, and reemployment in civilian pursuits of former combatants and noncombatants affected by the conflict; and (2) costs of monitoring activities associated with the peace agreement. Prohibits the authorities of the Arms Export Control Act from being used to sell to the Guatemalan Government, or issue licenses for the export to Guatemala of: (1) weapons or ammunition; or (2) aircraft, unless the aircraft are unarmed and the Guatemalan Government has agreed that they will not be armed. Permits FY 1992 and 1993 development and ESF assistance and assistance under the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 for Guatemala to be used only by civilian government agencies and nongovernmental organizations. Requires such assistance to be targeted for: (1) programs that address poverty, basic human needs, and environmental concerns; (2) the improvement of democratic institutions and the promotion of political pluralism; (3) the National Reconciliation Commission; (4) fiscal reform and administration; or (5) programs that promote trade and investment. Prohibits such assistance from being used for partisan political purposes or as an instrument of counterinsurgency. Waives assistance target requirements if the President notifies the appropriate congressional committees that Guatemala has made progress in eliminating human rights violations and in bringing to trial those responsible for major human rights cases. Declares that the President should: (1) take into account the extent to which the Nicaraguan Government has brought the armed forces under civilian control and undertaken investigations into, and prosecution of those responsible for, human rights violations prior to providing assistance for FY 1992 and 1993; and (2) consider the extent to which foreign military financing for Nicaragua will further the goals of strengthening civilian control over the military, ending human rights abuses, and stemming the export of lethal military equipment prior to providing such financing for such fiscal years. Prohibits assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for FY 1992 and 1993 from being available for: (1) the Sandinista Popular Army unless requested and authorized by the President of Nicaragua; and (2) any member of the Nicaraguan resistance who has not disarmed or is not abiding by the terms of the cease-fire and the addenda to the Toncontin Agreement. Waives provisions of law that prohibit assistance to countries in arrears on assistance payments to the United States with respect to assistance for Nicaragua. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Nicaraguan Government should expedite the processing of claims by private citizens based on expropriation of property by the Sandinista Government. Authorizes a specified amount of ESF assistance for FY 1992 and 1993 to be made available to carry out the Concerted Plan of Action in Favor of Central American Refugees. Expresses the sense of the Congress with respect to strengthening democratic legislatures in Central America. Declares that a specified amount of development and economic support assistance should be used for the Central American Journalism Program and Regional Administration of Justice Program's Center for the Administration of Justice to support democracy building activities in the region. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should: (1) begin negotiations with the Government of Panama to consider whether the two Governments should allow the permanent stationing of U.S. military forces in Panama beyond December 31, 1991; and (2) consult with the Congress throughout those negotiations. Subchapter B: The Caribbean - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to set forth the Caribbean Regional Development Act of 1992. Sets forth U.S. policy with respect to development and economic assistance for the Caribbean. Provides that priority in providing development assistance should be given to supporting indigenous democratic Caribbean institutions that represent and benefit the poor. Requires priority in the allocation of assistance to the Caribbean to be given to: (1) increased food production; (2) rural development; (3) community-based agro-industries; (4) small- and medium-sized farm and manufacturing enterprises; (5) the expansion of tourism; (6) regional integration; (7) the upgrading of technical and managerial skills; (8) support for renewable natural resources; (9) private sector development; (10) democratic development and the administration of justice; and (11) human services and human resources development. Directs the President, in providing assistance to a Caribbean country, to take into account whether the government of such country has failed to protect worker rights and is taking steps to implement laws that demonstrate advancement in providing such rights. Prohibits the administering agency from providing assistance for the use of any substance in a Caribbean country if such use is prohibited under the country's or U.S. public health laws. Declares that the agency should: (1) ensure the active participation of women in the development process; and (2) take into account the perspectives of the poor in the development process. Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) all assistance to the Haitian Government should remain suspended until democratic government is restored; (2) the United States should provide a specified amount of economic and development assistance to Haiti during FY 1992 and 1993; and (3) if the assistance is suspended, the balance for any fiscal year should remain available as long as there are reasonable prospects of a return to democracy and constitutional government. Prohibits foreign military financing assistance for Haiti (except nonlethal assistance) during FY 1992 and 1993. Encourages the Government of the Dominican Republic to improve respect for the human rights of Haitian laborers engaged in the sugar cane harvesting industry in the Dominican Republic. Withholds a specified amount of economic support assistance from the Dominican Republic until the President notifies the appropriate congressional committees of the steps taken by the Government of the Dominican Republic to improve such human rights. Declares that the President should consider increasing the Dominican Republic's allocation of the U.S. sugar quota and providing additional economic and development assistance if the Government of the Dominican Republic makes progress in specified matters concerning such laborers. Permits assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 to be provided to the Government of Guyana only if the President reports to the appropriate congressional committees that such government is in power as a result of free and fair elections. Exempts from such restriction international narcotics control assistance or assistance for the holding of free and fair elections. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President, following the submission of the report regarding Guyana, should provide assistance for Guyana under such Acts. Declares that a specified amount of assistance should be used to meet basic human needs. Applauds the actions of the United Nations Human Rights Commission of March 3, 1992 (concerning human rights in Cuba), and calls on the Government of Cuba to cooperate fully with the Commission. Prohibits the issuance of licenses for certain transactions involving U.S.-controlled firms in third countries and Cuba unless a license would be authorized for such transactions if undertaken by a firm organized under any State law. Applies such prohibition to a foreign subsidiary or affiliate of a domestic concern which is controlled in fact by such concern. Subchapter C: Provisions Relating to Both Central America and the Caribbean - Requires advance congressional notification for the transfer or issuance of licenses for the export of helicopters or military aircraft to any country in Central America or the Caribbean. Directs the Secretary of State to notify the appropriate congressional committees whenever any helicopters or other military aircraft are provided to such countries by any foreign country. Chapter 2: South America - Subchapter A: Andean Initiative - Authorizes appropriations for economic support assistance for FY 1992 and 1993 for Andean countries. Requires priority in the use of funds for Bolivia and Peru to be given to support programs that focus on providing coca farmers with alternative sources of income. Declares that specified amounts of such assistance should be used for law enforcement assistance, protection against narco-terrorist attacks, and assistance for human rights offices in Bolivia, Colombia, and Peru. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1992 and 1993 for foreign military financing assistance for Andean countries. Requires such assistance to be designed to: (1) enhance the ability of the recipient government to control illicit narcotics production and trafficking; (2) strengthen respect for human rights and the rule of law to control narcotics production and trafficking; and (3) assist the armed forces of the Andean countries in their support roles for such countries' law enforcement agencies. Permits the provision of such assistance only if: (1) such country has a democratic government; and (2) the government of such country does not engage in a consistent pattern of human rights violations. Permits such assistance to be used for certain law enforcement training and equipment for purposes of narcotics control efforts. Limits the amount of military and law enforcement assistance for Bolivia, Colombia, and Peru. Prohibits a Peruvian police organization that engages in a consistent pattern of human rights violations from being considered as a law enforcement unit. Permits assistance or the transfer of excess defense articles under this Act to an Andean country only if the President determines that: (1) such country is implementing programs to reduce the flow of cocaine to the United States; and (2) the armed forces and law enforcement agencies of such country are not engaged in a consistent pattern of human rights violations and the government of such country has made progress in protecting human rights. Exempts from the human rights condition assistance for programs providing coca farmers with alternative sources of income. Waives provisions of law that prohibit assistance to countries in arrears on loan payments to the United States with respect to narcotics-related assistance to Andean countries. Expresses the sense of the Congress with respect to actions taken by the Government of Colombia to combat drug trafficking. Subchapter B: Other Provisions Relating to South America - Congratulates the Governments of Argentina and Brazil for taking certain steps with respect to nuclear nonproliferation. Chapter 3: Other Provisions Pertaining to the Region - Authorizes a specified amount of economic assistance for FY 1992 and 1993 to be made available for efforts to deal with the cholera epidemic in Latin America. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to permit the delivery of military assistance and sales to the armed forces of a Latin American or Caribbean country with a civilian government only with the prior approval of the country's head of government. Makes law enforcement assistance available for countries with democratically-elected governments in Latin America and the Caribbean. Prohibits the use of such funds for: (1) lethal equipment; and (2) the participation of Department of Defense personnel and members of the U.S. armed forces in law enforcement training. Permits law enforcement training in the Caribbean to be provided only under the auspices of the Department of Justice Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program. Earmarks funds for such assistance. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress on the status and treatment of indigenous peoples in Latin America and the Caribbean. Authorizes the President to direct the AID Administrator to release the Institute Centroamericano de Administration de Empresas from an obligation to make payments on a specified Alliance for Progress loan. Title VIII: Enterprise for the Americas Initiative - Enterprise for the Americas Act of 1992 - Chapter 1: Foreign Assistance Act Debt Reduction - Supports improvement in the lives of the people of Latin America and the Caribbean through market-oriented reforms and economic growth with actions to promote debt reduction, investment reforms, community based conservation and sustainable use of the environment, and child survival and child development. Makes eligible for Enterprise for the Americas Facility (established pursuant to the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954) benefits Latin American or Caribbean countries that: (1) have democratically-elected governments; (2) have not provided support for international terrorism; (3) cooperate on international narcotics control matters; (4) do not engage in a consistent pattern of human rights violations; (5) have in effect, received approval for, or are making progress toward, specified International Monetary Fund (IMF) arrangements and structural or sectoral adjustment loans from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development or the International Development Association; (6) have put in place major investment reforms in conjunction with an Inter-American Development Bank loan or are implementing or making progress toward an open investment regime; and (7) have agreed with commercial bank lenders on a financing program for debt or debt service reduction. Authorizes the President to reduce the amount owed to the United States (as a result of concessional loans made pursuant to the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or predecessor foreign economic assistance legislation) by any country eligible for Facility benefits. Sets forth requirements with respect to the exchange of obligations, repayment of principal, and interest on new obligations issued by beneficiary countries. Requires beneficiary countries that enter into Americas Framework Agreements to establish Enterprise for the Americas Funds. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into Americas Framework Agreements concerning the operation and use of Americas Funds with countries eligible for Facility benefits. Directs administering bodies in each beneficiary country to administer the Americas Funds and to make grants. Requires grants from the Funds to be used for activities that link the conservation and sustainable use of natural resources with local community development and for child survival and development activities. Subjects grants of more than $100,000 to veto by the U.S. Government or the government of the beneficiary country. Redesignates the Environment for the Americas Board (established pursuant to the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954) as the Enterprise for the Americas Board. Requires the Board to: (1) advise the Secretary on the negotiations of Americas Framework Agreements; (2) ensure that a suitable administering body is identified for each Americas Fund; and (3) review the programs, operations, and fiscal audits of administering bodies. Amends the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 to increase the number of representatives on the Board. Chapter 2: Export-Import Bank Debt Reduction - Amends the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 to set forth provisions concerning the Enterprise for the Americas Initiative parallel to those set forth in chapter 1 of title VIII of this Act. Makes eligible for Facility benefits Latin American or Caribbean countries that: (1) have in effect, received approval for, or are making progress toward, specified IMF arrangements and structural or sectoral adjustment loans from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development or the International Development Association; (2) have put in place major investment reforms in conjunction with an Inter-American Development Bank loan or are implementing or making progress toward an open investment regime; and (3) have agreed with commercial bank lenders on a financing program for debt or debt service reduction. Permits the President, for purposes of facilitating debt-for-equity, debt-for-development, or debt-for-nature swaps, to sell to any eligible purchaser any Export-Import Bank loan made to an eligible country before January 1, 1991. Authorizes appropriations. Chapter 3: Participation of the Inter-American Development Bank - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to work closely with the management of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to ensure the full implementation of the IDB's proposed investment sector reform program and the coordination of U.S. bilateral assistance programs with IDB efforts to enhance liberalization efforts in countries served by the IDB. Amends the Inter-American Development Bank Act to authorize appropriations for a contribution to the Enterprise for the Americas Investment Fund, provided that certain conditions are met. Requires U.S. assistance to the Fund to be disbursed only for the following purposes: (1) technical assistance for purposes of identifying and resolving domestic constraints to investment; (2) assistance to private enterprises; (3) assistance in building human capital, alleviating poverty, and reducing barriers to economic and social progress; and (4) assistance to support host country capacity for insuring the environmental soundness of investment activities. Limits the amount to be used for any of the preceding purposes. Requires the Secretary to instruct the U.S. representative to the Fund to vote against any action which may have an adverse environmental impact unless an environmental assessment is available at least 120 days before the vote. Makes Latin American or Caribbean countries eligible for Enterprise for the Americas Facility benefits eligible for Fund assistance. Chapter 4: International University for the Americas - Requires the Secretary of State to determine the most appropriate location for the International University for the Americas, an institution to be established for promoting economic integration and the strengthening of democratic institutions in the Western Hemisphere and for commemorating the 500th anniversary of the discovery of the Americas by Christopher Columbus. Authorizes a specified amount of development and economic support assistance for Latin America and the Caribbean to be made available for the University. Chapter 5: Reports - Directs the President to report annually to the Speaker of the House and the President pro tempore of the Senate on the implementation of this title. Title IX: Asia and the Pacific - Chapter 1: East Asia and the Pacific - Requires the President, in determining whether to furnish assistance or make sales of defense articles or services to Burma (Myanmar) during FY 1992 and 1993, to make a specified certification with respect to international narcotics control in Burma and to take into account whether the Burmese Government has: (1) ceded legal authority to a civilian government as mandated by the 1990 elections; (2) released persons arrested for the peaceful expression of their political views; and (3) ceased harassment of persons and political parties attempting to exercise freedoms of expression, association, and assembly. Sets forth notification requirements with respect to certain assistance for Burma. Declares that the Congress would welcome decisions by the President to: (1) decline to negotiate a new textile agreement with Burma; (2) impose economic sanctions on Burma under the Customs and Trade Act of 1990; and (3) call upon industrialized countries to impose similar sanctions upon Burma. Authorizes certain development and economic support assistance to be available for: (1) training and education assistance for Burmese outside of Burma who are displaced as a result of civil conflict; and (2) activities which support democratic pluralism in Burma. Reaffirms that genocide is a crime under international law which the United States undertakes to prevent and calls upon the United Nations to take appropriate action for the prevention and suppression of genocide in Cambodia. Makes a specified amount of development and economic support assistance available for Cambodian civilians. Releases additional funds if the President notifies the Congress in accordance with reprogramming procedures. Makes an additional amount of development and economic support assistance available for humanitarian assistance to children and war victims in Cambodia. Authorizes the President to use development and economic support assistance funds to provide for the nonmilitary training of Cambodians in skills that would be used to support the peace agreement signed in October 1991. Requires the President to terminate assistance to any Cambodian organization that is cooperating with the Khmer Rouge in military operations. Directs the President to conduct an onsite assessment within Cambodia to determine requirements for the development of infrastructure and the eradication of explosive mines. Requires the President to report to the Speaker of the House and the President pro tempore of the Senate on all instances of military cooperation from January 1, 1991, through June 30, 1992, between the Khmer Rouge and any faction of the noncommunist resistance and all instances of human rights abuses by the Khmer Rouge. Prohibits the sale, and the issuance of licenses for export, to China of any item on the U.S. Munitions List for military end-users if the President determines that: (1) any U.S. defense article or technology was used in certain missiles or aircraft transferred to Algeria, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Pakistan, or Syria by China in contravention of the Arms Export Control Act; and (2) any chemical weapon or nuclear equipment or materials were transferred to such countries by China. Makes such prohibition inapplicable to the sale or export of systems or components designed for inclusion in civil products and controlled as defense articles only for purposes of export to a controlled country, unless the President determines that the intended recipient is the Chinese military or security forces. Prohibits the provision of FY 1992 and 1993 foreign military financing assistance and assistance for international military education and training to Fiji unless the President certifies to the Congress that Fiji has held elections in which there has been broad participation by all communities. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should provide specified amounts to support humanitarian projects in Laos for efforts to resolve questions concerning Vietnam prisoners of war or those missing in action. Sets forth provisions concerning Malaysia's policy of denying first asylum to Indochinese asylum-seekers. Expresses the sense of the Congress that additional assistance should be provided for Mongolia in recognition of Mongolia's movement toward democracy and a free market economy. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to set forth the Multilateral Assistance Initiative for the Philippines. Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the United States should participate with multilateral financial institutions and other bilateral donors in an economic reform and development program in the Philippines; and (2) a multiyear commitment of resources by the United States, donors, and such institutions and a reform effort and leadership role by the Government of the Philippines will be necessary to ensure economic growth in the Philippines and enhanced participation of the Filipino people in the democratic process. Authorizes the President to provide assistance to promote the goals of this Act. Links such assistance to progress by the Government of the Philippines in implementing its economic, structural, judicial, and administrative reform program. Authorizes appropriations. Limits the amount of appropriations for FY 1992. Expresses the sense of the Congress that prior to requesting additional amounts to carry out this Act, the President should take into account: (1) the progress being made by the Philippines toward achieving reform objectives; (2) the extent of participation by the bilateral donors and multilateral financial institutions; and (3) the efforts to coordinate the assistance program. Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the coordination of objectives and programs by donors, institutions, and the Government of the Philippines is critical to the success of the multilateral assistance program; (2) all donors should simplify procurement and disbursement procedures to ensure that conditions on the provision or use of assistance are complementary; and (3) the Philippines should establish internal procedures that will ensure the most effective use of such assistance. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1992 and 1993 for the South Pacific Regional Program. Earmarks an amount of such assistance for scholarships for study at U.S. postsecondary institutions of education. Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the future of Taiwan should be settled peacefully, free from coercion, and in a manner acceptable to the Taiwanese people; and (2) good relations between the United States and China depend on the willingness of the Chinese authorities to refrain from the use or the threat of force in resolving Taiwan's future. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should encourage the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) to consider for OECD membership the Governments of South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore. Chapter 2: South Asia - Amends the International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1985 to earmark development and economic support assistance for humanitarian assistance to the Afghan people and for the implementation of bilateral and multilateral reconstruction efforts for Afghanistan and the establishment of a broad-based freely-elected Afghan Government. Congratulates Bangladesh on the transition to a democratically-elected government and welcomes the economic adjustment measures being implemented in coordination with the IMF. Expresses appreciation for Bangladesh's support for international law and collective security. Urges the President to provide debt relief under the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 to Bangladesh. Calls upon the Government of India to promote adherence to human rights. Condemns abuses by militants in Kashmir and Punjab and urges all militant groups to cease the use of force to achieve political objectives. Urges the Secretary to raise Indian human rights issues with the Government of India. Calls upon Pakistani authorities not to provide arms or training to militants in Punjab or Kashmir. Welcomes the establishment of a democratically-elected government in Nepal and supports the economic development effort of such government. Authorizes economic support assistance for Nepal for FY 1992 and 1993. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to extend a certain waiver of a prohibition on assistance to Pakistan through April 1, 1993. Prohibits the President from waiving such prohibition unless he makes a specified certification regarding nuclear nonproliferation in Pakistan. Sets forth provisions concerning human rights abuses in Sri Lanka. Requires the President, in determining whether to provide assistance or make sales of defense articles or services to Sri Lanka during FY 1992 and 1993, to take into account whether the Government of Sri Lanka has: (1) ensured that the public register of detainees includes detainees held in all places of detention and ensured that detainees have access to lawyers and family members; (2) taken steps to deter disappearances and killings of civilians by persons under control of government forces; (3) taken measures to minimize civilian casualties in combat operations in the north and the east; and (4) made serious efforts to investigate and prosecute those involved in the murder of journalist Richard DeZoysa. Encourages the Government of Sri Lanka to provide human rights education and training. Chapter 3: Economic Cooperation Projects in China and Tibet - Expresses the sense of the Congress that U.S. economic cooperation projects in China and Tibet should adhere to specified principles, including to: (1) ensure that employment decisions are nondiscriminatory; (2) ensure that methods of production do not pose a danger to project employees and the surrounding environment; (3) ensure that no convict or forced labor is used in the projects; (4) protect freedoms of assembly, association, and expression of project employees; (5) promote the training of employees; (6) discourage compulsory political indoctrination on project premises; and (7) urge the Chinese Government to release a list of the names of individuals detained solely for nonviolent expression of their political views. Directs the Secretary of State to forward a copy of such principles to member nations of the OECD and encourage them to promote such principles. Requires U.S. parent companies of such projects to register with the Secretary and indicate whether such projects will implement the principles. Sets forth specified reporting requirements. Directs the Secretary to report annually to the appropriate congressional committees on: (1) enforcement procedures with respect to prohibitions on the importation of convict-made goods; and (2) investigations with respect to goods produced by convict or forced labor in China and Tibet. Title X: Africa - Chapter 1: Development Fund for Africa - Authorizes appropriations for the Development Fund for Africa for FY 1992 and 1993. Chapter 2: Other Assistance for Africa - Amends the African Development Foundation Act to authorize appropriations for the African Development Foundation for FY 1992 and 1993. Requires funds from the Development Fund for Africa to be used to assist sector projects supported by the Southern African Development Coordination Conference (SADCC). Authorizes the use of such funds without regard to prohibitions on assistance to countries in arrears on assistance payments. Encourages the President to provide increased assistance to promote the development of democratic institutions in Subsaharan Africa. Declares that a specified amount of economic support assistance should be earmarked for Subsaharan Africa. Directs the AID Administrator to provide for the establishment of an African Center for Conflict Resolution to analyze, research, and resolve conflicts in Africa. Requires funds from the Development Fund for Africa to be made available for the Center. Chapter 3: Provisions Relating to Specific Countries - Requires the President, beginning with FY 1992, to provide: (1) nonpartisan election and democracy-building assistance to Angola for support in developing democratic institutions; and (2) assistance for the voluntary relocation and resettlement of refugees and displaced persons and for the demobilization and retraining of former military members of the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) and the armed forces of the Government of Angola; (3) humanitarian assistance; and (4) assistance to implement the peace accords. Prohibits such assistance if the Angolan Government or UNITA violates the peace accords. Sets forth U.S. policy with respect to Kenya. Suspends economic and military assistance to Kenya. Waives such suspension if the President reports to the appropriate congressional committees that the Government of Kenya is taking steps to: (1) release political detainees and end the prosecution of individuals for the expression of their political beliefs; (2) cease physical abuse or mistreatment of prisoners; (3) restore judicial independence; and (4) restore freedom of expression to the Kenyan people. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should continue to support the peacekeeping efforts in Liberia carried out by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Permits funds authorized by this Act for foreign military financing and unexpended foreign military financing and economic support assistance to be made available to support the efforts of ECOWAS to expand its military involvement in peacekeeping efforts in Liberia. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize the President to provide assistance for civil strife relief, rehabilitation, and general recovery in Liberia. Permits assistance to Liberia during FY 1992 and 1993 only if the President reports to the Congress that the Government of Liberia has achieved progress toward reconciliation and free and fair elections monitored by international observers. Provides that such restriction shall not apply to humanitarian assistance or assistance to enhance progress toward reconciliation and free and fair elections. Waives a prohibition on assistance to countries in arrears on assistance payments with respect to assistance for Liberia. Commends the Malawi Government's response to the influx of refugees from Mozambique. Condemns the abuse of human rights of Malawian citizens. Urges President Banda to release prisoners of conscience, end incommunicado detention and torture of prisoners, and permit freedom of speech and association in Malawi. Prohibits foreign military financing for the Malawi Young Pioneers and permits such assistance only for the Malawian military's effort to secure the Nacala Railroad, programs to support conservation and biological diversity, and for activities to assist in the Mozambique peace process. Sets forth U.S. policy with respect to Mozambique. Conditions the provision of economic support assistance and foreign military financing for FY 1992 and 1993 for Mozambique on steps by the Government of Mozambique to increase respect for human rights and promote a political settlement to the conflict in such country. Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the United States should support the elimination of apartheid and the establishment of democratic majority rule in South Africa through a policy to bring about a nonracial democracy; (2) U.S. firms and the Government should provide specified assistance to disadvantaged South Africans; and (3) the President should seek the cooperation of U.S. allies in Western Europe and Japan to join in multilateral initiatives to aid disadvantaged South Africans. Makes economic support and development assistance and assistance from the Development Fund for Africa available for assistance to disadvantaged South Africans. Requires priority in providing such assistance to be given to South African nongovernmental organizations whose staff are selected on a nonracial basis and which have the support of the disadvantaged communities being served. Authorizes excess assistance for disadvantaged South Africans to be used only for assistance for programs in the health, education, and housing sectors. Prohibits the transfer of such funds to any entity controlled by the South African Government, unless specified conditions are met. Declares that the President, before obligating funds for disadvantaged South Africans, should: (1) consult with South African organizations representative of the majority population of South Africa; and (2) seek a commitment from the South African Government that it will provide additional resources to meet the needs of disadvantaged South Africans. Prohibits assistance to the Communist Party of South Africa or affiliated organizations. Requires the President to ensure that recipients of assistance in South Africa are not engaged in human rights violations and have in place democratic processes for internal decision making and the selection of leaders. Prohibits the provision of foreign military financing, military education and training, and economic support and development assistance to Zaire during FY 1992 and 1993 unless the President reports to the appropriate congressional committees that: (1) free and fair national elections have been held in Zaire; and (2) the elected government demonstrates a commitment to respect freedom of expression and bring about a reformed and independent judiciary, and reform of, and applications of, the rule of law to Zaire security forces. Chapter 4: Horn of Africa Recovery and Food Security - Expresses the sense of the Congress with respect to Ethiopia, Somalia, and Sudan. Sets forth U.S. policy with respect to equitable distribution of relief and rehabilitation assistance and international relief efforts in the Horn of Africa (Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan, and Djibouti). Authorizes the President to: (1) provide international disaster assistance for civil strife and famine relief and rehabilitation in the Horn of Africa; and (2) transfer funds from unobligated security assistance (without regard to a specified 20 percent increase limitation) to carry out this chapter. Makes available a percentage of assistance for management support activities. Urges the President to provide supplemental emergency food assistance for civilian victims of civil strife in the Horn of Africa. Encourages the President to consult with other nations, armed and unarmed parties in the Horn of Africa, and the United Nations Secretary General to bring about negotiated settlements of the armed conflicts in the Horn of Africa. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should: (1) direct the U.S. representative to the United Nations to take specified steps with respect to peace and the establishment of an arms embargo in the region; (2) play an active role in other fora in pressing for settlements to conflicts; and (3) participate in regional and international peace consultations. Declares that development assistance in the Horn of Africa should be targeted to aid the poor. States that U.S. Government aid institutions should seek to: (1) build upon the capabilities and experiences of organizations active in local grassroots relief, rehabilitation, and development efforts; (2) consult with such organizations and incorporate their views into the policymaking process; and (3) support the expansion of their activities without compromising their private nature. Declares that development assistance should be: (1) targeted to the voluntary relocation and repatriation of displaced persons and refugees; and (2) carried out in coordination with strategies for debt relief of countries in the region and with efforts to establish an international fund for reconstruction of developing nations which settle civil wars. Requires development assistance and assistance from the Development Fund for Africa to be channeled through private and voluntary or specified international organizations unless the President makes the required certification under this chapter. Prohibits economic support assistance and foreign military financing and international military education and training assistance to Ethiopia, Somalia, or Sudan unless the President certifies that the government of the country has: (1) begun to implement peace or national reconciliation agreements; (2) demonstrated a commitment to human rights; (3) manifested a commitment to democracy and has held or established a timetable for free and fair elections; and (4) agreed to distribute development assistance without discrimination. Chapter 5: Other Provisions - Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) special efforts should be undertaken to reduce trade barriers and to promote economic interchange between the United States and developing countries in Subsaharan Africa; and (2) the countries of Subsaharan Africa are to be applauded for their stance during the Persian Gulf conflict and commended for their support of the United States. Permits international military education and training to be provided to a Subsaharan African country only if the President considers whether: (1) that country has a government that was democratically-elected as the result of free and fair elections or is committed to respecting human rights and permitting freedom of expression and has achieved progress in a process of democratization; (2) the armed forces of such country are involved in human rights violations or the government of the country fails to respect human rights; and (3) the armed forces of such country or other elements of the government of that country are engaged in destabilization efforts aimed at any other country. Requires the President, when obligating funds for countries that do not meet such conditions, to report to the appropriate congressional committees on the reasons for providing such assistance. Provides that any sanction imposed by any State or governmental subdivision that is directed at South Africa or persons engaging in commercial or financial transactions in or with South Africa and that also applies to Namibia shall be null and void with respect to Namibia unless such sanction is consistent with Federal law. Expresses the sense of the Congress that a study should be undertaken by the Office of Technology Assessment, in a cross-section of Subsaharan African countries, of the formulation and the economic, social, and environmental impact of adjustment programs supported or leveraged by AID through the Development Fund for Africa. Title XI: Aid, Trade, and Competitiveness - Aid, Trade, and Competitiveness Act of 1992 - Requires the AID Administrator to establish a capital projects office to: (1) develop a program that would focus solely on developmentally sound capital projects; and (2) consider opportunities for U.S. high-technology firms in putting together capital projects for developing countries and SEED eligible East European countries. Sets forth the activities of the capital projects office. Directs the President to report annually to the Congress on the extent to which: (1) U.S. Government resources have been expended to support capital projects in such countries and the extent of interagency coordination; and (2) U.S. Government capital projects and tied-aid programs have affected U.S. exports. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury, if negotiations for the implementation of the December 1991 agreement within OECD has not been reached by July 1, 1992, to report to the Congress, together with the President of the Export-Import Bank, on: (1) the status of the negotiations; (2) the causes for the failure to reach an agreement by that date; and (3) the reasons the U.S. Government believes that continued negotiations will result in achieving such objective. Urges the President to use specified types and amounts of assistance for grants for capital projects. Directs the President to report to the appropriate congressional committees on the feasibility of allowing AID to offer credit guarantees for the financing of capital projects. Authorizes additional appropriations for FY 1993 for the Trade and Development Agency. Title XII: Peace Corps - Amends the Peace Corps Act to: (1) extend authorizations of appropriations for the Peace Corps through FY 1993; and (2) establish the Foreign Currency Fluctuations, Peace Corps, Account to pay expenses for Peace Corps operations which exceed appropriations for such expenses as a result of currency exchange rate fluctuations. Authorizes appropriations for such Account. Requires the Director of the Peace Corps to contract with an eligible organization to conduct three evaluations of the health care needs of Peace Corps volunteers and the adequacy of the Peace Corps health care system. Provides for the submission of such evaluations to the Director and specified congressional committees. Requires the Director and the Secretary of Labor to report to such committees on: (1) the information provided by the Peace Corps to its volunteers and applicants on the benefits and services to which volunteers or trainees may be entitled in the event they sustain injuries or become disabled during their Peace Corps service or training; (2) the efforts by the Peace Corps and the Department of Labor to coordinate the provision of such information to Peace Corps volunteers and applicants and the processing of claims by volunteers under the Federal Employees Compensation Act (FECA); (3) the number of Peace Corps volunteers and applicants who have filed claims under FECA and the percentage of claims that have been approved; and (4) the timeliness of approvals or denials of such claims. Earmarks funds for FY 1992 and 1993 for establishing Small Business Development Programs in the former Soviet republics. Title XIII: International Development and Finance - Chapter 1: International Monetary Fund - Amends the Bretton Woods Agreements Act to authorize the U.S. Governor of the International Monetary Fund to consent to: (1) an increase in the U.S. quota in the Fund; and (2) the amendments to the Articles of Agreement of the Fund approved in resolution 45-3 of the Fund's Board of Governors. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. Executive Director of the Fund to approve the Fund's pledge to sell a specified amount of the Fund's gold to restore the resources of the Reserve Account of the Enhanced Structural Adjustment Facility Trust to meet obligations to lenders who have made loans to the Trust for financing programs of members previously in arrears to the Fund. Permits the Secretary to instruct the U.S. Executive Director of the Fund to support Soviet membership in the Fund only after the President certifies to the Congress that the Soviet Union has taken specified actions to indicate: (1) the implementation of free market policies; (2) the reduction in size and scope of government expenditures; and (3) the embracement of democratic processes. Authorizes the Secretary to instruct the Executive Director of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development to support expansion of access by the Soviet Union to the Bank's resources only after the President makes such certification. Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) encouragement should be given to the efforts being made to address the political and economic problems of nations making the transition to more open political and economic systems; and (2) consideration should be given to developing relationships between such nations, the Fund, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, and other international financial institutions as part of assisting such nations in making such transitions. Requires the Secretary to instruct the U.S. Executive Director of the Fund to encourage the Fund to adopt procedures for the publication of economic reviews of the major industrialized nations and other commentary, as appropriate. Expresses the sense of the Congress that procedures should be instituted to review the activities of the Fund and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development for purposes of coordinating the international economic activities of international financial institutions at the Board, management, and staff levels. Directs the Secretary to instruct the U.S. Executive Director of the Fund to: (1) advocate specified actions concerning poverty alleviation and policy framework papers; and (2) urge renewal of debt and debt service reduction programs. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress on the debt of the Soviet Union held by commercial banks outside the Soviet Union and the prospects for repayment of such debt. Directs the Secretary to instruct the U.S. Executive Director of the Fund to encourage environmental considerations in Fund programs. Requires the Secretary to instruct the U.S. Executive Directors of the Fund and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development to urge such entities to develop and report to member nations on criteria for determining whether a nation seeking a loan is engaged in arms and weapons expenditures that are: (1) appropriate to its national circumstances; or (2) an impediment to sound management of its economy and achievement of sustained long-term growth. Chapter 2: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and Affiliates - Subchapter A: International Finance Corporation - Amends the International Finance Corporation Act to authorize the U.S. Governor of the International Finance Corporation to subscribe to additional shares of the Corporation's capital stock. Authorizes appropriations. Subchapter B: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development - Amends the Bretton Woods Agreements Act to require the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. Executive Director of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development to advocate specified measures to alleviate poverty. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the International Development Association should: (1) give greater programmatic and budgetary priority to the survival and development of children; and (2) make a commitment to devoting at least five percent of the annual lending of such entities to primary health and basic education, respectively. Directs the Secretary to instruct the U.S. Executive Director of the Bank to urge: (1) renewal of debt and debt service reduction programs; (2) the establishment of a program to provide technical assistance to the Baltic States and the Soviet Union in support of democratic reforms, human rights, the rule of law, and market-oriented reforms; and (3) the coordination of such program with the programs of other donors. Subchapter C: Financial Assistance for Global Environmental Protection - Global Environmental Protection Assistance Act of 1992 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to contribute a specified amount to the Global Environmental Facility of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development if the Secretary has certified to specified congressional committees that the Facility has made progress toward implementing certain measures set forth in this Act. Authorizes appropriations. Amends the International Financial Institutions Act to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to report to the House Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the progress made by the multilateral development banks in achieving objectives concerning debt-for-nature exchanges and lending for the environment. Chapter 3: Asian Development Bank - Amends the Asian Development Bank Act to authorize the U.S. Governor of the Asian Development Bank to subscribe to additional shares of the Bank's capital stock. Authorizes appropriations. Chapter 4: African Development Fund - Amends the African Development Fund Act to authorize the U.S. Governor of the African Development Fund to contribute a specified amount to the sixth replenishment of the Fund. Authorizes appropriations. Chapter 5: Export-Import Bank - Amends the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 to authorize the President to waive limitations on Export-Import Bank financing for exports to the Soviet Union if such waiver is in the national interest. Directs the Bank to: (1) develop a program for providing guarantees and insurance with respect to the export of high technology items to eligible SEED program countries; and (2) inform high technology companies about Bank programs for U.S. companies interested in exporting high technology goods to such countries. Requires the Bank, in the case of any long-term loan or guarantee of at least $10,000,000, to ensure that U.S. insurance companies are accorded a competitive opportunity to provide insurance against risk of loss in connection with such transactions. Sets forth procedures to be taken in cases where such opportunity is denied. Directs the Bank to report to the Congress on the demand for loans, guarantees, and insurance for trade between the United States and the Baltic States and the Soviet Union and to make recommendations for the promotion of trade between the United States and such countries. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should determine that Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania are not Marxist-Leninist countries for purposes of prohibitions on Export-Import Bank assistance for Marxist-Leninist countries. Chapter 6: Multilateral Development Banks - Subchapter A: Energy Efficiency - International Energy Efficiency Financing Act of 1992 - Amends the International Financial Institutions Act to require the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. Executive Directors of the multilateral development banks to: (1) demonstrate programs for measuring the application of systems energy efficiency planning and techniques; and (2) advocate procedures that require assessments of the impacts of proposed actions that would have a significant impact on energy efficiency before votes in favor of such actions. Directs the Secretary to seek the adoption of policies which result in access to the public of energy efficiency assessments by the borrowing countries and the lending institutions. Subchapter B: Alleviation of Poverty, Reduction of Barriers to Economic and Social Progress, and Other Provisions - Requires the Secretary to instruct the U.S. Executive Directors of the regional multilateral development banks to advocate the establishment of an organizational unit to aid bank management policies for the reduction of poverty and of barriers to economic and social progress and equity. Directs the Secretary to instruct the U.S. Executive Directors of the international financial institutions to: (1) encourage borrowing countries to involve women in development activities; (2) urge such institutions to reflect the diversity of the population in hiring practices and to strengthen and expand recruitment, hiring, and promotion of minorities and women; and (3) urge such institutions to adopt compensation policies to ensure that comparable pay is provided for people in comparable jobs. Requires the Secretary to instruct the U.S. Executive Directors of the multilateral development banks to oppose any loan, except for basic human needs, to Ethiopia, Somalia, or Sudan until the President certifies to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the House Committees on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs and Foreign Affairs, respectively, that the government of the country has: (1) begun to implement peace or national reconciliation agreements; (2) demonstrated a commitment to human rights; (3) manifested a commitment to democracy and has held or established a timetable for free and fair elections; and (4) agreed to distribute development assistance without discrimination. Directs the Secretary to instruct the U.S. Executive Directors of the international financial institutions to encourage borrowing countries to engage in fair labor practices and to report to the Secretary on actions to promote such practices. Subchapter C: Financial Integrity - Requires the Secretary to instruct such directors to ensure the establishment of an office of Inspector General in such institutions. Chapter 7: Consolidation of Reports - Requires annual reports submitted by the Chairman of the National Advisory Council on International Monetary and Financial Policies to include summaries of reports required under the Bretton Woods Agreements Act. Title XIV: Miscellaneous - Expresses the sense of the Congress that a major effort should be made to strengthen the right to food in international law to assure the access of all persons to adequate food supplies. Declares that the Secretary, through the U.S. representative to the United Nations, should propose to the United Nations General Assembly that a Declaration and a Convention concerning the right to food be adopted and submitted to countries for ratification. United States Environmental Security and Foreign Policy Act of 1992 - Sets forth U.S. policy with respect to global environmental security. Gives the Secretary of State primary responsibility for overseeing environmental agreements and activities between the United States and foreign countries and international organizations and commissions. Requires the Secretary to report biennially to the Congress on: (1) multilateral environmental initiatives and negotiations concluded or in process; (2) bilateral agreements on the environment; (3) U.S. participation in, and support of, environment programs in international organizations and multilateral development banks; (4) international cooperation activities with respect to research and monitoring of environmental and natural resource conditions; and (5) environmental policies and activities of the United States in providing foreign assistance. Expresses the sense of the Congress that a major effort should be made to reform and restructure the United Nations mechanism for responding to international disasters and other humanitarian emergencies. Requires the Secretary, through the U.S. representative to the United Nations, to develop a proposal for strengthening the United Nations response to such emergencies. Expresses the sense of the Congress with respect to nuclear non-proliferation regimes. Requires the President to report annually to the Congress on the progress made and obstacles encountered in establishing regional nuclear non-proliferation regimes.

International Nonproliferation and Disarmament Act of 1992

United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1992

International Nonproliferation and Disarmament Act of 1992 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize the President to use funds to support efforts to halt the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, conventional weapons, and ballistic missile technologies and systems that are capable of delivering conventional, nuclear, biological, or chemical warheads. Requires such authority to be used to enhance compliance with and verification of existing arms control and disarmament agreements and nonproliferation regimes and to promote additional agreements and regimes. Permits assistance to a foreign country under this Act only if the President certifies to the Congress that the country is committed to: (1) making a substantial investment for nonproliferation activities; (2) maintaining a defense posture that does not exceed its legitimate security requirements; (3) facilitating international verification of nonproliferation activities and weapons dismantlement or destruction; and (4) observing human rights. Provides for the reprogramming of appropriated funds to make funding available to carry out this Act.

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to extend certain authorities relating to the administration of veterans laws, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1992

Extends through March 31, 1994, the authority of the Department of Veterans Affairs to operate a regional office in the Philippines. Ratifies any action taken by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in maintaining such regional office during the period between October 1, 1991, and the date of enactment of this Act. Extends from January 31 to December 31, 1992: (1) a temporary program of trial work periods and voluntary vocational rehabilitation evaluations for veterans receiving disability compensation at the total disability rate; (2) a program of vocational training for non-service-disabled veterans who are awarded a needs-based pension through the Department; and (3) the protection of Department health-care eligibility for a veteran whose entitlement to pension is terminated due to the receipt of income from work or training. Makes such extensions effective as of January 31, 1992. Ratifies specified actions taken by the Secretary with respect to such programs during the period beginning on February 1, 1992, and ending on the date of enactment of this Act. Extends from three to four years after its establishment the period during which a nonprofit corporation established at a Department medical center for medical research purposes must achieve recognition as a tax-exempt entity under provisions of the Internal Revenue Code. Extends through December 31, 1992, the authorized period for establishing such nonprofit corporations. Ratifies certain actions taken by the Secretary with respect to dissolving or establishing such nonprofit corporations during the period between October 1, 1991, and the date of enactment of this Act. Amends the Veterans' Health-Care Amendments of 1986 to extend through FY 1992 a required annual report from the Secretary to the Congress on the furnishing of hospital care.

A bill to amend titles 26 and 38, United States Code, to make permanent certain income verification and pension provisions of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990.

United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1992

Amends the Internal Revenue Code and other Federal law to provide for the permanent use of Internal Revenue Service and social security data by the Department of Veterans Affairs for income verification. Makes permanent the reduction in pension for a veteran who does not have a spouse or a child and receives Medicaid-covered nursing home care.

Medical Care Cost Recovery Amendment of 1992

United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1992

Medical Care Cost Recovery Amendment of 1992 - Makes permanent the authority of the United States to collect reimbursement from third-party health insurers for care or services provided to veterans through the Department of Veterans Affairs for non-service-connected disabilities to the extent that the veteran would be eligible to receive such care or services from the third party if the care or services had not been furnished by the Department or another Federal department or agency. (Currently, such reimbursement authority is permitted only for care or services furnished before October 1, 1993.)

Veterans' Home Loan Improvement Act of 1992

United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1992

Veterans' Home Loan Improvement Act of 1992 - Revises the following fee for a housing loan to a veteran that is made, insured, or guaranteed by the Department of Veterans Affairs: (1) two percent of the total amount of a loan made to purchase a manufactured home or lot; and (2) 2.5 percent of the total loan amount in the case of a veteran who has previously obtained a Department-guaranteed loan or for a direct loan made to a veteran in a housing credit shortage area without respect to the purpose for which the loan was made or the amount of any downpayment. Provides exceptions to the 2.5 percent loan fee requirement. Repeals a Federal provision which increases by a specified percentage such fee for each loan closed between November 1, 1990, and September 30, 1991. Amends Federal provisions concerning default procedures on such Department-guaranteed loans to: (1) include losses sustained on the resale of such property in the determination of net value of such property; and (2) repeal the December 31, 1992, termination date for such provisions. Increases from five to ten percent the downpayment required for Department-guaranteed manufactured home loans. Provides that the amount of the loan made or guaranteed for a veteran who has previously received a guaranteed or direct loan from the Department may not exceed 90 percent of the reasonable value of the dwelling or farm residence securing the loan, with exceptions.

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to target entitlement for vocational rehabilitation benefits under chapter 31 to veterans with service-connected disabilities rated 30 percent or more; to adjust the basic military pay reduction for chapter 30 Montgomery GI Bill participants in proportion to the increased amount of assistance provided under such chapter, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1992

Limits entitlement to a Department of Veterans Affairs training and rehabilitation program to veterans with service-connected disabilities rated at 30 (currently 20) percent or more. Amends the Montgomery GI Bill educational assistance program to: (1) increase to $117 monthly the military basic pay reduction taken for coverage under such program for individuals first entering onto active duty on or after October 1, 1992 (currently, $100 monthly regardless of the date of initial active duty); and (2) increase to $1,400 the basic pay reduction charged to certain active-duty personnel to enroll in such program before being involuntarily separated from service for individuals whose involuntary separation is effective on or after October 1, 1992 (currently, $1,200 regardless of the date of involuntary separation).

Former Yugoslavia Act of 1992

United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1992

Former Yugoslavia Act of 1992 - Expresses the sense of the Congress that it should be U.S. policy to conduct diplomatic and other relations directly with each of the nations, republics, and regions that formerly comprised Yugoslavia or with any voluntary association of such regions rather than indirectly through the central government of the former Federal state. Directs the President to submit a report to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the Speaker of the House on U.S. policy toward such regions to include: (1) the advisable levels and timing of U.S. diplomatic recognition and representation regarding such regions; (2) the actions that the United States will undertake bilaterally and in international bodies to prevent military and police forces from attacking or being stationed in such regions, to bring to justice government authorities who ordered such attacks, and to reduce the influence, funding, and size of military forces that have attacked such regions; (3) the actions that the United States will take through the United Nations and other international bodies to assure security and peace in the former Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia; and (4) the levels and types of assistance to be provided to regions that have had free, fair, and internationally supervised elections and are committed to democracy and human rights.

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to ratify the Department of Veterans Affairs' interpretation of the provisions of section 1151 of title 38, United States Code.

United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1992

Prohibits the payment of Federal veterans' disability compensation (or additional disability compensation) or death compensation in the case of any veteran who suffers or aggravates an injury or dies as a result of hospitalization, medical or surgical treatment, rehabilitation, or examination by the Department of Veterans Affairs for the expected or reasonably foreseeable results of approved medical or surgical care properly administered, in the absence of a showing of carelessness, negligence, lack of proper skill, error in judgment, or similar instance of fault on the part of the Department. Provides that such benefits are payable in the event of an accident which causes additional disability or death from Department hospitalization or medical or surgical care. Provides that a person who receives compensation pursuant to a claim under the Federal Tort Claims Act for personal injury or death shall not receive benefits under the additional compensation provisions until the amount of compensation distributed to that person equals the amount of benefits that would have been paid under the Department provisions. Provides that where a settlement, compromise, or judgment under the Federal Tort Claims Act is entered after benefits have been awarded under Department provisions: (1) the United States shall be entitled to a credit in the tort action for benefits already paid by the Department; and (2) further Department benefits shall be withheld beginning on the month following the month in which the settlement is sent to the General Accounting Office for payment. Outlines additional provisions for the: (1) award of benefits where entitlement is established, but benefits have not been paid prior to a tort claims settlement; and (2) determination by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs of the amount of compensation distributed to a person in a Federal Tort Claims Act settlement.

To amend title 10, United States Code, to repeal the requirement enacted in Public Law 102-190 that service academy graduates be initially commissioned in a Reserve grade.

United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1992

Repeals a Federal requirement which states that, after September 30, 1996, no person may receive an original appointment as a commissioned officer in the regular armed forces until such person has completed one year of active-duty service as a commissioned officer of a reserve component.

To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to restructure defaulted housing loans when possible, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1992

Amends Federal veterans' benefits provisions with respect to the default procedures for loans to veterans that are made, insured, or guaranteed by the Department of Veterans Affairs to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, whenever possible after receiving a notice of default, to restructure the loan by: (1) extending the time for curing default to enable the veteran to complete payments; or (2) modifying the loan terms to recast over a longer period the total unpaid amount then due. Authorizes the Secretary to lease or lease with a purchase option property received by the Secretary from a veteran after a defaulted loan to nonprofit organizations, States, or political subdivisions for the purpose of assisting homeless veterans in acquiring shelter in the same manner as properties are made available by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for lease and sale for the homeless. Provides a $1 yearly rate for the lease of such property. Amends the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1988 to allow certain funds authorized for veterans' medical care under such Act to be used for furnishing domiciliary care to homeless veterans in underused facilities of the Department. Allows other funds authorized under such Act to be used to furnish care and treatment and rehabilitative services to homeless veterans. (Currently, such funds are authorized for homeless veterans suffering from a chronic mental illness disability.)