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Bill· SS. 2579 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1992
Dry Cell Battery Management Act of 1992 - Prohibits the sale or offer for promotional purposes of alkaline manganese batteries with a mercury content that was intentionally introduced and exceeds the mercury concentration levels under this Act. Lists concentration levels as: (1) 250 parts per million by weight for batteries that are not button- or coin-shaped and are manufactured on or after January 1, 1993; (2) one part per million by weight for batteries that are not button- or coin-shaped and are manufactured on or after January 1, 1996; and (3) 25 milligrams of mercury per battery for button- or coin-shaped batteries that are manufactured on or after January 1, 1993. Prohibits the sale or offer for promotional purposes of: (1) zinc-carbon batteries exceeding a mercury concentration level of one part per million by weight that are manufactured on or after January 1, 1993; (2) consumer mercuric-oxide batteries on or after January 1, 1994; and (3) any mercuric-oxide battery on or after July 1, 1993, except in compliance with labeling requirements. Requires mercuric-oxide batteries to contain labels that state that the batteries contain mercury and must be recycled or disposed of properly and that set forth the chemical symbol for mercury. Prohibits, on or after July 1, 1993, the manufacture of any rechargeable consumer product unless: (1) the rechargeable battery is easily removable from the product or is contained in a battery pack that is separate and easily removable from the product; (2) the battery, battery pack, or product with the nonremovable battery has a brand name affixed to it; (3) the product, the package containing the product, and the battery are labeled in accordance with this Act; and (4) the instruction manual for the product includes information explaining methods to ensure proper recycling or disposal of the used batteries. Requires rechargeable batteries, rechargeable consumer products, battery packs containing rechargeable batteries, and packages for such products that are manufactured after July 1, 1993, to: (1) be labeled in a manner visible to consumers; (2) include the standard abbreviation for the chemical composition of the battery or battery pack; and (3) inform consumers that rechargeable batteries when no longer reusable must be collected, recycled, or disposed of in an environmentally sound manner. Authorizes exemptions to labeling requirements for two-year periods, based on specified evidence and subject to the approval of the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Permits exemption renewals subject to specified conditions. Prohibits the sale or offer for promotional purposes of mercuric-oxide batteries, rechargeable batteries, or rechargeable consumer products with nonremovable batteries unless the manufacturer of the battery or product has in effect an approved battery management plan. Directs the Administrator to promulgate requirements for battery management plans. Requires plans to provide for the environmentally sound collection, transportation, and recycling or disposal of mercuric-oxide or rechargeable batteries and rechargeable consumer products with nonremovable batteries. Makes manufacturers liable for the costs of such activities. Prohibits the disposal of such batteries and products: (1) by incineration for purposes of reducing waste volume or generating energy; or (2) in a solid waste disposal facility other than a facility that is the subject of a permit issued in accordance with subpart C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. Authorizes two or more manufacturers to submit group plans with respect to any specific battery or product in lieu of an individual plan. Sets forth plan approval, modification, and review procedures. Requires mercuric-oxide or rechargeable battery manufacturers to report annually to the Administrator on the recovery, recycling, and reclamation rates for such batteries and for rechargeable consumer products with nonremovable batteries. Applies reclamation and storage requirements applicable to spent lead-acid batteries under the Code of Federal Regulations to mercuric-oxide or rechargeable batteries collected and stored under this Act. Prohibits: (1) manufacturers of rechargeable batteries, battery packs, or rechargeable consumer products from refusing to receive spent batteries, battery packs, or rechargeable products sold by such manufacturers from a customer or municipal solid waste collection authority; and (2) the recycling or disposal of such items in a manner inconsistent with this Act. Directs the Administrator to require State solid waste management plans under the Solid Waste Disposal Act to: (1) ensure compliance with this Act; and (2) provide for programs to collect used batteries and rechargeable consumer products from consumers and institutions. Requires the Administrator to establish an outreach program to provide information to the public concerning the proper handling and disposal of batteries and rechargeable consumer products. Prescribes civil penalties for violations of this Act. Directs the Administrator to issue regulations to require manufacturers of dry cell batteries manufactured or offered for sale in the United States to encode such batteries to identify the brand name and electrode type for purposes of facilitating battery separation, recycling, and disposal. Exempts button- and coin-shaped batteries (except consumer mercuric-oxide batteries) from coding regulations. Directs the Administrator to require the coding of exempted batteries if it would not interfere with electrical conductivity or cause unfavorable effects. Prohibits States or local governments from enforcing any coding requirement unless identical to this Act's requirements. Grants EPA employees access to information and facilities to enforce this Act. Authorizes civil actions to compel compliance with inspections. Directs the Administrator to establish a Battery Management Advisory Committee. Authorizes appropriations.
Bill· SS. 2559 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1992
Naval Petroleum Reserve Numbered 3 Sale Act - Directs the Secretary of Energy to sell all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to Naval Petroleum Reserve Numbered 3. Authorizes the President to waive any such sale upon a finding that the control and use of such Reserve is in the national security interest.
Law· HRH.R. 4844 (102nd)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1992
Elwha River Ecosystem and Fisheries Restoration Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to acquire title to the Elwha River Hydroelectric Project and the Glines Canyon Hydroelectric Project (the Projects), both in the State of Washington, including all rights and interests in the Projects and the electric power generated by the Projects held by the owner of the Projects and by the pulp and paper mill on Ediz Hook in Port Angeles, Washington (the mill). Grants consideration in the forms of: (1) deeming satisfied or assumed obligations and liabilities of the owner and the mill to the United States, including project removal and any ecosystem, fish and wildlife mitigation, or restoration obligations; and (2) the United States providing to the mill, through Port Angeles City Light, power to replace the power generated by the Projects. Authorizes the Projects to continue to operate under the terms and conditions of licenses and permits issued by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission until title is transferred under this Act. Mandates a power exchange agreement between the Secretary and the Administrator of the Bonneville Power Administration. Regulates the power supplied to the mill, including price and a term of 40 years. Mandates interim and final operating plans for the Projects designed to promote the purposes of ecosystem, fisheries, and wildlife restoration, protection, and enhancement and the other purposes of this Act, with electric power production incidental and subordinate to the purposes of this Act and such production reduced or terminated as necessary to achieve the purposes of this Act. Establishes the Elwha River Ecosystem and Fisheries Restoration Task Force, and requires it to prepare a comprehensive and multidisciplinary analysis of the most effective and reliable alternatives to carry out the purposes of this Act. Requires: (1) in carrying out construction, dam removal, fishery restoration, or monitoring under this Act, preference to the employment of members of the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe; and (2) in carrying out the final plan, satisfaction of the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act. Directs the Secretary to conduct an assessment of present conditions of the ecosystem, water quality, fisheries, and wildlife of the Elwha River Basin and to monitor and evaluate subsequent changes thereto associated with implementation of the final plan. Directs the Secretary, if the final plan requires removal of the Projects, to protect the continued availability of high quality water for users of Elwha River water. Makes the Secretary responsible, if removal is begun but, for budgetary reasons, is not completed, for all fishery mitigation and correction of water quality problems. Establishes the Elwha River National Fish Refuge, comprised of lands acquired by the United States under this Act that are located outside of the exterior boundaries of the Olympic National Park. Authorizes the Secretary to manage lands acquired by the United States under this Act, outside the Park, and not needed for the refuge for the benefit of the Tribe for housing, cultural, or economic development. Reduces any repayment obligations of the Administration to the United States by the value of replacement power supplied to the mill, less the value of power delivered to the Administrator. Directs the Secretary to retain surplus Federal land on Ediz Hook, Washington, and authorizes the Secretary to transfer title to such lands to the Tribe for tribal economic development if the Tribe and the city of Port Angeles agree concerning development of the land. Authorizes appropriations to carry out this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 4907 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1992
Amends the Hoover Power Plant Act of 1984 to direct the Administrator of the Western Area Power Authority (WAPA) to establish a Renewable Energy Joint Venture Fund to provide technical and related grant assistance, upon the request of a WAPA customer, to facilitate the development and design of cost-effective renewable energy projects by such customer. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes amounts in the fund to be used to finance transmission interconnections for renewable energy projects.
Bill· HRH.R. 4905 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1992
Oil and Natural Gas Exploration and Production Waste Management Improvement Act of 1991 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to make wastes associated with the exploration, development, or production of crude oil or natural gas subject to hazardous waste management requirements effective January 1, 1994. Exempts wastes from the exploration, development, and production of geothermal energy from such requirements unless the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency determines that regulation of such wastes is necessary to protect human health and the environment. Directs the Administrator to promulgate changes to the toxicity characteristic leaching procedure to ensure that it accurately predicts the leaching potential of wastes containing significant concentrations of oil or grease. Bans the use of produced water for dust suppression or road treatment. Defines "produced water" as water brought up from the hydrocarbon strata during the extraction of oil and gas that may include formation or injection water and any chemicals added downhole or during the oil-water separation process. Applies requirements regarding State hazardous waste management programs to programs for produced water, drilling fluids, and radioactive waste from the exploration, development, or production of crude oil or natural gas. Directs States which seek to obtain authorization to administer and enforce a regulatory program for produced water, drilling fluids, and radioactive waste to maintain programs to evaluate and remediate sites containing such wastes that may not be adequately addressed by hazardous waste management requirements. Directs the Administrator to: (1) review such programs biennially; and (2) conduct and collect permit fees for such activities for States that are not authorized to carry them out. Requires the Administrator to collect annual fees from owners or operators of facilities required to obtain operating or postclosure permits to cover costs of administering the permit program. Prohibits a State from administering a program unless the State demonstrates that it will collect an amount that adequately reflects permit program costs. Directs the Administrator to review such programs biennially. Authorizes the Administrator to collect fees from such facilities if a State is not adequately enforcing an approved fee program. Prescribes penalties for failures to pay fees. Prescribes criminal penalties for certain knowing violations concerning the management of produced water, drilling fluid, or waste associated with the exploration, development, or production of crude oil or natural gas. Directs the Administrator to promulgate regulations for the management of produced water, drilling fluids, and radioactive waste associated with such activities, including minimum requirements for design and construction of storage facilities, closure, corrective action, and financial assurances. Requires surface impoundments receiving produced water to meet specified requirements with respect to liners, leachate collection, groundwater monitoring, and leak detection. Prohibits, after 1993, the discharge of produced water to surface water, except as provided in a permit issued pursuant to the Federal Water Pollution Control Act that contains discharge limitations for at least the organic, radioactive, and chloride constituents of such water. Requires permits for the treatment, storage, or disposal of produced water or a permit-by-rule for fully enclosed tanks. Allows the disposal of drilling fluids at a drilling site after 1993 in units only if: (1) the fluids are tested and do not exhibit a hazardous waste characteristic; (2) the records containing the test data are retained for at least five years at a location specified by the Administrator; (3) the disposal units meet certain design, construction, operating, monitoring, wildlife protection, and location standards; and (4) the units are properly closed within six months of completion of drilling operations at the site. Permits the disposal of drilling fluids exhibiting a hazardous waste characteristic at an offsite facility after 1993 only if the facility has a certain permit and meets applicable standards. Requires permits for the treatment, storage, or disposal of drilling fluids or a permit-by-rule for onsite facilities and offsite treatment and storage facilities. Prohibits, until regulations regarding radioactive waste under this Act are promulgated: (1) the transfer of land for unrestricted use where the concentration of radium-226 in soil exceeds certain levels; and (2) the transfer of facilities or equipment for unrestricted use where the maximum radiation exposure level exceeds 50 microroentgens per hour at any accessible point. Authorizes the Administrator to require owners or operators of facilities, equipment, or property to undertake corrective action with respect to releases of radioactive waste from the exploration, development, or production of crude oil or natural gas to protect human health and the environment. Requires a license for the treatment, storage, or disposal of such waste or a permit-by-rule for the storage of waste in fully enclosed tanks and containers. Sets forth provisions concerning interim status for facilities in the process of applying for permits under this Act. Authorizes the Administrator or a State to require such facilities to undertake corrective action with respect to releases of produced water, drilling fluids, or radioactive waste. Prescribes civil penalties for failures to comply with corrective action orders. Authorizes and directs the Administrator to: (1) carry out a program of research, development, and demonstration of technologies which may be utilized to reduce the toxicity of produced water and other wastes from the exploration, development, or production of crude oil or natural gas; and (2) conduct a field investigation of Class II underground injection wells and compile an inventory of well failures.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 310 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1992
Expresses the sense of the Congress that market demand "prorationing" policies being considered by several States are not in the best interests of the American people, and urges that such policies be abandoned before more stringent measures are adopted.
Bill· SS. 2551 (102nd)open
United States · United States Congress · 8 April 1992
Rescinds certain budget authority (R92-34) for Department of Energy fossil energy research and development.
Bill· HRH.R. 4818 (102nd)open
United States · United States Congress · 8 April 1992
Department of Energy Nuclear Weapons Complex Reconfiguration Commission Act - Establishes the Department of Energy Nuclear Weapons Complex Reconfiguration Commission (appointed by the President) to review and report to the Congress on: (1) segmentation decisions by the Department of Energy (DOE) with respect to programmatic environmental impact statements (PEIS) prepared under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, including DOE proposals to segment the issue of nonnuclear consolidation from the PEIS process; (2) environmental assessments and any findings of no significant impact made by DOE as a result of a PEIS or segmentation of a DOE-prepared PEIS; (3) the DOE record of decision with respect to any DOE-prepared PEIS regarding the structural reconfiguration of the nuclear weapons complex; (4) the need for supplemental environmental impact statements (SEIS) to be prepared by DOE, and to review such SEIS; (5) the adjustment assistance plan for nuclear weapons facility workers proposed by DOE; and (6) DOE analyses of the cost of the structural reconfiguration of the nuclear weapons complex. Directs the Secretary of Energy (the Secretary) to report biannually to the Commission on DOE actions, assessments, and decisions with respect the Commission's enumerated duties. Requires the Commission, after receiving the Secretary's report, to submit to the President an evaluation of its reviews, and a justification of any proposals that differ from those of DOE. Prescribes procedures for approval or disapproval of Commission recommendations by either the President or the Congress. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to postpone implementation of any DOE proposal to segment the issue of nonnuclear consolidation from the PEIS process until the Commission makes a recommendation in favor of such proposal which the President approves and the Congress does not disapprove.
Law· SS. 2532 (102nd)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 7 April 1992
Freedom for Russia and Emerging Eurasian Democracies and Open Markets Support Act of 1992 - Declares that the President, in providing assistance for the independent states of the former Soviet Union (independent states), should take into account the extent to which such states are taking steps toward: (1) establishment of democratic systems; (2) respect for human rights; (3) economic reform based on market principles, the development of a private sector, and integration into the world economy; (4) respect for international law and adherence to the principles of the Helsinki Final Act and the Charter of Paris; and (5) adherence to responsible security policies. Permits funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act to be available for such states (except for Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania) for purposes of promoting democracy, encouraging free market systems, meeting humanitarian needs, fostering demilitarization of the economy and society and defense conversion, promoting development in agricultural and energy sectors, promoting bilateral trade and investment, and for other purposes as the President deems appropriate. Authorizes the President to promote the active involvement of the U.S. private sector in activities in the former Soviet Union. Authorizes appropriations. Permits the President to use funds made available to carry out the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for the independent states. Authorizes authorities under the Support for East European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989 to be utilized to take actions with respect to such states. Authorizes the use of funds made available under specified Acts to carry out demilitarization and conversion of industries in such states, to prevent diversion of scientific expertise to terrorist groups or third countries, and to implement specified safeguards regarding nuclear weapons. Amends the Bretton Woods Agreements Act to endorse consent to: (1) an increase in the U.S. quota of the International Monetary Fund and to the amendments to the Articles of Agreement of the Fund approved in resolution number 45-3; and (2) a pledge to sell gold to restore the resources of the Reserve Account of the Enhanced Structural Adjustment Facility Trust. Supports U.S. participation in a currency stabilization fund for the independent states. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should ensure that the International Finance Corporation provides an ambitious lending program for such states. Endorses any increase of capital stock in the Corporation needed to accommodate the requirements of such states. Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) efforts to reduce the number of items the export of which is restricted under Coordinating Committee on Multilateral Export Controls (COCOM) procedures should be continued to facilitate trade and investment between the United States and such states; and (2) the President should initiate negotiations for the establishment of a center in Ukraine for purposes of promoting science and technology projects for nonmilitary purposes. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to remove Czechoslovakia, Estonia, East Germany, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Albania, Bulgaria, Poland, Yugoslavia, Romania, and the Soviet Union from the list of Communist countries to which assistance is prohibited. Makes a conforming amendment to the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 to remove prohibitions on export credit with respect to such countries. Amends the Federal criminal code to remove the Soviet Union, East Germany, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Bulgaria, and Romania from a list of countries for which special restrictions apply with respect to legal commercial transactions. Authorizes the President to waive the application of any provision of law to the independent states that would have restricted the Soviet Union's eligibility for certain programs or benefits. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize the Overseas Private Investment Corporation to carry out its pilot equity financing program in the independent states. Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to authorize agricultural commodities to be furnished to such states. Amends the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to permit export credit guaranties for improving services and agricultural goods and materials in emerging democracies to improve the management of imported agricultural commodities. Makes certain ceilings of the Food Security Act of 1985 and the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 inapplicable to the independent states. Authorizes the President to exempt any of such states from statutory or regulatory restrictions on the importation of goods and services into the United States to the extent that such restrictions are more stringent than restrictions applicable to like goods and services of other friendly countries. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should utilize international military education and training funds to provide education and training designed to foster greater respect for and understanding of the principle of civilian control of the military in the independent states.
Bill· SS. 2534 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 7 April 1992
Insular Areas Energy Security Act - Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to declare that petroleum product importers and refiners who are required to store and maintain such products in the Industrial Petroleum Reserve, and who import or refine petroleum products in an insular area, must, at the request of the area's chief executive officer, store and maintain specified quantities of petroleum product in such area.
Bill· HRH.R. 4772 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1992
Cofiring Promotion Act of 1992 - Directs the Secretary of Energy to: (1) implement a program of research and demonstration of cofiring (of natural gas and coal) in utility and large industrial boilers in order to determine optimal natural gas injection levels for environmental and operational benefits; and (2) provide financial assistance for half the costs of such cofiring technology projects. Requires the Secretary to provide a status report to the Congress by a specified deadline. Authorizes appropriations.
Bill· SS. 2527 (102nd)open
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1992
Elwha River Ecosystem and Fisheries Restoration Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to acquire title to the Elwha River Hydroelectric Project and the Glines Canyon Hydroelectric Project (the Projects), both in the State of Washington, including all rights and interests in the Projects and the electric power generated by the Projects held by the owner of the Projects and by the pulp and paper mill on Ediz Hook in Port Angeles, Washington (the mill). Grants consideration in the forms of: (1) deeming satisfied or assumed obligations and liabilities of the owner and the mill to the United States, including project removal and any ecosystem, fish and wildlife mitigation, or restoration obligations; and (2) the United States providing to the mill, through Port Angeles City Light, power to replace the power generated by the Projects. Authorizes the Projects to continue to operate under the terms and conditions of licenses and permits issued by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission until title is transferred under this Act. Mandates a power exchange agreement between the Secretary and the Administrator of the Bonneville Power Administration. Regulates the power supplied to the mill, including price and a term of 40 years. Mandates interim and final operating plans for the Projects designed to promote the purposes of ecosystem, fisheries, and wildlife restoration, protection, and enhancement and the other purposes of this Act, with electric power production incidental and subordinate to the purposes of this Act and such production reduced or terminated as necessary to achieve the purposes of this Act. Establishes the Elwha River Ecosystem and Fisheries Restoration Task Force and requires it to prepare a comprehensive and multidisciplinary analysis of the most effective and reliable alternatives to carry out the purposes of this Act. Requires: (1) in carrying out construction, dam removal, fishery restoration, or monitoring under this Act, preference to the employment of members of the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe; and (2) in carrying out the final plan, satisfaction of the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. Directs the Secretary to conduct an assessment of present conditions of the ecosystem, water quality, fisheries, and wildlife of the Elwha River Basin and to monitor and evaluate subsequent changes thereto associated with implementation of the final plan. Directs the Secretary, if the final plan requires removal of the Projects, to protect the continued availability of high quality water for users of Elwha River water. Makes the Secretary responsible, if removal is begun but, for budgetary reasons, is not completed, for all fishery mitigation and correction of water quality problems. Establishes the Elwha River National Fish Refuge, comprised of lands acquired by the United States under this Act that are located outside of the exterior boundaries of the Olympic National Park. Authorizes the Secretary to manage lands acquired by the United States under this Act, outside the Park, and not needed for the refuge for the benefit of the Tribe for housing, cultural, or economic development. Reduces any repayment obligations of the Administration to the United States by the value of replacement power supplied to the mill, less the amount of power delivered to the Administrator. Directs the Secretary to retain surplus Federal land on Ediz Hook, Washington, and authorizes the Secretary to transfer title to such lands to the Tribe for tribal economic development if the Tribe and the city of Port Angeles agree concerning development of the land. Authorizes appropriations to carry out this Act.
Bill· SS. 2519 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1992
Export Administration Act of 1992 - Declares it to be U.S. policy to minimize the imposition of export controls and to encourage trade with all countries with which the United States has diplomatic or trading relations, except those countries with which such trade has been determined by the President to be against the national interest. Establishes as an independent establishment in the executive branch the Office of Strategic Trade and Technology (Office). Declares that such Office shall be headed by a Director, appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, who shall serve as the President's principal advisor on U.S. strategic trade and technology policy. Establishes within the Office the Strategic Trade Policy Council which shall approve export control and technology transfer policies proposed by the director. Provides for the appointment of: (1) Associate Director for Export Administration; (2) Associate Director for Economic Security; (3) Associate Director for Non-Proliferation; and (4) Chief Negotiator. Establishes within the Office an: (1) Office of Enforcement and Compliance; (2) Office of Foreign Availability; and (3) Office of Industry Advisory Committees. Declares that the Director, or other designated employees of the Office, shall constitute the permanent U.S. delegation to the Coordinating Committee (COCOM). Provides for the appointment of an industry advisory committee. Transfers to the Office the functions and authorities: (1) of the Office of Munitions Control of the Department of Defense; (2) of the Defense Technology Security Administration of the Department of Defense; (3) of the Department of Commerce under the Export Administration Act of 1979; (4) granted under the Defense Production Act of 1950; (5) granted under a specified section of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962; (6) of the Department of Energy with respect to the review of exports pursuant to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act of 1978; (7) of the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury; and (8) not specifically vested by statute as the Director determines to be appropriate. Declares that no authority or permission may be required to export goods or technology. Authorizes the issuance of specified export licenses, including: (1) multiple export licenses for the export of goods or technology; (2) distribution licenses; (3) operations licenses for the export and reexport of technolgy and related goods; (4) project licenses; (5) service supply licenses; (6) general licenses; and (7) other type licenses. Requires the Director to establish a United States Export Control index which shall identify goods or technology which shall be subject to controls under this Act, the Arms Export Control Act, or the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act of 1978. Prohibits the Director from imposing national security or foreign policy export controls on the export of goods or technology for which there is foreign availability. Authorizes the President to prohibit the export of goods and technology that would prove detrimental to the national security of the United States. Requires the President, for purposes of administering national security export controls, to establish a list of controlled countries that includes: (1) countries that represent a strategic threat to the United States; and (2) countries of proliferation concern. Subjects China to certain strategic and proliferation export controls. Urges the President, for purposes of enhancing the effectiveness of multilateral controls, to negotiate with the governments participating in COCOM and other multilateral export control arrangements to develop: (1) a common list of controlled countries, (2) a common list of controlled goods and technology; and (3) a common approach to treatment of exports to nonadherents to such arrangements. Declares that no authority or permission may be required for the export or reexport of goods or technology to or from a country which maintains export controls on such items cooperatively with the United States pursuant to the agreement of COCOM or an agreement to restrict such exports. Authorizes the Director to require authority or permission to export or reexport of: (1) goods or technology to unreliable end-users; (2) supercomputers, goods or technology for sensitive nuclear uses, devices for surreptitious interception of wire or oral communication, and goods or technology intended for end users to a country other than a country which maintains export controls cooperatively with the United States pursuant to the agreement of COCOM or restrictive export agreement; and (3) goods or technology pursuant to special multilateral control arrangements agreed to unanimously by COCOM, as long as all countries in which such goods or technology are produced agree to equivalent controls and requirements. Requires the Director to pursue negotiations with: (1) governments participating in nonproliferation agreements in order to strengthen and to achieve common approaches to licensing and enforcement of such agreements; and (2) countries that do not participate in COCOM or such nonproliferation agreements regarding their cooperation in restricting the export of goods and technology. Requires the Director to establish a national security control list. Sets forth provisions regarding controls based on: (1) proliferation concern; and (2) strategic threat. Authorizes the issuance of export licenses for multiple exports of technology and related goods. Prohibits the Director from requiring an export license for the export of replacement parts for certain goods. Declares that there shall be a presumption of approval of an application for a license for the export to a controlled country of goods for exhibition at a trade show if specified requirements are met. Requires export licenses authorizing the export of goods or technology to also authorize the export of related operation technical data if such data does not exceed the minimum level necessary to install, repair, maintain, inspect, operate, or use such goods or technology. Prohibits the imposition of export controls on a good solely because it contains parts or components subject to export controls if such parts or components are essential to the functioning of the good, customarily included in sales of the good in countries other than controlled countries, and comprise 25 percent or less of the total value of the good, unless such good as a whole would make a significant contribution to the military potential of a controlled country that would prove detrimental to U.S. national security. Declares that no authority or permission may be required to reexport goods or technology from any country: (1) when such good or technology is incorporated in another resulting good or technology; and (2) the incorporated U.S. good or technology represents not more than 25 percent of the total value of the resulting good or technology. Sets forth specified exceptions. Sets forth specified requirements with respect to commercial agreements for the export of goods and technology between U.S. firms and controlled countries. Requires the Director to publish the full text of the three International Lists of COCOM. Authorizes the President to prohibit or curtail the export of goods, technology, or other information (except medicine and certain food exports) by U.S. persons in order to further U.S. foreign policy. Requires the Director to notify specified congressional committees before any license is approved for the export of goods and technology valued at more than $1 million to any country that supports international terrorism. Requires crime and detection and equipment to be approved for export by the Director. Authorizes the President to prohibit the export of goods and technology where necessary to protect the domestic economy from excessive drain of source materials. Authorizes any trade association, firm, or group of workers that may be adversely affected by short supply conditions to petition the Director to monitor such exports or impose export controls. Prohibits domestically produced crude oil transported by pipeline over a right-of-way under the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act from being exported, with specified exceptions, from the United States. Declares that such export controls shall not apply to any agricultural commodity, including fats and oils or animal hides or skins, without the approval of the Secretary of Agriculture. Directs the President to issue regulations prohibiting any U.S. person from knowingly supporting any boycott imposed by a foreign country and not supported by the United States against a country which is friendly to the United States. Authorizes any person who utilizes a product produced abroad in whole or in part from a good historically obtained from the United States but which has been subjected to export controls, or any person who historically has exported such a good, to transmit a hardship petition to the Director requesting an exemption from such controls. Sets forth specified procedures for the processing of export licenses by the Director. Sets forth civil and criminal penalties. Requires the President to impose specified sanctions against foreign and U.S. persons who have: (1) violated the export control laws of a member of COCOM; and (2) knowingly and materially contributed to use or development of chemical, biological, nuclear, or missile weapons. Provides for enforcement of export controls authorized under this Act. Provides for administrative and judicial review of penalties and sanctions imposed under this Act. Requires specified reports. Authorizes appropriations.
Bill· SS. 2506 (102nd)open
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.
Bill· HRH.R. 4722 (102nd)open
United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1992
Marine and Coastal Environment and Global Climate Protection Act of 1992 - Title I: Ocean and Coastal Resources Management and Development Block Grants - Ocean and Coastal Resources Management and Development Block Grant Act - Establishes the Ocean and Coastal Resources Management and Development Fund. Directs the Secretary of Commerce (the Secretary) to provide to each State from amounts paid into such Fund a national ocean and coastal resources management and development block grant to ameliorate any adverse impacts resulting from activities of coastal-related energy facilities. Prescribes eligibility and implementation guidelines. Precludes a block grant from being paid to a State unless it has established a trust fund to receive it. Prescribes procedural guidelines under which recipient States must allocate their respective block grants among local governments. Requires a recipient State to submit to the Secretary a financial audit of its block grant trust fund for each fiscal year in which it receives such grant. Sets forth procedural guidelines for the withholding of a State's future block grant if the Secretary determines that block grant funds have been misused. Directs the Secretary to promulgate regulations to implement this Act. Title II: Global Climate Change Response Fund - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to establish the Global Climate Change Response Fund. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to deposit into the Fund ten percent of all royalties received (after enactment of this Act) under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act. Terminates authority to make such contributions on October 1, 2003. Mandates that Fund monies be used by the President to make annual contributions to any agreed-upon financial mechanism provided for in the Framework Convention on Climate Change. Title III: Revisions to the Outer Continental Shelf Program - Prohibits oil and gas lease sales in certain Outer Continental Shelf planning areas unless the Secretary of the Interior determines that: (1) adequate scientific and technical information is available regarding specified aspects of such planning areas; and (2) development of such areas is needed to meet domestic economic energy needs. Declares moratoria on preleasing activities and lease sales, and imposes restrictions and requirements upon: (1) the Mid-Atlantic Planning Area; (2) the South Atlantic Planning Area; (3) the Straits of Florida Planning Area; (4) the Eastern Gulf of Mexico Planning Area; (5) Southern California, Central California, and Northern California Planning Areas; (6) Washington-Oregon Planning Area; and (7) North Aleutian Basin Planning Area. Provides for exceptions to such proscribed lease sales upon request of the affected State (unless the Governor of another affected State objects to such leasing). Title IV: Environmental Studies Program - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to require the Secretary of the Interior to include within a statutorily mandated environmental assessment study of the Outer Continental Shelf and coastal areas affected by its oil and gas development, an assessment of the adequacy of available physical oceanographic, ecological and socioeconomic information. Mandates completion of such study, subject to peer review by at least three qualified scientists at least two of whom shall not be employed by the Federal Government, and publication, not later than 180 days before the date on which the lease sale is held. Authorizes appropriations. Title V: Miscellaneous - Makes conforming amendments to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act regarding lease cancellations to reflect the changes made by this Act. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to promulgate lease cancellation regulations which state that compensation for lease cancellation may be made in the form of cash, or credit against rent or royalty payments that would otherwise be paid to the Federal Government, or a combination of cash with such credit.
Bill· HRH.R. 4726 (102nd)open
United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1992
Opportunities in Science and Technology Act of 1992 - Establishes a joint program by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the National Science Foundation, and the Department of Energy of annual competitive, merit-reviewed awards to provide and upgrade facilities and equipment at institutions engaged in fostering knowledge of science and technology. Authorizes appropriations.
Bill· HRH.R. 4742 (102nd)referred
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.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 301 (102nd)open
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.
Bill· SS. 2500 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 31 March 1992
Water Resources Development Act of 1992 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to carry out, at specified costs: (1) a project for navigation at Canaveral Harbor, Florida; and (2) a project for storm damage reduction at the Saugus River and Tributaries, Massachusetts. Authorizes the Secretary to modify a current flood control project in Rochester, Minnesota, in a specified amount. Amends the National Dam Safety Act of 1972 to authorize appropriations annually (currently through FY 1992) for continuously maintaining an updated inventory of all dams located in the United States. Authorizes the Secretary to develop and implement a program to share the cost of managing recreation facilities and natural resources at water resources development projects under the Secretary's jurisdiction. Amends the Flood Control Act of 1968 to authorize the Secretary to charge fees for the use of developed recreation sites and facilities. Prohibits the imposition of such fees for certain general public access uses at such sites and facilities. Amends the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to eliminate the requirement that the Army Corps of Engineers provide one free campground at each of its projects where camping is permitted. Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1990 to continue indefinitely (currently terminates at the end of FY 1992) a joint program of the Corps of Engineers and the Department of Transportation regarding research and development of magnetic levitation technology and applications. Authorizes the Secretary to procure materials deemed necessary to promote the Army's safety program, to be distributed to Army employees. Authorizes appropriations. Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 to provide that operation and maintenance costs of water resources development projects (projects) located on Federal public lands or lands owned or operated by State and local governments shall be borne fully (currently, 75 percent) by the agency responsible for management activities for fish and wildlife on those lands. Directs the Secretary to establish a goal of five percent of the total amount of civil works funds obligated for Department of the Army contracts and subcontracts entered into during FY 1993 for award to small business concerns owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals (as defined by the Small Business Act) and to historically Black colleges and universities or minority institutions. Outlines procurement procedures to be used to achieve such goal. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out projects for the protection, restoration, and creation of aquatic and ecologically related habitats, including wetlands, in connection with dredging for construction, operation, or maintenance of an authorized navigation project. Allows such projects to be undertaken whenever the Secretary finds that: (1) the environmental, economic, and social benefits of the project justify the cost; and (2) such project would not result in further environmental degradation. Requires non-Federal interests to enter into cooperative agreements for such projects which establishes cost-sharing requirements. Authorizes appropriations. Includes Indian tribes, U.S. territories and possessions, and Puerto Rico and the Northern Mariana Islands under the definition of a "State" eligible for provision by the Corps of Engineers of certain reimbursable services. Authorizes the Secretary, at the request of a State, to place beach quality sand (obtained from dredging activities) on the beaches of a political subdivision (currently, only permitted for the State itself), as long as the political subdivision agrees to the same cost-sharing provisions required of States for receiving such sand. Requires funds recovered by the Secretary for the cleanup of hazardous or toxic substances in support of the Army Civil Works Program to be credited toward the cost of taking such action. (Currently, such funds must be deposited into the general Treasury.) Authorizes the Secretary, in maintaining hydroelectric power generating facilities at projects under the jurisdiction of the Army, to increase the efficiency of energy production or capacity at such facilities if such uprating is economically justified, will not result in significant adverse effects on the project's purpose or the environment, and will not involve major structural or operational project changes. Authorizes the Secretary to undertake surveys, plans, and studies and prepare reports which may lead to work under existing civil works authorities or to recommendations for authorizations. Provides funding. Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 to: (1) set at 25 percent the non-Federal share of the cost of Corps of Engineers projects for environmental protection and restoration; and (2) remove a provision prohibiting dredging vessels and related equipment from being sold in the United States in order to engage in dredging activities. Authorizes the Secretary to make one-time, lump-sum payments to non-Federal sponsors for the Federal share of operation, maintenance, replacement, and rehabilitation costs of civil works projects, after completion of construction of the project. Requires the non-Federal interest, before such payment is made, to enter into a building agreement with the Secretary to perform the operation, maintenance, replacement, and rehabilitation of such project. Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 to: (1) increase from $15,000,000 to $25,000,000 the annual funding limit for modifications to projects in order to improve the quality of the environment in the public interest and when not incompatible with project purposes; and (2) limit funding for each modification to $5,000,000. Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1988 to authorize the Secretary to apply infringement protection as provided under the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 to software technology developed by the Corps of Engineers which the Secretary feels will be subject to a cooperative research and development agreement within two years of its development. (Currently, such infringement protection is afforded only after the cooperative agreement is entered into.) Authorizes the Secretary to accept contributions from nonprofit private entities and non-Federal public entities other than project sponsors in connection with carrying out projects for environmental protection and restoration. Provides for the deposit of contributed funds. Requires recommendation to the Congress by the Secretary that a non-Federal sponsor bear 50 percent of the cost of any proposed modification of an existing authorized project by removal of one or more of the project features which would significantly and adversely impact the authorized project purposes or outputs. Expresses the sense of the Congress that negotiations between affected States and, when warranted, concerned Federal agencies and affected Indian tribes is an effective method of settling disputes concerning water flows and water levels in rivers and associated lakes and reservoirs and could eliminate the need to settle such disputes through the court system. Authorizes the Secretary to participate in such negotiations and to provide technical assistance when determined to be in the interest of the Army.
Bill· SS. 2486 (102nd)referred
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.
Bill· HRH.R. 4678 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1992
Rescinds certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded (R92-95) (National Wood Energy Association for biomass gasification demonstration project) in a special message transmitted to the Congress by the President on March 20, 1992, in accordance with the Impoundment Control Act of 1974.
Bill· HRH.R. 4609 (102nd)referred
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.
Bill· SS. 2483 (102nd)open
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.
Bill· HRH.R. 4559 (102nd)reported
United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1992
National Energy, Environment, and Competitiveness Research Act of 1992 - Title I: Reduction of Oil Vulnerability - Subtitle A: Oil and Gas Supply Enhancement - Directs the Secretary of Energy (the Secretary) to conduct research and development programs in the following energy technologies in order to reduce national dependence upon imported oil, increase efficiency in meeting future energy needs, and reduce the adverse environmental consequences of energy production: (1) accelerated recovery of oil from domestic reservoirs in producing fields; (2) oil shale extraction and conversion for both Eastern and Western shales; (3) natural gas extraction from tight gas sands and devonian shales (or other unconventional sources); and (4) cofiring of natural gas with coal in utility and large industrial boilers to determine optimal natural gas injection levels for both environmental and operational benefits. Sets forth program goals, including short, mid-term, and long-term priorities. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle B: Oil and Gas Demand Reduction and Substitution - Directs the Secretary to conduct research and development programs on: (1) cost effective technologies to reduce the demand for oil in the transportation sector through increased energy efficiency and the use of alternative fuels; (2) advanced technologies to improve fuel economy of light-duty passenger vehicles powered by a piston engine, and hybrid vehicles powered by a combination of piston engine and electric motor; (3) techniques to improve natural gas and other alternative fuel vehicle technology; (4) biofuels user facilities to expedite industry adoption of biofuels technologies; (5) electric vehicles and batteries (in cooperation with the electric utility industry and the automobile industry); and (6) wider application of advanced electric vehicle technology, including advanced battery technologies. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress and the President on encouraging the purchase and use of electric vehicles. Directs the Secretary to conduct a research and development program on: (1) renewable hydrogen energy systems to supplement similar ongoing DOE activities; and (2) diesel engine combustion and engine systems, related advanced materials, and fuels and lubricants to reduce emissions oxides of nitrogen and particulates. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle C: Oil Substitution Through Coal Liquefaction - Directs the Secretary to conduct a research and development program for economically and environmentally acceptable advanced technologies for oil substitution through coal liquefaction. Authorizes appropriations. Title II: Energy and Environment - Subtitle A: Improved Energy Efficiency - Directs the Secretary to conduct a research and development program for: (1) cost effective technologies to improve energy efficiency and increase the use of renewable energy in the buildings, industrial, and utility sectors; (2) energy efficient natural gas and electric heating and cooling technologies for residential and commercial buildings; (3) advanced pulp and paper technologies; (4) new technologies for integrated building design and products that provide affordable and commercially viable low emission, low energy buildings by the year 2005; and (5) expedited adoption of energy efficient industrial electric drive technologies, including adjustable speed drives, high speed motors, and high efficiency motors. Directs the Secretary to establish: (1) a Federal agency demonstration program for advanced commercially available energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies for use in federally-owned buildings and facilities; and (2) a demonstration program at federally-owned buildings and facilities designated for long-term commitment of specified emerging energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies that were substantially developed or derived from DOE research and development, and that are not commercially available. Subtitle B: Electricity Generation and Use - Directs the Secretary to conduct a research and development program: (1) to provide cost-effective options for the generation of electricity from renewable energy sources for grid and nongrid application; (2) on high efficiency heat engines to prove their technical and economic feasibility, emphasizing advanced gas turbine cycles, and the incorporation of energy efficient materials in such cycles for high efficiency electric and industrial power generation; and (3) to encourage the deployment of advanced nuclear reactor technologies. Requires the Secretary to establish a Federal financial and technical assistance program for the first-of-a-kind engineering design of standardized commercial nuclear powerplants which are included in the DOE certification program for advanced light water reactor designs. Requires the Secretary to report annually to the Congress on program status and nuclear research, development, and demonstrations. Directs the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to report annually to the Congress, along with the President's annual budget request, on the certification process for certain standardized advanced light water reactor designs. Directs the Secretary to conduct a research and development program on: (1) new technologies for mitigating hazards associated with high level radioactive waste and spent fuel from nuclear reactors; (2) fusion energy technologies whose main focus shall be a cooperative effort to develop the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER); (3) advanced technologies that use coal to generate electricity in a more efficient and environmentally acceptable manner; and (4) efficient and environmentally benign decentralized power generation using fuel cells. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to establish the Electric Generation Technology Demonstration Task Force (the Task Force) to annually submit a report to the Secretary and the Congress on the status of electric generation technology. Authorizes appropriations for the Fast Flux Test Facility. Subtitle C: Pollution Prevention, Information, and Audits - Requires the Secretary to establish an Energy Efficient Pollution Prevention Program to implement research and development on energy efficient pollution prevention technologies and processes, emphasizing source reductions and a systems approach to minimizing adverse environmental effects of industrial production in the most cost-effective and energy efficient manner. Directs the Administrator of the Energy Information Administration to: (1) expand the scope and frequency of data collection and reports on domestic energy use in order to significantly improve the ability to evaluate the efficacy of national energy efficiency and renewable energy policies and programs; and (2) report annually to the Congress on energy efficiency and on the gathered data. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to incorporate into a certain energy conservation audit program for small and medium sized manufacturers an identification and analysis of applicable energy savings and environmental benefits from the adoption of innovative energy efficient pollution prevention and waste minimization techniques. Authorizes appropriations. Title III: Energy and Economic Growth - Directs the Secretary to establish: (1) a National Critical Advanced Materials Initiative in the Office of Assistant Secretary for Conservation and Renewable Energy to implement a research and development program on production techniques for critical advanced materials and associated components with energy efficiency and renewable energy applications, to supplement similar ongoing DOE activities; (2) a program to expedite the use of critical advanced materials technologies in goods and services acquired by the General Services Administration; and (3) a National Critical Advanced Manufacturing Technologies Initiative in the Office of Assistant Secretary for Conservation and Renewable Energy to supplement similar ongoing DOE activities to improve energy efficiency and productivity in manufacturing. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to grant priority to user facilities to provide special scientific and research capabilities to serve the research needs of universities, industry, and private and Federal laboratories. Authorizes the construction of the Advanced Photon Source at the Argonne National Laboratory. Prohibits the Secretary from changing the user fee practice in effect as of October 1, 1991, unless expressly authorized to do so by law enacted subsequent to this Act. Requires the Secretary to expedite the construction of the Advanced Neutron Source at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to: (1) support university research reactor improvement programs, and report a five year-improvement plan to the Congress; and (2) develop a method to evaluate the effectiveness of DOE science and mathematics education programs. Requires the Director of the Office of Energy Research to operate an Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research as part of DOE's University and Science Education Programs. Directs the Secretary to: (1) support technology transfer activities conducted by the National Laboratories, and report to the Congress on the adequacy of their funding; (2) implement a least cost strategy for facility support and maintenance with respect to multiprogram energy laboratories; and (3) report to the Congress a comprehensive facilities plan for multiprogram energy laboratories. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to submit to the Congress a five-year program plan for improving DOE integration of basic and applied renewable energy and energy efficiency research and development. Title IV: International Transfer of Advanced Energy Technology - Directs the Secretary to: (1) conduct a program of developing and adapting new energy technologies to the needs of developing countries to provide technological alternatives to meet their energy needs more efficiently and in an environmentally sound and economically competitive manner; and (2) establish in the Office of Policy an Office of Energy Coordination for Developing Countries to provide an information exchange program. Authorizes appropriations. Title V: Policy and Administrative Provisions - Directs the Secretary to expedite procedures for reviewing cooperative research and development agreements entered into by DOE or its laboratories to make the administrative review process consistent with those at other Federal agencies and their laboratories, and to report on them to the Congress. Permits program funds authorized for Conservation Research and Development, and Fossil Energy Research and Development to be used for the implementation of cooperative research and development agreements by DOE laboratories. Prohibits the Secretary from obligating funds for substantial or major construction projects, or equipment acquisition without specific authorization by statute. Directs the Secretary to establish an Energy Research, Development, and Demonstration Advisory Board (Advisory Board) to provide impartial technical advice with respect to energy research and development, and to submit periodic evaluations to the Congress of the effectiveness of DOE energy research and development programs in meeting the objectives of the previous National Energy Policy Plan. Declares that it is the policy of the United States that: (1) specified percentages of funds appropriated for DOE environmental restoration and waste management programs shall be used for research and development; and (2) where private sector technologies are more advanced than those used by the Federal Government, they shall be used for environmental restoration and waste management. Amends the Federal Nonnuclear Energy Research and Development Act of 1974 to require the Secretary (currently the Administrator of the Energy Research and Development Administration) to submit to the Congress an annual comprehensive plan for energy research and development. Amends the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Technology Competitiveness Act of 1989 to reflect the amendments made by this Act. Requires proposals submitted under this Act to include commitments of specified percentages from non-Federal sources. Authorizes the Secretary to vary such requirements upon determining that the proposed research is of a more basic or fundamental nature. Directs the Secretary to: (1) develop an inventory and status report of technologies to enhance energy supply and to improve the efficiency of energy end uses; (2) establish comprehensive energy research and development program priorities as part of the National Energy Policy Plan, with highest priority given to the development of technologies assessed in such inventory and status report; and (3) enter into an arrangement with the National Academy of Sciences (the Academy) to study factors which promote or inhibit the widespread domestic adoption of energy-efficient end-use technologies and energy-conserving practices. Directs the Academy to submit its findings and conclusions to the Congress. Authorizes appropriations. Sets forth conditions under which the Secretary shall disregard costs related to the decommissioning of nuclear facilities, or the storage and disposal of nuclear waste when awarding contracts to perform nuclear hot cell services. Title VI: Joint Ventures - Amends the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Technology Competitiveness Act of 1989 to direct the Secretary to evaluate emerging renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies suitable for joint ventures, and to solicit proposals for, and provide assistance to, at least ten high priority joint ventures (currently three) that can expedite the commercialization of renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies. Includes within the list of required joint ventures: (1) oil displacement by fuel cell technology; (2) renewable energy and energy efficiency technology export training; and (3) source reduction technology. Authorizes appropriations. Title VII: Uranium Enrichment - Subtitle A: Uranium Enrichment Corporation - Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to establish the Uranium Enrichment Corporation as a wholly owned government corporation to: (1) operate as a business enterprise on a profitable, efficient basis; (2) acquire uranium for uranium enrichment; (3) acquire DOE facilities related to atomic vapor laser isotope separation technology (AVLIS) for uranium enrichment, and to commercialize alternative enrichment technologies; (4) market and sell its enriched uranium and related services; and (5) conduct the business as a self-financing corporation, eliminating the need for Federal financing. Vests Corporation powers in the Board of Directors appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. Grants the Comptroller General audit powers over the Corporation. Requires the Corporation to submit an annual status report to the President and the Congress. Establishes the Uranium Enrichment Corporation Fund, which shall be available to the Corporation without fiscal year limitation. Prescribes guidelines under which the Corporation may issue bonds and notes. Provides for the Corporation to make payments to States and local governments in lieu of taxes. Exempts all Corporation property, activities, and income from any State, local, or Federal taxation. Applies to the Corporation Federal antitrust, occupational safety and health laws, and environmental laws, among others. Permits the Corporation to restrict the dissemination of trade secrets and commercial or financial information to the same extent as a privately owned corporation. Sets forth the Corporation's marketing and contracting authority. Grants the Corporation exclusive rights to: (1) an option to lease DOE gaseous diffusion uranium enrichment facilities; and (2) deploy, license, and use federally-owned AVLIS processes and technical information upon completion of a royalty agreement with DOE. Directs the President, upon Corporation request, to transfer without charge to the Corporation DOE rights and interests in property related to the performance of its purposes regarding AVLIS. Transfers to the Corporation as assets any balances in the Uranium Enrichment Special Fund, and balances appropriated to DOE for uranium supply and enrichment activities. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to lend the Corporation a specified sum in the form of a loan from balances in the Uranium Enrichment Special Fund receipt account ("Initial Debt"). Precludes the Corporation from receiving any Federal financial assistance other than as provided for in this Act. Permits the Corporation to apply to DOE for a patent license to use an invention or discovery useful in the production or utilization of special nuclear material or atomic energy when the patent has not been declared to be affected with the public interest. Requires DOE to: (1) establish standards to govern its gaseous diffusion uranium enrichment facilities; and (2) report annually to the Congress on the health, safety, and environmental conditions at such facilities. Prohibits the Corporation from operating such facilities unless DOE has determined its compliance with such standards. Subjects Corporation uranium enrichment facilities using AVLIS to the same licensing strictures as production and utilization facilities under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954. Requires the Corporation to: (1) prepare a strategic plan for privatization; and (2) begin activities necessary to prepare AVLIS for commercialization. Authorizes the Corporation to issue capital stock representing an equity investment in its uranium enrichment assets, as well as enter into joint ventures and majority held subsidiaries. Sets forth guidelines for privatization of the Corporation. Establishes the Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund to implement decontamination and decommissioning, and other environmental restoration and waste management activities at DOE uranium enrichment facilities. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to submit annual Fund status reports to the Congress. Sets forth funding guidelines. Requires the Corporation to: (1) direct a pilot research and development program at the Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant to identify, evaluate, and implement decontamination and decommissioning approaches; and (2) submit an annual cost estimate review to the Congress regarding decontamination, decommissioning, and other environmental restoration and waste management activities at its uranium enrichment facilities. Subtitle B: Remedial Action At Active Processing Sites - Declares that remedial action costs shall be borne by certain persons licensed under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 for any activity resulting in the production of by-product material. Sets forth guidelines under which the Secretary shall annually reimburse such licensees for the portion of the remediation costs attributable to byproduct material generated as an incident of sales to the United States, and incurred by the licensee before a specified date. Requires the Secretary to promulgate reimbursement regulations. Authorizes appropriations.
Bill· HRH.R. 4587 (102nd)open
United States · United States Congress · 25 March 1992
Establishes a right-of-way corridor for electric power transmission lines within the Sunrise Mountain (Natural Area) Inventory Unit, Nevada.
Bill· SS. 2392 (102nd)open
United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1992
Establishes a right-of-way corridor for electric power transmission lines within the Sunrise Mountain (Natural Area) Inventory Unit, Nevada.
Bill· SS. 2396 (102nd)referred
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.
Bill· HRH.R. 4547 (102nd)open
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.
Bill· HRH.R. 4546 (102nd)referred
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.
Bill· HRH.R. 4488 (102nd)open
United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1992
Nuclear Reactor Licensing Act of 1992 - Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to prescribe guidelines for: (1) issuance by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission of nuclear reactor combined construction and operating licenses; and (2) post-construction hearings on such licenses. Provides for judicial review of final Commission orders affecting such licenses.
Bill· HRH.R. 4487 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1992
Declares that it is lawful for the municipality of St. Louis, Michigan, to conduct certain water power activities within city limits on the Pine River. Denies the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission any jurisdiction under the Federal Power Act with respect to licensing such activities within the city limits of St. Louis.
Bill· HRH.R. 4500 (102nd)open
United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1992
Enhanced Oil Recovery Demonstration Act of 1992 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish a cooperative government-industry program to demonstrate technologies for accelerated oil recovery from domestic oil reservoirs in producing fields on public lands. Directs the Secretary to solicit proposals for conducting such activities. Authorizes appropriations.
Bill· HRH.R. 4476 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1992
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow corporate taxpayers with unused alternative minimum tax credits from prior years to use such credits against current-year alternative minimum tax liability. Establishes an ordering rule for applying such credit. Eliminates intangible drilling costs and percentage depletion as tax preference items for independent producers of oil and gas properties, with limitations. Declares that depreciation adjustments do not apply to environmental improvement assets.
Bill· HRH.R. 4474 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 March 1992
Energy Savings Performance Contract Act of 1992 - Amends the National Energy Conservation Policy Act (NECPA) to require Federal energy management contracts to be energy savings performance contracts which require an annual energy audit, and which specify the terms and conditions of any Government payments and performance guarantees. Directs the Secretary of Energy to develop the methodology that will apply to the selection by each Federal agency of a contractor to provide energy savings services.
Bill· HRH.R. 4460 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1992
Energy Technology Growth Act - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1993 for the following Department of Energy (DOE) programs: (1) Fossil Energy Research and Development; (2) Nuclear Energy Research and Development; (3) Uranium Supply and Enrichment Activities; (4) the Nuclear Waste Fund; (5) Fusion Energy Research and Development; (6) Renewable Energy Research and Development; (7) Energy Conservation Research and Development; (8) Supporting Research and Technical Analysis; (9) Environmental Restoration and Waste Management Program; (10) Biological and Environmental Research; (11) Environment, Safety and Health; and (12) Steel and Aluminum Research. Makes conforming amendments to the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Technology Competitiveness Act of 1989 and the Spark M. Matsunaga Hydrogen Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1990. Authorizes the Secretary of Energy (the Secretary) to transfer specified funds from DOE civilian accounts during FY 1992 through 2001 for research and development projects advancing new energy supply, production, distribution, and consumption technologies, and for highly innovative technologies, including those based on yet unproven scientific theory. Directs DOE to continue the first-of-a-kind engineering design program in cooperation with the U.S. utility industry in order to begin the construction of standardized nuclear powerplants by 1995. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to establish the Research Reactor User Complex (RRC), a research, development, and production center. Sets forth implementation guidelines, including the requirement that a contractor retained by DOE to operate the RRC shall maintain and operate the Fast Flux Test Facility for research and development on isotopes and energy. Establishes the RRC Fund to be funded by related user chargers. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish investment tax credits for advanced energy use property and for increased product efficiency.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 292 (102nd)open
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1992
Expresses the sense of the Congress that, consistent with national sovereignty considerations, the position of the United States at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development should: (1) place the highest priority on the success of the Conference by participating actively, particularly through the personal participation of the President; (2) negotiate international agreements that effectively reduce the threat of climate change and biological diversity loss; (3) propose or support an initiative on financing global environmental cooperation efforts that takes into account the additional costs of international environmental protection and the basic development goals of developing countries and increases accountability for the use of funds provided for environmental purposes; (4) seek to advance the development of a stronger international legal framework and the creation of appropriate institutional mechanisms for protecting the global environment; (5) promote public participation in environmental and development decisions at all levels; and (6) support new programs and institutions to help developing countries become more energy efficient and otherwise increase their capacity for acquiring and using technology to make their economies more environmentally sustainable, global goals of slowing deforestation of primary forests, the creation of a global action plan to raise the status of women, the development of new agreements to eliminate land-based sources of marine pollution, a process of international consultations aimed at identifying ways that poverty can be alleviated and natural resources better conserved through reduction of developing country debt burdens, the development of a reformed system of national accounting that would reflect full economic costs of environmental and resource degradation and the benefits of the sustainable use of natural resources, and programs that provide maternal and child health care, education and training especially for women, and voluntary family planning.
Bill· HRH.R. 4439 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 March 1992
National Advanced Building Act of 1992 - Directs the Secretary of Energy to initiate a program of research, development, and technology demonstration for affordable low-emission, low-energy residential buildings and commercial buildings that maximize the use of cost-effective, environmentally sustainable options. Sets forth program elements. Directs the Secretary to develop a five-year program plan and to solicit proposals for the demonstration projects. Authorizes appropriations.
Bill· HRH.R. 4422 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 March 1992
Federal Energy Efficiency Bank Establishment Act - Establishes in the Treasury the Federal Facilities Energy Efficiency Bank to fund a program of loans to Federal agencies for energy efficiency projects. Authorizes appropriations.
Bill· HRH.R. 4416 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 March 1992
Dire Emergency Job Creation Appropriations Act, 1992 - Makes dire emergency appropriations for FY 1992 to stimulate the economy and to create and retain productive jobs. Title I: Immediate Job Creation Through Vital Public Investments - Appropriates funds for the following investments in transportation to: (1) accelerate the resurfacing, restoration, and rehabilitation of the nation's interstate highway system; (2) accelerate the construction, reconstruction, restoration, and rehabilitation of highways and transit systems; (3) accelerate the construction, alteration, and rehabilitation of runways, taxiways, aprons, and roads within airport boundaries; and (4) accelerate the construction and rehabilitation of National Park Service roads and parkways and the completion of the Appalachian Development Highway System. Declares the Federal share payable for highway projects to be 95 percent. Provides for the apportionment to the States of such funds and exempts such funds from specified limitations. Makes additional funds available for: (1) community development grants; (2) community services block grants to encourage the creation of business and employment opportunities; and (3) child care and development block grants to improve the availability and quality of child care services. Makes additional funds available for investments in: (1) wastewater treatment facilities; (2) water resource, hydroelectric power, irrigation, and reclamation projects; (3) natural resource protection and enhancement; (4) urban forest maintenance; and (5) park and recreation area improvements. Appropriates additional funds for investments in: (1) public housing modernization; (2) rural housing improvements; (3) energy conservation home improvements for low-income households; and (4) military family housing improvements in the United States. Appropriates an additional amount to restore the prior level of Federal support for economic development purposes as in effect immediately before September 30, 1982. Appropriates additional amounts to create jobs and promote economic development in the Appalachian and Tennessee Valley regions. Makes additional new and direct guaranteed loan authority available to increase small business opportunities. Makes available additional loan authority and additional funding for investments in: (1) rural electrification and telephone system upgrades; (2) watershed and conservation development; and (3) rural water and sewer improvements. Appropriates additional funds for: (1) maintaining and protecting public investment in Federal buildings; (2) improving facilities for veterans; (3) expanding and modernizing correctional facilities; (4) improving Indian health/reservation facilities; (5) constructing Federal biomedical research facilities; and (6) accelerating library construction. Appropriates funds to the Department of Labor to establish the emergency job creation program to provide productive jobs in an expeditious manner. Sets forth administrative provisions for such program. Requires the use of such funds to provide unemployed individuals with temporary employment for not more than six months for the repair, maintenance, and rehabilitation of publicly-owned facilities or for the conservation, rehabilitation, and improvement of public lands. Provides for allocating such funds to the territories, native Americans, and the States. Title II: Short-Term Assistance for Those Adversely Affected by the Economic Downturn - Makes additional funds available for: (1) the emergency food and shelter program of the Federal Emergency Management Agency; (2) retraining displaced workers who have been adversely affected by the recession; (3) the special supplemental food program for women, infants, and children (WIC); and (4) the emergency food assistance program. Title III: Investments for Long-Term Economic Expansion - Appropriates additional funds for certain research and development and advanced technology programs concerning: (1) high energy physics; (2) advanced technology and technology transfer; (3) research facility upgrades; and (4) oceanic and atmospheric research. Appropriates additional funds for investments in education through: (1) the Head Start program; (2) vocational skills improvement; (3) construction, reconstruction, or rehabilitation of academic and residential facilities; and (4) science and engineering education and human resources programs. Title IV: General Provisions - Prohibits appropriations contained in this Act from remaining available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided. Designates all funds in this Act as emergency requirements for purposes of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act).
Bill· HRH.R. 4389 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1992
Amends the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 and the Trade Act of 1974 to repeal certain provisions (the Stevenson and Byrd Amendments, respectively) limiting the financing by the Export-Import Bank of U.S. exports to the Soviet Union, including exports of goods or services involving research, exploration, or production of fossil fuel energy resources.
Bill· SS. 2297 (102nd)passed
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1992
Land Remote-Sensing Policy Act of 1992 - Title I: Declaration of Findings, Purposes, and Policies - Declares U.S. policy regarding remote sensing data, including: (1) preserving the right to acquire and disseminate unenhanced data; (2) perpetuating existing open skies and nondiscriminatory access policies; (3) retaining in the Federal Government remote sensing functions that are essentially a public service; and (4) maintaining a permanent, comprehensive data archive. Title II: Operation and Data Dissemination of Landsat System - Makes the Secretary of Commerce responsible for: (1) completing and launching Landsat 6; (2) arranging for the operation of Landsats 4 and 5 until Landsat 6 is operational; and (3) changing Federal contracts that would prevent full implementation of this Act. Makes the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Secretary of Defense jointly responsible for the operation of the Landsat system after Landsat 6 is operational. Directs the Administrator and the Secretary of Defense to implement a data dissemination policy that: (1) makes Landsat data available to scientists at costs that do not exceed the marginal cost of filling a specific user request; (2) considers the reasonable and legitimate requirements of all segments of the data user community; and (3) provides data to the Secretary of the Interior for permanent preservation. Requires honoring and renewal of existing agreements between the Federal Government and nations that operate foreign ground stations to provide data to those stations. Title III: Licensing of Private Remote Sensing Space Systems - Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to license private parties to operate private remote sensing space systems. Prohibits operating such systems without a license. Sets forth license conditions, including operating the system so as to promote national security and implement U.S. international obligations and making data available to all users on a nondiscriminatory basis. Allows a private party to apply for a license to operate a private remote sensing space system which uses, on a space-available basis, a civilian Federal Government satellite or vehicle as a platform. Terminates the authority of this title if no private party has been licensed and continued in operation by December 31, 1999. Title IV: Research and Development - Directs the Administrator to continue to enhance NASA's programs of remote sensing research and development. Authorizes and encourages the Administrator, the Secretaries of Agriculture, the Interior, Defense, and Energy, and other Federal agencies to take certain remote sensing research and development actions. Title V: General Provisions - Requires any unenhanced data generated by the Landsat system or by any system operator under provisions of this Act to be made available to all users on a nondiscriminatory basis. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to provide for long-term storage, maintenance, and upgrading of a basic, global, land remote sensing data set. Allows unenhanced data distributed by any private system operator to be sold on the condition that the data not be reproduced or disseminated by the purchaser. Requires that radio spectra presently allocated to Government use be made available for nongovernmental use by commercial systems licenses under this Act. Makes, with regard to this Act: (1) the Secretary of Defense responsible for national security concerns; and (2) the Secretary of State responsible for international obligations and policies. Authorizes and encourages Federal agencies to provide remote data, technology, and training to developing nations as a component of programs of international aid. Title VI: Prohibition of Commercialization of Weather Satellites - Prohibits the President and any other official of the Federal Government from making any effort to commercialize or in any way dismantle any portion of the weather satellite systems operated by the Department of Commerce, regardless of future changed circumstances.
Bill· SS. 2302 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1992
Requires the Secretary of Energy to offer to enter into a cooperative research and development (R and D) agreement (known as the Vehicle Fuel Efficiency Research Agreement) with representatives of U.S. motor vehicle manufacturers to provide for R and D of technology to enhance the fuel efficiency of passenger vehicles or light trucks. Sets the Federal share of the costs incurred under such agreement at 50 percent. Requires the Secretary to submit annual progress reports to the Congress. Authorizes appropriations.
Bill· SS. 2273 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1992
Real Estate Market Improvement Act of 1992 - Title I: Incentives for Real Estate Investment - Subtitle A: Incentives for Acquisition of Capital Assets - Part I: Reduction in Capital Gains Tax for Individuals - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a capital gains deduction for noncorporate taxpayers (primarily individuals) for assets held from one to three years. (Provides for an exclusion from gross income of certain gains in the case of estates and trusts.) Provides special rules for the gain or loss from the sale or exchange of collectibles and sales of interests in partnerships. Disallows such deduction in computing the alternative minimum tax, except with respect to gains realized on the sale, exchange, or other disposition of a direct or indirect interest in real estate or a closely held business. Part II: Inflation Adjustment for Investments - Requires indexing, based on the consumer price index, and solely for the purpose of determining gain or loss, of the adjusted basis of certain assets (corporate stock and tangible property that is a capital asset or property used in a trade or business after the date of enactment of this Act) that have been held for more than one year at the time of sale or other transfer. Provides for the inflation adjustment treatment of: (1) short sales; (2) regulated investment companies and real estate investment trusts; and (3) partnerships, S corporations, and common trust funds. Prohibits gain from the sale or other disposition of an indexed asset from being taken into account under the limitation on investment interest. Subtitle B: First-Time Homebuyers - Allows penalty-free withdrawals from qualified retirement plans during the period beginning on February 1, 1992, and ending on December 31, 1992, to pay the acquisition costs of a first-time homebuyer who is the taxpayer or the taxpayer's child or grandchild. Restricts such withdrawals to individuals whose adjusted gross income for 1991 does not exceed: (1) $100,000 in the case of married individuals filing a joint return; (2) $50,000 in the case of a married individual filing a separate return; or (3) $75,000 in the case of any other taxpayer. Limits to $10,000 the aggregate amount which may be treated as qualified withdrawals with respect to all plans of an individual. Requires the inclusion of withdrawn amounts in gross income ratably over a four-year period. Allows a first-time homebuyer who purchases a principal residence a tax credit of ten percent of the purchase price of such residence, limited to $5,000. Applies such credit to property acquired between February 1, 1992, and January 1, 1993. Allows a deduction for losses from the sale of a principal residence to the extent they exceed $100. Increases the basis of a new principal residence purchased by the taxpayer by the amount of such loss. Provides for permanent extensions of the following: (1) the low-income housing credit; and (2) the authority to issue mortgage revenue bonds and mortgage credit certificates. Title II: Incentives to Encourage a Strengthened Real Estate Market and to Encourage Finance - Subtitle A: Reforms to End Discrimination Against Real Estate Professionals - Excludes certain rental real estate activities from treatment as a passive activity for purposes of determining passive activity losses and credits. Subtitle B: Provisions Relating to Real Estate Investments by Pension Funds to Provide Capital and Credit for Long-Term Real Estate Investment - Modifies exceptions to the exclusion of real property acquired by a qualified organization from the meaning of acquisition indebtedness. Makes certain exceptions inapplicable to sales out of foreclosure by a financial institution. Applies the meaning of acquisition indebtedness investments in certain large partnerships where the principal purpose of partnership allocations is not tax avoidance. Repeals the special rule for publicly traded partnerships with respect to the treatment of unrelated business taxable income. Subtitle C: Other Provisions - Modifies the corporate income tax exclusion of contributions to the capital of the taxpayer. Includes as a qualifying contribution any amount of money or property received by a regulated public utility (a utility required to provide electric energy, gas, water, or sewage disposal services) that: (1) is a contribution in aid of construction (as defined by regulations to be promulgated by the Secretary of the Treasury); (2) meets certain expenditure requirements; and (3) is not included in the taxpayer's rate base. Excludes amounts paid as customer connection fees. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to take necessary action to provide for the uniform treatment of nonaccruing loans for tax purposes and Federal regulatory and financial accounting.
Bill· HRH.R. 4340 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1992
Jobs for the 1990's Act - Title I: General Purpose and Authority - Establishes a program to provide employment to unemployed individuals through payments for labor and related costs associated with: (1) repair or rehabilitation of community and educational facilities; (2) conservation, rehabilitation, and improvement of public lands; and (3) public safety, health, social service, and other activities necessary to the public welfare. Sets forth requirements for: (1) eligibility, in general; (2) priority for participation (including duration of unemployment); (3) special consideration for veterans; and (4) equal employment opportunities. Sets forth limitations on the use of funds including: (1) a 75 percent minimum reservation for wages and benefits; (2) a ten percent maximum limit on administration costs; (3) allowable use of remaining funds for acquiring supplies, tools, equipment, and other materials; (4) allowable use of other funds from other Federal or non-Federal sources; (5) Buy American requirements; (6) allowable use of title II funds for training and related support costs for a number of participants under certain conditions; and (7) a limit on the rate of salaries or wages for administrative or supervisory employees. Title II: Community Renewal Employment Programs - Part A: Community Improvement Projects - Provides for the Secretary of Labor to allot funds for employment of eligible participants in community improvement projects, including types of activities listed in title I of this Act. Allows for joint projects conducting such activities and others funded under other Federal law. Requires such projects to meet certain conditions, including completion within 18 months. Sets forth limitations on public lands projects. Makes eligible under this title any administrative entity of the service delivery area under the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) that serves one or more specified eligible jurisdictions, including local governments or areas (or Native American or Alaskan Native entities) that have an unemployment rate over six and one-half percent. Provides procedures for qualification of administrative entities. Sets forth requirements for allotment of funds by the Secretary of Labor under this title. Sets forth requirements for receipt of allotments, including submission of certain statements, installment payments, reports on use of funds, and withholding procedures. Sets forth requirements for project design, including priorities and coordination. Part B: Community Development Activities for Youth Trainees - Allows the use of funds under this title for youth trainee activities, which involve: (1) program payment of wages and benefits from such funds for part-time employment of up to 32 hours per week either in public works, lands, or service activities described under part A or at a work site operated by a public agency or private nonprofit organization or a for-profit employer; and (2) youth enrollment for at least eight hours per week in high school, an equivalency certificate program, or a skill training or basic skill or employability development program. Allows joint projects with activities receiving funds under the JTPA (including the Job Corps), the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act, or other State, local, public, or private education and training programs. Makes eligible to participate in such youth trainee activities any youth aged 16 through 19 who is currently unemployed. Gives priority to individuals who are economically disadvantaged. Requires that, among such individuals, eligible school dropouts are to be served on an equitable basis. Part C: State Job Programs - Requires that five percent of a State's allotment under this title be reserved for employment of eligible participants through: (1) State-administered programs and activities authorized under this title (for public works, lands, or services); (2) special assistance (in conjunction, as appropriate, with eligible administrative entities) for areas which have experienced sudden or severe economic dislocations, including large-scale losses of jobs due to facility closings or mass layoffs; (3) State-directed emergency aid programs to cope with natural disasters, including erosion, flood, drought, and storm damage assistance and control; and (4) special assistance to seasonal farmworkers and small farmers in rural, agricultural areas with substantial job losses due to farm mortgage foreclosures and other severe economic disruption (in conjunction, as appropriate, with eligible administrative entities or related programs under JTPA). Sets forth requirements for program and activity selection and design, and for statements and reports. Title III: Educational Facility Repair and Renovation Employment Activities - Part A: Elementary and Secondary School Facility Improvement Jobs - Provides for the Secretary of Education to allot funds for employment of eligible participants in public school facility repair, renovation, or rehabilitation projects to eligible local educational agencies (LEAs) in eligible jurisdictions. Requires that such funds be used, to the maximum extent possible, for quick-start projects (on which on-site labor can begin within 30 days of receipt of funds). Sets forth authorized uses of such funds for public school facility renovation, including: (1) bringing facilities into compliance with specified laws; (2) rewiring for new technology; (3) conversion to adult training centers; (4) energy-efficiency; and (5) asbestos control. Provides for Indian tribal school facilities projects for which the Secretary of the Interior is to make specified funds under this Act available upon application. Sets forth requirements for allotments to local educational agencies (LEAs) in eligible jurisdictions. Sets forth requirements for receipt of allotment, including statements, installment payments, reports, and withholding procedures. Part B: Higher Education Facility Improvement Projects - Provides provisions for the Secretary of Education to allot funds for employment of eligible participants in academic facility repair, renovation, or rehabilitation projects at institutions of higher education located within eligible jurisdictions (with a waiver for any State in which there are no such institutions within eligible jurisdictions). Sets forth quick-start project requirements. Sets forth authorized uses of such funds for academic facility and library renovation. Requires such funds to be allotted to States and made available to eligible institutions through the higher education building agency in accordance with a State plan under the Higher Education Act of 1965 if the primary purpose of such assistance is: (1) energy-efficiency, with priority for use of coal, solar, and renewable resources; (2) compliance with specified laws; (3) renovation of research or postsecondary training facilities, including rewiring for new technology; or (4) asbestos control. Gives priority to projects at those eligible institutions of higher education: (1) with the greatest proportion of students receiving Pell Grants; and (2) which have not been able to obtain funds for the performance of the project through sale of bonds or other obligations. Sets forth requirements for allotment of such funds among the States. Sets forth requirements for receipt of allotment, including statements, installment payments, reports, and withholding procedures. Part C: Special Definitions - Sets forth definitions for purposes of this title. Title IV: General Provisions - Sets forth general requirements for this Act, including: (1) prohibitions against discrimination and against sectarian purposes; (2) use of funds for supplementary activities; (3) prohibition against funds for subsidized employment to a private entity to substitute for government programs; (4) services to residents only (except homeless individuals who cannot prove residence); (4) prohibition against hiring voluntarily terminated workers; (5) prohibition against political activities; (6) Selective Service compliance; and (7) program abuse regulations. Sets individual wage rates in employment subsidized under this Act at not less than the highest of the: (1) Federal minimum wage; (2) State or local minimum wage; or (3) the prevailing rates of pay for those employed in similar occupations by the same employer. Sets the maximum rate for the average weekly portion of wages which may be paid to participants from funds under this Act at not more than 75 percent of the national average weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers on private, non-farm payrolls. Allows supplementation of participants' wages from other sources. Requires that participants be allowed sufficient time off from work activities to participate effectively in the job search activities. Allows part-time, flexible-time, and work-sharing arrangements, if customarily offered by the employer and if participants receive customary benefits. Requires program maintenance of individual work records. Sets forth expenditure schedule requirements for funds under this Act. Sets forth labor standards. Sets forth requirements for working conditions, including: (1) applicable health, safety, and disability regulations; (2) comparable benefits and conditions; and (3) prohibition of retirement contributions. Requires protection for existing workers, including prohibitions against: (1) displacement of employed workers; (2) impairment of contracts for services and collective bargaining agreements; (3) filling of laid-off positions; and (4) promotional infringement. Requires submission of compliance reports to labor organizations representing government employees engaged in similar work as participants whose wages are subsidized under this Act. Requires such reports to include an analysis of job reduction under specified conditions. Sets forth complaint procedures. Requires recipients to provide assurances that none of the funds under this Act will be used to assist, promote, or deter union organizing. Requires that an opportunity to submit comments with respect to a proposal for funding under this Act be afforded to any labor organization representing a substantial number of employees engaged in similar work or training in the same area. Applies Davis-Bacon Act prevailing wage requirements to projects funded under this Act. Sets forth fiscal controls and sanctions. Provides for judicial review. Authorizes appropriations. Sets forth requirements relating to use of data and to computations under this Act.
Bill· SS. 2265 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1992
Spending Priority Reform Act of 1992 - Expresses the sense of the Congress that any money returned to the Treasury as a result of this Act should be deposited in the General Fund to be applied against the Federal budget deficit. Title I: Agriculture Appropriations - Rescinds FY 1992 appropriations to the Department of Agriculture for certain special research grants which were not authorized, not awarded on a competitive basis, or not subjected to congressional hearings ("unauthorized"). Title II: Commerce, Justice, State and Related Agencies Appropriations - Subtitle A: Department of Justice - Rescinds FY 1992 appropriations to the Department of Justice for: (1) an unauthorized grant to the National College of District Attorneys for a move into a permanent facility with the latest technology; and (2) an unauthorized grant to SEARCH Group, Inc. for continued support to State and local criminal justice agencies to improve their use of computers and information technology. Subtitle B: Department of Commerce - Rescinds FY 1992 appropriations to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for unauthorized funding of: (1) construction, the National Ocean Service, the National Marine Fisheries Service, oceanic and atmospheric research, program support, and miscellaneous projects; (2) a specified fresh-water fish hatchery; (3) a project for fish oil research; and (4) special research grants for the International Trade Administration. Subtitle C: Related Agencies - Rescinds FY 1992 appropriations to the Small Business Administration for unauthorized grants for specified miscellaneous projects. Amends the Small Business Act to rescind appropriations and repeal the authorization for a tree planting program. Subtitle D: Department of State - Rescinds FY 1992 appropriations to the Department of State for an unauthorized grant for the North/South Center at the University of Miami, Miami, Florida. Title III: Department of Defense Appropriations - Rescinds FY 1992 appropriations made under the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1992, for certain unauthorized: (1) university grants; (2) miscellaneous projects; (3) Army operation and maintenance projects; (4) Navy operation and maintenance projects; and (5) Defense Agencies grants for the World University and 1996 Summer Olympic games. Title IV: Energy and Water Appropriations - Rescinds unauthorized FY 1992 appropriations made under the Energy and Water Appropriations Act, 1992, for unauthorized funding of: (1) a Corps of Engineers project in West Virginia; (2) a Shoshone irrigation project in Wyoming; (3) certain energy supply, research, and development activities; (4) a specified solar and renewable energy project in Hawaii; (5) certain biological and environmental research projects; (6) a certain research and technical analysis project for the University of Connecticut; and (7) a grant to complete the Center of Advanced Electronics Technology at Spartes State Technical College in Eufala, Alabama. Title V: Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations - Rescinds FY 1992 appropriations made under the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1992, for unauthorized funding of: (1) certain National Park System projects; (2) certain construction projects involving anadromous fish; and (3) certain National Forest System projects. Title VI: Transportation Appropriations - Rescinds FY 1992 appropriations to the Department of Transportation for unauthorized funding of: (1) certain motor carrier safety grants; (2) certain Federal Highway Administration demonstration projects; (3) certain highway feasibility studies; and (4) certain feasibility, design, environmental, and engineering projects. Title VII: Treasury, Postal Service and General Government - Rescinds FY 1992 appropriations to the General Services Administration for certain unauthorized grants for projects funded through the Federal Buildings Fund for the construction of a Federal courthouse in Brooklyn, New York. Title VIII: Veterans Affairs, Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations - Subtitle A: Department of Veterans Affairs - Rescinds FY 1992 appropriations to the Department of Veterans Affairs for certain unauthorized construction projects. Subtitle B: Department of Housing and Urban Development - Rescinds FY 1992 appropriations to the Department of Housing and Urban Development for unauthorized funding of: (1) certain housing projects and assistance programs; and (2) certain policy development and research grants. Subtitle C: Independent Agencies - Rescinds 1992 appropriations to: (1) the Environmental Protection Agency for certain unauthorized construction grants and other specified projects; (2) the Federal Emergency Management Agency for certain unauthorized emergency management planning and assistance projects; and (3) the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for certain unauthorized research and development and construction projects. Title IX: Blue Smoke and Mirrors - Expresses the sense of the Congress that, with regard to the appropriations process, "forward funding" tactics should no longer be utilized and the Congress should operate within the funding limits prescribed for each fiscal year.
Bill· SS. 2262 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1992
Rural Jobs and Investment Act of 1992 - Title I: Agriculture, Rural Development and Related Agencies - Subtitle A: Farmers Home Administration - Makes supplemental FY 1992 appropriations for: (1) rural housing loans; (2) rural housing repair loans; (3) rural rental housing loans; (4) rural rental multifamily housing loans; (5) rural water and sewer facility loans; (6) community facility loans; (7) the rural development loans program account; (8) rural water and waste disposal grants; (9) very low-income housing repair grants; (10) supervisory and technical assistance grants; (11) rural housing preservation grants; (12) rural development grants; and (13) local technical assistance grants. Subtitle B: Rural Electrification Administration - Provides supplemental FY 1992 appropriations for insured rural electrification loans. Subtitle C: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Science and Education - Provides supplemental FY 1992 appropriations for alternative agricultural research and commercialization. Title II: Interior - Makes supplemental FY 1992 appropriations for Department of Energy programs of: (1) low-income weatherization assistance; and (2) institutional energy conservation and the State energy conservation programs. Title III: Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development - Provides supplemental FY 1992 appropriations for: (1) community development grants; (2) home investment partnerships; (3) water treatment works; and (4) State water pollution control revolving funds. Title IV: Commerce, Justice, and State - Provides supplemental FY 1992 appropriations for the Small Business Administration microloan demonstration program.
Bill· HRH.R. 4315 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1992
Spending Priority Reform Act of 1992 - Expresses the sense of the Congress that any money returned to the Treasury as a result of this Act should be deposited in the General Fund to be applied against the Federal budget deficit. Title I: Agriculture Appropriations - Rescinds FY 1992 appropriations to the Department of Agriculture for certain special research grants which were not authorized, not awarded on a competitive basis, or not subjected to congressional hearings ("unauthorized"). Title II: Commerce, Justice, State and Related Agencies Appropriations - Subtitle A: Department of Justice - Rescinds FY 1992 appropriations to the Department of Justice for: (1) an unauthorized grant to the National College of District Attorneys for a move into a permanent facility with the latest technology; and (2) an unauthorized grant to SEARCH Group, Inc. for continued support to State and local criminal justice agencies to improve their use of computers and information technology. Subtitle B: Department of Commerce - Rescinds FY 1992 appropriations to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for unauthorized funding of: (1) construction, the National Ocean Service, the National Marine Fisheries Service, oceanic and atmospheric research, program support, and miscellaneous projects; (2) a specified fresh-water fish hatchery; (3) a project for fish oil research; and (4) special research grants for the International Trade Administration. Subtitle C: Related Agencies - Rescinds FY 1992 appropriations to the Small Business Administration for unauthorized grants for specified miscellaneous projects. Amends the Small Business Act to rescind appropriations and repeal the authorization for a tree planting program. Subtitle D: Department of State - Rescinds FY 1992 appropriations to the Department of State for an unauthorized grant for the North/South Center at the University of Miami, Miami, Florida. Title III: Department of Defense Appropriations - Rescinds FY 1992 appropriations made under the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1992, for certain unauthorized: (1) university grants; (2) miscellaneous projects; (3) certain Army operations and maintenance projects; (4) Navy operations and maintenance projects; and (5) Defense Agencies grants for World University and 1996 Summer Olympics games. Title IV: Energy and Water Appropriations - Rescinds unauthorized FY 1992 appropriations made under the Energy and Water Appropriations Act, 1992, for unauthorized funding of: (1) a Corps of Engineers project in West Virginia; (2) a Shoshone Irrigation project in Wyoming; (3) certain energy supply, research, and development activities; (4) a specified solar and renewable energy project in Hawaii; (5) certain biological and environmental research projects; (6) a certain research and technical analysis project for the University of Connecticut; and (7) a grant to complete the Center of Advanced Electronics Technology at Spartes State Technical College in Eufala, Alabama. Title V: Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations - Rescinds FY 1992 appropriations made under the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1992, for unauthorized funding of: (1) certain National Park System projects; (2) certain construction projects involving anadromous fish; and (3) certain National Forest System projects. Title VI: Transportation Appropriations - Rescinds FY 1992 appropriations to the Department of Transportation for unauthorized funding of: (1) certain motor carrier safety grants; (2) certain Federal Highway Administration demonstration projects; (3) certain highway feasibility studies; and (4) certain feasibility, design, environmental, and engineering projects. Title VII: Treasury, Postal Service and General Government - Rescinds FY 1992 appropriations to the General Services Administration for certain unauthorized grants for projects funded through the Federal Buildings Fund for the construction of a Federal courthouse in Brooklyn, New York. Title VIII: Veterans Affairs, Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations - Subtitle A: Department of Veterans Affairs - Rescinds FY 1992 appropriations to the Department of Veterans Affairs for certain unauthorized construction projects. Subtitle B: Department of Housing and Urban Development - Rescinds FY 1992 appropriations to the Department of Housing and Urban Development for unauthorized funding of: (1) certain housing projects and assistance programs; and (2) certain policy development and research grants. Subtitle C: Independent Agencies - Rescinds 1992 appropriations to: (1) the Environmental Protection Agency for certain unauthorized construction grants and specified other projects; (2) the Federal Emergency Management Agency for certain unauthorized emergency management planning and assistance projects; and (3) the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for certain unauthorized research and development projects and construction projects. Title IX: Blue Smoke and Mirrors - Expresses the sense of the Congress that, with regard to the appropriations process, "forward funding" tactics should no longer be utilized and Congress should operate within the funding limits prescribed for each fiscal year.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 379 (102nd)passed
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1992
Makes available from the contingency fund of the House of Representatives certain amounts for expenditures by the following House committees in the second session of the 102d Congress: Aging; Agriculture; Armed Services; Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs; Children, Youth, and Families; District of Columbia; Education and Labor; Energy and Commerce; Foreign Affairs; Government Operations; House Administration; Hunger; Intelligence; Interior and Insular Affairs; Judiciary; Merchant Marine and Fisheries; Narcotics Abuse and Control; Post Office and Civil Service; Public Works and Transportation; Rules; Science, Space, and Technology; Small Business; Standards of Official Conduct; Veterans' Affairs; and Ways and Means. Limits the use of such funds to investigations and studies, including procurement of consultant services and specialized training for professional staff.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 283 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1992
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the position of the United States at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development should: (1) place the highest priority on the success of the Conference by participating actively, particularly through the personal participation of the President; (2) negotiate international agreements that effectively reduce the threat of climate change and biological diversity loss; (3) propose or support an initiative on financing global environmental cooperation efforts that takes into account the additional costs of international environmental protection and the basic development goals of developing countries and increases accountability for the use of funds provided for environmental purposes; (4) seek to advance the development of a stronger international legal framework and the creation of appropriate institutional mechanisms for protecting the global environment; (5) promote public participation in environmental and development decisions at all levels; and (6) support new programs and institutions to help developing countries become more energy efficient to make their economies more environmentally sustainable, global goals of slowing deforestation of primary forests, the creation of a global action plan to raise the status of women, the development of new agreements to eliminate land-based sources of marine pollution, a process of international consultations aimed at identifying ways that poverty can be alleviated and natural resources better conserved through reduction of developing country debt burdens, the development of a reformed system of national accounting that would reflect full environmental and social costs, and programs that provide maternal and reproductive health care and voluntary family planning.
Bill· SS. 2259 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1992
Energy Development Tax Incentive Act of 1992 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to eliminate intangible drilling costs and percentage depletion as tax preference items for independent producers of oil and gas properties. Limits the amount of alternative minimum taxable income which may be reduced by reason of such elimination. Makes depreciation adjustments in computing such income inapplicable to environmental improvement assets. Establishes a crude oil and natural gas exploration and development tax credit. Allows a ten percent credit for qualified investments exceeding $1,000,000, 20 percent for those of $1,000,000 or less. Permits the credit as an offset against both minimum tax liability and regular liability. Requires any deduction allowed for costs taken into account in computing such credit to be reduced by the amount of the credit attributable to such costs. Expands the enhanced oil recovery tax credit to apply to the advanced secondary recovery costs of independent producers. Increases from 25 to 27.5 the percentage depletion for stripper wells. Repeals the net income limitation on percentage depletion for oil and gas properties. Allows a tax deduction for the costs of qualified clean-burning (natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas, or alcohol) motor vehicle fuel property or refueling property. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to make equivalent payments to States and local governments in connection with qualified property. Imposes an excise tax on the first sale within the United States of imports of: (1) crude oil; and (2) refined petroleum products. Sets the rate of the tax as the differences between $25 per barrel ($28 for refined petroleum products) and the energy policy price per barrel of crude oil, as determined by the Secretary of the Treasury in accordance with a specified formula. Sets forth registration and reporting requirements for persons subject to such tax.