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Motion· Antrag12/3807rejected

Sofortiger Ausstieg der Bundesrepublik Deutschland aus dem europäischen schnellen Brüterprojekt EFR (G-SIG: 12011131)

Germany · German Bundestag · 24 November 1992

Beauftragung der Bundesregierung mit der Beendigung der deutschen Beteiligung an dem Brutreaktorprojekt EFR zum nächstmöglichen Zeitpunkt, Anweisung an die Energieaufsicht mit der Nichtanerkennung von Investitionen deutscher Energieunternehmen als auf die Strompreise überwälzbare Investitionen in Kraftwerksneubauten nach dem Energiewirtschaftsgesetz

Record· TJCELEX 61991TJ0016decided

Judgment of the Court of First Instance (First Chamber) of 18 November 1992.#Rendo NV, Centraal Overijsselse Nutsbedrijven NV and Regionaal Energiebedrijf Salland NV v Commission of the European Communities.#Competition - Agreement impeding the imports and exports of electricity in the Netherlands - Partial abstention from ruling on the compatibility of the agreement with Article 85 (1) of the Treaty.#Case T-16/91.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 18 November 1992

Motion· Antrag12/3767open

Ein gemeinsamer europäischer Binnenmarkt braucht eine ökologisch verantwortbare Energieversorgung (G-SIG: 12011128)

Germany · German Bundestag · 17 November 1992

Aufforderung an die Bundesregierung zur Ablehnung der Elektrizitäts- und Erdgasbinnenmarktrichtlinien in der vorliegenden Form u.a. wegen fehlender Rechtsgrundlage und Unvereinbarkeit mit deutschem Verfassungsrecht, Vorlage eines eigenen umweltverträglichen energiewirtschaftlichen Ordnungsrahmens zur Verstärkung des Umweltschutzes, für massive Energieeinsparungen, zur Förderung erneuerbarer Energien und zum Verzicht auf Kernenergie

Question· Kleine Anfrage12/3755open

Plutoniumtransport von Frankreich nach Japan (G-SIG: 12011118)

Germany · German Bundestag · 13 November 1992

Ausbau der Brütertechnologie in Japan, Entsorgung nuklearer Abfälle, Kooperationsabkommen mit Siemens, Risiken des Plutoniumtransports nach Japan, Protest der Bundesregierung bei der japanischen Regierung

Question· Kleine Anfrage12/3698open

Finanzprobleme beim Thorium-Hochtemperaturreaktor in Hamm-Uentrop (G-SIG: 12011108)

Germany · German Bundestag · 10 November 1992

Überschuldung der Hochtemperatur-Kernkraftwerks-GmbH (HKG) im Oktober 1991, gleichzeitige Verpflichtungen des Bundes und des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen gegenüber den Treuhandfonds I und II, Aufgabendefinition und Finanzierung des sicheren Einschlusses des THTR im Rahmenvertrag vom 31.11.1989, Ergänzungsvereinbarungen, Finanzierungszusagen der HKG-Gesellschafter und/oder der Energiewirtschaft, Verpflichtung der Bundesregierung zum Verzicht auf Durchgriffshaftung gegenüber den Gesellschaftern beim Konkurs der HKG

Motion· Antrag12/3648open

Verantwortung für die Hinterlassenschaften aus fünf Jahrzehnten Uranabbau - Vorsorge für Jahrtausende (G-SIG: 12011091)

Germany · German Bundestag · 6 November 1992

Vorlage eines Gesetzentwurfs der Bundesregierung zur Beschleunigung der Altlastensanierung bei der ehemaligen SDAG Wismut: Übernahme der Kosten durch den Bund, Entsorgungs- und Entschädigungsregelungen, Bericht des Bundesamtes für Strahlenschutz über die Belastungssituation; Programm zur Gewinnung fachkundigen Personals, internationaler Austausch von Fachleuten

Law· Gesetzgebung12/4275enacted

Gesetz zu dem Europa-Abkommen vom 16. Dezember 1991 zur Gründung einer Assoziation zwischen den Europäischen Gemeinschaften sowie ihren Mitgliedstaaten und der Republik Polen (G-SIG: 12020411)

Germany · German Bundestag · 6 November 1992

<b>Europäische Impulse:</b> Europa-Abkommen mit Ungarn (XE10), Bulgarien (XE15), Rumänien (XE16), der Slowakischen Republik (XE17) und der Tschechischen Republik (XE18) <br><br><b>Inhalt:</b> Ratifizierung des am 16.12.1991 unterzeichneten Europa-Abkommens, mit dem das Abkommen zwischen der Europäischen Gemeinschaft und Polen über Handel und handelspolitische und wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit vom 19.9.1991 sowie das Protokoll zwischen der Europäischen Gemeinschaft für Kohle und Stahl und Polen vom 16.10.1991 abgelöst werden sollen; Zweck: Intensivierung der wirtschaftlichen Beziehungen, Unterstützung der wirtschaftlichen, sozialen und kulturellen Entwicklung sowie Vorbereitung der Mitgliedschaft Polens in der Europäischen Gemeinschaft u.a. durch Handelszugeständnisse bei gewerblichen Erzeugnissen einschließlich Textilien und Stahl, Regelung der Freizügigkeit von Arbeitnehmern, Einräumung der Niederlassungsfreiheit für Unternehmen, grenzüberschreitender Dienstleistungsverkehr, Zusammenarbeit im wirtschaftlichen, wissenschaftlichen und technischen Bereich, besonders im Energie-, Umwelt- und Verkehrssektor, Weiterführung des PHARE-Programms für Wirtschaftshilfe an osteuropäische Länder u.a.m. Etwaige Einnahmeausfälle sind z.Zt. nicht quantifizierbar. <br><br><b>Änderungen aufgrund der Ausschußempfehlung:</b> Änderung § 95 des 5. Buches Sozialgesetzbuch: Zulassung für Vertragsärzte aus Polen nur auf Antrag in unterversorgten Gebieten. <br><br><b>Nebenschlagwörter:</b> Assoziierung mit den EG/Europa-Abkommen zwischen der EG und Polen * Europa-Abkommen/Europa-Abkommen zwischen der EG und Polen * Wirtschaftliche Kooperation/Intensivierung der wirtschaftlichen Beziehungen EG-Polen durch das Europa-Abkommen * Außenhandel/ Handelszugeständnisse der EG an Polen * Freizügigkeit/Regelung der Freizügigkeit von Arbeitnehmern zwischen der EG und Polen * Niederlassungsfreiheit/Regelung der Niederlassungsfreiheit zwischen der EG und Polen * PHARE (Aktionsprogramm)/Weiterführung des PHARE- Programms der EG für Polen * Sozialgesetzbuch/Änderung § 95 5. Buch SGB betr. Zulassung als Vertragsarzt * Zulassung als Kassenarzt/ Zulassung von Polen als Vertragsarzt * Zulassung als Kassenzahnarzt/ Zulassung von Polen als Vertragsarzt

Law· Gesetzgebung12/4274enacted

Gesetz zu dem Europa-Abkommen vom 16. Dezember 1991 zur Gründung einer Assoziation zwischen den Europäischen Gemeinschaften sowie ihren Mitgliedstaaten und der Republik Ungarn (G-SIG: 12020412)

Germany · German Bundestag · 6 November 1992

<b>Europäische Impulse:</b> Europa-Abkommen mit Polen (XE09), Bulgarien (XE15), Rumänien (XE16), der Slowakischen Republik (XE17) und der Tschechischen Republik (XE18) <br><br><b>Inhalt:</b> Ratifizierung des am 16.12.1991 unterzeichneten Europa-Abkommens, mit dem das Abkommen zwischen der Europäischen Gemeinschaft und Ungarn über Handel und handelspolitische und wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit vom 26.9.1988 sowie das Protokoll zwischen der Europäischen Gemeinschaft für Kohle und Stahl und Ungarn vom 31.10.1991 abgelöst werden sollen; Zweck: Intensivierung der wirtschaftlichen Beziehungen, Unterstützung der wirtschaftlichen, sozialen und kulturellen Entwicklung sowie Vorbereitung der Mitgliedschaft Ungarns in der Europäischen Gemeinschaft u.a. durch Handelszugeständnisse bei gewerblichen Erzeugnissen einschließlich Textilien und Stahl, Regelung der Freizügigkeit von Arbeitnehmern, Einräumung der Niederlassungsfreiheit für Unternehmen, grenzüberschreitender Dienstleistungsverkehr, Zusammenarbeit im wirtschaftlichen, wissenschaftlichen und technischen Bereich, besonders im Energie-, Umwelt- und Verkehrssektor, Weiterführung des PHARE-Programms für Wirtschaftshilfe an osteuropäische Länder u.a.m. Etwaige Kosten sich z.Zt. nicht quantifizierbar. <br><br><b>Änderungen aufgrund der Ausschußempfehlung:</b> Änderung § 95 des 5. Buches Sozialgesetzbuch: Zulassung für Vertragsärzte aus Ungarn nur auf Antrag in unterversorgten Gebieten. <br><br><b>Nebenschlagwörter:</b> Assoziierung mit den EG/Europa-Abkommen zwischen der EG und Ungarn * Europa-Abkommen/Europa-Abkommen zwischen der EG und Ungarn * Wirtschaftliche Kooperation/Intensivierung der wirtschaftlichen Beziehungen EG-Ungarn durch das Europa-Abkommen * Außenhandel/ Handelszugeständnisse der EG an Ungarn * Freizügigkeit/Regelung der Freizügigkeit von Arbeitnehmern zwischen der EG und Ungarn * Niederlassungsfreiheit/Regelung der Niederlassungsfreiheit zwischen der EG und Ungarn * PHARE (Aktionsprogramm)/Weiterführung des PHARE- Programms der EG für Ungarn * Sozialgesetzbuch/Änderung § 95 5. Buch SGB betr. Zulassung als Vertragsarzt * Zulassung als Kassenarzt/ Zulassung von Ungarn als Vertragsarzt * Zulassung als Kassenzahnarzt/ Zulassung von Ungarn als Vertragsarzt

Question· oralPQ 68asked

68 Mr. Barry asked the Minister for Energy if his Department, or the INPC are in discussions with either individuals or institutions regarding Whitegate Oil Refinery; if so, the stage these discussions are at; and whether the upgrading of the refinery will commence in 1993.

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 October 1992

68 Mr. Barry asked the Minister for Energy if his Department, or the INPC are in discussions with either individuals or institutions regarding Whitegate Oil Refinery; if so, the stage these discussions are at; and whether the upgrading of the refinery will commence in 1993.

Question· oralPQ 59asked

59 Mr. Sherlock asked the Minister for Energy the Government's proposals for the future development of the Irish National Petroleum Corporation; if any further progress has been made with regard to finding a possible partner for the development of the Whitegate Refinery and the Whiddy Island storage capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 October 1992

59 Mr. Sherlock asked the Minister for Energy the Government's proposals for the future development of the Irish National Petroleum Corporation; if any further progress has been made with regard to finding a possible partner for the development of the Whitegate Refinery and the Whiddy Island storage capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Question· oralPQ 18asked

18 Mr. T. O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Energy the action, if any, he has taken, particularly in the light of the worsening economic situation, to implement the recommendations of the Culliton Report in so far as they refer to the reduction of the costs of energy for industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 October 1992

18 Mr. T. O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Energy the action, if any, he has taken, particularly in the light of the worsening economic situation, to implement the recommendations of the Culliton Report in so far as they refer to the reduction of the costs of energy for industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Question· oralPQ 15asked

68 Mr. Barry asked the Minister for Energy if his Department, or the INPC are in discussions with either individuals or institutions regarding Whitegate Oil Refinery; if so, the stage these discussions are at; and whether the upgrading of the refinery will commence in 1993.

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 October 1992

68 Mr. Barry asked the Minister for Energy if his Department, or the INPC are in discussions with either individuals or institutions regarding Whitegate Oil Refinery; if so, the stage these discussions are at; and whether the upgrading of the refinery will commence in 1993.

Question· oralPQ 14asked

59 Mr. Sherlock asked the Minister for Energy the Government's proposals for the future development of the Irish National Petroleum Corporation; if any further progress has been made with regard to finding a possible partner for the development of the Whitegate Refinery and the Whiddy Island storage capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 October 1992

59 Mr. Sherlock asked the Minister for Energy the Government's proposals for the future development of the Irish National Petroleum Corporation; if any further progress has been made with regard to finding a possible partner for the development of the Whitegate Refinery and the Whiddy Island storage capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Question· oralPQ 12asked

18 Mr. T. O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Energy the action, if any, he has taken, particularly in the light of the worsening economic situation, to implement the recommendations of the Culliton Report in so far as they refer to the reduction of the costs of energy for industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 October 1992

18 Mr. T. O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Energy the action, if any, he has taken, particularly in the light of the worsening economic situation, to implement the recommendations of the Culliton Report in so far as they refer to the reduction of the costs of energy for industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Bill· SS. 3385 (102nd)referred

Small Business Technology Transfer Act of 1992

United States · United States Congress · 8 October 1992

Small Business Technology Transfer Act of 1992 - Amends the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 to require: (1) any non-Federal entity that operated a laboratory pursuant to a contract with a Federal agency to submit to the agency any cooperative research and development agreement that the entity proposes to enter into with a small business firm and the joint work statement (JWS) required with respect to that agreement; (2) a Federal agency that receives such a proposed agreement and JWS to review and approve, request specific modifications to, or disapprove the proposed agreement and JWS within 30 days after submission (and prohibits an agreement from being entered into by a Government-owned, contractor-operated laboratory before both approval of the agreement and JWS); and (3) an agency which has contracted with such an entity that disapproves or requests the modification of an agreement or JWS to transmit a written explanation of such disapproval or modification to the head of the laboratory concerned. Directs the Secretary of Energy to establish a program to facilitate and encourage the transfer of technology to small businesses and issue guidelines relating to the program by May 1, 1993. Makes funds authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Energy and made available for laboratory directed research and development available for agreements or other arrangements for technology transfer.

Bill· SS. 3359 (102nd)referred

Manufacturing Application and Education Network Act of 1992

United States · United States Congress · 6 October 1992

Manufacturing Application and Education Network Act of 1992 - Requires the Director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the Assistant Secretary of Energy for Conservation and Renewable Energy, and the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) to comprise a selection committee which shall use competitive procedures to select a managing consortium to establish and administer the operations of the Manufacturing Application and Education Network (Network) Centers established in accordance with this Act. Outlines criteria for selection of a managing consortium, including having a primary mission of developing and deploying advanced manufacturing technologies and having the capacity to transfer such technologies to other areas. States that the first consortium so selected shall manage the Network Centers for five years, with each consortium selected thereafter managing such Centers for three years. Requires the consortium selected, with the support of a task force created later under this Act, to establish and oversee the administration of not less than 150 Network Centers within ten years after the date of enactment of this Act. Requires each consortium to develop a Network propagation plan that shall: (1) include a plan for the establishment of the Centers nationwide, upon the approval of the consortium; and (2) be based upon economic development and manufacturing profiles submitted to the consortium for approval by each of the 50 States. Requires: (1) the consortium to submit to the OSTP Director for distribution to all organizations involved in establishing the Centers a copy of establishment and business plans of each Center, as well as quarterly reports; and (2) the OSTP Director to report to the Senate and House Armed Services and Small Business Committees evaluating the progress and plans of the Network Centers. States that a Network Center may only be established and supported under this Act with the approval of the appropriate selected consortium, in consultation with a representative selected by the Secretary of Defense. Allows a consortium to approve the establishment and support of a Center only if such Center promotes the deployment of innovative and robust technology into U.S. manufacturing companies by conducting activities in: (1) technology awareness; (2) technology education; (3) technology demonstration; (4) technology application support; and (5) technology advancement support. Limits the amount of Federal funds authorized to be allocated to each Network Center by the consortium. Requires each Network Center to enter into a written agreement with the United States to share all information and technology developed by the Center while using Federal funds. Requires the OSTP Director to establish a task force under the auspices of the Federal Coordinating Council for Science, Engineering and Technology. Requires the task force to: (1) develop a government-wide plan to utilize the skilled work force of the Federal laboratories to support Network Center operations; (2) develop a streamlined process for Federal agencies to identify and transfer existing Government technologies and equipment that would be of value to the Network; and (3) develop and implement a plan for the OSTP to periodically communicate to all relevant Federal agencies and the Congress concerning the progress being made in Federal programs involving technology transfer. Requires assistance from certain Federal officials in maximizing export opportunities for small and disadvantaged small business concerns participating in Network Centers. Directs the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Under Secretary for Export Administration, to: (1) collect sourcing data on existing Federal procurements; (2) analyze such data in order to determine U.S. ability to supply components for critical and enabling technologies to current and future world markets; (3) identify the technologies that are deemed critical to reach full-scale production within a two-year period; and (4) provide detailed reports to the consortium on the findings. Amends the Small Business Act to authorize exclusive small business set-asides for Federal procurement of components and subsystems produced in Network Centers established under this Act. Directs breakout procurement center representatives established under such Act to provide written notification to a contractor or subcontractor that if two or more bids are received from small or disadvantaged small business concerns participating in Network Centers under this Act, the procurement contract for such component or subsystem must be set aside for competition among small and disadvantaged small business concerns in the United States. Directs the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to establish a program to promote the award of Federal procurement contracts to small and disadvantaged small business concerns that participate in the Network Centers under this Act, including contracts for the procurement of systems and components of critical technologies. Provides credits to Federal contracting officers and their Government contractors who support the achievement of Government targets for small business contracting. Outlines eligibility requirements for small or disadvantaged small business concerns to receive contract awards under the program, including a priority among such small and disadvantaged small businesses. Prohibits a contract awarded under such program from exceeding the lowest qualified bid received by a participating small or disadvantaged small business concern by more than ten percent.

Law· HRH.R. 6191 (102nd)enacted

Telephone Disclosure and Dispute Resolution Act

United States · United States Congress · 6 October 1992

Telephone Disclosure and Dispute Resolution Act - Title I: Carrier Obligations and Consumer Rights Concerning Pay-Per-Call Transactions - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to establish a system for the oversight and regulation of pay-per-call services. Requires the FCC's final rules to: (1) include measures that provide a consumer of pay-per-call services with adequate and clear descriptions of the rights of the caller; (2) define the obligations of common carriers with respect to the provision of such services; (3) include requirements on such carriers to protect against abusive practices by service providers; (4) identify procedures by which common carriers and providers may take affirmative steps to protect against nonpayment of legitimate charges; and (5) include requirements that such services be offered only through the use of certain telephone number prefixes and area codes. Directs common carriers that contract with a provider of pay-per-call services to make available on request: (1) a list of telephone numbers, a description, and a statement of fees for each service it carries; and (2) other information the FCC considers necessary. Requires common carriers contracting with providers to terminate services if the service is not in compliance with this Act. Prohibits common carriers from disconnecting or interrupting a subscriber's local or long distance service because of nonpayment for any pay-per-call service. Authorizes common carriers that provide local exchange service to offer subscribers the option of blocking access to pay-per-call service. Permits the cost of blocking to be recovered by contract or tariff but bars recovery of costs from local or long distance ratepayers. Directs common carriers to prohibit by tariff or contract the use of any toll-free number in a manner that would result in the calling party being: (1) assessed a charge for the call; (2) connected to a pay-per-call service; (3) charged for information conveyed during the call unless the party has a preexisting agreement to be charged for the information; or (4) called back collect for the provision of audio information services or simultaneous voice conservation services. Requires common carriers that contract with, and offer billing and collection services to, providers of pay-per-call services to: (1) ensure that a subscriber is not billed for services that are provided in violation of regulations issued pursuant to title II of this Act or under circumstances necessary to protect subscribers from abusive practices; (2) provide information on subscribers' and carriers' rights regarding pay-per-call services; and (3) include certain information in billing for pay-per-call services. Exempts a common carrier from civil or criminal liability under this Act solely because it provided transmission or billing and collection services for a pay-per-call service unless the carrier knew that such services violated this Act or other Federal law. Bars causes of action in courts or administrative agencies against common carriers on account of acts to terminate pay-per-call services to comply with this Act or other Federal law. Requires regulations to ensure that carriers and other parties providing billing and collection services with respect to pay-per-call services provide refunds to subscribers who have been billed for services violating this Act or other Federal law. Permits recovery of costs from providers, but bars recovery from local or long distance ratepayers. Directs the FCC to submit recommendations to the Congress with respect to the extension of such regulations to persons that provide, for a per-call charge, data services that are not pay-per-call services. Specifies that nothing in this Act shall affect provisions of the Communications Act of 1934 concerning obscene or harassing phone calls. Title II: Regulations of Unfair and Deceptive Acts and Practices in Connection with Pay-Per-Call Services - Directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to prescribe rules to prohibit unfair and deceptive acts and practices in any advertisement for pay-per-call services. Provides that such rules shall require persons offering such services to: (1) disclose in any advertising the cost of the use of the telephone number; (2) disclose the odds of receiving a prize in the case of an advertisement which offers a prize; (3) disclose that a service is unauthorized by a Federal agency in the case of an advertisement that promotes a service that is not operated by a Federal agency but provides information on a Federal program; (4) not direct an advertisement at children under the age of 12; (5) state that an individual must have the consent of a parent or legal guardian in the case of an advertisement directed primarily to individuals under 18; (6) not use advertisements that emit electronic tones which automatically dial a pay-per-call number; (7) ensure that whenever the number is shown in television and print media advertisements that the charges for the call are clearly displayed; (8) specify the total cost in delivering any telephone message soliciting calls to a pay-per-call service; and (9) not advertise any toll-free number from which callers are connected to an access number for a pay-per-call service. Directs the FTC to prescribe rules requiring each provider of pay-per-call services to: (1) include a specified introductory disclosure message in each pay-per-call message; (2) enable the caller to hang up at or before the end of the introductory message without incurring any charge; (3) not direct such services at children under 12 unless the service is an educational service; (4) stop the assessment of time-based charges immediately upon disconnection by the caller; (5) disable any bypass mechanism which allows frequent callers to avoid listening to the disclosure message after the institution of any price increase; (6) be prohibited from providing services through a toll-free number; (7) be prohibited from billing consumers in excess of the amounts described in the introductory message; (8) meet specified requirements for billing statements; (9) be liable for refunds to consumers for services provided in violation of Federal law; and (10) comply with additional standards to prevent abusive practices. Directs the FTC to require a common carrier that provides telephone service to a pay-per-call service provider to make available to the FTC any records and financial information relating to the arrangements (other than for the provision of local exchange service) between the carrier and the provider. Authorizes States to bring civil actions to enjoin practices violating FTC rules and obtain damages or other relief on behalf of their residents whenever there is reason to believe that State residents are adversely affected by such practices. Bars States from instituting such actions during the pendency of a civil action by the FTC. Provides for principal enforcement of this title by the FTC under the Federal Trade Commission Act. Title III: Billing and Collection - Directs the FTC to promulgate rules to establish procedures for the correction of billing errors with respect to telephone-billed purchases and that impose requirements similar to requirements imposed with respect to the resolution of credit disputes under the Truth in Lending and Fair Credit Billing Acts. Sets forth provisions with respect to: (1) resolving inconsistencies between State laws concerning telephone billing practices and this title; (2) regulatory exemptions from this title which may be granted by the FTC for transactions in a State offering substantially similar or greater protection to the consumer; and (3) enforcement of this title. Title IV: Miscellaneous Provisions - Directs the Assistant Secretary of Energy for Conservation and Renewable Energy to submit to the Congress a proposal for demonstrating the ability of innovative communications equipment and services to further the national goals of conserving energy and protecting health and safety. Requires the Secretary of Energy to consider requesting the authority to use radio frequencies from the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to carry out demonstration projects designed to demonstrate the energy conservation potential of communications technologies. Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to exempt from restrictions on the use of automated telephone equipment calls to a telephone number assigned to a cellular telephone service that are not charged to the called party subject to conditions in the interest of privacy rights. Directs the FCC to prescribe regulations denying equipment authorization under any part of the FCC's regulations for any scanning receiver that is capable of: (1) receiving transmissions in the frequencies allocated to the domestic cellular radio telecommunications service; (2) readily being altered by the user to receive transmissions in such frequencies; or (3) being equipped with decoders that convert digital cellular transmissions to analog voice audit. Bans the manufacture or importation of any scanning receiver having such capabilities. Directs the FCC to report to the Congress on available security features for analog and digital radio signals.

Law· HRH.R. 6180 (102nd)enacted

Telecommunications Authorization Act of 1992

United States · United States Congress · 6 October 1992

Telecommunications Authorization Act of 1992 - Title I: National Telecommunications and Information Administration - Part A: Organization and Functions - National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act - Provides statutory authorization for the establishment within the Department of Commerce (DOC) of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). Directs the Secretary of Commerce to: (1) assign to the Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information (of DOC) and NTIA responsibility for the performance of the Secretary's communications and information functions; and (2) submit annual reports to the President pursuant to the Communications Satellite Act of 1962. Requires the Secretary and the NTIA to amend the Department of Commerce spectrum management document entitled "Manual of Regulations and Procedures for Federal Radio Frequency Management" to improve Federal spectrum management activities and publish any changes in regulations in the Federal Register. Sets forth requirements for such amendments, including requirements that provide for availability of information to the public. Requires the Secretary to certify compliance with such requirement to the Congress. Directs the Secretary, in assigning frequencies for mobile and other radio services, to promote efficient and cost-effective use of the spectrum. Authorizes the Secretary to withhold or refuse to assign frequencies for such services to further the goals of efficiency and cost-effectiveness. Requires the Secretary to implement and report to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on a plan requiring Federal agencies with mobile radio systems to use more spectrum-efficient technologies. Authorizes the Secretary to reassign to another DOC unit a function required to be assigned to NTIA by this Act, subject to specified limitations. Part B: Special and Temporary Provisions - Authorizes appropriations for NTIA administration for FY 1992 and 1993. Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to extend the authorization of appropriations for the National Endowment for Children's Educational Television through FY 1994. Extends the authorization of appropriations for acquisition of satellite space segment capacity and equipment to provide communications services for the Pan-Pacific Educational and Cultural Experiments by Satellite Program (PEACESAT) program. Directs the Secretary to establish an advisory panel to develop recommendations for the improvement of rural health care through the collection of information needed by providers and the improvement in the use of communications to disseminate such information. Authorizes appropriations. Requires the NTIA to report to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on the role of telecommunications in hate crimes and violent acts against ethnic, religious, and racial minorities. Title II: Federal Communications Commission - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to extend the authorization of appropriations for travel reimbursements by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) through FY 1994. Amends the Federal Communications Commission Authorization Act of 1988 to extend an authorization to expend funds for a monitoring station in Hawaii through FY 1994. Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to repeal provisions that require the operation of all broadcasting station transmitting apparatus by a person holding an operator's license (thus allowing the FCC to permit broadcasters to substitute automated technology for human operators). Extends the time period for permitting licensee forfeitures in certain situations. Authorizes the FCC, for purposes of providing radio club and military-recreational call signs, to utilize the voluntary and uncompensated services of tax-exempt amateur radio organizations. Adds charges for low-earth orbit satellite systems to the Schedule of Charges. Reduces Schedule fees for inspection of vessels under the Great Lakes Agreement. Makes nonlicensee radio tower owners who have violated tower maintenance requirements subject to forfeiture liability if they have received previous notice of such obligations. Bars FCC approval of the assignment or transfer of control of a television broadcast license without a prior hearing if the license holder is a corporation owned or organized pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act and the transfer was approved on November 14, 1985. Provides for waivers of such requirement at the request of a corporation. Amends the Federal Communications Commission Authorization Act of 1988 to extend through FY 1993 the FCC's authorization to make grants to and agreements with nonprofit organizations to utilize older Americans in FCC programs. Removes a condition on the Older Americans Program that requires a certification that a grant or agreement will not result in filling a position without public announcement of availability and in accordance with regular employment procedures. Directs the FCC to make efforts to reduce telephone rates for armed forces personnel in specified foreign countries. Requires the FCC to initiate a rulemaking and adopt a standard for AM radio stereophonic transmitting equipment that specifies the composition of the transmitted signal.

Bill· SS. 3335 (102nd)referred

Casa Malpais National Historical Park Establishment Act of 1992

United States · United States Congress · 5 October 1992

Casa Malpais National Historical Park Establishment Act of 1992 - Establishes the Casa Malpais National Historical Park in Arizona as a unit of the National Park System, to be administered by the Secretary of the Interior and the town of Springerville, Arizona. Directs the Secretary to submit a plan for the protection, interpretation, and maintenance of the site to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) provide technical assistance to the town of Springerville for the management, protection, and interpretation of the site; (2) make periodic grants to the town for annual costs of operation and maintenance; (3) enter into cooperative agreements with specified public and nonprofit entities for the management and interpretation of the Park; and (4) participate in, and provide technical assistance for, land use planning for lands adjacent to the Park. Directs the Secretary to submit a general management plan for the Park to the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and the House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Establishes the Casa Malpais National Historical Park Advisory Commission. Authorizes appropriations.

Bill· HRH.R. 6177 (102nd)referred

Native American Trust Fund Accounting and Management Reform Act of 1993

United States · United States Congress · 5 October 1992

Native American Trust Fund Accounting and Management Reform Act of 1993 - Title I: Trust Fund Interest Payments - Amends Federal law to change from discretionary to mandatory the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to invest Indian trust funds in debt obligations issued or guaranteed by the United States. Requires the Secretary to pay interest periodically on such deposited or invested funds to the appropriate Indian tribe or individual Indian. Repeals Federal law that relieves the United States from any liability relating to the interest payable on such invested funds. Authorizes the Secretary to make payments to an Indian tribe or individual Indian in full satisfaction of any claim of such tribe or Indian for any interest owed on amounts deposited or invested on their behalf before the enactment of this Act. Title II: Indian Trust Fund Management Demonstration Program - Authorizes an Indian tribe to submit to the Secretary a demonstration plan for new approaches to management of tribal or individual funds held in trust by the United States and managed by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) for a tribe or its members. Sets forth: (1) plan approval criteria; and (2) Federal trust responsibility in the case of tribal trust fund management. Title III: Energy Resource Development on Indian Reservations - Directs the Secretary to establish a demonstration loan and grant program to assist Indian tribes to pursue energy self-sufficiency and to promote development of reservation energy industries. Title IV: Recognition of Trust Responsibility - Amends Federal law to require the Secretary to take specified actions to properly discharge U.S. trust responsibilities with regard to Indian funds investment. States that the Congress recognizes a trust responsibility with respect to natural resources on Indian reservations and trust lands. Title V: Training and Personnel - Directs the Secretary to establish a trust fund management training program for Indians.

Bill· HRH.R. 6144 (102nd)referred

To amend title 10, United States Code, to assist members of the Armed Forces who are separated from active duty and civilian employees of the Department of Defense who are terminated to obtain new employment with certain community health centers, hospitals, and nursing homes.

United States · United States Congress · 5 October 1992

Directs the Secretary of Defense to establish a program to assist eligible members of the armed forces after their separation from active duty to: (1) obtain certification in the occupations of the allied health professions, nursing, and social work; and (2) fill employment vacancies in such occupations existing in community health centers that serve medically underserved populations, other nonprofit community health centers, and nursing homes that participate in State Medicaid (title XIX of the Social Security Act) programs (underprivileged and Medicaid health services). Directs the Secretary to: (1) conduct a survey to identify those States with alternative certification requirements for allied health professionals, nursing professionals, or social workers; and (2) periodically request information from such States to identify underprivileged and Medicaid health services that are experiencing a shortage of allied health professionals, nursing professionals, or social workers. Makes eligible for the program members of the armed forces who: (1) during the five-year period beginning on October 1, 1992, are discharged or released from active duty under honorable conditions after two or more years of continuous active-duty service immediately before such discharge; (2) have received a minimum of a high school diploma or its equivalent; and (3) are certified as allied health professionals, nursing professionals, or social workers or are determined by the Secretary as likely to obtain such certification within a reasonable time after discharge or release. Authorizes the Secretary to accept program applications from members discharged or released during the period between October 1, 1990, and October 1, 1992, if other eligibility conditions are met. Outlines application requirements. Requires the Secretary to give priority to members who have educational or military experience related to health care or social work or in another subject area identified by the Secretary as important for national health care objectives. Requires sufficient appropriated funds before program operation. Requires members chosen for the program to enter into an agreement with the Secretary in which the member agrees to either obtain certification as a health or nursing professional or social worker within a reasonable time period or, within such time period, to obtain full-time employment within the underprivileged and Medicaid health services. Directs the Secretary to pay a stipend to participating members during their period of obtaining certification or while seeking employment. Requires stipend reimbursement upon failure to meet program agreement conditions, with exceptions. Sets forth similar provisions requiring the Secretary to establish a program to assist eligible civilian employees of the Departments of Defense and Energy to either obtain certification in such fields or to obtain employment in the underprivileged and Medicaid health services. Makes eligible for such program employees who were terminated (no two-year minimum service requirement necessary) from such employment as a result of reductions in defense spending or the closure or realignment of a military installation. Provides similar provisions as under the armed forces program with respect to applications, participant selections, priorities in employment, required appropriations, agreement conditions, and stipend payments.

Bill· HRH.R. 6117 (102nd)referred

Insular Areas Policy Act

United States · United States Congress · 3 October 1992

Title I: Findings, Purposes, and Policy - Insular Areas Policy Act - Declares that it is Federal Government policy to promote the self-determined political, social, and economic development of the insular areas and to recognize their unique character in the extension of Federal laws, programs, and regulations. Title II: Council on Insular Affairs - Establishes a Council on Insular Affairs to exercise certain authorities with respect to the insular areas on behalf of the President. Directs the Council to report annually on the state of the insular areas to the House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs and the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Requires the report to indicate the social, economic, and political conditions of such areas and to detail changes in those conditions as well as actions to address such conditions. Abolishes the Office of Territorial and International Affairs and establishes the Office of Insular Assistance within the Department of the Interior to assume responsibilities regarding the administration of grants to territorial governments. Authorizes appropriations.

Bill· HRH.R. 6062 (102nd)referred

Environmental Education Act of 1992

United States · United States Congress · 30 September 1992

Environmental Education Act of 1992 - Directs the Secretary of Energy and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a joint program to support instructional equipment and facilities for environmental science and technology. Authorizes appropriations.

Law· HJRESH.J.Res. 553 (102nd)enacted

Making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1993, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 24 September 1992

Makes continuing appropriations for FY 1993 for projects or activities including the costs of direct loans and loan guarantees provided for in the following Acts: (1) the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993; (2) the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1993; (3) the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1993; (4) the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 1993; (5) the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1993; (6) the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993; (7) the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993; (8) the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1993; (9) the Military Construction Appropriations Act, 1993; (10) the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993; (11) the Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government Appropriations Act, 1993; and (12) the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993. Sets forth limitations on the use of such funds. Requires each agency, office, and instrumentality of the District of Columbia government, except the District of Columbia Courts, to furlough each employee for one day in each month of FY 1993, or a proportional number of hours for part-time employees. Prohibits such employees from receiving within-grade salary increases during FY 1993 and prohibits time from accruing toward the waiting period for advancement to the following rate within the grade. Requires the Federal Communications Commission's Salaries and Expenses account to be maintained at the current rate of operations.

Resolution· SCONRESS.Con.Res. 137 (102nd)referred

A concurrent resolution to express the sense of Congress that the Comptroller General of the United States should conduct a study of the economic impacts of Order No. 636 of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on residential, commercial, and other end-users of natural gas, and that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission should refrain from processing restructuring proceedings pursuant to the order during the 60-day period after the submittal to Congress of the results of the study.

United States · United States Congress · 22 September 1992

Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the Comptroller General of the United States should study and report to the Congress on the economic impacts of a specified Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Order (FERC) upon natural gas end-users and the geographic regions of the United States; and (2) FERC should refrain from processing restructuring proceedings pursuant to such order during the 60-day period after the report is submitted to the Congress.

Bill· HRH.R. 5933 (102nd)open

Federal Courts Administration Act of 1992

United States · United States Congress · 14 September 1992

Federal Courts Administration Act of 1992 - Title I: Implementation of Federal Courts Study Committee Recommendations - Amends the Federal judicial code to authorize the Supreme Court to prescribe rules for appeal of interlocutory decisions to the courts of appeals. Amends: (1) the Economic Stabilization Act of 1970 to allow appeals from orders or judgments entered by a U.S. district court in cases arising under such Act to be brought in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (Federal Circuit), subject to specified limitations; and (2) the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 to transfer all cases of the Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals to the Federal Circuit. Includes within the jurisdiction of the Federal Circuit specified appeals under: (1) the Economic Stabilization Act of 1970; (2) the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973; (3) the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978; and (4) the Energy Policy and Conservation Act. Abolishes the Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals and transfers any pending cases to the Federal Circuit. Amends the Federal criminal code to authorize a magistrate judge to: (1) revoke, modify, or reinstate (currently, revoke or reinstate) the probation of a defendant that such judge has sentenced; and (2) modify, revoke, or terminate supervised release of any person sentenced to a term of supervised release by a magistrate judge. Permits a district judge to designate a magistrate judge to conduct hearings to modify, revoke, or terminate supervised release, including evidentiary hearings, and to submit to the judge proposed findings of fact and recommendations for such modification, revocation, or termination by the judge (including, in the case of revocation, a recommended sentence). Directs the magistrate judge to file his or her proposed findings and recommendations. Amends the Federal judicial code to authorize the Chief Justice of the United States, in the public interest, to designate and assign temporarily any circuit judge to act as circuit judge in another circuit upon request by the chief judge or circuit justice of such circuit. (Current law makes no mention of the public interest and authorizes such action upon presentation of a certificate of necessity by the chief judge or circuit justice of the circuit where the need arises.) Title II: Judicial Survivors' Annuities Improvements - Amends the Federal judicial code to authorize judicial officials of the United States (officials) to elect to contribute 2.2 percent of their salary and 3.5 percent of their retirement salary (under current law, five percent of their salary) to the Judicial Survivors' Annuities Fund. Requires an official who is not entitled to receive an immediate retirement salary upon leaving office but who is eligible to receive a deferred retirement salary at a later date to file, within 90 days before leaving office, a written notification of intent to remain within the purview of provisions with respect to the Fund (which shall constitute consent to contribute the 3.5 percent of deferred retirement salary) or be deemed to have revoked the election to participate under such provisions. Provides for the refund of deposits into the Fund for officials who leave office and are ineligible to receive a retirement salary, or who leave office and are entitled to a deferred retirement salary but fail to make an election. Counts as creditable service those years during which an official had deductions withheld from his or her retirement salary. Revises the formula with respect to the computation of the annuity to take into account the number of years during which the official had deductions withheld from his or her retirement salary. Authorizes an official who ceases to be married after making the election to revoke such election in writing by notifying the Director of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts (Administrative Office). Requires such official to also notify any spouse or former spouse of the application for revocation in accordance with such requirements as the Director shall prescribe. Authorizes the Director to provide for waiver of the notification requirement with respect to a spouse or former spouse if such official established to the Director's satisfaction that the whereabouts of such person cannot be determined. Directs the Comptroller General of the United States, at the end of each three-fiscal year period, to determine whether the contributions by officials during such period accounted for 50 percent of the costs of the Fund and, if not, what adjustments in the contribution rates should be made to achieve that 50 percent figure. Sets forth reporting requirements. Requires the Director, of the basis of each such report, to adjust the contribution rates in accordance with the report. Specifies that such rates shall thereafter apply, subject to specified limitations. Provides a credit for prior contributions made to the Fund by officials at the higher rate. Permits any official who elects to participate to make a redeposit to the credit of the Fund in installments, in such amounts and under such conditions as may be determined by the Director. Specifies that if an official elects to make a redeposit in installments: (1) the Director shall require that the first installment payment made shall be in an amount no smaller than the last 18 months of salary deductions or deposits previously returned to such official in a lump-sum payment; and (2) the election to participate shall be effective upon payment of the first such installment. Directs the Comptroller General to: (1) conduct an audit of the judicial survivors annuities program for the three-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act; and (2) report to the Congress on the results of such audit, comparing such program to other survivors annuities programs within the Federal Government. Puts officials, including judges of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims (as redesignated under title IX of this Act), the district courts of Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, or the Virgin Islands, and bankruptcy and magistrate judges on a par with any other "justice or judge of the United States" (those covered under current law) with respect to eligibility for Government life insurance, termination of insurance, and conversion rights, subject to specified limitations. Makes any member of a family who is a survivor of a justice or judge of the United States, a judge of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, the district of Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, a bankruptcy judge, or a full-time magistrate judge eligible for Government health insurance. Title III: Judicial Financial Administration - Amends the Federal judicial code to provide for the award of filing fees in actions brought by the United States in which the United States prevails (regardless of whether the Government paid the fee upon commencing the action). Revises provisions with respect to the disposition of filing fees. Provides that: (1) of the amounts paid to the clerk of court as a fee or a judgment for costs, $60 shall be deposited into a special fund of the Treasury to offset funds appropriated for the operation and maintenance of U.S. courts; and (2) if the court authorizes a fee or judgment for costs of less than $120, the entire fee, up to $60, shall be deposited into such fund. Title IV: Jury Matters - Permits prospective jurors in Massachusetts to be selected from the resident list provided for under Massachusetts law, rather than from voter lists. Extends Federal Employees' Compensation Act (workers' compensation) coverage to jurors when they are traveling to or from court. Permits reimbursement of grand jurors' actual reasonable costs of air travel to district court pursuant to a summons, under guidelines set by the Judicial Conference, when travel by other means is not feasible and when certified by the chief judge of the district court in which the grand juror serves. Provides permanent authorization for optional use of a one-step summoning and qualification procedure for jury selection. (Current law provides for experimental use of such procedure.) Title V: Miscellaneous - Amends: (1) the Federal judicial code to permit courts of appeals to pretermit any regular session of court at any place for insufficient business or other good cause without the consent of the Judicial Conference, and to transfer the reporting requirement for fees and expenses under the Equal Access to Justice Act from the Director to the Attorney General; (2) the Financial Institutions Regulatory and Interest Rate Control Act of 1978 to eliminate a duplicative reporting requirement; and (3) the Judicial Improvements Act of 1990 to allow the Federal Judicial Center an additional nine months to submit to the Congress and the Judicial Conference the report on its study of intercircuit conflicts and structural alternatives for the Federal Courts of Appeals. Amends the Federal judicial code to authorize the Director to provide for the sale or disposal of recyclable scrap materials held by any entity within the judicial branch, subject to specified requirements. Specifies that a civil action wherein jurisdiction is founded only on diversity of citizenship may be brought only in specified judicial districts, including one in which the defendants are subject to personal jurisdiction at the time the action is commenced (as under current law) if there is no district in which the action may otherwise be brought. Amends the Civil Justice Reform Act of 1990 to require the Director to transmit to the U.S. district courts a summary of each (currently, each) report on the state of each such court's civil and criminal dockets. Provides for the recovery of costs and fees in the U.S. Court of Veterans Appeals under the Equal Access to Justice Act. Title VI: Judiciary Personnel Administration, Benefits, and Protections - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to exempt the Judicial Officers' Retirement Fund, the Court of Federal Claims Judges' Retirement Fund, and payments to the Judiciary Trust Funds from reductions under such Act. Defines court reporters as "full-time" employees for annuity purposes if they are paid full-time salaries. Authorizes the Federal Judicial Center to: (1) cooperate with and assist Federal agencies and other appropriate organizations in providing information and advice to further improvement in the administration of justice in the courts of foreign countries and to acquire information about judicial administration in foreign countries; and (2) fix compensation of secretarial and clerical personnel without regard to General Schedule pay rates. Title VII: Criminal Administrative Matters - Directs probation and pretrial services officers: (1) when directed by the court and to the degree required by the regimen of care or treatment ordered by the court as a condition of release, to keep informed as to the conduct and provide supervision of persons conditionally released; and (2) to report any violation of such a condition to the court and Attorney General or his designee. Affords Criminal Justice Act attorneys and experts, and community defender organizations, travel and lodging at Government rates. Title VIII: State Justice Institute Reauthorization - Amends the State Justice Institute Act of 1984 to authorize appropriations for the State Justice Institute for FY 1993 through 1996. Authorizes the Institute, upon application by an appropriate State or local (currently, Federal, State, or local) agency or institution and if the arrangement to be made by such agency or institution will provide services which could not be provided adequately through nongovernmental arrangements, to award a grant or enter into a cooperative agreement or contract with a unit of State or local (currently, Federal, State, or local) government other than a court. (Current law also requires the Institute to give priority to specified grants, cooperative agreements, or contracts.) Grants the Institute the authority to enter into contracts with Federal agencies to carry out the purposes of the Act. Title IX: Court of Federal Claims - Court of Federal Claims Technical and Procedural Improvements Act of 1992 - Amends the Federal judicial code to change the name of the U.S. Claims Court to the U.S. Court of Federal Claims (Claims Court). Specifies that: (1) the annuity of a Claims Court judge on senior status after age 65 shall be comparable to that of other senior status Federal trial judges insofar as social security taxes and payments are concerned; and (2) Claims Court judges are judicial officers eligible for coverage under specified annuity and insurance programs. Extends to Claims Court judges the same treatment afforded to other Federal trial judges with respect to earned military retirement pay. Makes technical and conforming amendments regarding the recall of a senior Claims Court judge. Authorizes: (1) Claims Court judges to hire the same number of law clerks as U.S. district court judges; (2) the Claims Court to hold court throughout the United States, including its territories and possessions (currently, court may only be held in the District of Columbia (DC) and in four locations outside DC); (3) the chief judge of the Claims Court to issue an order authorizing a judge of such court to conduct proceedings in a foreign country whose laws do not prohibit such proceedings, with exceptions; and (4) the Federal Circuit to permit an appeal from an order of the chief judge of the Claims Court with respect to such proceedings. Amends the Contract Disputes Act of 1978 to provide that: (1) if the certification of a claim under such Act is technically defective, a court or agency board of contract appeals may permit the certification to be corrected at any time prior to a final decision by the court or agency board of contract appeals unless the failure to properly certify in the first instance was fraudulent, in bad faith, or with reckless or grossly negligent disregard of the requirements of the relevant statutes or regulations; and (2) if the contracting officer did not challenge the validity of the certification and the court or agency board of contract appeals permits the defective certification to be corrected under such provision, interest shall accrue on the claim from the date the claim was first submitted to the contracting officer. Makes applicable to the Claims Court provisions pertaining to costs, witness fees, forma pauperis proceedings, and counsel's liability for excessive costs which are currently applicable to other Federal trial courts. Grants the Claims Court specified power to punish contempt of its authority and to have such assistance in carrying out its orders as is available to other Federal courts. Specifies that the U.S. marshal for any district in which the Claims Court is sitting shall, when requested by the chief judge of such court, attend any session of the court in such district. Title X: Effective Date - Specifies that the effective date of this Act shall be January 1, 1993, with exceptions. Makes all sums expended pursuant to this Act subject to the availability of appropriations.

Bill· HRH.R. 5920 (102nd)referred

To establish a moratorium on the application of certain drinking water regulations to small and medium-sized drinking water systems, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 9 September 1992

Establishes an 18-month moratorium on the application of the following regulations to public water systems serving fewer than 10,500 individuals: (1) national primary drinking water regulations for lead and copper; (2) Phase II drinking water regulations for 26 synthetic organic chemicals and seven inorganic chemicals; and (3) Phase V drinking water regulations for 18 synthetic organic chemicals and five inorganic chemicals. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to report to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on potential barriers faced by small- and medium-sized public water systems in complying with such regulations. Provides for application of such regulations to systems subject to the moratorium if necessary to protect human health.

Bill· HRH.R. 5911 (102nd)referred

Dire Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1992, for Disaster Assistance to Meet the Present Emergencies Arising from the Consequences of Hurricane Andrew and other Natural Disasters

United States · United States Congress · 9 September 1992

Dire Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1992, for Disaster Assistance to Meet the Present Emergencies Arising from the Consequences of Hurricane Andrew and other Natural Disasters - Makes supplemental appropriations for FY 1992 for emergencies arising from natural disasters such as Hurricane Andrew and Typhoon Omar. Designates such amounts as emergency requirements for all purposes of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act). Title I: Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies - Makes additional appropriations available to the Department of Agriculture for: (1) the Agricultural Research Service for buildings and facilities; (2) the Commodity Credit Corporation for crop losses and the tree assistance program; (3) the Soil Conservation Service for watershed and flood prevention operations; (4) the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service for the emergency conservation program; (5) the Farmers Home Administration for the agricultural credit insurance fund program account, the rural housing insurance fund program account, the rural development insurance fund program account, the rural development loan fund program account, rural water and waste disposal grants, very-low-income housing repair grants, rural housing for domestic farm labor, emergency community water assistance grants, and salaries and expenses; and (6) the Food and Nutrition Service for the food stamp program. Declares that funds provided by this title are available only to the extent funds are not provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Title II: Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies - Makes additional funds available to: (1) the Department of Commerce for the Economic Development Administration, the Minority Business Development Agency, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; (2) the Department of Justice for general administration, legal activities, the Federal Prison System, and the Office of Justice Programs; (3) the Department of State for the administration of foreign affairs; (4) the Judiciary for Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and other judicial services; and (5) the Small Business Administration for the disaster loans program account. Title III: Department of Defense - Military - Makes additional amounts available for incremental costs of military, reserve, and national guard personnel and for operation and maintenance of military forces. Title IV: Energy and Water Development Department of Defense - Civil - Makes additional funds available to the Army Corps of Engineers-Civil for general construction, flood control and coastal emergencies, operation and maintenance, and flood control for the Mississippi River and tributaries, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee. Title V: Department of the Interior and Related Agencies - Makes additional appropriations available to the Department of the Interior for: (1) the United States Fish and Wildlife Service; (2) the National Park Service; (3) the United States Geological Survey; and (4) the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Title VI: Departments of Laobr, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies - Makes additional funds available to: (1) the Department of Health and Human Services for the Public Health Emergency Fund; (2) the Department of Education for educational excellence, impact aid, student financial assistance, and departmental management. Title VII: Department of Defense - Military - Makes supplemental amounts available to cover incremental costs at Homestead Air Force Base, Florida, for military construction and family housing. Title VIII: Department of Transportation and Related Agencies - Makes additional funds available to the Department of Transportation for: (1) the Coast Guard; (2) the Federal Aviation Administration; (3) the Federal Transit Administration; and (4) the Research and Special Programs Administration. Title IX: Treasury Department, U.S. Postal Service, the Executive Office of the President, and Certain Independent Agencies - Makes supplemental funds available to: (1) the Department of the Treasury for the U.S. Customs Service and the Internal Revenue Service; and (2) the General Services Administration (GSA) for the Federal Buildings Fund and the Federal Supply Service. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury and the Administrator of GSA to hire temporary employees as necessary for government operations in areas affected by Hurricane Andrew and Typhoon Omar. Amends the Treasury, Postal Service and General Government Appropriations Act, 1992 to repeal restrictions on travel expenses on employees subject to such Act. Authorizes heads of Federal agencies to establish emergency administrative leave as necessary for employees affected by the Hurricane and the Typhoon. Title X: Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies - Makes additional amounts available to: (1) Department of Veterans Affairs for the Veterans Health Administration and departmental administration; (2) the Department of Housing and Urban Development for housing programs, housing counseling assistance, guaranteed housing loans, and management administration; and (3) the Federal Emergency Management Agency for disaster relief, the disaster assistance direct loan program account, the community disaster loan program account, and salaries and expenses.

Bill· SS. 3208 (102nd)referred

Energy Extension Fair Share Act of 1992

United States · United States Congress · 12 August 1992

Energy Extension Fair Share Act of 1992 - Amends the National Energy Extension Service Act to provide for the use of population figures provided by the latest available estimates prepared by the Department of Commerce (currently, provided by the most recent decennial census) for the calculation of the apportionment of State energy extension service funds.

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