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Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 460 (102nd)open

Calling for the Secretary of the Interior, in cooperation with the Secretary of State, to enter into agreements with Canada to protect the Alsek and Tatshenshini Rivers, for the Secretary of the Interior to ensure that Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve is not degraded by potential mine developments in Canada, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1992

Directs the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary), in cooperation with the Secretary of State, to enter immediately into negotiations with Canada to provide protection for the entire Alsek River watershed to preserve its fisheries, wildlife, water quality, and recreational and wilderness values. Requires the Secretary (acting through the Director of the National Park Service) to ensure that the internationally significant natural resource values of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, including all interests of the United States protected by international treaty, are not degraded by proposed open-pit copper mine developments within Canada. Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director, to study and report to the Congress on the potential impacts to the Park and Preserve caused by the proposed mine development in British Columbia. Directs the Secretary of State to seek the agreement of the Canadian Government that the International Joint Commission be referred, pursuant to a specified Treaty, to: (1) examine comprehensively the potential adverse environmental and social impacts of the proposed mining activity; and (2) issue no permits required to develop such project before completion of such study. Requires the Secretary, in cooperation with the Secretary of State, to seek the cooperation of the Canadian Government to obtain World Heritage Site status and protection for the entire Alsek and Tatshenshini River watershed.

Bill· SS. 2527 (102nd)open

Elwha River Ecosystem and Fisheries Restoration Act

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. 2523 (102nd)referred

Combined Stormwater and Sewer Overflow Management Strategy Act of 1992

United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1992

Combined Stormwater and Sewer Overflow Management Strategy Act of 1992 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army, in cooperation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and in consultation with local organizations, to conduct a program to assess the technologies and methodologies available to: (1) address the adverse impacts on receiving waters of discharges from combined stormwater and sanitary systems (overflows); and (2) ensure compliance with water quality standards of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. Directs the Secretary to study conditions and problems associated with overflows, and appropriate management and engineering strategies to remedy such problems, and to complete a comprehensive overflow management plan for specified areas in Massachusetts, Louisiana, Maine, New Jersey, and New York. Outlines information to be included in each such overflow management plan, including environmental and public health impacts, technologies and methodologies available to address such impacts, and an appropriate overflow management strategy for each area. Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress within four years after enactment of this Act on assessments conducted, together with recommendations and observations. Authorizes the Secretary, as part of the overflow assessment conducted for each area, to enter into an agreement with the appropriate State or local government official to construct and monitor an overflow prevention project that uses the best available control technology. Requires such official to provide assurances that the overflow prevention project will be operated and maintained by such State or local government at a non-Federal share of 100 percent of the project's costs. Requires the Federal share of each project's construction costs to be 100 percent. Directs the Secretary to evaluate the capabilities and performance of each project under this Act for use in developing a Federal strategy for a combined stormwater and sanitary sewer system infrastructure. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary to develop a Federal strategy for the optimal expenditure of Federal funds for: (1) minimizing the adverse effects of overflows in the waters and aquatic ecosystems of the United States; and (2) assuring compliance with water quality standards of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. Outlines information to be utilized in the development of such Federal strategy, including the evaluation of the capabilities and performances of each area project authorized under this Act. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress within five years after enactment of this Act on the strategy. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary, in order to ensure coordination of the Federal strategy with results of the area overflow programs authorized under this Act, to consult with the EPA Administrator, the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and other appropriate Federal and non-Federal entities.

Bill· HRH.R. 4748 (102nd)referred

Reinvest in American Education Act

United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1992

Reinvest in American Education Act - Title I: Care and Development of Children - Amends the Head Start Act to extend and increase the authorization of appropriations for the Head Start program. Amends the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to extend and increase the authorization of appropriations for the child care and early childhood development improvement program. Title II: Elementary and Secondary Education Improvements - Authorizes the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) to make school competitiveness challenge grants to State educational agencies (SEAs) for use by local educational agencies (LEAs) to implement public school programs to: (1) reduce class size; and (2) purchase and integrate computers and software programs. Requires State applications to cover a five-year period. Requires States to allocate all such funds to LEAs eligible to receive funds under provisions for disadvantaged students under chapter 1 of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA chapter 1). Requires State appointment of a review panel to recommend LEAs that appear to meet the Secretary's requirements for such grant awards. Limits the Federal share to 90 percent of project costs. Limits certain uses of funds. Requires annual State reports. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary to make foreign language program grants to SEAs to develop and implement innovative programs to teach foreign languages to public school students in kindergarten through eighth grade. Requires States selected to receive such grants to distribute grants to LEAs, higher education institutions, and community-based organizations with expertise in foreign language training or foreign language integration with area studies, geography, and cultural awareness. Gives special consideration to entities with expertise in European and Pacific Rim languages. Requires State applications to cover a five-year period. Requires State appointment of a review panel to recommend LEAs based on ability to meet the the Secretary's requirements for such grant awards. Limits the Federal share to 90 percent of project costs. Requires annual State reports. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary to make demonstration grants for comprehensive services for children and youth to eligible entity partnerships to provide multiyear educational and social services to specified target populations of disadvantaged at-risk children and youth and their families. Requires such programs to coordinate activities under Federal, State, and local partnership grants into an integrated service delivery system colocated at a school or other community-based site accessible to and used by at-risk youth. Gives priority to entities that provide comprehensive services extending beyond traditional school or service hours (including year-round programs providing evening and weekend services). Allows award of such grants for up to five years, if progress is satisfactory. Requires equitable geographic distribution to both urban and rural areas with a high proportion of at-risk youth. Provides for bonus awards. Requires an entity to serve a target population of: (1) students enrolled in schools participating in school-wide projects assisted under ESEA chapter 1, and their families; (2) students enrolled in the most economically disadvantaged schools within the LEA; (3) out-of-school youth at-risk of having limited future options due to teenage pregnancy and parenting, substance abuse, recent immigration, disability, limited English proficiency, family migration, illiteracy, being the child of a teen parent, living in a single parent household, or being a high school dropout; or (4) any combination of in-school and out-of-school youth. Provides for: (1) authorized program activities; (2) one-year planning grants; (3) applications; (4) comprehensive service plans; (5) planning councils; (6) joint review of applications by the Secretaries of Education and of Health and Human Services; (6) annual interim reports; (7) a program evaluation study and report to specified congressional committees by the Secretary of Education; (8) minimum and maximum grant limits; (9) an 80 percent Federal share; and (10) technical assistance and information dissemination on successful models. Authorizes appropriations. Amends the Augustus F. Hawkins Human Services Reauthorization Act of 1990 to direct the Federal Council on Children, Youth, and Families to: (1) identify and, if possible, eliminate program regulations or practices that impede coordination and collaboration; (2) develop and implement plans for creating jointly funded programs, unified assessments, eligibility, and application procedures, and confidentiality regulations that facilitate information-sharing; and (3) recommend legislative action needed to facilitate coordination of educational and social services for children, youth, and families. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to LEAs, in areas where the dropout rate for high school students is 20 percent or more, for daily after-school activities for at-risk students in the fourth through eighth grades of public schools in such an LEA's jurisdiction. Sets the Federal share at 90 percent of the costs of such activities. Sets forth required guidelines for such activities, including: (1) organization by peer group leaders from high schools, each to be paid for their services $1 per hour more than the Federal minimum wage; and (2) supervision by teachers, each to be paid for their services $20,000 per year in addition to their regular salary. Sets forth requirements for LEA applications and assurances. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to SEAs for use by LEAs to repair, renovate, and modernize existing public school buildings to address health, safety, and environmental concerns. Requires State applications to cover a five-year period. Requires appointment of a review panel. Gives priority to: (1) schools that have buildings that are more than 25 years old; and (2) schools in which the buildings' physical condition warrants repair or renovation. Sets the Federal share at 90 percent of project costs. Requires annual State progress reports to the Secretary. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to SEAs for use by LEAs to develop programs in public elementary schools regarding the Bill of Rights. Sets forth requirements for: (1) applications; (2) review panels; (3) 90 percent maximum Federal share; and (4) annual State reports. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to SEAs for use by LEAs to develop or continue physical education programs and interscholastic sports programs in public schools for kindergarten through 12th grade. Sets forth requirements for: (1) applications; (2) review panels; (3) 90 percent maximum Federal share; and (4) annual State reports. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to SEAs for use by LEAs to develop or continue arts education in public schools for kindergarten through 12th grade. Sets forth requirements for: (1) applications; (2) review panels; (3) 90 percent maximum Federal share; and (4) annual State reports. Authorizes appropriations. Amends the Dwight D. Eisenhower Mathematics and Science Education Act to extend and increase the authorization of appropriations for State grants and national programs to strengthen the skills of teachers and improve instruction in mathematics and science. Amends the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act to extend and increase the authorization of appropriations for programs of assistance to vocational education. Title III: Higher Education Loan Program - Self-Reliance Scholarship Act of 1991 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to provide for Self-Reliance Scholarships to assist students in financing their undergraduate and graduate education. Establishes the self-reliance scholarship program as a student loan program, with repayments to be made over chosen periods under the income tax system on the basis of the individual's adjusted gross income. Requires the Director of the Office of Self-Reliance Scholarships established by this Act (the Director) to make such loans to each eligible student who qualifies, in an amount determined according to a specified formula. Authorizes the Director to enter into a contract for the conduct of the program or any portion of it. Requires each eligible institution to submit a list of loan applicants and the amounts for which they are qualified and promptly notify the Director of any change in their enrollment status. Requires the Director to establish an account for each such loan recipient by name and taxpayer identification number and provide for the increase of the total amount stated for such account by any amounts subsequently loaned to such recipient. Sets forth the terms of institutional agreements under such program, enforcement provisions, and reporting requirements. Requires each eligible institution entering such a program agreement, if it experiences a percentage increase in its cost of attendance exceeding a certain amount, to report to the Director on such increase and its justification. Requires the Director to report to the Congress on the reasons for such excessive increases and whether such information should be used as a basis on which to suspend or revoke, in whole or in part, the agreement with the eligible institution. Sets forth annual and aggregate limits on the amounts of such loans to individuals, with adjustments for inflation and for less than full-time students. Sets forth terms of such loans and provisions for disbursement of proceeds. Prohibits the amount of any such loan from being taken into consideration in determining student eligibility for assistance under any other program assisted under HEA. Establishes in the Treasury the Education Trust Fund (the Fund), consisting of transfers from education loan repayment taxes and surtaxes on individuals with incomes over $1,000,000 and from loan refunds after student withdrawals, amounts received pursuant to the issuance of obligations, and any interest earned on Fund investments. Bases the transfer of tax and surtax amounts on estimates. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to invest the portion of the Fund which the Director judges is not required to meet current withdrawals. Authorizes the Fund to issue certain obligations. Authorizes the Director to obligate certain sums available to the Fund for specified purposes. Requires the Director to hold the Fund and report annually to the Congress on its financial condition, the results of its operations, and its expected condition and operations. Provides for repayment of such loans. Requires the Director to develop and implement a procedure for computing repayment percentage options for each borrower, taking specified factors into consideration. Sets various limits on such repayments based on the individual's gross income. Limits the maximum repayment period to 25 years, with individuals given the option of selecting a 15-, 20-, or 25-year repayment period. Requires development of a buyout procedure, including interest and a prepayment penalty. Requires the Director to: (1) provide each borrower with the option to select a repayment status with a repayment percentage determined in accordance with specified procedures and factors; and (2) transmit such information along with the borrower's taxpayer identification number to the borrower and to the Secretary of the Treasury by January 1 of each calendar year. Requires repayment status to commence at the start of the first taxable year following either the date of the loan or the date of graduation, but in no event later than the sixth taxable year after the date of the loan. Authorizes the Director, however, to establish special repayment rules for individuals in categories of special consideration. Makes proprietary trade schools ineligible for the Self-Reliance Scholarship program. Makes eligible for such scholarships any student who is a U.S. citizen of age 17 through 50. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish the education loan repayment tax, to be imposed upon individuals certified by the Director in an amount equal to the repayment percentage of the taxpayer's adjusted gross income for the taxable year. Sets forth minimum and maximum adjusted gross income amounts. Sets forth requirements for joint returns. Establishes a surtax on individuals with taxable incomes over $1,000,000. Imposes such surtax on income tax at a specified rate in certain cases, and on the tentative minimum tax at a specified rate in certain cases. Makes special rules for a surtax on estate and trusts and for treatment of married individuals filing separate returns. Amends the Department of Education Organization Act to establish the Office of Self-Reliance Scholarships, to be administered by the Director who is responsible for overseeing this Act. Directs the President of the National Academy of Sciences to study and report to specified congressional committees on the impact of higher education tuition rate increases on students and families, along with recommendations for cost containment measures. Authorizes appropriations.

Bill· HRH.R. 4750 (102nd)referred

Global Climate Protection Act

United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1992

Global Climate Protection Act - Directs the President to promulgate final regulations that will achieve stabilization of carbon dioxide emissions by January 1, 2000. Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to evaluate and report biennially to the Congress on the progress made pursuant to such regulations. Directs the President to promulgate additional regulations to achieve stabilization if the Administrator finds that the regulations will not achieve stabilization. Permits citizen suits against officers of the United States for failures to perform duties in accordance with this Act.

Resolution· proposition de résolutions91920277lapsed

proposition de résolution tendant à la constitution d'une commission d'enquête sur l'aménagement de la Loire, le maintien de son débit et la protection de son environnement

France · Senate · 1 April 1992

Bill· SS. 2506 (102nd)open

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

United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1992

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

Bill· HRH.R. 4722 (102nd)open

Marine and Coastal Environment and Global Climate Protection Act of 1992

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. 4742 (102nd)referred

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

United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1992

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

Bill· SS. 2500 (102nd)referred

Water Resources Development Act of 1992

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.

Report· Bericht, Gutachten, Programm12/2400open

Erster Bericht der Enquete-Kommission "Schutz der Erdatmosphäre" zum Thema Klimaänderung gefährdet globale Entwicklung; Zukunft sichern - Jetzt handeln (G-SIG: 12000851)

Germany · German Bundestag · 31 March 1992

(Bericht gem. Beschluß auf BT-Drs 12/419) Neue Erkenntnisse und Handlungsempfehlungen, aktueller Kenntnisstand, künftiges Gefährdungspotential, Forschungsstand, Klimapolitik, Handlungsempfehlungen für die internationale Gemeinschaft

Proposal· PCCELEX 51992PC0023open

PROPOSAL for a RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES on a Community programme of policy and action in relation to the environment and sustainable development

European Union · European Commission · 27 March 1992

Bill· SS. 2486 (102nd)referred

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

United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1992

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

Bill· HRH.R. 4677 (102nd)referred

To rescind certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded (R92-94) in a special message transmitted to the Congress by the President on March 20, 1992, in accordance with section 1012 of the Impoundment Control Act of 1974.

United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1992

Rescinds certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded (R92-94) (Nebraska Department of Education for teaching of environmental education by satellite television transmission) 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

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

United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1992

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

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