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Bill· SS. 1021 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 1991
Private Long-Term Care Insurance and Accelerated Death Benefit Incentive Act of 1991 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for treatment of: (1) long-term care insurance contracts as accident or health insurance contracts; (2) amounts received under such contracts with respect to qualified long-term care services as amounts received for personal injuries or sickness; and (3) employer plans providing such services as an accident or health plan. Includes amounts paid for qualified long-term care services as medical expenses for individual itemized deductions. Excludes benefits received under such contracts from gross income. Provides for the treatment of prefunded post-retirement long-term care benefits plans in the same manner as prefunded post-retirement medical and life insurance benefit plans. Permits qualified long-term care insurance contracts to be offered in cafeteria plans (plans which offer two or more benefits). Allows the tax-free exchange of life insurance contracts for long-term care insurance contracts. Provides for the treatment of amounts paid to a terminally ill individual or one who is chronically ill and confined to a qualified facility as death benefits. Allows insurance companies to issue such accelerated death benefit riders on life insurance contracts. Declares that gross income does include excessive long-term care benefits.
Bill· SS. 1032 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 1991
Enterprise Zone Jobs-Creation Act of 1991 - Title I: Designation of Enterprise Zones - Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (Secretary) to designate enterprise zones for purposes of providing tax and regulatory relief and improving local services. Limits choices to areas nominated by States and local governments. Limits the total number of areas that may be designated, and the time period of the designation. Authorizes the Secretary to designate a zone only if the area meets certain locational, demographic, unemployment, and poverty criteria. Requires nominating local governments, as a condition of the Secretary's designation, to agree in writing to follow a course of action that may include reducing tax rates, improving local services, simplifying or streamlining regulation of business, and providing job training to area residents. Describes areas to which the Secretary must give preference in selecting areas for designation. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress every four years on the effects of such enterprise zones' designation in accomplishing the purposes of this Act. Title II: Federal Income Tax Incentives - Allows a nonrefundable income tax credit to enterprise zone employees for five percent of any wages earned as do not exceed a specified amount. Phases out such credit. Provides for the nonrecognition of capital gain on the sale of enterprise zone property. Allows a taxpayer a deduction on the aggregate amount paid for the purchase of enterprise stock on its original issue by a qualified issuer. Requires any gain from the disposition of the stock to be treated as ordinary income. Title III: Regulatory Flexibility - Amends Federal law to revise the definition of "small entity" for purposes of the analysis of regulatory functions to include qualified business, government, and nonprofit enterprises operating within enterprise zones. Authorizes Federal agencies, upon request by a designating government, to waive or modify rules and regulations pertaining to the implementation of projects or activities within an enterprise zone. Requires agencies to approve the request if the resulting benefits of job creation, community development, or economic revitalization outweigh the public interest in retaining the rule unchanged. Disallows waiver or modification of a rule that would directly violate a statutory requirement or present a danger to the public health and safety. Title IV: Establishment of Foreign-Trade Zones in Enterprise Zones - Requires the Foreign-Trade Zone Board to consider on a priority basis and to expedite the processing of applications for the establishment of foreign-trade zones within enterprise zones. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to give priority to, and expedite applications for, the establishment of ports of entry necessary to establish such zones. Title V: Repeal of Title VII of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1987 - Repeals title VII (enterprise zone development) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1987.
Bill· SS. 1039 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 1991
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose an environmental excise tax on the manufacture or importation of tires of any type, including solid and pneumatic tires. Establishes the amount of such tax as 50 cents per tire to be paid by the manufacturer or importer. Establishes the Waste Tire Recycling, Abatement and Disposal Trust Fund consisting of the excise tax on tires and amounts received under the Solid Waste Disposal Act for waste tire recycling, abatement, and disposal.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 123 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 1991
Declares that any proposed legislation which would require mail-order companies to collect out-of-state sales taxes should be rejected.
Bill· HRH.R. 2280 (102nd)open
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 1991
Veterans' Health Care and Research Amendments of 1991 - Title I: Health-Care Benefits - Amends Federal veterans' benefits provisions to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to contract with non-Department of Veterans Affairs facilities for the treatment of any veteran who has a total and permanent service-connected disability. Authorizes the provision of dental care for a dental condition from which a veteran is suffering and when medically necessary in preparation for hospital admission or for a veteran otherwise receiving medical care and services. Increases from $500 to $1000 the annual per-person limitation on the provision of such dental care. Authorizes the Secretary to periodically review and adjust the yearly limit. Amends the Veterans' Health Care Amendments of 1986 to extend through FY 1992 an annual report requirement under such Act concerning the furnishing of non-service-connected health care to veterans. Increases certain authorized costs for home improvements and structural alterations furnished as part of necessary home health services available to disabled veterans. Extends through FY 1992 the authority for the operation of the Veterans Memorial Medical Center in the Philippines. Authorizes the Secretary to expand the current program of outreach and community-based residential care for homeless chronically mentally ill veterans by: (1) increasing the number of Department employees providing services; and (2) providing such services in at least four cities in which there is a significant unmet need for such assistance. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into agreements with public or nonprofit entities for the contractual provision of such services. Requires the agreeing entity to provide at least 25 percent of the cost of such services. Authorizes appropriations for both the current program and the program authorized by this provision. Allows such additional program to be carried out only if the amount appropriated for the FY 1992 medical care account of the Department is at least $100,000,000 greater than the amount requested in the President's budget for such account for such fiscal year. Title II: Health-Care Personnel - Provides the qualifications required for social workers employed by the Veterans Health Services and Research Administration of the Department. Requires a minimum two-year service requirement in the Department for graduates of the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Professional Scholarship Program. Authorizes the Secretary to purchase promotional items of nominal value for recruitment purposes. Title III: Administrative Provisions - Prohibits funds from being appropriated for any fiscal year, and prohibits the Secretary from obligating or expending funds, for any major medical project or major medical facility lease unless funds have been specifically authorized by law. Defines a "major medical facility lease" as a lease having an average annual rental amount of more than $300,000 (currently $500,000). Requires the Geriatrics and Gerontology Advisory Committee to submit to the Secretary such reports as considered appropriate (currently, only one report is required) on all appropriate matters of geriatrics and gerontology. Adds certain assessments to such report requirements. Directs the Secretary, in order to improve the quality of clinical care at Department health-care facilities, to carry out a pilot program for the conduct of medical research at Department medical centers in the areas of: (1) mental illness; (2) alcohol and substance abuse; or (3) neurological, psychiatric, and geriatric rehabilitation. Allows research under such program to be conducted only at a medical center at which its director has entered into an agreement with a medical school or other institution under which such institution agrees to provide partial funding or in-kind support for the proposed research. Requires the Secretary to solicit from Department employees proposals for research projects to be carried out under the program. Requires the FY 1992 medical and prosthetic research account of the Department to be increased by a specified amount before such research program may be conducted. Provides similar limitations for FY 1993 and 1994 research projects under the program. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1992 through 1994. Requires the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, to prescribe standards of performance by Department medical facility laboratories with respect to laboratory examinations and other procedures. Requires an implementation report. Authorizes the Secretary, in certain instances, to acquire and use real property: (1) before title to such property is approved under Federal statutes; and (2) even though the property will be held in other than a fee simple interest, as long as the Secretary determines that the interest acquired is sufficient for its intended purpose. Extends from three to four years the period allowed for a Department research corporation to establish itself as a tax-exempt entity under the Internal Revenue Code in order to avoid dissolution. Extends through FY 1994 the authority of the Department to establish such corporations. Authorizes the Secretary to provide for the operation of child care centers at Department facilities if the Secretary determines, based on employee demand, that such operation is in the best interests of the Department and that it is practicable to do so. Requires priority to be given to employees of: (1) the Department; (2) other Federal departments and agencies; and (3) affiliated schools and corporations, in that order. Authorizes the Secretary to provide such services to members of the public if necessary to ensure the financial success of the center. Directs the Secretary to establish reasonable charges for the provision of child care services at each center, in a sum at least sufficient to meet all operating expenses. Outlines specified actions authorized to be taken by the Secretary in connection with the establishment and operation of such centers. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into agreements for the joint acquisition of medical equipment. Outlines conditions to such joint acquisition, including payment of no more than one half of the purchase price of such equipment by the Secretary, the exchange of use of such equipment between the joint holders, and provision by the institution involved of its share of the purchase price. Authorizes the Secretary to transfer to the other joint holder its interest in the equipment if the Secretary determines that such transfer would be justified by compelling clinical considerations or the economic interest of the Department. Authorizes the Secretary to purchase the interest of the joint holder of such equipment under similar conditions. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into escrow agreements with institutions to facilitate the procurement of medical equipment. Outlines escrow agreement requirements. Requires the Secretary to report on the implementation of such joint acquisition under these provisions. States that Department quality assurance activities shall be deemed to be part of the operation of hospitals, nursing homes, and domiciliary facilities of the Department, without regard to the location of the duty stations of employees carrying out such activities. Title IV: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Treatment Act of 1991 - Directs the Secretary to implement the recommendations of the Chief Medical Director's Special Committee on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder with respect to specialized inpatient and outpatient programs of the Department for the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Requires the Secretary, during FY 1992, to establish and operate: (1) not less than five new specialized inpatient PTSD units; (2) not less than ten new PTSD clinical treatment teams; and (3) not less than five outpatient programs for the treatment of veterans suffering from both PTSD and substance abuse problems. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1992 for such purposes. Directs the Secretary, in carrying out medical research and awarding grants, to designate a level of funding support for, and assign a priority to, the conduct of research on mental illness, including research regarding PTSD, PTSD in association with substance abuse, and the treatment of those disorders. Provides for the distribution of funds for such purposes. Requires the Secretary to provide an implementation report. Directs the Secretary to assess the needs for treatment and rehabilitative services of veterans believed to be suffering from PTSD. Requires the Secretary to develop a plan for providing such treatment and services, as well as for expanding and refining services available for the treatment of PTSD. Directs the Secretary to consult with the Special Committee in developing such plan and expansion and refining. Requires a report from the Secretary on the plan developed.
Bill· HRH.R. 2279 (102nd)open
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 1991
Transportation for Livable Communities Act of 1991 - Title I: Planning - Bars the Secretary of Transportation from approving a program in whole or in part, or any project, unless the Secretary finds that the program conforms to and carries out plans and programs pursuant to this Act. Declares it to be in the national interest to encourage and promote the conservation and development of transportation systems embracing various modes of transportation in a manner that will serve the States and local communities efficiently and effectively. Directs the Secretary to cooperate with State and local officials in developing transportation plans and programs which, at a minimum: (1) utilize transportation system management and investment strategies designed to make the most efficient use of existing transportation facilities; (2) promote or reinforce land use patterns for residence and employment that enhance the attractiveness and feasibility of mass transportation; (3) demonstrate why alternative transportation modes or management strategies are not feasible substitutes to any proposed expansions of highway capacity; (4) incorporate actions to reduce energy consumption; (5) minimize physical or visual disruption of scenic landscapes, vistas, and historic areas; (6) conform to and complement local and State plans and programs concerning housing, community development, rural conservation, air and water quality, recreation, and historic preservation; (7) effectuate reductions in the demand in congested areas for motor vehicle travel and, particularly, for single passenger automobile travel; and (8) specify proposed transportation enhancement activities. Requires that the planning process consider all modes of transportation, account for reasonably anticipated funds, and be continuing, cooperative, and comprehensive. Bars the construction of any highway project in a metropolitan area unless the responsible public officials of the area in which the project is located have been consulted and their views considered with respect to the corridor, mode of transportation, and location and design of the project. Directs the Secretary to cooperate with each State in the development of transportation plans and programs which will serve the State and its local communities and rural areas effectively, accomplish social and economic development goals, conserve energy, preserve open space and scenic and historic resources, promote improvement of air and water quality, and encourage efficient land use patterns. Requires that: (1) such plans and programs be based on long-range needs and goals and meet specified requirements to achieve such goals; and (2) the State provide an opportunity for public comment and respond in reasonable detail to the comments received. Title II: Transportation Enhancement Activities - Defines "transportation enhancement activities" to include, with respect to a project and the area to be served by the project: scenic and historic landscape enhancement; demonstration projects to encourage excellence in the design, construction, rehabilitation, and use of transportation facilities; archeological planning and research; acquisition of scenic, recreational, and historic sites or areas; and control and removal of outdoor advertising. Includes transportation enhancement activities within the definition of highway. Authorizes the Secretary to approve related transportation enhancement activities under the highway bridge replacement and rehabilitation program. Specifies the Federal share of Federal-aid highway project costs that are attributable to transportation enhancement activities, with exceptions. Requires States to expend not less than eight percent of the amounts apportioned in any fiscal year to a State in any fiscal year under this Act on transportation enhancement activities. Title III: National Scenic and Historic Highway System - Establishes the National Scenic and Historic Highway System. Directs the Secretary, within one year, to establish criteria for designating National Scenic and Historic Highways, including: (1) consideration of the scenic beauty and historic significance of the highways or the highways' surroundings; (2) operation and management standards for the highways; (3) standards for signage for the highways; and (4) design review procedures for siting the highways and location of structures, landscaping, and travelers' facilities on or adjacent to the highways. Sets forth procedures by which States may nominate an exisitng or planned highway for inclusion in the National Scenic and Historic Highway System. Directs the Secretary to: (1) conduct an inventory of Federal lands highways and designate appropriate highways for inclusion in such System; and (2) withdraw the designation of a highway, other than a Federal lands highway, upon the request of a State or upon determinining that the highway does not meet criteria established pursuant to this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to approve projects for the purpose of identifying, designating, and operating National Scenic and Historic Highways, but bars projects for the grading, construction, repair, or rehabilitation of a highway roadbed. Limits the Federal share to 95 percent of the cost of such projects. Directs the Secretary to set aside $25,000,000 to carry out such purpose for FY 1992 through 1996. Title IV: Control of Outdoor Advertising - Authorizes (current law requires) reduction of Federal highway funds by up to five (currently, equal to ten) percent of apportioned funds for States that have not made provision for effective control of outdoor signs, displays, or devices (advertising) along Federal-aid highways. Requires, as part of effective control, that: (1) each State maintain an annual inventory of such advertising, identify such advertising as illegal, nonconforming, or conforming under State law, and assure that any prohibited advertising shall be removed; and (2) no State allow or undertake any vegetation removal or other alteration of the highway right-of-way to improve visibility of such advertising or permit modification of nonconforming advertising to improve its visibility or prolong its useful life. Prohibits any new advertising from being erected under Federal highway provisions after October 1, 1991, and treats advertising erected between such date and the effective date of this Act as nonconforming. Sets forth provisions with respect to the removal and acquisition of advertising and Federal participation in costs incurred by the State for such removal. Bars outdoor advertising by Federal agencies on public lands (excluding Indian lands and reservations) that fails to conform to regulations issued by the Federal agency with jurisdiction over, or responsibility for, such land. Requires such regulations to be at least as stringent as the requirements of the State in which the land is located.
Bill· HRH.R. 2308 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 1991
Amends Federal defense procurement provisions to allow as a reimbursable defense contractor cost the payment to foreign nationals employed by a U.S. defense contractor of severance pay in excess of that normally paid in the United States when necessary to comply with host country law, international bilateral agreements, or host country employment practices. Allows as a reimbursable cost the payment of severance pay to foreign nationals by a defense contractor when required due to a base closure or curtailment at the request of the host country to the extent that such pay is not reimbursed by the host country. Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 to state that the President should endeavor to include in status-of-forces or other international agreements a provision which would require the governments of other countries to grant an exemption, waiver, or determination of nonapplicability of any host nation law, bilateral agreement, or employment practice which establishes severance pay for foreign nationals employed by the U.S. Government or its service contractors at a rate that exceeds the amount typically paid in such industry in the United States. Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the U.S. Government or host nation should pay severance costs if either nation initiates a base closing or curtailment of activities; and (2) U.S. defense contractors should endeavor to minimize potential U.S. liability for severance pay paid to their employees outside the United States.
Bill· HRH.R. 2294 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 1991
PRIME Retirement Account Act of 1991 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish a simplified retirement plan for small business to be known as PRIME accounts (private retirement incentives matched by employers). Allows an income tax deduction to employees who make pre-tax contributions of up to $3,000 annually to a PRIME account and requires an employer to match such contributions up to three percent of the employee's compensation. Declares that such accounts are not to be treated as pension plans. Excludes such accounts from limitation on the maximum amount allowed for retirement savings deductions. Specifies the pension plan rules that are applicable to PRIME accounts. Establishes a 25-percent penalty on withdrawals made from such accounts during the first three years. Sets forth penalties to be imposed upon: (1) account trustees for failure to provide requirement information to employers; and (2) employers for failure to make required notifications to employees.
Bill· HRH.R. 2306 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 1991
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the personal exemption for a dependent child who has not attained age 18 from $2,000 to $4,000. Provides for rounding inflation adjustments to tax tables to the nearest multiple of $10 (currently rounded to the next lowest multiple of $50).
Bill· HRH.R. 2286 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 1991
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal limitations on the deductibility of capital losses.
Bill· HRH.R. 2303 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 1991
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow penalty-free withdrawals from retirement plans by certain displaced workers. Sets forth a formula for the maximum amount of such withdrawals and provides a cost-of-living adjustment for such amount.
Bill· HRH.R. 2281 (102nd)open
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 1991
National Institutes of Health Revitalization Amendments of 1991 - Title I: General Provisions Regarding Title IV of Public Health Service Act - Subtitle A: Research Freedom - Part I: Review of Proposals for Biomedical and Behavioral Research - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require review and approval, by an Institutional Review Board, a peer review group, or other entity, of research before the Secretary of Health and Human Services may approve the research or fund applications. Prohibits the Secretary from withholding funding, on ethical grounds, from research which has been so approved unless an ethics advisory board recommends withholding. Part II: Research on Transplantation of Fetal Tissue - Allows the Secretary to conduct or support research on the transplantation of human fetal tissue for therapeutic purposes, regardless of whether the tissue is obtained from a spontaneous abortion, an induced abortion, or a stillbirth, in accordance with State and local law. Establishes criminal penalties for knowingly acquiring, receiving, or otherwise transferring any human fetal tissue for valuable consideration. Excludes from the term "valuable consideration" reasonable payments associated with the transportation, implantation, processing, preservation, quality control, or storage of human fetal tissue. Prohibits any official of the executive branch from imposing a policy that prohibits the Department of Health and Human Services from conducting or supporting any research on the transplantation of human fetal tissue for therapeutic purposes. Prohibits the Secretary from withholding funds for research which meets requirements of this subtitle. Deems a specified report of the Human Fetal Tissue Transplantation Research Panel to: (1) be issued by an ethics advisory board under provisions of this subtitle; and (2) find that there are no ethical grounds for withholding funds for research on transplantation of human fetal tissue for therapeutic purposes. Subtitle B: Clinical Research Equity Regarding Women and Minorities - Part I: Women and Minorities as Subjects in Clinical Research - Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Administrator of the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration (ADAMHA), in conducting and supporting research, to ensure that: (1) women and minorities are included as subjects in each project; and (2) research is conducted so as to provide for a valid analysis of whether the variables being tested affect women or minorities differently than other research subjects. Requires technical and scientific peer review to include an evaluation of compliance with these requirements. Part II: Offices of Research on Women's Health - Establishes within each of the Office of the Director of NIH and the Office of the ADAMHA Administrator an Office of Research on Women's Health to identify projects of women's health (and, for ADAMHA, mental health) research and promote sufficient resource allocation for the conduct or support of the projects by NIH and ADAMHA. Requires the Directors of each Office to establish a Coordinating Committee on Research on Women's Health and an Advisory Committee on Research on Women's Health. Includes in the Coordinating Committee's duties determining the extent women are represented among senior physicians and scientists of NIH and ADAMHA and among physicians and scientists conducting research with NIH or ADAMHA funding and carrying out activities to increase such representation. Requires the Director of NIH to: (1) establish a single data system regarding research on women's health conducted or supported by NIH or ADAMHA; and (2) establish and operate a program to provide information on research and prevention activities of NIH and ADAMHA relating to research on women's health (and, for ADAMHA, mental health) and gender differences. Mandates a biennial report by each Director with specified contents, including analyzing the professional status of women physicians and scientists at NIH and ADAMHA and identifying advancement barriers. Directs the Secretary: (1) through the Directors of the Offices of Research on Women's Health, to contract for a study of how research on women's health can be facilitated by the NIH Director and the ADAMHA Administrator; and (2) to request the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences to enter into the contract. Subtitle C: Scientific Integrity - Amends provisions relating to scientific fraud or scientific misconduct to establish within the Office of the Director of NIH the Office on Scientific Integrity. Provides for termination and recovery of financial assistance, provided for certain biomedical or behavioral research, if there is retaliation against a scientific misconduct whistleblower. Prohibits grants to or cooperative agreements or contracts with entities that fail to follow procedures to prevent or respond to such retaliation. Directs the Secretary, with regard to any entity receiving assistance for research to evaluate the safety or effectiveness of a drug, medical device, or treatment, to establish criteria for preventing or responding to any financial interests which will or may create a conflict of interest. Requires the criteria to be uniformly applicable to each entity. Allows individual variation in implementation. Prohibits allowing each entity to develop individual criteria. Allows the Secretary, where such a conflict of interest exists, to take certain actions, including disapproving an application, terminating assistance, and recovering assistance obligated while the conflict exists. Directs the Secretary to require the entity to disclose the conflict in each public presentation of the research results. Prohibits the Secretary, in fiscal years after regulations establishing the criteria are issued, from making a grant, cooperative agreement, or contract for biomedical or behavioral research unless the entity seeking assistance agrees to be subject to the regulations. Mandates a study by the Comptroller General on the extent to which the activities of the Director of the Office of Scientific Integrity have been effective in investigating and preventing scientific fraud and other misconduct. Directs the Secretary, through the National Library of Medicine, to develop guidelines for use by scientific and medical journals to protect against publication of manuscripts involving scientific misconduct. Subtitle D: Indirect Costs - Allows the Secretary, in providing financial assistance through NIH for a research project, to authorize an entity to make expenditures from the assistance for administrative and nonadministrative indirect costs. Limits indirect cost expenditures to a percentage of direct costs. Requires the NIH Director to establish a program of supporting biomedical or behavioral research projects whose principal researchers have not previously been principal researchers in such projects supported by the Director. Title II: Protection of Health Facilities - Prohibits stealing or otherwise converting personal property or damaging real property of a health facility assisted under the Public Health Service Act, or deterring, through physical restraint, any individual from entering or exiting the facility. Includes in the prohibitions various acts interfering with the use of animals for research. Provides for fines, imprisonment, restitution, and private civil actions. Title III: National Institutes of Health in General - Directs the Secretary to establish in the Office of the Director of NIH the Advisory Committee on Health Sciences to periodically review the missions of each of the agencies of NIH for the purpose of advising the NIH Director, the Secretary, and the Congress on any modifications in the organizational structure of NIH. Requires the approval of the Committee in order for the Secretary to establish, reorganize, or abolish a national research institute. Mandates preparation and implementation of a plan, regarding biomedical research and experimentation conducted or supported by NIH, for methods that: (1) do not require the use of animals; (2) reduce the number of animals used; and (3) produce less pain and distress in animals. Requires measures to encourage acceptance by and training scientists in such methods. Establishes the Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Use of Animals in Research. Repeals similar provisions, relating to a plan on animal research and a coordinating committee, of the Health Research Extension Act of 1985. Removes provisions of the Public Health Service Act allowing members of advisory councils to serve after the expiration of their terms until successors have taken office. Title IV: General Provisions Respecting National Research Institutes - Requires that the Secretary, through the director of each of the national research institutes, receive directly all funds appropriated for the institute. Removes provisions allowing the Director of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to directly receive NCI funds. Excludes peer review groups under specified provisions from the application of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. Requires the Director of NIH to: (1) carry out a program to expand and intensify research on osteoporosis, Paget's disease, and related bone disorders in addition to research authorized under other Federal law; (2) establish the Advisory Board on Osteoporosis, Paget's Disease, and Related Bone Disorders; and (3) enter into a grant, cooperative agreement, or contract to establish an information clearinghouse on osteoporosis and related bone disorders. Authorizes appropriations. Title V: National Cancer Institute - Authorizes appropriations for the National Cancer Institute. Title VI: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute - Authorizes the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) to conduct programs of training and education, including continuing education and laboratory and clinical research training. Title VII: National Institute on Aging - Transfers provisions of the Health Research Extension Act of 1985 establishing an Alzheimer's disease registry to provisions of the Public Health Service Act relating to the National Institute on Aging (NIA). Authorizes appropriations for the NIA. Title VIII: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - Authorizes the Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to make grants or enter into contracts for the development and operation of centers to conduct basic and clinical research on chronic fatigue syndrome. Title IX: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development - Subtitle A: Research Centers With Respect to Contraception and Research Centers With Respect to Infertility - Requires the Director of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHHD) to make grants and enter into contracts for the development and operation of centers to conduct contraception research and centers to conduct infertility research. Directs the Secretary to establish a program of educational loan repayments for health professionals who agree to conduct research on contraception or on infertility. Subtitle B: Program Regarding Obstetrics and Gynecology - Requires the Director of the NICHHD to establish and maintain an intramural laboratory and clinical research program in obstetrics and gynecology. Subtitle C: Child Health Research Centers - Requires the Director of the NICHHD to develop and support centers for conducting research on child health, giving priority to clinical applications of basic research findings. Title X: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke - Requires the Director of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke to conduct and support research on multiple sclerosis. Title XI: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences - Establishes in the National Institute of Environmental Health Science the Applied Toxicological Research and Testing Program. Title XII: National Library of Medicine - Subtitle A: General Provisions - Adds to the list of functions of the National Library of Medicine (NLM) that of publicizing NLM products and services and promoting the use of computers and telecommunications by health professionals. Authorizes appropriations to carry out provisions relating to: (1) the NLM and other medical libraries, including regional medical libraries; (2) training in medical library sciences; and (3) biomedical publications. Subtitle B: Financial Assistance - Directs the Secretary to make grants for research on, and development and demonstration of, new education technologies. Subtitle C: National Center for Biotechnology Information - Authorizes appropriations for the National Center for Biotechnology Information. Subtitle D: National Information Center on Health Services Research and Health Care Technology - Establishes in the NLM the National Information Center on Health Services Research and Health Care Technology. Removes similar provisions from provisions relating to the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Title XIII: Other Agencies of National Institutes of Health - Subtitle A: Division of Research Resources - Redesignates the Division of Research Resources as the National Center for Research Resources. Authorizes the Director of NIH to reserve up to a specified sum to improve regional centers for research on primates. Subtitle B: National Center for Human Genome Research - Adds the National Center for Human Genome Research to the list of agencies of NIH. Declares that the purpose of the Center is to characterize the structure and function of the human genome, including the mapping and sequencing of individual genes. Requires the Director of the Center to make available a minimum percentage of funds for carrying out provisions relating to ethical issues associated with the genome project. Title XIV: Awards and Training - Subtitle A: National Research Service Awards - Directs the Secretary to make grants for comprehensive programs to recruit women and individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds into fields of biomedical or behavioral research and to provide research training to women and such individuals. Authorizes appropriations for payments and grants under National Research Service Awards. Subtitle B: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome - Allows the Secretary, under a loan repayment program for research with respect to acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) established by existing provisions, to enter into a repayment agreement with a health professional who agrees to conduct AIDS research at NIH for at least three years, provided other conditions are met. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Commissioner of Food and Drugs to carry out for the Food and Drug Administration a similar loan repayment program with respect to the review of applications concerning AIDS that are submitted to the Commissioner. Subtitle C: Scholarship and Loan Repayment Programs Regarding Professional Skills Needed by Certain Agencies - Directs the Secretary, through the Director of NIH and the Administrator of ADAMHA, to establish programs of scholarships for undergraduate education for individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds who are underrepresented in professions needed by NIH and ADAMHA in return for the scholarship recipients agreeing to serve as employees of NIH or ADAMHA for a prescribed period. Requires that the Director and the Administrator: (1) carry out activities to facilitate the interest of the individuals in pursuing careers as employees of NIH and ADAMHA; and (2) approve the academic program of each individual. Directs the Secretary, through the Director and the Administrator, to establish programs of repaying educational loans for individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds who have a substantial amount of education loans relative to income in return for the repayment recipients agreeing to conduct clinical research as employees of NIH or ADAMHA. Limits the NIH scholarship and loan programs to an aggregate of 40 contracts and the ADAMHA programs to an aggregate of 10 contracts. Title XV: Research with Respect to Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome - Modifies the duties of the AIDS Clinical Research Review Committee, including requiring the Committee to give advice to other agencies of NIH as well as to the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). States that the requirement that the clinical evaluation units at the National Cancer Institute and NIAID conduct evaluations of treatments for acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) includes evaluations of treatments for opportunistic cancers and infectious diseases. Authorizes appropriations for model protocols for the clinical care of individuals infected with the etiologic agent for AIDS. Requires the Director of NIH to develop and implement a comprehensive plan for the conduct and support of AIDS research by NIH agencies. Title XVI: Miscellaneous Provisions - Directs the Secretary to report to specified congressional committees on the appropriateness and impact of NIH assuming responsibility for all Federal research, development, testing, and evaluation functions relating to the medical aspects of biological agents in the development of defenses against biological warfare. Renames the Senior Biomedical Research Service as the Silvio Conte Senior Biomedical Research Service. Increases the maximum number of members of the Service. Declares that the authority regarding the number of members in the Service is in addition to the numbers authorized for the Regular Corps, the Reserve Corps, and the Senior Executive Service. Renames the AIDS Clinical Research Review Committee as the AIDS Research Advisory Committee. Title XVII: Effective Date - Sets forth the effective date of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 2277 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 1991
Amends the Internal Revenue Code with regard to foreign base company income to provide a special rule for U.S.-owned businesses operating in the European Community (which includes Belgium, Denmark, France, Greece, the Irish Republic, Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, the Federal Republic of Germany, and the United Kingdom).
Bill· HRH.R. 2283 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 1991
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude up to $2,000 per month from the gross income of merchant marines during any month that such individuals: (1) serve in a combat zone; or (2) are hospitalized as a result of injury incurred during such service.
Bill· HRH.R. 2284 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 1991
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a deduction for personal interest for interest on loans used to buy highway vehicles. Limits such amount to $2,000.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 147 (102nd)passed
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 1991
Sets forth the rule for the consideration of H.R. 1415 (authorizing appropriations for the Department of State and the U.S. Information Agency).
Bill· SS. 1014 (102nd)open
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1991
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the personal exemption amount to $7,000 after the year 1999.
Bill· SS. 1013 (102nd)open
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1991
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the earned income credit with a supplemental young child credit for taxpayers with children who have not attained age five. Extends the eligibility for such credit to taxpayers whose adjusted gross income does not exceed $50,000.
Bill· SS. 1009 (102nd)open
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1991
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the personal exemption for a dependent child who has not attained age 18 from $2,000 to $4,000. Provides for rounding inflation adjustments to tax tables to the nearest multiple of $10 (currently rounded to the next lowest multiple of $50).
Bill· SS. 1017 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1991
Amends Federal bankruptcy law to exclude State property taxes i.e., ad valorem taxes, from an automatic stay in certain bankruptcy proceedings.
Bill· SS. 1011 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1991
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to make payments under the dairy export incentive program to promote the export of specified minimum amounts of nonfat dry milk and butter in FY 1991.
Bill· HRH.R. 2261 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1991
United States Marshal Service Amendments Act of 1991 - Amends the Federal judicial code to make incarcerated persons ineligible for witness fees. Amends the Federal criminal code to require that, if the Attorney General authorizes protection to an alien under the witness protection program, the appropriate U.S. officials provide such alien with appropriate immigration visas and allow such alien to remain in the United States as long as that alien abides by all U.S. laws and guidelines, rules, and regulations for protection. Authorizes the Attorney General, upon determining that the granting of permanent resident status to such alien is in the public interest and necessary for the safety and protection of such alien, to grant such status without regard to the alien's admissibility under the immigration laws or any other laws and regulations, subject to specified conditions. Specifies that permanent resident status shall not be granted under this Act to an alien who would be excluded because of felony criminal convictions, unless the Attorney General determines that granting such status is necessary to the interests of justice. Limits the number of aliens and members of their immediate families entering the United States under this Act to 100 persons in any one fiscal year.
Bill· HRH.R. 2260 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1991
Unfunded Federal Mandates Relief Act of 1991 - Title I: Review of Intergovernmental Regulations - Requires the President, within 30 days after submitting the annual Federal budget, to submit to the Congress a report specifying and evaluating the economic costs, noneconomic costs, and additional direct costs to State and local governments of complying with intergovernmental regulations during the most recently completed fiscal year, the fiscal year in progress, and the next two fiscal years. Specifies the contents of such report, which include: (1) an estimate of the economic and noneconomic benefits that will be provided to each State government and all local governments in such State as a result of compliance with each such regulation during each fiscal year; and (2) proposals for legislation and administrative actions to change regulations in order to reduce compliance costs or to achieve a more favorable balance between costs incurred and benefits received. Directs the President to consider the potential for reducing State and local compliance costs by promulgating intergovernmental regulations using means such as performance standards, special provisions for small governments, marketable rights, economic incentives, compliance reforms, and simplified procedures to certify the compliance of Federal assistance recipients with Federal requirements. Authorizes the President to delegate the responsibility of preparing such report to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget or the head of any other Federal agency. Directs the responsible official to prescribe standards to be used by agencies in estimating the compliance costs and benefits of intergovernmental regulations. Directs each agency to furnish such official with the information required in such report for the regulations administered by such agency. Title II: Compensation of State and Local Governments for Additional Direct Costs - Prohibits any Federal agency or U.S. court from requiring State or local governments, in any fiscal year, to comply with any intergovernmental regulation which takes effect on or after enactment of this Act and which is promulgated pursuant to a significant law, unless sufficient funds have been provided to reimburse such governments for the total amount of additional direct costs such governments will incur in complying with such regulation in such fiscal year as estimated by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). Requires the Director of CBO to transmit to the President and the Congress by September 1 of each year a report specifying an estimate of the total amount of additional direct costs that will be incurred in the upcoming fiscal year and next succeeding fiscal year by State and local governments in complying with each intergovernmental regulation promulgated pursuant to a significant law. Directs the chairmen of the congressional committees having jurisdiction over any significant law under which an intergovernmental regulation is promulgated to propose, to a bill providing funds for each fiscal year in which such regulation will be in effect, an amendment to appropriate funds to reimburse State and local governments for the additional direct costs they will incur in complying with such regulation. Sets forth the procedures for reimbursements of such additional direct costs by Federal agencies to States and by the States to local governments.
Bill· HRH.R. 2258 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1991
Freedom from Want Act - Title I: Domestic Assistance Programs - Part A: Nutrition, Education, and Health Care - Expresses the sense of the Congress that it should make a commitment to increasing participation in the special supplemental food program for women, infants, and children (the WIC program) by 20 percent in each of FY 1992 through 1996, so that the goal of full participation may be reached by the end of FY 1996. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Head Start Act should be fully funded so that the goal of participation of all eligible three- and four-year-old children in Head Start programs can be achieved by FY 1994. Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to increase the reimbursement provided by the Department of Agriculture for congregate and home-delivered meals for older Americans to 65.66 cents in FY 1992, with adjustments for inflation in FY 1993 and 1994. Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to undertake a Children's Vaccine Initiative, for research, development, testing, and evaluation of children's vaccines, and for assisting in delivery of such vaccines in the United States and throughout the world. Directs the Secretary of HHS to consult with the World Health Organization and the United Nation's Children's Fund in organizing such Initiative. Requires the Director of the National Vaccine Program to plan and coordinate such Initiative, and ensure that the Public Health Service conducts activities under the Initiative in collaboration with nongovernment institutions and other Federal agencies. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to ensure that rules issued under the Federal Meat Inspection Act that impose labeling standards for any meat or meat food product sold or offered for sale in commerce also impose equivalent labeling standards for meat or meat food products distributed by the Department of Agriculture through domestic commodity food assistance programs. Part B: Individual Development Account Demonstration - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a deduction for payments (other than certain assistance from an organization of a demonstration project under this part) made by or on behalf of eligible individuals to an individual development account (IDA) to accumulate funds to pay the following qualified expenses: (1) postsecondary education expenses; (2) first-home purchase; (3) business capitalization; (4) retirement expenses; and (5) transfers to an IDA of the individual's spouse or dependent. Sets forth requirements relating to such IDAs. Establishes five-year IDA demonstration projects to determine: (1) the social, psychological, and economic effects of providing to individuals with limited means an opportunity to accumulate assets; and (2) the extent to which an asset-based welfare policy may be used to enable individuals with low income to achieve economic self-sufficiency. Allows any organization to apply to the Secretary of the Treasury for grants to conduct such a project. Requires each organization authorized to conduct such a project to establish a Reserve Fund drawn from investments, public and private funds, and IDA penalty amounts. Requires the organization to use Reserve Fund amounts to: (1) assist project participants in obtaining skills and information to achieve economic self-sufficiency through activities requiring IDA qualified expenses; (2) provide financial assistance to the IDAs of individuals selected by the organization to participate in the project; (3) administer the project; and (4) provide the organization evaluating the project with necessary information. Directs the organization to invest Reserve Fund amounts that are not immediately needed to carry out such project fund uses. Limits the administrative expenses. Requires that unused Federal grant funds be transferred to the Secretary when the project terminates. Makes eligible for IDA demonstration project assistance any individual who is a member of a household with: (1) a household income for the immediately preceding calendar year of not more th an 200 percent of the poverty threshold; and (2) a household net worth, as of the close of such year, of not more than $20,000. Directs the project organization to select individuals whom the organization deems suited to receive such assistance. Sets forth a table for organization contributions to an individual's IDA, based on: (1) the individual income for the applicable period, as a percentage of the poverty threshold; and (2) matched with the lesser of either a specified percentage of the qualified savings of the individual for the period, or a specified dollar amount. Provides for a greater organization contribution for individuals with lower incomes. Requires local control over demonstration projects by giving the organization sole authority over project administration, and allowing the Secretary of the Treasury to prescribe only regulations that are necessary to ensure compliance with approved applications and this Act. Requires each project organization to prepare ten semiannual progress reports for an oversight panel, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Treasurer (or equivalent official) of the State in which the project is conducted. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to establish an oversight panel for such demonstration projects. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to revoke the original authorization for a demonstration project upon receipt of a notice that the project has failed to implement the oversight panel's recommendations. Sets forth required revocation actions and procedures. Requires the oversight panel to enter into a contract with an independent research organization to evaluate the IDA demonstration projects, individually and as a group, addressing specified questions. Authorizes appropriations for IDA demonstration projects. Requires that funds in the IDAs of demonstration project participants to be disregarded for purposes of all means-tested Federal programs. Part C: Microenterprise Programs - Amends the Social Security Act to include microenterprise training programs under the JOBS program under provisions for aid to families with dependent children (AFDC). Requires adjustment of performance standards for microenterprises to take account of the time required for their establishment. Provides for limited exclusions of microenterprise resources and income under the AFDC program. Defines a microenterprise as a commercial enterprise which has five or fewer employees, one or more of whom owns the enterprise; and (2) none of the owners of which has income exceeding 200 percent of the poverty threshold. Authorizes States to waive Federal AFDC requirements with respect to participants in State-approved microenterpise programs. Provides that participation in such State-approved microenterprise programs shall not affect the participants' means-tested Federal benefits. Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to make microenterprises eligible for rural development loans and grants. Expresses the sense of the Congress that one percent of funds for specified types of rural development assistance should be reserved for certain purposes relating to microenterprises. Amends the Housing and Community Development Act to make microenterprises eligible for assistance under community development block grants. Provides that certain assisted activities relating to microenterprises shall be considered to benefit persons of low and moderate income. Expresses the sense of the Congress that each grantee under the community development block grant program should reserve one percent of any grant received to provide assistance to facilitate commercial economic development through microenterprises. Amends the Small Business Act to express the sense of the Congress that: (1) one percent of specified funds for small business loans should be reserved for specified purposes relating to microenterprises; and (2) the Small Business Administrator should take such other necessary actions to maximize participation by microenterprises in programs under such Act and the Small Business Investment Act of 1958. Provides for small business loans for microenterprises. Amends the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) to authorize the use of funds for training activities with respect to microenterprises. Directs the State Governor to adjust performance standards relating to microenterprises to reflect the time required to establish and develop a stable income from such an enterprise as participants seek to achieve economic self-sufficiency. Provides for JTPA microenterprise grants. Directs the Secretary of Labor, from specified funds for FY 1992 through 1996, to make grants in limited amounts to not more than ten States per year to implement and enhance community-based microenterprise activities. Requires State matching funds and annual reports. Authorizes appropriations for such microenterprise grants. Part D: Increasing the Food Purchasing Power of Low-Income Households - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to make grants to up to 20 nonprofit community-based organizations to carry out food retailing development projects to: (1) increase the access of individuals residing in communities underserved by supermarkets to more affordable and quality food; and (2) strengthen the operation of existing food retail stores in underserved communities by providing such stores with services that lower costs, improve management, and increase the quality and nutritional value of food inventories. Sets forth priorities in selecting grantees. Sets forth requirements for grant expenditures. Authorizes appropriations for such food retailing development program. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to make grants to up to ten eligible entities to carry out a food stamp and producer direct marketing demonstration project to: (1) increase retail marketing opportunities for local agricultural producers through farmers markets, roadside stands, and other means; (2) increase the access to and consumption of fresh, perishable agricultural commodities by low-income individuals; (3) identify and implement successful strategies to increase the number of agricultural producers certified to redeem food stamp coupons in exchange for commodities sold directly to coupon recipients; and (4) increase the number of food stamp recipients who use such coupons to purchase such commodities from agricultural producers. Sets forth requirements for grant expenditures. Defines an eligible entity as a community-based organization with strong ties to both the farming community and to an anti-hunger organization. Authorizes appropriations for such food stamp and producer direct marketing demonstration program. Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to revise WIC farmers' market demonstration programs. Increases from ten to 20 the number of States allowed to provide WIC participants with coupons to purchase fresh fruit and vegetables from farmers markets. Sets forth requirements for program reports and review. Authorizes appropriations. Part E: Assessing Food Security within Communities - Amends the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 to provide for regional centers for community food security. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, through the Federal Extension Service, to make competitive grants to seven land grant colleges and universities to establish seven regional centers for community food security, with one of them designated to serve as a coordinating center. Sets forth requirements for selection of recipients, use of grants, prohibited uses, term of grants, performance evaluations, and annual reports. Defines food security as the ability of all people at all times to purchase or receive from usual food sources enough nutritionally adequate food for an active and healthy life. Part F: Findings Regarding Communities Making the Transition to Hunger-Free Status - Expresses the sense of the Congress regarding criteria for communities making the transition to food secure status. Part G: Infant Mortality Reduction - Subpart 1: Low Birthweight and Infant Mortality - Establishes within the Department of Health and Human Services a program to make grants to States, municipalities, and nonprofit organizations to establish demonstration projects to reduce infant mortality by reducing the incidence of low birthweight births in high-risk communities. Sets forth grant application requirements and preferences in awards. Directs the Secretary of HHS to: (1) establish an Infant Mortality Advisory Panel; and (2) evaluate such projects and provide technical assistance to grantees. Requires annual reports from grantees. Limits project duration to three years. Authorizes appropriations. Subpart 2: Breast Feeding and Infant Morbidity and Mortality Study - Directs the Secretary of HHS to establish a program to award grants to conduct studies of the impact of breastfeeding on infant mortality and morbidity in certain high-risk populations. Authorizes appropriations for each fiscal year for conducting such study. Part H: Amendments to the Food Stamp Act of 1977 - Mickey Leland Childhood Hunger Relief Act - Subpart 1: General Provisions - Sets forth general provisions. Subpart 2: Ensuring Adequate Food Assistance - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to remove the excess shelter deduction cap for purposes of food stamp program (program) eligibility. (Sets forth transitional caps through FY 1995.) Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to adjust the basic benefit level upwards by specified increments at the beginning of each fiscal year until it reaches 105 percent of the cost of the thrifty food plan. Eliminates food stamp reductions for households reapplying for program reinstatement within 30 days. Excludes third party payments for transitional housing for the homeless from consideration as program income. Increases funding for the nutrition assistance program in Puerto Rico. Excludes general assistance vendor payments from consideration as program income. Subpart 3: Promoting Self-Sufficiency - Excludes from consideration as program income: (1) the first $50 a month received as child support; and (2) child support payments to non-household members. Increases annually the fair market value limit of vehicles that program recipients may own. Excludes from financial resources the value of a vehicle a household depends upon to carry heating fuel or water for home use where it has no other access to fuel or water. Increases dependent care deductions and participant and State agency reimbursements in connection with employment and training activities. Subpart 4: Simplifying the Provision of Food Assistance - Permits related adults living in the same household to apply for separate program benefits under specified conditions. Permits a participating family made up of, or including, an elderly or disabled member to own $300 in allowable financial resources. (Current law refers to a family member 60 years of age or older.) Makes program authorization of appropriations permanent. Subpart 5: Implementation and Effective Dates - Sets forth the effective dates for provisions of this Act. Title II: International Programs - Part A: Food as a Human Right - Declares that the United States should: (1) make a major effort toward strengthening the right to food in international law; and (2) propose to the United Nations General Assembly that a Declaration and Convention on the Right to Food be adopted and submitted to countries for ratification. Prohibits the provision of development assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the provision or financing of agricultural commodities under the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 for countries that engage in a consistent pattern of violations of internationally recognized rights to food and medical care. Requires the United States to: (1) make a major effort toward reforming and restructuring the United Nations mechanism for responding to international disasters and humanitarian emergencies; and (2) evaluate the role of the United Nations Disaster Relief Organization and develop a proposal for strengthening the United Nations response to such emergencies. Part B: Democratic Empowerment - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize the President, acting through the administrator of the agency responsible for administering development assistance (administering agency), to provide assistance for eligible emerging democracies. Defines an "eligible emerging democracy" as a least developed country that is making a transition from an undemocratic to a democratic system of government. Lists authorized assistance as development and relief and rehabilitation assistance and assistance for child survival, maternal health, basic nutrition, and basic education. Waives provisions of law that prohibit or restrict assistance to countries in arrears or default on loan or credit payments owed to the United States with respect to assistance for eligible emerging democracies. Establishes a Fund for Democratic Empowerment to carry out such assistance program. Authorizes appropriations. Part C: Children - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1992 and 1993 for U.S. contributions to the United Nations Children's Fund. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize appropriations for the Child Survival Fund for FY 1992 and 1993. Earmarks amounts of foreign assistance for activities that deal directly with the special health needs of children and mothers. Requires the President, with respect to the provision of development assistance, to promote and undertake activities relating to research on, and the treatment and control of, acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) in developing countries. Designates such assistance as the International AIDS Prevention and Control Program. Earmarks amounts of development assistance for FY 1992 and 1993 for the Vitamin A Deficiency Program and programs to eliminate iodine deficiency. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States should join in a comprehensive initiative to reduce micronutrient deficiencies from iron, as well as leading in the elimination of vitamin A and iodine deficiency. Earmarks foreign assistance for basic education programs. Directs the President to report annually to the Congress on U.S. contributions to the goals and strategies of the World Declaration on the Survival, Protection and Development of Children; the Plan of Action for Implementing the Declaration; the World Declaration on Education for All; and the Framework for Action to Meet Basic Learning Needs. Part D: Women in Development - Removes a limitation on, and earmarks an amount of, assistance to promote the participation and integration of women in the development process in developing countries. Requires specified amounts of such assistance to be used to support the integration of women into programs of the administering agency and to support needs of such agency in administering the women in development policy. Part E: Refugees - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1992 and 1993 for migration and refugee assistance, with earmarked funds for programs of refugee assistance overseas. Expresses the sense of the Congress that other international donors should join with the United States in ensuring that refugee relief and rehabilitation efforts are adequately funded and supported. Part F: Agriculture and the Environment - Requires agricultural development programs supported by the United States under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and in the multilateral development banks and International Monetary Fund (IMF) to incorporate principles of environmental sustainability. Directs the Administrator of the Agency for International Development (AID) to establish specified environmental sustainability guidelines and standards to be applied to all agricultural development programs supported under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, bilateral agricultural projects, and, where appropriate, environmental projects supported under such Act. Requires the U.S. executive directors of the multilateral development banks and the IMF to seek the adoption of requirements comparable to such standards by their respective institutions. Declares that AID should make a long-term commitment to research the ecological and socioeconomic components of sustainable agricultural development. Provides that research topics should include: (1) how traditional systems of agriculture respond to local ecological conditions and how such responses can be incorporated in agricultural development that aims to increase yields without degrading long-term productive potential or the ability to withstand ecological pressures; (2) the role of subsistence agriculture in meeting the nutritional needs of rural populations and the improvement of subsistence food production; and (3) the improvement of crops which comprise a substantial part of the diet of the poorest part of the population. Declares that the United States should encourage the Consultative Group on International Agriculture to incorporate such topics into its research priorities and to promote the application of research findings into project design and implementation. States that AID should increase its support for agricultural research institutions that have demonstrated a capacity to contribute to sustainable agricultural development. Directs the AID Administrator to report to the Congress on AID programs directed toward sustainability as a basis for agricultural assistance efforts. Part G: World Bank and International Monetary Fund - Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of the Treasury should instruct the U.S. executive directors of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank), the International Development Association (Association), and the IMF to seek the establishment by their institutions of programs and policies to assist in the realization of the right to food. Amends the International Financial Institutions Act to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct: (1) the U.S. executive director of the Association to advocate, in the context of the Association's tenth replenishment, that at least 50 percent of the Association's loans go to countries that have developed a national development and poverty alleviation strategy; and (2) the U.S. executive directors of the World Bank and the IMF to urge such institutions to develop Policy Framework Papers (including sections on environmental goals) for borrowing countries. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the World Bank and the Association should: (1) give greater programmatic and budgetary priority to child survival and development; and (2) commit to devoting at least five percent of the annual lending programs to primary health and five percent to basic education. Directs the Secretary to instruct the U.S. executive directors of the World Bank and the Association to urge such institutions to: (1) promote environmental sustainability as a guiding principle in agricultural development projects; (2) emphasize food-based policies in agriculture by increasing funding for research focusing on improving foods which comprise a substantial portion of the diet of poor people; and (3) ensure that such projects target and integrate women. Amends the Bretton Woods Agreements Act to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. executive director of the IMF to urge the IMF to ensure that IMF programs are designed to avoid any deterioration in the provision of social services for basic human needs and to maintain sustainable use of the environment. Part H: Debt Relief - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize the President to make certain debt relief authorities concerning relatively least developed countries with respect to which an IMF standby agreement or a World Bank or Association structural adjustment program or similar IMF program is in effect applicable to least developed countries pursuing specified national economic policy reforms, even if such an arrangement is not in effect. Part I: Private and Voluntary Organizations - Increases the amount of funding for private and voluntary organizations under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
Law· HRH.R. 2251 (102nd)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1991
Dire Emergency Supplemental Appropriations From Contributions of Foreign Governments And/Or Interest for Humanitarian Assistance to Refugees and Displaced Persons In and Around Iraq as a result of the recent invasion of Kuwait and for Peacekeeping Activities and Other Urgent Needs Act of 1991 - Makes emergency supplemental appropriations for FY 1991 to carry out this Act. Chapter I: Department of Defense - Military - Makes the Persian Gulf Regional Defense Fund available for the costs of the Department of Defense incurred in connection with Operation Provide Comfort and other humanitarian efforts for the relief of refugees and displaced persons in and around Iraq. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to transfer a specified amount from the Fund from amounts appropriated for Operation Desert Shield/Operation Desert Storm to military personnel and operation and maintenance accounts for the cost of humanitarian relief efforts. Appropriates a specified amount from the Defense Cooperation Account for contributions to military relief societies. Sets forth general provisions concerning the transfers of funds. Authorizes the Secretary to accept burdensharing contributions in the form of money from a foreign country for the support of U.S. armed forces in such country. Chapter II: Department of State - Provides for the transfer of specified amounts of funds from the Defense Cooperation Account to certain Department of State accounts for: (1) emergency humanitarian assistance for Iraqi refugees, other displaced persons in and around Iraq, and international disaster assistance outside the Persian Gulf region; (2) migration and refugee assistance; (3) the U.S. Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund; and (4) international peacekeeping activities. Rescinds a specified amount of economic support fund assistance appropriated by the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1991. Sets forth general provisions concerning the transfers of funds. Provides that amounts obligated for international disaster assistance in connection with the Persian Gulf crisis for FY 1991 and the value of defense articles and services and military education and training authorized to be drawn down as of April 20, 1991, under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall not be counted against ceiling limitations. Chapter III: Natural Disasters - Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, pending receipt of a budget request, to report to the appropriate congressional committees on unfunded costs of: (1) dire emergencies due to disasters in the United States; and (2) international disaster emergencies and the threats to oil supply, human health, and the environment resulting from the Kuwaiti oil fires. Chapter IV: General Provisions - Prohibits appropriations contained in this Act from remaining available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless expressly provided. Provides that funds made available in this Act are off budget.
Bill· HRH.R. 2257 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1991
Amends the Revenue Reconciliation Act of 1990 to repeal provisions relating to high-income individuals, excise taxes, and other revenue increases.
Bill· HRH.R. 2253 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1991
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the amount of foreign earned income which a U.S. resident living abroad may exclude from gross income and provides an inflation adjustment for such amount.
Bill· HRH.R. 2264 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1991
Amends the Internal Revenue Code relating to trade or business expenses to disallow deductions for amounts paid to self-insured medical reimbursement plans which discriminate against services performed by a qualified chiropractor.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 248 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1991
Constitutional Amendment - Requires the Congress, prior to each fiscal year, to adopt a statement in which total Federal outlays (except those for repayment of debt principal) do not exceed total receipts (except those derived from borrowing), unless a three-fifths vote of both Houses authorizes a specific excess. Limits the rate of increase in receipts in the statement to that of the increase in national income in the previous calendar year, unless law is enacted solely to approve specific additional receipts. Directs the President to submit a balanced budget. Authorizes waiver of these provisions in time of war. Sets a permanent limit on the amount of Federal public debt, prohibiting any increase unless legislation enacted by a three-fifths majority of both Houses becomes law.
Bill· SS. 997 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1991
Imposes an additional duty on golf carts imported from South Korea equal to the duties imposed by such country on golf carts manufactured in the United States.
Bill· SS. 1000 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1991
Prohibits the closure or realignment of any Department of Defense laboratory as a result of recommendations made by the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission during FY 1991 until the report of the Commission on the Consolidation and Conversion of Defense Research and Development Laboratories is submitted to the Congress as required under the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991.
Bill· SS. 995 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1991
Working Family Tax Relief Act of 1991 - Title I: Refundable Credit for Children - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a refundable tax credit of $800 for each child under the age of 18 in lieu of the deduction for personal exemptions for children. Provides an inflation adjustment for such tax credit. Title II: Changes in Individual Income Tax Rate Structures - Increases the tax rates for higher income individuals. Imposes a surtax on the individual tax rate or the alternative minimum tax of an individual whose income exceeds the threshold amount. Defines the threshold amount as: (1) $250,000 in the case of a joint return or surviving spouse; (2) $200,000 in the case of a head of household; (3) $125,000 in the case of a married individual filing separately; and (4) $150,000 in any other case. Applies such surtax to estates and trusts. Increases the rate of the alternative minimum tax. Repeals the overall limitation of itemized deductions and the phaseout of personal exemptions. Title III: Increased Earned Income Credit - Increases the earned income credit. Title IV: Advance Payments from Secretary of the Treasury of Earned Income Credit and Credit for Children - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to make advance payments of refunds to which eligible taxpayers are entitled by reason of the earned income credit or the tax credit for children. Provides procedures to assure payments to individuals with adjusted gross incomes of $12,000 or less. Title V: Effective Date - Makes this Act effective after December 31, 1991.
Bill· HRH.R. 2241 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1991
Common Sense Budget Act of 1991 - Amends Federal law to require both the President and the Congress to draft a budget based on estimates of current fiscal year spending, proposing increases or decreases based on this level (rather than on an estimated baseline). Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require the Congressional Budget Office to use such a current fiscal year baseline in its report to the congressional budget committees, projecting growth for entitlement and discretionary spending based on current fiscal year spending.
Bill· HRH.R. 2249 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1991
Social Security Improvements Act of 1991 - Title I: Reduction in Social Security Taxes - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce social security taxes. Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to require Board of Trustee reports to the Congress on the projected balances of the OASDI trust funds over the next ten fiscal years. Prohibits either House of Congress from adjourning in any fiscal year if any such report projects that the OASDI trust funds, individually or collectively, will not be in close actuarial balance. Defines "close actuarial balance" to mean that the projected fund income for the year is at least 90 percent but not more than 110 percent of projected fund disbursements for such year. Modifies restrictions in the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 and the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 on revising OASDI taxes and benefits. Requires Advisory Council on Social Security reports on OASDI trust fund status after FY 2015. Title II: Repeal of Provisions Relating to Deductions on Account of Work - Amends the OASDI program to remove the limitation on the amount of outside income a beneficiary may earn without incurring a reduction in benefits. Title III: Inflation Adjustment of Thresholds For Taxing Social Security Benefits - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide an inflation adjustment after 1991 for income thresholds in determining the taxation of social security benefits. Excludes income from individual retirement plans when determining modified adjusted gross income.
Bill· HRH.R. 2242 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1991
Working Family Tax Relief Act of 1991 - Title I: Refundable Credit for Children - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a refundable tax credit of $800 for each child under the age of 18 in lieu of the deduction for personal exemptions for children. Provides an inflation adjustment for such tax credit. Title II: Changes in Individual Income Tax Rate Structures - Increases the tax rates for higher income individuals. Imposes a surtax on the individual tax rate or the alternative minimum tax of an individual whose income exceeds the threshold amount. Defines the threshold amount as: (1) $250,000 in the case of a joint return or surviving spouse; (2) $200,000 in the case of a head of household; (3) $125,000 in the case of a married individual filing separately; and (4) $150,000 in any other case. Applies such surtax to estates and trusts. Increases the rate of the alternative minimum tax. Repeals the overall limitation of itemized deductions and the phaseout of personal exemptions. Title III: Increased Earned Income Credit - Increases the earned income credit. Title IV: Advance Payments from Secretary of the Treasury of Earned Income Credit and Credit for Children - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to make advance payments of refunds to which eligible taxpayers are entitled by reason of the earned income credit or the tax credit for children. Provides procedures to assure payments to individuals with adjusted gross incomes of $12,000 or less. Title V: Effective Date - Makes this Act effective after December 31, 1991.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 144 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1991
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the ratio of funding for Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs compared to urban mass transportation programs should not be less than one dollar to four dollars in any Act authorizing appropriations for FY 1992 through 1996.
Bill· HRH.R. 2201 (102nd)open
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 1991
Underwater Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act of 1991 - Amends the Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act of 1979 to require the Secretary of Transportation to issue regulations requiring that operators of underwater pipeline facilities provide information (and revise such information periodically) such as the following for each facility: (1) the location, diameter, and length of the facility; (2) the date of installation, type, and manufacturer of the facility; (3) the date on which significant repairs were made or when the facility was replaced, and the nature of the repair, replacement, or both; and (4) an assessment by the operator of the susceptability of the facility to corrosion and outside force damage. Directs the Secretary to issue annual reports to the Congress. Requires the Secretary to: (1) establish and maintain in a computer data base a hazardous liquid pipeline facility inventory, incorporating the data submitted by such operators, and other data collected, under this Act; and (2) make such data accessible by computer telecommunication and any other appropriate means to any person, at a reasonable cost, and to States and municipalities without charge. Sets forth additional reporting requirements. Directs the Secretary: (1) within one year, to issue regulations requiring all underwater pipeline facilities which can accommodate the passage, without significant alterations, of instrumented internal inspection devices to be inspected with such devices (and requires such inspections to be conducted on at least an annual basis, unless the Secretary determines that less frequent inspections do not diminish their value in preventing releases); (2) within 18 months, to issue regulations requiring the use of remotely controlled emergency flow restricting devices on all underwater pipeline facilities (and requiring the annual inspection of such devices and the review of any operational procedures and training guidelines associated with the use of such devices); and (3) within six months, to study the benefits of automatic emergency flow restricting devices on underwater pipeline facilities in preventing releases into environmentally sensitive areas or significant commercial water routes (and, upon completion of such study, to report to the Congress and make recommendations). Requires the Secretary, within six months, to submit to the Congress a report describing Department of Transportation (DOT) actions to ensure that its enforcement policies and procedures pertaining to the hazardous liquid pipeline safety program are consistent throughout the program, including the extent to which: (1) DOT has implemented procedures to coordinate the enforcement activities of its hazardous liquid pipeline safety field inspection staff with headquarters enforcement and legal staff, written guidelines regarding procedures for the adequate documentation of cases, and written guidelines delineating the type and severity of sanctions that should be applied to violators of pipeline safety regulations; and (2) guidelines pertaining to sanctions incorporate an operator's enforcement history and the extent to which such guidelines require the levying of more severe sanctions on chronic violators of hazardous liquid pipeline safety regulations. Directs the Secretary to collect information regarding each hazardous liquid pipeline facility operator's inspection and enforcement history in order to: (1) determine whether there is evidence of chronic violations of hazardous liquid pipeline safety regulations by such operator; and (2) set priorities for inspection, increased monitoring, rulemaking, and in the event that widespread deficiencies are discovered in the hazardous liquid pipeline safety program, remedial efforts to correct such deficiencies. Requires that information pertaining to operators possessing a record of chronic violations of hazardous liquid pipeline safety regulations be made available to other Federal, State, and local government agencies and officials, and to the public upon written request. Amends the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968 to require that not less than 20 (currently, five) percent of any amounts appropriated for carrying out the Federal grants-in-aid provisions for any fiscal year beginning after September 30, 1991 (currently, 1985) be available for grants to aid State enforcement under such Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 2213 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 1991
Child Health Program Act of 1991 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require State plans for medical assistance to make available through a mail application process preventive care services and outpatient and physicians' services for children whose parents do not have health insurance but have incomes between 133 and 185 percent of the Federal poverty line and choose, via an annual enrollment fee, to participate in such child health program. Finances such program entirely through Federal funding. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to finance such program by removing the cap on the maximum amount of income subject to the Medicare hospital insurance (part A of title XVIII of the Social Security Act) payroll tax.
Bill· HRH.R. 2225 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 1991
House Public Interest Campaign Act of 1991 - Title I: Amendments to the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 with respect to: (1) qualifying House of Representatives (House) candidates; (2) independent expenditures and expenditure limitations; (3) limitations on acceptance of political committee contributions by qualifying House candidates; (4) contributions through intermediaries and conduits; (5) aggregation of contributions from State and local committees of political parties; (6) disclosures in solicitations by certain unauthorized committees; (7) specific disclosure requirements for certain communications; (8) the prohibition of false representation to solicit contributions; (9) a requirement that coordinated expenditures are to be made only from accounts subject to such Act; (10) additional reporting requirements; (11) retention by the Federal Election Commission (FEC) of certain report information in a computer format; (12) additional FEC report information; (13) a requirement that a political committee file a statement of intent to participate in a general election and pay a maintenance fee; (14) soft money of political party committees; (15) contribution limitations for small donor political committees; (16) elimination of special contribution limitations for multicandidate political committees; (17) FEC public service announcements; (18) restrictions on fundraising by candidates and officeholders; and (19) voluntary expenditure limitations and partial public financing for qualifying House candidates in general elections (including creation of a Make Democracy Work Fund for the latter). Title II: Amendments to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow a tax credit for contributions by individuals to House candidates; (2) allow taxpayers to designate the use of any overpayments for the Make Democracy Work Fund or any House political party committee; and (3) disqualify any presidential candidate who solicits or receives funds not subject to the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 from receiving payments under such Act. Title III: Amendments Relating to Cooperative Expenditures and Related Matters - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 with respect to independent expenditures and cooperative expenditures not treated as independent expenditures. Title IV: Effect of Partial Invalidity and Effective Date - Holds all provisions of this Act to be invalid if any one of them, or its application, is held invalid by a final Federal court decision. Sets forth the effective and termination dates of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 2218 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 1991
Higher Education Savings Plan Act of 1991 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt distributions from a higher education expenses annuity contract from the ten-percent penalty on premature distributions from annuity contracts. Excludes the premium to purchase such a contract from gift tax liability.
Bill· HRH.R. 2214 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 1991
Family Farm Inheritance Tax Relief Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code with respect to estate tax valuation to allow a qualified heir to rent the property to a member of the heir's family on a net cash basis.
Bill· HRH.R. 2206 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 1991
Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions relating to the income tax deduction for the health insurance costs of self-employed individuals to: (1) increase the allowable deduction from 25 percent to 100 percent; and (2) make the deduction permanent (under current law it will expire after December 31, 1991).
Bill· HRH.R. 2205 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 1991
Repeals provisions of the Tax Reform Act of 1986 that restrict the types of scholarships and fellowship grants that may be excluded from gross income for income tax purposes. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an income tax deduction for interest on a qualified educational loan incurred to pay the educational expenses of the taxpayer, spouse, or dependent. Eliminates the current requirement that such indebtedness be secured by an interest in real property.
Bill· HRH.R. 2200 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 1991
Uniformed Services Former Spouses Protection Act Fairness Amendments of 1991 - Prohibits payments from the disposable retired pay of a member of the armed forces to a former spouse (as part of a court-ordered property settlement agreement) after the remarriage of such former spouse. Prohibits payments so terminated from being reinstated on account of the subsequent termination of the former spouse's remarriage. Directs the Secretary of Defense to promulgate regulations for ascertaining the current marital status of former spouses receiving such payments. Provides that, in the case of a member whose final decree of divorce, dissolution, annulment, or legal separation is issued before such member begins to receive retired pay, the disposable retired pay of such member shall be based on the pay grade and length of service of such member while married up to the date of the final decree. Provides for recomputation of amounts currently provided in accordance with amendments made by this Act. Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 to state that changes made in the determination of retired pay as property for property settlement purposes under such Act shall not take effect in the case of property settlement payments due before the end of the one-year period (currently two-year) after the effective date of such Act. Provides that if a court, as part of a final divorce, dissolution, annulment, or legal separation decree, does not treat or reserve jurisdiction to treat the disposable retired pay of a member as either his property or his and his former spouse's property, then, in any subsequent judicial proceeding, the jurisdiction of the court to address such question shall be separately established at such time. Allows a former spouse to make application to a court for division of retired pay as joint property within two years of such a final decree. Provides that a member's disability pay payable as part of his or her retired pay shall not be included by a court as joint property of the member and former spouse subject to division as part of a court-ordered property settlement. Prohibit a court from: (1) ordering a member to make a property settlement payment out of the member's active duty income earned after the date the member first becomes eligible to retire; or (2) making a member pay a pre-retirement payment equivalent to a payment which would otherwise be made had the member retired and commenced receiving retired pay. Outlines provisions for the determination of a pre-retirement payment. Prohibits a court from ordering a member recalled to active duty to commence or continue payments to a former spouse resulting from the treatment of retired pay as joint property for the entire period such member continues on such active duty.
Bill· HRH.R. 2166 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1991
Coast Guard Management and Law Enforcement Act of 1991 - Title I: Vessel Acquisition and Renovation - Authorizes appropriations for the Coast Guard for renovation of the Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw. Authorizes appropriations to implement the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990. Amends Federal law to authorize the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to acquire by purchase, lease, lease-purchase, or otherwise under multiyear contracts vessels for Coast Guard use, subject to certain conditions. Amends provisions of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 relating to capital construction funds to add to the definitions of "eligible vessel" and "qualified vessel" vessels operating under an agreement with: (1) the Secretary of Commerce for use by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; or (2) the Secretary of Transportation for use by the Coast Guard. Title II: Law Enforcement - Subtitle A: Orders to Land - Amends the Federal criminal code to provide for fines and imprisonment for the pilot or operator of an aircraft subject to the jurisdiction of the United States who intentionally fails to obey an order to land by an authorized Federal law enforcement officer who is enforcing U.S. controlled substances laws. Defines an aircraft "subject to the jurisdiction of the United States" to include: (1) an aircraft in the airspace of a foreign nation, when that nation consents to U.S. law; and (2) over the high seas, an aircraft without nationality, of U.S. registry, or of foreign registry, when that nation has consented or waived objection to U.S. enforcement of U.S. law. Allows a foreign nation to consent or waive objection by radio, telephone, or similar oral or electronic means. Makes an aircraft used in violation of these provisions liable in rem for the fine imposed. Authorizes seizure and forfeiture of such an aircraft. Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to require the immediate revocation of the registration of aircraft nationality when the pilot or operator of the aircraft intentionally fails to obey such an order to land. Amends Federal law relating to the Coast Guard to authorize the Coast Guard to issue orders and make inquiries, searches, seizures, and arrests and take other lawful action relating to violations of U.S. laws on an aircraft over the high seas or waters of U.S. jurisdiction. Imposes civil fines on the master, operator, or person in charge of a vessel, or a pilot or operator of an aircraft, who intentionally fails to comply with certain Coast Guard officers to stop or land. Amends provisions of the Tariff Act of 1930 authorizing customs officers to board and search any vessel or vehicle at any authorized place to define "authorized place" to include: (1) with respect to a vehicle, a location in a foreign country at which U.S. customs officers are permitted to conduct inspections, examination, or searches; and (2) with respect to an aircraft, a location outside the United States, including a foreign country at which U.S. customs officers are permitted to conduct such actions. Imposes civil fines on the pilot or operator of an aircraft who intentionally fails to comply with a customs officer's order to land. Subtitle B: Territorial Sea - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to report to the Congress a list of all laws enforced by the Coast Guard in U.S. territorial seas whose application should be extended to 12 nautical miles in accordance with a specified Presidential Proclamation extending U.S. territorial seas to 12 nautical miles. Title III: Management and Administration - Amends Federal law relating to the Coast Guard to establish within the Coast Guard Reserve the Merchant Marine Reserve consisting of members of the Coast Guard Reserve with special knowledge or expertise regarding merchant marine affairs. Defines, for the subtitle of Federal shipping law relating to vessels and seamen, the term "Secretary" to mean the Secretary of Transportation. (Current law covering those provisions defines that term to mean the head of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating, which (under other provisions) is the Department of Transportation, except when the coast Guard is operating as a service of the Navy.) Amends Federal law to substitute references to a documented vessel with a Great Lakes endorsement for references to a vessel enrolled or licensed to engage in the foreign and coasting trade on the northern, northeastern, and northwestern frontiers of the United States in provisions relating to: (1) the exemption of certain merchandise used as "sea stores" from payment of duty; (2) the exemption of certain vessels from customs entry and clearance fees; (3) the exemption of certain towing vessels (tugs) from a requirement to make entry at the customhouse; (4) a requirement that the master of certain vessels file, upon arrival from a foreign contiguous territory, a list of supplies or merchandise purchased in the foreign country for use or sale on the vessel and a statement of the cost of all repairs to and all equipment taken on board; and (5) the exemption of certain vessels from payment of a tonnage tax. Title IV: Recreational Boating Safety - Extends to September 30, 1996, the termination date of the National Boating Safety Advisory Council.
Bill· HRH.R. 2174 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1991
Partnership for Long-Term Care Act of 1991 - Title I: Medicaid Program Improvements - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require States to cover certain primary care for pregnant women and children, and nursing facility services for other individuals, whose incomes are below the Federal poverty level. Requires States to establish a subsidy program to assist individuals whose incomes are no less than the Federal poverty level and no more than twice such level in paying long-term care insurance premiums. Provides larger subsidies as individuals' incomes approach the Federal poverty level. Prohibits States from establishing a subsidy resource eligibility limit at less than twice the resource limit under title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) of the Act. Title II: Medicaid Amendments Relating to Treatment of Payments Under Qualified Long-Term Care Insurance Policies - Subtracts long-term care insurance payments from an individual's assets in determining his or her Medicaid eligibility. Title III: Tax Treatment of Long-Term Care Insurance - Requires that, for the purpose of determining the income tax liability of life insurance companies, qualified long-term care insurance be treated as accident or health insurance. Applies this provision to policies which provide coverage for at least 12 consecutive months of diagnostic, preventive, therapeutic, rehabilitative, maintenance, or personal care services provided in a setting other than the acute care unit of a hospital and for an individual's loss of functional capacity. Provides that for the purpose of determining whether a tax exclusion applies to employer contributions to, or an employee's receipt of benefits from, qualified long-term care insurance, such contributions and benefits shall be considered to be for coverage under an accident or health plan. Makes the penalty tax on early distributions from qualified retirement plans inapplicable when such distributions are used to pay for qualified long-term care insurance. Treats an individual's qualified long-term care expenses as deductible medical care expenditures. Provides for the deduction of employer contributions to a reserve fund providing employees with post-retirement qualified long-term care benefits. Permits the inclusion of qualified long-term care insurance in cafeteria plans. Excludes such insurance from a cafeteria plan participant's gross income.
Bill· HRH.R. 2178 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1991
Individual Social Security Retirement Account Act of 1991 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce the social security taxes on employees, employers, and the self-employed for 1993 and thereafter. Amends title II (Old-Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to require employers to have in effect a social security payroll deduction plan for employees. Requires such plan to provide for employers to deduct the prescribed social security employee contribution for transfer, together with the prescribed social security employer contribution, to an individual social security retirement account of the employee. Provides for self-employed individuals to pay into such accounts the prescribed social security self-employment contribution. Sets forth penalties for failure to establish and maintain such accounts. Requires amounts deducted from employee wages to be shown on wage receipts for employees. Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to exempt social security payroll deduction plans from provisions governing employee benefit plans. Provides for the tax treatment of individual social security retirement accounts in a manner similar to individual retirement accounts.
Bill· HRH.R. 2177 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1991
Nongame Wildlife Protection and Preservation Contributions Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow taxpayers to designate on their tax returns that overpayments and cash contributions be paid to the Nongame Wildlife Protection and Preservation Trust Fund. Establishes such trust fund to carry out Federal activities related to nongame fish and wildlife species and their habitats.
Bill· HRH.R. 2172 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1991
Environmental Infrastructure Financing Act of 1991 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow qualified recycling facilities to issue tax-exempt private activity bonds. Excludes the following environmental facilities from the volume cap on such bonds: (1) mass commuting facilities; (2) facilities for the furnishing of water; (3) sewage facilities; (4) solid waste disposal facilities; (5) qualified hazardous waste facilities; and (6) qualified recycling facilities. Exempts such facilities from certain rules relating to acquisition of existing property and restrictions on issuance costs. Excludes from alternative minimum tax the interest on environmental facility bonds. Provides for the treatment of such bonds under advance refunding rules. Excludes such bonds from arbitrage rebate requirements. Repeals the requirement that mass commuting facilities be governmentally owned.
Bill· HRH.R. 2143 (102nd)open
United States · United States Congress · 30 April 1991
Indian Environmental Consolidated Grant Program Act of 1991 - Amends Federal law to authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to consolidate any or all grants made to an Indian tribe under any law administered by the agency for any fiscal year or years. Prohibits the amount of a consolidated grant for any Indian tribe under this Act from being less than the aggregate sum of all grants consolidated. Authorizes the Indian tribe receiving such consolidated grant to determine the proportion of its proceeds to be allocated among the pertinent programs. Requires the Administrator to issue regulations establishing procedures for an Indian tribe to apply for such grants. Authorizes the Administrator to: (1) waive any or all requirements for matching funds required by law to be provided by an Indian tribe in connection with such consolidated grant; (2) waive any requirement that an Indian tribe submit an application or report in writing with respect to the grant; and (3) adjust or modify maintenance or level of effort requirements for any Indian tribe with respect to it.
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