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201 records in 1992
European Union · European Commission · 23 July 1992
United States · United States Congress · 22 July 1992
Merchant Marine Memorial Enhancement Act of 1992 - Authorizes conveyance without consideration of all U.S. right, title, and interest in two vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet and meeting other requirements to any nonprofit organization which operates a Liberty Ship or Victory Ship as a memorial to merchant mariners. Requires the organization to sell the vessel for scrap, use the proceeds to refurbish a Liberty Ship or Victory Ship to enable the ship to participate in activities concerning the 50th anniversary of the Normandy invasion, and return any unused proceeds to the United States for deposit in the Vessel Operations Revolving Fund.
United States · United States Congress · 22 July 1992
Victory Ship Revitalization Act of 1992 - Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to sell up to 20 victory ships in the National Defense Reserve Fleet for use in the domestic trade. Sets forth specified limitations on the sale of such vessels, including restriction of such sales to U.S. citizens. Requires the deposit of proceeds from such sales in the Vessel Operations Revolving Fund.
European Union · European Commission · 22 July 1992
United States · United States Congress · 21 July 1992
Convict Service Labor Prohibition Act of 1992 - Amends Federal law to establish penalties and fines for persons who knowingly transport in interstate commerce or import from a foreign country goods on which services are performed wholly or in part by convicts or prisoners. Requires all packages containing such goods to be clearly marked with certain content information. Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to prohibit the importation of such goods. Sets forth civil penalties for violation of such prohibition.
United States · United States Congress · 21 July 1992
Stop Rearming Felons Act of 1992 - Amends the Federal criminal code to provide that any State conviction which has been expunged or set aside, or for which a person has been pardoned or has had civil rights restored, shall not be considered a conviction for purposes of Federal provisions prohibiting convicted felons from possessing or dealing in firearms only if: (1) the expungement, set aside, pardon, or restoration of civil rights (expungement) applies to a named person and expressly authorizes the person to ship, transport, receive, and possess firearms and the State authority granting the expungement has expressly determined that the circumstances regarding the conviction, and the person's record and reputation, are such that the applicant will not be likely to act in a manner dangerous to public safety and the granting of the relief would not be contrary to the public interest; and (2) the conviction was for a crime other than a violent felony or serious drug offense.
United States · United States Congress · 21 July 1992
Title I: Amendments To The Merchant Marine Act, 1936 - Maritime Reform Act of 1992 - Amends the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 to direct the Secretary of Transportation to encourage the establishment of a fleet of active, militarily useful, vessels to meet Department of Defense and other security requirements, while also maintaining an American presence in international commercial shipping, to be known as the Contingency Retainer Fleet, to consist of up to 74 privately owned, U.S.-flag vessels for which there are in effect operating agreements under this Act. Prohibits excluding a vessel from the Fleet solely because it was not constructed in the United States. Deems a vessel to have been U.S.-built for purposes of provisions of the Act relating to: (1) transportation in American vessels of Government personnel and certain cargoes; and (2) shipment requirements for certain exports sponsored by the Department of Agriculture. Sets forth requirements for the operating agreement, including that: (1) the vessel be operated in the foreign trade; (2) the agreement require payments to the vessel owner or operator of specified amounts each year, starting at $2.5 million per vessel in fiscal year 1994 and decreasing gradually to $1.6 million in fiscal year 2000 (authorizes appropriations); (3) no payment may be for a vessel that is subject to an operating-differential subsidy; and (4) when deemed necessary by the Secretary of Defense, either the vessel will be made available or vessel space will be provided on a guaranteed basis. Allows vessels included in an operating-differential subsidy (ODS) contract to be offered for inclusion in the Fleet. Prohibits, subject to exception, vessels over 24 years old from being included in the Fleet. Prohibits new or renewed ODS contracts after enactment of this Act, but allows current contracts to continue. Excludes liquid or dry bulk cargo carrying vessels receiving ODSs from the application of provisions limiting construction-differential subsidy (CDS) vessels to operating in foreign trade. Declares that any vessel constructed with a CDS and not included in the Fleet is not required to remain U.S.-documented so long as there remains no debt to the United States under ODS provisions. Excludes deposits to a construction reserve fund after enactment of this Act from provisions relating to the recognition of gain for taxation where the proceeds of a sale or indeminity for loss are deposited in such a fund. Prohibits, after a specified date, orders allowing new ODS contracts for vessels over 25 years old. Modifies capital construction fund requirements. Prohibits a vessel constructed, reconstructed, or repaired in a foreign shipyard with subsidies adversely affecting shipyards in the United States from certain benefits under provisions relating to: (1) the Contingency Retainer Program; (2) the tax treatment of qualified withdrawals from capital construction fund mandated subaccounts; (3) immediate eligibility for the carriage of cargo preference goods; and (4) reduction in ad valorem duty on certain repairs. Deems fulfilled certain provisions of Federal law requiring the use of U.S.-flag vessels if the actual ocean transportation (meeting specified requirements) consists of transportation by a combination of U.S.- and foreign-flag vessels. Requires that the use of foreign-flag vessels be as authorized by the Secretary of Transportation. Deems, after enactment of this Act, bulk cargo vessels constructed after enactment and liners vessels to have been U.S.-build for purposes of provisions relating to cargo preference. Specifies the effective date of this paragraph. Entitles merchant mariners employed in connection with a vessel used by the United States for a national emergency or maritime mobilization to the same reemployment rights and other benefits as provided (by Federal law relating to veterans' reemployment rights) for an armed forces reserve member called to active duty. Amends the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to modify the dollar limits above which amounts in the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund are available only as provided in appropriations Acts. Title II: Internal Revenue Code and Tariff Act Amendments - Capital Construction Fund Amendments of 1992 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for the tax treatment of capital construction funds, including concerning: (1) the ceiling on deposits to such funds; (2) limits on deposits by lessees; (3) nontaxability of fund deposits; (4) the treatment of fund earnings as fund deposits; (5) establishment of fund accounts; (6) qualified and nonqualified withdrawals; (7) adjustments to basis; and (8) alternate minimum taxable income. Taxes earnings from the investment and reinvestment of amounts in a fund at the highest individual, corporate, or capital gains tax rate. Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to reduce the ad valorem duty on equipment or repairs made in a foreign country on U.S.-documented vessels. Repeals, on a specified date, provisions imposing the duty.
Germany · German Bundestag · 10 July 1992
United States · United States Congress · 9 July 1992
Repeals provisions of Federal transportation law and the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 requiring a national maximum speed limit of 55 mph.
United States · United States Congress · 9 July 1992
Declares that it is U.S. policy to encourage the enhancement and creation of wetlands whenever possible. Directs the Secretary of the Army, in carrying out navigation projects involving the disposal of dredged materials, to include the option of wetlands enhancement or creation whenever possible. Requires the Secretary, in cases in which he plans to use dredged materials from such projects in wetlands enhancement or creation, to include as a benefit in determining a project's cost-benefit ratio the value of enhancement and creation. Directs the Secretary to consider the costs of wetlands enhancement and creation in Federal projects and the costs of federally permitted wetlands mitigation activities in the vicinity of Federal projects using approved habitat evaluation procedures.
United States · United States Congress · 9 July 1992
Infrastructure Reinvestment and Economic Revitalization Act of 1992 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose gasoline and diesel taxes at a rate that is equal to certain fund financing rates, including the Infrastructure Reinvestment Fund financing rate. Decreases, for purposes of imposition of such taxes, the Highway Trust Fund and Airport and Airway Trust Fund financing rates. Sets the Infrastructure Reinvestment Fund financing rate at five cents. Establishes the Infrastructure Reinvestment Fund, composed of revenues derived from infrastructure reinvestment taxes. Makes the Fund off-budget. Authorizes appropriations from such Fund for surface transportation programs.
European Union · European Commission · 9 July 1992
United States · United States Congress · 7 July 1992
Amends the Shipping Act of 1984 to prohibit controlled carriers from entering into service contracts that require a shipper or shippers' association to resolve legal disputes in the country of the controlled carrier.
European Union · EUR-Lex · 6 July 1992
Germany · German Bundestag · 3 July 1992
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 July 1992
20 Dr. McDaid asked the Minister for the Marine if he will give details of the outcome of the recent Maritime Transport Council meeting which was held in Luxembourg; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
United States · United States Congress · 2 July 1992
Children's Bicycle Helmet Safety Act of 1992 - Directs the Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to make grants to States, political subdivisions, and nonprofit organizations to assist in establishing or maintaining programs that require or encourage individuals under age 16 to wear approved bicycle helmets. Specifies that such grants may be used to: (1) enforce any law that requires or encourages such individuals to wear approved bicycle helmets; (2) assist such individuals to acquire such helmets; and (3) develop and adminster a program to educate such individuals and their families on the importance of wearing helmets. Sets interim standards for bicycle helmets and provides that a helmet that does not conform shall be considered in violation of a consumer product safety standard promulgated under the Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA). Directs the Consumer Product Safety Commission to begin a proceeding to review the requirements of the interim standards and establish a final standard that includes provisions to protect against the risk of helmets coming off the heads of bicycle riders and to address the risk of injury to children. Specifies that the final standard shall be considered a consumer product safety standard under the CPSA. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 2 July 1992
Insular Areas Policy Act - Declares that it is Federal Government policy to promote the political, social, and economic development of the insular areas and to recognize the unique character of such areas in the extension of Federal laws and regulations. Establishes the Interagency Insular Policy Council to: (1) review the activities of the Department of the Interior with respect to the insular areas; (2) determine the appropriate role of such areas in U.S. domestic and foreign policy and the effects of such policy on such areas; and (3) develop or update specific policy objectives for each area annually. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to transmit an annual "State of the Islands" report to the Speaker of the House and the president of the Senate to include matters concerning: (1) improvements in the insular areas' Federal relationship; (2) Federal statutory and administrative actions and their impacts; (3) the effectiveness of Federal programs and discrimination in the treatment of insular areas under Federal programs relative to the treatment of States; (4) the adequacy of infrastructure and general economic conditions; (5) investment potential and job opportunities; (6) uses of Federal assistance and the capability of local governments to administer programs; (7) international obligations; and (8) compliance with legislative mandates. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 2 July 1992
Supplemental Compensation Plan Act of 1992 - Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to establish a U.S. Supplemental Compensation Plan to supplement the compensation payable to claimants under the Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to International Carriage by Air (Warsaw Convention) with respect to death, or personal injury, of airline passengers. Prohibits air carriers required to participate in the Plan from engaging in any air transportation unless they comply with specified requirements. Requires each air carrier to submit to the Secretary of Transportation for approval an agreement to designate an agent as its attorney in fact in order to: (1) negotiate the Compensation Plan Contribution; (2) select and negotiate with the Plan Administrator; and (3) monitor the Plan Administrator's performance. Provides for: (1) liability of the Plan Administrator for covered damages to claimants; (2) collection and payment of the Compensation Plan Contribution; (3) notice to claimants and evaluation of their claims; (4) claimants' proof of claim for offer of settlement; and (5) negotiation with and selection of the Plan Administrator.
United States · United States Congress · 2 July 1992
Aircraft Noise Reduction Research Act of 1992 - Directs the Administrators of the Federal Aviation Administration and of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to establish and jointly conduct a research program to develop by the year 2000 new technologies, operational procedures, or other means for quieter subsonic jet aircraft engines and airframes. Authorizes appropriations. Requires an annual progress report to the Congress.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 July 1992
80 Mr. Currie asked the Minister for Tourism, Transport and Communications when the Foley and McKeown report, commissioned by her Department into aspects of An Post's viability plan, will be made available to the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 July 1992
36 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for Tourism, Transport and Communications if she will confirm that a summary of the report of the consultants commissioned by the NESC to examine the position of An Post recently published in the media is accurate; if she will outline her response to the report; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 July 1992
18 Mr. Yates asked the Minister for Tourism, Transport and Communications if she has any proposals to provide any financial assistance through her Department or EC funds to assist regional airports in their operations and developments this year, as was provided last year.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 July 1992
16 Mr. Sherlock asked the Minister for Tourism, Transport and Communications if it is intended to establish a Rail Commission; if so, if she will outline the terms of reference of the Commission, its functions and proposed membership; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 July 1992
19 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for Tourism, Transport and Communications if, in view of the resignation of three members of the Trust of Connacht Airport, Knock, County Mayo, she will outline the procedure that will be used to appoint replacement members.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 July 1992
15 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for Tourism, Transport and Communications when it is proposed to nominate replacement members to the Trust of Connacht Airport, Knock, County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 July 1992
14 Mr. Browne (Carlow-Kilkenny) asked the Minister for Tourism, Transport and Communications her views on whether Irish hauliers on the continental route can compete successfully with their Northern Ireland counterparts; and if she has any plans to reduce the overhead costs for hauliers in this State.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 July 1992
13 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for Tourism, Transport and Communications if she will outline the means by which she feels Ireland's position as an investment location in the European context can best be improved by way of a properly integrated transport system with a view to a dramatic reduction in transport costs to Irish exporters; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 July 1992
11 Mr. Byrne asked the Minister for Tourism, Transport and Communications if she recently issued a written or other instruction to members of the board of Aer Lingus not to make any public comments about the Shannon stopover issue; if so, if she will outline the reason for this instruction; if she intends to issue a similar instruction to the members of the boards of other State companies for which her Department has responsibility; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 July 1992
10 Mr. Currie asked the Minister for Tourism, Transport and Communications if she will confirm that RTE has budgeted and operated within the capped limit of the Broadcasting Act, 1990, with the result that, by the end of 1991, earnings exceeded the cap by £8 million; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 July 1992
17 Mrs. Taylor-Quinn asked the Minister for Tourism, Transport and Communications the reason for her delay in announcing a decision on the Shannon Airport status issue; and if her attention has been drawn to the damage being caused to progress in the local economy by this delay.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 July 1992
12 Mrs. Taylor-Quinn asked the Minister for Tourism, Transport and Communications if she is planning to meet the Shannon Status Committee in response to their request of 5 May 1992 to give them the opportunity to brief her on the totality of the case for Shannon; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 July 1992
9 Mr. Yates asked the Minister for Tourism, Transport and Communications if she will commission an independent study into all aspects of any future change on the transatlantic flight stopover issue; and if so, when.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 July 1992
80 Mr. Currie asked the Minister for Tourism, Transport and Communications when the Foley and McKeown report, commissioned by her Department into aspects of An Post's viability plan, will be made available to the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 July 1992
36 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for Tourism, Transport and Communications if she will confirm that a summary of the report of the consultants commissioned by the NESC to examine the position of An Post recently published in the media is accurate; if she will outline her response to the report; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 July 1992
8 Mr. Currie asked the Minister for Tourism, Transport and Communications whether she will make a statement on the settlement of the postal dispute and its implications for An Post's viability plan with particular reference to the closing of sub-post offices, the loss of jobs in the postal service and the introduction of roadside mail boxes.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 July 1992
7 Mr. Farrelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Transport and Communications if she will outline the number of visitors to date to the Irish Visitor Centre in Expo Sevilla and the number of these who will eventually visit Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
United States · United States Congress · 1 July 1992
Information Infrastructure and Technology Act of 1992 - Amends the National Science and Technology Policy, Organization, and Priorities Act of 1976 to require the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, through the Federal Coordinating Council for Science, Engineering, and Technology, to establish an Information Infrastructure Program and five-year implementation plan that shall provide a coordinated interagency effort to develop technologies needed to apply high-performance computing and high-speed networking in education, libraries, health care, manufacturing, and other appropriate fields. Requires the plan to take into consideration the activities of the Library of Congress. Directs the establishment of an advisory committee, consisting of qualified industry and academia representatives, on high-performance computing and high-speed networking communications to independently assess plan progress. Requires Federal agency plan participants to report annually on high-performance computing activities. Directs the National Science Foundation and other appropriate agencies to provide for the development of advanced technologies for use in education, including pilot projects connecting primary and secondary schools to the Internet and the National Research and Education Network. Directs the National Institute of Standards and Technology to establish an Advanced Manufacturing Systems and Networking Project to create a collaborative multiyear technology development program. Directs the National Institutes of Health to develop technologies for applications in the health care sector, including application of testbed networks linking medical facilities and schools for the sharing of medical data and imagery. Calls for the development of technologies for digital libraries of electronic information, including the development of advanced data storage systems. Directs the National Science Foundation, working with the supercomputer centers it supports, to develop prototype digital libraries of scientific data, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to develop databases of software and remote-sensing images. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 1 July 1992
National Aeronautical Research and Competitiveness Act - Directs the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the Secretary of Defense to: (1) establish a joint military and civilian aeronautical research and development program; (2) prepare and transmit to the Congress a five-year aeronautical research plan; and (3) establish an Aeronautical Research Advisory Committee.
United States · United States Congress · 30 June 1992
Public Health and Safety Act of 1992 - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit the manufacture, import, export, sale, purchase, transfer, receipt, ownership, possession, transport, or use (manufacture) of a handgun or handgun ammunition. Makes exceptions with respect to: (1) the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, and National Guard; (2) Federal, State, or local government agencies charged with law enforcement duties that require officers to possess handguns; (3) registered security guard services; and (4) licensed handgun clubs and members of such clubs. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to approve such manufacture by licensed manufacturers, importers, and dealers as necessary to meet the lawful requirements of such persons and entities covered by the exceptions. Specifies handgun club licensing requirements. Requires: (1) the Secretary to revoke the license of any such club that does not continue to meet such requirements; and (2) such club to pay to the Secretary an annual license fee of $25. Specifies security guard service registration requirements. Requires: (1) the Secretary to revoke such registration if the service does not continue to meet such requirements; and (2) such service to pay to the Secretary an annual registration fee of $50. Sets forth provisions with respect to: (1) recordkeeping (by licensed manufacturers, importers, dealers, handgun clubs or their members and by registered security guard services that transfer handguns or handgun ammunition); (2) reports of loss or theft; and (3) transfers to handgun clubs. Authorizes the voluntary delivery to any designated Federal, State, or local law enforcement agency of a handgun owned or possessed by a person. Directs the Secretary to: (1) arrange with each such agency to receive handguns for the transfer, destruction, or other disposition of such handguns; and (2) pay to such person $25 or the fair market value of the gun on May 31, 1992. Authorizes appropriations. Sets penalties for violations of this Act. Specifies that a person who voluntarily delivers a handgun under this Act after 180 days after enactment shall not be subject to criminal posecution for possession of the handgun under any Federal, State, or local law, but shall pay to the Secretary a civil penalty in an amount determined by the Secretary, not to exceed $500. Establishes penalties for: (1) failure to report the loss or theft of a handgun; (2) negligent and intentional deliveries to an unauthorized place; (3) false statements or representations; and (4) failure to keep, or permit inspection of, records. Provides for the forfeiture of any handgun or handgun ammunition involved or used in a violation of this Act or of any other criminal law of the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 30 June 1992
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Federal Government should: (1) reduce by 60 percent, within two years, expenditures for foreign assistance; (2) enforce U.S. trade laws to restore employment and open foreign markets; (3) intitiate incentives to restore U.S. international competitiveness; (4) reduce Department of Defense spending and redirect the defense industrial structure to domestic needs; (5) rebuild U.S. infrastructure and develop new forms of transportation; (6) require host nations to assume the total costs of U.S. military presence; (7) recover uncollected taxes; (8) implement tax parity between domestic and foreign enterprises operating within the United States; (9) require full elimination of waste, fraud, abuse, and unnecessary spending in all branches of government within two years; (10) implement a program to protect U.S. natural resources from foreign exploitation by restricting ownership and limiting exportation; (11) establish a goal, by 2000, of providing comprehensive health care for all U.S. citizens; and (12) implement incentives for States to initiate training and work-fare programs for the unemployed and welfare recipients.
European Union · EUR-Lex · 29 June 1992
Germany · German Bundestag · 26 June 1992
European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 25 June 1992
United States · United States Congress · 24 June 1992
FAA Civil Penalty Administrative Assessment Act of 1992 - Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to authorize the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to assess a civil penalty for violations pertaining to: (1) prohibition of civil aircraft flights over security zones; (2) the organization of the FAA; (3) aviation safety regulations; (4) regulations requiring airline passengers to be notified of the lack of security measures at certain airports; and (5) regulations requiring public notice of existing or proposed construction or repairs which will promote safety in air commerce. Requires the Administrator of the FAA, before assessing a civil penalty against a pilot or flight engineer, to: (1) to advise the individual of the charges or reasons relied upon for the Administrator's proposed action; and (2) provide him or her with an opportunity to answer such charges and be heard as to why the civil penalty should not be assessed. Authorizes such individuals to appeal such a penalty to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). Declares that the NTSB shall not be bound by any findings of fact of the Administrator of the FAA but shall, however, be bound by all validly adopted interpretations of laws and regulations administered by the FAA (including written agency policy guidance available to the public relating to sanctions to be imposed from assessment of a civil penalty to suspension or revocation of a certificate) unless it finds that such interpretation is arbitrary, capricious, or otherwise not in accordance with law. Authorizes the NTSB to modify such sanctions. Provides for judicial review of NTSB orders. Authorizes the Administrator of the FAA to assess a civil penalty against persons other than a pilot or flight engineer only after notice and an opportunity for a hearing. Makes the civil penalty assessment program permanent (by repealing restrictions that make it a demonstration program only).
United States · United States Congress · 23 June 1992
Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (the Act) to authorize Federal departments and agencies to procure from the Secretary of Transportation insurance to cover risks (especially war risks) from: (1) the operation of an aircraft in domestic (interstate) or overseas air commerce; and (2) the provision of goods or services related to the operation of such aircraft (ground support) if it is in the performance of a contract for such a department or agency or is for the purpose of transporting U.S. military forces pursuant to an agreement between the United States and a foreign government. Extends the aviation insurance (war risk insurance) program under title XIII of the Act through September 30, 1997. Directs the Comptroller General to review and report to the Congress on the administration of such program during the Persian Gulf conflict in order to determine methods of improving its administration by reducing the paperwork and time period required for provision of insurance under such program.
United States · United States Congress · 23 June 1992
Airline Competition Enhancement Act of 1992 - Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (the Act) to prohibit a vendor, in the operation of its air carrier computer reservations system, from discriminating against participants in such system in specified ways, including: (1) making available to subscribers an integrated display which orders information on air carrier identity; (2) supplying information to a person creating or attempting to create such an integrated display; (3) making available, after September 30, 1994, to a subscriber or participant any subscriber or participant transaction capability which is more functional, timely, complete, accurate, reliable, secure, or efficient with respect to one subscriber, or participant, than to another; (4) charging a participant fee for, or require terms or conditions with, the provision of any computer reservation system feature, function, or service unless they are reasonable; or (5) prohibiting a subscriber from obtaining or using another computer reservation system. Prohibits a vendor or air carrier from requiring, or providing incentives to induce, a subscriber to use information from a computer reservation system to create an integrated display which orders information on air carrier identity. Prohibits a vendor, except on grounds of demonstrated technological incompatibility, from prohibiting or unreasonably restricting the: (1) interconnection to its computer reservation system equipment of computer hardware or software supplied by a person other than such vendor; or (2) use by a subscriber, to access any other computer reservation system or data base, or hardware and communications lines supplied by another vendor. Sets forth other specified prohibitions. Prohibits a vendor from: (1) requiring, as a condition for providing a subscriber additional computer reservation system components (including software and enhancements), that the term of the subscriber's contract be extended; (2) requiring use of its computer reservation system by such subscriber in any sale by the subscriber of the vendor's air transportation services; (3) requiring use of its computer reservation system as a condition of compensation for the sale of air transportation services by the subscriber; and (4) charging prices to subscribers conditioned on the identity of air carriers whose air transportation services are sold by such subscribers. Prohibits the enforcement of subscriber contract provisions for a contract term of more than three years. Sets forth other specified contract provisions which are not enforceable. Prohibits a subscriber from using computer software or hardware to modify information in a computer reservation system so as to produce: (1) integrated displays of such information based on air carrier identity, unless specified conditions are met; or (2) displays of such information based on subscriber or participant transaction capability. Requires vendors to submit quarterly reports to the Secretary of Transportation (Secretary) describing the manner in which they propose to comply with this Act. Requires the Secretary to transmit to specified congressional committees a compliance progress report based on the vendors' reports. Requires the Secretary to report annually to specified congressional committees on the participant fees charged by vendors during the preceding calendar year, including whether such fees represent an increase or decrease over the fees charged previously, and whether they are reasonable. Sets forth specified administrative provisions with respect to violations of this Act. Directs the Secretary not to give consideration to the availability of landing slots at high density airports in: (1) determining the provision of basic essential air service to small communities; and (2) selecting an air carrier to provide such service. Requires the Secretary to ensure that a sufficient number of such slots are available to the air carrier providing such service at such airports. Provides for the transfer of slots at such airports. Declares that nothing in such Act shall require the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to issue regulations requiring that air carrier and airport security personnel employment investigations include criminal history record checks if the Administrator determines that such record checks are not necessary to ensure air transportation security. Requires the Secretary to initiate a rulemaking proceeding to consider whether there should be a reduction in the annualized rate of random testing for prohibited drugs for personnel engaged in aviation activities. Declares that nothing under the Act authorizes the Secretary to grant a public agency authority to impose a fee for a passenger enplaning at an airport if the passenger did not pay for the air transportation, including in cases in which the passenger obtained the airline ticket with a frequent flier award coupon without monetary payment. Requires the Secretary to amend a specified section of the Code of Federal Regulations to require commuter air carriers to comply with the provisions governing on-time performance in such regulations. Directs the Secretary to publish a monthly report containing the percentage of flights of each commuter air carrier which were canceled during such calendar month. Requires the Secretary, in selecting an air carrier to provide foreign air transportation, to consider, among other specified factors, the strengthening of competition among air carriers operating in the United States in order to prevent undue concentration in the air carrier industry.
United States · United States Congress · 23 June 1992
Indian Employment and Investment Act of 1992 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish an Indian reservation credit as an investment tax credit for investment in qualified Indian reservation property. Limits such credit to 25 percent for reservation personal property, 33 1/3 percent for new reservation construction property, and 33 1/3 percent for reservation infrastructure investment. Treats real estate rentals on an Indian reservation as the active conduct of a trade or business on such reservation. Declares that such credit applies only in the event that the Indian unemployment rate on the applicable reservation exceeds 300 percent of the national average unemployment rate at any time during the calendar year in which property is placed in service or during the immediately preceding two calendar years, with exceptions. Provides for the recapture of such credit in the event such reservation property ceases to be investment property. Sets forth rules with respect to adjusting the basis of such property to reflect the investment credit. Allows businesses an employment credit of ten percent (30 percent in the case of an employer with at least 85 percent Indian employees) of the sum of the qualified wages and qualified employee health insurance costs paid or incurred during a taxable year. Requires employees to perform substantially all services within an Indian reservation and to reside on or near such reservation. Limits such credit to the first seven years of employment and excludes employees earning more than $30,000 per year. Establishes penalties to be imposed if an employee is terminated before the day one year after the day on which the employee began work for the employer. Applies certain rules for computing the targeted jobs credit to such employment credit.
United States · United States Congress · 22 June 1992
Maritime Navigation Technology and Research Act of 1992 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to issue regulations which require vessels operating in a U.S. harbor to use state-of-the-art navigation, communication, and collision avoidance equipment that is compatible with Coast Guard vessel traffic systems. Requires the Secretary to conduct research and development of vessel navigation technologies. Establishes the Maritime Navigation Research Advisory Committee to advise the Secretary on maritime research programs.
Germany · German Bundestag · 19 June 1992