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351 records in 1992
Germany · Bundesrat · 28 April 1992
Germany · Bundesrat · 28 April 1992
Germany · German Bundestag · 24 April 1992
Germany · German Bundestag · 16 April 1992
Germany · German Bundestag · 16 April 1992
Germany · German Bundestag · 16 April 1992
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1992
Amtrak Authorization Act of 1992 - Amends the Rail Passenger Service Act to authorize FY 1993 through 1995 appropriations for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (AMTRAK), including funds for: (1) operating expenses for the core system and new State-supported service; and (2) mandatory payments for railroad retirement benefits and railroad unemployment insurance obligations in excess of those calculated on an experience-rated basis. Requires that one of the two members of the AMTRAK Board of Directors who are appointed by the preferred stockholders be: (1) specially qualified to represent the interests of rail passengers (consumers); and (2) selected from among three qualified nominees of the National Association of Railroad Passengers. Changes the designation "President" of AMTRAK to "Chief Executive Officer." Eliminates the requirement that AMTRAK's articles of incorporation be amended for issuance of preferred stock required to be issued annually to the United States. Extends to subsidiaries and lessors and lessees (thus permitting sale/lease back transactions) AMTRAK's current exemption from additional taxes for expenditures to acquire or improve real property, equipment, facilities, or rights-of-way material or structures used in the provisions of rail passenger service. Authorizes AMTRAK to consider discontinuance, modification, or adjustment of any commuter service which, on or after October 1, 1993, exceeds in any previous six-month period the average loss per passenger mile for short-distance AMTRAK route service during such period. Requires AMTRAK to solicit public comment on alternatives to any such action before taking it. Directs AMTRAK to: (1) develop, and report to the Congress on, a plan for demonstrating high-speed rail technologies; and (2) give technical assistance to State and regional partnerships, study groups, private sector representatives, and other entities that seek to advance high-speed rail service through equipment upgrades and incremental infrastructure improvements on existing railroad facilities used by AMTRAK outside the Northeast Corridor. Requires AMTRAK periodically to recommend eliminating highway at-grade crossings to the Secretary of Transportation. Requires the Secretary to develop a plan for eliminating all such crossings along the main line of the Northeast Corridor, except in specified circumstances, by December 31, 1997. Requires AMTRAK to pay 20 percent of the cost of such eliminations. Directs AMTRAK to form a task force to consider recommendations for improving emergency training and performance (including first-aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation, passenger evacuation, and disaster reponse) of on-board service and operating crew members. Requires a report to the Congress of task force findings and actions taken and recommended.
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1992
Title I: Aviation Safety and Capacity Expansion Act Amendments of 1992 - Aviation Safety and Capacity Expansion Act Amendments of 1992 - Amends the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 to include within the definition of "airport development" certain projects to improve passenger and freight airport access. Extends: (1) airport improvement grant authority; (2) specified funds for airport noise reduction activities; and (3) authorization of appropriations for air navigation facilities. Authorizes appropriations to be available if the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) determines that its Capital Investment Plan is in need of substantial modification. Authorizes appropriations for research, engineering, and development demonstration projects. Requires that the total annual amounts appropriated from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund (Trust Fund) for airport and airway improvement programs shall equal 85 percent of the FAA's annual budget, except for liquidating aircraft loan guarantees. Extends weather services reimbursement authority. Increases the noise set-aside. Obligates such increases on a priority basis to sponsors of primary airports and to contiguous political jurisdictions where compatible land use control measures have been adopted. Amends the military airport program to: (1) increase funding set-asides; (2) increase the number of program airports; (3) repeal the airport designation deadline; and (4) set aside funds for construction and improvement of parking lots, fuel farms, and utilities. Sets aside funds for integrated urban transportation planning. Increases the scope of activities within the disadvantaged small business set-aside requirement. Authorizes up to 50 percent funding increases for certain nonprimary airports' land acquisition costs. Authorizes a State block grant program for projects at general aviation airports. Permits States which have successfully administered such block grants for at least one year to administer block grants for reliever and small commercial service airports. Title II: Federal Aviation Act of 1958 Amendments - Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to permit: (1) sole source contracts with States or political subdivisions for certain air traffic control tower operations; and (2) limited source procurement on the same basis as certain other Federal agencies. Authorizes travel and per diem reimbursement for non-Federal personnel providing aviation security training. Military Air Traffic Controller Transition Act of 1992 - Authorizes the hiring of retired military air traffic controllers under the age of 46 as FAA controllers in auxiliary flight service stations and at specified terminal facilities. Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to apply FAA safety certification requirements to airports that serve aircraft designed for ten or more (currently 30) passenger seats. Amends the civil penalty assessment program to: (1) repeal the monetary assessment ceiling; (2) give deference to FAA rules interpretations in hearings before the National Transportation Safety Board; and (3) make the program permanent. Requires the FAA to be notified of adjacent sanitary landfill establishment or expansion. Extends aviation insurance authority. Authorizes the FAA to use certain aviation related fees collected outside the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1992
School to Work Transition and Youth Apprenticeship Act - Title I: Establishment of National Interagency Compact and National Industry Recognized Skill Standards - Directs the Secretaries of Labor and of Education (the Secretaries) to establish an interagency compact between the Office of Employment and Training Administration of the Department of Labor and the Office of Adult and Vocational Education of the Department of Education, to: (1) design a national youth apprenticeship system; and (2) develop a system of skills standards within each major industry and within occupations that involve more than one industry. Sets forth various functions of the compact. Requires the compact to provide for national demonstrations to test skills standards and certification and assessment methods in work-based and training settings through: (1) local educational agencies (LEAs) two-year colleges, or postsecondary vocational institutions; and (2) businesses, business associations, or private industry councils. Requires the compact to provide for distribution of funds to facilitate creation of partnerships of business and industry, organized labor or other employee representatives, educators, and the training community for each industry or occupation (to the extent resources permit) to develop skills standards. Sets forth various functions of such partnerships. Authorizes appropriations. Title II: State Youth Transition Opportunity Challenge Grants - Authorizes the compact to make challenge grants to States for the cooperative use by the State agencies for education and for labor, job training, and employment (State agencies) to plan and develop policies and build an infrastructure to support programs for elementary and secondary students that will result in quality education programs and work-related experiences enabling students to graduate from high school prepared to: (1) enter the world of work directly; and/or (2) continue in some form of postsecondary education or training. Sets forth requirements for State applications and assurances. Requires State agencies to use such grants to: (1) prepare a State plan for policies and programs that will result in a comprehensive school-to-work transition system and development of a statewide youth apprenticeship system; (2) conduct assessments; and (3) make grants to at least one LEA to carry out such planning, development, and assessment activities. Allows a State, based on the State plan, to use such a grant to establish a youth apprenticeship system through specified activities, services, or programs. Limits the Federal share under this title to not more than 80 percent in the first year, 70 in the second, and 60 in the third and any subsequent year. Requires annual State reports to the compact and biennial compact reports to the Congress. Authorizes appropriations. Title III: Local Youth Apprenticeship Program Grants - Requires the compact to make grants to States for cooperative use by the aforementioned State agencies to award grants to eligible local entities, based on a competition or on a formula determined by such State agencies for youth apprenticeship programs at the local level. Defines eligible entity as a consortium of at least one entity from each of the following two groups: (1) LEAs, LEAs in consortia with community-based organizations, individual schools within an LEA, public vocational or technical schools, two-year public technical or community colleges; and (2) local employers or business associations (including private industry councils under the Job Training Partnership Act). Requires equitable distribution of such assistance among the States and their urban and rural areas. Limits the Federal share under this title to not more than 90 percent in the first year, 80 in the second, 70 in the third, and 60 in the fourth and any subsequent year. Allows other Federal funds under other Federal laws to be used for up to 50 percent of the matching funds for remaining costs. Sets forth requirements for State and local applications, including State plans and local assurances. Allows such grant funds to be used to: (1) train teachers and counselors; (2) (as part of the program's planning activities) acquire technical assistance from Federal, State, or local entities that have successfully designed, established, and operated school-to-work transition programs; (3) provide outreach to potential students; and (4) develop curricula. Sets forth required components of youth apprenticeship programs under this title. Limits portions of funds under this title which may be used by the Secretary for annual independent evaluations and by States for administrative costs. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1992
Technology Transfer Committee Act of 1992 - Amends the National Security Act of 1947 to establish a committee to: (1) support the commercial adaption of research and development in the civilian technology area; (2) place a heavy emphasis on critical technologies that will ensure the long-term superiority of U.S. technology; (3) be specifically designed to address the constructive advancement of civilian technology; (4) identify technological needs, problems, and opportunities within and across industrial sectors that, if addressed, could make a significant contribution to the U.S. economy; (5) support projects that range from idea exploration to prototype development and address long-term, high risk areas of technology research, development, and application that are not otherwise being adequately developed by the private sector, but are likely to yield important benefits to the Nation; (6) identify emerging national technology problems and support research pertinent to those problems; (7) support development of solutions to applied research programs; (8) determine the relationships of technological developments and international technology transfers to the output, employment, productivity, and world trade performance of the United States and foreign industrial sectors; (9) investigate the potential of advancing U.S. technological innovation and exploiting innovations of foreign origin; (10) secure the translation of technology into timely, cost competitive, high quality manufactured products and provide an efficient technological infrastructure; (11) support applied research and development that falls outside the purview of other Federal agencies that should be supported in the national interest; (12) generally promote and assist in the development of advanced technologies and the generic application of such technologies of civilian products, processes, and services; (13) assess whether the capital, technical, and other resources available to domestic industrial sectors which are likely to generate new technologies are adequate to meet private and social demands for goods and services and to promote productivity and economic growth; and (14) promote research that contributes to the scientific basis of health, safety, and environmental regulations for the purposes of improving regulatory actions and minimizing duplicative research. Requires the committee to promote: (1) technology transfer from the Federal Government to private enterprise; and (2) government-industry cooperation to halt the penetration of U.S. markets by foreign competitors. Provides for participation by foreign countries in projects supported by the committee. Requires the committee to be headed by a director who shall make grants and enter into contracts and cooperative agreements with research and development entities or other arrangements with entities that are deemed most useful by the committee to accomplish the purposes of this Act. Requires the committee to provide the funding for research and development concerning the adaption of technology. Requires the committee to coordinate efforts with other Federal agencies to make certain there are no disputes over grants, loans, and contracts. Requires the committee to report annually to the President, both Houses of the Congress, and the Council on Industrial Competitiveness on its past year actions and any recommendations for appropriate legislative actions.
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1992
Rebuild America Now Act of 1992 - Requires the Secretary of Transportation (Secretary) to transfer unobligated funds that had previously been allocated to a State for a fiscal year for a highway and transportation construction project under certain categories in the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 to the allocation of any other project in such categories within such State if: (1) such State requests the transfer and certifies the amount to be transferred which cannot be obligated for such project; (2) the metropolitan planning organization designated for the metropolitan area in which the project from which such funds are to be transferred is located approves such transfer (or the affected local officials, in any case in which the project from which funds are to be transferred is not located in a metropolitan area); and (3) the Secretary and the State agree on a date (on or before October 1, 1996) by which the allocation of the project from which the funds are to be transferred will be reimbursed by the amount so transferred. Limits such fund transfer authority to certain: (1) high cost bridge projects; (2) congestion relief projects; (3) high priority corridors on the National Highway System; (4) rural and urban access projects; (5) innovative projects; and (6) priority intermodal projects.
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1992
Maritime Academy Cadet Licensing Relief Act - Amends Federal law relating to Coast Guard user fees to prohibit any fee for the issuance, evaluation, or examination of, or applications for, entry level licenses or merchant mariner's documents for certain individuals under specified provisions.
United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1992
Bilateral United States-Mexico Border Commission Act of 1992 - Authorizes the President to enter into an agreement with Mexico to establish a bilateral United States-Mexico Border Commission to study and make recommendations concerning issues of infrastructure and economic development in border areas in Mexico and the United States. Requires the Commission to: (1) prioritize capital infrastructure projects in border areas; (2) study and make recommendations regarding human infrastructure issues; (3) develop funding options for infrastructure projects; (4) make recommendations for funding physical and human infrastructure projects that extend beyond traditional public and private sector financing; (5) make recommendations about procedural problems that hinder international commerce at the border; (6) develop recommendations for uniform systems, procedures, and paperwork for facilitating trade along the border; and (7) develop options for increasing investment and economic development along the border to alleviate poverty and ensure a rising standard of living. Authorizes appropriations.
European Union · European Commission · 9 April 1992
European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 8 April 1992
United States · United States Congress · 7 April 1992
Consumer Seafood Safety Act of 1992 - Deems unsafe for human consumption fish products: (1) containing a contaminant exceeding a tolerance; (2) derived from fish harvested from a closed area; (3) processed, handled, stored, or transported in violation of standards; or (4) which are shellfish and are grown or harvested in a State without an approved program or in an uncertified foreign nation, harvested from an unclassified and unmonitored area, or transported or held for transport by a person not on a specified list. Title I: National Seafood Safety Program - Mandates: (1) a national program for seafood safety; and (2) a handbook of Federal regulations and guidelines on seafood safety. Mandates a national shellfish safety program to protect against hazards to human health from the consumption of shellfish, including certain standards, procedures, and requirements regarding growing, harvesting, handling, processing, and shipping shellfish, actual and potential growing and harvesting area water quality, closure of such areas, and tracing of shellfish in commerce. Provides for State shellfish safety programs, approved by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in shellfish-producing States. Authorizes grants to States with approved programs for a portion of operating costs. Mandates publication of a list of shellfish shippers certified by a State or a foreign nation. Requires establishment of tolerances for contaminants that may render fish products injurious to health. Allows the tolerances to include indicators and requires taking into account other sources of exposure to a contaminant. Prohibits considering a product adulterated, under specified provisions of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA), if the product meets the tolerance established under this Act. Amends the FDCA to define "added substance." Mandates, for waters under Federal jurisdiction seaward of the inner boundary of the Exclusive Economic Zone, identification, classification, and monitoring of fish and shellfish growing and harvesting areas regarding hazards likely to render fish products unsafe. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to: (1) prohibit or impose restrictions on the harvesting of fish from an area likely to exceed tolerances under this Act or to be adulterated under the FDCA; and (2) develop guidelines to assist States in establishing procedures for closing waters under State jurisdiction. Provides for closure of a State area by the Secretary of Commerce. Mandates standards for facilities which process fish products other than shellfish, including regarding transportation. Prohibits requiring freezing or cooking of products intended for raw consumption unless that is the only practical procedure to adequately prevent the products from being unsafe under this Act or adulterated under the FDCA. Requires, if necessary, standards for fishing vessels or fish tender vessels. Requires a comprehensive inspection system for fish products sold in interstate commerce, including unannounced inspections. Provides for product detention and condemnation. Applies rights and duties, under existing inspection provisions of the FDCA, to enforcement of this Act. Provides for the collection of samples of fish products under the inspection systems of this Act. Mandates registration of processors and importers. Authorizes aid to States, including technical and laboratory assistance, training, and financial aid, for planning and implementing a seafood safety program. Allows a State to have its own inspection program, mandating Federal approval if at least equal to the Federal program, with portions of the State program enforced in lieu of portions of the Federal program. Authorizes grants to States with approved programs for a portion of operating costs. Mandates a comprehensive imported seafood safety system, including routine inspections at processing facilities in exporting nations and at U.S. ports of entry. Requires that imports meeting specified requirements be deemed to be and treated as domestic fish products, except that labeling must identify the country of origin. Subjects fish products from a nation that is: (1) certified under this Act to random inspections and sampling; and (2) not certified under this Act to intensified inspections and sampling. Prohibits imports of shellfish from an uncertified nation. Provides for product detention and condemnation. Authorizes an agreement with a nation exporting to the United States with a seafood safety program at least equal in effectiveness to the program under this Act. Includes in the agreement reciprocity regarding seafood imports and exports between the nations. Requires certification of the types of fish products for which such a nation maintains such a program. Authorizes appropriations to carry out this Act, earmarking funds for assistance to States and for the research program authorized under title II of this Act. Title II: Research and Education - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to work, through the Centers for Disease Control, to include seafood in an active surveillance system and to assess more accurately the human disease in the United States associated with the consumption of seafood. Requires guidelines for a system to analyze for contaminants samples of fish products from sources other than facilities inspected under this Act. Mandates a national public education program on seafood including regarding: (1) both consumers and health professionals; and (2) recreational and subsistence fisheries. Provides for national, regional, State, and local advisories concerning seafood safety. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of Commerce to conduct research to assist the implementation of this Act, including regarding sanitation, monitoring techniques, contaminant detection and source determination, and consumption data. Establishes a five-year research program to improve systems for monitoring and classifying fish growing areas and fishing grounds. Authorizes contracts for the program. Title III: Seafood Safety Enforcement - Provides for: (1) the protection of employee whistleblowers; (2) the recall of any fish product if there is a reasonable probability that the product is unsafe under this Act or adulterated or misbranded under the FDCA; and (3) voluntary recalls. Prohibits certain acts regarding fish products, including: (1) selling, transporting, or disposing of any unsafe product; (2) committing any act during transport or while holding for sale which makes a product unsafe; (3) processing or importing products without being registered; (4) refusing inspection; (5) maintaining false records or destroying records; (6) failure to comply with a recall; and (7) other acts in violation of this Act. Prescribes civil and criminal penalties.
European Union · European Parliament · 6 April 1992
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1992
Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Airport Opportunity Enhancement Act of 1992 - Amends the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 to revise the requirement that an airport development project ensure that at least ten percent of certain concessions (sales of food, beverages, printed material, or other consumer products) at the airport go to small business owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals. Changes the set-aside from ten percent of all such concessions to ten percent of the aggregate of all revenues generated by such concessions, including, furthermore, all businesses which provide ground transportation, baggage carts, automobile rentals, parking, or other consumer services. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to allow an airport operator or owner to meet the ten percent goal by including businesses operated through management contracts or by including the purchase of goods or services used in a business conducted on the airport if it would not be practicable for the operator or owner to comply with such goal by approved business arrangements. Permits the Secretary, by regulation, to allow such inclusions on an airport by airport basis. Revises the definition of an eligible "disadvantaged business enterprise" to raise the maximum average annual gross receipts permissible from $14,000,000 to $16,015,000.
Germany · German Bundestag · 3 April 1992
Germany · German Bundestag · 3 April 1992
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 April 1992
62 Mr. Roche asked the Minister for Tourism, Transport and Communications if she will outline her plans for reintroducing a mass-transit system on the Bray/Sandyford portion of the Harcourt Street line; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 April 1992
61 Mr. Roche asked the Minister for Tourism, Transport and Communications if she intends to preserve the portion of the Harcourt Street line between Bray and Sandyford and the proposed starting point for an alternative mass-transit system on the Harcourt Street Line; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 April 1992
32 Mr. Garland asked the Minister for Tourism, Transport and Communications if she will outline in respect of the proposed reopening of the Harcourt Street Railway, (a) the cost on the basis of a busway, (b) the cost on the basis of a light rail system and (c) the cost on the basis of a busway initially with a later conversion to light rail.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 April 1992
30 Mr. Ryan asked the Minister for Tourism, Transport and Communications if she will instruct, or if she intends to request Dublin City Council and Dublin County Council to acquire the portions of the Harcourt Street lines now in private ownership so as to facilitate the provision of a buslane and/or the light rail system for Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 April 1992
28 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Tourism, Transport and Communications if she has satisfied herself that an accident similar to the one which happened near Bandon recently, in which two training planes collided, is unlikely to happen over Bishopstown, Cork, which is overflown by so many training planes each week; and if she will outline the scrutiny that takes place by her Department on the movements and operations of these training schools.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 April 1992
27 Mr. Taylor asked the Minister for Tourism, Transport and Communications if she will outline her present policy and intentions for improvement of the public transport infrastructure to serve Tallaght, Dublin 24; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 April 1992
62 Mr. Roche asked the Minister for Tourism, Transport and Communications if she will outline her plans for reintroducing a mass-transit system on the Bray/Sandyford portion of the Harcourt Street line; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 April 1992
61 Mr. Roche asked the Minister for Tourism, Transport and Communications if she intends to preserve the portion of the Harcourt Street line between Bray and Sandyford and the proposed starting point for an alternative mass-transit system on the Harcourt Street Line; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 April 1992
32 Mr. Garland asked the Minister for Tourism, Transport and Communications if she will outline in respect of the proposed reopening of the Harcourt Street Railway, (a) the cost on the basis of a busway, (b) the cost on the basis of a light rail system and (c) the cost on the basis of a busway initially with a later conversion to light rail.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 April 1992
30 Mr. Ryan asked the Minister for Tourism, Transport and Communications if she will instruct, or if she intends to request Dublin City Council and Dublin County Council to acquire the portions of the Harcourt Street lines now in private ownership so as to facilitate the provision of a buslane and/or the light rail system for Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 April 1992
27 Mr. Taylor asked the Minister for Tourism, Transport and Communications if she will outline her present policy and intentions for improvement of the public transport infrastructure to serve Tallaght, Dublin 24; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 April 1992
23 Mrs. Barnes asked the Minister for Tourism, Transport and Communications if she has drawn any conclusions as to the preferable public transport solution for the greater Dublin area; and, if she will be submitting any proposals for funding to the EC authorities for a light rail system for Dublin for the funds becoming available under the Cohesion Fund and the European Regional Development Fund 1994-98.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 April 1992
21 Proinsias De Rossa asked the Minister for Tourism, Transport and Communications if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the first section of the Athens underground network will benefit from 314 million ECUs in EC aid or 50 per cent of the project's cost until 1993; if she intends to seek similar funding for an integrated transport system for Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 April 1992
15 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for Tourism, Transport and Communications if, in regard to the recent public announcement regarding the reopening of the Harcourt Street line, she will set out the proposed timetable for the establishment of a busway and the subsequent introduction of a light rail system; where the proposed systems will terminate at each end; if, in regard to the busway proposal, she will outline if the buses will continue into the city centre and if they will be given any priority on the streets; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 April 1992
13 Mr. McCartan asked the Minister for Tourism, Transport and Communications when the terms of office of the members of the Broadcasting Complaints Commission expired; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 April 1992
24 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Minister for Tourism, Transport and Communications if, in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Economic and Social Progress that there would be an investment of £36 million made in public transport, she will outline, (a) the amount which has now been invested, (b) the projects or areas in which it has been invested and (c) the other projects still outstanding; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 April 1992
12 Mr. D. Ahern asked the Minister for Tourism, Transport and Communications if she will outline the progress towards upgrading the rail freight gantry at Dundalk railway station; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 April 1992
28 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Tourism, Transport and Communications if she has satisfied herself that an accident similar to the one which happened near Bandon recently, in which two training planes collided, is unlikely to happen over Bishopstown, Cork, which is overflown by so many training planes each week; and if she will outline the scrutiny that takes place by her Department on the movements and operations of these training schools.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 April 1992
14 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Tourism, Transport and Communications if she has satisfied herself, in the light of the recent plane crash in County Cork, that there are adequate safety precautions taken for light aircraft operations in the Cork city and county area; and whether she has any proposals to review same.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 April 1992
9 Mr. Sherlock asked the Minister for Tourism, Transport and Communications if she will outline the investigations which have been held into the circumstances of the collision between two training aircraft in County Cork on 26 February 1992 in which two people died; if the flying school involved was fully licensed by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 April 1992
8 Mr. J. O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Tourism, Transport and Communications if she will outline her plans for future development of Cork airport.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 April 1992
11 Mr. Yates asked the Minister for Tourism, Transport and Communications if she has any proposals to establish a Civil Aviation Authority in Ireland along the lines of a similar authority which exists in the United Kingdom.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 April 1992
7 Mr. Shatter asked the Minister for Tourism, Transport and Communications when the air traffic control system will be established as a semi-State company; and when the legislation in this regard will be published; and her views on whether this organisation should amalgamate with the single European air traffic control system.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 April 1992
6 Mr. Taylor asked the Minister for Tourism, Transport and Communications if her attention has been drawn to the fact that airlines operating from Ireland appear to be operating a cartel by reason of the fact that their fare structures and conditions of various types appear to be identical; if she will outline her views on such activity from the point of view of the Competition Act and as a matter of policy generally; whether she proposes to take any action in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 April 1992
5 Mr. Currie asked the Minister for Tourism, Transport and Communications whether she will outline the stage reached in the implementation of Council Directive 89/552/EEC which made it compulsory that television stations would devote 10 per cent of transmission time to independently produced programmes and 50 per cent of transmission time to European produced programmes; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 April 1992
4 Mr. Currie asked the Minister for Tourism, Transport and Communications if she has satisfied herself that enough is being done to combat the growing number of obscene and malicious telephone calls, particularly to women; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 April 1992
3 Mr. Yates asked the Minister for Tourism, Transport and Communications if it is intended to extend the two-airline agreement which was due to expire on 31 December, 1991, between Aer Lingus and Ryanair; and, if she will outline whether her views accord with those of her predecessor in this regard.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 April 1992
2 Mr. Currie asked the Minister for Tourism, Transport and Communications if she will outline, (1) her views on the MMDS television relay system and (2) the stage reached in providing an MMDS service by those operators who signed legal contracts with her Department; when real multi-channel choice of high quality will be available to urban and rural dwellers alike; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 April 1992
1 Mr. Kemmy asked the Minister for Tourism, Transport and Communications if she will outline the plans, if any, she has to introduce competition in telecommunications services as recommended in the Culliton report; if she will give details of any discussions held by her Department with interested parties; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1992
Combined Stormwater and Sewer Overflow Management Strategy Act of 1992 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army, in cooperation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and in consultation with local organizations, to conduct a program to assess the technologies and methodologies available to: (1) address the adverse impacts on receiving waters of discharges from combined stormwater and sanitary systems (overflows); and (2) ensure compliance with water quality standards of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. Directs the Secretary to study conditions and problems associated with overflows, and appropriate management and engineering strategies to remedy such problems, and to complete a comprehensive overflow management plan for specified areas in Massachusetts, Louisiana, Maine, New Jersey, and New York. Outlines information to be included in each such overflow management plan, including environmental and public health impacts, technologies and methodologies available to address such impacts, and an appropriate overflow management strategy for each area. Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress within four years after enactment of this Act on assessments conducted, together with recommendations and observations. Authorizes the Secretary, as part of the overflow assessment conducted for each area, to enter into an agreement with the appropriate State or local government official to construct and monitor an overflow prevention project that uses the best available control technology. Requires such official to provide assurances that the overflow prevention project will be operated and maintained by such State or local government at a non-Federal share of 100 percent of the project's costs. Requires the Federal share of each project's construction costs to be 100 percent. Directs the Secretary to evaluate the capabilities and performance of each project under this Act for use in developing a Federal strategy for a combined stormwater and sanitary sewer system infrastructure. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary to develop a Federal strategy for the optimal expenditure of Federal funds for: (1) minimizing the adverse effects of overflows in the waters and aquatic ecosystems of the United States; and (2) assuring compliance with water quality standards of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. Outlines information to be utilized in the development of such Federal strategy, including the evaluation of the capabilities and performances of each area project authorized under this Act. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress within five years after enactment of this Act on the strategy. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary, in order to ensure coordination of the Federal strategy with results of the area overflow programs authorized under this Act, to consult with the EPA Administrator, the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and other appropriate Federal and non-Federal entities.