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H.R. 3837

Federal Program Improvement Act of 1992

Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to authorize the administering authority to include within the scope of an antidumping or countervailing duty order imported parts or components that constitute certain merchandise sold in the United States and subject to such order, provided: (1) such merchandise is the same class or kind as any merchandise subject to an antidumping duty order issued on May 9, 1980, or August 28, 1991; (2) it is completed or assembled in the United States (or in a foreign country before importation into the United States) from parts or components produced in the foreign country to which the relevant order applies or supplied directly or indirectly by an exporter or producer covered by the order, or from parts or components from suppliers that have historically supplied the producer or any other exporter or producer covered by the order, or from any party related to the exporter, producer, or historical supplier, whether such parts or components are supplied from the foreign country or any third country (or countries); (3) action is appropriate to prevent evasion of such order; and (4) the difference between the value of such merchandise sold in the United States and the value of the imported parts or components is small.

Specifies factors to be considered in the determination of whether to take such action.

Declares that this Act shall have no force or effect if the petitioner in a downstream product monitoring investigation ceases production or final assembly of the pertinent products in the United States or shifts the sourcing of major components to a foreign country.

Message on Senate action sent to the House.

Rep. Pickle, J. J. [D-TX-10](D-TX)Sponsor
13 cosponsors7 D6 R
13cosponsors3committees31actions1amendments42subjects
  1. Floor

    Message on Senate action sent to the House.

  2. Floor

    Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.

  3. Floor17000

    Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.

  4. Floor

    Amendment SP 3408 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

  5. Floor

    Amendment SP 3408 proposed by Senator Bradley for Senator D'Amato.

  6. Floor

    Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.

  7. Discharge

    Senate Committee on Finance discharged by Unanimous Consent.

    Finance Committee
  8. Committee14500

    Senate Committee on Finance discharged by Unanimous Consent.

    Finance Committee
  9. IntroReferral

    Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

    Finance Committee
  10. FloorH38310

    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

  11. FloorH37300

    On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.

  12. Floor8000

    Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.

  13. FloorH8D000

    DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate.

  14. FloorH30000

    Considered under suspension of the rules.

  15. FloorH30300

    Mr. Pickle moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

  16. CalendarsH12410

    Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 446.

  17. CommitteeH12200

    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 102-486, Part II.

    Energy and Commerce Committee
  18. Committee5000

    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 102-486, Part II.

    Energy and Commerce Committee
  19. CommitteeH19000

    Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.

    Energy and Commerce Committee
  20. CommitteeH15000-B

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

    Energy and Commerce Committee
  21. CommitteeH22000

    Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

    Health and Environment Subcommittee
  22. CommitteeH23000

    Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended).

    Health and Environment Subcommittee
  23. CommitteeH12200

    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 102-486, Part I.

    Ways and Means Committee
  24. Committee5000

    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 102-486, Part I.

    Ways and Means Committee
  25. CommitteeH15000-B

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

    Ways and Means Committee
  26. CommitteeH19000

    Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.

    Ways and Means Committee
  27. CommitteeH11000

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.

    Health and Environment Subcommittee
  28. IntroReferralH11100

    Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

    Ways and Means Committee
  29. IntroReferralH11100

    Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

    Energy and Commerce Committee
  30. IntroReferralIntro-H

    Introduced in House

  31. IntroReferral1000

    Introduced in House

Oct 7, 199235

Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to authorize the administering authority to include within the scope of an antidumping or countervailing duty order imported parts or components that constitute certain merchandise sold in the United States and subject to such order, provided: (1) such merchandise is the same class or kind as any merchandise subject to an antidumping duty order issued on May 9, 1980, or August 28, 1991; (2) it is completed or assembled in the United States (or in a foreign country before importation into the United States) from parts or components produced in the foreign country to which the relevant order applies or supplied directly or indirectly by an exporter or producer covered by the order, or from parts or components from suppliers that have historically supplied the producer or any other exporter or producer covered by the order, or from any party related to the exporter, producer, or historical supplier, whether such parts or components are supplied from the foreign country or any third country (or countries); (3) action is appropriate to prevent evasion of such order; and (4) the difference between the value of such merchandise sold in the United States and the value of the imported parts or components is small.

Specifies factors to be considered in the determination of whether to take such action.

Declares that this Act shall have no force or effect if the petitioner in a downstream product monitoring investigation ceases production or final assembly of the pertinent products in the United States or shifts the sourcing of major components to a foreign country.

Aug 3, 199219

Federal Program Improvement Act of 1992 - Title I: Provisions Relating to the Medicare Program - Subtitle A: Durable Medical Equipment - Amends the Social Security Act to: (1) prohibit unsolicited telephone contacts from suppliers of items of durable medical equipment to Medicare (title XVIII of the Social Security Act) beneficiaries; (2) require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish standards for the certification of, and issue provider numbers to, such suppliers; (3) require suppliers to provide ownership and business information to the Secretary as part of the provider number application process; (4) require suppliers to submit Medicare claims for durable medical equipment to the carrier for the geographic area where the supplies or services are to be provided to the patient; (5) direct the Secretary to develop standardized certificates of medical necessity for such equipment and services and to establish uniform national coverage and utilization review criteria for selected items; (6) mandate adjustments to fee schedule payments amounts which the Secretary determines are not inherently reasonable; (7) subject claims for items that are potentially overused to special scrutiny; (8) prohibit physicians from referring patients for durable medical equipment to entities with which they have a financial relationship; and (9) set forth miscellaneous study and reporting requirements respecting item definitions and quality standards, supplier costs, and items treated as prosthetics devices.

Subtitle B: Secondary Payer Identification and Enforcement - Amends the Social Security Act to: (1) make changes to aid the identification of Medicare secondary payer situations and the recovery of erroneous payments from primary payers; and (2) set forth miscellaneous study and reporting requirements respecting carrier recovery efforts and contractor eligibility requirements.

Subtitle C: Payment for Interpretation of Electrocardiograms - Restores separate Medicare payments for the interpretation of electrocardiograms under the Medicare Fee Schedule.

Title II: Customs Officer Pay Reform - Revises the overtime pay system for U.S. customs service inspectors.

Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to pay up to five percent of basic pay to any inspector who makes substantial use of a foreign language in the performance of official duties.

Includes overtime pay in the calculation of retirement annuities for inspectors, up to an amount equal to 50 percent of the annual overtime pay limitation.

Provides canine enforcement officers overtime compensation in the same manner applicable to customs inspectors.

Subjects premium pay for work performed at night or on Sundays or holidays and compensation for second commutes to the annual overtime pay limitation.

Authorizes the Secretary to promulgate regulations to insure that callback assignments are commensurate with the overtime compensation authorized for such work and to prevent the disproportionate assignment of overtime work to inspectors who are near retirement.

Requires the Comptroller General to review user fees used to finance inspection services and to identify additional cost savings.

Amends the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 with respect to appropriations reimbursements from the customs user fee account and customs user fee account reports.

Title III: Availability and Use of Death Information Under the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Program - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to: (1) encourage States to enter into contracts to provide death information to the Social Security Administration (SSA); (2) authorize the SSA to redisclose the information to other Federal, State, and local agencies; and (3) restrict the use of social security account numbers in motor vehicle registration and driver's license programs by States which have not contracted to participate in the program providing for the exchange of death information.

Requires an HHS study and report to specified congressional committees on improvements in gathering and reporting such information.

Title IV: PBGC Report on Employers with Underfunded Plans - Requires the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation to submit an annual report to the Congress on employers with underfunded pension plans.

Aug 3, 199236

Federal Program Improvement Act of 1992 - Title I: Provisions Relating to the Medicare Program - Subtitle A: Durable Medical Equipment - Amends the Social Security Act to: (1) prohibit unsolicited telephone contacts from suppliers of items of durable medical equipment to Medicare (title XVIII of the Social Security Act) beneficiaries; (2) require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish standards for the certification of, and issue provider numbers to, such suppliers; (3) require suppliers to provide ownership and business information to the Secretary as part of the provider number application process; (4) require suppliers to submit Medicare claims for durable medical equipment to the carrier for the geographic area where the supplies or services are to be provided to the patient; (5) direct the Secretary to develop standardized certificates of medical necessity for such equipment and services and to establish uniform national coverage and utilization review criteria for selected items; (6) mandate adjustments to fee schedule payments amounts which the Secretary determines are not inherently reasonable; (7) subject claims for items that are potentially overused to special scrutiny; (8) place restrictions on physician referrals of patients to durable medical equipment suppliers with which the physician has a financial relationship; and (9) set forth miscellaneous study and reporting requirements respecting item definitions and quality standards, supplier costs, and items treated as prosthetics devices.

Subtitle B: Secondary Payer Identification and Enforcement - Amends the Social Security Act to: (1) make changes to aid the identification of Medicare secondary payer situations and the recovery of erroneous payments from primary payers; and (2) set forth miscellaneous study and reporting requirements respecting carrier recovery efforts and contractor eligibility requirements.

Subtitle C: Payment for Interpretation of Electrocardiograms - Restores separate Medicare payments for the interpretation of electrocardiograms under the Medicare Fee Schedule.

Title II: Customs Officer Pay Reform - Revises the overtime pay system for U.S. customs service inspectors.

Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to pay up to five percent of basic pay to any inspector who makes substantial use of a foreign language in the performance of official duties.

Includes overtime pay in the calculation of retirement annuities for inspectors, up to an amount equal to 50 percent of the annual overtime pay limitation.

Provides canine enforcement officers overtime compensation in the same manner applicable to customs inspectors.

Subjects premium pay for work performed at night or on Sundays or holidays and compensation for second commutes to the annual overtime pay limitation.

Authorizes the Secretary to promulgate regulations to insure that callback assignments are commensurate with the overtime compensation authorized for such work and to prevent the disproportionate assignment of overtime work to inspectors who are near retirement.

Requires the Comptroller General to review user fees used to finance inspection services and to identify additional cost savings.

Title III: Availability and Use of Death Information Under the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Program - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to: (1) encourage States to enter into contracts to provide death information to the Social Security Administration (SSA); (2) authorize the SSA to redisclose the information to other Federal, State, and local agencies; and (3) restrict the use of social security account numbers in motor vehicle registration and driver's license programs by States which have not contracted to participate in the program providing for the exchange of death information.

Requires an HHS study and report to specified congressional committees on improvements in gathering and reporting such information.

Title IV: PBGC Report on Employers with Underfunded Plans - Requires the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation to submit an annual report to the Congress on employers with underfunded pension plans.

Apr 7, 199218

Federal Program Improvement Act of 1991 - Title I: Provisions Relating to the Medicare Program - Subtitle A: Durable Medical Equipment - Amends the Social Security Act to: (1) prohibit unsolicited telephone contacts from suppliers of items of durable medical equipment to Medicare (title XVIII of the Social Security Act) beneficiaries; (2) require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish standards for the certification of, and issue provider numbers to, such suppliers; (3) require suppliers to provide ownership and business information to the Secretary as part of the provider number application process; (4) require suppliers to submit Medicare claims for durable medical equipment to the carrier for the geographic area where the supplies or services are to be provided to the patient; (5) direct the Secretary to develop standardized certificates of medical necessity for such equipment and services and to establish uniform national coverage and utilization review criteria for selected items; (6) mandate adjustments to fee schedule payments amounts which the Secretary determines are not inherently reasonable; (7) subject claims for items that are potentially overused to special scrutiny; and (8) set forth miscellaneous study and reporting requirements respecting item definitions and quality standards, supplier costs, and items treated as prosthetics devices.

Subtitle B: Secondary Payer Identification and Enforcement - Amends the Social Security Act to: (1) make changes to aid the identification of Medicare secondary payer situations and the recovery of erronenous payments from primary payers; and (2) set forth miscellaneous study and reporting requirements respecting carrier recovery efforts and contractor eligibility requirements.

Title II: Customs Overtime Pay Reform - Revises the overtime pay system for U.S. Customs Service inspectors.

Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to pay up to five percent of basic pay to any inspector who makes substantial use of a foreign language in the performance of official duties.

Includes overtime pay in the calculation of retirement annuities for inspectors, up to an amount equal to 50 percent of the annual overtime pay limitation.

Provides canine enforcement officers overtime compensation in the same manner applicable to customs inspectors.

Subjects premium pay for work performed at night or on Sundays or holidays and compensation for second commutes to the annual overtime pay limitation.

Authorizes the Secretary to promulgate regulations to insure that callback assignments are commensurate with the overtime compensation authorized for such work and to prevent the disproportionate assignment of overtime work to inspectors who are near retirement.

Requires the Comptroller General to review user fees used to finance inspectional services and to identify additional cost savings.

Title III: Availability and Use of Death Information Under the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Program - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to: (1) encourage States to enter into contracts to provide death information to the Social Security Administration (SSA); (2) authorize the SSA to redisclose the information to other Federal, State, and local agencies; and (3) restrict the use of social security account numbers in motor vehicle registration and driver's license programs by States which have not contracted to participate in the program providing for the exchange of death information.

Requires an HHS study and report to specified congressional committees on improvements in gathering and reporting such information.

Title IV: PBGC Report on Employers with Underfunded Plans - Requires the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation to submit an annual report to the Congress on employers with underfunded pension plans.

Nov 21, 199100

Federal Program Improvement Act of 1991 - Title I: Provisions Relating To The Medicare Program - Subtitle A: Durable Medical Equipment - Amends the Social Security Act to: (1) prohibit unsolicited telephone contacts from suppliers of items of durable medical equipment to Medicare (title XVIII of the Social Security Act) beneficiaries; (2) require suppliers to provide information to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) on sales and billing practices; (3) prohibit carrier forum shopping; (4) prohibit issuance of multiple provider numbers; (5) require a description of such items in forms explaining benefits; (6) require the Secretary to develop a standardized prescription for such items; (7) mandate adjustments to final payments amounts which the Secretary determines are not inherently reasonable; (8) require an advanced determination for decubitus care mattresses; (9) require the Secretary to report to specified congressional committees on implementation of advanced determination requirements; and (10) set forth miscellaneous study and reporting requirements respecting item definitions and quality standards, supplier costs, and items treated as prosthetics devices.

Subtitle B: Secondary Payer Identification and Enforcement - Amends the Social Security Act to: (1) make changes to aid the identification of Medicare secondary payer situations and the recovery of erroneous payments from primary payers; and (2) set forth miscellaneous study and reporting requirements respecting carrier recovery efforts and contractor eligibility requirements.

Title II: Customs Overtime Pay Reform - Revises the overtime pay system for U.S. Customs Service inspectors.

Amends the Customs Procedural Reform and Simplification Act of 1978 to require the authorization for the Customs Service to specify the maximum amount available for payment of overtime.

Amends the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 to terminate reimbursement of appropriations for overtime costs.

Requires a General Accounting office study and report to specified congressional committees on overtime costs.

Title III: Availability And Use of Death Information Under The Old-Age, Survivors, And Disability Insurance Program - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to: (1) eliminate State restrictions on the use of death certificates to correct OASDI and other Federal benefit program information; (2) provide for the provision of Social Security Administration death information to States free of charge; and (3) restrict the use of social security account numbers by States which have not contracted to participate in the program providing for the exchange of death information.

Requires an HHS study and report to specified congressional committees on improvements in gathering and reporting such information.

Title IV: PBGC Report On Employers With Underfunded Plans - Requires the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation to submit an annual report to the Congress on employers with underfunded pension plans.