Bill· HRH.R. 5953 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 October 1990
Defense Nuclear Workers' Compensation Act - Provides that, except as modified by this Act, an employee at any Department of Energy defense nuclear facility (facility) shall be considered an employee for purposes of the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (LHWCA). Sets forth special rules for LHWCA coverage of such facility employees. Provides that compensation shall be payable if disability or death results from an injury arising out of and in the course of employment at such a facility. Establishes, in such compensation claim proceedings, a rebuttable presumption that a specified disease (i.e., one of various forms of cancer) is such a compensable injury, if the injured employee has suffered from the described disease, and either: (1) was employed for ten or more years in a building or facility of such a facility in which radioactive materials were regularly stored, handled, or disposed of; or (2) while employed at such building or facility, received ten REM or more total exposure to ionizing radiation or ten percent or more of the maximum permissible body burden exposure to ionizing radiation. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to extend compensation districts established under the LHWCA, or establish new compensation districts, to include any area to which this Act applies, and to assign to each such district one or more deputy commissioners. Includes among the Department of Energy defense nuclear facilities the following facilities under the control or jurisdiction of the Secretary of Energy: (1) production or utilization facilities operated for national security purposes; (2) nuclear waste storage or disposal facilities; (3) testing and assembly facilities operated for national security purposes; and (4) nuclear weapons research facilities.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 388 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 October 1990
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the President should request an official apology to all Americans, in particular African Americans, from Japanese Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu for the remarks of Justice Minister Seiroku Kajiyama; (2) immediate action should be taken by Kaifu and his administration to combat racist attitudes among Japanese Government and corporate officials and to engage in an educational initiative to enhance the understanding of the Japanese people regarding the positive elements of multiethnic and multiracial societies; (3) the Government of Japan should demand of its officials the highest level of respect for the diverse peoples of the world; and (4) the President should request Kajiyama's resignation.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 387 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 October 1990
Declares that it is the sense of the Congress that the United States should: (1) give highest national priority to developing a national child health policy; (2) establish a universal national children's health insurance program; and (3) devote sufficient resources to achieving, by the year 2000, the Surgeon General's Maternal and Child Health Objectives.
Bill· HRH.R. 5861 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 October 1990
Ethics in Foreign Lobbying Act of 1990 - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit multicandidate political committees or separate segregated funds of certain organizations or corporations which are controlled by foreign persons from making any contributions or expenditures with respect to an election for Federal office. Directs the Federal Election Commission to require reporting of ownership interest percentages and to list them. Prohibits foreign nationals from participating in the decisionmaking process of domestic organizations engaged in Federal, State, or local election-related activities. Establishes within the Federal Election Commission a clearinghouse of public information regarding the political activities of foreign principals and their agents. Amends the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 to require agents to file quarterly supplemental registration statements. Provides that a foreign principal's legal representative in U.S. courts may only be exempted from filing registration statements upon the submission of an affirmative request for such exemption. Establishes civil penalties for violation of the registration requirements.
Bill· HRH.R. 5858 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 October 1990
Chesapeake Bay Restoration Act of 1990 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to maintain within EPA a Chesapeake Bay Liaison Office to support the Chesapeake Executive Council in the following areas: (1) supporting and coordinating Federal, State, and local efforts to improve the water quality and living resources of the Chesapeake Bay; (2) assisting Bay program signatories in implementing specific action plans to carry out responsibilities under the Chesapeake Bay Agreement; (3) collecting and making available information on the Bay's environmental quality and living resources; and (4) coordinating the monitoring and data collection program to assess the impact of environmental changes on the Bay. Requires the Administrator and the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to implement science, research, monitoring, and data collection activities supporting the Chesapeake Bay Program. Sets forth responsibilities of the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration with respect to the Chesapeake Bay. Directs the Administrators to ensure that projects for which funds are requested have undergone peer review. Authorizes appropriations. Requires the EPA Administrator to implement the Comprehensive Basinwide Toxics Reduction Strategy to achieve a multijurisdictional approach for reducing toxic inputs to Chesapeake Bay and its watershed. Directs the Administrator to: (1) undertake research and monitoring to improve understanding of intermedia transfers and the eventual fate and biological effects of toxics within the Bay watershed; and (2) implement toxics reduction and prevention programs. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the EPA Administrator to expedite the development of a Chesapeake Bay watershed land use data base to provide information to plan for and manage growth and development and associated impacts on the Chesapeake Bay system. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the EPA Administrator to establish a demonstration program to address problems associated with urban and suburban runoff. Sets forth program requirements. Authorizes appropriations. Requires the EPA Administrator, the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the Director of the Fish and Wildlife Service to implement a living resources program for the Chesapeake Bay and its watershed to meet commitments in the Chesapeake Bay Agreement. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the EPA Administrator to study and report to the Congress on the Chesapeake Bay Agreement, Chesapeake Bay Program management strategies, and the Chesapeake Bay restoration program. Authorizes appropriations. Extends the authorizations of appropriations for the Chesapeake Bay Program and related interstate development plan grants through FY 1994.
Bill· HRH.R. 5860 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 October 1990
Jobs for Public Housing Residents Act of 1990 - Authorizes up to five States to conduct two-year demonstration projects to test alternative methods for State delivery of services and activities under the job opportunities and basic skills training program (the JOBS program), under the Social Security Act, to eligible volunteer families. Requires that such volunteer families: (1) be determined by the State to be at risk of entering the program of aid to families with dependent children (AFDC program) under the Social Security Act; and (2) receive Federal rental assistance. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (the Secretary) to: (1) consider all applications received from States desiring to conduct such demonstration projects; (2) approve not more than five such applications; and (3) give priority to certain types of them. Sets forth the duties of States conducting such projects. Provides for Federal reimbursement for expenditures of approved demonstration projects. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to evaluate, by October 1, 1994, the effectiveness of the alternative administrative approaches taken by the States in such demonstration projects. Authorizes appropriations. Amends the Social Security Act to provide for participation in the JOBS program of eligible volunteer families who are at risk of entering the AFDC program and who receive Federal rental assistance. Revises State plan requirements to allow such program participation, at the option of the State, beginning with FY 1994. Requires that eligible volunteer families receive payment or reimbursement from the State agency for necessary child care, transportation, and other work-related expenses. Entitles States to specified Federal payments if they elect to administer JOBS program services to such eligible volunteer families. Directs the Secretary to contract with a research organization to conduct and report to specified congressional committees on experimental evaluation of the extent to which such provision of JOBS program services to eligible volunteer families, under the Social Security Act as amended by this Act, has: (1) been cost-effective; (2) helped families to avoid requiring public assistance; and (3) increased their income and employment.
Law· HJRESH.J.Res. 673 (101st)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 17 October 1990
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should declare November 2, 1990, a national day of prayer for: (1) members of American military forces and American citizens stationed or held hostage in the Middle East, and for their families; and (2) American and Iraqi authorities to bring about a just resolution of the Persian Gulf crisis.
Bill· HRH.R. 5805 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 October 1990
Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to include organ donation information with income tax refund payments.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 378 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 3 October 1990
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the President should request an official apology to all Americans, in particular African Americans, from Japanese Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu for the remarks of Justice Minister Seiroku Kajiyama; (2) immediate action be taken by Kaifu and his administration to combat racist attitudes among Japanese Government and corporate officials and to engage in an educational initiative to enhance the understanding of the Japanese people regarding the positive elements of multiethnic and multiracial societies; and (3) the President should request Kajiyama's resignation.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 662 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 October 1990
Designates December 1, 1990, as World AIDS Day.
Bill· HRH.R. 5766 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 October 1990
Amends Federal law to change the name of the Boys' Clubs of America to the Boys and Girls Clubs of America. Updates the board members of the organization.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 661 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 October 1990
Designates October 31, 1990, as Pediatric AIDS Awareness Day.
Law· HRH.R. 5732 (101st)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 27 September 1990
Aviation Security Improvement Act of 1990 - Title I: Aviation Security - Amends Federal law to establish an Assistant Secretary for Transportation Security and Intelligence for the development of transportation security. Requires the Secretary of Transportation (Secretary) to report annually to the Congress on transportation security. Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to require the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) (Administrator) to report annually (currently, semiannually) to the Congress on the effectiveness of screening procedures for passengers boarding aircraft. Establishes in the FAA an Assistant Administrator for Civil Aviation Security. Requires the Assistant Administrator to review and develop measures to strengthen air transportation security, including: (1) controls over checked baggage in air transportation; (2) control over individuals with access to aircraft; (3) testing of security systems; (4) use of modern x-ray equipment; and (5) preflight screening of passengers. Directs the Administrator to establish the position of: (1) Federal Security Manager for each U.S. airport that needs one; and (2) Foreign Security Liaison officer for each such airport outside of the United States. Directs the Administrator to issue regulations that subject to employment investigation, including criminal history record checks, all air carrier personnel, and individuals applying for air carrier positions, with unescorted access to domestic and foreign aircraft or to secured areas of domestic airports serving U.S. or foreign air carriers. Directs the Administrator to prescribe standards for the hiring, continued employment, and contracting of air carrier and airport security personnel. Requires foreign air carriers to adopt and use a security program approved by the Administrator. Requires the Administrator and the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to conduct an assessment of current and potential threats to the domestic air transportation system, including the security of individual airports. Directs the Administrator to establish a program to accelerate and expand the research, development, and implementation of technologies and procedures to counteract terrorist acts against civil aviation. Requires the Administrator to: (1) complete a review of threats to civil aviation; and (2) establish a scientific advisory panel, as a subcommittee of the Research, Engineering and Development Advisory Committee, to review and advise on the progress of such program, including the need for long-range research programs to detect and prevent catastrophic damage to commercial aircraft by the next generation of terrorist weapons. Authorizes appropriations. Prohibits the deployment or purchase of explosive detection equipment unless the Administrator certifies that it can reliably detect explosive material which can cause catastrophic damage to commercial aircraft with 60 or more passenger seats. Requires air carriers, airport operators, travel agents, and employees who receive information of a threat to civil aviation to provide such information to: (1) an official of the FAA; (2) the Assistant Secretary of Transportation for Transportation Security and Intelligence; or (3) other appropriate officials. Requires the Administrator to cancel flights in the event that passenger safety from such a threat cannot be ensured. Requires the Administrator to develop guidelines to ensure notification to the public and to the flight and cabin crews of an air carrier flight of any threats to its security. Directs the Administrator to develop guidelines for airport design and construction to allow for maximum security enhancement. Directs the heads of the agencies of the intelligence community to promulgate policies and procedures to ensure that intelligence reports concerning international terrorism are made available to other members of the intelligence community, the Department of Transportation, and the FAA. Directs the Director of Central Intelligence to designate at least one intelligence officer of the Central Intelligence Agency to serve in a senior staff position in the Office of the Secretary of the Department of Transportation. Requires the Administrator to study whether additional requirements should be imposed to enhance the security requirements for the transportation of mail and cargo by passenger aircraft. Title II: United States Response to Terrorism Affecting Americans Abroad - Declares that the Department of State (the Department) shall be responsible for negotiating aviation security agreements with foreign countries concerning implementation of U.S. rules and regulations which affect the foreign operations of U.S. air carriers, foreign air carriers, and foreign international airports. Directs the Secretary of State to enter into negotiations for bilateral and multilateral agreements: (1) to enhance aviation security; (2) to implement the Foreign Airport Security Act and the foreign airport assessment program; and (3) to achieve improved availability of passenger manifest information. Makes the Coordinator for Counterterrorism responsible for the coordination of international aviation security for the Department. Requires the Administrator to require all U.S. air carriers to provide a passenger manifest of any flight to appropriate representatives of the Department within three hours after the carrier is notified of an aviation disaster outside the United States involving such flight. Authorizes the use of passport fees collected by the Department for the acquisition and production of machine-readable U.S. passports and visas and compatible reading equipment. Declares it to be the policy of the Department to notify promptly the families of victims of aviation disasters abroad, including timely written notice. Directs the Secretary of State to issue guidelines to provide that in the event of a disaster, particularly an aviation tragedy, involving U.S. citizens abroad, the Department will assign a specific individual, and an alternate, as the Department liaison for the family of each such citizen. Requires the Secretary to ensure that a toll-free telephone number is reserved for the use of the families of citizens who have been involved in such disasters. Requires the Secretary to institute a supplemental program of training in disaster management for all consular officers. Directs the Secretary to issue guidelines to provide in the event of an international aviation disaster involving U.S. citizens that at least: (1) one senior officer from the Bureau of Consular Affairs of the Department shall be dispatched to the disaster site; and (2) one Department employee shall be dispatched to such site to provide assistance and to act as an ombudsman with foreign local authorities for the victims' families. Requires the Secretary to promulgate: (1) criteria for Department staffing of disaster sites abroad; and (2) procedures for the deployment of a crisis team. Declares it to be the policy of the Department to provide arrangements for the preparation and transport to the United States of the remains of citizens who die abroad, as well as for disposition of personal effects. Requires the Secretary to compile an assessment of the Department response to the Pan American Airways Flight 103 disaster over Lockerbie, Scotland, together with guidelines for future response to such disasters, for distribution to Embassy and consular posts abroad. Requires the Secretary to promulgate guidelines with respect to recognition for the families of U.S. citizens who are killed through acts of terrorism abroad. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States should take appropriate action to increase limits on carrier liability established by the Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to International Transportation by Air (Warsaw Convention). Directs the President to submit to the Congress a legislative proposal to authorize the United States to provide monetary and tax relief as compensation to U.S. citizens who are victims of terrorism. Exempts the victims of the Lockerbie air disaster from income tax liability for any taxable year including December 21, 1988, and the prior year. Requires the Secretary to issue regulations to establish, under the Bureau of Consular Affairs, an electronic bulletin board accessible to the general public. Authorizes appropriations for antiterrorism assistance. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize training services, including short term refresher training, with respect to antiterrorism, to be conducted, under specified circumstances, outside of the United States. Directs the Secretary of State to develop and publish guidelines for thwarting efforts by international terrorists to enlist unwitting assistance of international aviation travelers in terrorist activities. Requires the Secretary of State to publish U.S. rewards for information on international terrorist-related activities. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Secretary should take measures to utilize and train U.S. employees at U.S. airports and abroad in the detection of explosives and firearms which could threaten international civil aviation. Requires the Secretary of State to propose to the International Civil Aviation Organization the establishment of a security program which includes: (1) training for airport security personnel; (2) grants for security equipment acquisition for certain nations; and (3) expansion of canine teams in the detection of explosive devices in all airports, including passenger screening areas and nonpublic baggage assembly and processing areas.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 375 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 September 1990
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Congress should enact a national health program with specified characteristics.
Bill· HRH.R. 5719 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 September 1990
Requires hazardous waste generators to treat, dispose, or recycle waste on the site on which the waste was generated.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 653 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 24 September 1990
Designates October 30, 1990, as Refugee Day.
Law· HJRESH.J.Res. 652 (101st)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 24 September 1990
Designates March 25, 1991, as National Medal of Honor Day.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 374 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 19 September 1990
Expresses the sense of the Congress that, in the event of hostilities between the United States and Iraq, it shall be U.S. policy to pursue Saddam Hussein and others determined responsible for acts against foreign civilians and diplomats held against their will in Kuwait and Iraq in violation of international law by seeking their prosecution and punishment as war criminals under the auspices of an international tribunal.
Bill· HRH.R. 5652 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 18 September 1990
Amends Federal law to redefine eligibility for membership in the American Legion.
Bill· HRH.R. 5654 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 September 1990
Claude Pepper Young Americans Act of 1990 - Title I: Declaration of Objectives; Definitions - Sets forth the declaration of objectives and definitions under this Act. Title II: The Administration on Children, Youth, and Families - Establishes in the Office of the Secretary of Health and Human Services an Administration on Children, Youth, and Families (the Administration) which shall be headed by a Commissioner on Children, Youth, and Families (the Commissioner). Directs the Commissioner to advise, consult, and cooperate with the head of each Federal agency or department proposing or administering programs or services substantially related to the purpose of this Act. Establishes a Federal Council on Children, Youth, and Families. Directs the Council to report annually to the President. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (the Secretary) to issue regulations for the administration of this Act. Directs the Secretary to measure and evaluate the impact of all programs authorized under this Act. Directs the Commissioner to report annually to the President and the Congress on the activities carried out under this Act and other activities delegated by the Secretary to the Administration. Provides for advance funding. Title III: Grants for State and Community Programs for Children, Youth, and Families - Part A: General Provisions - Authorizes the Commissioner to make grants to encourage and assist State and local agencies to coordinate resources and develop new capacities for more effective and comprehensive developmental, preventive, and remedial services for young individuals. Provides for grant recipients to enter into new cooperative arrangements in each State for the planning and advocacy of such youth services for: (1) adequate and safe physical shelter; (2) the best possible physical and mental health; (3) the highest quality of educational opportunity; (4) effective training, apprenticeship; community service and productive employment; (5) civic, cultural, and recreational activities that recognize youth as resources and promote self-esteem and community; and (6) genuine participation in decisions concerning the planning and managing of their lives. Authorizes the Commissioner to request technical assistance and cooperation from appropriate Federal agencies in carrying out this title. Allows grants under this title to be used for up to 80 percent of the costs of: (1) preparation, administration, and evaluation of State plans; and (2) development of comprehensive, efficient, and coordinated supportive services. Authorizes appropriations. Bases State allotments under this title on population aged 21 or younger. Sets forth requirements for a State to be eligible to participate in part A grant programs. Requires designation of an independent State body to: (1) serve as an effective and visible advocate for children and youth by reviewing and commenting on all State plans, budgets, and policies which affect children, youth, and their families and by providing technical assistance to those representing the needs of the young; (2) develop, administer, and monitor the State plan; (3) coordinate all State activities related to the purpose of this Act; and (4) develop a system for in-State distribution of funds under this title, with preference for specified types of local service delivery systems. Requires State plans to be based upon needs as identified through analysis of updated "state of the Child" reports. Authorizes State use of certain funds under this title for administration of the State plan, including plan preparation, evaluation of activities, data collection, and analyses related to the need for supportive services, information dissemination, and short-term training of personnel operating programs authorized by this Act. Part B: Supportive Services - Directs the Commissioner to make grants to States under approved State plans to demonstrate successful program approaches to service gaps identified through State and area planning and advocacy efforts. Lists eligible services. Title IV: White House Conference on Children, Youth and Families - 1993 White House Conference on Children, Youth, and Families - Directs the President to call a White House Conference on Children, Youth, and Families in 1993. Provides that the Conference shall be planned and conducted under the direction of the Secretary of Health and Human Services (the Secretary), in cooperation with the Commissioner on Children, Youth, and Families and the heads of other appropriate Federal agencies. Requires a final report of the Conference to the President within 180 days following its adjournment. Directs the Secretary, within 90 days after submission of the report, to transmit to the President and the Congress recommendations for administrative action and legislation necessary to implement the report's recommendations. Directs the Secretary to establish an advisory committee to the Conference and such other committees as may be necessary to assist in planning, conducting, and reviewing the Conference. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1992 through 1994 to carry out this title.
Bill· HRH.R. 5628 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 September 1990
District of Columbia Revenue Bond Congressional Review Act of 1990 - Waives the period of congressional review for certain District of Columbia Acts authorizing the issuance, sale, and delivery of District of Columbia revenue bonds.
Bill· HRH.R. 5577 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 September 1990
Authorizes the Secretary of Education to provide financial assistance to the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education, District of Columbia, to enable the Association to establish the Lovejoy Building as an African-American Higher Education Center (in recognition of the remarkable career of Elijah Parish Lovejoy). Authorizes appropriations.
Bill· HRH.R. 5551 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 September 1990
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reinstate the windfall profit tax on domestic crude oil. Terminates such tax after the last full month the Resolution Trust Corporation is in existence. Appropriates revenues received from such tax to the Corporation.
Bill· HRH.R. 5490 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1990
Provides that former air traffic controllers shall not, as a class, be considered unsuitable or ineligible for: (1) positions as air traffic controllers in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) or the Department of Defense; or (2) positions in the FAA other than air traffic controller positions. Requires the Secretary of Transportation and the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to take action to ensure that in each of FY 1991 and 1992, at least 500 former controllers are appointed to permanent, full-time positions as air traffic controllers in the FAA. Provides for a waiver of the maximum-age limitation applicable to such appointments. Prescribes procedural guidelines for competitive and non-competitive appointments of such controllers. Precludes an applicant's role in the 1981 strike from being considered when making a determination of suitability for an air traffic controller position. Requires the Secretary of Transportation and the Secretary of Defense to prescribe regulations under which the appointment of a former controller to an air traffic controller position within their respective departments shall not become final unless a probationary period has been successfully completed. Sets forth guidelines for the computation of creditability of service for retirement purposes. Expresses the sense of the Congress that such reinstatements should not: (1) cause the separation or reduction in grade of any other air traffic controller; or (2) interfere with training opportunities which would otherwise be afforded to air traffic controllers seeking to become fully qualified.
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