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United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1990
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should establish a White House conference regarding solid waste disposal and reduction so that a national solid waste management program can be implemented.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1990
Grants a Federal charter to the Retired Enlisted Association, Incorporated.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1990
Designates March 25, 1990, as Greek Independence Day: A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1990
Designates the period of November 18 through November 24, 1990, as National Adoption Week.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1990
National Fire Forces Mobilization Act of 1990 - Amends the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 to authorize appropriations to be provided as Federal matching funds to State forestry agencies and rural volunteer fire departments so that they may assist other fire fighting organizations in combatting fires.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1990
Designates October 6, 1990, as German-American Day.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1990
Designates August 7, 1990, as National Neighborhood Crime Watch Day.
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1990
Requires cost-of-living adjustments to take effect in FY 1991 for persons receiving military retired pay or an annuity under a veterans survivors' benefits program. Prohibits any reduction or suspension of such adjustments under any presidential order or any other provision of law, except applicable Federal armed forces provisions.
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1990
Provides for all Federal civilian and military retirees to receive the full cost-of-living adjustment in annuities payable under Federal retirement systems for FY 1991. (Includes benefits payable under the Civil Service Retirement and Disability System, military retirement and survivor benefit programs, the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System, the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and railroad retirement programs.)
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1990
Designates July 3, 1990, as Idaho Centennial Day.
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1990
Urges the President to seek the consent of the Senate to the ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, adopted by the United Nations on November 20, 1989.
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1990
Energy and Environmental Security Act of 1990 - Title I: Extension and Modification of Tax Incentives for Ethanol - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend excise tax reductions for specified alcohol fuel mixtures for nine years. Directs the U.S. Comptroller General to study the options for reimbursing the Highway Trust Fund for the reduction in its receipts due to such reductions. Extends a tax credit for alcohol fuels to December 31, 2002. Prohibits carryovers of such credits after 2004. Extends such credits to alcohol used to produce ethyl tertiary butyl ether (ETBE). Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend: (1) the tariff treatment for ethanol to ETBE; and (2) the effective period of the temporary duty on ethanol to December 31, 2002. Title II: Oxygenated Fuels and Aromatic Compounds - Amends the Clean Air Act to prohibit, during October to March of each year, the introduction into commerce in any carbon monoxide nonattainment area of gasoline with an oxygen content of less than 3.1 percent. Provides for the exchange of oxygen credits between sellers of fuels with an oxygen content higher than required and other sellers of fuels to offset the use of fuels with a lower content than required. Prohibits such exchanges between sellers in different nonattainment areas. Requires retailers of oxygenated fuels to label fuel dispensing systems with a notice that the fuel is oxygenated and will reduce carbon monoxide emissions. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to develop environmental profiles for each of the aromatic compounds in gasoline and to take action to limit the use of such compounds in accordance with the profiles. Title III: Development and Use of Ethanol - Requires the Secretary of Energy to: (1) give funding priority to ethanol development projects that have high potential for immediate benefits; and (2) establish a program to promote the development and use of ethanol in motor fuel.
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1990
Designates April 22 through April 28, 1990, as National Crime Victims' Rights Week.
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1990
Congressional Commitment to Long-Term Care Concurrent Resolution - Expresses the sense of the Congress that payments to long-term care providers under titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act be sufficient to maintain the highest quality of patient care in nursing homes.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1990
Provides that no interest shall be imposed on any underpayment of tax for a taxable year beginning in 1987 that is attributable to an amendment made by the Technical and Miscellaneous Revenue Act of 1988 denying the deduction for personal exemptions under the alternative minimum tax.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1990
Department of Environmental Protection Act - Title I: Establishment of Department of Environmental Protection - Redesignates the Environmental Protection Agency as the Department of Environmental Protection, an executive department to be administered by a Secretary of Environmental Protection. Establishes within the Department: (1) an Office of International Environmental Affairs; (2) an Office of Enforcement; and (3) a Center for Environmental Statistics (Center). Encourages the Secretary to assist the Secretary of State in negotiating and administering international environmental protection agreements and participating in the work of international environmental protection organizations. Encourages the Secretary to continue the Department's role in conducting international environmental research and providing technical assistance to other nations to improve environmental quality. Requires the Secretary to establish an Advisory Committee on Environmental Statistics to advise the Center and the Congress on the collection and dissemination of statistical data. Directs the Secretary to maintain a comprehensive guide to the Department's environmental and public health information services. Requires the Secretary to establish an Advisory Committee on Public Access to provide recommendations on improving public access to departmental information. Directs the Secretary to: (1) study the use of computer telecommunications and other means to provide for access to such information; and (2) permit the reduction or waiver of user fees for such access. Title II: Commission on Environmental Administration - Establishes the Commission on Environmental Administration to analyze and make recommendations on specified reorganization and management issues in the Department. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1990
Designates September 1990 as International Visitors Month.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1990
Designates May 6 through May 12, 1990, as National Drinking Water Week.
United States · United States Congress · 21 November 1989
Amends Federal law to authorize and request the President to designate May as Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month annually, beginning in 1990. (Current law designates a seven-day period beginning on May 4, 1979).
United States · United States Congress · 21 November 1989
Designates the week of June 10 through June 16, 1990, as State-Supported Homes for Veterans Week.
United States · United States Congress · 20 November 1989
Airport Capacity Expansion Financing Act of 1989 - Title I: Airport Capacity Expansion - Amends the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 to authorize the Secretary of Transportation to guarantee loans, bonds, and other securities issued by public agencies to finance airport expansion projects. Authorizes the Secretary to charge such agencies a fee for the analysis of security arrangements proposed by them. Directs the Secretary to establish an advisory committee with respect to the implementation of this Act. Limits the amount of loans, bonds, or securities that may be guaranteed to no more than $6,000,000,000. Title II: Guaranteed Securities Exempt From Restriction on Tax Exemption for Federally Guaranteed Bonds - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude bonds guaranteed under this Act from the restriction on tax exemption for federally guaranteed bonds (thus making the interest on such bonds tax-exempt).
United States · United States Congress · 19 November 1989
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for the treatment of rental and nonrental real estate activities under the limitations on losses from passive activities.
United States · United States Congress · 17 November 1989
Designates April 1990 as National Prevent-A-Litter Month.
United States · United States Congress · 16 November 1989
Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Reauthorization Act of 1989 - Amends the Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Act of 1984 to require State Governors to maintain records on asbestos in school buildings. Deletes a requirement for the submission of asbestos abatement application materials by State Governors to the Secretary of Education. Requires State Governors, in determining the adequacy of financial resources available to a local educational agency for asbestos abatement, to consider the additional costs to such agency of meeting the needs of disadvantaged students. Removes a reporting requirement concerning actions taken by State Governors in accordance with State plans. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to approve applications for financial assistance no later than April 30 of each year. Prohibits the provision of such assistance to applicants who are not in compliance with title II of the Toxic Substances Control Act. Requires the proceeds from the repayment of Federal asbestos abatement loans and assistance recovery lawsuits to be deposited into the Asbestos Trust Fund. Removes a condition on the provision of financial assistance which requires the submission of an application within five years of the enactment of the Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Act of 1984. Prohibits the approval of assistance applications unless the local educational agency certifies that it is implementing an asbestos management plan and all abatement activities will be conducted by trained and accredited individuals in conformance with the Toxic Substances Control Act. Removes certain requirements for the promulgation by the Administrator of standards for asbestos removal contractors and the protection of school employees trained to carry out abatement activities. Requires the Administrator to report annually (until 1999) to the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works and the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on the loan and grant program under the Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Act of 1984. Authorizes appropriations for the asbestos abatement program for FY 1991 through 1995. Revises provisions concerning the allocation of appropriations. Permits up to five percent of appropriations to be reserved each fiscal year for the administration of asbestos abatement activities. Authorizes the Administrator to use up to five percent of such appropriations for grants to States for: (1) assisting local educational agencies in performing periodic reinspections and training activities; and (2) maintaining programs to accredit personnel performing asbestos inspections and response actions. Makes conforming amendments to provisions of the Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act of 1986 concerning the Asbestos Trust Fund.
United States · United States Congress · 15 November 1989
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from estate taxes certain qualified historic property that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
United States · United States Congress · 15 November 1989
Designates the week beginning March 5, 1990, as Federal Employees Recognition Week.
United States · United States Congress · 14 November 1989
Provides that, in evaluating any sealed bid or competitive proposal for a defense contract for the performance of professional services, the head of an agency shall evaluate the bid or proposal as if the hourly labor rates of the professional employees carrying out the professional services are based on a 40-hour work week.
United States · United States Congress · 13 November 1989
Amends the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 to require the Council on Environmental Quality to promulgate regulations governing the implementation of such Act by Federal agencies, to include requirements for notification procedures for, and public review and cost-effective preparation and dissemination of, environmental impact statements.
United States · United States Congress · 9 November 1989
Deems a named individual as an employee transferred by the Army from one official station to another for permanent Government duty without a break in service for purposes of reimbursement of relocation expenses.
United States · United States Congress · 8 November 1989
Authorizes the President, on behalf of the Congress, to present a gold medal to Laurance Spelman Rockefeller in recognition of his leadership on behalf of natural resource conservation and historic preservation. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to provide for the sale of bronze duplicates of the medal.
United States · United States Congress · 7 November 1989
Declares that no person who is a retired regular officer of the U.S. armed forces shall be considered as holding a public office for purposes of provisions that require anyone who destroys public records to forfeit public office and be disqualified from holding office.
United States · United States Congress · 7 November 1989
Directs the heads of Federal departments or agencies which hold or receive records and information which have or could possibly have been correlated to U.S. personnel listed as prisoners of war or missing in action in World War II and the Korean and Vietnam conflicts to publicly disclose such records and information, except where such disclosure would compromise national security. Requires the Department of Defense to publicly disclose a complete list of such personnel including those killed in action (body not returned) in such hostilities with each service member's current classification as well as any changes in such classification occurring during or after such hostilities.
United States · United States Congress · 2 November 1989
Benjamin Franklin Memorial Fire Service Bill of Rights Act - Title I: Minting of Benjamin Franklin National Memorial Commemorative Coin - Benjamin Franklin National Memorial Commemorative Coin Act - Provides for the sale of Benjamin Franklin commemorative coins at a surcharge of which 25 percent shall be paid to the Benjamin Franklin National Memorial and the remainder be distributed in specified percentages to the National Fire Center and Museum Account, the National Hero Scholarship Account, the Firefighter's Tuition Assistance Account, the Hazardous Materials Response Computer Account, the In Search of Excellence Research and Education Account, and the Burn Research Grant Account of the Firefighter Assistance Trust Fund (Fund). Prohibits the issuance of such coins from resulting in any net cost to the Federal government. Title II: Fire Service Bill of Rights - Fire Service Bill of Rights Act - Amends the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 to establish a fire service bill of rights. Establishes the National Fire Center and Museum in the District of Columbia to provide information about the fire service and safety to the public and fire services. Funds such museum exclusively through the Fund. Establishes a National Hero Scholarship to fund the higher education of the children or spouse of a deceased firefighter. Establishes a scholarship providing tuition assistance to firefighters for higher education in fire safety or protection. Authorizes the Administrator of the United States Fire Administration to use amounts in the In Search of Excellence Research and Education Account of the Fund to fund other specified programs under the Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974. Establishes the Firefighters Assistance Trust Fund. Places the National Academy for Fire Prevention and Control within the United States Fire Administration. Directs the Administrator to use funds from the Hazardous Materials Response Computer Account of the fund to procure computer equipment for fire services that want such equipment. Directs the Administrator to make a grant from the Burn Research Grant Account of the Fund to one national firefighter's burn foundation dedicated to reducing burn injuries. Requires the Administrator to prepare and make available to State fire marshals, upon request, a manual describing Federal procedures for disposing of surplus property and highlighting how fire services could obtain such property. Directs the Administrator to distribute to such marshals information on the infectious diseases to which firefighters are particularly vulnerable.
United States · United States Congress · 2 November 1989
Declares that it is the policy of the United States to recognize Brazil's sovereign authority in the Amazon and that the United States should adopt a policy to encourage and support conservation efforts initiated by Brazil to protect the Amazon forest. Declares that the United States should redouble its efforts to address development within its own borders in an environmentally sound and sustainable manner.
United States · United States Congress · 1 November 1989
Expresses the sense of the Congress that railroad retirement benefits are exempt from reduction under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) and that supplemental annuities payable under the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 and sequestered under a specified presidential order should be restored.
United States · United States Congress · 31 October 1989
Designates the week of December 10 through December 16, 1989, as National Drunk and Drugged Driving Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 24 October 1989
Designates February 4 through February 10, 1990, as National Burn Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 19 October 1989
Small Business Access Improvement Act of 1989 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for small businesses for the expense of providing public accommodations access to the disabled. Reduces the tax deduction for expenditures to remove architectural and transportation barriers to the handicapped and elderly.
United States · United States Congress · 17 October 1989
Grants a Federal charter to the National Association of Women Veterans, Incorporated.
United States · United States Congress · 12 October 1989
Establishes the Commission on National Fiscal Priorities to report to the President and the Congress within six months of appointment on: (1) the functions that the national Government is required by the Constitution to perform, such as defense, highways, and international affairs; (2) those functions which have become so firmly established in national appropriations that they cannot be reasonably expected to end, such as welfare, harbors, and national parks; and (3) those other functions of government which the Constitution does not require the national government to provide, such as sewers, city streets, railroads, community development, and local mass transit. Requires the Commission to report within one year of its appointment on recommendations to abolish Federal programs to balance the budget consistent with constitutional requirements. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 28 September 1989
Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to make grants to aid businesses unable to secure credit and create jobs in rural areas. Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to increase annual water and waste facility assistance limits. Authorizes the Secretary to provide water and waste facilities loans to specified rural entities. Authorizes the Farm Credit System to provide loans and other financial assistance to rural sewer and water projects. Establishes in the Farmers Home Administration a national rural waste water circuit rider grant program. Amends the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to establish: (1) a technical assistance unit; and (2) an Assistant Administrator for Economic Development. Amends the Consolidated and Rural Development Act to authorize a rural business development grant program. Directs the Secretary to establish within the National Agricultural Library a National Rural Assistance Information Clearinghouse. Treats a rural county experiencing specified population reduction as a labor surplus area.
United States · United States Congress · 28 September 1989
Designates March 3, 1990, as United States Naval Reserve Day in recognition of the Reserve's 75th anniversary.
United States · United States Congress · 26 September 1989
Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to prohibit Federal assistance to any State that has not implemented a drug testing program for targeted classes of arrestees, prisoners, and persons on conditional or supervised release before or after conviction. Directs the Attorney General to promulgate regulations for such programs based in part on scientific and technical standards determined by the Secretary of Health and Human Services to ensure the reliability and accuracy of test results. Specifies that such regulations may include guidelines or specifications concerning: (1) the classes of persons to be targeted for testing; (2) the drugs to be tested for; (3) the frequency and duration of testing; and (4) the effect of test results in decisions concerning the sentence, conditions to be imposed on release before or after conviction, and the granting, continuation, or termination of such release. Amends the Public Health Service Act to require a State, in order to receive the drug abuse portion of its allotment under such Act for a fiscal year, to develop, implement, and submit an approved Statewide Drug Treatment Plan. Requires such Plan to include a single, designated State agency for formulating and implementing the Plan and a description of: (1) the mechanisms used to assess the needs and make funding allocations for drug treatment throughout the State; (2) a statewide plan to expand treatment capacity; (3) performance-based criteria to be used to allocate funds; (4) drug-free patient and workplace programs (which must include drug testing) to be utilized in drug treatment facilities and programs; (5) actions to be taken to improve the referral of drug users to appropriate treatment facilities; (6) the program of in-service training to be implemented for employees of treatment facilities receiving Federal funds; (7) the plan to be implemented to coordinate drug treatment facilities with other social, health, correctional, and vocational services; and (8) the plan to be implemented to expand and improve efforts to contact and treat expectant women who use drugs and provide appropriate followup care to their affected newborns. Requires such Plan to be submitted to the Secretary annually for review and approval. Authorizes the Secretary to review, approve, disapprove, and propose changes to State plans. Requires each State to submit such reports as the Secretary may require and to comply with such additional provisions as the Secretary may find necessary to verify the accuracy of such reports. Authorizes the Secretary to waive any or all requirements of this Act with respect to the Plan upon the written request of a State, provided that the State implements an alternative treatment plan that fulfills the objectives of this Act. Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to make ineligible for Federal funds or assistance any institution of higher education which fails to certify to the Secretary that it has adopted and implemented a program to prevent illicit drug use and alcohol abuse by students and employees that includes the annual distribution to each student and employee of: (1) standards of conduct that clearly prohibit the unlawful possession, use, or distribution of illicit drugs and alcohol by students and employees on its property or as part of its activities; (2) a description of applicable sanctions under local, State, or Federal law for unlawful possession or distribution of such drugs; (3) health risks associated with such use; (4) any drug or alcohol counseling, treatment, or rehabilitation programs available to employees or students; and (5) a clear statement that the institution will impose sanctions, and a description of such sanctions, up to and including expulsion or termination of employment and referral for prosecution. Requires such program to provide for a biennial review by the institution to determine the program's effectiveness, to implement changes as needed, and to ensure that sanctions are consistently enforced. Requires: (1) each institution that provides such certification to make a copy and the results of such biennial review available, upon request, to the Secretary and to the public; and (2) the Secretary to publish regulations to implement and enforce this Act, including regulations providing for periodic review of programs and sanctions, up to and including the termination of financial assistance, for institutions of higher education that fail to implement their programs or to consistently enforce their sanctions. Allows sanctions to include the completion of an appropriate rehabilitation program. Amends the Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act of 1986 to make ineligible for Federal funds or assistance any local educational agency which fails to certify to the State educational agency that has adopted and implemented an analogous program to prevent the use of illicit drugs and alcohol by students or employees. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1993 for the Special Forfeiture Fund. Waives provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Appropriations Act, 1989 to make certain appropriated funds available for narcotics-related activities in Colombia, Bolivia, and Peru.
United States · United States Congress · 26 September 1989
Declares that it is the sense of the Congress that: (1) the NASA/jet propulsion laboratory team is to be commended for its achievement in the Voyager program; and (2) the United States should remain preeminent in planetary exploration and will continue to support science missions to maintain that leadership.
United States · United States Congress · 21 September 1989
Prohibits the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from enforcing, during the 12-month period following the enactment of this Act, its underground petroleum storage tank financial responsibility regulations promulgated pursuant to the Solid Waste Disposal Act with respect to certain underground tank owners. Permits enforcement after such period if the Administrator of the EPA determines that such enforcement would not impose an unjust economic burden on the owners. Requires the Administrator to conduct a study for the purpose of identifying the principal economic difficulties associated with compliance by underground tank owners with EPA technical standards for such tanks. Directs the Administrator to report the results of such study to specified congressional committees. Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to: (1) delete the requirement that regulations under such Act include provisions for compensation of third parties for injury and property damage caused by accidental releases from underground storage tanks; and (2) reduce financial responsibility requirements for specified underground petroleum storage tanks.
United States · United States Congress · 18 September 1989
Extends to certain foreign flagships and other vessels coverage under the National Labor Relations Act and the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938.
United States · United States Congress · 18 September 1989
Designates the period of September 16 through October 9, 1989, as Coastweeks '89, recognizing the importance of coastal zones. Designates September 16, 1989, as National Estuaries Day and September 23, 1989, as National Beach Cleanup Day.
United States · United States Congress · 18 September 1989
Applauds the actions of the Government of the Hungarian People's Republic and the Hungarian people that have allowed thousands of citizens of the German Democratic Republic to seek freedom in the West.
United States · United States Congress · 14 September 1989
Expresses the sense of the Congress that illegal aliens should not be counted in the 1990 decennial census for purposes of congressional reapportionment.
United States · United States Congress · 13 September 1989
Farm Animal and Research Facilities Protection Act of 1989 - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to make it unlawful to disrupt or damage a farm animal facility, its animals, or property. Sets forth penalties for violations of this Act. Allows the Secretary of Agriculture to investigate such offenses. Grants U.S. district courts jurisdiction in such cases. Provides for a private right of action.