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United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1990
Designates the week beginning September 16, 1990, as Emergency Medical Services Week.
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1990
Declares that it is the sense of the Congress that: (1) continued whaling and commercialization of whale meat are a violation of the International Whaling Commission moratorium; (2) the Secretary of Commerce should certify any nation for continued whaling activities rejected as scientifically invalid by the Commission; (3) the President should order an embargo on a significant quantity of fishery products from nations found to be diminishing the effectiveness of the International Whaling Convention; (4) the President should use all diplomatic tools to convince whaling nations to comply with decisions of the Commission; and (5) the President should use all diplomatic tools to encourage support of Commission member nations for a long-term solution to problems before the Commission.
United States · United States Congress · 14 May 1990
Solar, Wind, and Geothermal Power Production Incentives Act of 1990 - Amends the Public Utility and Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA) and the Federal Power Act to remove the size limitations placed upon solar, wind, and geothermal facilities eligible for PURPA regulatory benefits.
United States · United States Congress · 10 May 1990
Federal Contract Crimes Sentencing Act of 1990 - Mandates debarment of a contractor from Government contracting for at least five years upon a second conviction for fraud or other felonious activity involving a Government contract or subcontract within a ten-year period, except when debarment would be harmful to the national security.
United States · United States Congress · 10 May 1990
Breast and Cervical Cancer Mortality Prevention Act of 1990 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control, to make grants to States, with regard to breast and cervical cancers, for screening, referrals and follow-up services, public information and education programs, education and training for health professionals, quality monitoring of screening, and evaluations of such activities. Sets forth preferences in making the grants and requires equitable geographical distribution. Requires matching non-Federal funds in a specified ratio. Requires that States agree to: (1) provide all of certain services by a specified date; (2) switch to any improved screening procedures which become available; and (3) assure the quality of any screening procedures used. Directs the Secretary to establish guidelines for assuring the quality of mammography and cytological screening conducted under these provisions. Requires that low-income women be given priority in the provision of services. Requires that a charge for services, if any: (1) be made according to a public schedule; (2) be adjusted for income of the women involved; and (3) not be imposed on women with an income below the poverty line. Requires services to be provided throughout a State, including to members of any Indian tribe or tribal organization. Prohibits using grant funds for inpatient services. Authorizes the Secretary to provide training and technical assistance. Directs the Secretary to provide for annual evaluations of programs carried out under this Act. Authorizes appropriations. Limits the number of grants made to seven in FY 1991.
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 1990
SSI Independence Act for Disabled Americans - Amends title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) of the Social Security Act to exclude from an SSI recipient's income in SSI eligibility and benefit determinations, contributions of clothing and other contributions, other than cash paid directly to the recipient, which are for the purchase of social services, vocational rehabilitation services, medical care, transportation, educational services, personal assistance or attendant care services, and certain services or equipment related to the quality and livability of his or her shelter. Excludes a trust created for an SSI recipient's benefit from such recipient's resources if such recipient does not have access to the trust's assets. Excludes funds or property placed in a trust for an SSI recipient's benefit from such recipient's income. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide notices and pamphlets to SSI applicants and recipients informing them of the consequences various actions affecting their income and resources will have on their SSI and Medicaid (title XIX of the Social Security Act) eligibility. Deems SSI applicants who lost disability benefits under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act after their trial work period to have received SSI benefits while still eligible for OASDI disability benefits and therefore qualify for participation in the SSI work incentive program (providing Medicaid and special SSI cash benefits to disabled individuals whose earnings otherwise make them ineligible for SSI and Medicaid benefits) if they meet SSI income, resource, and disability tests. Provides that reviews to determine the continuing disability of participants in the SSI work incentive program need to be conducted no more frequently than once every 12 months. Excludes spousal income in determining a disabled and working individual's eligibility for participation in the SSI work incentive program. Precludes the attainment of age 65 from serving as a basis for the termination of Medicaid eligibility under the SSI work incentive program. Requires that State supplementary cash payments to the needy include participants in the SSI work incentive program. Excludes impairment-related work expenses from the income of an individual who is eligible for SSI and OASDI disability benefits but receives only State supplementary payments. Treats royalties from the publication of an individual's work and scholarships which have not been used for education expenses as earned income.
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 1990
Makes volatile alkyl nitrite (VAN) a banned hazardous product under the Consumer Product Safety Act, but declares that it shall not be unlawful to manufacture, sell, or distribute VANs for any commercial purpose, except for the production of consumer products containing VANs that may be used for inhaling or otherwise introducing VANs into the human body for euphoric or physical effects.
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1990
Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to make loans: (1) for research into the development of equipment to catch tuna which does not involve the taking or harassment of dolphins; and (2) to assist persons engaged in the taking of tuna to change the areas in which the taking occurs. Makes it unlawful to import any tuna product caught with equipment which involves the taking of dolphins. Declares that the Congress urges: (1) preparation by the United Nations of an international convention to ensure proper and effective conservation of dolphins stocks; and (2) renegotiation of treaties to increase the limit on the number of boats from the United States which may engage in the taking of tuna.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1990
Designates October 21 through 27, 1990, as National Humanities Week.
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 1990
Special Program of Recreational Training Act of 1990 - Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make grants for youth sports programs in public housing projects with substantial drug problems to qualified: (1) States; (2) local governments; (3) public housing agencies; and (4) nonprofit organizations providing youth sports services programs. Amends the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 to allocate appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 1990
National Savings Enhancement Act of 1990 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a taxpayer to take an advance deduction of contributions to be made to an individual retirement plan. Establishes a penalty tax for: (1) the failure of the taxpayer to make the required contributions; and (2) the failure of the employer to establish a direct deposit program through which the employee may make such contributions. Limits the deduction on contributions to individual retirement plans to taxpayers whose adjusted gross income does not exceed $50,000 ($85,000 in the case of a joint return). Disallows a deduction for interest on loans incurred to make contributions to individual retirement plans. Allows the use of individual retirement plans as security for certain home purchase loans and educational loans.
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1990
California Fish and Wildlife Protection Act of 1990 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) to implement a program to restore the population and habitat of migratory birds and waterfowl, anadromous fisheries, and endangered species in the Central Valley, California. Requires the Secretary to annually review and make such adjustments to assure that fish, wildlife, and habitat restoration goals are met and provide a copy of such review to specified congressional committees. Requires the Secretary to deliver dependable water supplies of suitable quality to certain Central Valley refuges, including additions to or new refuges. Authorizes the Secretary to provide water to other Federal, State, and private wetlands and other fish and wildlife habitat in the Central Valley. Declares the national interest with regard to water conservation in the Central Valley. Requires a report on administrative inhibitions on water conservation by Central Valley Project contractors, and actions which could remove barriers to conservation. Authorizes the Secretary of Energy, acting through the Administrator of the Western Area Power Administration, to utilize power from the Central Valley Project power generation facilities to meet the requirements of this Act. Reserves a minimum portion of the transmission capacity of the Harold T. (Bizz) Johnson California-Pacific Northwest Intertie line to serve the needs of Department of Energy laboratories and wildlife refuges in California. Provides for citizen suits to enforce this Act. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Administrator of the Western Area Power Administration to issue and sell bonds, notes, and similar obligations to assist in repayment of the costs required in carrying out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 26 April 1990
Calls immediately for Greyhound Lines, Inc., and the Amalgamated Transit Union to resume negotiations under the auspices of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service and the Secretary of Labor.
United States · United States Congress · 26 April 1990
Expresses the sense of the Congress that Israel should take immediate steps to reopen universities in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
United States · United States Congress · 26 April 1990
Condemns the restrictions of the print and electronic media imposed by the Soviet Union on journalists attempting to cover events in Lithuania. Urges: (1) General Secretary Gorbachev to rescind restrictions on the admission of Western journalists to, and on freedom of the press in, Lithuania; and (2) President Bush to take steps to facilitate the readmission of Western journalists to Lithuania.
United States · United States Congress · 26 April 1990
Expresses concern about human rights abuses by the Governments of Yugoslavia and the Republic of Serbia. Welcomes the decision of the Presidency of Yugoslavia to lift the state of emergency in the Province of Kosovo and the decision of the Yugoslav courts to acquit Azam Vlasi and 13 other ethnic Albanian defendants. Urges the Yugoslav and Serbian Governments to: (1) cease the use of force in Kosovo; (2) ensure that the lifting of the State of emergency results in the full restoration of freedoms curtailed under the state of emergency; and (3) restore full autonomous status to Kosovo. Urges the Yugoslav Government to: (1) investigate the indiscriminate killing of civilians by police forces; and (2) observe its obligations under the Helsinki Final Act. Urges Serbia to begin a dialogue with the Democratic Alliance Movement and other democratic forces in Kosovo. Urges: (1) the Department of State to continue to monitor more closely human rights in Yugoslavia; and (2) the President to express congressional concerns about the situation in Kosovo and human rights violations in other parts of Yugoslavia to the Yugoslav Government and to prohibit Export-Import Bank loans or credit guarantees to Yugoslavia which are intended to finance projects within Serbia until there is a substantial improvement in the human rights situation.
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 1990
Racial Justice Act of 1990 - Amends the Federal judicial code to make it unlawful to impose or execute sentences of death under color of State or Federal law in a racially discriminatory pattern. Prohibits a person from being put to death in the execution of a sentence imposed pursuant to any law if that person's death sentence furthers a racially discriminatory pattern. Provides that ordinary methods of statistical proof shall suffice to establish a racially discriminatory pattern. States that it shall not be necessary to show discriminatory motive, intent, or purpose on the part of any individual or institution. Establishes the requirements for a prima facie showing that a racially discriminatory pattern exists. States that a State or Federal entity may rebut a prima facie showing by establishing by clear and convincing evidence that identifiable nonracial factors explain the racial disparities constituting the pattern. Requires any State or Federal entity that provides for the imposition of the death penalty to collect and maintain pertinent data on the charging, disposition, and sentencing patterns for all cases of death-eligible crimes. Provides for the appointment of counsel for all indigent clients (and the furnishing of investigative and other services) for habeas corpus actions arising under this Act. Provides that no State court determination on the merits of a factual issue pertinent to a claim under this Act shall be presumed to be correct unless: (1) the State has collected and maintained the necessary death penalty data; and (2) the determination was made in a court proceeding where the defendant was afforded his rights required under this Act. States that nothing contained in this Act shall be construed to affect the lawfulness of any sentence of death that does not violate this Act. States that the failure to raise such a claim before the enactment of this Act shall not bar future claims.
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 1990
Designates the month of October 1990 as Crime Prevention Month.
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 1990
Designates May 13, 1990, as National Day in Support of Freedom and Human Rights in China and Tibet.
United States · United States Congress · 24 April 1990
Prohibits the shipment in interstate or foreign commerce of steel jaw leghold traps and of articles of fur derived from animals trapped in such traps. Prescribes criminal penalties for violations of this Act. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to reward nongovernment informers for information leading to a conviction under this Act. Empowers enforcement officials to detain, search, and seize suspected merchandise or documents and to make arrests with and without warrants. Subjects seized merchandise to forfeiture.
United States · United States Congress · 24 April 1990
Mortgage Servicing Transfer Disclosure Act of 1990 - Amends the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act of 1974 to prescribe mortgage servicing disclosure requirements for each person making a federally related mortgage loan to a consumer (including the identity of the person to whom the mortgage servicing contract is transferred). Sets forth guidelines for the treatment of consumer loan payments during the period in which the mortgage loan servicing contract is being transferred. Sets forth liability guidelines for violations of this Act. Authorizes consumer class action suits. Sets forth guidelines for annual notification to the consumer by the mortgage servicer of the consumer's escrow account status, including itemized expenses and anticipated charges.
United States · United States Congress · 24 April 1990
Authorizes and requests the President to designate May 26, 1990, to commemorate the bicentennial of "An Act for the government of the territory of the United States, south of the river Ohio" (from which Tennessee was formed).
United States · United States Congress · 24 April 1990
Designates January 6 through January 12, 1991, as National Law Enforcement Training Week.
United States · United States Congress · 23 April 1990
Contraception and Infertility Research Centers Act of 1990 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the Institute of Child Health and Human Development to make grants and enter into contracts for centers for improving methods of contraception and centers for diagnosing and treating infertility. Requires the Director, subject to appropriations, to provide for three centers with respect to contraception and two centers with respect to infertility. Requires each center to: (1) conduct clinical and other applied research; (2) develop training protocols for and conduct training of physicians, scientists, nurses, and other health and allied health professionals; (3) develop model continuing education programs; and (4) disseminate information to such professionals. Allows a center to use the funds to provide: (1) stipends for health and allied health professionals enrolled in the training programs; and (2) fees to individuals serving as subjects in the clinical trials. Requires each center to use the facilities of a single institution, or be formed from a consortium of cooperating institutions, meeting requirements as prescribed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Allows support for a center to be for a period of up to five years, with extensions of one or more periods of up to five years if the center's operations have been reviewed by a peer review group and the group has so recommended. Authorizes appropriations. Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary to establish a program of entering into agreements with health professionals, including graduate students, under which the professionals agree to conduct research with respect to contraception or infertility in consideration of the Government agreeing to repay, for each year of such service, not more than a specified amount of the principal and interest of their educational loans. Applies provisions of the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program to this program, except as inconsistent. Authorizes appropriations. Requires amounts appropriated to remain available until the end of the second fiscal year after they are appropriated.
United States · United States Congress · 23 April 1990
Declares that the Congress should: (1) establish a program of research for the development of methods of contraception and methods of diagnosing and treating infertility; (2) provide adequate long-term resources for the program; (3) ensure that Federal programs with respect to sexually transmitted diseases adequately respond to the role of such diseases in infertility; (4) ensure public education on contraception and infertility; (5) establish as Federal goals the development, by the year 2010, of improved barrier methods to protect against pregnancy and diseases, new methods of contraception for use by men, a vaccine-like drug for women that prevents pregnancy for a significant period of time without other specified effects, and new and improved techniques of diagnosing and treating infertility; (6) require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to reestablish the Ethical Advisory Board in order to facilitate research with respect to infertility; (7) review the policies and procedures of the Food and Drug Administration with respect to expediting approval of drugs and devices for use by the public, especially with respect to contraception and infertility; and (8) determine to what extent measures can be implemented by public or private entities to resolve liability issues involved with drugs and devices concerned with contraception and infertility.
United States · United States Congress · 19 April 1990
Commends the United Nations Human Rights Commission for extending the mandate of the Cuba Working Group with regard to the human rights situation in Cuba. Condemns the Government of Cuba for engaging in a consistent pattern of human rights violations and harassment of human rights activists. Calls upon the Cuban Government to: (1) honor its guarantees that individuals who testified before the Cuban Working Group would not be subject to reprisals; (2) release all human rights activists and other political prisoners; and (3) meet universally recognized standards of human rights.
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1990
Magnetic Levitation Transportation and Competitiveness Act of 1990 - Amends Federal law to establish a Magnetic Levitation Transportation Administration within the Department of Transportation, with an Administrator appointed by the President. Requires the Administrator to conduct a national competition in which he or she shall award grants to participants for research and development of design for a magnetic levitation transportation system. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Administrator to award one grant for the construction of a magnetic levitation transportation system at least 40 miles long. Requires the Administrator to study the feasibility of and need for adopting a standard for the construction of guidelines for magnetic levitation transportation systems which would allow for future development of an interconnecting network of such systems.
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1990
Department of Defense Civilian Employee Retirement Incentive Act - Allows certain employees of the Department of Defense serving in entities undergoing a major reorganization, reduction in force, or transfer of functions to elect to have five years added to their age upon separation, their total creditable service, or a combination thereof (not to exceed five years) for purposes of determining retirement eligibility and benefits under the Civil Service and Federal Employees' Retirement Systems.
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1990
Designates September 9 through 15, 1990, as National Historically Black Colleges Week.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1990
National Health Service Corps Revitalization Amendments of 1990 - Title I: Revisions in General Program for National Health Service Corps - Amends the Public Health Service Act provisions relating to the purpose of the National Health Service Corps to require that the Secretary of Health and Human Services use the Corps to provide primary health services in health manpower shortage areas. Removes a limitation on the dollar amount of pay increases which may be granted to a Corps member during the first 36 months of service. Removes provisions directing the Secretary, in assigning Corps members, to: (1) give priority to meeting Indian Health Service and other indian tribe or tribal organization needs; and (2) provide special consideration to homeless populations who do not have access to primary health care services. Applies certain definitions to provisions relating to Corps scholarship and loan programs as well as to provisions relating directly to the Corps. Requires that a complete descriptive list of health manpower shortage areas be published in the Federal Register by specified deadlines. Includes in the definition of "medical facility": (1) health programs or facilities operated by a tribe or tribal organization; and (2) facilities used in connection with provisions relating to health services for homeless individuals. Allows the Secretary to assign members of the Corps to an entity to provide health services in a health manpower shortage area only if there has been (currently, will be) appropriate and efficient use of Corps members assigned to that entity for the area. Removes certain provisions relating to priorities and considerations in assigning Corps personnel, replacing some such provisions with similarly worded provisions. Sets forth the exclusive factors the Secretary may consider in determining the areas with the greatest shortages. Requires annual publication in the Federal Register of a list of areas that are to be given priority in the assignment of Corps members and, for FY 1991, a list of entities authorized to receive assignments of Corps members. Replaces provisions relating to grants and contracts for programs respecting preparation for practice of individuals subject to a service obligation with provisions: (1) concerning consideration of characteristics of Corps members in making assignments; (2) requiring certain types of counseling of Corps members; (3) requiring assistance to Corps members in establishing local professional relationships; (4) directing the Secretary to provide assistance regarding temporary relief from Corps duties in order to pursue continuing education or other interests, including vacations; and (5) directing the Secretary to carry out activities to determine the characteristics of health professionals who are more likely to remain in shortage areas after completion of Corps service, and to determine the appropriate conditions for the assignment of certified nurse practitioners, certified nurse midwives, and physician assistants. Authorizes appropriations. Title II: Scholarship and Loan Repayment Programs of National Health Service Corps - Replaces measures providing for the establishment of the National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program with similar provisions directing the Secretary to establish such a Scholarship Program to assure, with respect to primary health services, an adequate supply of health professionals. (Current law makes no reference to primary health services.) Requires that an agreement to work as a provider of primary health services in a shortage area (currently, an agreement to work in a shortage area) be a part of the scholarship contract. Alters the priorities in providing contracts under the Scholarship Program to include an individual with characteristics that increase the probability that the individual will continue to serve in a shortage area after completion of obligated service. Changes the required contents of an annual report mandated by current law regarding the Scholarship Program. Replaces measures providing for the establishment of the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program with similar provisions directing the Secretary to establish such a Loan Repayment Program to assure, with respect to the provision of primary health services, an adequate supply of health professionals. (Current law makes no reference to primary health services.) Requires that an agreement to work as a provider of primary health services in a shortage area (currently, an agreement to work in a shortage area) be a part of the loan repayment contract. Changes eligibility procedures for the Loan Repayment Program. Replaces provisions governing priorities in providing loan repayment contracts with provisions directing the Secretary to give priority to an individual who has characteristics that increase the probability that the individual will continue to serve in a shortage area after completion of obligated service. Increases the limit on the amount the Secretary may pay for each year of obligated service. Removes provisions allowing fulfillment of a service obligation in the Indian Health Service or in a program or facility operated by a tribe or a tribal organization. Requires (currently, allows) the Secretary to pay all (currently, part or all) of any increase in Federal income tax liability of an individual which arises as a result of the loan repayments. Changes the required contents of an annual report mandated by current law regarding the Loan Repayment Program. Requires that an annual report concerning the Scholarship Program and the Loan Repayment Program cover the next five years rather than the next three years. Authorizes appropriations, requiring set-asides in certain percentages for new applicants and for applicants in specified fields. Title III: State Offices of Rural Health - Authorizes the Secretary, through the Director of the Office of Rural Health Policy, to make grants to States for improving health care in rural areas through the operation of State offices of rural health. Requires recipient States to agree that such office will be provided with a minimum annual budget. Authorizes appropriations. Prohibits making grants under this program after the aggregate amounts appropriated reach a specified level. Title IV: General Provisions - Specifies the effective dates of provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1990
Amends the Colorado River Storage Project Act to express the intent of the Congress that the Glen Canyon Dam be operated in a manner that protects, mitigates damages to, and enhances the natural resources of the Grand Canyon National Park and the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) develop emergency interim operating criteria (EIOC) for the Glen Canyon Dam in consultation with the Department of the Interior, the Secretary of Energy, and the State of Arizona, and with the full participation of the general public, including environmental organizations, the recreation industry, Indian tribes, and those who contract for the purchase of Federal power produced at Glen Canyon Dam; and (2) implement such EIOC pending adoption of new long-term operating criteria. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to vary the EIOC if necessary to: (1) comply with requirements enumerated later under this Act; (2) respond to hydrologic extremes or power system operating emergencies; or (3) further reduce adverse impacts on resources downstream. Directs the Secretary, within three years after this Act's enactment, to complete the Glen Canyon Environmental Studies and the final Glen Canyon Dam Environmental Impact Statement as required under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. Outlines certain evaluations and information with respect to the Park, the Area, and the Dam required to be included in the impact statement. Directs the Secretary to adopt new long-term operating criteria for the Dam based on the Studies and the Statement and to submit the Studies, the Statement, and the new criteria to the Congress. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1990
Ancient Forest Protection Act of 1990 - Establishes the National Ancient Forest Reserve System. Designates certain lands in California, Oregon, and Washington as components of such System. Declares that all Federal lands in such States which qualify as ancient forest or associated forest and are not designated as components of the System shall be managed as if they are. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to issue regulations with respect to the removal of commercial timber from such lands. Declares it to be U.S. policy to develop and utilize scientific information to study and identify the biological and ecological requirements of ancient forest ecosystems. Directs the Chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality to study and report to appropriate congressional committees on the biological and physical requirements for the survival of such ecosystems.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1990
Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to provide that the definition of "owner or operator" (for purposes of liability) does not include: (1) a designated lending institution which acquires control of a facility pursuant to the terms of a security interest held by the person in such facility or in connection with a lease subject to Federal or State banking authorities; (2) a corporate fiduciary which operates or has legal title to a facility pursuant to the terms of an estate or trust; (3) an individual or institution that serves as an indenture trustee and acquires control of a facility as the result of default on a financing document between the trustee and the issuing entity; and (4) an individual fiduciary who has legal title to a facility for purposes of administering an estate or trust.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1990
Penny Stock Reform Act of 1990 - Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to define "penny stock" securities and to extend regulatory authority over persons engaged in penny stock activities. Prescribes requirements for brokers and dealers in penny stock transactions. States that any contract violating certain rules prohibiting fraudulent, deceptive, or manipulative practices shall be deemed automatically void. Authorizes the Securities and Exchange Commission to designate rules whose violation shall not automatically render a contract void. Amends the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require specified disclosures regarding business plans and purposes and the identity of merger or acquisition prospects (thereby prohibiting blank check and blind pool securities activities in penny stock transactions). Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require registered securities associations to: (1) review penny stock transactions for compliance with this Act; and (2) establish a toll-free consumer hotline regarding broker-dealer disciplinary history.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1990
AIDS Prevention Act of 1990 - Title I: Preventive Health Services with Respect to Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome - Amends the Public Health Service Act to create a new title on preventive health services with respect to acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control, to make grants to States for such services. Requires the funds to be used only for: (1) counseling; (2) testing, including testing for infection, testing regarding the extent of deficiency in the immune system, testing relating to preventing and treating deterioration of the immune system, and testing relating to preventing and treating conditions arising from the infection; and (3) providing therapeutic measures. Requires information regarding the receipt of services to be confidential in a manner not inconsistent with applicable law. Requires counseling and written informed consent prior to testing. Allows: (1) use of a pseudonym in signing a consent form; and (2) consent to be given orally when an individual is to undergo testing without providing any identifying information. Requires counseling before testing and, for both individuals with negative and individuals with positive results, after testing. Requires that opportunities be made available for women, children, hemophiliacs, and emergency response employees to undergo counseling under conditions appropriate to their needs. Allows counseling without testing. Requires that testing by grant recipients for infection be carried out in accordance with the requirements of this Act regarding confidentiality, informed consent, and counseling regardless of whether the testing is carried out with Federal funds. Requires grant recipients who regularly provide treatment for sexually transmitted diseases, who regularly provide treatment for intravenous substance abuse, who are family planning clinics, or who provide treatment for tuberculosis to offer and encourage preventive health services to individuals to whom the recipient provides services. Requires a State grant recipient to: (1) encourage individuals in the State receiving a transfusion of any blood product after January 1, 1977, to receive preventive health services; and (2) inform such individuals of public health facilities in the geographic area that provide such services. Requires a State grant recipient to require that any entity carrying out such testing confidentially report to the State public health officer information sufficient to: (1) perform statistical and epidemiological analyses of the incidence of infection; (2) perform statistical and epidemiological analyses of the demographic characteristics of infected individuals; and (3) assess the adequacy of preventive health services. Requires a State grant recipient to require that the State public health officer, to the extent appropriate in the determination of the officer, carry out a program of contract tracing with respect to infection. Requires that, to the extent permitted under State law, grant recipients offer substantial opportunities for an individual to undergo counseling and testing without giving any identifying information or using a pseudonym. Prohibits requiring an individual to undergo testing unless the testing is medically indicated in the provision of the health services sought by an individual. Prohibits a grant recipient from imposing a charge for preventive health services on any individual who is unable to pay the charge. Authorizes appropriations. Requires that counseling programs carried out under this Act: (1) not be designed to promote or encourage, directly, intravenous drug abuse or sexual activity, homosexual or heterosexual; (2) be designed to reduce exposure to and transmission of the etiologic agent for AIDS by providing accurate information; and (3) provide information on the health risks of promiscuous sexual activity and intravenous drug abuse. Title II: Medicaid AIDS and HIV Amendments - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require that individuals who are not covered under specified other Social Security Act provisions, who have tested positive for infection with the HIV virus, and who meet other income and resource requirements be covered under Medicaid for specified HIV-related services. Adds such individuals to provisions relating to case management services. Requires that State Medicaid plans provide, at the option of a State, for making medical assistance available for COBRA continuation coverage premiums for individuals who have tested positive for HIV infection and who meet other income and resource requirements. Title III: Emergency Relief for Areas with Substantial Need for Services - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award emergency relief grants to any metropolitan statistical area (eligible area) as specified by the Secretary that has reported more than 2000 AIDS cases and that meets other requirements. Requires that the grants be directed to the chief elected official of the city or county that administers the public health agency serving the greatest proportion of individuals with AIDS in the eligible area. Requires the administering local political subdivision (ALPS) to establish a mechanism to allocate funds and services based on the proportion of AIDS cases and the severity of need of the local political subdivisions. Provides for the establishment of an HIV health services planning council, by each ALPS and its chief elected official, to develop a comprehensive plan for the delivery and organization of HIV services, establish fund allocation priorities, and assess fund allocation efficiency. Provides, at specified times, that one-half of funds appropriated for the grants be used for regular grants and one-half be used for supplemental grants. Allows a health care provider receiving assistance under these provisions to use the amounts to: (1) enhance the quality of services to low income individuals and families with HIV disease; (2) deliver outpatient and ambulatory care services, including case management, to such individuals and families, including comprehensive treatment and support services; (3) prevent unnecessary inpatient hospitalization; and (4) expedite the provision of services in the most medically appropriate level. Allows the grants to be used by the grantee to provide assistance to any public or nonprofit private clinic, sub-acute care facility, community health center, or ambulatory care facility that is providing services to a disproportionate share of low income individuals and families with HIV disease and is expending resources that exceed reimbursement. Requires that agencies and institutions that will receive funds under these provisions be participants in an established HIV community-based continuum of care. Authorizes appropriations. Title IV: Emergency Response Employees - Directs the Secretary to make grants to States and their political subdivisions to assist in the implementation of Federal law mandating the dissemination of guidelines to emergency response employees (EREs) regarding reducing the risk in the workplace of becoming infected with the etiologic agent for AIDS and circumstances under which exposure may occur. Authorizes appropriations. Requires a medical facility to notify the designated officer of the transporting EREs if the facility determines that a victim the EREs transported to the facility has an infectious disease. Requires a medical facility, upon request of a designated officer of EREs, to notify the designated officer if the facility makes a determination that a victim transported by EREs has an infectious disease. Applies notification requirements to both the facility receiving the victim and, if the victim dies, to the facility ascertaining the cause of death. Sets forth notification procedures. States that the public health officer of each State will designate one official of each employer of EREs to make requests and receive notifications. Provides for notification of EREs and for requests from an ERE to a designated officer that the designated officer request notification from the medical facility. Declares that the provisions in this Act regarding notification of EREs will not be construed to authorize or require: (1) a medical facility to test a victim of an emergency for any infectious disease; and (2) any medical facility, any designated officer, or any ERE to make disclosures with respect to the identity of a victim. Provides for enforcement through civil money penalties, injunctions, and a civil cause of action by an aggrieved individual. Title V: Health Care Services - Directs the Secretary, through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, to make grants for demonstration projects to provide comprehensive treatment services for individuals infected with the etiologic agent for AIDS. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary, through the Administrator, to make grants to States to assist in purchasing and distributing certain AIDS-related drugs. Authorizes appropriations. Title VI: Certain Definitions - Sets forth definitions for purposes of the new title of the Public Health Service Act, on preventive health services with respect to AIDS, as added by this Act. Title VII: General Provisions - Mandates a study relating to the incidence of AIDS and infection with the etiologic agent for AIDS in rural areas, and the adequacy of related diagnostic and treatment services in such areas.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1990
Rural Nursing Incentive Act of 1990 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide direct coverage under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of the Medicare program of nurse practitioner or clinical nurse specialist services furnished in rural areas. Sets the Medicare payment for such services at 80 percent of the lesser of the actual charge or the prevailing charge that would have been recognized had the services been performed by a physician. Requires that such payments be made on an assignment-related basis.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1990
Medicare Physician Regulation Relief Amendments of 1990 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require carriers and peer review organizations to release the medical review screen or the associated screening parameter to a physician before notifying such physician that payment for his or her service has been denied. Permits Medicare reimbursement of a patient's regular physician for services provided to such patient by another physician who occasionally covers for the regular physician. Requires Medicare carriers to provide physicians, upon request and without charge, with carrier-generated information which physicians need to submit a payment claim or respond to a carrier inquiry. Allows a medical society or other professional organization representing physicians to represent a group or class of physicians in Medicare payment determinations, reconsiderations, or appeals. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to appoint, based on nominations submitted by national medical organizations representing physicians, a Practicing Physicians Advisory Council with which the Secretary must consult concerning changes in the Medicare program and proposed changes in regulations and carrier operation policies.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1990
Authorizes appropriations to provide for a specified personnel level for the border patrol of the Immigration and Naturalization Service by October 1, 1992. Makes funds available from the Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund to provide for such personnel level.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1990
Textile, Apparel, and Footwear Trade Act of 1990 - Limits the 1990 imports of textiles and textile products classified under a category to an amount equal to 101 percent of the total 1989 imports classified under such category. Limits the 1990 imports of nonrubber footwear classified under a nonrubber footwear category to an amount equal to: (1) the total 1989 imports of nonrubber footwear classified under such category; and (2) in the case of high priced nonrubber footwear, the total 1989 imports of high priced nonrubber footwear classified under such category. Provides for a one-percent annual growth in the amount of permitted imports of textiles and textile products after 1990. Exempts from the limitations imposed under this Act imports of textiles and textile products from U.S. possessions if such articles are exempt from duty under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States and are manufactured by U.S. citizens, nationals, or permanent residents of such a possession. Limits the imports of certain sweaters made in Guam to a specified amount during FY 1990 and to such amount increased by one percent per year in subsequent years. Declares such limitations shall not apply to Canada or Israel. Sets forth limitations on the amount of textile and textile products, classified under certain import categories, which may be imported from beneficiary countries under the Caribbean Basin Initiative. Authorizes the President to: (1) enter into trade agreements to grant new concessions as compensation to the extent required under U.S. trade agreements for the import limits imposed by this Act; and (2) proclaim such modification or continuance of any existing duty on textiles and textile products and on nonrubber footwear as necessary to carry out such agreements. Prohibits the President from reducing any rate of duty by more than ten percent. Requires the President, before entering into such trade agreements, to consider whether a country has violated trade concessions of benefit to the United States and the violation has not been adequately offset. Sets forth requirements governing staged rate reductions in the tariffs of articles affected by this Act. Prohibits the President, except as authorized by this Act, from entering into trade negotiations with any country with respect to duties on textiles, textile products, and nonrubber footwear. Prohibits the President, except as provided in this Act, from decreasing or proposing a decrease in any such duty by any means, including an implementing bill or a proclamation. Requires the President to report annually to the Congress on the administration of this Act. Requires the Secretary of Commerce, ten years after enactment of this Act, to study and report to the Congress on its operation. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a pilot program for the issuance and sale to U.S. companies at public auction of import licenses applicable to categories of textiles. Terminates such licensing program on December 31, 1991, and requires a report to the Congress on its administration.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1990
Hmong Veterans' Naturalization Act of 1990 - Waives the naturalization English language requirement for certain aliens who served with special guerilla units in Laos in support of the United States. Provides for U.S. naturalization based upon such service.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1990
Designates the week of August 19 through August 25, 1990, as National Agricultural Research Week.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1990
Designates May 13, 1990, as Infant Mortality Awareness Day.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1990
Designates the week of November 11 through 17, 1990, as National Women Veterans Recognition Week.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1990
Commends the Runnin' Rebels of the University of Nevada at Las Vegas for winning the 1990 National Collegiate Athletic Association Men's Basketball Championship.
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1990
Designates the month of May 1990 as National Foster Care Month.
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1990
Condemns the Government of Iraq for its forced resettlement program of Kurdish and Assyrian villages, its human rights violations, and its covenants. Urges the Government of Iraq to: (1) allow international relief personnel access to the Kurdish inhabited areas of northern Iraq; and (2) extend to all people in Iraq certain fundamental rights. Calls upon the Secretary of State to continue to: (1) encourage the Government of Iraq to implement human rights reforms and to establish a multiparty democracy; (2) call attention to human rights violations in international fora; (3) cooperate with other governments to focus attention on the situation in Iraq; and (4) provide, and urge others to provide, refugee and humanitarian assistance for those Kurds who have been forced to flee their homeland and promote international efforts to address the needs of the refugees.
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1990
Approves the findings of the General Accounting Office report of March 29, 1990, regarding employer sanctions under the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1990
Denies Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) benefits for ten years to any person: (1) convicted of violating a Federal environmental law; or (2) found to have held a beneficial business interest in a business concern required to be listed on a disclosure statement under this Act and convicted of violating a Federal environmental law. Prohibits the EPA Administrator from denying benefits to any person who demonstrates that he has been rehabilitated. Requires the following persons to file disclosure statements with the Administrator: (1) Federal environmental permit applicants; (2) applicants for EPA loans, grants, or other benefits; or (3) persons submitting contract bids or competitive proposals to EPA. Provides for enforcement of this Act through EPA examination of disclosure statements and access to business sites and records. Grants persons declared to be ineligible for EPA benefits the opportunity for a hearing. Provides for public access to disclosure statements and business records, with the exception of confidential information.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1990
Designates July 19, 1990, as Flight Attendant Safety Professionals' Day.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1990
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose a tax on the income earned by a small business investment company from a disqualified investment in any small business concern whose amount of cash and aggregate adjusted tax bases of other property immediately after the investment (and taking into account the investment proceeds) exceeds $10,000,000. Disqualifies any other investment not permitted under the Small Business Investment Company Act of 1958. Describes the financial arrangements which determine a disqualified investment.