United States · United States Congress · 21 July 1989
Drug Paraphernalia Act of 1989 - Amends the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986 to prohibit any sale or offer for sale of drug paraphernalia. (Current law prohibits the offer for sale and transportation of drug paraphernalia in interstate or foreign commerce.) Directs the Attorney General to use the authority granted under the Controlled Substance Act to enforce the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986 through the use of task forces consisting of appropriate Federal, State, and local personnel. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1994.
United States · United States Congress · 20 July 1989
Marine Resource Protection and Driftnet Use Cessation Act of 1989 - Directs the Secretary of State to seek an international ban on the use of driftnets on the high seas. Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress: (1) describing the steps the Secretary has taken to begin negotiations; (2) detailing the progress of negotiations, if any; (3) listing nations which refused to negotiate and which use driftnet fishing on the high seas; and (4) recommending legislative action to encourage the listed nations to cease using driftnet fishing.
United States · United States Congress · 20 July 1989
Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior from engaging in any leasing activity with respect to specified submerged lands of the Outer Continental Shelf off the State of Florida. Directs the Secretary to promulgate guidelines for the United States to follow when buying back any existing oil or gas lease on such lands.
United States · United States Congress · 19 July 1989
Dolphin Protection Consumer Information Act of 1989 - Provides for the labeling of all tuna products as "DOLPHIN SAFE" if the products are, in their entirety: (1) not caught with specified nets or technologies; and (2) regardless of the country of origin, sold or consumed in the United States. Requires tuna products sold or consumed in the United States and not so labeled to bear the statement: "The tuna in this product has been captured with technologies that are known to kill dolphins." Deems a can, box, or package containing any tuna product mislabeled if it is not labeled as required by these provisions, or if its label contains any false or misleading information pertaining to dolphins, whales, or other cetaceans. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the Food and Drug Administration, to conduct inspections to determine if tuna products are being labeled in accordance with provisions of this Act. Authorizes any person to commence a civil action against the Secretary where there is alleged a failure of the Secretary to perform the inspection. Provides for injunction proceedings, jurisdiction, burden of proof, trial by jury, and awarding of costs. Authorizes any U.S. citizen to seek an injunction or restraining order. Provides for criminal penalties.
United States · United States Congress · 18 July 1989
Claude Pepper Act for Amputees - Amends the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to authorize the Director of the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation to conduct a research program to finance development of advanced technology prosthetic and orthotic devices by Federal, State, and local government agencies and qualified private organizations. Requires such program to include research on: (1) the development of lower and upper limb devices; (2) useful applications of modern materials; and (3) new methods of utilizing body power. Directs the Secretary of Education to prescribe regulations for such program within 90 days. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 and 1991 for such research program. Requires that at least ten percent of such funds be used to make grants to providers of prosthetic and orthotic services who are approved under agreement with the Department of Veterans Affairs.
United States · United States Congress · 17 July 1989
Establishes the Commission on the Goddess of Democracy Statue to erect a statue on Federal land in the District of Columbia resembling the statue displayed in June 1989 by prodemocracy demonstrators in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China. Specifies the duties of the Commission, its membership, and sources of funding. Authorizes the President to offer such statue to the Chinese people to be displayed in China when the President determines that the Chinese Government will respect the democratic principles that led to the display of the original statue.
United States · United States Congress · 13 July 1989
Department of Defense Acquisition Reorganization Act of 1989 - Establishes in the Department of Defense (DOD) a defense acquisition system that shall be administered by the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition (Under Secretary). Requires all DOD functions relating to the acquisition of property and services to be performed using the defense acquisition system. Terminates the separate defense procurement authority currently held by the Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Air Force. Establishes in DOD a Defense Acquisition Corps (DAC), to be headed by the Under Secretary. Requires the Secretary of Defense to make appointments to DAC from the best-qualified civilian applicants. Directs the Secretary to establish a personnel program for civilian personnel within DAC. Outlines personnel rules to be issued by the Secretary in connection with such program. Exempts DAC personnel from certain competitive service and other requirements applicable to other Federal employees. Authorizes the Secretary to establish a merit pay program for such members of the DAC as the Secretary considers appropriate. Provides for assignment of civilian personnel to positions within DAC, requiring the Secretary to review current acquisition-related positions within the military departments and to make initial appointments to DAC from the best-qualified civilian and military personnel currently assigned to acquisition-related functions within DOD. Directs the Secretary to review each major defense acquisition program before such program proceeds into each of the following stages: (1) validations of plans and requirements; (2) initial research and development; (3) full-scale development; and (4) production. Prohibits the Secretary or the Secretary of a military department from obligating or expending funds with respect to a stage of such a program unless the Secretary approves such program at the beginning of such stage. Prohibits the Secretary from delegating any such approval power to the Secretary of a military department. Directs the Secretary to establish and operate a Defense Acquisition University which shall include all acquisition-related defense schools in existence as of the enactment of this Act. Outlines rules to be issued by the Secretary in establishing and operating such University.
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1989
Coastal Barrier Improvement Act of 1989 - Amends the Coastal Barrier Resources Act to remove references to unconsolidated sedimentary materials from the definition of "undeveloped coastal barrier." Establishes the Coastal Barrier Resources System, to consist of those undeveloped coastal barriers on the U.S. coasts identified on specified maps. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to submit such maps to specified congressional committees, each State and county jurisdiction in which a System unit is located, each coastal zone management office, and each appropriate Federal agency. Allows the Secretary to make minor and technical changes to the boundaries of System units within 180 days of filing the maps, as consistent with this Act and necessary to clarify the boundaries. Allows the head of each State coastal zone management agency to submit proposals for such changes. Sets forth exceptions, with regard to existing limitations on expenditures, relating to energy resources, navigation channels, certain publicly owned or operated roads or structures, military activities essential to national security, Coast Guard facilities, and other matters if consistent with the purposes of this Act. Directs the Secretary to submit to specified congressional committees maps identifying the boundaries of those undeveloped coastal barriers along the U.S. Pacific coast appropriate for inclusion in the System. Authorizes appropriations to carry out specified provisions of the Act.
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1989
Authorizes any Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, or Coast Guard band to produce recordings for commercial sale. Allows proceeds to be credited to the appropriations of the Departments of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and the Coast Guard for the expenses of such bands. Directs the Secretaries of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Transportation to prescribe regulations governing the accounting of such proceeds.
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1989
Directs the American Battle Monuments Commission to establish a memorial on Federal land in the District of Columbia or its immediate area to honor World War II veterans and to commemorate U.S. participation in that conflict. Directs the Commission to plan, design, construct, and oversee the operation of the memorial. Specifies that such design shall provide for accessibility by, and accommodations for, the physically handicapped. Establishes the World War II Memorial Advisory Board to: (1) promote the establishment of the memorial and encourage the donation of private funds for construction maintenance; (2) assist and cooperate with the Commission in the selection of the site and design for the memorial; and (3) transmit annual reports on its activities to the Congress. Authorizes the Commission to solicit private contributions for such memorial. Establishes a fund in the Treasury which shall be made available to the Commission to carry out this Act. Authorizes Federal funding, in addition to such private funds, for site preparation, design, planning, establishment, construction, maintenance, and operation of the memorial. Authorizes assistance from specified Federal departments and agencies, including the Library of Congress. Authorizes Federal property to be transferred to the Commission. Authorizes the Commission to purchase suitable property within the District of Columbia for the establishment of such memorial. Urges the Government to encourage 50th anniversary commemorations of the U.S. role in World War II. Urges the Smithsonian Institution and other Federal museums to develop commemorative exhibitions to be shared with academic institutions.
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1989
Employment Opportunity Act - Title I: Programs for the Handicapped - Establishes an employment program of grants to States to create job programs for mentally and physically handicapped individuals. Provides that employment under this title shall not diminish an individual's benefits under the Social Security Act. Directs the Secretary, within 90 days, to study and report, with recommendations, to the Congress on: (1) the numbers of mentally and physically impaired individuals in the United States who are employed and not employed; and (2) the extent to which such individuals who are not employed are potentially capable of performing some type of labor. Title II: Program for Disadvantaged Persons - Directs the Secretary, within one year, to study and report to the Congress on: (1) the number of unemployed individuals in the United States who are disadvantaged because of poverty, geographical residence, or other causes; and (2) the feasibility of securing employment for such individuals through federally-subsidized employment opportunities (assisted by private enterprise and State and local governments), relocation assistance, if desired, and Federal employment when no other employment opportunities can be developed.
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1989
Federal Fire Service Pay Schedule Act of 1989 - Establishes a pay schedule for Federal fire service personnel. Excludes employees of the District of Columbia from such schedule. Provides for periodic and additional step increases, minimum hours of work, the computation of overtime, educational incentive service step increases, retirement, pay comparability, and additional compensation for technicians.
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1989
Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study for the Congress to determine the eligibility of lands and waters within the Cross Florida National Conservation Area for inclusion within the: (1) national park system; (2) national wild and scenic rivers system; or (3) national forest system.
United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1989
Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Revision Amendments of 1989 - Delays, for one year, the implementation of the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1988, except for provisions of such Act expanding benefits under part A (Hospital Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act.
United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1989
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) for the reintroduction of gray wolves to Yellowstone National Park and adjacent public lands. Requires such EIS to consider: (1) the potential for wolves to leave the recovery area and cause damage to domestic livestock; (2) the wildlife management responsibilities and objectives of the States of Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho; and (3) the possibility of reintroducing gray wolves as an experimental population under the Endangered Species Act. Establishes a timetable for the Secretary to select an alternative for such reintroduction and to implement the decision. Directs the Secretary to provide financial assistance to Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho for the implementation of wolf conservation and management plans.
United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1989
International Banking Environmental Protection Act of 1989 - Amends the International Financial Institutions Act to preclude the U.S. Executive Director of a multilateral development bank from voting in favor of any proposed action which would have a significant environmental impact unless a comprehensive environmental impact assessment has been furnished. Requires that: (1) an environmental impact assessment accompany loan proposals through the agency review process; (2) such banks develop and make available to member governments and borrowers a systematic environmental assessment procedure for development projects; and (3) appropriate U.S. Government personnel be made available to train and assist bank staff in making environmental impact assessments. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to report to certain congressional committees on the efficacy of U.S. efforts to encourage consistent and timely environmental impact assessments of proposed multilateral development bank actions.
United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1989
Designates October 29, 1989, as Fire Safety at Home Day: Change Your Clock, Change Your Battery. Directs the President to issue a proclamation to urge people to change the batteries in their smoke detectors when they reset their clocks from daylight savings time.
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1989
Christopher Columbus Coin and Fellowship Act - Title I: Christopher Columbus Quincentenary Coins - Christopher Columbus Quincentenary Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue not more than a specified number of five dollar gold coins, one dollar silver coins, and half dollar clad coins emblematic of the quincentary of the discovery of America. Sets forth certain features of such coins and provides for their design, issuance, and sale. Terminates the minting of such coins after June 30, 1993. Requires the Secretary to deposit surcharges from the sale of such coins in the Christopher Columbus Fellowship Fund for use by the Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation. Declares that no law governing procurement or public contracts shall be applicable to the procurement of goods and services necessary for carrying out this Act, except that this provision shall not relieve any person from complying with any law relating to equal employment opportunity. Title II: Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation - Christopher Columbus Fellowship Act - Establishes the Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation to award fellowships to outstanding individuals to encourage new discoveries in all fields of endeavor for the benefit of mankind. Establishes the Christopher Columbus Fellowship Fund. Directs the Foundation to report to the President and to the Congress annually on its operations.
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1989
United Services Organization's 50th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue not more than a specified number of five dollar gold coins, one dollar silver coins, and half dollar clad coins to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the United Services Organization (USO). Requires such coins to be emblematic of USO Services to military service personnel and families. Sets forth certain features of such coins and provides for their design, issuance, and sale. Terminates the minting of such coins after February 4, 1991. Requires surcharges from the sale of such coins to be deposited in a coinage profit fund and used for USO programs and to reduce the national debt. Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress semiannually through December 31, 1992, on activities under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1989
Constitutional Amendment - Declares that the Congress and the States shall have power to prohibit the act of desecration of the U.S. flag and to set criminal penalties for that act.
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1989
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that individuals throughout the United States should observe Independence Day, July 4, 1989, as Take Pride in the Flag Day to celebrate the 213th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence and the 201st anniversary of the ratification of the U.S. Constitution.
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1989
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to its concern over the Supreme Court's decision in Texas v. Johnson and its commitment to preserving the honor and integrity of the flag. Condemns all actions intended to desecrate the flag. Urges the American people to continue to display proudly the U.S. flag.
United States · United States Congress · 22 June 1989
Constitutional Amendment - Declares that: (1) the misuse or desecration of the symbol, emblem, seal, or flag of the United States or of the several States is not protected speech under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution; and (2) the Congress and the legislatures of the several States shall have power to enforce the Article proposed by this Joint Resolution.
United States · United States Congress · 22 June 1989
Supports the President in his call for clemency for the pro-democracy demonstrators arrested in the People's Republic of China. Calls upon the Chinese leadership to stay further executions of those arrested in the crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators throughout China.
United States · United States Congress · 21 June 1989
Stratospheric Ozone Protection Act of 1989 - Amends the Clean Air Act to list as class I and II substances which are known or may reasonably be anticipated to contribute to stratospheric ozone depletion. Authorizes any person to petition the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to add a chemical to such lists. Requires the Administrator to: (1) add to the class I list any substance having an ozone depletion potential greater than .15; (2) add to the class II list any substance having a significant ozone depletion potential; and (3) assign each listed substance a numerical ozone depletion potential factor, based upon a comparison with chlorofluorocarbon-11. Directs producers and importers of such substances to report annually to the Administrator on the production or import levels of such substances. Makes it unlawful to produce such substances in an amount greater than 1986 levels effective 180 days after enactment of this Act. Requires a further reduction by July 1, 1993, and makes it unlawful, effective July 1, 1996, to produce such substances for other than medical purposes. Authorizes the Administrator to promulgate rules under which persons may produce such substances in annual quantities greater than those specified under this Act if such persons obtain the rights to such production from other persons who will be subject to enforceable reductions in such substances which: (1) exceed the reduction otherwise required; (2) are greater than the annual production increase; and (3) would not have occurred in the absence of such transaction. Makes it unlawful to produce any listed substance which yields an ozone depletion potential greater than the 1986 depletion level. Requires the Administrator to promulgate regulations requiring a 95 percent reduction in ozone depletion potential of such substances by 1997. Provides that if the Administrator fails to promulgate such regulations, it shall be unlawful, effective July 1, 1997, to produce such substances in annual quantities yielding ozone depletion potentials greater than five percent of the 1986 depletion level. Directs the Administrator to promulgate regulations requiring producers of such substances to reduce production more rapidly if the accelerated schedule is necessary to protect human health and the environment or if the reduction is attainable, based on the availability of substitutes for such substances. Prohibits the importation of such substances or products using such substances, unless the exporting nation has an equivalent or more stringent production reduction program. Requires the Administrator to certify national programs, such certification to be reviewed annually. Equates imports with production when determining a manufacturer's required reductions. Directs the President to prohibit: (1) the export of technologies to produce class I substances; and (2) investment in facilities for producing such substances in nations which are not certified. Requires the Administrator to: (1) review sources containing information on potential chemicals or product substitutes and alternative manufacturing processes as replacements for class I substances; (2) report such findings to the Congress; (3) require producers to provide the EPA with their unpublished health and safety studies on chemical substitutes for such substances and notify the EPA before existing chemicals are put to significant new uses as chlorofluorocarbon and halon substitutes; and (4) annually update such review and, two years after this Act's enactment, include class II substances in such review. Directs the Administrator to promulgate rules applicable to replacements for such substances to require that processes and products that reduce overall risks to public health and the environment are used. Requires the Administrator to publish a list of prohibited substitutes and safe alternatives. Authorizes any person to petition the Administrator to add or remove a substance from such list. Makes it unlawful, after 1992, to manufacture or import any household or commercial appliance containing such substances unless such appliances have apertures that allow the removal of such substances without loss into the atmosphere. Prohibits, after 1990, the introduction of such substances into interstate commerce in pressurized containers weighing less than 15 pounds. Requires the Administrator to promulgate regulations requiring the maximum feasible reductions in the use of class I substances, including measures to: (1) recover and recycle such substances in manufacturing processes and prior to disposal of products containing such substances; (2) increase the efficiency of the use of such substances; (3) provide for the use of safe alternatives; (4) achieve reductions of at least 50 percent in the use of class I substances for servicing and repairs of household and commercial appliances and in the manufacture of products in which such substances are used as solvents or blowing agents; and (5) achieve reductions, without reduced fire safety, in releases associated with discharges of such substances from fire prevention or extinguishing equipment. Prohibits business establishments from performing services on motor vehicle air conditioners involving refrigerants, unless approved refrigerant recycling equipment is used and persons performing such services have been properly trained and certified. Applies such requirement three years after this Act's enactment to establishments which performed service on fewer than 100 air conditioners during 1990. Requires such establishments to certify to the Administrator that they meet such requirements or serviced fewer than 100 air conditioners during 1990. Requires containers of listed substances to bear labels stating that such substances harm public health and the environment by destroying the ozone layer and disrupting the climate.
United States · United States Congress · 21 June 1989
Emergency Chinese Adjustment of Status Facilitation Act of 1989 - Waives the two-year home country residence requirement for nationals of the People's Republic of China in the United States on a student (J) visa. Continues the legal status of nonimmigrant nationals of the People's Republic of China in the United States for adjustment or change of status purposes.
United States · United States Congress · 15 June 1989
Mildred and Claude Pepper Scholarship Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants to the Washington Workshops Foundation to establish and maintain the Mildred and Claude Pepper Scholarship Program. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 15 June 1989
National American Indian Museum Act - Establishes within the Smithsonian Institution a memorial to Native Americans to be known as the National Museum of the American Indian, to provide for the study, research, collection, and exhibition of Native Americans and their culture. Designates specified areas in the District of Columbia and New York City as the sites of facilities for the Museum. Requires establishment of a facility for the conservation and storage of Museum collections at the Museum Support Center in Suitland, Maryland. Authorizes the Smithsonian to: (1) provide for the transfer of certain assets of the Heye Foundation for the benefit and use of the Museum; (2) construct such facilities; (3) provide for acquisition of Native American objects and artifacts from museums or private collections; and (4) maintain or loan objects and artifacts in the Museum collection. Establishes the Board of Trustees of the Museum. Directs the Board to: (1) recommend annual budgets for the Museum; and (2) assist the Board of Regents on matters relating to the Museum. Grants the Trustees sole authority to: (1) dispose of and acquire additional Museum property; and (2) establish policy with respect to the utilization of the Museum's collections. Grants the Trustees authority to: (1) establish policy with respect to the restoration, preservation, and maintenance of Museum collections; (2) solicit funds for the Museum; (3) approve expenditures from the Museum's endowment; (4) advise the Museum's Director; (5) provide for the exhibition of Native American objects and artifacts; and (6) conduct research and evaluation and educational programs with respect to the Museum collections. Requires the Trustees to submit annual reports to the Board of Regents and the Congress. Requires the Foundation's employees serving at the time of the transfer to be offered employment by the Smithsonian. Directs the Board of Regents to: (1) loan artifacts and objects from the Smithsonian Institution traveling exhibit service to the Heye Foundation's successor; and (2) provide training and assistance to such successor to maintain and operate exhibits and a museum facility at Audubon Terrace, New York, New York. Directs the Board, in providing such services, to require such successor to: (1) designate a specified area for exhibit space; (2) ensure physical suitability of such space for exhibition of traveling collections; and (3) make an effort to coordinate exhibits. Authorizes the Board to enter into agreements with museums, educational institutions, and cultural organizations to: (1) loan Native American artifacts and objects from the Museum collection; (2) sponsor and coordinate traveling exhibitions; and (3) provide technical assistance. Directs the Board to enter into an agreement with the Secretary of the Interior to insure that certain museums have an opportunity to participate in such programs. Directs the Board to: (1) identify the geographic and tribal origins of the skeletal remains of Indians and associated grave offerings in the Smithsonian; (2) conduct a study and make recommendations on how to implement a policy of returning or repatriating such skeletal remains and associated grave offerings according to tribal custom; (3) consult with traditional Indian religious leaders in making such recommendations; and (4) report to the Congress within three years of this Act's enactment on the identity of such skeletal remains and associated grave offerings and the findings and recommendations of such study. Directs the Secretary to make grants available for assisting Indian tribes in such repatriation. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1989
Title I: General Provisions - Coastal Defense Initiative of 1989 - Sets forth congressional findings and definitions. Title II: Coastal Water Quality - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to promulgate numeric water quality standards for pollutants for which certain information has been published under the Clean Water Act. Requires such criteria to ensure the protection of public health and wildlife habitats, the propagation of a balanced, indigenous population of fish, shellfish, and wildlife, and recreation in and on coastal waters. Provides for the promulgation of additional criteria for pollutants which contribute to the degradation of coastal water quality. Provides that State criteria that are more protective of human health or the environment shall take precedence over national criteria. Authorizes Governors of coastal States to petition the Administrator to establish less stringent criteria if demonstrated that such criteria will achieve the designated uses of the water body and are justified because of the physical, chemical, or biological characteristics of such water. Requires the Administrator to grant such petitions if the proposed criteria will achieve the same level of protection as the national criteria. Authorizes any person to petition the Administrator to develop criteria for a pollutant. Directs the Administrator to develop and publish criteria and information on: (1) sediment quality for coastal waters; (2) marine and estuarine biological integrity; and (3) such other indices determined to complement the criteria published under the Clean Water Act. Requires Governors of coastal States to identify coastal waters: (1) for which applicable water quality standards cannot reasonably be anticipated to be achieved or maintained; and (2) which are currently achieving such standards but are threatened by foreseeable increases in pollution loadings from new or expanding sources. Directs such Governors, acting through State water pollution control authorities, to develop individual control strategies to: (1) identify the principal sources of pollutants from point and nonpoint sources; (2) establish the total maximum daily load of pollutants determined to contribute to the failure of waters to achieve or maintain water quality standards; (3) allocate among such sources the necessary reductions in loadings to achieve and maintain such standards and provide an implementation schedule for achieving such reductions; and (4) provide for a system for allocating and exchanging discharge credits and pollution offsets. Requires such control strategies to be submitted triennially to the Administrator for approval. Directs Governors to certify that permit renewals for point sources and land use activities in coastal zones are consistent with strategy requirements. Requires Governors of coastal States or the Administrator to designate outstanding coastal resource waters with particular ecological, recreational, or esthetic value, taking into account fisheries and shellfish resources, habitat, and recreational uses. Provides for petitioning and appeals of such designations. Directs such Governors to revise the continuing planning process to ensure that water quality and ecological integrity of State coastal waters will be maintained and protected. Amends the Clean Water Act to prohibit the issuance or renewal of permits for discharges into certain estuaries, outstanding resource waters designated under this Act, the territorial sea, or the exclusive economic zone unless the Administrator or a State determines that: (1) the need for the discharge and the lack of reasonable alternatives; and (2) that the discharge will not inhibit the protection of public health and wildlife habitat, the propagation of a balanced, indigenous population of fish, shellfish, and wildlife, or recreation in and on the water. Authorizes State Governors to request the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to enter into a cooperative agreement to permit a State or its political subdivision to enforce requirements for marine sanitation devices. Requires such agreements to authorize States or political subdivisions to assess and retain required penalties. Increase the amount of appropriations authorized to be appropriated for the National Estuary Program. Title III: Coastal Management - Amends the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to require State agencies designated to carry out approved coastal zone management plans to submit coastal water quality protection plans to the Secretary of Commerce for approval. Sets forth provisions for plan approval and resubmission of disapproved plans. Limits Federal assistance to States that fail to submit plans. Authorizes the Secretary to approve plans that: (1) identify major land uses which may cause or contribute significantly to violations of marine water quality standards or impair existing uses of such waters; (2) establish and periodically revise model ordinances and regulations for use by State and local authorities for encouraging best land use management practices for preventing or reducing coastal water pollution; (3) encourage and assist local governments in implementing such ordinances; (4) contain enforceable review and certification policies; (5) establish a schedule of pollution reduction goals; (6) improve coordination between State and local agencies and officials for land use planning and permitting, water quality permitting and enforcement, and public health and safety; and (7) modify State boundaries as necessary to manage such activities. Applies such plans to coastal areas in which marine water quality standards are not being achieved, or are being met but are identified as threatened. Requires the Under Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere to provide technical assistance to States and local governments in developing and implementing such plans. Directs the Administrator to review the inland coastal zone boundary of each State program to evaluate whether such boundary extends inland to the extent necessary to control land and water uses having a significant impact on State coastal waters. Requires the Administrator to recommend appropriate boundary modifications to the Secretary and the State if such modifications are necessary to manage better land and water uses and to protect water quality. Directs the Secretary, to promote coordination between the National Estuary Program and the Coastal Zone Management Program, to issue regulations governing the incorporation of Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plans under the Clean Water Act into State management programs under the Coastal Zone Management Act. Requires State agencies responsible for administering coastal zone management programs to designate representatives for each management conference convened under the Clean Water Act that includes coastal lands and waters. Deems Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plans in compliance with regulations under this title to be approved as components of a State's coastal zone management program. Title IV: National Coastal Monitoring Program - Establishes a National Coastal Environmental Monitoring Task Force. Requires the Task Force to establish uniform protocols to: (1) assess long-term conditions and trends; (2) assist in the development of regulatory programs to restore and protect coastal water quality; and (3) assess the effectiveness of coastal protection programs. Provides for the periodic review of such protocols. Requires the Task Force to authorize regional monitoring teams to develop regional coastal environmental monitoring plans to: (1) identify the current environmental conditions of coastal waters; (2) establish a sound technical basis for coastal environmental management decisionmaking; (3) incorporate standardized methods for sampling, analysis, and data management; (4) make better use of funds available for such monitoring; and (5) involve the public as full participants. Directs the Task Force to publish criteria for selecting coastal regions that may be eligible for the development of regional programs. Requires the Task Force to designate such regions and teams. Sets forth plan requirements and approval and modification procedures. Authorizes the Under Secretary to develop the plan if a regional team fails to do so. Incorporates monitoring requirements into: (1) the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972; (2) approved State coastal zone management plans; and (3) appropriate discharge permits. Establishes within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration the National Coastal Monitoring Data Center. Requires the Under Secretary to examine existing Federal and State monitoring data management systems and issue guidance for the development of compatible systems. Makes available to the public all data maintained at the Center. Title V: Compliance and Enforcement - Directs the Administrator to provide to Federal agencies a list of persons discharging pollutants into coastal waters who have been found to be: (1) in significant noncompliance with discharge permits issued pursuant to the Clean Water Act; or (2) in violation of requirements established in management programs or conferences pursuant to such Act. Provides for the semiannual revision of such list. Prohibits Federal agencies from contracting with such persons for the procurement of goods, materials, or services if the contract is to be performed at any facility owned, leased, or operated by such persons. Prohibits Federal agencies from approving any project or awarding any grant for an activity that may adversely affect coastal water quality or coastal land and water use to any coastal State found to have: (1) demonstrated a pattern of continuing failure to achieve and maintain applicable marine water quality standards; or (2) failed to implement and enforce an approved comprehensive estuary management plan pursuant to the Clean Water Act. Waives sovereign immunity for purposes of enforcing any requirement of this Act or the Clean Water Act against any Federal agency discharging pollutants into coastal waters. Authorizes the Administrator to commence an administrative enforcement action against any executive department to enforce this Act. Requires Federal agencies which own or operate facilities that discharge into coastal waters (and that would otherwise qualify as major dischargers) to submit to the Administrator plans to carry out environmental audits of such facilities and to correct any incident of noncompliance with requirements of this Act or the Clean Water Act. Provides for biannual audits during the first year of plan implementation and periodically thereafter as determined by the Administrator. Requires industrial facilities found to be in significant noncompliance with a discharge permit to conduct such audits on a quarterly basis until the condition giving rise to the finding has been corrected and the facility is no longer in violation of applicable requirements. Directs major dischargers to provide certifications by environmental auditors prior to renewal of a discharge permit. Requires audits to be conducted by independent auditors unless the Administrator determines that the permittee has an internal auditing program consistent with applicable regulations. Directs the Administrator to: (1) issue regulations on such auditing and guidance for certification procedures; (2) convene a forum of interested professional organizations to identify eligibility requirements for certification and continuing education of such auditors; and (3) publish a list of auditors qualified to meet such guidelines. Permits dischargers, upon the development of a program consistent with such guidelines by a State, to select an auditor from the State list. Requires penalties assessed against dischargers under the Clean Water Act to be no less than an amount that eliminates economic benefit or savings that may have accrued to such person as a result of the violation. Makes a conforming amendment to the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972. Requires States having coastal waters that do not meet applicable water quality standards to post and maintain signs at each place of public access to such waters indicating the standards such water body does not meet. Deems violations of this Act to be violations of title I of the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act. Title VI: Funding - Establishes the Coastal Defense Fund (Fund). Directs the Administrator and the Under Secretary to make grants from the Fund to coastal States that: (1) establish their own coastal resources protection fund into which such grants will be deposited; (2) agree to deposit into such fund all receipts from coastal effluent charge systems; (3) agree to make grants and other expenditures from such funds; and (4) agree to undertake periodic accounting and reporting procedures. Outlines specific criteria to be considered by the Administrator and the Under Secretary in determining grant amounts. Allocates Fund moneys. Requires the Administrator to establish a National Coastal Effluent Charge System to: (1) provide economic incentives to coastal dischargers to eliminate or reduce the volume or toxicity of effluents; (2) raise $100,000,000 for the Fund; and (3) supplement existing public funding for Federal, State, and local coastal environmental quality programs. Directs the Administrator to establish a schedule of charges to be assessed annually against each coastal discharger. Establishes minimum and maximum amounts to be paid. Provides for a special hardship exemption under specified conditions. Sets forth deadlines for the assessments of such charges by the Administrator and States. Authorizes a coastal State to petition the Administrator for exemptions to the national charge system if such State currently requires fees similar in scope and purpose to the national system. Directs significant industrial users of publicly owned treatment works to pay annual charges based on pollutants authorized to be introduced into such works as determined by the Administrator's schedule of charges. Requires municipal authorities to retain charges paid by such users to implement and enforce requirements under this Act, the Clean Water Act, and the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972. Bases initial charges on relevant variables in the discharge permit. Provides for modifications of such charges at the time of permit renewal. Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act Amendments of 1978 to authorize transfers from the Offshore Oil Pollution Compensation Fund to the Fund. Removes an upper limit placed on the Offshore Oil Pollution Compensation Fund. Amends the Coastal Zone Management Act to provide for the deposit into the Fund of certain unobligated funds and loan payments. Credits the following to the Fund: (1) certain penalties, fines, and other payments assessed under the Clean Water Act and the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act; and (2) specified Outer Continental Shelf revenues.
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1989
Southeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact Amendments Consent Act of 1989 - Grants congressional approval to amendments made by the party States to the Southeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Compact which provide for: (1) withdrawal from the Compact; and (2) the maximum length of time a party State is required to operate a regional facility.
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1989
Truth in Legislating Resolution - Amends rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives to require each report or joint explanatory statement accompanying each bill or joint resolution to contain: (1) an identification of each provision which benefits only ten or fewer beneficiaries; (2) the name of each beneficiary; (3) the name of the Member who sponsored such provision and an identification of each such provision requested by a Federal agency or Federal officer; and (4) an estimate by the Congressional Budget Office or the Joint Committee on Taxation of the costs or loss in revenues resulting from such provision.
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1989
Urges the administration to refrain from submitting any proposal to include maritime transportation in the forthcoming General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) discussions regarding trade in services industries and to oppose any proposals by foreign nations which are similar or which could result in a contraction of the U.S.-flag merchant marine.
United States · United States Congress · 8 June 1989
Hazardous Materials Transportation Act Amendments of 1989 - Amends the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (the Act) to require the Secretary of Transportation to issue regulations requiring any generator of a shipment of hazardous materials to transmit a manifest of its contents and the license plate or other identifying number of the carrier to the central reporting system and data center. Requires the Secretary to enter into a contract under which a private entity shall establish a central reporting system and data center to provide law enforcement and firefighting personnel with information and advice on dealing with emergencies connected with the transportation of hazardous materials (currently the Secretary is required to establish and maintain such a system and data center). Prohibits the appropriation of Federal funds for such system and data center. Permits the private entity to impose a fee for manifesting such a shipment if the generator is a Federal agency. Directs the Secretary to study the flow of hazardous materials in the United States. Requires the Secretary, in collaboration with the private entity, to report the results of such study to the Congress. Increases both civil and criminal penalties for violations under the Act. Sets forth specified terms and conditions with respect to the private entity's establishment and maintenance of the reporting system and data center.
United States · United States Congress · 8 June 1989
Designates the Department of Veterans Affairs outpatient clinic located at 1900 Mason Avenue, Daytona Beach, Florida, as the William V. Chappell, Jr., Veterans' Outpatient Clinic.
United States · United States Congress · 8 June 1989
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to enter into an agreement for the transfer of specified monkeys used in research at the Institute for Behavioral Research in Silver Spring, Maryland, to Primarily Primates, Inc., an animal sanctuary in San Antonio, Texas, the teaching zoo known as Moorpark College in Moorpark, California, or the San Diego Zoo in San Diego, California.
United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1989
Authorizes the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to present a bronze medal to individuals: (1) who were members of the armed forces and were present in Hawaii on December 7, 1941; and (2) who participated in combat operations that day against Japanese military forces attacking Hawaii. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to strike such medals. Authorizes the Secretary to provide for the sale of bronze duplicates of the medal. Authorizes appropriations which are to be reimbursed out of the proceeds from sales of the medals.
United States · United States Congress · 1 June 1989
Oil Spill Tax Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code relating to trade or business expenses to disallow the deduction for oil and hazardous substances cleanup costs if the Secretary of the Treasury receives notification from the relevant authority that the taxpayer has failed to comply with specified Federal environmental law. Disallows such deduction where it can be shown that the oil or hazardous substance discharge was the result of willful negligence or willful misconduct. Reduces the tax attributes of the taxpayer by the amount disallowed. Disallows a deduction for losses resulting from any oil or hazardous substance discharge if the cleanup costs of such discharge are disallowed as a deduction. Sets forth time limits for: (1) the Secretary to assess any deficiency attributable to the notification of noncompliance with Federal environmental law; and (2) the taxpayer to file a claim for credit or refund attributable to receipt of such notification. Establishes an account in the Treasury to consist of the increase in revenues resulting under this Act. Makes such amounts available for: (1) the revolving fund under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act for expenses related to removal of discharged oil; or (2) the Hazardous Substance Superfund. Directs the Secretary to report to specified congressional committees on the decrease of Federal revenues because of the allowance of the deduction for oil and hazardous substances cleanup costs. Requires the Secretary to report annually to such committees on the amount expended on environmental cleanup costs and the amount accruing to the Treasury by reason of the disallowance of such deduction.
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