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Rep. Bustamante, Albert G. [D-TX-23]

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Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 626 (101st)referred

Designating June 3, 1991, as "Democracy Day".

United States · United States Congress · 19 July 1990

Designates June 3, 1991, as Democracy Day in honor of the Chinese people killed in prodemocracy demonstrations in Tiananmen Square in 1989.

Bill· HRH.R. 5266 (101st)referred

FHA Protection and Homeownership Preservation Act of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 13 July 1990

FHA Protection and Homeownership Preservation Act of 1990 - Amends the National Housing Act to limit the maximum amount of a Federal Housing Administration (FHA) insured mortgage principal to a property's appraised value. Sets forth periodic premium payment schedules. Limits FHA rebates on unearned premiums. Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to: (1) insure that the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund attains specified capital ratios; (2) conduct annual Fund audits; and (3) adjust premiums as necessary. Authorizes periodic mortgage insurance safety premiums.

Bill· HRH.R. 5260 (101st)referred

Support for Democracy and Human Rights in China Act of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 12 July 1990

Support for Democracy and Human Rights in China Act of 1990 - Prohibits most-favored-nation treatment for Chinese products. Terminates such prohibition upon the President's certification to the Congress that China: (1) has ceased committing violations of internationally recognized human rights; (2) has ceased persecution of pro-democracy movement members; (3) permits unrestricted emigration; and (4) has ceased religious persecution in China and Tibet.

Bill· HRH.R. 5247 (101st)referred

Savings and Loan Asset Recovery Act

United States · United States Congress · 11 July 1990

Savings and Loan Asset Recovery Act - Amends the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 to allow a person to bring a civil action for a violation with respect to a federally insured financial institution in the same manner and subject to the same procedures as a person may bring an action under Federal law with respect to civil actions for false claims.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 620 (101st)open

To designate August 1, 1990, as "Helsinki Human Rights Day".

United States · United States Congress · 11 July 1990

Designates August 1, 1990, as Helsinki Human Rights Day. Authorizes and requests the President to: (1) reassert American commitment to the Helsinki Accords; (2) raise the issue of noncompliance with such Accords with any signatory nation which may be in violation; (3) convey to all signatories of such Accords that respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms is vital to progress in the ongoing Helsinki process; and (4) develop new proposals to advance the human rights objectives of the Helsinki process, including the self-determination of peoples.

Bill· HRH.R. 5231 (101st)referred

Title X Pregnancy Counseling Act of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 10 July 1990

Title X Pregnancy Counseling Act of 1990 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from making a grant for the provision of family planning methods or services unless the applicant agrees to provide complete information and counseling regarding pregnancy, and for a pregnant woman who requests information on options for an unintended pregnancy, to provide: (1) nondirective counseling on prenatal care and delivery, infant care, foster care and adoption, and termination of pregnancy; and (2) referrals for the services that are appropriate to the decision of the woman.

Bill· HRH.R. 5194 (101st)referred

To amend the Federal Power Act.

United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1990

Amends the Federal Power Act to prohibit the granting of a Federal license for a hydroelectric project unless the applicant complies with all substantive and procedural requirements of the affected State in which the project is located with respect to water acquisition and use. Declares that the Act shall not be construed to constitute a preemption or intent to preempt procedural and substantive State law regarding water rights or water use.

Bill· HRH.R. 5184 (101st)referred

To amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to authorize each State to prohibit the importation of hazardous waste into the State for treatment or disposal.

United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1990

Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to authorize a State to: (1) prohibit the transportation into the State of hazardous waste generated outside the State; (2) prohibit the treatment, storage, or disposal within the State of such waste; and (3) levy fees on such waste or on hazardous waste transporters. Prohibits a State from levying a fee for the treatment, storage, or disposal of such waste that is less than the maximum fee levied by the generating State for a similar quantity of waste.

Bill· HRH.R. 5185 (101st)open

Employer Sanctions Repeal Act of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1990

Employer Sanctions Repeal Act of 1990 - Repeals specified provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act and the United States Code relating to: (1) the unlawful employment of aliens; and (2) unfair immigration-related employment practices. Continues the duties of the Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices regarding unfair immigration-related employment practices for one year after enactment of this Act, such duties thereafter to be assumed by the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice. Increases FY 1991 Border Patrol funding and personnel levels. Provides Border Patrol personnel training with respect to the rights and varied cultural backgrounds of aliens and citizens. Authorizes appropriations. Increases FY 1991 personnel levels for: (1) the Wage and Hour Division with the Employment Standards Administration of the Department of Labor; and (2) the Assistant United States Attorneys employed by the Department of Justice. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to increase penalties for bringing in or harboring certain aliens. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Attorney General should initiate discussions with Mexico and Canada with regard to the smuggling of aliens into the United States. Authorizes appropriations.

Bill· HRH.R. 5154 (101st)referred

Military Personnel Readjustment Assistance Act of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1990

Military Personnel Readjustment Assistance Act of 1990 - Title I: Military Personnel Readjustment Benefits - Directs the Secretary of Defense to establish within the Office of the Secretary of Defense a Military Personnel Readjustment Office to develop and coordinate Department of Defense (DOD) programs designed to assist military personnel and their dependents in readjusting to civilian life after discharge or release from active duty. Provides separation pay for a regular enlisted member of the armed forces who is discharged involuntarily or as the result of the denial of reenlistment if such member has completed at least six but less than 20 years of active service, unless the Secretary determines that the conditions of discharge do not warrant such pay. Repeals the limitation on the amount of separation pay for any individual. Makes the payment of such separation pay inapplicable to a member of the armed forces who is serving on active duty as of September 30, 1990, is discharged or released, and who has at least five but less than six years of active service. Entitles a member of the armed forces who is involuntarily separated from active duty during the five-year period beginning October 1, 1990, to medical and dental care and other health benefits provided while on active-duty service for a transitional period of 60 days for those separated with less than six years of active service, and 120 days for those with six or more years of active service. Directs the Secretary to inform each member involuntarily separated after October 1, 1990, of the availability for purchase of a conversion health policy for members and their dependents to pay the costs of health care for one year. Urges the Secretary of the military department concerned to consider, on an individual basis in cases of hardship, the provision of health care at a military facility for members separated during the five-year period beginning on October 1, 1990, and who are ineligible for transitional health care or who do not obtain a conversion health policy. Requires the Secretary concerned to give special consideration to requests for such care when the condition for which treatment is required was incurred or aggravated before separation. Directs the Secretary to prescribe regulations to allow a member of the armed forces involuntarily separated during such five-year period to continue to use commissary and exchange stores for one year. Authorizes the Secretary concerned to permit individuals involuntarily separated during such period to continue for up to 180 days after such separation to reside with their dependents in military family housing provided or leased by DOD during their active service. Directs the Secretary concerned to require a reasonable rental for such use. Includes as part of preseparation counseling available to members of the armed forces: (1) information concerning government and private-sector programs for job search and job placement assistance; (2) job placement counseling for a member's spouse; (3) information concerning the availability of medical coverage following separation from active duty; (4) information concerning the availability of relocation assistance services; (5) counseling on the effects of career changes on individuals and their families; and (6) financial planning assistance. Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish a program to promote and publicize job fairs which may be of interest to members of the armed forces and their dependents; (2) establish a program to provide to members discharged or released from active duty a certification or verification of any skills and experience acquired while on active duty that may have application to employment in the private sector; (3) provide that members of the armed forces who are involuntarily separated (and their dependents) are awarded a preference in hiring by nonappropriated fund instrumentalities of DOD; and (4) develop and carry out at not less than ten military installations outside the United States a program to assist members who are preparing for discharge or release from active duty (and their dependents) in readjusting to civilian life. Amends the Defense Dependents' Education Act of 1978 to provide that a member of the armed forces involuntarily separated during the five-year period who has a dependent enrolled in a school of the defense dependents' education system shall continue to be eligible to enroll such dependent in such school until the earliest of the completion of the dependent's secondary education, the end of the two year period following such separation, or, in the case of dependents not enrolled at the time of separation, the completion of the period of enrollment during which the member is involuntarily separated. Directs the Secretary to report to the defense committees on the implementation of provisions of this title. Repeals Federal law concerning the starting period and the aggregate amount of unemployment compensation to be paid to individuals released or discharged from Federal service. Title II: Defense Officer Personnel Management Policies - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to allow the Secretary of the military department concerned, during the five-year period beginning on October 1, 1990, to: (1) shorten the period of the continuation of active duty for a regular officer who is serving on active duty pursuant to a selection for continuation on such duty; (2) provide that regular officers on the active-duty list may be considered for early retirement by a selection board for specified officers in the regular grade; (3) suspend current Federal law stating that so long as an officer below brigadier general or rear admiral holds the same grade, he may not be considered for early retirement more than once in any five-year period; and (4) convene selection boards to consider for discharge regular officers on the active-duty list in grades below lieutenant colonel or commander who have at least one year in such grade, whose names are not on a recommended-for-promotion list, and who are not eligible to be retired and are not within two years of becoming eligible. Limits the total number of officers who may be recommended during a fiscal year for discharge by such a selection board. Authorizes the Secretary to allow the Secretary of the military department concerned to reduce the time-in-grade requirement before voluntary retirement is permitted to two years in the case of retirements effective during the five-year period beginning on October 1, 1990. Authorizes the Secretary to allow the Secretary concerned, during the five-year period beginning on October 1, 1990, to reduce the required length of commissioned service before voluntary retirement is permitted from ten years to eight years.

Bill· HRH.R. 5163 (101st)referred

To establish a comprehensive program for reducing energy consumption in Department of Defense facilities and to establish incentives within the Department of Defense to save costs through energy conservation.

United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1990

Directs the Secretary of Defense to conduct a comprehensive survey to determine the potential for reducing energy consumption at Department of Defense facilities through the use of energy-saving measures. Directs the Secretary to implement the survey results by the year 2000. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to establish policies under which a military installation that achieves savings on energy costs may retain two-thirds of the savings realized during each of the first five years. Requires one half of any retained savings to be used for additional energy conservation measures and one-half for morale, welfare, or recreation facilities or for minor military construction projects that will enhance the quality of life for members at the installation involved. Directs the Secretary, in evaluating sealed bids or competitive proposals for a contract for an energy system for DOD, to take into account the manner in which the bidder or offeror carried out energy conservation measures in the performance of previous contracts. Directs the Secretary to require each military installation to participate in any programs conducted by publicly-regulated utility companies for the management of electricity demand or for energy conservation.

Bill· HRH.R. 5101 (101st)open

To establish a Financial Services Crime Division in the Department of Justice.

United States · United States Congress · 20 June 1990

Establishes the Financial Services Crime Division within the Department of Justice (DOJ), to be headed by an Assistant Attorney General (AAG). Requires the AAG to be responsible for ensuring that all investigations and prosecutions are coordinated within DOJ to: (1) provide the greatest use of civil proceedings and forfeitures to attack the financial resources of those who have committed fraud or engaged in other criminal activity in or against the financial services industry; and (2) ensure that adequate resources are made available in connection with criminal investigations and prosecutions of fraud and other criminal activity in the industry. Establishes the position of Deputy Assistant Attorney General of the Division. Designates all field offices established by the Attorney General for purposes of this Act as the Financial Services Crime Division Strike Forces. Requires the Division to coordinate its activities with other Federal agencies in the investigation and prosecution of crime in the financial services industry. Requires semiannual Division reports to the Congress. Authorizes appropriations.

Bill· HRH.R. 5098 (101st)open

Savings and Loan Accountability and Management Reform Act of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 20 June 1990

Savings and Loan Accountability and Management Reform Act of 1990 - Amends the Federal criminal code to authorize the Secret Service, concurrent with any other Federal law enforcement agency, to investigate financial institutions, bank and loan officers, loan transactions, and related employees and activities in connection with financial institution crimes.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 609 (101st)referred

Designating October 20, 1990, as "Leyte Landing Day".

United States · United States Congress · 20 June 1990

Designates October 20, 1990, as Leyte Landing Day (relating to the allied forces landing in the Philippines in World War II).

Bill· HRH.R. 5053 (101st)referred

Korean War Veterans Memorial Thirty-Eighth Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act

United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1990

Korean War Veterans Memorial Thirty-Eighth Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act - Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States should recognize the 38th anniversary of the Korean War by minting and issuing a silver dollar coin. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to issue one-dollar silver coins to commemorate the 38th anniversary of the ending of the Korean War. Terminates such authority after December 31, 1991. Mandates that surcharges from the sale of such coins be used for the Korean War Veterans Memorial.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 414 (101st)referred

To create a Select Committee to Investigate Financial Institution Fraud, Mismanagement, Oversight and Supervision.

United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1990

Creates in the House of Representatives a Select Committee to Investigate Financial Institution Fraud, Mismanagement, Oversight, and Supervision to conduct a full and complete investigation and study of fraud, mismanagement, oversight, and supervision in federally and State insured financial institutions.

Bill· HRH.R. 5028 (101st)open

Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study Act

United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1990

Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study Act - Title I: Wastewater Reclamation and Reuse Studies - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting pursuant to the Reclamation Act of 1902 and other Federal reclamation laws, to investigate and identify opportunities for reclamation and reuse of municipal, industrial, domestic, and agricultural wastewater resulting from water supplied by reclamation facilities. Directs the Secretary to undertake appraisal investigations to identify opportunities and make recommendations for wastewater reclamation and reuse. Authorizes the Secretary to participate with appropriate Federal, State, regional, and local authorities in studies to determine the feasibility of wastewater reclamation and reuse projects recommended. Limits the Federal share of the cost of such studies to 50 percent, except when the Secretary determines that due to financial hardship the non-Federal participant in such study is unable to contribute at least 50 percent of such costs. Authorizes the Secretary to conduct a study to assess the feasibility of a comprehensive wastewater reclamation and reuse system for southern California. Directs the Secretary, in cooperation with the city of San Diego, California, to conduct a feasibility study of the potential for development of demonstration facilities to reclaim and reuse wastewater in the San Diego metropolitan service area. Limits the Federal share of costs of such studies to 50 percent. Authorizes appropriations. Requires congressional reports for such investigations and studies. Title II: Reclamation Groundwater Study - Directs the Secretary: (1) acting through the Bureau of Reclamation and the Geological Survey, to conduct an investigation and analysis of the impacts of existing Bureau projects on the quality and quantity of groundwater resources; and (2) to prepare a reclamation groundwater management and technical assistance study concerning such resources. Requires the Secretary to consult with Governors of affected States in conducting such investigation, analysis, and study. Requires a congressional report concerning such study.

Bill· HRH.R. 5023 (101st)open

Government Procurement Agreements Act of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1990

Government Procurement Agreements Act of 1990 - Amends the Buy American Act to prohibit executive agency heads from negotiating, entering into, modifying, renewing, or extending any agreement with a foreign government for the procurement of an item manufactured outside the United States, except for any procurement conducted pursuant to the Agreement on Government Procurement (the Agreement), unless that particular action is authorized by statute and the agreement is for a fixed term. Requires executive agencies, in negotiating such agreements with a foreign government, to seek to: (1) establish audit standards and practices for procurements conducted under the agreement; (2) establish transparent, competitive, and open procedures for such procurements; and (3) increase access to foreign markets for U.S. product sectors not covered by such agreements or the Agreement. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should seek to negotiate with foreign governments the dates by which certain indefinite term agreements to procure equipment will terminate.

Bill· HRH.R. 5000 (101st)referred

Regarding the establishment of a United States-Mexico Trade Area.

United States · United States Congress · 11 June 1990

Urges the President to initiate negotiations with Mexico under the authority of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 for an agreement creating a free trade area between the United States and such country.

Bill· HRH.R. 4990 (101st)open

Savings Association Law Enforcement Improvement Act of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1990

Savings Association Law Enforcement Improvement Act of 1990 - Directs the Attorney General to: (1) take action to increase the investigation and prosecution of savings association criminal misconduct; (2) take increased action to recover or obtain restitution for losses incurred as a result of savings association fraud or embezzlement; and (3) make quarterly reports to certain congressional committees on the status of savings association criminal investigations and prosecutions and the progress in recovering amounts lost to fraud and embezzlement.

Bill· HRH.R. 4977 (101st)open

Federal Employee Placement and Retraining Act

United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1990

Federal Employee Placement and Retraining Act - Directs the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to establish and maintain a list for priority placement of certain civilian Department of Defense (DOD) employees who are notified of separation due to a major reduction in force and have not declined offers of employment for other DOD positions within their commuting area for which they qualify and which will not provide a cut in pay. Requires DOD to fill vacant positions within a particular commuting area with the individuals listed to be placed in positions in that particular area unless there are no such individuals who are qualified for such positions. Grants individuals listed for priority placement who apply for agency positions for which they are qualified priority over individuals not so listed. Terminates an individual's eligibility to remain on such a list: (1) six months after the individual's separation; (2) upon the request of an individual to have his or her name removed from the list; or (3) upon such an individual's acceptance of an offer of employment for an agency position for which he or she is qualified and which will not result in a cut in pay. Requires the Secretary of Defense to file a certificate with the Administrator of OPM which identifies such DOD employees as eligible to apply for the following assistance made available under this title: (1) supplemental severance allowances; (2) supplemental wage allowance; (3) job search allowance; (4) relocation allowances; (5) job retraining programs; and (6) counseling, testing, and placement services and supportive and other employment services provided under any other Federal law. Entitles such employees to: (1) continued health insurance coverage while receiving severance pay if they pay the employee contributions required for such coverage; and (2) early retirement benefits. Requires the Administrator to provide notice and information to such employees about such assistance and the application procedures. Authorizes payment of a supplemental severance allowance to such employees who meet specified conditions concerning the length of former DOD employment. Requires such employees to be enrolled in or have completed a job retraining program approved by the Administrator unless the Administrator or the State or a State agency determines that such a program is not feasible or appropriate. Sets forth amounts of such allowances payable, reduced by any payments received during approved retraining. Requires such payments to be coordinated with benefits provided under other Federal training programs. Provides supplemental wage allowances in lieu of supplemental severance allowances to adversely affected workers covered by such a certification who accept full-time employment at an average weekly wage that is less than their average weekly wage during DOD employment. Limits the dollar amounts of such supplemental allowances. Allows such workers to file applications with the Administrator to receive allowances to cover a certain amount of the expenses of searching and relocating for other employment, under certain conditions. Authorizes the Administrator to approve worker training under specified conditions and give priority to on-the-job training. Requires such benefits to be coordinated with other Federal training programs. Outlines other training program conditions, requirements, and limitations. Directs the Administrator to make every reasonable effort to secure for such workers the employment services made available under this Act. Outlines provisions concerning: (1) agreements between the Administrator and a State for provision of such assistance; (2) the determination and provision of such assistance by the Administrator in the absence of any State agreement; (3) payments to States under an agreement concerning sums necessary to make such assistance payments to affected workers; (4) liabilities of certifying and disbursing officers; (5) fraud and the recovery of overpayments in the provision of such assistance; and (6) penalties in connection with the disclosure of false information to receive such assistance. Gives the Administrator subpoena power to make eligibility determinations under this Act. Authorizes appropriations to OPM for FY 1990 through 1995 to carry out this Act.

Law· HRH.R. 4962 (101st)enacted

1992 Olympic Commemorative Coin Act

United States · United States Congress · 5 June 1990

1992 Olympic Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to issue 1992 Olympic Games commemorative five-dollar gold coins and one-dollar silver coins. Prescribes guidelines for the sale and pricing of such coins and directs the Secretary to ensure that their issuance will not result in any net cost to the United States. Mandates that surcharges be paid to the U.S. Olympic Committee.

Bill· HRH.R. 4958 (101st)open

Federal Employees Health Benefits Reform Act of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 5 June 1990

Federal Employees Health Benefits Reform Act of 1990 - Revises the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (the Program) to: (1) establish the Federal Employees Health Benefits Board (the Board); (2) replace current service and indemnity health benefit plans with a new Government-wide health insurance plan that offers both a standard and a high option for either self or family coverage; (3) require group- and individual-practice prepayment plans and mixed model prepayment plans to offer the same types of benefits offered under the standard option; (4) allow employee organization sponsored health plans to offer supplementary benefits; (5) establish flexible spending plans to allow employees to set aside a portion of their salary on a pretax basis to pay out-of-pocket health care expenses; and (6) allow annuitants whose annuities are insufficient to cover the full amount of required withholdings to elect to be covered under health benefits plans if they pay an amount equal to such withholdings to the Employees Health Benefits Fund (the Fund) through the retirement system that administers their health benefits enrollment. Directs the Board to: (1) prescribe regulations governing the provision of health insurance benefits to Federal employees, their families, and retirees under the Government-wide plan in consultation with the Office of Personnel Management (OPM); and (2) establish procedures for reviewing the utilization of health care services under such plan and controlling service costs. Declares that the service providers shall not be eligible for payments under the plan unless they comply with such procedures. Specifies the benefits required to be provided under each option of the plan and the extent to which they are covered. Requires such individuals to meet specified annual deductions under each option of the plan before any benefits will be paid, except in the case of a family enrollment when the deduction will be waived once it is met by any two family members. Establishes maximum out-of-pocket expense limitations for self and family coverage under each option. Requires the plan to pay all covered expenses after out-of-pocket expenses have exceeded their appropriate maximum limitation. Revises provisions for computing Government contributions. Establishes different requirements for each respective basic health benefits plan. Provides for the following with respect to the Government-wide plan: (1) establishment of specified biweekly employee contributions for the first administrative year to be increased for later years, by the lesser of the increase in the medical care component of the consumer price index or the increase in the average enrollment charges; (2) procedures for determining average annual enrollment charges (the costs for providing benefits and administering the plan and any amounts necessary to maintain an adequate contingency reserve) in consultation with the Board for the first administrative year and for adjusting such charges for later years; (3) allocation of such costs to each option in a manner which is reasonable and equitable; (4) publication of new enrollment charges in the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations; and (5) continued individual and family coverage for employees who are placed in a leave without pay status. Revises provisions regarding contracting authority to establish separate authority for awarding competitive three-year contracts to nongovernmental organizations to administer the Government-wide plan on a regional basis in areas established by OPM. Requires plan administrators to review the utilization of health care services and implement the cost-control procedures established by the Board. Permits certain employee organizations which currently self-insure to serve as the plan administrators for employees within their bargaining unit. Repeals provisions regarding payment or reimbursement for services by: (1) psychologists or optometrists; and (2) any person licensed under State law in a State where a specified percentage of the population is located in primary medical care manpower shortage areas. Revises provisions concerning election of coverage to: (1) provide automatic coverage under the Government-wide plan's standard option for self alone to an employee becoming eligible for Federal health insurance coverage unless the employee elects alternative coverage or to be excluded from coverage; (2) revise criteria for continuation of coverage for annuitants; and (3) extend coverage to unmarried dependent natural or adopted children of the former spouse and the employee who are students over age 22 but under age 23. Allows temporary employees to enroll in the Government-wide plan provided they pay both employee and Government contributions. Provides that if an individual eligible to enroll in a basic health benefits plan has a spouse who is also eligible, either may enroll for self and family or each may enroll as an individual, but no individual may be covered both as an enrollee and as a family member. Sets forth rules to apply in administering provisions regarding: (1) election of coverage: (2) continued coverage; (3) coverage of restored employees and survivor or disability annuitants; (4) double coverage; and (5) changes in family status. Requires any amounts forfeited under flexible spending plans to be transferred to a separate account which shall be within the Fund. Allows such amounts to be used for wellness programs for Federal employees. Revises provisions regarding contribution set-asides in the Fund to establish new set-aside requirements for contributions to the basic health benefits plans. Directs OPM to: (1) prescribe regulations to provide eligible individuals with an opportunity to elect coverage under the health benefits plans, to terminate their enrollment, to transfer to another such plan, or to make any other allowable changes in the terms or conditions of their enrollment; (2) on an annual basis compile statistics and submit to the Board a report on the use of the different benefits of the basic and supplemental plans and their costs to the Government as part of a continuing study of the operation and administration of the Program; (3) prescribe Program regulations providing for the establishment of wellness programs for Federal employees; and (4) prescribe regulations to ensure that, for any annuitant eligible to receive Medicare (title XVIII of the Social Security Act) and Federal health insurance benefits, deductibles and coinsurance or copayment amounts under the Program shall be waived to the same extent as before the enactment of this Act and that when an individual is eligible for Federal health insurance benefits which would be duplicative of Medicare benefits, the primary payer shall be the same as it would have been before the enactment of this Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 4939 (101st)referred

Regarding the extension of most-favored-nation treatment to the products of the People's Republic of China, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1990

Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to declare that if the President proposes to extend in 1991 for a 12-month period (July 3, 1991, to July 3, 1992) the waiver of human rights and emigration requirements for nondiscriminatory treatment (most-favored-nation treatment) for China, such continuation shall be conditioned on progress made regarding human rights, termination of martial law (in Tibet and elsewhere), termination of assistance to the Khmer Rouge, and engagement in negotiations to settle the conflict in Cambodia. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should propose the withdrawal of China's observer status in the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade if such nondiscriminatory treatment is withdrawn.