United States · United States Congress · 20 July 1989
Expresses the sense of the Congress that, for purposes of determining child custody, evidence of spousal abuse should create a statutory presumption that it is detrimental to the child to be placed in the custody of the abusive parent.
United States · United States Congress · 20 July 1989
Declares that the Congress should: (1) establish a program of research for the development of methods of birth control 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 birth control 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 birth control 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 birth control 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 birth control and infertility.
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 · 19 July 1989
Authorizes the use of the official expenses allowance of each Member of the House of Representatives for production of newsletters containing directories of State, local, and nonprofit private drug counseling, treatment, and information programs.
United States · United States Congress · 11 July 1989
Professional Medical Liability Reform Act of 1989 - Establishes within the Department of Justice a program to fund the creation and operation of State medical liability arbitration panels. Confers upon such panels original and exclusive jurisdiction to hear all claims of medical malpractice that are not against the United States. Catalogs the powers of the panels. Sets forth standards applicable to panel decisions, including provisions relating to choice of law, timetable to govern decisionmaking, criteria relating to expert witnesses, and guidelines for the transmission of a written decision to the parties. Permits admission of evidence of collateral sources of compensation for injuries and requires a mandatory offset of amounts from such sources against damage awards. Authorizes panels to dismiss frivolous claims. Directs panels to determine the amount of damages owed to the plaintiff by a defendant found to be professionally negligent. Permits States to provide judicial enforcement of such damage awards if not promptly paid. Limits recovery for noneconomic loss to a maximum of $250,000, with provision for a cost of living adjustment every three years. Authorizes periodic payment of awards under certain circumstances. Prescribes procedures and standards to govern judicial review of a panel decision. Requires the panel to report to the State insurance commissioner and to the appropriate licensing or certification body within 30 days in cases when a defendant has been found guilty of professional negligence or when a settlement agreement is reached. Requires that the appropriate board make such report available for public inspection and that the commissioner promptly notify each liability insurance provider in the State concerning findings of negligence and the terms of any settlement agreement. Permits the State to authorize liability insurance providers to adjust their rates for persons found liable by a panel or who have entered into certain settlement agreements. Establishes a schedule of attorney fees in professional negligence actions. Provides for installment payment of such fees according to a formula specified in this Act. Subjects an attorney violating fee provisions to civil liability, with jurisdiction over such actions granted to Federal district courts. Requires each State to establish programs to: (1) study the causes of professional negligence in the interest of developing means to prevent or reduce its incidence; (2) review the authority and operations of State medical liability claims plans, risk management bodies, and appropriate health care professional licensing or certification entities; and (3) develop educational materials relating to professional negligence and standards of health care practice. Directs the State health commissioner to develop programs to identify, investigate, and report on incidents of professional negligence and to encourage facilities to take action to prevent future negligence. Fixes a statute of limitations for professional negligence actions. Encourages States to permit parties to a claim filed with a panel to enter into a settlement agreement at any time prior to a panel decision. Subjects such a settlement to the same attorney fee schedule that governs panel decisions. Directs the Attorney General to make specified payments to States eligible for medical liability panel funds according to a specified timetable and schedule. Requires the Governor of a recipient State to report to the Attorney General within one year after receipt of payment concerning the use of such payment. Authorizes the Attorney General to determine the allocation of funds to qualifying States and prescribes guidelines for such determinations. Empowers the Attorney General to make decisions concerning compliance with this Act, termination of allocations and repayment of funds in the event of noncompliance, and reallocation of funds according to guidelines in this Act. Sets forth procedures, a timetable, and standards to govern application by the Governor of any State for the certification of programs to qualify a State for funding under this Act. Makes decisions by the Attorney General concerning noncompliance, the termination of allocations, State repayment of funds, and the reallocation of funds final and not subject to judicial review. Directs the Attorney General to promulgate regulations to implement the provisions of this Act. Authorizes appropriations beginning in FY 1990.
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
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
Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 with regard to surplus commodity food assistance for older persons to require that assistance be provided for two meals served daily per person if such meals have a specified nutritional content.
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1989
Requires the head of each Federal agency to establish a program under which agency employees shall be reimbursed for expenses incurred in the adoption of a child. Allows a reimbursement only: (1) after the adoption becomes final; (2) if, at the time of adoption, the child is under 18 years of age and unmarried; and (3) if appropriate, written application has been filed as may be required. Provides that a reimbursement shall be payable only if, or to the extent that, similar benefits have not met the full amount of adoption expenses. Prohibits a reimbursement from exceeding $2,000. Provides for determining reimbursement amounts when both adopting parents are Federal employees. Prohibits the denial of a reimbursement from being based on the marital status of the applicant. Allows the Office of Personnel Management to issue general guidelines for the uniform administration of this Act. Makes this Act applicable to Postal Service employees.
United States · United States Congress · 23 June 1989
Designates September 1989 as National Minority Health Awareness Month. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) make publicly available information on minority health problems and minority health professionals' careers and contributions; and (2) present public service announcements on health promotion and disease prevention among minority Americans.
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 · 21 June 1989
Social Security Notch Adjustment Act - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to establish a new alternative formula for computing the primary insurance amount (used in calculating the amount of OASDI benefits to which an individual is entitled) of workers born after 1916 and before 1927.
United States · United States Congress · 15 June 1989
United States-Cuba Communications Act of 1989 - Requires the U.S. Postal Service to provide direct mail service to Cuba. Authorizes any common carrier to install, maintain, and repair telephone communications equipment and facilities in Cuba, notwithstanding any current restrictions on dealings with Cuba under specified Federal law. Directs the President to provide for the transfer of assets to the extent necessary to allow for: (1) the reasonable compensation of a common carrier for the installation of facilities in Cuba; and (2) payment to Cuba of its share of the revenues from telephone communications between the United States and Cuba.
United States · United States Congress · 15 June 1989
Job Corps Amendments Act of 1989 - Amends the Job Training Partnership Act (the Act) to revise provisions for the Job Corps. Raises the maximum age limit for Job Corps enrollees from 22 to 25, and repeals authority to waive the age limitation for handicapped individuals. Declares that nothing in the Act prohibits transfer of Job Corps participants to and from Training Services programs for the disadvantaged. Increases from ten to 20 percent the maximum percentage of Job Corps enrollees who may be nonresident participants in any year. Prohibits the Secretary of Labor (the Secretary) from reducing the number of residential participants during any program year below their number during program year 1989. Prohibits any Department of Labor funds from being used to: (1) close any Job Corps Center that was operating during program year 1989; or (2) carry out any contract with a nongovernmental entity to administer or manage a Civilian Conservation Center of the Job Corps which was not under such a contract as of September 1, 1984. Directs the Secretary to provide child care at or near Job Corps centers for the children of Job Corps participants. Requires each Job Corps Center to provide alcohol or drug abuse counseling, treatment, and related prevention services for enrollees.
United States · United States Congress · 15 June 1989
International Cooperation Act of 1989 - Title I: Economic Assistance - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to revise policy provisions concerning economic assistance. Sets forth the objectives of U.S. development cooperation policy and economic assistance programs as the: (1) promotion of broad based economic growth; (2) improvement of resource management to bring about environmentally and economically sustainable patterns of development; (3) alleviation of poverty through the development of human resources; and (4) promotion of democracy and political, social, and economic pluralism. Requires the President to use the authorities of this Act to provide assistance to meet long-term development needs in developing countries. Authorizes the President to provide such assistance to promote specified activities contributing to broad based, sustainable, and participatory development and economic growth. Directs the President to develop a plan to ensure that U.S. development assistance contributes measurably to eradicating the worst aspects of absolute poverty by the year 2000 and to seek international cooperation in achieving the goals of such plan. Requires such plan to include the following goals for the year 2000: (1) reduction of under-five mortality rates by at least 50 percent of the 1980 rates or to not more than 70 per 1000 live births, whichever achieves the greatest reduction; (2) achievement of universal primary education and at least 80 percent female literacy for age groups defined by each country; (3) reduction of the proportion of the population living in absolute poverty by at least 50 percent of the 1980 proportion; and (4) such other quantifiable goals that the President determines to be crucial to the elimination of poverty. Directs the President to submit such plan to the Congress. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 and 1991. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 and 1991 for family planning projects. Earmarks funds for child survival and health activities out of amounts made available for development and economic support assistance for FY 1990 and 1991. Requires the President to use such assistance and assistance for famine recovery and development in Africa for: (1) special health needs of children and mothers; and (2) activities relating to research on and the treatment and control of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). Directs the President to use assistance available under this title to improve the performance of institutions of democracy and to promote pluralism. Outlines programs eligible for funding under this title, including programs to: (1) encourage the growth of independent associations; (2) increase awareness of internationally recognized human rights and to support victims of human rights abuses; (3) support a free and independent press; (4) provide training, scholarships, and exchanges for continuing legal education and to promote the role of the bar in judicial selection, ethical standards, and legal reform; and (5) increase the availability of legal publications and to support the revision of legal codes and procedures. Requires a substantial portion of such assistance to be provided to nongovernmental organizations. Provides that funds made available for famine recovery and development in Africa may be used only for countries in Subsaharan Africa. Increases the amount of grants that may be made available to nongovernmental organizations in South Africa promoting efforts to foster a just society and to help victims of apartheid. Earmarks a specified amount of funds made available under this title for assistance to disadvantaged South Africans, to include scholarships, assistance to promote the participation of disadvantaged South Africans in trade unions, private enterprise, and alternative education and community development programs. Authorizes the President to use funds available under this title to: (1) support activities to reduce illicit cultivation of narcotic and psychotropic drugs and other controlled substances by stimulating broader development opportunities; and (2) increase awareness of the effects of production and trafficking of such substances on source and transit countries. Permits the deposit into the private sector revolving fund of a specified amount of funds made available under this title for FY 1990 and 1991. Grants the President (currently, the agency responsible for administering this section) certain authorities with respect to the revolving fund. Removes a restriction on the amount required to be available in the guaranty reserve of such fund. Authorizes funds made available under this title to be used for: (1) economic and social development through regional cooperation and integration; (2) development education programs for U.S. citizens; and (3) U.S. research and educational institutions for developing and carrying out programs for the economic and social development of developing countries. Requires agencies responsible for environmental programs in developing countries to prepare initial examinations of such programs to ensure that such programs are environmentally sustainable. Declares that beneficiary countries should bear a share of the costs of development assistance programs under this Act. Prohibits funds made available under this title from being used for military or paramilitary purposes. Authorizes the President to furnish economic support assistance to countries and organizations to promote economic or political stability. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 and 1991 for such assistance. Declares that economic support assistance should be provided through commodity import programs, project assistance, sector programs, or the provision of U.S. goods and services. Permits such assistance to be provided as a cash transfer only pursuant to an agreement requiring that the country spend an amount equal to such transfer to purchase U.S. goods and services. Requires such agreements to include provisions to ensure that representatives of the U.S. Comptroller General have access to necessary records and personnel for monitoring and auditing purposes. Exempts from such requirements countries which: (1) receive less than $10,000,000 cash transfer assistance annually; or (2) have certain agreements with the United States. Authorizes the President to waive the requirements of this section when it is in the national interest. Requires the President to report such waivers to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. Authorizes the President to make voluntary grants to international organizations to carry out this Act. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 and 1991. Earmarks specified amounts of such appropriations for the United Nations Development Program, the United Nations Children's Fund, and the United Nations University. Earmarks a specified amount of funds made available under this title for the International Fund for Agricultural Development. Authorizes funds to be earmarked for the International Atomic Energy Agency only if the Secretary of State determines and reports to the Congress that Israel is not being denied the right to participate in the Agency. Prohibits the United States from making contributions to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East unless the Agency assures that no U.S. contribution is used to assist any refugee who: (1) is receiving military training as a member of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) or any other guerrilla organization; or (2) has engaged in any act of terrorism. Requires the President to report annually to the Congress (currently, semiannually) on U.S. voluntary contributions to international organizations. Applies evaluation and auditing procedures for the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the Asian Development Bank to the International Development Association, the International Finance Corporation, the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency, the Inter-American Investment Corporation, the African Development Bank, the African Development Fund, and the Asian Development Fund. Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the United Nations Development Program should allocate at least $8,000,000 per fiscal year to develop and implement area management plans to ensure the protection of national parks and reserves of global biological significance under immediate threat of the loss of biological diversity; and (2) consideration be given to providing grants to nongovernmental organizations to undertake such activities. Requests the President to instruct the U.S. representative to the Administration and Governing Committee of the United Nations Development Program to express the sense of the Congress with respect to such plans. Requires the President, in FY 1990 and 1991, to designate at least five countries in which development assistance or assistance for famine recovery and development in Africa is furnished for the purpose of evaluating programs of the United Nations to which U.S. voluntary contributions are made. Revises provisions regarding the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC). Directs OPIC to report to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations prior to issuing insurance for civil strife or business interruptions in instances where risks are significantly expanded. Requires OPIC to maintain development impact profiles on each insured, financed, or reinsured project. Directs OPIC to: (1) give preferences to projects sponsored by U.S. small businesses; and (2) maintain the proportion of projects sponsored by or significantly involving such businesses at a level of at least 30 percent of all projects. Authorizes OPIC to establish a revolving fund to be available solely for a pilot equity finance program. Authorizes (currently, requires) OPIC to charge fees for any service performed under this title. Authorizes the Inspector General of the administering agency (currently, the Agency for International Development) to conduct audits, investigations, and security activities of OPIC. Eliminates OPIC's exemption from Federal taxation. Revises the authorities of the Director of the Trade and Development Agency (replaces the Trade and Development Program). Requires the Agency to disseminate information about its activities to the private sector. Sets forth the duties of the Inspector General of the administering agency with respect to the Agency. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 and 1991. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 and 1991 for international disaster assistance. Permits the President to appoint a Special Coordinator for International Disaster Assistance to: (1) promote maximum effectiveness and coordination in responses to foreign disasters by U.S. agencies and between the United States and other donors; and (2) formulate and update contingency plans for providing such disaster relief. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 and 1991 for American schools, libraries, and hospital centers abroad. Authorizes the President (currently, the administering agency) to provide guarantees to the Export-Import Bank in connection with liabilities incurred with respect to exports to Central America. Revises a provision concerning limits on guarantee commitments to limit to $200,000,000 outstanding commitments of contingent liability for loan principal during any fiscal year. Authorizes the Bank, in connection with guarantees or insurance, to charge fees and premiums commensurate with the Bank's administrative costs and the risks covered by the administering agency's guarantees. Terminates the President's authority to guarantee liabilities after FY 1992. Revises provisions concerning the housing and urban development guarantee program. Raises the limit on: (1) the face value of guarantees with respect to any country; (2) the average face value of guarantees; and (3) the total principal amount of guarantees issued. Terminates authorities with respect to housing guarantees after FY 1993. Deems to be payments made by eligible developing countries to the United States for economic assistance loans: (1) local currency deposited in local currency accounts to be used for specific development purposes; and (2) payments waived by the President under certain conditions. Directs the President to notify specified congressional committees on any approved debt relief. Authorizes the President to use funds made available under this title for grants to enable nongovernmental organizations to: (1) purchase debt obligations owed by developing countries to commercial lending institutions or private parties; and (2) cancel such obligations subject to the President's approval, to the extent that such country makes available assets or policy commitments to promote the objectives of this title. Authorizes Federal agencies to: (1) furnish services and commodities on an advance-of-funds or reimbursement basis to friendly countries, international organizations, the American Red Cross, and private voluntary organizations registered with and approved by the administering agency; and (2) contract with individuals for personal services abroad or in the United States to perform such services in lieu of Federal employees. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 and 1991 for operating expenses of the agency administering this title and of the Office of the Inspector General of such agency. Permits funds authorized to be appropriated under this title for development assistance, economic support assistance, or assistance for famine recovery and development in Africa to be used for such operating expenses. Requires the administrator of the administering agency to: (1) establish a system of quantitative and qualitative indicators of country, regional, and centrally funded program and development achievement; (2) create and support systems of data collection and analysis to produce objective and timely reports; (3) strengthen the linkage between evaluation findings and policy and program formulation by the agency and assure the widest possible distribution of formal evaluation findings; and (4) develop with the Inspector General of the agency an appropriate division of responsibility and system of coordination. Directs the administrator to establish within such agency a Center for Development Information and Evaluation. Requires the Director of the Center to report annually to the Congress on: (1) progress toward achieving the four basic objectives set forth under this title; and (2) a country-by-country analysis of the impact on economic development in each country during the preceding three to five years of U.S. economic assistance programs, with a discussion of U.S. interests that were served by such assistance. Directs the administrator to establish a Center for University Cooperation in Development and a Center for Voluntary Cooperation in Development. Provides that the respective purposes of such centers shall be to strengthen the partnership for development between the U.S. Government and: (1) U.S. institutions of higher education engaged in education, research, and public service programs relevant to developing countries; and (2) U.S. private voluntary organizations, cooperatives, and credit unions engaged in activities relevant to such countries. Establishes a private sector advisory board for the administering agency. Requires the administrator to establish procedures to ensure coordination of the activities and recommendations of such boards. Title II: Military Assistance and Sales Programs - Chapter 1: Consolidation of Military Assistance Accounts - Revises U.S. policy provisions concerning military assistance to express needs for more equitable distribution of collective defense responsibilities and multilateral controls on transfers of defense articles and services. Revises the President's authority to furnish military assistance to friendly countries to permit the President to: (1) finance the sale of defense articles or services; or (2) finance the procurement of such articles (under certain circumstances and with notification of the appropriate congressional committees) by any member country of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) or any major non-NATO ally through leases from U.S. commercial suppliers. Requires sales under the Defense Trade and Export Control Act which are wholly paid from funds made available on a grant basis under this Act or were transferred or made available under former authorities prior to this Act's enactment to be priced to exclude the costs of salaries of members of the U.S. armed forces, other than members of the Coast Guard. Prohibits members of the U.S. armed forces detailed to carry out certain services under this Act from performing duties of a combat nature. Prohibits funds made available under this chapter from being used for any research or development activities, manufacturing or production, or other work performed by a foreign government or firm pursuant to an offset arrangement with a U.S. firm in connection with the procurement of defense articles or services by a foreign country. Makes such prohibition inapplicable to funds made available for Israel for FY 1990 and 1991. Prohibits assistance from being furnished under this chapter in any case involving coproduction or licensed production outside the United States of any defense article of U.S. origin unless the President furnishes full information on the proposed transaction to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. Prohibits the obligation of certain assistance for the procurement of: (1) any vessel of war built pursuant to a prime contract awarded to a foreign shipyard; or (2) any weapons system or other major system for a vessel of war built pursuant to such a contract awarded to a foreign rather than a U.S. shipyard because of unfair foreign competition. Exempts from such prohibition vessels of war built in the foreign country which is the recipient of such assistance or built pursuant to a prime contract signed before the effective date of this Act. Requires assistance agreements under this chapter to grant the U.S. Government the express right to deobligate any furnished funds that have not been committed for an approved use by the end of a 3-year period. Authorizes assistance provided under this chapter to be on a grant or credit basis. Outlines criteria to be considered by the President in determining the terms of assistance. Requires repayment in U.S. dollars within 12 years of the signature of a loan agreement for credit assistance. Provides that the interest rate on such loans shall be at least five percent annually. Outlines disbursement procedures for funds used to finance the procurement of defense articles and services. Makes provisions concerning eligibility for the receipt of defense articles or services applicable to the financing of such articles or services. Makes defense articles sold or leased under the Defense Trade and Export Control Act or furnished under predecessor foreign assistance or military sales legislation subject to the eligibility provisions of this title. Raises the ceiling on the value of defense articles and services authorized to be made available under certain emergencies. Authorizes the President to transfer excess defense articles to any country: (1) which is a major illicit drug producing country in Latin America and the Caribbean with a democratic government; and (2) whose armed forces do not engage consistently in gross violations of human rights. Requires such countries to ensure that such articles will be used only in support of antinarcotic activities. Declares that the Congress intends that excess defense articles be made available to maintain the military balance in the Eastern Mediterranean. Requires the President to ensure, over a three-year period beginning in FY 1990, that the ratio of the value of such articles made available for Turkey to those made available for Greece closely approximates the ratio of the amount of foreign military financing provided for Turkey to the amount provided for Greece. Directs the Secretary of State to determine the eligibility of illicit drug producing countries to receive excess defense articles under this Act. Limits the aggregate value of such articles transferred to such a country to $10,000,000 per fiscal year. Limits the aggregate acquisition cost to the United States of excess defense articles ordered for foreign countries or organizations pursuant to this chapter or to sales under the Defense Trade and Export Control Act to $250,000,000 (exclusive of ships and onboard stores and supplies). Directs the President to establish controls to make financed commercial arms sales subject to monitoring and auditing requirements no less stringent in accountability than requirements of Federal Acquisition Regulation applicable to sales under the Defense Trade and Export Control Act relating to improper business practices and personal conflict of interest, quality assurance, payment, price, and profit. Authorizes appropriations to carry out this chapter for FY 1990 and 1991. Earmarks specified amounts of such appropriations for financing government-to-government procurement under the Defense Trade and Export Control Act. Sets aside two percent of such appropriations for assistance to otherwise eligible countries for which the Congress has not by law specified an amount of assistance. Requires the President, at least 15 days before obligating funds for a country under this chapter, to notify specified congressional committees. Revises provisions concerning the location of stockpiles. Places ceilings on the value of additions to stockpiles for FY 1990 and 1991. Requires at least one member of the U.S. armed forces assigned to each country overseas to be primarily responsible for monitoring international security assistance and sales programs. Prohibits more than six members of the armed forces from being assigned to a country in Africa (other than Egypt, Morocco, or Tunisia) unless the President determines and reports to the Congress that U.S. interests require that more than six members be assigned to such country. Authorizes the President to furnish military education and training to foreign military and civilian personnel. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 and 1991 for: (1) international military education and training; and (2) peacekeeping activities. Makes technical and conforming amendments to the Arms Export Control Act. Revises a provision concerning the Guaranty Reserve Fund under such Act. Repeals a provision concerning the availability of funds for procurement of defense articles and services outside the United States. Makes requirements under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 concerning the disposition of defense articles and services inapplicable on the effective date of this title. Chapter 2: Foreign Military Sales Program - Amends the Arms Export Control Act to rename such Act as the Defense Trade and Export Control Act. Repeals a provision concerning purposes for military sales or leases. Deems references to the Arms Export Control Act to be references to the Defense Trade and Export Control Act. Requires the President to take the following steps to address the financial management problems that exist with respect to payments on account of sales under such Act: (1) establish a new account for the deposit of funds with respect to any sale of defense articles or services or certain design and construction services entered into after FY 1990 in order to isolate financial transactions relating to new sales; (2) establish a centralized accounting system with respect to payments under such Act; (3) improve coordination and uniformity among the accounting and billing systems maintained by each of the military services with respect to such sales; and (4) reconcile the discrepancies between reported disbursements and reported performance with respect to sales which are still being implemented and those which have been completed. Directs the President to notify the Congress at least 30 days before designating a country as a major non-NATO ally or terminating such a designation. Deems Australia, Egypt, Israel, Japan, and the Republic of Korea to have been so designated by the President. Revises provisions concerning: (1) presidential certifications and congressional procedures for certain arms transfers, export and manufacturing licenses, and leases of defense articles to foreign countries or international organizations; and (2) contents of required reports on arms sales, coproduction agreements, and price and availability estimates. Applies certain sanctions if: (1) a foreign party to a coproduction agreement violates the restrictions in such agreement regarding unauthorized third party transfers or dispositions of defense articles or services or technical data provided under such agreement; and (2) the violation is substantial. Lists such sanctions as: (1) the suspension of the authority or license to produce defense articles abroad granted by all coproduction agreements to which such foreign party is a party; and (2) a prohibition on the issuance or approval of licenses for such party. Requires the President to report to the Congress with respect to such determinations. Authorizes up to $500,000 of registration fees for munitions control licenses to be credited to a Department of State account. Disqualifies for financing under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for 12 months any contracts of a person convicted or debarred for a violation of international traffic in arms regulations under the Defense Trade and Export Control Act. Requires the biennial review of international traffic in arms regulations. Revises provisions regarding administrative surcharges for the sale of defense articles or services from Department of Defense stocks. Prohibits the sale of antitank shells containing a depleted uranium component to any country except a NATO member country, a major non-NATO ally, or Pakistan. Repeals provisions concerning: (1) discrimination; (2) restraint in arms sales to Subsaharan Africa; (3) foreign military sales credit standards; (4) foreign military sales to less developed countries; and (5) technical amendments to the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. Title III: Assistance to Combat International Terrorism and Narcotics Trafficking - Chapter I: Permanent Authorities, Requirements, and Restrictions - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to incorporate provisions of the International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1985 concerning coordination of U.s. antiterrorism assistance. Permits antiterrorism training services to be conducted outside the United States under certain circumstances. Authorizes appropriations for antiterrorism assistance for FY 1990 and 1991. Prohibits the United States from providing any assistance under this Act, the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, the Peace Corps Act, or the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 to any country which the President determines: (1) grants sanctuary from prosecution to any individual or group which has committed an act of international terrorism; or (2) otherwise supports international terrorism. Waives such prohibition if the President determines that national security or humanitarian reasons justify such waiver. Declares that if sanctions are imposed upon a country because of its support for international terrorism, the President should call upon other countries to impose similar sanctions on such country. Incorporates provisions of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 concerning coordination of U.S. anti-narcotics assistance into the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 and 1991 for narcotics control assistance. Directs the President to monitor and report to the Congress on the use of herbicides for aerial eradication of drug crops (currently, coca) and any impacts on the environment and human health. Incorporates provisions of a specified Act concerning retention of title to aircraft and records of aircraft use into the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. Waives certain restrictions on assistance to countries in arrears or default to the United States to permit assistance to such countries (if major illicit drug producers) if such countries had verifiable net reductions in the production of controlled substances. Authorizes the President to release a country which is a major illicit drug producer because of coca production from any obligation to the U.S. Government of principal and interest on a U.S. loan or credits if the President determines that such country is participating in a program for the use of a herbicide for the aerial eradication of coca. Incorporates provisions of the International Narcotics Control Act of 1988 concerning reporting requirements for the Secretary of State into the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. Revises provisions concerning reporting requirements and certification procedures with respect to international narcotics control. Chapter 2: Assistance for Narcotics-Related Purposes - Requires the Secretary of State to use at least $500,000 of narcotics control funds in each of FY 1990 and 1991 to finance the testing and use of safe and effective herbicides for the aerial eradication of coca. Earmarks $1,000,000 in foreign military financing funds for each of FY 1990 and 1991 for defensive arms for aircraft used in narcotics control eradication or interdiction efforts. Earmarks $2,000,000 in military education and training assistance for each of FY 1990 and 1991 for education and training in the operation and maintenance of equipment used in narcotics control interdiction and eradication efforts for eligible countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. Permits the provision of such assistance only to foreign law enforcement agencies or other units organized for the specific purpose of narcotics enforcement. Allows the provision of narcotics control assistance and military assistance for antinarcotics efforts only to Latin American and Caribbean countries which meet the same eligibility requirements as those specified under title II for the receipt of excess defense articles. Waives restrictions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 concerning police training and prohibitions on foreign military financing (for FY 1991) with respect to such countries. Directs the President to report to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on the provision of military assistance for antinarcotics efforts. Earmarks a specified amount of funds made available for foreign military financing for FY 1990 and 1991 to provide such assistance to Caribbean and Latin American countries. Chapter 3: Provisions Relating to Assistance Recipients - Prohibits the provision of economic and military assistance to Bolivia unless the President certifies that Bolivia has enacted legislation to establish legal coca requirements and make unlicensed coca production illegal. Authorizes the President to make certain certifications under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 with respect to Boliva only if the Government of Bolivia; (1) has entered into the narcotics cooperation agreement with the United States specified in the International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1985; (2) has fully achieved the eradication targets specified in such agreement; and (3) has begun a program of forced eradication of illicit coca cultivation if the targets for voluntary eradication are not being met or continued. Outlines elements to be included in a certain project agreement document for Bolivia for FY 1990 and 1991. Requires the President, in making determinations with respect to Peru concerning narcotics control cooperation, to give foremost consideration to whether Peru made substantial progress in meeting its coca eradication targets during the previous year. Limits the amount of narcotics control assistance to be provided to Mexico in FY 1990 and 1991. Requires congressional notification if additional assistance to Mexico is to be made. Waives restrictions on U.S. assistance for major drug-transit countries for FY 1990 and 1991 if the President makes a specific certification to the Congress. Earmarks a specified amount of funds made available for narcotics control assistance for FY 1990 and 1991 to any country which: (1) is a major illicit drug producing country because of coca production; and (2) met or exceeded its coca eradication targets or has otherwise taken actions which have significantly reduced the amount of cocaine flowing to the United States. Title IV: Special Authorities, Restrictions on Assistance, and Reports - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to permit up to ten percent of funds made available to carry out such Act to be transferred to, and used for, any other account under such Act. Prohibits the transfer of funds made available for: (1) foreign military financing; (2) OPIC; (3) the trade credit insurance program; (4) the housing and urban development guarantee program; or (5) assistance for famine recovery and development in Africa. Limits the increase in any account due to such transfers to 20 percent of the amount otherwise made available to such account. Authorizes the President, when it is essential to the national interest or national security interest, to waive restrictions concerning nonmilitary assistance and military assistance, sales, and leases upon notification of the Congress. Revises provisions regarding limitations on such funding. Authorizes the President to use any funds made available under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for emergency purposes except for funds made available for development assistance or assistance for famine recovery and development in Africa. Limits such assistance to $50,000,000 per fiscal year. Requires the President to report to specified congressional committees upon exercising such authority. Prohibits such assistance from being used to pay for gifts for any foreign official. Authorizes the President to adopt as a U.S. contract or obligation any contract with a United States or third-country contractor which had been funded with assistance prior to the termination of such assistance. Applies termination provisions to any provision of law. Requires the President to consider, in any case in which a restriction on assistance would be applicable, whether assistance for nongovernmental organizations is in the U.S. national interest. Directs the President to notify specified congressional committees upon furnishing restricted assistance to a nongovernmental organization. Exempts from such restrictions assistance for training activities as long as the recipient country has a democratically elected government and the assistance is otherwise consistent with this Act. Prohibits assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 from being furnished for: (1) a country whose government engages in a consistent pattern of human rights violations; (2) a country whose government has expropriated the property of any U.S. person, repudiated or nullified a contract with a U.S. person, or taken any other action which has the effect of seizing control of such person's property and has not provided adequate compensation or is not engaged in good faith efforts to negotiate a settlement; and (3) direct support for activities to increase exports of agricultural, textile, or apparel commodities from developing countries if such exports would be in direct competition with U.S. exports and can reasonably be expected to cause substantial injury to U.S. exporters of the same or similar commodities. Exempts from such prohibitions assistance: (1) for alleviation of suffering resulting from a disaster; and (2) to be furnished through nongovernmental organizations to directly benefit poor people or to promote increased respect for human rights and the development of democracy. Directs the President to report to the Speaker of the House and the Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee with respect to assistance provided for such exceptions. Requires the President to maintain a list of Communist countries for purposes of restricting assistance. Authorizes the President to remove or exempt a country from the list or prohibitions on assistance, with prior notification of the Speaker of the House and the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Outlines factors to be considered in the drafting of such list, including the human rights practices of countries in question. Authorizes the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, at the request of the President, to evaluate the value of any expropriated property of a U.S. person and render an advisory opinion to such person, the President, the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. Prohibits funds made available to carry out the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or currencies generated under such Act to be used to support foreign law enforcement forces or intelligence, with specified exceptions. Prohibits the provision of certain funds for: (1) Central Intelligence Agency operations in foreign countries unless the President finds that an operation is important to U.S. national security; and (2) activities related to abortion or involuntary sterilization as a method of family planning. Revises provisions concerning prohibitions on assistance to countries involved in the transfer of nuclear materials or in nuclear detonations. Requires consideration to be given to excluding from assistance any country which seizes or imposes a penalty or sanction against any U.S. fishing vessel on account of fishing in international waters. Prohibits assistance to any country which is more than one year in arrears to the U.S. Government on loan payments under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or former authorities of the Arms Export Control Act. Prohibits the provision of assistance to any government of Cuba, except as deemed necessary, until such government: (1) takes steps to return to U.S. citizens and entities certain property taken by the Government of Cuba after January 1, 1959; or (2) provides compensation to such citizens. Outlines required elements of annual congressional presentation documents on foreign assistance. Directs the Secretary of State to promote increased respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms throughout the world. Requires the President to conduct U.S. assistance and military sales programs in a manner which will: (1) promote and advance human rights; (2) strengthen relationships between civilian and military sectors appropriate to a democratic system of government; and (3) avoid identification of the United States with governments which deny their people human rights and fundamental freedoms. Directs the Secretary to report annually to: (1) the Congress on the observance of human rights in each foreign country, including information on coercion in population control; and (2) the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, upon the request of such committees for a report on any specific country. Revises provisions concerning congressional notification for program changes and reprogramming of funds. Directs the President to submit to specified congressional committees quarterly reports on funds obligated for development and economic support assistance. Makes technical amendments to a provision concerning the exercise of special authorities by the President. Directs the President to report annually to the Speaker of the House and the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on: (1) the percentage of the budget of each country receiving assistance under this Act that is devoted to military purposes; and (2) the degree to which such countries are using foreign exchange or other resources to acquire military equipment. Requires the President to report annually to the Congress on: (1) money, property, and services made available under this Act; and (2) gifts accepted under the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 with respect to functions under this Act. Directs the administrator for title I of this Act to report to the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee whenever a foreign country requires a private organization to pay taxes on any funds provided to such organization under economic assistance programs of this Act. Title V: General Provisions - Makes technical amendments to provisions concerning the authorities of the Secretaries of Defense and State. Directs the President to designate a single agency to administer title I and specified chapters of title VI of this Act. Makes technical amendments to provisions concerning: (1) the publication of presidential determinations; (2) the allocation and reimbursement of funds among Federal agencies; and (3) general assistance authorities. Limits to ten (currently, five) years contracts or agreements entailing commitments for the expenditure of funds under this Act. Makes technical amendments to provisions concerning administrative uses of funds. Removes a limit on the amount of funds to be made available for education of dependents of U.S. personnel stationed abroad. Authorizes the use of funds made available for development or economic support assistance for reimbursement to Federal and State agencies and institutions of higher education which detail employees to carry out such assistance. Excludes such employees from Federal personnel ceilings. Applies a certain requirement for specific authorization of appropriations for foreign assistance to assistance for the Peace Corps. Authorizes deobligated funds to be reobligated for the purpose for which they were originally appropriated. Provides that if an amount appropriated for a fiscal year pursuant to any authorization of appropriations provided by this Act is less than the authorization amount and this Act provides for earmarked funds, such funds shall be deemed to be reduced to an amount bearing the same ratio to such funds as the amount appropriated bears to the authorization amount. Exempts funds for Israel or Egypt from such reductions. Makes technical amendments to provisions concerning the use of foreign currencies owned by the United States. Authorizes the use of such currencies for certain assistance under this Act if in excess of amounts required for payment by U.S. agencies of obligations outside the United States. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury, in cases where assistance to a recipient country will result in the accrual of foreign currency proceeds to the United States, to require assistance agreements to include provisions for the receipt of interest on proceeds deposited in authorized depositories. Directs the President to take steps to assure that: (1) recipient countries contribute local currencies to meet the cost of services rendered in connection with assistance programs; and (2) foreign currencies owned by the United States are utilized to meet the costs of such services. Authorizes nongovernmental organizations to invest local currencies which accrue to such organizations as a result of certain assistance provided under this Act and the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 and to use interest earned on such investments for assistance purposes. Makes technical amendments to policy provisions concerning the use of private enterprise for the procurement of commodities and defense articles and services. Authorizes the use of Federal facilities for technical assistance purposes when such facilities are not competitive with private enterprise. Outlines procurement methods and standards. Requires administrators of this Act to report to the Congress on revised procurement and contracting procedures. Allows (currently, requires) the use of excess personal property or property already owned by a Federal agency (if a substantial savings would occur) in lieu of, or supplementary to, the procurement of new items for U.S.-assisted programs. Makes technical amendments to provisions concerning excess property. Removes a ceiling on the amount of domestic excess property that may be held. Prohibits excess property from being made available for use under certain titles of this Act, unless approval is given and the administrator makes certain determinations regarding such property. Makes technical amendments to provisions concerning personnel. Removes a limit on the number of contracts with experts, consultants, and retired officers which may be renewed annually. Authorizes personnel detailed to foreign governments or organizations to be assigned on a leave without pay status. Permits the detailing or assignment of Department of Defense personnel to any civil office to carry out this Act. Title VI: Technical and Conforming Provisions - Amends existing law to incorporate provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 concerning the Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs. Prohibits U.S. courts from declining on the ground of the Federal act of state doctrine to make a determination on the merits of international law in any case in which claim of title or right to property is asserted by any party, based upon a confiscation after January 1, 1959, by a State in violation of international law. Exempts from such prohibition cases in which: (1) an act of a foreign state is not contrary to international law or cases with respect to a right to property acquired pursuant to an irrevocable letter of credit issued in good faith prior to the time of taking; or (2) the President determines that application of such doctrine is required by U.S. foreign policy interests. Amends Federal provisions governing coins and currency to grant the Secretary of the Treasury: (1) responsibility with respect to foreign credits owed to or by the United States; and (2) sole authority to establish for all foreign currencies or credits the exchange rates at which such currencies are to be reported by Federal agencies. Redesignates the Trade and Development Program as the Trade and Development Agency. Makes technical and conforming amendments to specified Acts. Repeals specified Acts. Title VII: Latin America and the Caribbean - Chapter I: Central America - Expresses the sense of the Congress concerning the development of, and U.S. assistance for, the adoption of a plan by the governments of Central American countries consistent with the recommendations of the International Commission for Central American Recovery and Development. Declares that the United States should assist in the implementation of the Commission's proposals in order to support the Central American Recovery and Development Program. Authorizes funds made available for economic support assistance for FY 1990 and 1991 to be used for a U.S. contribution to the United Nations Development Program for the Special Plan of Economic Cooperation for Central America. Requires the President to assist Central American governments in efforts to coordinate donor assistance. Authorizes funds made available for economic support assistance for FY 1990 and 1991 to be used for such efforts. Expresses the sense of the Congress that there should be closer cooperation between the United States and the Organization of American States (OAS), including the payment by the United States of its contributions to such organization. Prohibits the provision of any military aircraft to any Central American country unless specified congressional committees are notified in advance. Requires the Secretary of State to notify such committees whenever any helicopters or other military aircraft are provided to such countries by any foreign country. Expresses congressional support for the Bush Administration's policy of linking U.S. assistance for El Salvador to promotion of a political settlement of the conflict, an end to human rights abuses, and respect for democracy and the rule of law. Limits the amount of military financing to be made available to El Salvador for FY 1990 and 1991. Authorizes up to 60 percent of such financing to be obligated after specified dates only if the President reports to the Congress that the Government and armed forces of El Salvador: (1) were actively seeking to achieve an equitable political settlement of the conflict, including free and fair elections, through a mutual cease fire and a dialogue with opposition forces; and (2) made demonstrated progress in protecting internationally recognized human rights and in respect for and protection of the rights of the press, speech, assembly, and association, internationally recognized worker rights, and other attributes of political pluralism and democracy. Withholds a specified amount from military assistance to be made available to El Salvador until the Government of El Salvador has: (1) pursued all legal avenues to bring to trial those responsible for the September 1988 massacre of ten peasants near the town of San Francisco, El Salvador; and (2) satisfied its obligations under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes Against Internationally Protected Persons Including Diplomatic Agents with respect to the prosecution or extradition of those responsible for the murder of Mark Pearlman in January 1981. Permits the expenditure of such funds only with prior notification of specified congressional committees. Prohibits the obligation of economic and food assistance for El Salvador until the President reports to the Congress that the Government and armed forces of El Salvador are adhering to their stated policy of allowing international humanitarian organizations and religious relief agencies free access to conflict areas, with specified exceptions. Prohibits the use of such assistance for El Salvador for FY 1990 and 1991 for programs administered by the National Commission on the Restoration of Areas (CONARA) unless the President reports to the Congress that such assistance meets specified requirements. Provides that economic and food assistance for El Salvador for FY 1990 and 1991: (1) may not be used for the forced relocation of the civilian population, to coerce participation in civil defense patrols, or as a reward for political activities; (2) shall be used only for programs which are controlled and implemented by civilian agencies independent of military operations; and (3) shall, to the maximum extent possible, be channeled through private voluntary organizations with a proven record of providing assistance for basic human needs. Requires at least one-third of agricultural commodities made available for El Salvador for FY 1990 and 1991 under the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 to be provided to private voluntary organizations. Authorizes funds made available for FY 1990 and 1991 to be obligated to El Salvador for assistance in judicial reform only with prior notification of specified congressional committees. Sets forth congressional review procedures concerning privileged joint resolutions with regard to assistance to El Salvador. Limits the amount of military assistance to be made available to Guatemala for FY 1990 and 1991. Prohibits the obligation of such assistance unless, during the preceding fiscal year: (1) the civilian government gained authority in relation to the military and there was progress in separating the military and civilian police forces; (2) there was increased respect for the rights of freedom of the press, speech, assembly, and association and other attributes of political pluralism; (3) progress has been made in reducing political killings and other human rights violations; (4) people were not forced to participate in civil defense patrols; (5) the Guatemalan military did not harass Guatemalan human rights organizations; and (6) the office of the Guatemalan human rights ombudsman was adequately funded and functioned effectively. Authorizes the obligation of such funds only with prior notification of specified congressional committees. Prohibits the use of: (1) military financing for FY 1990 and 1991 by the Government of Guatemala for the procurement of weapons, ammunition, or aircraft (unless unarmed); and (2) authorities of the Defense Trade and Export Control Act to export such items to Guatemala during FY 1990 and 1991. Exempts from such prohibition the export under such Act of certain M-16 rifles to Guatemala with prior notification of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. Applies requirements for the use of economic and food assistance by El Salvador to Guatemala. Requires the Secretary of State to study and report to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on the Guatemalan system of military justice for the investigation of offenses by military personnel and the prosecution of those responsible for such offenses. Makes funds available for such study from amounts allocated for FY 1990 for foreign military financing. Prohibits the provision of foreign military financing and international military education assistance for police and prison authorities in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras during FY 1990 and 1991. Earmarks a specified amount of economic support assistance for Costa Rica for FY 1990. Prohibits the provision of assistance to any person or group engaging in an insurgency or rebellion against the Government of Nicaragua. Prohibits the United States from entering into any agreement or understanding under which a recipient of U.S. economic or military assistance or purchaser of U.S. military equipment shall provide assistance of any kind to such persons or groups. Requires the United States to: (1) encourage monitoring of the 1990 Nicaraguan elections by the United Nations and the OAS; and (2) pay an appropriate share of the costs of such monitoring. Declares that the United States should encourage the establishment, and pay an appropriate share of the costs, of United Nations verification units to monitor compliance with the peace accord agreed to by the governments of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua on February 14, 1989, and all subsequent agreements in furtherance of such accord. Chapter 2: The Caribbean - Caribbean Regional Development Act of 1989 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to require that priority in the provision of development assistance to the Caribbean shall be given to supporting indigenous Caribbean institutions that represent, work with, and benefit the poor. States that for purposes of determining the eligibility of any Caribbean country for development assistance, the per capita income of that country shall be deemed to be no greater than the per capita income for the Caribbean as a whole. Requires that priority in the allocation of funds and local currencies for development and economic support assistance for the Caribbean be given to: (1) food self-sufficiency; (2) rural development; (3) community-based agro-industries; (4) financial resources for small- and medium-sized farm and manufacturing enterprises; (5) expansion of tourism; (6) regional integration; (7) upgrading technical and managerial skills; (8) enhancing the natural resource base; (9) private sector development; (10) development of democratic institutions and the administration of justice; and (11) access to human services and assistance for human resources development. Prohibits the provision of any assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (except for development or international narcotics control assistance) for: (1) any government of any country in the Caribbean that does not enforce internationally recognized worker rights; and (2) a Caribbean country if the provision of that assistance would be inconsistent with promoting respect for international recognized worker rights. Authorizes such assistance if that government is taking steps to implement laws that demonstrate significant advancement in providing internationally recognized worker rights throughout the country. Prohibits the agency responsible for administering title I of this Act from providing any assistance for the use of any chemical or other substance in the Caribbean if such use: (1) is not permitted under the public health laws of that nation; or (2) would not be permitted in the United States under U.S. public health laws. Specifies that in the provision of development assistance to the Caribbean, such agency shall place emphasis on ensuring the active participation of Caribbean women in the development process. Requires such agency to: (1) consult with Caribbean organizations that work with the poor in all stages of the design and implementation of assistance policies; and (2) monitor socioeconomic conditions in the Caribbean and the effect of economic assistance programs and policies on those conditions. Requires the Office of Technology Assessment to conduct an evaluation of and report to the Congress on the performance of such agency in carrying out this Act. Earmarks: (1) economic support and development assistance for FY 1990 and 1991 for assistance to the Caribbean; and (2) a specified amount, out of Caribbean assistance, to the Eastern Caribbean and Belize. Prohibits the provision of assistance to Haiti under any Act for FY 1990 and 1991 unless the Government of Haiti has embarked upon a credible transition to democracy by: (1) restoring the 1987 Constitution; (2) appointing an independent electoral commission to conduct free, fair, and open elections as soon as possible; and (3) taking adequate steps to provide electoral security. Requires the President to notify specified congressional committees prior to the obligation of funds for such assistance. Exempts from such prohibition assistance: (1) provided through private voluntary or nongovernmental organizations to meet humanitarian and developmental needs or to promote respect for human rights and democracy; (2) provided by or through the Inter-American Foundation, OPIC, or the Peace Corps; (3) to enable the continuation of migrant and narcotics interdiction operations; (4) for the financing of education for Haitians in the United States; and (5) to an independent electoral commission responsible for the holding of elections consistent with the 1987 Constitution. Earmarks economic support assistance for FY 1990 and 1991 for Haiti if: (1) such conditions are met; (2) a civilian government is in power and such government was elected in free, fair, and open elections consistent with the 1987 Constitution that were held under international supervision; and (3) the armed forces have demonstrated a willingness to submit to legally constituted civilian authority and to abide by the Constitution. Provides that such funds are in addition to funds provided for Caribbean regional development. Chapter 3: South America - Declares that the Congress supports the democratic transition underway in Chile and intends to assist the new government with assistance to: (1) strengthen democratic institutions; and (2) establish a new relationship with the Chilean armed forces appropriate to a democratic system of government. Earmarks a specified amount of funds made available for international military education and training for FY 1990 and 1991 for Chile. Prohibits the obligation of such funds until: (1) a civilian, democratically elected president is in power in Chile and has requested such funds; (2) human rights are being respected and the civilian government is exercising independent and effective authority; and (3) the Chilean Government is making good faith efforts to resolve the murders of Orlando Letelier and Ronni Moffitt. Authorizes the obligation of such funds only with prior notification of specified congressional committees. Amends the International Security and Cooperation Act of 1981 to exempt from a prohibition on assistance to Chile certain aircraft parts, tools, technical manuals, or related services to enhance the safety of Chilean Air Force aircraft. Prohibits the use of funds made available for FY 1990 and 1991 for foreign military financing for assistance to Paraguay until: (1) a democratic government is in power in Paraguay as a result of a free and fair election; (2) the practice of torture and abuse of individuals held in detention by the military and security forces has ended; (3) procedures have been instituted by the Paraguayan Government to ensure that those arrested are promptly charged and brought to trial; (4) political rights necessary for democracy have been restored and steps toward internal reconciliation have been taken by such government. Authorizes the obligation of such funds only with prior notification of specified congressional committees. Authorizes the provision of development and economic support assistance to Peru for FY 1990 and 1991 to combat illicit narcotics production, trafficking, and use in Peru. Earmarks a specified amount of funds made available for human rights and democratic initiatives for FY 1990 and 1991 for Peru for the reopening and expansion of the Office of the Special Prosecutor to Investigate Disappearances. Chapter 4: Other Provisions Relating to the Region - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1969 to authorize appropriations for FY 1990 and 1991 for the Inter-American Foundation. Provides for the suspension of assistance allocated for FY 1990 and 1991 for any Latin American or Caribbean country if an elected president of such a country is deposed by military coup or decree. Expresses congressional concern about the continuing pattern of human rights abuses in countries with civilian regimes in Latin America and the Caribbean. Directs the Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs to submit to the Congress a special analysis of the human rights situation in such countries, along with recommendations to combat such abuses. Makes assistance available for countries with democratically-elected governments in such regions. Permits the provision of such assistance to El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras only with prior notification of specified congressional committees. Prohibits the use of such funds for: (1) lethal equipment; and (2) the participation of Department of Defense personnel and members of the U.S. armed forces in law enforcement training. Limits law enforcement assistance for Latin America and the Caribbean to 25 percent of the total amount authorized to be appropriated for such assistance under this Act. Title VIII: Europe and the Middle East - Chapter 1: Assistance to Further Middle East Peace - Earmarks funds for military financing and economic support assistance for Israel for FY 1990 and 1991. Makes certain amounts of military financing available for the procurement of defense articles and services by Israel. Earmarks funds for military financing and development and economic support assistance for Egypt for FY 1990 and 1991. Authorizes a limited amount of economic support assistance to be provided as a cash transfer under the condition that Egypt will undertake additional and significant economic reforms. Earmarks specified amounts for FY 1990 and 1991 for: (1) military financing and economic support and development assistance for Jordan; (2) development assistance for the West Bank/Gaza direct program and for regional cooperative projects in the Middle East; and (3) economic support assistance for scholarships to enable Israeli Arabs to attend institutions of higher education in the United States. Authorizes a grant for such scholarships to be made only if private sector contributions to the scholarship endowment total at least $5,000,000 by the end of FY 1990. Chapter 2: Other Provisions Relating to the Middle East - Requires the President to provide information on the impact of proposed arms transfers to the Middle East to the Congress: (1) concurrent with certain certifications concerning specified transfers under the Defense Trade and Export Control Act; and (2) at least 30 days before approving any transfer of certain missiles or associated launchers. Directs the President to report to the Congress on: (1) the Middle East arms balance based upon the impact of U.S. transfers of defense articles to the region; (2) how U.S. policy goals are advanced by such transfers; and (3) what type of military or economic compensation is required to countries whose qualitative edge the United States is committed to maintaining. Expresses concern over the proliferation of sophisticated and deadly weapons in the Middle East. Urges the President to: (1) call for multilateral talks among the world's major arms suppliers to draw up guidelines to govern weapons transfers to the Middle East; (2) urge our allies to cease or slow such transfers; (3) encourage the Soviet Union to restrain its allies on the issue of proliferation; (4) raise such issues with China to encourage a more responsible policy by the Chinese Government; and (5) initiate bilateral talks with friendly potential arms recipients in the Middle East to restrain the transfer of such arms. Requires the President to report to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on the progress in achieving such goals. Declares that military financing for Jordan is provided in recognition of the progress Jordan has made for peace in the Middle East. Authorizes the President to make a certain submission under the Defense Trade and Export Control Act with respect to proposed arms sales to Jordan only if such submission states that Jordan is publicly committed to recognition of Israel and to negotiating with Israel under United Nations Security Council Resolutions 242 and 338. Declares that: (1) the use of military financing to finance the procurement by Jordan of advanced aircraft, new air defense weapons systems, or other advanced military systems would constitute the use of such financing for a significantly different purpose than was justified to the Congress; and (2) any proposal to use such financing for such procurement would be subject to notification and reprogramming procedures under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. Prohibits the United States from selling or making available Stinger missiles to any Persian Gulf country. Makes certain prohibitions concerning the transfer of Stingers inapplicable to Stingers previously transferred to Bahrain if the President notifies the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations that: (1) the Stingers are needed by Bahrain to counter an immediate air threat or to protect U.S. personnel, facilities, equipment, or operations; (2) no other appropriate system is available from the United States; and (3) Bahrain has agreed to safeguards to protect against diversion of the Stingers as may be required by the United States and to return to the control of the United States all Stingers transferred or replaced at any time. Authorizes the replacement, pursuant to certain determinations by the President, of Stingers previously made available to Bahrain that were fired or destroyed. Permits Stingers to be made available to Oman, provided that: (1) the number of Stingers controlled by Oman is limited to ten; (2) certain certifications by the President are made to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations; and (3) the President makes the same determinations required for Stingers transferred to Bahrain. Requires Stingers made available to Oman pursuant to this Act to be returned to the possession of the United States by the end of FY 1991, unless the President determines that certain conditions warranting the control of such missiles by Oman continue to apply and the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations are notified. Directs the President to report annually to such committees an accounting for all Stingers made available to Bahrain and Oman by the United States. Prohibits the sale of defense articles or services to Qatar under the Defense Trade and Export Control Act until the President has notified the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations that Qatar has returned to the United States all illegally obtained Stingers. Earmarks funds for development assistance for FY 1990 and 1991 for cooperative development projects among the United States, Israel, and developing countries. Authorizes the President, during FY 1990 and 1991, to make certain submissions with respect to proposed sales under the Defense Trade and Export Control Act to countries in the Middle East which have acquired intermediate-range ballistic missiles made by China only if the President determines that such countries do not have chemical, biological, or nuclear warheads for such missiles. Requires the President to notify the Congress promptly if such a country has acquired such warheads after such determination has been made. Chapter 3: Eastern Mediterranean - Requires U.S. policy regarding Cyprus, Greece, and Turkey to be directed toward maintaining a stable and peaceful atmosphere in the Eastern Mediterranean region such that: (1) the United States shall actively support the resolution of differences through negotiations; (2) the United States will accord full support and high priority to efforts to bring about a prompt, peaceful settlement on Cyprus; (3) all defense articles furnished by the United States to Eastern Mediterranean countries will be used only in accordance with the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the Defense Trade and Export Control Act, and the agreements under which such articles were furnished; (4) the United States will furnish military assistance for Greece and Turkey only when such assistance is intended solely for defensive purposes and to ensure that the present balance of military strength between Greece and Turkey is maintained; (5) any agreement entered into by the United States for the provision of any defense article on the U.S. Munitions List shall expressly state that the article is being provided only with the understanding that the article will not be transferred to, or used to further the division of, Cyprus; and (6) the United States shall use its influence to achieve the withdrawal of Turkish military forces from Cyprus. Directs the President to report to the Speaker of the House and the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on progress made toward a solution of the Cyprus problem. Earmarks specified amounts of development assistance for FY 1990 and 1991 for Cyprus and for bicommunal development projects in Cyprus. Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the Government of Greece should adhere to the U.S.-Greek extradition treaty by granting the extradition of Mohammed Rashid; and (2) a failure to extradite such individual would be regarded as a breach of such treaty and would cause grave concern regarding the Greek Government's stated commitment to combat international terrorism. States that the Congress deplores the decision of the Greek Government to permit Abdel al-Zomar to leave Greece and to deny the extradition request of Italy. Earmarks specified amounts of funds for military financing for FY 1990 and 1991 for Greece and Turkey. Chapter 4: Other Provisions - Earmarks a specified amount of economic support assistance for FY 1990 and 1991 for the U.S. contribution to the Anglo-Irish International Fund. Authorizes such contribution only if the Fund agrees to an audit to determine whether funds are being distributed in accordance with the principle of equality of opportunity and nondiscrimination in employment, without regard to religious affiliation, and are addressing the needs of both communities of Northern Ireland. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Board of the International Fund should give great weight in the allocation of funds contributed to the International Fund by the United States to projects to create permanent, full-time jobs in areas that have suffered most severely from the instability of recent years. Amends the Anglo-Irish Agreement Support Act of 1986 to repeal certification requirements and to incorporate such requirements into annual reporting requirements under such Act. Prohibits funds made available for economic support assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 from being used for a contribution to the International Fund until 15 days after such annual report has been submitted. Title IX: Asia and the Pacific - Chapter 1: East Asia and the Pacific - Directs the President, in determining whether to furnish assistance to Burma under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (other than emergency humanitarian assistance) and to make sales of defense articles or services to Burma during FY 1990 and 1991, to take into account whether the Government of Burma: (1) has held free and fair elections and a civilian government has assumed power, including whether international rights of freedom of speech, the press, and assembly were respected during the electoral campaign, the elections were conducted in the presence of international observers, and whether there is an independent judiciary; and (2) is committed to implementing fundamental economic reforms to ensure that U.S. assistance can be used effectively. Directs the President, during FY 1990 and 1991, to notify specified congressional committees before: (1) obligating funds for any assistance for Burma under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961; or (2) issuing a letter of offer to sell any defense articles or services to Burma under the Defense Trade and Export Control Act. Authorizes the President to make available to non-Communist resistance forces in Cambodia funds made available for military financing and economic support assistance for FY 1990 and 1991. Prohibits the obligation or expenditure of such funds to promote the capacity of the Khmer Rouge to conduct military or paramilitary operations in Cambodia or Indochina. Authorizes the President to use: (1) funds available for development and economic support assistance for FY 1990 and 1991 for nonmilitary training of non-Communist Cambodians outside of Cambodia in skills that would be used by them upon returning to Cambodia in the context of internationally acceptable political settlement in such country; and (2) funds available for FY 1990 and 1991 for U.S. contributions to an international program of relief and reconstruction in Cambodia in the context of such a political settlement. Prohibits the provision of military financing and international military education and training made available for FY 1990 and 1991 to Fiji unless the President certifies to the Congress that Fiji has returned to a freely elected democratic government under a constitution acceptable to all communities in Fiji. Allows uncommitted balances of loans made since October 1, 1984, to the Philippines pursuant to the former authority of the Arms Export Control Act to be disbursed without requirement for repayment of principal or interest to such extent or in such amounts as are provided in advance in appropriation Acts. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to express the sense of the Congress that: (1) the United States should participate with multilateral financial institutions and other bilateral donors in an economic reform and development program in the Philippines; and (2) a multiyear commitment of resources by the United States, donors, and institutions with a continued reform effort and leadership role by the Government of the Philippines will be necessary to ensure continued economic growth in the Philippines and enhanced participation of the Filipino people in the democratic process. Authorizes the President to provide assistance to promote the four basic objectives of this Act. Links such assistance to progress by the Government of the Philippines in implementing its economic, structural, judicial, and administrative reform program and includes support for: (1) programs necessary to stimulate and strengthen private sector growth, voluntary debt reduction, import liberalization, export growth and diversification, and the privatization of enterprises; and (2) greater U.S. participation in such sector. Requires the Secretary of State and the administrator of title I of this Act, beginning with the submission of the budget request for FY 1991, to report annually to the Congress on progress in implementing the objectives of this program. Authorizes appropriations. Limits the amount of appropriations for FY 1990. Authorizes the President to transfer funds available to carry out other provisions of this Act to carry out the Philippine program without regard to the 20 percent limitation, except that: (1) the total amount of transferred funds and funds appropriated for such programs during FY 1990 may not exceed $200,000,000; and (2) the total amount so transferred in any fiscal year may not exceed the amount requested for such programs. Prohibits funds appropriated for FY 1990 from being made available until the President has received a document developed by the Government of the Philippines and acceptable to the bilateral donors and multilateral financial institutions that sets forth the framework and objectives of macroeconomic, administrative, and structural reforms and voluntary debt reduction programs which the multilateral assistance program is designed to support. Requires such reforms to include specific measures to enhance debt exchange programs, facilitate market-oriented debt reduction programs and debt-equity exchanges, and to encourage foreign investment by simplifying licensing and registration requirements. Prohibits the obligation of funds for the Philippines unless the President reports to the Congress that a majority of the assistance will be provided by other bilateral donors and multilateral financial institutions. Authorizes the obligation of such funds only upon prior notification of the Congress. Expresses the sense of the Congress that prior to requesting additional amounts to carry out this Act, the President should take into account: (1) the progress being made by the Philippines toward achieving such reform objectives; (2) the extent of participation by the bilateral donors and multilateral financial institutions; and (3) the efforts to coordinate the assistance program. Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the coordination of objectives and programs by donors, institutions, and the Government of the Philippines is critical to the success of the multilateral assistance program; (2) all donors should simplify procurement and disbursement procedures to ensure that conditions on the provision or use of assistance are complementary; and (3) the Philippines will ensure the most effective use of such assistance. Earmarks specified amounts out of amounts allocated for the South Pacific regional program for scholarships for study at postsecondary institutions in the United States for FY 1990 and 1991. Requires the President to transfer a specified amount of development and economic support assistance for Asia Programs for FY 1990 and 1991 for expenses incurred by the Assistant Secretary of State for South Asian Affairs. Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the President should use available appropriations to provide up to $200,000 in each of FY 1990 and 1991 to support joint U.S.-Laotian efforts to resolve questions concerning Vietnam era prisoners of war or those missing in action; and (2) the President should encourage the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) to actively undertake study and consultation appropriate to consider for membership in the OECD the Governments of South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore. Chapter 2: South Asia - Authorizes the President to make available development and economic support assistance funds for the provision of food, medicine, or other humanitarian assistance to the Afghan people. States that the primary purpose of U.S. economic assistance for Bangladesh is to foster economic development and political pluralism. Requires the President to take specific factors into account in determining whether to provide economic assistance to Bangladesh. Expresses the sense of the Congress that India and Nepal should work together to resolve differences in their relationship. States that the primary purpose of U.S. assistance for Pakistan is to support democracy and that the maintenance of a democratic government in Pakistan is a precondition for continued U.S. assistance. Reaffirms the commitment made in a 1959 United States-Pakistan agreement relating to aggression from a Communist-dominated state. Requires the United States to continue to ensure that defense articles provided by the United States to Pakistan are used solely for defensive or nonaggressive purposes specified in the Defense Trade and Export Control Act. Authorizes the President to waive any prohibitions under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 with respect to Pakistan if such waiver is in the U.S. national interest. Prohibits: (1) the provision of assistance or sale of defense articles or services to Pakistan unless the President certifies to the Speaker of the House and the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that Pakistan does not possess a nuclear explosive device and that such assistance will reduce significantly the risk that Pakistan will possess such a device; and (2) the aggregate amount of assistance available for Pakistan for FY 1990 and 1991 under such Act and the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 from being less than the aggregate amount made available for FY 1989. Earmarks specified amounts of development assistance available for Pakistan for FY 1990 and 1991 for literacy programs for females. Title X: Africa - Chapter 1: Africa Famine Recovery and Development - Africa Famine Recovery and Development Act - Authorizes the President to provide project and program assistance for long-term development in Subsaharan Africa. Requires the purpose of such assistance to be to help the poor majority of men and women in Subsaharan Africa to participate in a process of long-term development through economic growth that is equitable, participatory, environmentally sustainable, and self-reliant. Provides that such assistance should also encourage private sector development and promote individual initiatives and help to reduce the role of central governments in areas more appropriate for the private sector. Requires the administering agency to: (1) take into account the local-level perspective of the rural and urban poor in Subsaharan Africa during the planning process for project assistance under this Act; and (2) make available funds for a significant long-term expansion of development efforts by private and voluntary organizations which have demonstrated effectiveness in or commitment to the promotion of local grass-roots activities on behalf of long-term development in Subsaharan Africa. Requires: (1) the close consultation and involvement of local people in projects that have a local focus; and (2) the participation and integration of African women in development projects assisted by this Act. Requires the administering agency to use the program assistance provided by this Act to: (1) emphasize projects to address critical sectoral priorities for long-term development; and (2) promote reform of national economic policies to support these priorities. Sets forth examples of national economic policy reforms which can be supported by assistance provided by this Act. Requires such reforms to include provisions to protect vulnerable groups, especially poor farmers and the urban poor, from possible negative consequences of such reforms. Authorizes limited amounts of assistance furnished under this Act to be used to address other long-term development priorities in Subsaharan Africa with prior notification of specified congressional committees. Designates as the critical sectoral priorities for long-term development: (1) increased agricultural production and the maintenance and restoration of renewable natural resources; (2) improved health conditions; (3) voluntary family planning services; (4) improved relevance and efficiency of education; and (5) development of income generating opportunities for the unemployed and underemployed. Imposes minimum levels of assistance for certain critical sectors. Requires the assistance provided under this Act to be concentrated in countries that will make the most effective use of such assistance. Prohibits the administering agency from using less than specified amounts for in-country natural resources and environmental training in Subsaharan Africa. Specifies uses for local currencies generated by assistance provided under this Act and other Acts. Provides that funds made available under this Act may be used to assist the countries in Subsaharan Africa to increase their capacity to participate in donor coordination mechanisms at the country, regional, and sector levels. Requires that it be the policy of the United States that the funds made available by this Act are not used by a country to repay loans, with exceptions. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1994 for long-term development assistance for Subsaharan Africa. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the authorization should be extended whenever appropriate. Requires the administrator of the administering agency to develop a plan for organizational changes within such agency in order to carry out the long-term development assistance program for Subsaharan Africa with maximum effectiveness. Requires the administrator to submit such plan to specified congressional committees. Authorizes the administrator to transfer certain funds in order to increase the agency resources for development assistance activities for Subsaharan Africa. Requires the annual report by the President to the Congress on foreign assistance programs to include a report on the progress made in carrying out this Act. Makes reprogramming notification requirements inapplicable to funds used to carry out this Act. Makes conforming amendments to various Acts. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the purposes of the African Development Foundation are consistent with the purposes of this Act. Amends the African Development Foundation Act to: (1) authorize appropriations for the African Development Foundation for FY 1990 and 1991; and (2) require that no more than four members of the Foundation's Board are from any one political party. Repeals a provision of such Act requiring the expiration of the Foundation's authorities on September 30, 1990. Expresses the sense of the Congress that special efforts should be undertaken to reduce trade barriers and promote economic interchange between the United States and developing countries in Subsaharan Africa. Chapter 2: Other Provisions Relating to Sub-Saharan Africa - Earmarks specified amounts of economic support assistance made available for FY 1990 and 1991 for Subsaharan Africa. Earmarks specified amounts of development assistance made available for FY 1990 and 1991 to assist sector projects supported by the Southern African Development Coordination Conference (SADCC). Provides that such funds shall be available for the transportation, manpower development, agricultural and natural resources, energy, and industrial development and trade sectors. Urges: (1) the President to use diplomatic means to protect the security of such projects; and (2) the Government of South Africa to respect the territorial integrity of SADCC states and to refrain from military aggression across its borders. Requires the President, in determining whether to furnish assistance to Burundi for FY 1990 and 1991, to take into account whether the Government of Burundi is: (1) making progress in advancing internal reform of its military and civil administration and ensuring discipline and control in interactions with people of Hutu ethnicity; and (2) making progress in reversing patterns of discrimination against the majority Hutu. Declares that the provision of development and economic support assistance to Kenya for FY 1990 and 1991 shall bear a relation to significant steps by the Government of Kenya to increase respect for human rights. Requires the Secretary of State, during 1990 and 1991, to report to specified congressional committees on the steps taken by the United States to carry out such policy. Requires the President, in determining whether to furnish economic and military financing assistance to Liberia for FY 1990 and 1991, to take into account whether the Government of Liberia has: (1) demonstrated its commitment to economic reform; and (2) has taken significant steps to increase respect for human rights. Declares that it shall be U.S. policy to: (1) continue and expand bilateral development assistance to Mozambique; (2) strengthen Mozambique's transport sector through U.S. assistance to the SADCC; (3) identify additional opportunities for U.S. support of Mozambique's reconstruction; (4) contribute to Mozambique's national reconciliation in ways which do not legitimate the behavior of the Mozambique National Resistance (RENAMO) or subordinate Mozambique's sovereign interests to RENAMO's principal patron, South Africa; and (5) encourage international support for generous levels of emergency humanitarian aid for displaced or otherwise at-risk Mozambicans, including Mozambican refugees in neighboring countries. Requires the United States to use diplomatic and other means to condemn and achieve the immediate termination of South African and other external assistance to RENAMO. Declares that the provision of economic support and military financing assistance to Mozambique shall bear a relation to significant steps by the Mozambican Government to increase respect for human rights and raise hope for a political settlement. Directs the Secretary of State to report to specified congressional committees on U.S. actions concerning Mozambique. Requires the President, in determining whether to furnish economic support and military financing assistance to Somalia, to take into account whether the Government of Somalia has taken steps to increase respect for human rights that provide hope for political reconciliation. Authorizes assistance under the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 for FY 1990 and 1991 to be provided to refugees in Somalia only if: (1) an impartial counting of eligible beneficiaries of food assistance by the United States and other donors has been completed; and (2) all beneficiaries of such assistance are disarmed and the amount of such assistance does not exceed the number of beneficiaries. Requires international disaster assistance provided by the United States to northern Somalia on account of the violence in 1988 to directly benefit the victims of such violence, with primary emphasis on the original inhabitants of the regions affected. Directs the President, in determining whether to furnish economic support and military financing assistance to Sudan, to take into account whether the Government of Sudan has: (1) made substantial progress in the effective delivery of increased relief to displaced populations in areas controlled by the Sudanese Government; and (2) made good faith efforts to achieve progress in negotiations with the Sudan People's Liberation Army for a national peace accord. Limits the amount of military financing to be made available to Zaire for FY 1990 and 1991. Prohibits the provision of economic support assistance to Zaire for FY 1990 and 1991. Requires assistance for famine recovery and development in Africa and development assistance for Zaire for FY 1990 and 1991 to be provided through private voluntary organizations to the maximum extent practicable. Encourages the President to use funds available for FY 1990 and 1991 for funding at levels greater than those for previous years for treatment of and research on AIDS in Africa. Requires the President to notify specified congressional committees prior to the obligation of funds for Burundi, Liberia, Somalia, and Sudan. Chapter 3: Other Provisions Relating to Africa - Declares that: (1) it is in the interest of the United States to encourage the promotion of human rights and political and economic freedom in African countries; and (2) the President, in furnishing assistance to such countries for FY 1990 and 1991, should consider each country's record in human rights and economic reform and its friendship to the United States. Title XI: Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance - Amends the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 to set deadlines for payments for agricultural commodity sales made for foreign currencies. Prohibits the use of more than five percent of foreign currencies obtained for use from such sales to defray administrative costs of the U.S. Government. Prohibits the use of proceeds for private sector development activities to support any activity to increase exports of agricultural, textile, or apparel commodities from a developing country if such exports: (1) would be in direct competition with U.S. exports; and (2) can reasonably be expected to cause substantial injury to U.S. exporters of similar commodities. Title XII: Peace Corps - Amends the Peace Corps Act to authorize appropriations for FY 1990 and 1991. Authorizes Peace Corps technical publications to be sold at cost in furtherance of the purposes of such Act. Permits up to $200,000 of the proceeds of such sales to be credited to the applicable Peace Corps appropriation. Title XIII: United States Commission on Southern Africa - United States Commission on Southern Africa Act - Establishes the United States Commission on Southern Africa to solicit private sector funds to develop skilled personnel in South Africa and Namibia, particularly in middle management business and government positions, by providing for the training of disadvantaged South Africans and Namibians in the fields of education, health care, law, and housing. Authorizes the Commission to establish and provide funds for human resource development programs and to provide scholarships and internships for appropriate study and training. Prohibits the use of such funds for programs conducted by or through South African organizations which are financed or controlled by the Government of South Africa. Authorizes the use of such funds only for programs which clearly reflect the objective of an end to apartheid. Provides for the annual audit of the Commission by certified public accountants. Authorizes the U.S. Comptroller General to carry out an annual audit of the Commission. Requires the Comptroller General to report such audits to the Congress. Directs the Commission to ensure that: (1) recipients of Commission assistance keep separate accounts of such assistance and records to facilitate effective audits; and (2) the Commission has access to such records. Requires the Commission to report annually to the Congress on its activities. Directs the Secretary of State to grant $1,000,000 of funds made available to the Department of State to the Commission for FY 1990. Title XIV: Miscellaneous Provisions - Authorizes the administrator of title I of this Act to use U.S.-owned excess foreign currencies to: (1) carry out the purposes of title I of this Act; and (2) support any institution providing education for a significant number of U.S. nationals. Prohibits such currencies from being used in Communist countries. Requires at least ten percent of the aggregate amounts of development and famine recovery and development in Africa assistance for each of FY 1990 and 1991 to be made available only for activities of the following U.S. organizations and individuals: (1) business concerns owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals; (2) historically black colleges and universities; (3) colleges and universities in which more than 40 percent of the students are Hispanic Americans; and (4) private voluntary organizations controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals. Directs the administrator, with respect to development and famine recovery and development in Africa assistance for FY 1990 and 1991, to: (1) utilize the authority of the Small Business Act; (2) enter into contracts with small business concerns owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals; and (3) issue regulations requiring contracts in excess of $500,000 to require at least ten percent of the dollar value of such contracts to be subcontracted to minority U.S. organizations and individuals, except under specified conditions. Requires persons with contract authority in the administering agency to notify the agency's Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization before advertising contracts in excess of $100,000. Directs the administrator to: (1) include as part of the performance evaluations of agency mission directors such directors' efforts to carry out such contracting; and (2) report annually to the Congress on such contracts. Declares that it is U.S. policy to: (1) oppose restrictive trade practices or boycotts imposed by foreign countries against any U.S. person or countries friendly to the United States; and (2) encourage the world's major trading nations to refuse to take actions which have the effect of supporting such trade practices or boycotts. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to report annually on the extent to which members of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade encourage actions which further or support such boycotts.
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1989
Prohibits the expenditure of funds available to the Central Intelligence Agency, the Department of Defense, the National Security Council or its staff, or any other Government entity involved in intelligence activities to influence the 1990 presidential, legislative, or local elections in Nicaragua. Includes as specifically prohibited activities the provision of funds to: (1) any Nicaraguan political party or any other organization or individual involved in electoral activities in Nicaragua; or (2) any medium of communication in Nicaragua.
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1989
B-2 Fly-Before-You-Buy Act of 1989 - Prohibits the Secretary of Defense from obligating any funds for procurement of production aircraft under the B-2 Advanced Technology Bomber program until the Secretary certifies to the Congress that: (1) all testing and evaluation of the aircraft has been successfully accomplished; and (2) such aircraft has a high probability of being able to perform its intended missions. Directs the U.S. Comptroller General to review all test reports and evaluation documents concerning such aircraft program and to report the findings to the Congress.
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 · 6 June 1989
Designates June 21, 1989, as Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner Day. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Voting Rights Act of 1965 has helped to fulfill the promise of democracy in this Nation. Reaffirms the goal of removing remaining barriers to full voter participation in this Nation.
United States · United States Congress · 1 June 1989
Provides an opportunity for Federal employees subject to the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) and certain Federal employees subject to other retirement systems under the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1964 for Certain Employees and the Foreign Service Act to elect coverage under the Federal Employees' Retirement System (FERS) between July 1 and December 31, 1989. Delays implementation of certain Government pension offset provisions under the Social Security Act. Makes this Act's amendments effective as of January 1, 1988.
United States · United States Congress · 25 May 1989
Utility Customer Refund Act of 1989 - Describes conditions under which a normalization method of accounting will not be assumed (for purposes of recapture of certain investment tax credits) in connection with the treatment of excess deferred tax reserves of public utility companies.
United States · United States Congress · 25 May 1989
U.S. Health Service Act - Title I: Establishment and Operation of the United States Health Service - Part A: Initial Organization - Establishes, as an independent entity within the executive branch, the United States Health Service (Service). Vests authority of the Service in the appropriate National Health Board and area health boards. Grants the Service the power of eminent domain. Directs the President to: (1) appoint 21 individuals to serve as members of the Interim National Health Board of the Service; and (2) designate two nominees as chairperson and vice chairperson of the Interim National Board. Declares that the members of the Interim National Board shall serve until the National Health Board holds its initial meeting in accordance with certain provisions of this Act. Sets forth the duties of the Interim National Board. Authorizes appropriations. Part B: Organization of Area Health Boards - Requires the Interim National Board to establish health care delivery regions throughout the United States which meet specified requirements. Sets forth procedures regarding election and appointment of members and certain officers of: (1) interim national, interim regional, and interim district health boards; and (2) initial and subsequent national, regional, district, and community health boards. Requires the National Health Board (National Board) to modify the boundaries of each health care delivery region after each census and at such other times as it deems necessary, provided such modification is approved in a referendum of registered users residing in an area whose regional identification would be changed by such modification. Requires each regional board, in certain circumstances, to review the appropriateness of district and community boundaries. Allows regional boards to modify such boundaries in certain circumstances, provided modification is approved in a referendum. Part C: General Provisions Regarding Health Boards - Sets forth the membership and terms of office of health boards. Provides for recall of board members for specified reasons and for filling vacancies on health boards. Provides for the manner of conducting meetings of health boards and for the compensation of members of the National Board and compensation of and payment of expenses for members of other health boards. Sets forth procedures for the establishment by the National Board of guidelines and standards required by or in furtherance of the objectives of this Act. Requires each regional board to provide orientation, education, and technical assistance to district and community boards. Requires the appropriate national board to provide such assistance to regional boards. Title II: Delivery of Health Care and Supplemental Services - Part A: Patients' Rights in Health Care Delivery - Requires the Service to ensure that every user is given the right to receive high quality care and supplemental services without charge and without discrimination. Sets forth a list of other basic health rights. Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1973 to entitle certain employees to health leave compensation, subject to specified exceptions which exist in current law as exceptions to minimum wage and maximum hours provisions. Part B: Eligibility for, Nature of, and Scope of Services Provided by the Service - Declares all individuals, while within the United States, to be eligible to receive health care and supplemental services under this Act. Excludes personal comfort or cosmetic services unless they are necessary for health-related reasons. Requires the Service to provide in the United States specified services in or through facilities established by the Service. Prohibits the Service from providing such services in a region, district, or community other than under the auspices of a regional, district, or community board established in accordance with this Act. Requires the Service to provide specified supplemental services in or through health care facilities established by the Service. Provides for reimbursement by the Service of the cost of emergency health care services under certain circumstances. Part C: Health Care Facilities and Delivery of Health Care Services - Requires each community board to establish and maintain such health care facilities as are necessary for efficient and effective delivery or comprehensive primary health care services, specialized health care services, special services, and community-oriented health measures which are provided, as much as possible, through a single comprehensive health center. Requires each district board to establish and maintain in its district a general hospital, such other health care facilities as are necessary, and such health care services of a specialized nature as may be provided most effectively and efficiently at the district level. Requires each regional board to establish and maintain: (1) a regional medical facility for highly specialized health care services; (2) health care and supplemental services for individuals whose needs cannot be met by community or district boards; and (3) such other facilities as are necessary. Requires each area health board to: (1) hire health workers; (2) purchase or lease necessary premises; and (3) seek to minimize fragmentation and duplication in delivery of health care. Requires each regional board to provide for affiliation and coordination within its region and with adjacent regions. Requires the National Board to establish guidelines for distribution and coordination of the delivery of health care services and plan and transition to the new facilities for affected workers. Requires regional boards, if a community or district board fails to provide health services, to provide the services. Requires each health board to establish policies and organizational plans consistent with provisions of this Act. Requires such boards, in establishing, implementing, and modifying such policies and plans, to seek participation of affected workers and users. Provides for a health board, if it determines that it cannot itself effectively manage the operation of all facilities, to establish a health care facility board or boards. Specifies elements to be provided for in the policies and organizational plans established by health boards. Prohibits a health board, on and after three years after the effective date of health services, from permitting its health care facilities to be used for the private delivery of health services. Prohibits individuals employed by a health board from engaging in the private delivery of health services. Requires each health board to ensure that health facilities it operates which provide outpatient services are open during hours which permit all users to make use of such services. Sets forth requirements for facilities providing inpatient services for 30 continuous days or longer. Requires each health board to provide that, at least once each year, the inpatients of facilities providing inpatient services for 30 continuous days or longer shall elect, from among themselves and representatives of certain user associations, a review committee of not less than three members. Provides for recall and proxies with respect to such committees. Requires various health boards to conduct regular inspections of specified facilities. Requires area health boards to provide: (1) contraception information and materials; (2) evaluation and treatment for venereal diseases and diseases of the reproductive organs; (3) information and counseling regarding pregnancy, child bearing, and possible genetically induced anomalies; (4) pregnancy testing; (5) prenatal services; (6) abortion services; and (7) counseling by women for specified services and counseling by men for specified services. Requires all such services to be delivered without coercion or harassment, with confidentiality, and without prior approval of individuals other than the individual receiving the services. Requires that individuals be permitted to be accompanied by a person of their choice during the provision of such services, subject to exception. Sets forth restrictions and requirements for informed consent regarding: (1) treatments or procedures which could affect an individual's reproductive capacity; and (2) mastectomy or other breast cancer treatment. Requires that women giving birth have the right to choose from a complete range of childbirth options. Title III: Health Labor Force - Part A: Job Categories and Certification - Declares that, notwithstanding State laws to the contrary, the Service shall be the sole judge of the qualifications of its employees. Requires each area health board to insure that work is performed by certified health workers. Mandates health boards to provide for periodic review and assessment of competency. States that area health boards shall provide opportunities for assessment and certification of skills required for advancement. Requires the National Board to establish guidelines for classification, certification, and employment of health workers. Requires that such guidelines: (1) permit alternative approaches to healing, when such approaches have not been shown to be injurious to health; (2) have both flexibility and uniformity to meet stated objectives; and (3) require that each health worker employed by a community board work part of the time in a facility operated by a district or regional board and each health worker employed by a district or regional board work part of the time in a health care facility operated by a community board. Mandates that the National Board periodically evaluate job categories and certification practices established by area health boards and assist regional boards in applying certain guidelines. States that each regional board, for job categories requiring advanced specialty training, shall establish certification standards which contain certain specifications made by the National Board. Requires recognition of training, experience, and performance undertaken or demonstrated before the establishment of health team schools under part B of this title. Requires each board to periodically review, supplement, modify, or eliminate such standards. Part B: Education of Health Workers - Requires each regional board, in consultation with community and district boards, to establish a health team school (school) to provide initial and continuing basic education in health care delivery and initial and continuing advanced education in health care specialties and health science specialty fields. Allows for collaboration between adjacent regions conducting joint educational programs. Requires that the schools be funded exclusively by the Service, prohibits them from charging or accepting tuition or fees, and requires them to provide each student with an allowance for living expenses, educational supplies, and any child care. Sets forth the principles under which the schools are required to be operated and maintained. Requires the National Board to establish guidelines for the application of such principles and for the phased integration of existing health worker education programs into the schools. Requires each regional board to establish and implement for the school: (1) admissions policies with certain required elements; (2) curriculum policies with stated elements; (3) faculty hiring procedures which will create a faculty which approximates the population of the region by race, sex, and language; and (4) a governance plan for the management of its school which gives significant decision making powers to staff and students. Prohibits enrolling any individual unless the individual agrees to perform health care services as an employee of the Service, in a job category for which training is being provided, for a period of time equal to the period of enrollment, but not less than two years, and subject to other terms and conditions. Entitles the Service, if an individual fails to start or fails to complete such service, to recover damages. Cancels payment of damages upon the death of the individual. Allows waiver or suspension of the obligation of service or payment if compliance is impossible or would involve extreme hardship and if enforcement would be unconscionable. Limits discharge of such obligation under bankruptcy. Mandates that each area board periodically assess the ratio of the health workers employed by the board in each job category to the number of residents in the area. Gives priority in hiring individuals obligated to perform service to health worker shortage areas and, as a second level of priority, to the regional, district, or community board for the region, district, or community in which the program was completed. States that the National Board shall establish a program to match the preferences graduates have for locations with the needs and preferences of various boards. Requires the National Board to make payments of principal and interest on certain loans incurred by individuals for an educational program in health care delivery, health care specialties, or health science fields which is outstanding on the day that individual begins to work for the Service. Establishes a schedule for such payments. Part C: Employment and Labor-Management Relations Within the Service - Requires health boards to employ, classify, and fix the salaries and benefits of all employees of the Service. Mandates that the appropriate National Board provide for: (1) employment and promotion in the Service in the same manner as under the Federal civil service system; (2) opportunities for advancement; (3) use of work time for continuing education without loss of pay or other rights; and (4) hearings on adverse actions. States that health boards shall give hiring preference to individuals employed as health workers before enactment of this Act. Requires the National Board to ensure that all such individuals desiring employment in the Service find appropriate employment in the Service. Declares employees of the Service eligible for promotion or transfer to any position in the Service for which they are qualified. Mandates that each regional board establish and maintain a job placement service. Places restrictions on hiring relating to the: (1) ratio of health workers to residents; and (2) existence of a health worker shortage area in the same region. Declares that employees of the Service are covered by specified Federal laws relating to adverse actions, compensation for work injuries, civil service retirement, and withholding of pay for the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund, subject to exceptions relating to collective bargaining agreements and conditioned on approval by the Office of Personnel Management. Declares sick and annual leave and compensatory time of employees of the Service, whether accrued prior to or after the commencement of operations of the Service, to be obligations of the Service. Requires compensation, benefits, and other terms and conditions of employment to be the same on the effective date of health services as for Federal Government employees until changed by the Service. Makes specified provisions of Federal law relating to unemployment compensation and life insurance apply to employees of the Service unless modified. Prohibits changes in fringe benefits which result in a program which is less favorable to employees of the Service than fringe benefits for employees of the Federal Government on the effective date of health services. Declares that the provisions of the National Labor Relations Act shall apply to the Service and its employees, subject to specified exceptions. Declares that provisions of Federal law relating to participation in a strike shall not apply to employees of the Service. Authorizes provisions in collective bargaining agreements between the Service and its employees regarding procedures for the resolution of grievances and adverse actions, including binding third-party arbitration. Amends the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 to include the Service in the definition of the term "employer" under that Act. Provides that the remedies provided by stated Federal laws regarding jurisdiction and tort claims shall be exclusive of any other civil action or proceeding. Directs the Attorney General to defend any such action or proceeding. Provides, in certain circumstances, for removal and remanding of cases between State and Federal courts and for suspensions of specified limitations of time. Authorizes the Attorney General to compromise or settle such cases as provided in specified Federal law. Declares that assault or battery arising out of negligence in various health care functions is not an exception under specified Federal law to tort claims and jurisdiction provisions of Federal law. Authorizes the National Board to hold harmless or provide liability insurance for any employee of the Service under certain circumstances. Title IV: Other Functions of Health Boards - Part A: Advocacy, Grievance Procedures, and Trusteeships - Requires each area health board to establish a program of health advocacy with specified elements. Requires the National Board to establish a health rights legal services program, for users and health workers, providing specified elements. Requires each appropriate regional board to provide that any user, health worker, user association, or specified health board may commence grievance proceedings before specified health boards with respect to alleged violations of this Act. Provides for review of adverse decisions. Prohibits commencement or continuation of such review when suit is filed. Provides procedures for handling such grievances. Authorizes, in certain circumstances, the entity before which a grievance proceeding is commenced or reviewed to: (1) set aside an election of a community board and require a new election; and (2) if not involving a community board, require that a new election be conducted or a new appointment be made. Requires such entity to transfer such functions as necessary to the appropriate higher health board until a new election is conducted or a new appointment is made. Authorizes a health board which receives functions under such a transfer to appoint a trustee or trustee committee to carry out transferred functions. Part B: Occupational Safety and Health Programs - Requires the National Board to oversee occupational safety and health programs conducted at the regional level and to participate in the establishment and administration of occupational safety and health standards under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, with the advice and comments of regional occupational safety and health action councils established under this Act. Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to substitute references to the National Health Board for references to the Secretary of Health and Human Services throughout such Act, with one specified exception. Adds references to the National Health Board to existing provisions in such Act regarding promulgation, modification, and revocation of safety and health standards. Ends responsibility of the Secretary of Health and Human Services for prescribing rules and regulations to carry out such Secretary's responsibilities under that Act. Adds a reference to consultation with the National Board to existing provisions relating to: (1) exemptions from required provisions on account of national defense; (2) conditions for approval of State safety and health plans; and (3) access to safety and health records and reports required of Federal agencies. Ends the authorization under a specified provision of such Act for the Secretary of Health and Human Services to prescribe regulations requiring employers to measure, record, and make reports on employees' exposure to certain substances or agents. Requires the National Board to establish guidelines for: (1) its participation in the establishment and administration of safety and health standards; (2) the election of community occupational safety and health action councils; (3) the establishment of regional occupational safety and health programs; (4) the establishment and operation of work place health facilities; and (5) the provision of assistance by various health boards to various safety and health councils, and to work place safety and health committees. Requires each community board to provide for the operation of a community occupational safety and health action council (COSHAC). Gives a formula for election of the members of COSHACs. Specifies the duties of each COSHAC. Requires each regional board to establish an occupational health and safety program for its region with specified elements, including staffing and supporting the operation of the regional occupational safety and health action council (ROSHAC). Specifies the responsibilities of each ROSHAC. Requires the employer in each work place to establish and maintain a health facility in or near the work place to meet occupational and emergency health care needs of employees, to be operated either by the community board or by the employer, and the cost, in either case, to be borne by the employer. Grants employees in each work place having 25 or more employees the right to establish work place occupational safety and health committees. Grants the members of such committees rights to engage in certain activities relating to inspections without loss of pay or other job rights. Authorizes employees to monitor conditions and to remove themselves from the site of any hazard without loss of pay or other job rights. Requires employers to minimize hazards and furnish employees with or reimburse employees for needed equipment or clothing. Specifies rights of employees regarding: (1) inspection of medical records maintained by their employers; (2) provision to employees of copies of all reports, studies, and data concerning health and safety in that work place; and (3) the seeking, through collective bargaining, of standards more restrictive than those established under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970. Part C: Health and Health Care Delivery Research - Requires the Service to conduct a program of research concerning health and health care delivery. Transfers the National Institutes of Health from the Department of Health and Human Services to the National Health Board. States that the National Board shall establish five new national institutes: Epidemiology, Evaluative Clinical Research, Health Care Services, Pharmacy and Medical Supply, and Sociology of Health and Health Care. Specifies the duties of each such institute. Part D: Health Planning, Distribution of Drugs and Other Medical Supplies, and Miscellaneous Functions - Requires each area board to collect data on supply and demand regarding health workers and health care delivery. Requires each regional board to coordinate the planning and administration of health care delivery, health worker education, and health research in its region. Requires the National Board to formulate one-year and five-year national plans and budgets. Requires the National Board, after consultation with regional boards, to publish, and regularly update, a National Pharmacy and Medical Supply Formulary. Specifies the contents of the Formulary. Requires each regional board to establish a program for the purchase and distribution of drugs and other medical supplies. Authorizes the National Board to establish and operate drug and medical supply manufacturing facilities in certain circumstances. Requires the National Board to publish an annual report and a comprehensive dictionary of terms used in health care records and services maintained or provided by the Service. Title V: Financing of the Service - Part A: Health Service Taxes - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to add a new part imposing on individuals and corporations an additional tax of specified percentages of the normal tax and surtax imposed by a specified section of such code. Ends the income tax exclusion from gross income of amounts paid by third parties for medical care. Excludes from gross income employer contributions to accident or health plans to the extent that such contributions do not provide for health care available to such employees under the Health Service Act. Prohibits income tax deductions for: (1) health care expenses as a trade or business expense; and (2) contributions to certain medical and hospital facilities. Repeals provisions of the Internal Revenue Code relating to: (1) medical and dental expenses; (2) hospital insurance tax imposed on employment and self-employment income; and (3) receipts for railroad employees. Declares that no contractual or other nonstatutory obligation of any employer to pay or provide for health care for present or former employees and their dependents and survivors shall apply on or after the effective date of health services under this Act to the extent such individuals are eligible to receive such services under this Act. Prohibits Federal, State, or private worker compensation programs from paying for or providing any health care on or after the effective date of health services under this Act to the extent such care is available under this Act. Part B: Health Service Trust Fund - Creates in the Treasury the Health Service Trust Fund (Trust Fund). Appropriates to the Trust Fund amounts equal to 100 percent of the expected net receipts from specified provisions of the Internal Revenue Code. Appropriates to the Trust Fund a Government contribution equal to 40 percent of the amount appropriated under such 100 percent provision. Transfers to the Trust Fund all assets and liabilities of the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund. Creates the Board of Trustees of the Trust Fund. Requires the investment of specified portions of the Trust Fund. Extends the purposes for which obligations of the United States may be issued under the Second Liberty Bond Act, to authorize the issuance at par of public debt obligations for purchase by the Trust Fund. Part C: Preparation of Plans and Budgets - Requires the National Board to annually fix the maximum amount of funds which may be expended from the Trust Fund during the fiscal year. Specifies criteria to be considered in determining such amount's maximum value. Authorizes the National Board to refix such maximum amount in certain circumstances. Authorizes the National Board to exceed such maximum amount as necessary because of epidemic, disaster, or other occurrence which was not and could not have been planned for. Authorizes the National Board to allocate, in addition to such maximum amount, funds borrowed under specified provisions of this Act. Requires each community, district, and regional board to annually submit fiscal year and five-year plans and budgets to the next higher level health board. Requires plans and budgets to be prepared in consultation with appropriate users, health workers, and health boards. Part D: Allocation and Distribution of Funds - Requires the National Board to annually transmit to regional boards a national health budget dividing the total funds available into funds for ordinary operating expenses, preventive health measures, capital expenses, research expenses, and special operating expenses. Requires funds for ordinary operating expenses, preventive health measures, and research expenses to be allocated to the regional boards on the basis of population. Requires funds for capital expenses to be allocated according to stated criteria. Declares the budget submitted to the regional boards by the National Board to be adopted upon the approval by a majority of the regional boards. Sets forth requirements, similar to those for the national health budget, for preparation and adoption of regional and district budgets. Defines "special operating expenses" to mean operating expenses associated with: (1) care and treatment for users 65 years of age and older; (2) care and treatment of persons confined to full-time residential institutions, including nursing homes and facilities for the treatment of mental illness; (3) the special health care needs of low-income users; (4) the special health care needs of rural users; (5) special health care needs arising from environmental or occupational health conditions; (6) special health care needs arising from unexpected occurrences, including epidemics and natural disasters; and (7) the conduct of environmental health inspection and monitoring services. Sets forth rules for allocation of special operating expenses. Requires funds allocated under the national health budget to be distributed by the National Board from the Trust Fund. Prohibits health boards from requesting or receiving funds from any other source. Sets forth rules regarding: (1) distribution of funds in the absence of an adopted budget; (2) maintenance of separate accounts by area boards; (3) payment of area health boards; and (4) allocation of supplementary funds required by events occurring or information acquired after initial allocations. Authorizes area boards to retain unused funds for two years following receipt. Requires any funds unexpended after such time to be returned to the Trust Fund. Mandates annual financial statements by area health boards. Grants the National Board and the Comptroller General of the United States, for the purpose of audits, access to any books, documents, papers, and records related to the operation of the Service. Part E: General Provisions - Authorizes the National Board to borrow money and to issue and sell obligations as necessary for this Act, but only in amounts specified in appropriations Acts. Limits the aggregate amount of such obligations outstanding at any one time. Authorizes the National Board to pledge the assets of the Trust Fund and pledge its revenues and receipts for various purposes related to such obligations. Authorizes the National Board to enter into a variety of covenants as necessary or desirable to enhance the marketability of such obligations. Declares that such obligations: (1) shall be negotiable or nonnegotiable, bearer or registered; (2) shall contain a recital that they are issued under a specified provision of this Act; (3) shall be lawful investments; (4) shall be exempt from State taxes; and (5) shall not, subject to exception, be obligations of the U.S. Government. Requires the National Board to advise the Secretary of the Treasury of the proposed sale of obligations. Authorizes such Secretary to elect to purchase the obligations. Authorizes the National Board, if the Secretary elects not to buy such obligations, to issue and sell them to a party or parties other than the Secretary, upon notice to the Secretary and consultation regarding various terms and conditions. Empowers the National Board to require the Secretary of the Treasury to purchase obligations of the Service. Prohibits any required purchase which would result in a holding by the Secretary in excess of a specified amount. Makes obligations issued by the Service obligations of the U.S. Government under certain circumstances. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury, for the purpose of any purchase of the obligations of the Service, to use as a public debt transaction the proceeds from the sale of any securities issued under the Second Liberty Bond Act. Extends the purposes of such Act to include any purchases of the obligations of the Service under this part. Title VI: Miscellaneous Provisions - Repeals, on the effective date of health services, the Public Health Service Act, except for specified provisions relating to: (1) its short title and definitions; (2) licensing, quarantine, and inspections authority; and (3) safety of public water systems. Delays, until four years after the effective date of health services, repeal of portions of the Public Health Service Act regarding provision of assistance to educational institutions and their students, in areas which have not established health team schools under part A of title III of this Act. Repeals specified provisions of the Social Security Act relating to maternal and child health, Medicare, Medicaid, professional standards review, entitlement to hospital insurance benefits, uniform health reporting systems, limitation on Federal participation for capital expenditures, the program for determining qualification for certain health care personnel, disclosure of ownership and related information, disclosure of certain convictions, and payments to States for health care and supplemental services. Repeals specified provisions of Federal law relating to health insurance for Federal employees, medical benefits and programs relating to veterans, and the civilian health and medical program of the uniformed services. Repeals the Comprehensive Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Act of 1970, the Comprehensive Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1974, and a specified provision of the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 relating to medical treatment of narcotic addiction. Repeals Federal law relating to hospitals, community hospitals, and other health facilities for Indians. Repeals the District of Columbia Medical Facilities Construction Act of 1968 and the District of Columbia Medical and Dental Manpower Act of 1970. Repeals specified provisions of the National Housing Act relating to mortgage insurance for nursing homes, hospitals, and group practice facilities. Repeals the Mental Retardation Facilities and Community Mental Health Centers Construction Act of 1963, the Family Planning Services and Population Research Act of 1970, the National Arthritis Act of 1974, and the National Diabetes Mellitus Research and Education Act. Repeals specified provisions of the Lead-Based Paint Poisoning Prevention Act relating to grant, demonstration, and research programs for lead-based paint poisoning prevention. Repeals the Act of March 2, 1897, relating to tea importation. Repeals specified provisions of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 relating to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Requires the President to prepare and submit to the Congress legislation to repeal or amend provisions of laws which are inconsistent with this Act, including the transfers of authority of the Secretary of Health and Human Services, under specified provisions of Federal law, to the Service. Sets forth various requirements regarding review and reporting to the President and the Congress concerning how the Service is carrying out the purposes of the various programs authorized to be conducted by provisions repealed by this Act. Transfers to the Health Service Trust Fund amounts appropriated to carry out the purposes of any law repealed by this Act. Provides transition rules regarding contracts entered into or rights or obligations arising before the effective date of such repeals. Amends the Budget and Accounting Act, 1921 to require that each budget submitted by the President set forth items relating to the Health Service Trust Fund separately from other operations of the Government. Declares that, if any provisions of this Act are declared invalid, the remainder of the Act shall not be affected.
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1989
Child Labor Deterrence Act of 1989 - Urges the President to propose to the United Nations Economic and Social Rights Committee that the Convention for the Rights of the Child include a worldwide ban on trade in products of child labor. Requires the Secretary of Labor to identify foreign countries that: (1) have not adopted, or enforced, prohibitions against the use of child labor in the manufacture of products; and (2) have exported products of child labor to the United States. Authorizes any person to file a petition with the Secretary requesting that a particular country be identified. Requires the Secretary, before making such identification, to: (1) consult with the U.S. Trade Representative, the Secretary of State, and the Secretary of the Treasury; and (2) publish notice in the Federal Register that such identification is being considered and invite public comment. Directs the Secretary of Labor to transmit to the Congress a report with respect to the national laws and practices of foreign countries pertaining to the commercial exploitation of children. Prohibits the importation of products which have been produced by child labor. Sets forth civil and criminal penalties.
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1989
Older Americans' Freedom to Work Act of 1989 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to remove the limitation on the amount of outside income which beneficiaries who have attained retirement age may earn without incurring a reduction in benefits.
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1989
Racial Justice Act - Prohibits the imposition or the carrying out of the death penalty in a racially disproportionate pattern. States that a racially disproportionate pattern occurs when the penalty of death is imposed: (1) more frequently upon persons of one race; or (2) more frequently as punishment for crimes against persons of one race. Provides that ordinary methods of statistical proof shall suffice to establish a racially disproportionate 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 disproportionate pattern exists. States that the Government may rebut a prima facie showing by establishing by clear and convincing evidence that identifiable nondiscriminatory factors explain the racial disparities constituting the disproportion. 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 the failure to raise such a claim before the enactment of this Act shall not bar future claims.
United States · United States Congress · 18 May 1989
International Plutonium Control Act - Urges the President to seek negotiations with the Soviet Union on a verifiable agreement to end the production by both countries of plutonium and highly enriched uranium for weapons purposes. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States and the Soviet Union should: (1) establish verification arrangements to monitor the cessation of activities under this Act, including mutual inspections of production reactors, chemical separation and uranium enrichment facilities, and isotope separation plants; (2) furnish the equipment and personnel to implement safeguards at civilian nuclear facilities and consider transferring the safeguards mission to the International Atomic Energy Agency; and (3) consider increasing their respective contributions to the Agency to fund the assignment of fully trained inspectors to each country to assume additional safeguards responsibilities at civilian nuclear facilities. Urges the President to seek agreement with the Soviet Union that the United States and the Soviet Union will: (1) exchange information on the location, mission, and maximum annual capacity of their facilities essential to the production of tritium for stockpile replenishment; and (2) provide to each other a complete inventory of facilities dedicated to the production of plutonium and uranium for weapons purposes. Prohibits funds from being obligated or expended by the United States to operate facilities dedicated to the production of plutonium for weapons purposes unless the President certifies to the Congress that: (1) the Soviet Union has refused to enter in good faith into the negotiations; (2) the United States is unable to determine that Soviet facilities producing plutonium have ceased operation; or (3) the Soviet Union is continuing to obtain plutonium by operating civilian chemical separation plants that are not under bilateral U.S.-Soviet safeguards.
United States · United States Congress · 18 May 1989
Food Irradiation Safety and Labeling Requirement Act of 1989 - Prohibits the Secretary of Agriculture from implementing pork irradiation regulations and the Secretary of Health and Human Services from implementing other food irradiation regulations. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to arrange for and report within two years on a study of the risks to human health and the environment presented by food irradiation. Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require that food for domestic use or export which has been irradiated be labeled in a prescribed fashion. Requires restaurant menus to indicate when foods have been irradiated. Requires persons irradiating food to report semiannually to the Secretary.
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1989
Correctional Alternatives Act of 1989 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance to make grants to States to carry out: (1) projects that demonstrate alternatives to incarcerating individuals who are convicted of nonviolent crimes; and (2) jointly with private entities, vocational educational projects, and job training projects, that are also alternatives to incarcerating such individuals. Sets forth the application procedure for such grants. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1993.
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