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Bill· HRH.R. 4997 (101st)open

To permit States to waive application of the Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986 with respect to vehicles used to transport farm supplies from retail dealers to or from a farm, and to vehicles used for custom harvesting, whether or not such vehicles are controlled and operated by a farmer.

United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1990

Authorizes the States to waive application of the Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986 to vehicles used either for transporting farm supplies from retail dealers to or from a farm, or for custom harvesting, regardless of whether or not they are controlled or operated by a farmer.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 402 (101st)passed

Designating two House of Representatives office buildings as the "Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr. House of Representatives Office Building" and the "Gerald R. Ford House of Representatives Office Building", respectively, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1990

Designates: (1) the House of Representatives office building at C Street and New Jersey Avenue, Southeast, District of Columbia, known as House of Representatives Office Building Annex No. 1, as the Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr. House of Representatives Office Building; and (2) the House office building at 3d and D Streets, Southwest, District of Columbia, known as House of Representatives Office Building Annex No. 2, as the Gerald R. Ford House of Representatives Office Building.

Bill· HRH.R. 4895 (101st)open

Production Cost Insurance Act of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 23 May 1990

Production Cost Insurance Act of 1990 - Amends the Federal Crop Insurance Act to expand the oversight and data collection powers of the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation. Authorizes the Corporation to provide insurance for the recovery of production costs. Prohibits plan changes for three years from the date of the initial change. Directs the Corporation to make crop insurance available for dry edible beans. Repeals a specified crop insurance yield coverage provision. Prohibits the inclusion of specified catastrophic losses in establishing premium rates. Directs the Corporation to establish regional advisory committees to assist in actuarial and underwriting activities.

Bill· HRH.R. 4898 (101st)referred

To amend the Act of August 30, 1890 (commonly known as the Second Morrill Act), to remove language purporting to permit racial segregation in land-grant colleges that receive funds under that Act.

United States · United States Congress · 23 May 1990

Amends Federal Law (popularly known as the Agricultural College Act of 1890 and also as the Second Morrill Act) to require that, if any State or Territory has more than one college which is entitled to receive an annual payment under land grant college provisions, the payments must be equitably divided among the colleges, as proposed by the State or Territorial legislature and approved by the Secretary of Agriculture. (Current law replaced by this provision prohibits payments to colleges where admission distinctions are made on the basis of race or color, but allows payments to separate colleges or educational institutions for white and colored students so long as the payments are equitably divided.)

Bill· HRH.R. 4741 (101st)open

Air Traffic Controller Incentive and Retention Act

United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1990

Air Traffic Controller Incentive and Retention Act - Increases the premium pay differential for certain air traffic control system employees and other specified employees of the Federal Aviation Administration and the Department of Defense from five to 15 percent of the applicable rate of basic pay. Entitles such employees to Sunday premium pay for work performed on Saturday. Eliminates the age limitation on annuity eligibility under the Civil Service and Federal Employees' Retirement Systems for air traffic controllers with 20 years of service.

Bill· HRH.R. 4697 (101st)referred

To amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to provide grants for the purchase of recycling equipment.

United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1990

Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to award grants for the purchase of recycling equipment. Requires grant recipients to contribute at least 75 percent of the costs of such equipment. Limits the amount of such grants. Authorizes appropriations.

Bill· HRH.R. 4640 (101st)open

Comprehensive American Wetlands Act of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 26 April 1990

Comprehensive American Wetlands Act of 1990 - Establishes a comprehensive system for the identification, valuation, preservation, and compensation to the owners of U.S. wetlands, and for providing tax incentives for transfers of wetlands to governments and other specified entities. Makes this Act inapplicable to any coastal wetlands in the United States or to any wetlands in the State of Alaska. Title I: Wetland Preservation - Directs the Soil Conservation Service (SCS) to conduct an inventory to locate, delineate, and determine the special wetland value of all U.S. wetlands subject to this Act. Directs the SCS, upon determining that certain lands may have special wetland value, to refer such determination to: (1) the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for determinations relating to wildlife habitat; (2) the Army Corps of Engineers for determinations relating to flood control (except lands eligible for certain small watershed projects, for which the SCS will make the determinations); (3) the Geological Survey for determinations relating to aquifer recharge; (4) the SCS for determinations relating to sedimentation discharge; and (5) the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for determinations relating to water quality. Directs the Cooperative Extension Service for each State to identify practices exempted from regulations under specified provisions of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA), taking into account existing practices and developing additional practices in consultation with the affected industry or community. Amends the FWPCA to include a similar exemption, with respect to certain areas of navigable waters, for normal crop rotation practices, activities generally acceptable within the agricultural community, or new technology activities proper in the industry or community, as established by the State Cooperative Extension Service. Requires that a list of exempted practices and activities be filed with the EPA Administrator, who shall publish the list as a proposed rule. Directs the EPA Administrator to identify the specific activities and practices for each State exempted by regulation. Requires mitigation as a condition for conversion of wetlands. Requires such mitigation to be, to the extent practicable, a restoration within the same environmental system of the special wetland values converted. Directs the Federal agency that determined the special value of the wetlands to determine the amount of mitigation, in consultation with the affected party. Limits such amount to not more than the following ratios of acreage restored to acreage converted: (1) one to one, for "nonconverted" wetlands; (2) two to one, plus preserving or enhancing in the same environmental system the special wetland values lost, for "special nonconverted" wetlands; and (3) five to one, plus such preservation or enhancement of those values, for "natural" wetlands. Exempts "prior converted" and certain small acreage wetlands from such mitigation requirements. Provides for consideration of construction of artificial wetlands as a mitigating factor. Establishes a wetlands conservation conveyance program. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire lands from a willing seller by purchase or exchange, to provide for wetlands conservation. Authorizes the Secretary to transfer such lands to appropriate Federal agencies and contract with States for their management. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to evaluate wetlands within any lands acquired by the United States to determine if special wetland values are present and, if so, to administer such lands if practicable. Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to include in the agricultural conservation reserve program lands that are not highly erodible but that are wetlands. Limits to 10,000,000 acres the wetlands that may be enrolled in such program. Requires the Secretary, during the 1991 through 1995 crop years, to only enroll wetlands in such program. Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to revise conservation reserve credits for wheat, feed grains, cotton, and rice acreage. Allows any reduced, set-aside, or additional diverted cropland acreage to be devoted to water storage in compliance with an established conservation plan approved by the SCS. Doubles such credit for non-converted wetlands, and triples it for prior converted wetlands. Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to revise the wetland conservation program with respect to determinations of ineligibility for specified Federal program loans, payments, and benefits for persons who produce agricultural commodities on converted wetland. Allows an exemption from the ineligibility penalty if: (1) an agricultural commodity was produced on converted wetlands as a natural result of a project found to be in the public interest, unless such lands were not used for agriculture before December 23, 1985; or (2) mitigation is carried out in accordance with this Act. Allows persons found to be ineligible appeal to the State Committee of the Agriculture and Soil Conservation Service. Authorizes the State Committee to modify the ineligibility determination after considering specified specified factors. Sets forth procedures for administrative appeals of decisions made under this Act and specified FWPCA provisions relating to wetlands. Directs the EPA Administrator to establish a National Appeals Division for hearing and determining appeals of decisions by employees of the EPA, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Army Corps of Engineers. Title II: Tax Treatment for Certain Transactions Relating to Wetlands - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the charitable contribution base for contributions of wetlands. Grants a capital gains preference for certain sales and exchanges of wetlands by individuals. Allows a specified deduction of capital gains on certain sales and exchanges of wetlands to specified governmental units or any other organization approved by the Secretary of the Interior as a proper custodian of lands with wetland values. Sets forth a special rule for estates and trusts. Disallows such deduction in determining alternative minimum taxable income. Allows amortization of certain expenditures for restoring wetlands.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 316 (101st)open

Expressing the sense of Congress on the strike of Greyhound employees.

United States · United States Congress · 26 April 1990

Calls immediately for Greyhound Lines, Inc., and the Amalgamated Transit Union to resume negotiations under the auspices of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service and the Secretary of Labor.

Bill· HRH.R. 4621 (101st)referred

Mickey Leland Peace Dividend Housing Assistance Act of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 25 April 1990

Mickey Leland Peace Dividend Housing Assistance Act of 1990 - Title I: Housing for Low-Income Families - Increases FY 1991 through 1995 budget authority for Housing Act of 1937 section 8 existing housing certificates. Amends such Act to revise section 8 tenant selection preferences, including annual reevaluation of family preference. Requires the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to submit semiannual assisted housing reports to the Congress. Authorizes appropriations. Title II: Community Housing Partnership - Community Housing Partnership Act - Subtitle A: Housing Education and Organizational Support Grants for Community Based Housing Projects - Authorizes the Secretary to provide housing education and organizational support grants to eligible cities and States and directly to nonprofit sponsors and nonprofit organizations. Subtitle B: Community Housing Partnership Grants - Authorizes the Secretary to provide grants to cities and States and grants and loans to nonprofit sponsors for acquisition, construction, and rehabilitation of low- and moderate-income housing. Allocates community partnership housing grants as follows: (1) 60 percent to metropolitan and urban areas; (2) 25 percent to States for non-urban use; and (3) 15 percent to nonprofit sponsors. Subtitle C: General Provisions - Defines specified terms for purposes of this title. Authorizes appropriations for subtitle A. Title III: Recycling of Existing Federal Assets - Recycling of Existing Assets for Cost-Effective Housing Act - Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to States for State housing finance agencies to establish revolving funds for low- to moderate-income rental housing. Requires State matching funds. Requires: (1) States receiving such funds to establish a revolving fund; and (2) agencies to develop affirmative action programs. Sets forth requirements with regard to: (1) rental housing; and (2) eligible properties. Authorizes appropriations. Title IV: Public Housing Development and Modernization - Increases FY 1991 through 1995 budget authority under the Housing Act of 1937 for: (1) public housing development; and public housing modernization. Amends such Act to revise public housing tenant selection criteria, including annual reevaluation of family preference. Title V: Grants for Preservation of Existing Housing and Security in Public Housing - Authorizes the Secretary to make grants for: (1) acquisition and rehabilitation of specified multifamily housing; (2) training and technical assistance to nonprofit sponsors and representative organizations; and (3) public housing security, including Indian public housing. Authorizes appropriations. Title VI: Rural Housing Program Funding - Increases FY 1991 through 1995 budget authority under the Housing Act of 1949 for the following rural housing programs: (1) homeownership loan program; (2) very low-income housing repair loan program; (3) farm labor housing loan program; (4) rural rental housing loan program; (5) farm labor housing grant program; (6) housing preservation grant program; and (7) rental assistance payments program. Extends program authority for: (1) rental housing loans; and (2) rural area classification. Title VII: Supportive Services - Directs the Secretary to carry out a program to coordinate supportive services in federally assisted housing, including such services as: (1) child care; (2) health monitoring; (3) education and job training; and (4) drug and alcohol counseling. Title VIII: Single Room Occupancy Housing for Homeless Families and Individuals - Increases FY 1991 through 1995 budget authority under the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act for section 8 assistance for single room occupancy dwellings. Amends such Act to extend single room occupancy contract authority. Title IX: Miscellaneous - Directs the Comptroller General to audit the Secretary at least annually with respect to activities under this Act, and report to the Congress.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 384 (101st)open

Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the urgent famine situation in Ethiopia.

United States · United States Congress · 25 April 1990

Expresses the sense of the Congress that the administration should: (1) be commended for its quick action in addressing the humanitarian crisis in northern Ethiopia; and (2) impress upon Ethiopia's opposition groups that the U.S. attitude toward each such group will be greatly influenced by their cooperation in facilitating relief efforts and by steps they take in negotiating a lasting political settlement. Requests the President to urge: (1) the parties to the conflict in northern Ethiopia to agree to a ceasefire, to accept free passage of relief, and to permit the United Nations (U.N.) to assume a prominent role in coordinating international relief efforts; (2) Soviet President Gorbachev to press the Ethiopian Government to agree to such actions; and (3) nations supplying military assistance to the warring parties in Ethiopia to use their influence to facilitate a ceasefire and end external military flows. Urges the President: (1) until the Ethiopian Government takes such actions, to oppose favorable treatment of such Government by the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), to continue to oppose upgrading of U.S. diplomatic relations with such Government, and to prohibit the importation of Ethiopian coffee; and (2) after the Ethiopian Government takes such actions and has made substantial progress in effecting macroeconomic reform and in negotiating a settlement of Ethiopia's internal wars, to begin the normalization of relations and to support an expanded World Bank and IMF role in Ethiopia.

Bill· HRH.R. 4592 (101st)open

Crop Insurance Act of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 24 April 1990

Crop Insurance Act of 1990 - Directs the President to appoint as an officer in the Department of Agriculture (Department) a Commissioner of Crop Insurance. Provides for the creation of: (1) a Crop Insurance Advisory Committee; and (2) an Office of Crop Insurance Operations (Office) in the Department. Provides for reviews of: (1) insurers; (2) rating organizations; and (3) crop insurance rates and policies. Preempts State and local law with regard to such reviews and related matters. Requires the Office to make premium vouchers available to agricultural producers to purchase multiple peril crop insurance. Authorizes the Office to provide hardship allowances for the first five years after enactment of this Act under specified circumstances. Directs the Commissioner to provide for an assigned crop insurance plan for those producers unable to obtain crop insurance. Creates a Federal catastrophic reinsurance program to protect insurers against nationwide losses exceeding specified levels. Establishes the Catastrophic Reinsurance Fund. Applies specified fraud remedies to insurance policies under this Act. Authorizes appropriations. Phases out the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, and repeals the Federal Crop Insurance Act upon the Corporation's dissolution. Directs the Commissioner, upon enactment of this Act, to implement its programs with a Three-Year Transitional Program operated through a Special Transitional Pool (insurance policy repository).

Bill· HRH.R. 4565 (101st)referred

Loans to One Borrower Transition Rule Act of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 19 April 1990

Loans to One Borrower Transition Rule Act of 1990 - Amends the Home Owners' Loan Act to establish a transition period during which specified limits apply to total loans and credit extensions offered by savings associations to any one borrower. Requires the Director of the Office of Thrift Supervision to prescribe regulations to implement this Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 4576 (101st)open

Rural Economic Development and School Partnership Act of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 19 April 1990

Rural Economic Development and School Partnership Act of 1990 - Directs the Administrator of the Rural Development Administration (RDA) (the Administrator) to make grants for certain projects to rural economic development and education partnerships. Prohibits such projects from including the development or acquisition of telecommunications facilities. Authorizes appropriations. Declares that this Act shall not be construed to affect in any manner the applicability of the Communications Act of 1934, or regulations and orders under it, or any State or local law relating to the regulation or provision of telecommunications facilities or services. Directs the Administrator to prescribe regulations for the grant program.

Bill· HRH.R. 4552 (101st)referred

Duke Ellington Dollar Coin Act

United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1990

Duke Ellington Dollar Coin Act - Amends Federal law to: (1) authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to increase the size and weight of one-dollar coins; and (2) mint and issue them with the likeness of Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington on the obverse side. (Currently, the obverse side of such coins has the likeness of Susan B. Anthony.)

Law· HRH.R. 4487 (101st)enacted

National Health Service Corps Revitalization Amendments of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1990

National Health Service Corps Revitalization Amendments of 1990 - Title I: Revisions in General Program for National Health Service Corps - Amends the Public Health Service Act provisions relating to the purpose of the National Health Service Corps to require that the Secretary of Health and Human Services use the Corps to provide primary health services in health manpower shortage areas. Removes a limitation on the dollar amount of pay increases which may be granted to a Corps member during the first 36 months of service. Removes provisions directing the Secretary, in assigning Corps members, to: (1) give priority to meeting Indian Health Service and other indian tribe or tribal organization needs; and (2) provide special consideration to homeless populations who do not have access to primary health care services. Applies certain definitions to provisions relating to Corps scholarship and loan programs as well as to provisions relating directly to the Corps. Requires that a complete descriptive list of health manpower shortage areas be published in the Federal Register by specified deadlines. Includes in the definition of "medical facility": (1) health programs or facilities operated by a tribe or tribal organization; and (2) facilities used in connection with provisions relating to health services for homeless individuals. Allows the Secretary to assign members of the Corps to an entity to provide health services in a health manpower shortage area only if there has been (currently, will be) appropriate and efficient use of Corps members assigned to that entity for the area. Removes certain provisions relating to priorities and considerations in assigning Corps personnel, replacing some such provisions with similarly worded provisions. Sets forth the exclusive factors the Secretary may consider in determining the areas with the greatest shortages. Requires annual publication in the Federal Register of a list of areas that are to be given priority in the assignment of Corps members and, for FY 1991, a list of entities authorized to receive assignments of Corps members. Replaces provisions relating to grants and contracts for programs respecting preparation for practice of individuals subject to a service obligation with provisions: (1) concerning consideration of characteristics of Corps members in making assignments; (2) requiring certain types of counseling of Corps members; (3) requiring assistance to Corps members in establishing local professional relationships; (4) directing the Secretary to provide assistance regarding temporary relief from Corps duties in order to pursue continuing education or other interests, including vacations; and (5) directing the Secretary to carry out activities to determine the characteristics of health professionals who are more likely to remain in shortage areas after completion of Corps service, and to determine the appropriate conditions for the assignment of certified nurse practitioners, certified nurse midwives, and physician assistants. Authorizes appropriations. Title II: Scholarship and Loan Repayment Programs of National Health Service Corps - Replaces measures providing for the establishment of the National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program with similar provisions directing the Secretary to establish such a Scholarship Program to assure, with respect to primary health services, an adequate supply of health professionals. (Current law makes no reference to primary health services.) Requires that an agreement to work as a provider of primary health services in a shortage area (currently, an agreement to work in a shortage area) be a part of the scholarship contract. Alters the priorities in providing contracts under the Scholarship Program to include an individual with characteristics that increase the probability that the individual will continue to serve in a shortage area after completion of obligated service. Changes the required contents of an annual report mandated by current law regarding the Scholarship Program. Replaces measures providing for the establishment of the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program with similar provisions directing the Secretary to establish such a Loan Repayment Program to assure, with respect to the provision of primary health services, an adequate supply of health professionals. (Current law makes no reference to primary health services.) Requires that an agreement to work as a provider of primary health services in a shortage area (currently, an agreement to work in a shortage area) be a part of the loan repayment contract. Changes eligibility procedures for the Loan Repayment Program. Replaces provisions governing priorities in providing loan repayment contracts with provisions directing the Secretary to give priority to an individual who has characteristics that increase the probability that the individual will continue to serve in a shortage area after completion of obligated service. Increases the limit on the amount the Secretary may pay for each year of obligated service. Removes provisions allowing fulfillment of a service obligation in the Indian Health Service or in a program or facility operated by a tribe or a tribal organization. Requires (currently, allows) the Secretary to pay all (currently, part or all) of any increase in Federal income tax liability of an individual which arises as a result of the loan repayments. Changes the required contents of an annual report mandated by current law regarding the Loan Repayment Program. Requires that an annual report concerning the Scholarship Program and the Loan Repayment Program cover the next five years rather than the next three years. Authorizes appropriations, requiring set-asides in certain percentages for new applicants and for applicants in specified fields. Title III: State Offices of Rural Health - Authorizes the Secretary, through the Director of the Office of Rural Health Policy, to make grants to States for improving health care in rural areas through the operation of State offices of rural health. Requires recipient States to agree that such office will be provided with a minimum annual budget. Authorizes appropriations. Prohibits making grants under this program after the aggregate amounts appropriated reach a specified level. Title IV: General Provisions - Specifies the effective dates of provisions of this Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 4494 (101st)open

To amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to limit the liability under that Act of lending institutions acquiring facilities through foreclosure or similar means and corporate fiduciaries administering estates or trusts.

United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1990

Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to provide that the definition of "owner or operator" (for purposes of liability) does not include: (1) a designated lending institution which acquires control of a facility pursuant to the terms of a security interest held by the person in such facility or in connection with a lease subject to Federal or State banking authorities; (2) a corporate fiduciary which operates or has legal title to a facility pursuant to the terms of an estate or trust; (3) an individual or institution that serves as an indenture trustee and acquires control of a facility as the result of default on a financing document between the trustee and the issuing entity; and (4) an individual fiduciary who has legal title to a facility for purposes of administering an estate or trust.

Bill· HRH.R. 4485 (101st)referred

Medicare Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist Payment Amendments of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1990

Medicare Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist Payment Amendments of 1990 - Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to establish uniform national fee schedule payment rates for certified registered nurse anesthetist services.

Bill· HRH.R. 4495 (101st)referred

To amend section 1867 of the Social Security Act to require that, before enforcing sanctions under the hospital "anti-dumping" provisions, a peer review organization must find that a violation has occurred.

United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1990

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to prohibit the implementation of sanctions against a hospital for violating Medicare emergency medical condition screening and treatment requirements until a peer review organization makes a finding as to whether such a violation has occurred.

Bill· HRH.R. 4516 (101st)referred

To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to disregard reparation payments from the Federal Republic of Germany from the post-eligibility computation of income for individuals who are institutionalized or receiving home or community-based services.

United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1990

Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to disregard reparation payments made by the Federal Republic of Germany in the post-eligibility computation of income for individuals who reside in nursing homes or receive home- or community-based services.

Bill· HRH.R. 4483 (101st)referred

Rural Nursing Incentive Act of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1990

Rural Nursing Incentive Act of 1990 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide direct coverage under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of the Medicare program of nurse practitioner or clinical nurse specialist services furnished in rural areas. Sets the Medicare payment for such services at 80 percent of the lesser of the actual charge or the prevailing charge that would have been recognized had the services been performed by a physician. Requires that such payments be made on an assignment-related basis.

Bill· HRH.R. 4475 (101st)referred

Medicare Physician Regulation Relief Amendments of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1990

Medicare Physician Regulation Relief Amendments of 1990 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require carriers and peer review organizations to release the medical review screen or the associated screening parameter to a physician before notifying such physician that payment for his or her service has been denied. Permits Medicare reimbursement of a patient's regular physician for services provided to such patient by another physician who occasionally covers for the regular physician. Requires Medicare carriers to provide physicians, upon request and without charge, with carrier-generated information which physicians need to submit a payment claim or respond to a carrier inquiry. Allows a medical society or other professional organization representing physicians to represent a group or class of physicians in Medicare payment determinations, reconsiderations, or appeals. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to appoint, based on nominations submitted by national medical organizations representing physicians, a Practicing Physicians Advisory Council with which the Secretary must consult concerning changes in the Medicare program and proposed changes in regulations and carrier operation policies.

Bill· HRH.R. 4484 (101st)referred

Allied Health Professionals Promotion Act of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1990

Allied Health Professionals Promotion Act of 1990 - Amends provisions of the Public Health Service Act relating to grants and contracts concerning training of allied health personnel to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to allocate 75 percent of the funds authorized to those allied health fields the Secretary determines to have: (1) the most significant shortages of practitioners; and (2) a significant role in the care and rehabilitation of patients who are elderly or disabled. Makes payments of tuition under these provisions to, or on behalf of, a participating student notwithstanding other law, exempt from taxation. Authorizes appropriations. Changes the amount of currently authorized appropriations for traineeships for advanced training of allied health personnel. Establishes the Division of Allied Health Professions within the Health Resources and Services Administration's Bureau of Health Professions in order to consolidate and focus the efforts of the Federal Government in support of allied health education, training, and research. Establishes within the Division the Advisory Council on Allied Health. Directs the Secretary to establish a two-year pilot program to make grants to support innovative allied health research projects. Requires the program to be administered through the Division. Authorizes appropriations.

Bill· HRH.R. 4482 (101st)referred

State Offices of Rural Health Act of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1990

State Offices of Rural Health Act of 1990 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the Director of the Office of Rural Health Policy, to make grants to States to improve the availability, quality, and cost-effectiveness of rural health care. Requires State grant recipients to expend the grant for operation of an office of rural health. Directs the Secretary to: (1) annually convene a conference of representatives of the Office of Rural Health Policy and of the offices operated under this Act to discuss such improvements; and (2) request the attendance of representatives of such State offices without regard to whether a State is a grantee. Authorizes appropriations.

Bill· HRH.R. 4490 (101st)referred

Composting Research Act of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1990

Composting Research Act of 1990 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) establish a Compost Task Force; (2) conduct a composting agricultural wastes study; (3) conduct research on potential uses of compost; (4) evaluate existing compost programs; and (5) initiate a composting extension program.