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United States · United States Congress · 24 April 1990
Authorizes and requests the President to designate May 26, 1990, to commemorate the bicentennial of "An Act for the government of the territory of the United States, south of the river Ohio" (from which Tennessee was formed).
United States · United States Congress · 24 April 1990
Designates January 6 through January 12, 1991, as National Law Enforcement Training Week.
United States · United States Congress · 19 April 1990
Commends the United Nations Human Rights Commission for extending the mandate of the Cuba Working Group with regard to the human rights situation in Cuba. Condemns the Government of Cuba for engaging in a consistent pattern of human rights violations and harassment of human rights activists. Calls upon the Cuban Government to: (1) honor its guarantees that individuals who testified before the Cuban Working Group would not be subject to reprisals; (2) release all human rights activists and other political prisoners; and (3) meet universally recognized standards of human rights.
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1990
Motor Vehicle Fuel Efficiency Act of 1990 - Amends the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act to establish average fuel economy standards for passenger automobiles (for model years 1995 through 2000) and automobiles other than passenger automobiles (light trucks) (for model years 1995 and thereafter). Requires the Secretary of Transportation to provide for a review by the National Academy of Sciences of the current state of research and development in light truck fuel economy and passenger automobile fuel economy and an assessment of the potential for improving the fuel efficiency and reducing the energy consumption of passenger automobiles and light trucks. Directs the Secretary, using such review, to establish a schedule for increasing average fuel economy standards for passenger and nonpassenger cars for model years 2002 through 2006. Revises criteria with respect to the testing of fuel economy for passenger automobiles. Requires automobile manufacturers to affix to each automobile a label that contains fuel economy values specific to such automobile's particular vehicle configuration where that vehicle configuration is less than the fuel economy standard applicable to the vehicle's manufacturer. Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to report annually to specified congressional committees on a study of the accuracy of fuel economy testing of passenger automobiles. Directs the Secretary of Energy to distribute at least 100 explanatory booklets each year to every dealer and additional numbers if requested. Doubles the civil penalty for repeated violations of the fuel economy standard.
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1990
Designates September 9 through 15, 1990, as National Historically Black Colleges Week.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1990
Antarctica World Park and Protection Act of 1990 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the National Park Service, to prepare an inventory of resources and values of Antarctica. Requires the inventory to: (1) identify areas that should be managed to preserve natural ecological systems or to avoid interference with scientific research; and (2) identify areas where past actions have resulted in damage to resources or values requiring restoration or mitigation. Directs the Secretary to: (1) identify the claims asserted with respect to Antarctica by the United States and other nations, as well as existing and proposed international agreements affecting Antarctica; and (2) assess the extent to which such claims could affect this Act and the adequacy of such agreements to achieve management of Antarctica's resources in a manner consistent with this Act. Requires the Secretary, acting through the National Park Service, to prepare a plan for the management of Antarctica as a world park. Directs the Secretary to incorporate relevant international agreements into such plan. Requires the Secretary of State to submit the plan to other nations and international organizations and to report to the President and the Congress on modifications of international agreements and new agreements necessary to manage Antarctica as a world park. Requires the plan to: (1) identify areas in Antarctica appropriate for public education, interpretation, and visitation by tourists and specify conditions on such visitation to assure protection of resources and values; (2) identify areas most valuable for environmental monitoring and other scientific research and specify conditions on such research to assure protection of resources and values; and (3) identify areas requiring restoration or mitigation and the steps necessary to achieve restoration or mitigation. Prohibits U.S. citizens from entering any area not identified in the plan or appropriate for activities in conformance with the plan. Provides for public participation in the preparation of the inventory and plan. Provides for interim protection of Antarctica until the plan is completed. Amends the Mining and Minerals Policy Act of 1970 to: (1) make it unlawful to carry out mineral exploration and development in Antarctica; and (2) make persons who carry out such activities ineligible to file or maintain a claim or receive a patent or lease for any mineral. Amends the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 to apply the Environmental and Historic Preservation Laws to actions in or affecting Antarctica by U.S. entities. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to be kept informed of proposals or projects by U.S. or foreign agencies that could affect Antarctica. Applies recommendations adopted by parties to the Antarctic Treaty to protect the values of Antarctica to all U.S. entities unless the United States formally exempts itself from such recommendations. Requires the Secretary of State to provide the following information to the President and the Congress: (1) information concerning actions by any nation to exempt itself from recommendations of such type; and (2) information that any nation intends to seek voting status under the Treaty. Directs the President, through the Secretary of State, to begin negotiations with other parties to the Treaty to establish agreements to: (1) prevent activities inconsistent with managing Antarctica as a world park; (2) prohibit mineral development or exploration in Antarctica; and (3) minimize adverse impacts on the values of Antarctica. Requires U.S. officers or agents having reliable information on activities to obtain data on Antarctica's mineral resources to provide such information to the Secretary of the Interior. Directs the President, through the Secretary of State, to request all nations whose citizens or nationals are believed to have carried out such activities to provide such data to the Secretary of the Interior. Requires the President to instruct U.S. officers to report on sanctions that could be applied to any nation failing to comply with such request. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1990
Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to provide that the definition of "owner or operator" (for purposes of liability) does not include: (1) a designated lending institution which acquires control of a facility pursuant to the terms of a security interest held by the person in such facility or in connection with a lease subject to Federal or State banking authorities; (2) a corporate fiduciary which operates or has legal title to a facility pursuant to the terms of an estate or trust; (3) an individual or institution that serves as an indenture trustee and acquires control of a facility as the result of default on a financing document between the trustee and the issuing entity; and (4) an individual fiduciary who has legal title to a facility for purposes of administering an estate or trust.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1990
Medicare Physician Regulation Relief Amendments of 1990 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require carriers and peer review organizations to release the medical review screen or the associated screening parameter to a physician before notifying such physician that payment for his or her service has been denied. Permits Medicare reimbursement of a patient's regular physician for services provided to such patient by another physician who occasionally covers for the regular physician. Requires Medicare carriers to provide physicians, upon request and without charge, with carrier-generated information which physicians need to submit a payment claim or respond to a carrier inquiry. Allows a medical society or other professional organization representing physicians to represent a group or class of physicians in Medicare payment determinations, reconsiderations, or appeals. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to appoint, based on nominations submitted by national medical organizations representing physicians, a Practicing Physicians Advisory Council with which the Secretary must consult concerning changes in the Medicare program and proposed changes in regulations and carrier operation policies.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1990
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury, acting through the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, to prepare a series of engraved plates and issue impressions in commemoration of the 500th anniversary of the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus. Requires the Secretary to: (1) determine the number and design of such plates in the series; and (2) sell such impressions.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1990
Textile, Apparel, and Footwear Trade Act of 1990 - Limits the 1990 imports of textiles and textile products classified under a category to an amount equal to 101 percent of the total 1989 imports classified under such category. Limits the 1990 imports of nonrubber footwear classified under a nonrubber footwear category to an amount equal to: (1) the total 1989 imports of nonrubber footwear classified under such category; and (2) in the case of high priced nonrubber footwear, the total 1989 imports of high priced nonrubber footwear classified under such category. Provides for a one-percent annual growth in the amount of permitted imports of textiles and textile products after 1990. Exempts from the limitations imposed under this Act imports of textiles and textile products from U.S. possessions if such articles are exempt from duty under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States and are manufactured by U.S. citizens, nationals, or permanent residents of such a possession. Limits the imports of certain sweaters made in Guam to a specified amount during FY 1990 and to such amount increased by one percent per year in subsequent years. Declares such limitations shall not apply to Canada or Israel. Sets forth limitations on the amount of textile and textile products, classified under certain import categories, which may be imported from beneficiary countries under the Caribbean Basin Initiative. Authorizes the President to: (1) enter into trade agreements to grant new concessions as compensation to the extent required under U.S. trade agreements for the import limits imposed by this Act; and (2) proclaim such modification or continuance of any existing duty on textiles and textile products and on nonrubber footwear as necessary to carry out such agreements. Prohibits the President from reducing any rate of duty by more than ten percent. Requires the President, before entering into such trade agreements, to consider whether a country has violated trade concessions of benefit to the United States and the violation has not been adequately offset. Sets forth requirements governing staged rate reductions in the tariffs of articles affected by this Act. Prohibits the President, except as authorized by this Act, from entering into trade negotiations with any country with respect to duties on textiles, textile products, and nonrubber footwear. Prohibits the President, except as provided in this Act, from decreasing or proposing a decrease in any such duty by any means, including an implementing bill or a proclamation. Requires the President to report annually to the Congress on the administration of this Act. Requires the Secretary of Commerce, ten years after enactment of this Act, to study and report to the Congress on its operation. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a pilot program for the issuance and sale to U.S. companies at public auction of import licenses applicable to categories of textiles. Terminates such licensing program on December 31, 1991, and requires a report to the Congress on its administration.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1990
Designates May 13, 1990, as Infant Mortality Awareness Day.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1990
Designates the week of November 11 through 17, 1990, as National Women Veterans Recognition Week.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1990
Commends the Runnin' Rebels of the University of Nevada at Las Vegas for winning the 1990 National Collegiate Athletic Association Men's Basketball Championship.
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1990
Emerging Democracies Act of 1990 - Title I: Fiscal Year 1990 Supplemental Assistance - Authorizes supplemental appropriations for assistance to Panama for FY 1990. Earmarks specified amounts of such assistance for: (1) development assistance; (2) private sector and public investment revitalization; (3) payments of arrearages to international financial institutions; and (4) public administration, administration of justice, and law enforcement training, education, and equipment (includes assistance for other countries in Latin America and the Caribbean). Permits only nonlethal law enforcement equipment to be provided to Panama. Makes limitations on the amount of assistance for law enforcement and the administration of justice under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 inapplicable to assistance provided under this Act. Sets forth reprogramming and notification procedures for specified assistance provided under this title. Commends the Endara government for freezing Panamanian bank accounts implicated in narcotics-related and other illegal financial transactions and notes the willingness of such government to enter into negotiations for information sharing on such transactions. Deems Panama to be one of the "highest priority" countries under the International Narcotics Control Act of 1988 for purposes of negotiations concerning laundering of U.S. currency. Prohibits more than 50 percent of funds appropriated for Panama from being expended until the Secretary of the Treasury has reported to the Congress that Panama is negotiating in good faith to reach an agreement for exchanging records with respect to international currency transactions in connection with narcotics investigations. Permits the President to make a bilateral assistance certification under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (related to countries cooperating with respect to narcotic traffic and money laundering) for Panama for FY 1991 only if an agreement has been signed by the United States and Panama that provides for mutual access to financial transaction and bank records for purposes of drug law enforcement proceedings. Waives provisions of law which prohibit assistance to countries in default on loan repayments to the United States with respect to assistance to Panama and Nicaragua under this Act. Authorizes supplemental appropriations for assistance to Nicaragua for FY 1990. Earmarks specified amounts of such assistance for: (1) the Nicaraguan economy; (2) payments of arrearages to international financial institutions; and (3) the voluntary demobilization, repatriation, and resettlement of members of the Nicaraguan Resistance and their families (subject to certain conditions) and of refugees and displaced persons. Repeals a provision of law prohibiting assistance for victims of civil strife from being channeled through the Nicaraguan Government. Permits assistance to Nicaragua to be used for law enforcement training and services. Authorizes the suspension of assistance to Nicaragua if: (1) there is not a peaceful and complete transition from the existing Sandinista government to the elected Government of Nicaragua; or (2) it is in U.S. interests to suspend such assistance. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should work toward an orderly, peaceful, and complete transfer of power to the duly elected Government of Nicaragua. Earmarks a specified amount of funds made available under this Act for administrative expenses of the Agency for International Development (AID). Authorizes supplemental appropriations for FY 1990 assistance to Haiti for election assistance and the financing of critical imports. Permits anti-terrorism assistance to be provided to Haiti for FY 1990. Makes the provision of such assistance subject to the conditions of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1990, except for the requirement that Haiti restore its 1987 Constitution. Authorizes supplemental appropriations for assistance to the Caribbean for FY 1990. Earmarks a specified amount of such assistance for the Eastern Caribbean. Amends the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 to increase the amount authorized to be appropriated for migration and refugee assistance for FY 1990. Amends the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962 to raise the limit on the amount authorized to be appropriated for the U.S. Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund. Provides for the transfer of excess amounts in the Fund for: (1) the reimbursement of State and local governments for expenses incurred with respect to migrants; (2) assistance to the African-American Hebrew community in Israel; and (3) a U.S. contribution to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East. Authorizes supplemental appropriations for FY 1990 for Namibia to finance budgetary support and development activities. Earmarks a specified amount of such assistance for an AID mission in Namibia. Authorizes supplemental appropriations for FY 1990 for economic and development assistance for Subsaharan Africa. Expresses the sense of the Congress that as of the date Namibia became self-governing, the definition of South Africa in the Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986 ceased to apply to Namibia. Authorizes supplemental appropriations for FY 1990 for assistance to encourage negotiations for a peaceful transition to democracy in South Africa. Provides that assistance shall only be available for organizations committed to a suspension of violence in the context of such negotiations. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize the issuance of guaranties to eligible investors to assure against losses incurred in connection with loans made for housing projects for immigrants in Israel. Authorizes the Director of the U.S. Information Agency (USIA) to make grants to the Claude and Mildred Pepper Scholarship Program of the Washington Workshops Foundation to enable foreign students to study the workings of the U.S. Government. Authorizes appropriations. Title II: Assistance for Eastern Europe - Amends the Support for East European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989 to make eligible for SEED benefits any Eastern European country taking steps toward: (1) political pluralism and economic reform; (2) respect for human rights; and (3) a willingness to build a friendly relationship with the United States. (Currently, most SEED programs target Hungary and Poland.) Extends specified structural adjustment, debt reduction, and stabilization assistance to such countries. Authorizes the AID Administrator to provide assistance to support private sector development in Eastern Europe and U.S. participation in capital projects. Extends technical assistance and training for labor market transition to eligible Eastern European countries. Requires AID to develop a Free Enterprise Corps to extend U.S. business and management expertise to Eastern Europe to assist in the development of private enterprise. Requires the Corps to provide technical assistance to private enterprises, provided that the host country government and the beneficiary enterprise make matching contributions with respect to such assistance. Extends assistance for the development of Peace Corps and Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) programs and credit unions to eligible Eastern European countries. Applies provisions governing the use of Polish currency generated by agricultural assistance to local Eastern European currencies generated by such assistance. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to extend OPIC programs in such countries and to increase the amount available for loans from OPIC's Direct Investment Fund. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the ceiling provided in the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1991 on OPIC's loan guaranty program should be increased to permit the expansion of such program into eligible Eastern European countries. Amends the SEED Act of 1989 to extend Export-Import Bank programs to Czechoslovakia. Revises provisions concerning the Trade Credit Insurance Program for Poland to permit guarantees under such Program to be provided only for short- and intermediate-term guarantees and insurance. Extends Trade and Development Program activities to eligible Eastern European countries. Urges the President to seek bilateral investment treaties with eligible Eastern European countries to establish a legal framework for U.S. investment in such countries. Extends educational and cultural exchange programs and the scholarship partnership program to eligible Eastern European countries. Declares that the USIA Director should consider establishing a program to provide fellowships to U.S. citizens for assisting Eastern European countries in acquiring skills necessary for the transition to democratic, free-market systems. Authorizes the AID Administrator to use funds available for the scholarship partnership program for scholarships to enable Eastern European students to study at American institutions of higher education in Europe. Extends assistance for the support of democratic institutions and environmental protection activities to eligible Eastern European countries. Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to offer assistance to Hungary for the restoration of the Danube River at the site of the canceled Nagymaros Dam. Applies specified provisions concerning industrial equipment assessment and investments in energy efficiency to eligible Eastern European countries. Declares that the possibilities for the conversion to public lands and wildlife areas of undeveloped lands between Eastern and Western European borders should be explored. Directs Federal agencies responsible for administering specified SEED agricultural and technical assistance programs to submit environmental impact statements with respect to such programs. Requires entities involved in private enterprise development in Eastern Europe to establish environmental assessment and sustainable agriculture requirements for their activities. Revises provisions concerning medical assistance to Poland to make funds available for medical training, health care planning, and the improvement of health care in eligible Eastern European countries. Authorizes the provision of assistance to support the infrastructure for a housing sector in eligible Eastern European countries. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to raise the limit on the amount authorized for housing investment guarantees to permit the expansion of the guaranty program into eligible Eastern European countries. Earmarks a specified amount of SEED funds for United Nations Population Fund and International Planned Parenthood Federation activities in Romania (provided that Romania is an eligible Eastern European country). Redesignates the SEED Information Center System as the Eastern European Business Information Center System. Requires the System to develop special information on business opportunities in the communications, broadcasting, and information field for use by U.S. industry and the SEED Program coordinator. Applies provisions encouraging voluntary assistance to Poland and Hungary to all eligible Eastern European countries. Urges the President to assign additional Foreign Service members to Eastern Europe. Revises reporting requirements. Authorizes the President to suspend or reduce SEED assistance to an Eastern European country if he reports to the Congress that such country is restricting the transit through that country of Jews or other ethnic or religious groups emigrating from the Soviet Union. Authorizes additional appropriations for FY 1991 for specified SEED programs. Sets forth provisions concerning the reallocation of SEED funds. Permits funds authorized to be appropriated for specified SEED programs to be appropriated by the annual Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act. Authorizes additional appropriations for FY 1991 for Trade and Development Program activities in eligible Eastern European countries. Raises the ceiling on the amount of SEED funds available for AID administrative expenses. Amends the American Aid to Poland Act of 1988 and the Agricultural Act of 1949 to apply provisions concerning the use of proceeds from the sale of agricultural commodities in Poland by nongovernmental entities to Polish governmental agencies. Amends the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 to increase the amount authorized to be appropriated for FY 1991 for Soviet-East European research and training. Amends the Soviet-Eastern European Research and Training Act of 1983 to revise a specified reporting requirement and to repeal a provision which terminates the Soviet-East European research and training program on a specified date. Title III: Foreign Assistance Authorization Legislation - Enacts H.R. 2655 (the International Cooperation Act of 1989) as passed by the House of Representatives on June 29, 1989, with the exception of specified provisions superseded by this Act. Provides that titles I through VI of such Act shall take effect during FY 1991. Title IV: Development Fund for Africa - Development Fund for Africa Act - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize the President to provide assistance for long-term development in Subsaharan Africa. Provides that the purpose of such assistance is to help the poor majority of Subsaharan Africans to participate in development through economic growth that is equitable, participatory, environmentally sustainable, and self-reliant. Requires AID to take into account the local-level perspective of poor Subsaharan Africans during the planning process for project and program assistance. Declares that AID should make available funds for private and voluntary organizations which have demonstrated effectiveness in, or a commitment to, the promotion of local activities on behalf of development in Subsaharan Africa. Provides for the participation and integration of African women in such development activities. Requires such assistance to emphasize projects to address critical sectoral priorities for long-term development. Designates such priorities as: (1) increased agricultural production and the maintenance and restoration of renewable natural resources; (2) improved health conditions; (3) increased access to voluntary family planning services; (4) improved relevance, equity, and efficiency of education; and (5) the development of income-generating opportunities for the unemployed and underemployed. Imposes minimum levels of assistance for certain critical sectors. Requires the assistance to be concentrated in countries that will make the most effective use of such assistance. Sets forth uses for local currencies generated by assistance. Permits funds made available under this Act to be used to assist Subsaharan African countries in increasing their capacity to participate in donor coordination mechanisms. Provides that it is U.S. policy that such funds are not used by a country to repay loans, with exceptions. Sets forth transfer authorities and reprogramming notifications with respect to such funds. Permits such funds to be used to assist specified sector projects supported by the Southern African Development Coordination Conference (SADCC). Expresses the sense of the Congress that the authorization of appropriations to carry out this Act should be extended whenever appropriate. Authorizes the AID Administrator to transfer a specified amount of funds to increase AID resources for development activities in Subsaharan Africa. Title V: Other Foreign Assistance Provisions - Authorizes appropriations for assistance to Nicaragua for FY 1991. Earmarks specified amounts of such assistance for: (1) restoring the productive capacity of the Nicaraguan economy; and (2) long-term economic growth and development. Sets forth reallocation and notification procedures with respect to such assistance. Permits such assistance to be used for the training of Nicaraguan law enforcement personnel by the Office of Security of the Department of State. Authorizes additional appropriations for economic and foreign military financing assistance for Andean countries for FY 1991. Requires the military assistance to be used to control illicit narcotics production and trafficking. Permits the provision of military assistance to an Andean country only if such country has a democratic government and the country's armed forces do not engage in a consistent pattern of human rights violations. Authorizes the provision of assistance to an Andean country only if the President determines that such country is implementing programs to reduce the flow of cocaine to the United States in accordance with a formal agreement. Sets forth congressional notification procedures with respect to such assistance. Applies a specified human rights reporting requirement with respect to Andean countries for which assistance is being proposed. Waives provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1990 which prohibit assistance to countries in default on loan payments to the United States with respect to narcotics-related assistance to Andean countries. Authorizes additional appropriations for FY 1991 for international narcotics control and antiterrorism assistance. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize appropriations for assistance (except military assistance) to emerging democracies or countries with democratic governments emerging from civil strife. Permits the President to transfer funds for such uses without regard to a specified limitation on the transfer of funds between accounts. Amends the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 to increase the amount authorized to be appropriated for migration and refugee assistance for FY 1991. Earmarks a specified amount of such assistance for reimbursement of State and local governments for expenses incurred with respect to migrants. Provides for the transfer of excess amounts in the Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund to such governments for such reimbursements. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1969 to increase the amounts authorized to be appropriated for the Inter-American Foundation. Declares that the following policies should govern U.S. assistance for Haiti: (1) assistance should be withheld unless a credible transition to democracy is underway; (2) assistance should be provided on a step-by-step basis in response to specific actions by the Haitian Government to foster a free and democratic society; and (3) regular and sustained assistance should be provided once a civilian, elected government is in power, the armed forces are abiding by the Constitution, and steps are being taken to assure observance of human rights. Prohibits the provision of assistance to Haiti unless Haiti has embarked upon a credible transition to democracy. Exempts specified assistance from such prohibition. Makes available development, economic support, anti-terrorism, and Inter-American Foundation assistance to Haiti for FY 1991 if such conditions are met. Urges the Secretary of State to enter into negotiations with Panama and the Pan American Health Organization to assure a satisfactory transition of control of the Gorgas Memorial Institute of Tropical and Preventive Medicine to the Pan American Health Organization. Authorizes appropriations to the Pan American Health Organization for the Institute. Designates specified sections of this Act as the "Mickey Leland African and Caribbean Development Act of 1990." Authorizes appropriations for the Development Fund for Africa. Earmarks a specified amount of such funds for SADCC projects and for assistance to Namibia. Waives provisions of law which prohibit assistance to countries in default on loan repayments to the United States with respect to such assistance. Urges the President to use diplomatic means to protect the security of SADCC projects and urges the South African Government to respect the territorial integrity of SADCC states and refrain from military aggression across its borders. Amends the African Development Foundation Act to authorize appropriations for the African Development Foundation for FY 1991. Amends the International Cooperation Act of 1989 to lower the ceiling on the amount of foreign military financing for Guatemala. Conditions the provision of such financing on human rights and political crime investigations by the Guatemalan Government. Permits the President to release nongovernmental organizations from loan repayment commitments under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to prohibit funds from being denied to grant or contract applicants because of the voluntary reproductive care services or information they provide with other funding, subject to certain restrictions and statutory prohibitions against using funds for abortion. Title VI: Peace Corps - Amends the Peace Corps Act to authorize appropriations for the Peace Corps for FY 1991 through 1993. Title VII: Department of State - Amends the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 to increase the amounts authorized to be appropriated to the Department of State for FY 1991 for specified administration of foreign affairs and international organizations and conferences accounts. Earmarks a specified amount of foreign affairs assistance for the U.S. diplomatic and consular mission in Apia, Western Samoa. Makes available funds for the U.S. assessed contributions to international organizations (subject to limitations) for prior years. Authorizes appropriations for the construction of the U.S. embassy and related facilities in Moscow. Prohibits the Soviet Union from occupying any chancery building in Washington, D.C., until the U.S. embassy in Moscow is ready for occupancy. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the U.S. observer to the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization should remain in Paris, France. Repeals a provision of the Arms Export Control Act concerning the crediting of munitions control registration fees to a Department of State account. Title VIII: United States Informational, Educational, and Cultural Programs - Amends the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 to decrease the amount authorized to be appropriated for USIA salaries and expenses for FY 1991. Increases the amount authorized to be appropriated for USIA television and film services for FY 1991. Makes amounts available for the Seville World's Fair available for the International Exposition in Genoa, Italy. Increases the amounts authorized to be appropriated for FY 1991 to the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs for salaries and expenses, the Fulbright exchange program, and the international visitors program. Earmarks a specified amount of the Bureau's funds for exchange activities associated with the 1993 World University Games in Buffalo, New York. Increases the amounts authorized to be appropriated for FY 1991 for Voice of America salaries and expenses and for radio and television broadcasting to Cuba. Requires the USIA Director to make available to the Schomburg Center for Black Studies in New York copies of photographic works by Richard Saunders. Title IX: United States Commission on Southern Africa - United States Commission on Southern Africa Act - Establishes the United States Commission on Southern Africa 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: (1) implement and provide funds for human resource development programs; and (2) provide scholarships and internships for appropriate study. Prohibits Commission funds from being used to finance programs conducted by organizations financed or controlled by the Government of South Africa. Sets forth auditing, recordkeeping, and reporting requirements. Directs the Secretary of State to grant a specified amount to the Commission for FY 1991. Title X: Limitations and Restrictions Concerning Trade and Other Transactions with Cuba - Prohibits the issuance of licenses for certain transactions between U.S.-controlled firms in third countries and Cuba. Makes subject to seizure, forfeiture, and sale by the United States any vessel which: (1) enters Cuba to engage in trade more than 60 days after this Act's enactment date; and (2) within 180 days after departure from Cuba, enters the United States to engage in trade. Authorizes the President to reduce economic support fund assistance for countries which import sugar from Cuba. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should urge countries that import Cuban sugar and do not receive American assistance to import sugar from Central American or Caribbean countries with democratically-elected governments. Amends the Trading With the Enemy Act to authorize the imposition of civil penalties for violations of such Act. Title XI: Miscellaneous Provisions - Sets forth U.S. policy with respect to a lasting solution to the Cyprus conflict. Requires the President to undertake negotiations with Eastern European nations and the Soviet Union to implement a strategy to facilitate the transit of Soviet emigrants, including specified religious and ethnic minorities. Amends specified Acts to increase the amounts authorized for interparliamentary conferences with Canada and Mexico.
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1990
Designates September 9 through 16, 1990, as National Occupational Safety Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1990
Condemns the Government of Iraq for its forced resettlement program of Kurdish and Assyrian villages, its human rights violations, and its covenants. Urges the Government of Iraq to: (1) allow international relief personnel access to the Kurdish inhabited areas of northern Iraq; and (2) extend to all people in Iraq certain fundamental rights. Calls upon the Secretary of State to continue to: (1) encourage the Government of Iraq to implement human rights reforms and to establish a multiparty democracy; (2) call attention to human rights violations in international fora; (3) cooperate with other governments to focus attention on the situation in Iraq; and (4) provide, and urge others to provide, refugee and humanitarian assistance for those Kurds who have been forced to flee their homeland and promote international efforts to address the needs of the refugees.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1990
Designates July 19, 1990, as Flight Attendant Safety Professionals' Day.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1990
Designates September 13, 1990, as National DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) Day.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1990
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the provisions permitting small issues of tax-exempt bonds to finance manufacturing facilities and farm property.
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1990
Designates May 4, 1990, as Department of Education Day.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1990
Amends the Federal judicial code to make amounts from the Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund available for grants to support trauma care services provided by local nonprofit hospitals. Specifies that the total amount of grants to a hospital shall bear the same ratio to the amount made available under this Act as the total amount of deposits in the Fund from property seized in localities served by the hospital bears to the total of deposits in the Fund.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1990
World War II 50th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act - Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States should recognize the 50th anniversary of World War II by minting and issuing commemorative coins. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to issue and mint such coins in five dollar, one dollar, and half dollar denominations. Mandates that surcharges received from the sale of such coins be deposited in a coinage profit fund and allocated, upon separate congressional authorization, to the American Battle Monuments Commission to establish a World War II memorial. Directs the Secretary to report semiannually to the Congress regarding implementation of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1990
Designates July 2, 1990, as National Literacy Day.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1990
Designates the week beginning July 22, 1990, as Lyme Disease Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1990
Public Hospitals and Schools Alien Compensation Act of 1990 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make a grant to, or enter into a contract with, an eligible public hospital to compensate the hospital, partially or fully, for unreimbursed expenses incurred by the hospital in providing emergency medical services to presumptive aliens. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make a grant to, or enter into a contract with, any eligible local educational agency to assist the agency in providing adequate educational services to the students served by the agency. Sets forth eligibility criteria, including considerations of overcrowding and the presence of a certain number or percentage of presumptive aliens. Defines presumptive alien, for both the hospital and educational agency parts of this Act, to mean a low-income individual who is not (or who the hospital or educational agency reasonably believes is not) a citizen or national of the United States, without regard to the immigration status of the individual.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1990
Designates the week of August 12 through August 18, 1990, as National Parents of Murdered Children Week.
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1990
Designates the week beginning June 10, 1990, as National Scleroderma Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1990
Designates the month of May 1990 as National Physical Fitness and Sports Month.
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1990
Designates November 16, 1990, as National Philanthropy Day.
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1990
Declares that it is the sense of the Congress that the United States should: (1) promote maximum conservation and protection of the world's whales; (2) work to postpone further review of the International Whaling Commission moratorium on the commercial killing of whales and maintain zero catch limits for all whale stocks for at least another decade; (3) work to strengthen the Commission and encourage it to carry out long-term, nonlethal research for all whale stocks on a global basis; and (4) in promoting protection, make use of diplomatic channels, domestic and international law, and all other means.
United States · United States Congress · 13 March 1990
Designates the week of November 11 through 17, 1990, as Geography Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1990
Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 to deauthorize the Cross Florida Barge Canal project. Declares that in consideration of such deauthorization the Secretary of the Army shall transfer lands authorized for such project to the State of Florida which shall use such lands to create a State park or State conservation area.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1990
Designates July 10, 1990, as Wyoming Centennial Day.
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1990
Pesticide Export Reform Act of 1990 - Title I: Exported Pesticides - Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) to require pesticide producers operating registered establishments to inform the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency of: (1) the types and quantities of pesticides and active ingredients used in producing pesticides for export to a foreign country; and (2) the date of export and quantity of such materials exported to each foreign country to which the producer has exported during the past 360-day period. Provides that specified information on exported pesticides shall not be entitled to confidential trade secret treatment. Makes it unlawful to knowingly or recklessly export a pesticide, device, or active ingredient in violation of FIFRA export requirements. Prohibits the exportation of pesticides, devices, or active ingredients unless: (1) such materials are prepared and packaged according to the specifications of the foreign purchaser and the legal requirements of the country of use; and (2) the producers or exporters meet specified FIFRA requirements. Prohibits the exportation of unregistered pesticides. Waives certain requirements to permit the export of pesticides not meeting FIFRA requirements to prevent or arrest the spread of a communicable disease if the Administrator makes specified determinations. Prohibits the exportation of specified pesticides (including restricted use pesticides and pesticides subject to suspension or cancellation proceedings) unless: (1) the exporter provides specified information on the pesticide to the Administrator; (2) the country of use consents to the import and is included on a list of approved countries; and (3) the pesticide is manufactured, stored, and packaged in accordance with standards of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization. Requires the Administrator to maintain a list of approved countries of use. Sets forth labeling requirements for exported pesticides. Permits the export of pesticides for experimental use in foreign countries if specified conditions are met. Requires the Administrator to notify foreign countries and the International Registry of Potentially Toxic Chemicals whenever regulatory action is taken with respect to a pesticide. Directs the Administrator to: (1) convene meetings with foreign governments and other interested parties to promote the implementation of improved research and regulatory programs for pest management and strategies for sustainable agriculture; (2) provide foreign countries with technical assistance to develop pesticide regulatory programs; (3) transmit triennial studies to the Congress on countries that import U.S. pesticides and from which the United States imports agricultural commodities to ascertain such countries' management of pesticides and whether the United States is able to test effectively for pesticide residues; and (4) convene meetings with foreign governments and other interested parties to encourage the adoption of a multilateral convention requiring standard notice and export control measures for pesticides. Title II: Tolerances for Agricultural Commodities - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require the Administrator, if registrations for a pesticide chemical under FIFRA have been cancelled, suspended, withdrawn, or modified to eliminate the use of such chemical on a raw agricultural commodity, to publish a notice in the Federal Register announcing: (1) the revocation of any tolerance for an agricultural use; or (2) an exemption for the use of such chemical on such commodity. Provides for temporary waivers from revocations for the purpose of distributing in commerce commodities that contain residues resulting from the application of pesticides before this Act's enactment or residual environmental contamination. Permits the Administrator to issue such waivers only if such waivers do not: (1) pose a dietary health risk; and (2) cause significant economic hardship for domestic producers of a commodity attributable to competition from foreign producers in countries in which the use of the pesticide is permitted. Prohibits, with specified exceptions, the establishment or continuation of a tolerance unless the Administrator determines that a practical method for detecting and measuring pesticide residues exists. Prohibits the importation of food into U.S. customs territory unless the commodity importer files with the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of the Treasury a document identifying each pesticide chemical used in connection with the commodity. Requires such importers, if unreported pesticides are detected in such commodities, to submit residue analyses for such pesticides. Waives reporting requirements for unreported pesticides if the presence of such pesticides is attributable to long-term environmental persistence and does not pose a health risk. Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection Act to apply such requirements to importers of meat, poultry, and eggs. Title III: Effective Dates - Sets forth the effective dates for provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1990
Amends the Federal judicial code to allow Federal judges who have attained the age of 62 and completed 25 years of service to retire on salary from regular active service.
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1990
Law Enforcement Scholarship Act of 1990 - Directs each State to pay from funds under this Act the Federal share (not more than 60 percent) of the cost of awarding scholarships to in-service law enforcement personnel for further education. Requires each State receiving such funds to designate a lead agency to conduct such scholarship program. Makes the Assistant Attorney General of the Office of Justice Programs responsible for administration of such program and for issuing regulations. Provides that such a scholarship shall be for one academic year and may be used at any accredited institution of higher education. Conditions eligibility on an individual's having been employed in law enforcement for two years immediately preceding the date for which scholarship assistance is sought. Requires each individual awarded a scholarship to work in a law enforcement position in the State which made the award for a period of one month for each credit hour of financial assistance (with a six-month minimum and two-year maximum). Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1990
Medicaid State Share Protection Amendments of 1990 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to allow State Medicaid matching payments to include private funds donated by hospitals to the State and State taxes imposed with respect to the provision of Medicaid items and services.
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1990
Designates May 6 through 13, 1990, as Jewish Heritage Week.
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1990
Designates April 6, 1990, the 88th birthday of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, as Education Day, U.S.A. Calls on heads of state of the world to join the President of the United States in this tribute by signing scrolls of honor commemorating the 40th anniversary of Schneerson's leadership of the Lubavitch movement. Welcomes the cooperation of the Department of State in extending the good office of the U.S. missions to the Lubavitcher emissaries.
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1990
Urges the President and the United States Trade Representative: (1) not to include civil air transport services under the General Agreement on Trade in Services that is being negotiated under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade; nor (2) to require future negotiations to include such services under such Agreement.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1990
Requires the preparation of a volume entitled "Columbus in the Capitol," describing works of art honoring Christopher Columbus which are displayed in the Capitol, in observance of the 500th anniversary of the discovery of America. Directs the Architect of the Capitol to carry out special exhibit programs of art honoring Christopher Columbus during FY 1992.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1990
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the 25th anniversary of the enactment of the Older Americans Act of 1965 and its successful implementation should be recognized; (2) contributions at all levels of the aging network should be acknowledged and commended; and (3) support for the Act and its primary goal should be reaffirmed.
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1990
Designates the week of June 24 through June 30, 1990, as National Sheriffs' Week in honor of the 50th anniversary of the National Sheriffs' Association.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1990
Commemorates May 18, 1990, as the 25th anniversary of Head Start.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1990
Declares it to be U.S. policy that there should be: (1) recognition and commemoration of the 25th anniversary of Federal aid to elementary and secondary education; (2) a renewed, sustained commitment to Federal aid to educating children who are disadvantaged members of special populations, with limited English proficiency, or with handicaps, and illiterate adults; and (3) a specified annual increase in funding for the program for disadvantaged children under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1990
Designates March 30, 1990, as National Doctor's Day.
United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1990
Designates the week beginning on October 7, 1990, and ending on October 13, 1990, as Mental Illness Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1990
Designates March 1990 as Irish-American Heritage Month.
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1990
Designates March 10, 1990, as Harriet Tubman Day.
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1990
Authorizes amounts for expenses of investigations and studies by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs in the second session of the 101st Congress.