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United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1990
Makes supplemental FY 1990 appropriations for the Department of Health and Human Services' low-income home energy assistance program for States with specified home heating cost increases.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1990
Rescinds all economic support fund and development assistance, foreign military financing, and international military education and training funding appropriated by the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Act, 1990 for El Salvador for FY 1990.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1990
Calls upon the United Nations to repeal General Assembly Resolution 3379 (equating Zionism with racism). Commends the President for his commitment to this goal and requires progress reports to the Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1990
Designates May 6 through May 12, 1990, as Be Kind to Animals and National Pet Week.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1990
Designates September 1990 as International Visitors Month.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1990
Designates May 6 through May 12, 1990, as National Drinking Water Week.
United States · United States Congress · 21 November 1989
Medical Rehabilitation Research Act of 1989 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish the National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research (Center) to conduct research and research training, the dissemination of information, and other programs with respect to the rehabilitation of individuals with physical disabilities resulting from diseases or disorders of the neurological, musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, pulmonary, or other physiologic systems (medical rehabilitation). Requires the development of a comprehensive plan for the conduct and support of medical rehabilitation research. Requires the Director to establish the Medical Rehabilitation Coordinating Committee to make recommendations with regard to the plan. Requires establishment of a National Advisory Board on Medical Rehabilitation Research to assist and make recommendations on the plan. Requires coordination among Federal agencies to prevent duplicative programs in medical rehabilitation research.
United States · United States Congress · 21 November 1989
Selma to Montgomery National Trail Study Act of 1989 - Amends the National Trails System Act to designate the route from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama (traveled by the march dramatizing the need for voting rights legislation), for study for potential addition to the national trails system.
United States · United States Congress · 21 November 1989
Amends Federal law to authorize and request the President to designate May as Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month annually, beginning in 1990. (Current law designates a seven-day period beginning on May 4, 1979).
United States · United States Congress · 21 November 1989
What I Can Do for America Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish the Federal Program Enhancement Trust Fund. Allows taxpayers to use their income tax returns to designate cash contributions or portions of any refunds due them to be paid to such Fund for distribution to eligible Federal programs designated by the taxpayer. Allows a deduction from taxable income for contributions to such Fund by individuals who do not itemize.
United States · United States Congress · 21 November 1989
Designates the week of June 10 through June 16, 1990, as State-Supported Homes for Veterans Week.
United States · United States Congress · 20 November 1989
Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1990 - Title I: General Provisions - Provides for budget compliance of this Act for FY 1991 through 1992. Title II: Interagency Council on the Homeless - Amends the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (SBMHAA) to authorize appropriations through FY 1992. Extends the Interagency Council on the Homeless through FY 1992. Title III: Federal Emergency Management Food and Shelter Program - Amends SBMHAA to authorize appropriations for the Federal Emergency Management Food and Shelter Program through FY 1992. Title IV: Housing Assistance - Amends the SBMHAA to extend through FY 1992: (1) the emergency shelter grants program; (2) the supportive housing demonstration program; (3) supplemental assistance for facilities to assist the homeless; and (4) section 8 assistance for single room occupancy dwellings. Title V: Health Care for the Homeless - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize through FY 1992: (1) categorical grants for primary health services and substance abuse services; (2) block grants for community mental health services; and (3) alcohol and drug abuse treatment of homeless individuals. Amends SBMHAA to authorize appropriations for Community demonstration projects. Title VI: Education, Training, and Community Services Program - Amends SBMHAA to authorize appropriations for specified education, training, and community services programs through FY 1992. Title VII: Veterans Programs - Amends the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1988 to authorize appropriations for veterans medical programs through FY 1992.
United States · United States Congress · 20 November 1989
Amends the Controlled Substances Act to impose a mandatory minimum sentence for the illegal manufacture, distribution, or dispensation of 50 grams or more of smokable crystal methamphetamine.
United States · United States Congress · 19 November 1989
Democracy in El Salvador Act of 1989 - Makes El Salvador ineligible for any American assistance or military financing, except for humanitarian assistance. Provides that such assistance shall be disbursed directly to private voluntary relief organizations. Makes such sanctions inapplicable if the President certifies (and the Congress approves such certification by joint resolution) that the Government of El Salvador: (1) has prosecuted those responsible for the murders of certain faculty members of the Jose Simeon Canas Central American University; (2) has removed from public office and responsibilities all those connected with death squad activity; (3) has established a judiciary free from political pressures; (4) is taking every measure to avoid civilian casualties and is allowing neutral humanitarian organizations to evacuate the dead and wounded and to provide emergency relief to civilians; (5) is abiding by the Geneva Convention with regard to combatants; and (6) is seeking to establish a cease-fire in the civil war. Provides that a motion to consider such a joint resolution shall be treated as highly privileged in the Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 19 November 1989
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for the treatment of rental and nonrental real estate activities under the limitations on losses from passive activities.
United States · United States Congress · 19 November 1989
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that payment under a life insurance contract to an insured who is terminally ill be treated as a death benefit, making such payment eligible for tax exclusion from gross income. Provides that any reference to life insurance shall be treated as referring to a qualified terminal illness rider. Provides for the tax treatment of such riders. Describes such a rider as one which provides for payments to an insured upon the insured's becoming terminally ill.
United States · United States Congress · 17 November 1989
Provides that a Federal annuitant or member or former member of a uniformed service who is employed in a temporary position in the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall be exempt from a reduction in retirement pay, retainer pay, or annuity benefits while employed in connection with an emergency or major disaster. Limits the length of employment and rate of pay of such temporary employees.
United States · United States Congress · 17 November 1989
Economic Development Loan Assistance Program Act of 1989 - Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make grants to community development corporations to reduce interest rates on urban economic development loans. Limits grant amounts to $2,000,000. Requires the Secretary to report annually to the Congress. Authorizes FY 1990 through 1992 appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 17 November 1989
Designates April 1990 as National Prevent-A-Litter Month.
United States · United States Congress · 17 November 1989
Designates May 1990 as Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month.
United States · United States Congress · 16 November 1989
Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Reauthorization Act of 1989 - Amends the Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Act of 1984 to require State Governors to maintain records on asbestos in school buildings. Deletes a requirement for the submission of asbestos abatement application materials by State Governors to the Secretary of Education. Requires State Governors, in determining the adequacy of financial resources available to a local educational agency for asbestos abatement, to consider the additional costs to such agency of meeting the needs of disadvantaged students. Removes a reporting requirement concerning actions taken by State Governors in accordance with State plans. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to approve applications for financial assistance no later than April 30 of each year. Prohibits the provision of such assistance to applicants who are not in compliance with title II of the Toxic Substances Control Act. Requires the proceeds from the repayment of Federal asbestos abatement loans and assistance recovery lawsuits to be deposited into the Asbestos Trust Fund. Removes a condition on the provision of financial assistance which requires the submission of an application within five years of the enactment of the Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Act of 1984. Prohibits the approval of assistance applications unless the local educational agency certifies that it is implementing an asbestos management plan and all abatement activities will be conducted by trained and accredited individuals in conformance with the Toxic Substances Control Act. Removes certain requirements for the promulgation by the Administrator of standards for asbestos removal contractors and the protection of school employees trained to carry out abatement activities. Requires the Administrator to report annually (until 1999) to the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works and the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on the loan and grant program under the Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Act of 1984. Authorizes appropriations for the asbestos abatement program for FY 1991 through 1995. Revises provisions concerning the allocation of appropriations. Permits up to five percent of appropriations to be reserved each fiscal year for the administration of asbestos abatement activities. Authorizes the Administrator to use up to five percent of such appropriations for grants to States for: (1) assisting local educational agencies in performing periodic reinspections and training activities; and (2) maintaining programs to accredit personnel performing asbestos inspections and response actions. Makes conforming amendments to provisions of the Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act of 1986 concerning the Asbestos Trust Fund.
United States · United States Congress · 16 November 1989
Designates 1990 as the Bicentennial Anniversary of the Legacy of Benjamin Franklin.
United States · United States Congress · 15 November 1989
Designates the week beginning March 5, 1990, as Federal Employees Recognition Week.
United States · United States Congress · 9 November 1989
Employee Mass Transit Benefits Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide a tax exclusion for the following transportation benefits provided to an employee by an employer: (1) payment for public transportation between the employee's residence and workplace; and (2) any transit pass entitling the employee to transportation on mass transit facilities.
United States · United States Congress · 8 November 1989
Authorizes the President, on behalf of the Congress, to present a gold medal to Laurance Spelman Rockefeller in recognition of his leadership on behalf of natural resource conservation and historic preservation. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to provide for the sale of bronze duplicates of the medal.
United States · United States Congress · 7 November 1989
Directs the heads of Federal departments or agencies which hold or receive records and information which have or could possibly have been correlated to U.S. personnel listed as prisoners of war or missing in action in World War II and the Korean and Vietnam conflicts to publicly disclose such records and information, except where such disclosure would compromise national security. Requires the Department of Defense to publicly disclose a complete list of such personnel including those killed in action (body not returned) in such hostilities with each service member's current classification as well as any changes in such classification occurring during or after such hostilities.
United States · United States Congress · 7 November 1989
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should vote in support of increasing the international minimum age for combat to 17 years of age in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
United States · United States Congress · 2 November 1989
Benjamin Franklin Memorial Fire Service Bill of Rights Act - Title I: Minting of Benjamin Franklin National Memorial Commemorative Coin - Benjamin Franklin National Memorial Commemorative Coin Act - Provides for the sale of Benjamin Franklin commemorative coins at a surcharge of which 25 percent shall be paid to the Benjamin Franklin National Memorial and the remainder be distributed in specified percentages to the National Fire Center and Museum Account, the National Hero Scholarship Account, the Firefighter's Tuition Assistance Account, the Hazardous Materials Response Computer Account, the In Search of Excellence Research and Education Account, and the Burn Research Grant Account of the Firefighter Assistance Trust Fund (Fund). Prohibits the issuance of such coins from resulting in any net cost to the Federal government. Title II: Fire Service Bill of Rights - Fire Service Bill of Rights Act - Amends the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 to establish a fire service bill of rights. Establishes the National Fire Center and Museum in the District of Columbia to provide information about the fire service and safety to the public and fire services. Funds such museum exclusively through the Fund. Establishes a National Hero Scholarship to fund the higher education of the children or spouse of a deceased firefighter. Establishes a scholarship providing tuition assistance to firefighters for higher education in fire safety or protection. Authorizes the Administrator of the United States Fire Administration to use amounts in the In Search of Excellence Research and Education Account of the Fund to fund other specified programs under the Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974. Establishes the Firefighters Assistance Trust Fund. Places the National Academy for Fire Prevention and Control within the United States Fire Administration. Directs the Administrator to use funds from the Hazardous Materials Response Computer Account of the fund to procure computer equipment for fire services that want such equipment. Directs the Administrator to make a grant from the Burn Research Grant Account of the Fund to one national firefighter's burn foundation dedicated to reducing burn injuries. Requires the Administrator to prepare and make available to State fire marshals, upon request, a manual describing Federal procedures for disposing of surplus property and highlighting how fire services could obtain such property. Directs the Administrator to distribute to such marshals information on the infectious diseases to which firefighters are particularly vulnerable.
United States · United States Congress · 31 October 1989
Designates December 1, 1989, as World AIDS Day.
United States · United States Congress · 26 October 1989
Family Resource Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Office of Human Development Services, to establish, through grant or contract, a national center to serve as a source of information, training, technical assistance, and material development for family resource and support programs for parent and child development. Directs the Secretary to provide for independent evaluation of such programs. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1994.
United States · United States Congress · 25 October 1989
Designates May 1990 as National Trauma Awareness Month.
United States · United States Congress · 24 October 1989
Disaster Relief Employment Assistance Act of 1989 - Amends the Job Training Partnership Act to provide emergency disaster relief employment assistance for the reconstruction of areas affected by natural disasters.
United States · United States Congress · 24 October 1989
Designates February 4 through February 10, 1990, as National Burn Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 23 October 1989
Designates the week of November 12 through November 18, 1989, as Community Foundation Week.
United States · United States Congress · 19 October 1989
Declares it is in the interests of the United States to support efforts to protect South Pacific marine resources (including albacore tuna, porpoises, whales, seals and other marine mammals, birds, sea turtles, and fish) from the slaughter of driftnet fishing. Supports the Tarawa Declaration and the South Pacific Commission resolution calling for an immediate ban on driftnet fishing in the South Pacific. Urges the Secretary of State to work toward an international convention banning driftnet fishing in the South Pacific. Urges Japan and Taiwan to immediately cease the use of driftnets in international South Pacific waters.
United States · United States Congress · 16 October 1989
Allied Health Professionals Promotion Act of 1989 - 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 for FY 1990 and 1991. Changes the amount of currently authorized appropriations for traineeships for advanced training of allied health personnel for FY 1990 and 1991. 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 for FY 1990 and 1991.
United States · United States Congress · 12 October 1989
South African Financial Sanctions Act of 1989 - Amends the Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986 to expand the scope of definitions of "loan" and "United States national." Defines "depository institution" and "exit loan" for purposes of such Act. Prohibits U.S. nationals from holding any exit loan after 1992. Amends the Bretton Woods Agreement Act to require the President to instruct the U.S. Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund to vote against the use of Fund credit for any country practicing apartheid. Amends the Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986 to prohibit U.S. depository institutions from: (1) accepting or holding deposit accounts from South African depository institutions; or (2) providing correspondent banking services to such institutions. Prohibits disqualified depository institutions from being designated as depositaries or fiscal agents for Federal agencies within six months after this Act's enactment. Terminates designations of such institutions made before this Act's enactment at the end of such six-month period. Prohibits Federal agencies from obtaining any service from such institutions after such period. Provides for the termination or modification of certain provisions under the Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986 if the Government of South Africa: (1) ends the state of emergency and all forms of political repression; (2) withdraws all military personnel from black townships; (3) frees all political prisoners unconditionally and permits exiles to return to South Africa; (4) permits former prisoners and exiles to participate in political activities without harassment or restrictions; (5) repeals bans or restrictions on political parties or organizations and allows such entities to function freely; and (6) commits to enter into negotiations with respect to, and demonstrates progress toward, achieving a nonracial, democratic form of government. Provides for the repeal of such provisions by joint resolution if such conditions are met.
United States · United States Congress · 12 October 1989
Designates April 16 through April 22, 1990, as National African-American Historical and Cultural Museums Week.
United States · United States Congress · 12 October 1989
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) settlement of the civil war in El Salvador can only be achieved through negotiations to end hostilities and to incorporate the FMLN into the democratic process; (2) President Cristiani and the FMLN should be urged to continue the negotiating process until a successful conclusion; (3) the United States should encourage all parties, including the Salvadoran armed forces, to support the negotiations; and (4) the United States should stand ready to help implement a negotiated settlement by restructuring its assistance program to increase support for land reform and for the construction of health care and educational facilities to benefit the Salvadoran poor.
United States · United States Congress · 10 October 1989
Expresses concern over the repeated human rights violations by the Government of the Republic of Korea. Requests the President and the Secretary of State to: (1) continue to monitor closely human rights conditions in South Korea; and (2) call upon such Government to respect the human rights of its citizens, resume its course toward democracy, release all persons being held for their nonviolent political activities or expression of beliefs, and permit opposition parties to operate freely and without harassment.
United States · United States Congress · 5 October 1989
AIDS Opportunity Housing Act - Title I: Grants for AIDS Housing Information and Coordination Services - Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make grants to eligible organizations and agencies for AIDS housing information and for expanding housing assistance for persons with AIDS. Provides for recipient confidentiality. Authorizes FY 1990 and 1991 appropriations. Title II: AIDS Short-Term Supported Housing and Services Demonstration - Amends the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act to authorize the Secretary to make grants for programs to prevent homelessness among persons with AIDS and to provide them with short-term supported housing and related services. Provides for minority outreach. Authorizes FY 1990 and 1991 appropriations. Title III: Permanent and Transitional Housing and Services - Increases FY 1990 and 1991 budget authority for housing assistance to persons with AIDS under the United States Housing Act of 1937 section eight certificate (including shared housing) and moderate rehabilitation for single room occupancy programs. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to States and metropolitan areas for community residences and services for persons with AIDS. Authorizes FY 1990 and 1991 appropriations. States that a person with AIDS or its related conditions shall be considered handicapped for purposes of Department of Housing and Urban Development assistance.
United States · United States Congress · 3 October 1989
Expresses the sense of the Congress that in determining the allocation of foreign assistance the Department of State should: (1) weigh heavily the persecution, torture, and execution of innocent Somalis by the armed forces of Siad Barre; and (2) insist upon significant improvements in human rights as a precondition to the resumption of foreign assistance to Somalia.
United States · United States Congress · 2 October 1989
Federal Housing Administration Safety and Soundness Act of 1989 - Amends the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act to establish within the Department of Housing and Urban Development: (1) a division of Mortgage Supervision within the Federal Housing Administration; and (2) a Director of Mortgagee Supervision. Amends the National Housing Act with regard to: (1) minimum mortgagor payments; and (2) limitations on principal mortgage obligations.
United States · United States Congress · 28 September 1989
Employee Health and Safety Whistleblower Protection Act - Sets forth uniform Federal procedures to protect employees, former employees, and applicants for employment who engage in whistleblowing with respect to employer activities which endanger employee or public health and safety. Prohibits employers from discharging or discriminating against any employee who: (1) discloses (or demonstrates an intent to disclose) an activity, policy, or practice that the employee believes is a violation of Federal health or safety law; (2) initiates, assists, or participates (or demonstrates an intent to do so in a proceeding with respect to an activity, policy, or practice that the employee believes is a violation of Federal health or safety law, or with respect to consideration of enactment, adoption, promulgation, issuance, or amendment of such a law, or with respect to administration or enforcement of such a law or of this Act; or (3) refuses to participate in an activity, policy, or practice that violates Federal health or safety law or that the employee reasonably believes poses a bona fide danger to the health or safety of the employee, other employees, or the public (and the employee promptly reported such danger to a representative of the employer). Voids as contrary to public policy any waiver or modification of employee rights under this Act, except under certain settlements or dispute resolutions. Makes this Act inapplicable to employees who, acting without consent from the employer, deliberately cause a violation of Federal laws. Sets forth procedures for remedy of violations under this Act. Provides that the statute of limitations for filing a complaint pursuant to this Act or an existing Federal whistleblower protection law shall be 180 days after the later of the date: (1) an alleged violation occurs; (2) the discharge or other discrimination has taken effect; or (3) the employee first learns or reasonably should have learned of the violation. Provides for filing complaints with the Secretary of Labor (the Secretary). Directs the Secretary to create or designate an identifiable office or unit within the Department of Labor to investigate such complaints and to issue orders providing relief where appropriate. Provides for administrative law hearings upon request when such orders are not issued, or are questioned. Allows the Secretary or complainant to petition any U.S. district court to enforce an order. Requires the investigation office, if it determines that there is reasonable cause to believe that a violation of this Act has occurred, to intervene on behalf of the complainant in proceedings under this Act. Provides for an administrative appeal procedure. Makes the decision of the administrative law judge the final order of the Secretary (subject to specified judicial review), unless there is a petition or order for review by the Secretary within a specified period. Directs the Secretary to issue a final order after such review within a specified period. Sets forth provisions for remedies. Provides for orders of abatement, reinstatement (with compensation and restoration of lost pay, benefits, and privileges), consequential damages, double damages for willful and wanton violations, equitable relief, and legal cost payments. Provides for judicial review of orders. Provides for settlements or alternative dispute resolutions. Requires employers to post specified information about this Act. Sets forth provisions for enforcement of orders under this Act by the parties in U.S. district court. Provides for complaint referral by directing the Secretary to send copies of final orders (including settlement orders) to each Federal agency with jurisdiction over the activity, policy, or practice alleged in the complaint. Directs such agency to take appropriate action and report on such action to the Secretary, the parties, and the relevant congressional committees. Provides that such provisions do not limit any Federal agency authority under any other law. Declares that rights and remedies under this Act: (1) are in addition to any other rights and remedies provided under a contract or State law; and (2) supersede existing Federal whistleblower protection laws with respect to any discharge or discrimination based on employee conduct protected by this Act. Provides that the enforcement and administration procedures of this Act supersede those of any existing Federal whistleblower protection laws in such respects.
United States · United States Congress · 28 September 1989
Amends the Rail Passenger Service Act to repeal an exemption from specified communicable disease control requirements of the Public Health Service Act for waste disposal from railroads operating in intercity rail passenger service.
United States · United States Congress · 28 September 1989
Radon Testing for Safe Schools Act - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to promulgate regulations requiring local educational agencies to test schools in areas having elevated radon levels. Makes the results of such tests available to the public. Requires radon testing and mitigation to be carried out by individuals approved by the Administrator or a State. Establishes within EPA a Radon Testing and Mitigation Assistance Program to provide assistance for testing and mitigation devices and methods. Requires State Governors to establish priority lists of assistance applicants, based on the nature and magnitude of potential exposure to radon. Sets forth criteria to be considered by the Administrator in ranking such applications. Authorizes the provision to approved applicants of loans of up to 100 percent, and grants of up to 50 percent, of the total cost of a testing or mitigation program. Outlines loan agreement terms and application requirements. Requires the Administrator to report annually to the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works and the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on the loan and grant program. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 27 September 1989
Designates November 11, 1989, as Washington Centennial Day in recognition of the economic, social, and historic contributions of the State of Washington to the United States over the past century.
United States · United States Congress · 27 September 1989
Expresses the sense of the Congress that in recognition of several significant steps that Angola has taken toward peace, national reconciliation, and economic reform it is in the interest of the United States to take steps to normalize relations with the Government of Angola, including: (1) establishing a U.S. liaison office in Luanda; (2) supporting Angola's full participation in multilateral development institutions; and (3) providing humanitarian assistance.
United States · United States Congress · 26 September 1989
Health Facilities Protection and Primate Center Rehabilitation Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish certain protections for health facilities receiving financial assistance under such Act. Prohibits anyone from releasing from a facility any animal held for research and from destroying records of the facility. Imposes criminal penalties for violations and allows private civil actions to redress violations. Authorizes the Director of the National Institutes of Health, with respect to activities to support regional centers for research on primates, to reserve, for FY 1990 and 1991, certain amounts for the purpose of making grants to improve such regional centers.
United States · United States Congress · 26 September 1989
Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in any case in which there has been either a disallowance of a veterans benefits claim or a partially awarded claim, to provide to the claimant a written statement setting forth notice of procedural rights of the claimant and the rationale for the disallowance. Requires that such statement: (1) be provided at each procedural stage relating to the disposition of a claim; (2) include a summary of the evidence supporting the disallowance or the partial award; (3) be in such forms as the Secretary prescribes by regulation; (4) include a description of each subsequent procedural stage before the Department of Veterans Affairs; (5) include a description of all rights of the claimant expressly provided for in the veterans' benefits code, the claimant's right to a hearing, to reconsideration, to appeal, and to representation, and any specific procedures necessary to obtain the various forms of review available for consideration of the claim; and (6) include such other information as the Secretary determines would be useful and practical to assist the claimant in obtaining full consideration of the claim. Adds parallel requirements with respect to the Chairman of the Board of Veterans' Appeals.