United States · United States Congress · 21 July 1989
Drug War Bond Act of 1989 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to issue: (1) Drug War Bonds for a three-year period with a 12-year maturity date; and (2) Drug War Stamps to evidence payments for or on account of such bonds. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude the interest earned on such War Bonds from an individual's gross income. Authorizes a taxpayer to designate a specified portion of any tax overpayment or make cash contributions to the War on Drugs Trust Fund (established by this Act). Authorizes the Attorney General to make expenditures from the Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund into the War on Drugs Trust Fund. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish the War on Drugs Trust Fund. Transfers to such Fund: (1) proceeds from the sale of Drug War Bonds and stamps; and (2) certain cash contributions and portions of tax overpayments. Prescribes expenditures from the War on Drugs Trust Fund, including the construction of Federal prison facilities and education and rehabilitation programs. Precludes the receipts and disbursements from the War on Drugs Trust Fund from being included in either the congressional budget totals or in the budget totals as submitted by the President. Exempts the receipts and expenditures from the War on Drugs Trust Fund from: (1) statutory expenditure and lending limitations; and (2) certain orders issued under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act). Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress on programs established by this Act. Directs the Attorney General to make recommendations to the Congress regarding the merits of privatizing Federal prisons.
United States · United States Congress · 17 July 1989
Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Mediation Process Act of 1987 - Amends the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act to require a person to pursue all administrative and mediation or conciliation avenues before bringing an action under such Act. Requires all administrative steps taken to be detailed in a complaint. Provides attorneys' fees for a defendant where the court determines that a plaintiff's action was unreasonable, abusive of the legal process, or was pursued for the principal purpose of harassment.
United States · United States Congress · 17 July 1989
Legal Services Corporation Amendments Act of 1989 - Amends the Legal Services Corporation Act to allow a court to award reasonable costs and legal fees to a prevailing defendant (in an action commenced by the Legal Services Corporation or a recipient of Corporation assistance) where: (1) the action was frivolous, unreasonable, or without foundation; (2) the action was pursued to harass the defendant; or (3) the Corporation or recipient maliciously abused legal process. Provides that any such costs and fees shall be paid by the Corporation, by the recipient, or by the attorney, as determined by the Court. (Current law provides for: (1) the awarding of such costs and fees only where the action was pursued to harass the defendant or where the Corporation or recipient abused legal process; and (2) the payment of such costs and fees by the Corporation.)
United States · United States Congress · 13 July 1989
Legal Services Administration Act of 1989 - Establishes the Legal Services Administration within the Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs. Declares that the purpose of the Administration is to provide legal assistance to eligible clients through the making of grants to providers of such assistance. Gives the Administrator of the Administration the authority to determine whether an applicant shall receive a grant under this Act. Sets forth the powers and authorized activities of the Administration. Enumerates those areas in which grant recipients are: (1) authorized to provide legal assistance; and (2) prohibited from providing legal assistance. Prohibits a grant recipient from lobbying on certain issues or engaging in specified political activities. Authorizes appropriations. Gives any person or entity a private cause of action against a recipient for the purpose of enforcing this Act. Repeals the Legal Services Corporation Act. Provides for the transfer of all assets, liabilities, obligations, property, and records of the Legal Services Corporation to the Administration. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 to carry out the transition from the Corporation to the Administration.
United States · United States Congress · 11 July 1989
Excludes from the excess earnings test under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act an individual's wages for up to six months of temporary employment with the Bureau of the Census relating to the 1990 census.
United States · United States Congress · 11 July 1989
Excludes wages paid for six months of employment with the Bureau of the Census in connection with the 1990 census from annual income for purposes of determining eligibility for various veterans' benefits. Excludes from such income only wages paid for the first six months of such employment.
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1989
Job Training Partnership Act Amendments of 1989 - Title I: Amendments to the Job Training Partnership Act - Amends the Job Training Partnership Act (the Act) to authorize appropriations for FY 1990 through 1994 for the Youth Opportunities Unlimited program (as added by this Act). Revises the definition of "supportive services" to include drug and alcohol counseling and referral and individual and family counseling. Includes representatives of local welfare agencies on private industry councils (PICs). Revises requirements for service delivery area (SDA) job training plans. Revises requirements for performance standards to include measuring the acquisition of basic and occupational skills. Requires PIC's to determine such standards in consultation with educational agencies and private employers, based on factors such as entry skill levels and other hiring requirements. Directs Governors to award incentive funds to SDAs for achieving performance standard levels. Requires selection of service providers on a competitive basis to the maximum extent possible. Requires such selection process to include: (1) determination of the service provider's ability to meet program design specifications; and (2) documentation of compliance with procurement standards. Requires, with specified exceptions, that all expenditures under the Act be charged to appropriate cost categories. Establishes new cost categories and cost limitations for the Adult Opportunity and Youth Opportunity Programs. Requires the Governor's coordination and special services plan to include descriptions of State coordination measures and projected grant uses. Renames the State job training coordinating council the State human resource investment council. Repeals specified provisions for State education and coordination grants and for training programs for older workers. Exempts from cost breakdown requirements certain tuition charges for training or education which are not more than the charges to the general public. Limits the duration of on-the-job under the Act to a period not in excess of that generally required for acquisition of necessary skills for the particular position but in no event longer than six months. Allows a public or private nonprofit entity to retain any income earned under any program under the Act if it is used to carry out the program, even though financial assistance has expired. Requires States to establish fiscal control and fund accounting procedures to ensure proper disbursal and accounting of Federal funds. Requires the Governor to establish procurement standards for States, local areas, and SDAs to ensure that specified criteria are met. Requires States, administrative entities conducting the program, and recipients (other than sub-recipients) to monitor the performance of service providers in complying with the agreements under the Act. Revises training services for disadvantaged adults and renames them the Adult Opportunity Program. Sets forth new eligibility requirements and a new formula for the allotment of funds to the disadvantaged adult program. Requires that the following features be included in all individual adult programs: (1) assessment of skill levels and service needs; (2) service strategy; (3) progress review; and (4) where appropriate, basic and occupational skills training. Requires SDAs to link with: (1) other specified Federal programs; and (2) State, local, and private programs, as appropriate. Allows an SDA to transfer up to ten percent of adult program funds to the youth program under certain conditions. Revises training services for disadvantaged youth and renames them the Youth Opportunity Program. Sets forth new eligibility requirements and a new formula for the allotment of funds to the disadvantaged youth program. Requires that the following features be included in all individual youth programs: (1) assessment of skill levels and service needs; (2) service strategy; (3) progress review; and (4) where appropriate, training in basic, occupational, pre-employment, and work maturity skills, work experience combined with skills training, and supportive services. Requires SDAs to link the youth program with: (1) other specified Federal programs; and (2) as appropriate, State, local, and private programs. Allows an SDA to transfer up to ten percent of youth program funds to the adult program under certain conditions. Establishes a State Linkage and Coordination Program, with grants to States to encourage: (1) Statewide policies and strategies to achieve critical human resource development goals for at-risk populations; (2) use of Federal, State, and local public and private resources to address the multifaceted problems of at-risk youth and adults; and (3) institutional change to develop comprehensive and integrated education, training, and employment goals and strategies for youth and adults at risk of chronic unemployment and welfare dependency. Provides, with respect to employment and training assistance for dislocated workers, that an eligible dislocated worker participating in training (except on-the-job training) shall be deemed to be in training with the approval of the State agency for purposes of unemployment compensation. Raises from ten to 20 percent the percentage of Job Corps participants who may be in the non-residential program. Consolidates and revises provisions for: (1) national partnership and training programs; (2) research, demonstration, and evaluation; and (3) training and technical assistance. Renames the National Commission on Employment Policy the National Commission for Employment and Vocational Education Policy. Directs the Secretary to establish a national Youth Opportunities Unlimited program of grants to target comprehensive services to youth living in high poverty areas. Allows State Governors to apply for such grants on behalf of eligible cities and non-metropolitan counties with the highest concentrations of poverty. Authorizes the Secretary to select as grant recipients up to: (1) 25 communities during the first year after the program is authorized; and (2) a total of 40 communities over the five-year authorization period. Requires such grants to be awarded to the local service delivery area in which the target area is located. Allows multi-year grants. Title II: State Human Resource Investment Council - Requires each State which receives assistance under an applicable program to establish a single State human resource investment council to review and advise on coordination of applicable programs under: (1) the Adult Education Act; (2) the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act; (3) the Job Training Partnership Act; (4) the Rehabilitation Act of 1973; (5) the Wagner-Peyser Act; and (6) the JOBS program of the Social Security Act.
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1989
Provides for the awarding of the Purple Heart to former prisoners of war held captive before April 25, 1962, on the same basis at it may be awarded former prisoners of war captured on or after such date.
United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1989
Designates October 29, 1989, as Fire Safety at Home Day: Change Your Clock, Change Your Battery. Directs the President to issue a proclamation to urge people to change the batteries in their smoke detectors when they reset their clocks from daylight savings time.
United States · United States Congress · 22 June 1989
Library Services and Construction Act Amendments of 1989 - Amends the Library Services and Construction Act (the Act) to revise its programs and extend the authorization of appropriations. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1994 for grants (or activities) relating to: (1) library services; (2) public library and construction technology enhancement; (3) interlibrary cooperation and resource sharing; (4) library services for Indian tribes; (5) foreign language materials acquisition; (6) library literacy programs; and (7) evaluation and assessment. Revises allocations to Indian tribes and to Alaskan native villages, regional corporations, and village corporations. Provides for interlibrary cooperation and resource sharing under long-range State programs. Directs the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) to: (1) coordinate specified programs; and (2) give the head of the State library administrative agency opportunity for comment on applications for foreign language and for library literacy grants before the award, to assure that the purposes of such grants are consistent with the long-range State program. Permits each State library agency, in FY 1990 and every fifth year thereafter, to review its expenditures under the programs from State and local sources and file with the Secretary a statement to establish a current, revised expenditure level to be used for measuring maintenance of effort. Requires library service programs to provide for assistance to libraries: (1) in developing intergenerational library programs matching older volunteers with libraries interested in developing after school literacy and reading skills programs for unsupervised school children; (2) in extending for mobile library services and programs to licensed or certified child-care providers or centers; (3) in establishing model library literacy centers to reduce the number of functionally illiterate individuals and help them reach full employment; and (4) in making effective use of technology to improve services. Authorizes a State, in carrying out its library services program, to make subgrants to library systems or networks which include libraries other than public libraries, if the purpose of the subgrant is to improve services for public library patrons. Allows States to ratably reduce payments to major urban resource libraries only under specified conditions. Revises services for institutionalized individuals under certain maintenance of effort requirements to make them services to handicapped individuals generally. Requires State library services programs to provide assistance to public libraries for technology enhancement to improve services. Provides for grants to develop the technological capacity of libraries for interlibrary cooperation and resource sharing. Requires that public library construction projects follow policies and procedures that will promote the preservation of library and information resources in such facilities. Requires that a statewide resource sharing plan be directed toward attaining compliance with specified provisions. Authorizes the State long-range interlibrary cooperation and resource sharing program to: (1) include a statewide preservation cooperation plan; and (2) identify the preservation objectives to be achieved during the period covered by the long-range plans. Authorizes: (1) the use of funds to carry out such preservation cooperation plan; and (2) part or all of such preservation program to be contracted to other agencies or institutions. Raises the maximum limit on the amount of a single Library Literacy Program grant from $25,000 to $35,000. Authorizes the Secretary, directly or by grants or contracts, to evaluate and assess programs under the Act.
United States · United States Congress · 22 June 1989
Limits Members of Congress to two usual and customary congressional newsletters as mass mailings and postal patron mailings in a calendar year. Requires the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration and the House Commission on Congressional Mailing Standards to prescribe rules and regulations to carry out this Act. Requires Members to file disclosure statements detailing mass mailing costs during the preceding six months. Provides for separate appropriations for the House and the Senate for franked mailings. Requires any Member whose spending for franked mailings exceeds the postage allowance to repay such excess expenses from the Member's office payroll account.
United States · United States Congress · 15 June 1989
Census Equity Act - Requires the Secretary of Commerce to ensure that during any decennial census: (1) no member of the armed forces, civilian employee of the Department of Defense, or dependent of such member or employee, is excluded based on such member or employee being assigned to a post outside the United States; and (2) any alien not lawfully admitted for permanent residence is not included.
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1989
Living Wage Act of 1990 - Title I: Earned Income Tax Credit - Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions governing the earned income tax credit to: (1) increase from $5,714 to $7,000 the amount of earned income subject to the credit; (2) increase the basic credit from 14 percent to 15 percent; and (3) add additional credits to apply to not more than four children of five percent for each dependent school age child between age six and age 16 and ten percent for each preschool age child. Reduces the amount of the credit for taxpayers with adjusted gross income over $40,000. Indexes amounts relating to the credit beginning in 1992. Disallows application of the nonrefundable dependent care income tax credit with respect to a taxpayer's dependents under age 13, unless the child is physically or mentally incapable of self-care. Permits the credit with respect to handicapped children under age 15 only if the taxpayer elects not to include the child within the framework of the earned income credit. Repeals provisions of the Family Support Act of 1988 that revise the way in which the earned income credit is treated in the context of needs analysis for purposes of State plans for aid and services to needy families with children under title IV of the Social Security Act. Title II: Federal Minimum Wage - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (the Act) to increase the minimum wage per hour from $3.35 in 1989 to: (1) $3.65 in 1990; (2) $3.95 in 1991; and (3) $4.25 in 1992 and thereafter. Increases the tip credit under the Act from 40 percent to 50 percent. (The tip credit deems the amount paid to a tipped employee, for minimum wage purposes, to be increased by an amount determined by the employer, but not by an amount in excess of the specified percentage of the applicable minimum wage rate). Increases the small business exemption by revising the definition of an enterprise engaged in commerce, for purposes of coverage under the Act ("the enterprise test"). Exempts from such coverage enterprises whose annual gross volume of sales or business is less than $500,000 (currently $362,500), effective in 1990. Requires employers who were covered in 1988, but who are exempt under the new threshold, to continue to pay the $3.35 per hour minimum wage. Authorizes employers, in lieu of the minimum wage, to pay a newly hired employee not less than $3.35 an hour and thereafter not less than 80 percent of the increased minimum wage. Applies the rights and protections of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to employees in the House of Representatives, employees under the Architect of the Capitol, and employing authorities of the House of Representatives. Authorizes employers to employ any employee for periods of not more than ten hours in excess of the 40-hour maximum without paying overtime if during such periods the employee is receiving remedial education.
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1989
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit tax-exempt private foundations and community foundations to establish tax-exempt cooperative service organizations to operate exclusively for charitable purposes.
United States · United States Congress · 8 June 1989
Expresses the sense of the Congress regarding admissions of minority students to institutions of higher education, especially with respect to illegal exclusion and illegal racial discrimination against Asian-Americans and other groups.
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1989
Designates June 21, 1989, as Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner Day. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Voting Rights Act of 1965 has helped to fulfill the promise of democracy in this Nation. Reaffirms the goal of removing remaining barriers to full voter participation in this Nation.
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1989
Older Americans' Freedom to Work Act of 1989 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to remove the limitation on the amount of outside income which beneficiaries who have attained retirement age may earn without incurring a reduction in benefits.
United States · United States Congress · 17 May 1989
Irrigation Subsidies Reform Act of 1989 - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to prohibit a producer who receives Federal irrigation water at less than full cost from participating in any agricultural price and income support program.
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1989
Amends the Federal criminal code to make it unlawful for any person: (1) who has been convicted in any court of a drug crime to possess a firearm; and (2) to transfer a firearm to any other person knowing or having reasonable cause to believe that such other person is under indictment for, or has been convicted in any court of, a drug crime. Provides penalties for a violation. Sets forth additional penalties for possession of a firearm during a drug crime. Provides enhanced penalties if the firearm is a machinegun or is equipped with a firearm silencer or muffler and for subsequent convictions.
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1989
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the Exxon Company must dedicate necessary resources and pay all required expenses to compensate affected parties, mitigate impacts, and complete cleanup by September 15, 1989, of Prince William Sound and other Alaska lands and waters damaged by the Exxon Valdez oil spill; and (2) the scope and thoroughness of the cleanup shall be determined by the U.S. Coast Guard to achieve maximum benefit of fish and wildlife habitat and the Alaska environment.
United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1989
Vocational Education Excellence Act of 1989 - Amends the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act (the Act) to reauthorize and revise it programs. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1994 for: (1) State administration of vocational education programs; (2) State councils on vocational education; (3) basic State grants; and (4) national programs. Revises allotment and allocation formulas for vocational education assistance to the States. Revises Indian vocational education programs and repeals programs for Hawaiian natives. Revises State organizational and planning responsibilities. Requires State plans to describe the performance standards to be used. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to establish minimum requirements for acceptable State performance standards which are consistent with comparable requirements under the Job Training Partnership Act. Changes the Federal share of the costs of specified activities and programs. Revises maintenance of effort provisions. Eliminates certain provisions relating to withholding of payments and judicial review. Revises provisions for Basic State Grants for vocational education, including the opportunities program and policy for general program improvement, innovation, and expansion. Requires States to use specified funds to meet the needs on the State plan for one or more of the following: (1) professional development and improve ment of vocational teachers, counselors, and administrators (including exchange programs with industry); (2) acquisition of instructional equipment and materials; and (3) curriculum development, field-testing of new or revised programs (for no more than three years), and dissemination. Allows State to use such funds to support activities jointly undertaken by eligible recipients and community-based organizations of demonstrated effectiveness. Repeals Special Programs provisions for: (1) State assistance for vocational education support programs by community-based organization; (2) consumer and homemaker education; (3) adult training, retraining, and employment development; (4) comprehensive career guidance and counseling programs; and (5) industry-education partnership for training in high-technology occupations. Revises national program provisions for: (1) research and evaluation; (2) demonstration programs; (3) the occupational information system; and (4) bilingual vocational training. Changes from mandatory to discretionary the Secretary's authority to conduct research on and evaluations of vocational education programs, activities, and trends. Repeals provisions for: (1) a national assessment of vocational education programs; and (2) the National Center for Research in Vocational Education. Directs the Secretary to establish and support one or more centers for research in vocational education. Repeals provisions for: (1) State equipment pools; (2) demonstration centers for the retraining of dislocated workers; and (3) model centers for vocational education for older individuals. Revises the Act and the General Education Provisions Act regarding a national vocational education data reporting and accounting system. Amends the Job Training Partnership Act, among other things, to rename the National Commission for Employment Policy as the National Commission on Employment and Vocational Education Policy. Amends the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 to repeal demonstration programs for education for employment for technological literacy. Amends the Smith-Hughes Vocational Education Act to terminate at the end of FY 1989 annual appropriations for grants to States to help pay the costs: (1) of preparation and salaries of teachers, supervisors, and directors of agricultural subjects and teachers of trade, home economics, and industrial subjects; and (2) of studies of vocational education. Makes conforming amendments to the Bilingual Education Act, the Education for Economic Security Act, and the Education of the Handicapped Act.
United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1989
Amends the Internal Revenue Code with respect to the valuation of farmland for estate tax purposes to eliminate the limit on the reduction in fair market value of certain farmland if such land continues to be farmed for up to 30 years.
United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1989
Constitutional Amendment - Requires the Congress and the President, prior to each fiscal year, to agree on an estimate of total receipts (except those derived from borrowing) for that fiscal year by enactment of a joint single subject resolution. Prohibits outlays for that year (except those for repayment of debt principal) from exceeding this amount unless the Congress, by a three-fifths roll call vote of each House, authorizes a specific excess of outlays over receipts. Requires a three-fifths roll call vote of each House to increase the public debt. Directs the President to submit a balanced budget to the Congress. Requires the approval of a majority of the total membership of each House by roll call vote before any bill to increase revenue may become law. Waives these provisions when a declaration of war is in effect.
United States · United States Congress · 10 May 1989
Amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to make training requirements imposed on nurse aides employed at nursing facilities inapplicable to individuals employed as nurse aides before July 1, 1989.
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 1989
Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (the Act) to extend through FY 1991 the authorization of appropriations for certain school dropout demonstration programs under part A of title VI of the Act. Provides that no amounts are authorized for such programs in any fiscal year in which assistance is made available to local educational agencies under other specified provisions for secondary school programs for basic skills improvement and dropout prevention and reentry.
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 1989
Limits assessments of underpayments with respect to taxable periods beginning before July 1, 1985, in connection with the annual $250 occupational tax on retail liquor and beer dealers. Abates assessments and refunds overpayments of any post-1987 tax.
United States · United States Congress · 4 May 1989
Davis-Bacon Reform Act of 1989 - Amends the Davis-Bacon Act to increase from $2,000 to $250,000 the threshold amount subjecting certain contracts to such Act and requiring them to specify the minimum wages to be paid to laborers and mechanics. Directs the Secretary of Labor to establish as the prevailing wage for a class of laborers or mechanics the entire range of wages being paid to a corresponding class of such workers in the particular urban or rural subdivision of the State in which the work is to be performed. Sets out the means for determining such prevailing wage in cases when more than a single wage is being paid to corresponding classes of workers. Excludes from the computation of wages the basic hourly rates of pay for workers on local Federal projects. Establishes a separate classification for helpers of laborers or mechanics, with their prevailing wages to be determined on the basis of the corresponding class of helpers. Prohibits the division of contracts into units of $250,000 or less for purposes of avoiding wage computation under such Act. Provides for administrative enforcement of such prohibition. Applies the increased contract amount threshold for coverage provided in this Act to other related Federal laws which use the Davis-Bacon Act prevailing wage rate determination requirements. Provides that wages found to be due to laborers and mechanics pursuant to the Davis-Bacon Act shall be paid to them directly from accrued payments withheld under the contract, in accordance with specified regulations issued by the Secretary of Labor. (Currently the Comptroller General makes such payments.) Directs the Administrator of General Services (rather than the Comptroller General) to distribute a list to all Federal agencies giving the names of persons or firms that the Secretary of Labor (rather than the Comptroller General) has found to have disregarded their obligations to employees and subcontractors. Amends the Copeland Act to require certain contractors or subcontractors to furnish compliance statements concerning weekly wages at the beginning, midpoint, and conclusion of the period covered by the contract, instead of every week as the wages are paid. Requires such statements at least every three months. Directs the Secretary of Labor and the Comptroller General to submit to the Congress annual reports describing the effects of the Davis-Bacon Act, the Copeland Act, and this Act on local wages and on local and national economies.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1989
Soybean Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to issue an order (subject to producer referendum) creating a soybean promotion, research, and consumer education program. Requires any such order to provide for the establishment of a: (1) United Soybean Board; and (2) Soybean Program Coordinating Committee. Funds such program through producer assessments. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1989
Retirement Payment Delivery Assurance Act of 1989 - Amends the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974, the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, the Foreign Service Act of 1980, the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement Act of 1964 for Certain Employees, and other Federal law to provide that if the day designated for the delivery of benefit payments occurs on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal public holiday, then the following retirement benefit checks shall be mailed a day earlier than usual: (1) railroad retirement annuities; (2) military retired and retainer pay and annuities based on such pay; (3) Federal employee retirement annuities; (4) black lung benefits; (5) foreign service retirement benefits; and (6) benefits under the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System.
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 1989
Precludes veterans entitled to benefits under the All Volunteer Force Educational Assistance Program from receiving other veterans' educational assistance. Terminates other veterans' educational assistance as of June 30, 1993.
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 1989
Designates September 8, 1989, as National Pledge of Allegiance Day. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Christopher Columbus Quincentenary Jubilee Commission should include the centennial observance of the Pledge of Allegiance in its commemorative activities.
United States · United States Congress · 26 April 1989
Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions governing the income tax deduction for the health insurance costs of self-employed individuals to: (1) make the deduction permanent (under current law it will expire after tax year 1989); and (2) phase in an increase in the allowable deduction, reaching 100 percent for taxable years beginning in 1994 and thereafter.
United States · United States Congress · 26 April 1989
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the Bankruptcy Court and all involved parties should facilitate the prompt restoration of Eastern Airlines to full operations through appropriate action which may include appointment of a trustee, pending the sale of the company.
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1989
Domestic Volunteer Service Act Amendments of 1989 - Amends the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (the Act) to eliminate the VISTA Literacy Corps. Makes a technical amendment relating to the loyalty oath or affirmation required of Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) volunteers. Renames Service-Learning Programs as Student Community Service Programs. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1992 for the following National Volunteer Antipoverty Programs: (1) VISTA volunteers; (2) Student Community Service Programs; and (3) Special Volunteer Programs. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1992 for the following National Older American Volunteer Programs: (1) the Retired Senior Volunteer Program; (2) the Foster Grandparent Program; and (3) the Senior Companion Program. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1992 for administration and coordination under the Act.
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1989
Employee Educational Assistance Act of 1989 - Repeals provisions of the Internal Revenue Code that: (1) terminated the income tax exclusion of amounts paid under employee educational assistance programs as of tax year 1989; and (2) deny benefits in connection with graduate work.
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