Designating July 2, 1990, as "National Literacy Day".
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1990
Designates July 2, 1990, as National Literacy Day.
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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 · 21 March 1990
Title I: Establishment of Clean Coastal Beaches Council and Guidelines for Clean Beaches - Beaches Environmental Assessment, Closure, and Health Act of 1990 - Directs the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere to establish a Clean Coastal Beaches Council to: (1) develop environmental quality criteria that establish guidelines for pathogens and floatables in coastal zone recreation waters; (2) develop uniform monitoring and testing protocols related to the environmental quality and safety of such waters; and (3) submit such criteria and protocols to coastal States. Directs the Council to develop and periodically update a study to determine the most effective indicators for assessing environmental quality of such waters. Requires the study to provide technical information and assistance to States. Title II: Coastal Beaches Plan: Amendments to State Coastal Zone Management Programs - Amends the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to require States with approved management programs to submit plans to the Under Secretary that: (1) identify coastal zone recreation waters and the means by which the State assures that such waters comply with environmental quality criteria; (2) contain monitoring and testing procedures for such waters; (3) describe processes for closure and reopening of areas pursuant to environmental quality guidelines; and (4) assess penalties against persons whose activities result in beach closures. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1990
Assault Weapon Export Control Act of 1990 - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit the export of a machine gun or semiautomatic assault weapon, with exceptions for U.S. departments or agencies and for foreign governments not engaging in gross human rights violations or supporting international terrorism. Sets penalties for violations of this Act. Defines "semiautomatic assault weapon" as a semiautomatic firearm which is not generally recognized as particularly suitable for, or readily adaptable to, sporting purposes considering specified characteristics.
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1990
Calls for the United States to: (1) continue to give the highest priority to accounting for Americans still missing or unaccounted for in Southeast Asia and to securing the return of Americans still held captive; (2) ensure cooperation with Vietnam and Laos to achieve credible answers for the families of such Americans, including primary-next-of-kin access to all records and information resulting from joint investigations, surveys, and excavations; (3) develop a means of accounting for Americans unaccounted for in Cambodia that is consistent with U.S. efforts to obtain a political settlement to the Cambodian situation; and (4) heighten responsible public awareness of Americans unaccounted for in Southeast Asia through the dissemination of factual data.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1990
Foreign Tax Equity Act of 1990 - Title I: Treatment of Certain Foreign-Owned Corporations - Applies the Revenue Reconciliation Act of 1989 amendments regarding information reporting requirements by certain foreign-owned corporations to taxable years beginning on or before July 10, 1989. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish information reporting requirements for foreign corporations engaged in business within the United States. Extends the statute of limitations for the assessment of any foreign-related deficiency by an additional period of not more than three years. Title II: Tax on Disposition of Stock in Domestic Corporations by 10-Percent Foreign Shareholders - Provides that if any nonresident alien or foreign corporation is a ten-percent shareholder in any domestic corporation, any gain or loss from the disposition of any stock in such domestic corporation shall be taken into account as if the taxpayer were effectively connected with U.S. trade or business. Requires a withholding agent to withhold ten percent of the tax realized on certain stock dispositions by such ten-percent shareholders.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1990
Designates November 18 through November 24, 1990, and November 17 through November 23, 1991, as National Family Caregivers Week.
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1990
Designates the week of June 1 through June 7, 1990, as National Polio Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1990
Designates April 16, 1990, as National Sarcoidosis Awareness Day.
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1990
Designates the week of October 13 through October 20, 1990, as American Textile Industry Bicentennial Week.
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1990
Designates the week beginning September 16, 1990, as National Give the Kids a Fighting Chance 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 the week beginning May 6, 1990, as National Correctional Officers Week.
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
Regulated Precursor Chemicals Act of 1990 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to revise and expand the list of precursor chemicals, including transferring to such list hydriodic acid from the list of essential chemicals. Revises the definition of "regulated transaction" to include transfers of any amount of an essential listed precursor chemical, with exceptions. Requires each regulated person to report to the Attorney General on any regulated transaction involving any quantity of a listed essential chemical. Makes it unlawful for any person to engage in a regulated transaction involving a listed precursor chemical or any other conduct that defines such person as a regulated person for purposes of such Act without a license required under such Act. Requires the Attorney General to establish a program requiring licenses for regulated persons and regulated transactions involving listed precursor chemicals where such requirement will contribute to carrying out the purposes of such Act and to criminal drug law enforcement. Provides for fines and imprisonment of not more than four years for violations of the licensing requirement. Requires the Attorney General to provide for the audit and control of listed precursor chemical inventories of persons possessing a license under this Act. Directs the Attorney General to cooperate with State authorities by providing information regarding regulated transactions in such chemicals that might be useful in the administration of State laws relating to precursor chemicals, controlled substances, and other illegal drugs.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1990
Raises the minimum per annum rates of basic pay for entry level grades GS-3 through GS-10 for Federal law enforcement officers on a sliding scale with larger adjustments at the lower levels. Directs the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to prescribe regulations to: (1) readjust the rates of pay for such entry level grades every three years, based upon comparisons of State and local compensation for comparable work, in order to keep starting salaries of Federal law enforcement officers competitive with those paid to State and local law enforcement officers; and (2) establish a mechanism to adjust the rates of pay of Federal law enforcement officers serving in certain high cost-of-living areas in order to recruit and retain the best-qualified individuals. Sets forth procedures for identifying those regions for which higher pay rates are needed. Terminates a pay rate payable to Federal law enforcement officers that is based on a particular region if such an officer is transferred or reassigned to a place outside of such region. Requires pay rates established under this Act to be based on data compiled by the National Advisory Commission on Law Enforcement. Directs the Bureau of Labor Statistics to survey State and local law enforcement salaries every three years to compile the data needed to carry out this Act. Authorizes Federal agency heads, in order to retain highly qualified law enforcement officers who possess special skills or experience or whose continued services are particularly important due to factors associated with the geographic area to which they are assigned, to pay Federal law enforcement officers who are eligible for retirement an allowance of up to $10,000 per year provided the officers agree to complete at least one year of additional service in the agency involved. Makes Federal law enforcement officers who are transferred to an area within the United States having higher than average housing costs eligible for a relocation payment of up to $20,000 provided they agree to remain in Federal law enforcement for a specified period. Authorizes Federal agencies to offer rates of pay higher than the minimum rates for positions of GS-3 (currently, GS-11) or above if necessary to attract well qualified entry-candidates for Federal law enforcement service. Authorizes Federal agencies to pay law enforcement officers who possess and make substantial use of foreign language proficiency while performing their official duties a cash award of up to 25 percent of basic pay. Raises the mandatory age for Federal law enforcement officers to retire under the Civil Service and Federal Employees' Retirement Systems from 55 to 57. Changes the method of computing overtime for Federal law enforcement officers to one and one-half times the hourly rate of basic pay for work performed in excess of 40 hours per week. Limits the aggregate rate of pay (including premium pay) for Federal law enforcement officers in a calendar year to the pay rate for level V of the Executive Schedule. Prohibits application of other limitations on premium pay for administratively uncontrollable overtime. Excludes members of the U.S. Secret Service, Uniformed Division, Diplomatic Security Service special agents, postal inspectors, and pretrial services and probation officers from receiving premium pay except for night, Sunday, and holiday work.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1990
Designates February 17 through 23, 1991, as National Visiting Nurse Associations Week.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1990
Designates July 10, 1990, as Wyoming Centennial Day.
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1990
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend, through December 31, 1993, the existing suspension of duty on acet quinone base.
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
Designates May 6 through 13, 1990, as Jewish Heritage Week.
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1990
Designates the week of July 22 to July 29, 1990, as National Week of Recognition and Remembrance for Those Who Served in the Korean War. Authorizes and requests the President to urge that the American flag be flown at half staff on July 27, 1990, in honor of those Americans who died as a result of their service in Korea.
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 · 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 · 1 March 1990
Urges that: (1) Federal support for local drug enforcement be substantially increased; and (2) a funding mechanism be developed to provide Federal drug enforcement funds directly to local governments to enable a quick response to critical drug enforcement needs.
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 · 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
Sugar Equity and Reform Act of 1990 - Title I: Sugar Price Support Program - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to support the price of each of the 1991 through 1995 crops of domestically grown sugarcane through six-month nonrecourse loans, with the loan rate for raw cane sugar at 95 percent of the rate announced for the preceding crop year. Requires the loan rate for sugar beets to be fair and reasonable in relation to the rate for sugarcane. Title II: Regulation of Sugar Imports - Prescribes policy for the regulation of sugar imports, including quotas and lowest tariff rates. Directs the Secretary to announce a market stabilization price and a threshold price for raw sugar no later than 30 days before the beginning of the October 1, 1991, sugar marketing year. Requires the President to maintain the market price for raw sugar at or near the market stabilization price through imposition of tariff rate import quotas on various sugar products. Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to repeal the mandate to operate the sugar program at no cost to the Government by preventing the accumulation of sugar acquired by the Commodity Credit Corporation through sugar loan forfeitures. Repeals the requirement that a sugar exporting country verify that it does not import Cuban sugar for reexport to the United States.
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 the second Sunday in October 1990 as National Children's Day.
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1990
Designates March 10, 1990, as Harriet Tubman Day.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1990
Authorizes the payment of separation pay to a regular enlisted member of an armed force who is discharged or released from such armed force (except by sentence of a court martial) if: (1) the member completed more than five but less than 20 years of active service immediately before such discharge or release; and (2) the discharge or release is involuntary or the result of denial of reenlistment. Requires members so discharged or released to receive such pay unless the Secretary of the military department concerned determines that the conditions of the release or discharge do not warrant payment of separation pay.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1990
Designates April 1990 as National Recycling Month.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1990
Directs the Peace Corps to establish a memorial on Federal land in the District of Columbia to honor Peace Corps volunteers. Establishes the Peace Corps Volunteer Memorial Advisory Board to: (1) promote the establishment of the memorial; and (2) with the approval of the Peace Corps, recommend the site and select the design for the memorial. Authorizes the Peace Corps to solicit private contributions for such memorial. Establishes a fund in the Treasury for the sole purpose of carrying out this Act. Prohibits the use of Federal funds for the construction of the memorial, except those received as private contributions. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to be responsible for maintenance and care of the memorial.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1990
Designates October 6, 1990, as German-American Day.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1990
Designates August 7, 1990, as National Neighborhood Crime Watch Day.
United States · United States Congress · 1 February 1990
Amends the National Labor Relations Act to make it an unfair labor practice for an employer to offer or grant: (1) permanent replacement employee status during a labor dispute; or (2) any employment preference to an individual who worked or indicated a willingness to work during a labor dispute over an employee who exercised specified rights during such dispute.
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1990
Provides for all Federal civilian and military retirees to receive the full cost-of-living adjustment in annuities payable under Federal retirement systems for FY 1991. (Includes benefits payable under the Civil Service Retirement and Disability System, military retirement and survivor benefit programs, the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System, the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and railroad retirement programs.)
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1990
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the current inquiries into the activities of the British West Midlands Crime Squad must be extended to cover the period of the Birmingham bombings of November 21, 1974; (2) the British Prime Minister should call upon the British Home Secretary to reopen the case of the Birmingham Six (those convicted for the bombings); (3) the convictions of such individuals should be quashed; and (4) the President should raise with the British Prime Minister concern for the basic human rights violations and miscarriage of justice arising from the continued incarceration of such individuals.
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1990
Designates April 22 through April 28, 1990, as National Crime Victims' Rights Week.
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1990
Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize Overseas Private Investment Corporation programs for Czechoslovakia. Directs that the projects supported enhance the nongovernmental sector and reduce state involvement in the economy.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1990
Authorizes the Secretary of Education to provide financial assistance to the Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars for construction and related costs of a student residence and classroom building in Washington, D.C. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1993.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1990
Depository Institution Money Laundering Amendments of 1990 - Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, the Federal Credit Union Act, and other Federal law to: (1) revoke the national charter and attendant privileges of depository institutions convicted of money laundering or cash transaction reporting offenses; and (2) terminate the insured status of any State depository institution or credit union convicted of such offenses.
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 May 6 through May 12, 1990, as National Drinking Water Week.
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
Export Development Task Force Act of 1990 - Establishes the Bipartisan Task Force on Export Development and Promotion to review all Federal activities and programs that assist U.S. businesses in export development or promotion of nonagricultural goods and services, including financing programs. Establishes the Interagency Working Group on Export Development to develop export markets for U.S. nonagricultural goods and services.
United States · United States Congress · 21 November 1989
Assault Weapon Export Control Act of 1989 - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit the export of a machine gun or semiautomatic assault weapon without an export license, with exceptions for U.S. departments or agencies and for foreign governments not engaging in gross human rights violations or supporting international terrorism. Sets penalties for violations of this Act. Defines "semiautomatic assault weapon" as a semiautomatic firearm which is not generally recognized as particularly suitable for, or readily adaptable to, sporting purposes considering specified characteristics.