To designate June 14, 1991, as "Baltic Freedom Day".
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1991
Designates June 14, 1991, as Baltic Freedom Day.
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United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1991
Designates June 14, 1991, as Baltic Freedom Day.
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1991
Designates April 15, 1991, as National Recycling Day.
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1991
Long-Term Care Insurance for the Elderly Act of 1991 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow tax-free distributions from an individual retirement account or an individual retirement annuity for the purchase of long-term care insurance coverage when: (1) the entire amount received is used to buy such insurance for the individual or individual's spouse within 90 days of its receipt; and (2) the individual or individual's spouse has reached age 59 and one-half by the date of the distribution. Describes the method, based on the taxpayer's adjusted gross income for the taxable year, for determining the applicable percentage of the distribution or payment amount to which tax-free treatment will be accorded. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to submit to the Congress, within one year after this Act's enactment, a proposal for the regulation of long-term care insurance policies, including minimum standards and an evaluation of the various catastrophic and long-term care policies currently available.
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1991
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend the tax exemption for qualified small issue industrial bonds (bonds issued to finance manufacturing facilities and farm property) through 1996.
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1991
Denies entry to Federal lands to persons found guilty of spiking trees on such lands. Amends the Federal criminal code to increase fines and terms of imprisonment for tree spiking. Sets forth criminal penalties for placing hazardous or injurious devices on non-Federal lands to obstruct or harass timber harvesting. Specifies that provisions concerning tree spiking or other hazardous or injurious devices to obstruct timber harvesting do not affect the extraction of renewable materials from trees or any tree stand, platform, or man-made support intended for recreational or hunting purposes. Directs the Attorney General to pay rewards of up to $5,000 for information leading to a conviction with respect to a violation under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1991
Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility and Home Health Benefit Act of 1991 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) eliminate the requirement that extended care services be provided within a certain period following hospitalization in order to be covered under the Hospital Insurance Program; and (2) cover nursing care and home health aide services provided or needed on an intermittent basis.
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1991
Recycled Paper Procurement Act of 1991 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to provide that a requirement that federally-procured items over $10,000 be composed of the highest percentage of recovered materials practicable shall not apply (with respect to the $10,000 amount) to paper procured by the Congress. Requires, by FY 1993, at least 50 percent of the paper purchased by procuring agencies to be recycled paper. Provides that a decision not to procure recycled paper may be made only if such paper: (1) is not available within a reasonable period of time; (2) fails to meet specified performance standards; or (3) is available only at an unreasonable price.
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1991
Children's and Communities' Mental Health Systems Improvement Act of 1991 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to replace a subpart relating to State comprehensive mental health services plans with a subpart relating to comprehensive mental health services for children with serious emotional disturbance. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the Director of the National Institute of Mental Health, to make grants to States for comprehensive community mental health services to children with serious emotional disturbance. Prohibits the Secretary from making a grant to a State unless the State is receiving payments under alcohol and drug abuse and mental health services block grant provisions. Requires non-Federal contributions in a specified ratio. Requires State grantees to: (1) establish and operate one or more systems, through grants or contracts, to provide specified types of mental health services to children under 22 years of age; (2) enter into a memorandum of understanding with providers of medical, educational, vocational counseling and vocational rehabilitation, and protection and advocacy services to facilitate the provision of such services without use of grant funds or non-Federal contributions made with respect to the grant; (3) provide case management services; (4) provide services in the language and cultural context that is most appropriate for the child involved; and (5) develop and implement an individualized plan of services for each child admitted to the system. Describes additional services for which a State system may provide. Prohibits the Secretary from making a grant to a State unless the State has a plan, approved by the Secretary, for the development of a State-wide system of care for community-based services for children with serious emotional disturbance. Requires that parents of children with serious emotional disturbances be included as members of the mental health planning council established under existing provisions. Requires that, if a charge is imposed for services under a grant, the charge be made according to a public schedule, adjusted to reflect the income of the family of the child, and not imposed on any child whose family has income and resources at or below the poverty line. Limits grants to States to five years. Allows a State system established under a grant to receive grant funds for three years. Directs the Secretary to provide to a State, on request: (1) technical assistance regarding grant applications; and (2) training and technical assistance on the planning, development, and operation of the systems under this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to provide the technical assistance directly or through grants or contracts. Authorizes appropriations, earmarking a specified sum for the technical assistance and training. Limits the number of grants to ten in FY 1992.
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1991
Medicaid Substance Abuse Treatment Act of 1991 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to provide federally reimbursed Medicaid coverage of alcoholism and drug dependency residential treatment services for pregnant women whose family income is below 185 percent of the Federal poverty level and for their Medicaid-eligible children and spouses. Lists the required services included in such coverage as: (1) individual, group, and family counseling and addiction education and treatment provided pursuant to individualized treatment plans; (2) room and board in a structured environment with on-site supervision 24 hours a day; (3) therapeutic child care or counseling for children of individuals in treatment; (4) parental assistance in obtaining developmental assistance for their preschool children and public education for themselves and their school-age children; (5) easier access to prenatal, postpartum, pediatric, and other appropriate health, social, and child care services; (6) planning and assistance in reentering society; and (7) continuing specialized training of residential treatment facility staff members in the most recent and effective treatment techniques. Requires that such coverage continue for at least 12 months, except that the coverage of pregnant women must continue for one year following the end of pregnancy. Limits the size of a residential treatment facility to no more than 40 beds unless the Secretary of Health and Human Services, at the request of a State, waives such limitation under prescribed conditions.
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1991
Calls for the President to proclaim a National Welcome Home Day for U.S. forces that shall be marked by a celebration in all the States, towns, and cities and by a National Welcome Home Parade in Washington, D.C.
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1991
Acclaims the President for his decisive leadership, unerring judgment, and sound decisions with respect to the Persian Gulf crisis. Commends and expresses appreciation to the members of the U.S. armed forces and other members of the international coalition who participated in Operation Desert Storm. Conveys sympathy and condolences to the families and friends of coalition and U.S. forces who were injured or killed during such operation. Expresses compassion for the families of noncombatants who suffered hardship and personal losses during the Persian Gulf War. Supports continued efforts to promote peace and stability in the Persian Gulf.
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1991
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) Saddam Hussein and his subordinates should be held legally and financially accountable for the invasion of Kuwait, the brutal treatment of Kuwait, the Kuwaiti people, and allied and U.S. prisoners of war, launching unprovoked SCUD attacks against Israel and Israeli civilians, dumping oil into the ocean, and the destruction of oil fields; and (2) the United Nations should take steps to try such individuals for war crimes following and including the invasion of Kuwait.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1991
Amends the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS) to include under such coverage otherwise eligible persons who are also entitled to Medicare benefits. Prohibits a benefit from being paid under CHAMPUS to the extent that it is also a covered benefit for such individual under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1991
National Recreational Trails Fund Act of 1991 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish the National Recreational Trails Trust Fund (Fund). Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to pay into the Fund an amount equivalent to 0.5 percent of total Highway Trust Fund receipts, adjusted triennially to reflect revenues from nonhighway recreational fuel taxes. Requires the Secretary to use such amounts in the Fund to make grants to the States for constructing and maintaining recreational trails. Establishes the National Recreational Trails Act Advisory Committee.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1991
Radio Free China Act of 1991 - Amends the Board for International Broadcasting Act of 1973 to authorize funds made available to RFE/RL, Incorporated, to be used for radio broadcasting to China. Designates such broadcasts as Radio Free China.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1991
Education Partnership Act of 1991 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish a student mentor pilot program under part C (Work-Study Programs) of title IV (Student Assistance) of such Act. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to designate from ten to 100 institutions of higher education that may use a portion of their work-study funds allocations to establish such a pilot program to test the feasibility of using such funds to provide incentives to eligible college students to engage in mentor activities to help disadvantaged youths who are at risk of dropping out of elementary or secondary school. Directs the Secretary to report an evaluation of such program to the Congress within three years.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1991
Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior from issuing any new oil or gas lease on any submerged lands of the Outer Continental Shelf located within a specified geographical area off the coast of California and located within specified portions of: (1) the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary; and (2) the Channel Islands Area.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1991
Requires every educational institution that offers courses of study approved for armed forces' or veterans' educational assistance programs under the Montgomery GI Bill to: (1) credit or reimburse each member of the Selected Reserve the entire amount of tuition and fees paid by the reservist to the institution with respect to a course which the reservist is unable to complete because of being ordered to active duty; and (2) provide, upon request, for the readmission of such reservist after completion of such active duty in the same status held before such withdrawal.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1991
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from the gross income of an individual the following qualified employer-provided transportation benefits: (1) the value of transportation in a commuter highway vehicle between the employee's residence and workplace; and (2) up to $60 per month of the value of any transit pass entitling the employee to transportation on mass transit facilities.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1991
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide a business tax credit in the amount of 50 percent of the actual compensation amount for the taxable year, plus ten percent of the unpaid compensation amount for the taxable year credit for employers of members of the Ready Reserve or National Guard absent from work on active duty. Limits such credit to $2,000 with respect to any one Ready Reserve-National Guard employee.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1991
Designates the month of November in 1991 and 1992 as National Hospice Month.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1991
Designates the week of October 6 through 12, 1991, as Mental Illness Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1991
Designates the months of March 1991 and March 1992 as Women's History Month.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1991
Designates the month of May 1991 as National Foster Care Month.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1991
Grants honorary U.S. citizenship to Christopher Columbus.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1991
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President and the Congress should direct appropriate Federal agencies and the armed forces to work with State and local governments to develop coordinated urban search and heavy rescue response plans.
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1991
Trade Agreements Compliance Act of 1991 - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to authorize certain economically affected persons to request the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) to review whether a foreign country is in material compliance with the terms of a bilateral trade agreement to which the United States is a party. Prescribes guidelines for such a review. Provides that nothing in this Act may be construed as requiring actions that are inconsistent with U.S. international obligations, including the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1991
Nursing Home Access to Respiratory Therapy Act of 1991 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to include respiratory therapy within covered extended care services.
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1991
Amends the Federal criminal code to direct the U.S. Sentencing Commission to amend existing sentencing guidelines to require that, if the child victim of a kidnapping has not been released or recovered within 30 days after the abduction, the minimum sentence would be increased by 19 levels (i.e., to life imprisonment).
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1991
Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 with regard to surplus commodity food assistance for older persons to require that assistance be provided for two meals served daily per person if such meals have a specified nutritional content.
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1991
Amends the Department of Education Organization Act to establish within the Department of Education an Office of Community Colleges, which is to be administered by the Assistant Secretary for Community Colleges. Transfers to such Assistant Secretary all functions of the Assistant Secretary of Postsecondary Education related to community colleges.
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1991
Declares that, with regard to assistance to nations in transition from communism to democracy, it is U.S. policy to provide foreign aid directly to democratic governments at the republic level in countries that include a ruling communist majority in other republic governments or at the Federal level.
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1991
Amends the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940 to allow members of the armed forces on active duty who receive unanticipated military orders for duty requiring relocation to terminate without penalty a housing lease entered into before receiving such orders by giving appropriate notice to the lessor at any time following the date of the unanticipated military orders.
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1991
Radio Free Asia Act of 1991 - Amends the Board for International Broadcasting Act of 1973 to grant authority to the Board for International Broadcasting to operate a Radio Free Asia broadcasting service for the peoples of Asia. Revises the composition of the Board to add two additional members to be selected by the President. Allows funds made available to Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty to be used by Radio Free Asia. Authorizes appropriations. Requires the Board to report to the Congress on the desirability of the geographic expansion of funded broadcasts, particularly to Africa, the Middle East, and North Korea.
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1991
Establishes the grade of General of the Army, appointments to which shall be made by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Defines the rank and compensation of such grade. Authorizes the President to appoint Generals Colin L. Powell and H. Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr., to that grade.
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1991
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permanently extend the period during which qualified mortgage bonds and mortgage credit certificates may be issued.
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1991
Designates November 19, 1991, as National Philanthropy Day.
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1991
Designates the week beginning September 1, 1991, as National Campus Crime and Security Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1991
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits Federal expenditures from exceeding revenues for any fiscal year and from exceeding 19 percent of the gross national product for the last calendar year ending before the beginning of such fiscal year. Provides for a suspension of such prohibitions for any fiscal year for which three-fifths of the House of the Congress provides, by rollcall vote, for a specific excess of outlays over estimated revenues.
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1991
Designates the week beginning May 13, 1991, as National Senior Nutrition Week.
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1991
Designates April 22, 1991, as Earth Day.
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1991
Condemns the Government of Cuba for its human rights violations. Calls upon such Government to: (1) release all human rights monitors, independent activists, and other political prisoners; (2) respect internationally recognized human rights; and (3) allow the international Committee of the Red Cross access to Cuban prisons. Commends: (1) the United Nations Human Rights Commission for its attention to the human rights situation in Cuba; and (2) the U.S. delegation to such Commission for its diligence in pursuing this issue. Urges all member states of such Commission to support the continued investigation of Cuban human rights violations by the appointment of a special rapporteur or working group on Cuba.
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1991
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to enter into contracts, pursuant to the Warren Act, with political subdivisions of the State of California for the impounding, storage, and carriage of water for domestic, municipal, fish and wildlife, and other beneficial purposes from any facilities associated with the Central Valley Project, the Cachuma Project, and the Ventural River Project, California.
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1991
Grants a Federal charter to the Ukrainian American Veterans, Incorporated.
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1991
Authorizes the President to direct that any property of the Government of Iraq blocked pursuant to a specified executive order shall vest in the United States, to be sold or otherwise liquidated. Requires funds acquired from such sale or liquidation to be deposited into the Defense Cooperation Account and used for expenses incurred by the United States in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. Directs the President to report quarterly to the Congress on the exercise of such liquidating authority, and on funds deposited into the Account. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should urge other countries that have blocked Iraqi Government assets to seize and liquidate them and to donate the proceeds to the United States to pay for its Persian Gulf War expenses.
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1991
Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to include organ donation information with income tax refund payments. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1991
Military Family Relief Act of 1991 - Precludes a female member of the armed forces who is the custodial mother of a child not more than six months of age from being subject to a duty assignment: (1) in an area subject to hostile fire or imminent danger; or (2) at a location where facilities for such infant children are not reasonably available. Excepts from such prohibition a female member who makes a written request for such a duty assignment.
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1991
Designates the week beginning July 21, 1991, as Lyme Disease Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1991
Designates the weeks of April 14 through 21, 1991, and May 3 through 10, 1992, as Jewish Heritage Week.
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1991
Larkin I. Smith Narcotic Committee Reorganization Resolution - Amends rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives to establish the Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control.