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United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1990
Designates the period of November 18 through November 24, 1990, as National Adoption Week.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1990
Calls upon the President to urge Soviet President Gorbachev to publicly condemn the emergence of popular anti-Semitism in the Soviet Union and to protect Soviet Jews from harassment and violence.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1990
Federal Victim's Service and Protection Act of 1990 - Title I: Federal Victim's Services and Protections Compliance - Directs the Attorney General to: (1) establish an evaluation system for law enforcement officers which rates such officers on their compliance with specified laws protecting victims of crimes; and (2) use such evaluation system to create standards governing services to victims and witnesses in Federal cases and to serve as a model to States and localities. Requires the Office for Victims of Crime to report periodically to the public, the Congress, and the President on victim protections and on compliance with this Act. Title II: The Federal Child Victim's Bill of Rights - Amends the Federal criminal code to require the court, at the earliest possible stage, to determine whether the appointment of a guardian ad litem for a child who is an alleged victim or witness in a criminal proceeding would be in the best interests of the child and if so, to appoint such guardian. Sets forth provisions with respect to the qualifications, duties and powers, and immunity of such guardian. Grants a child testifying at a criminal proceeding the right to be accompanied by an adult. Authorizes the court to order that a child's testimony be taken by closed-circuit television (TV) if it finds that the child is unable to testify in open court because of: (1) the child's persistent refusal to testify despite judicial requests to do so; (2) the child's total inability to communicate about the offense because of extreme fear, failure of memory, or other similar reasons; or (3) the substantial likelihood that the child will suffer substantial emotional trauma from so testifying. Specifies that the prosecuting attorney and the defense attorney shall be present in the room with the child and the child shall be subject to direct and cross-examination. Requires that: (1) the child's testimony be transmitted by closed-circuit TV into the courtroom; (2) the defendant be provided with the means of private, contemporaneous communication with his attorney during the testimony; and (3) the closed-circuit TV transmission relay the defendant's image into the room in which the child is testifying, and the child's testimony into the room in which the defendant is viewing the proceeding. Sets forth provisions with respect to videotaped depositions of child victims and child witnesses. Authorizes the court to permit the child to use anatomical dolls, puppets, drawings, or any other demonstrative device it deems appropriate to assist a child in testifying. Sets forth requirements with respect to competency examinations for child witnesses. Prohibits: (1) the release to the public of the name, or other identifying information about the child victim or child witness except as authorized by the court; and (2) the name and any identifying information from appearing in any public record. Grants the child victim or witness the same right to submit victim impact statements prior to sentencing as prescribed for an adult victim. Directs that child victims or witnesses be assisted by their court appointed guardian ad litem in preparing victim impact statements. Authorizes the court, in any proceeding where a child is called to give testimony, to designate the case as being of special public importance and to expedite the action. Requires the court to ensure a speedy trial and, in deciding whether or not to grant a continuance, to take into account the child's age and the potential adverse impact the delay may have on the child's well-being. Creates a hearsay exception for an out-of-court statement related to sexual abuse, physical abuse, or sexual exploitation of that or another child if the court finds that: (1) the statement possesses particularized guarantees of trustworthiness; (2) the proponent of the statement has given sufficient notice to adverse parties of the intent to introduce the statement; and (3) there is corroborative evidence of the statement or the truth of the statement. Encourages the use of multidisciplinary teams designed to assist child victims or child witnesses. Delineates the role of such teams. Specifies that there shall be no statute of limitations for the prosecution of any child physical abuse, sexual abuse, or sexual exploitation offense. Requires physicians, social workers, teachers, and specified other individuals who, while involved in any such capacities on Federal land or in a federally operated (or contracted) facility, have reason to suspect that a child is an abused or neglected child to immediately report to the appropriate authorities. Grants civil and criminal immunity to individuals who, acting in good faith, make such a report or otherwise provide information or assistance with a report investigation, or legal intervention. Makes failure to report a misdemeanor. Makes spousal privileges and the privileged nature of any communications between physician (or psychotherapist, psychologist, social worker, and any other health care provider) and patient inapplicable in any criminal proceeding after a report of child abuse, neglect, or sexual exploitation. Title III: Child Care Worker Employee Background Check - Requires: (1) each Federal agency and facility that hires, or contracts for hire, individuals involved with the provision of services to children under age 18 to assure that all existing and newly-hired employees undergo a criminal history background check; and (2) all existing staff to receive such checks within six months and prohibits the hiring of additional staff without a check having been initiated. Sets forth procedures with respect to the conduct of such background checks. Specifies that: (1) any conviction for a sex crime, an offense involving a child victim, or a drug offense shall be grounds for denying employment or for dismissal of an employee engaged in specified child care services; (2) an incident in which an individual has been charged, but where the charge has not yet been disposed of, shall permit the employee's suspension from any job-related contact with children until the case is resolved; and (3) convictions of other crimes may be considered if they bear on an individual's fitness to have responsibility for the safety and well-being of children. Sets forth requirements with respect to questions to be asked in employment applications, criminal history records checks, and access to (and the right to challenge the accuracy of) the criminal history report.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1990
Designates October 6, 1990, as German-American Day.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1990
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the right of self-determination should be restored to the people of Lithuania through free and fair elections conducted under the auspices of an international commission; and (2) the withdrawal of all non-Lithuanian military forces and political, administrative, and police personnel from Lithuania prior to the February 24, 1990, scheduled elections will enhance the prospects that the elections will be free and fair.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1990
Designates September 21, 1990, as National POW/MIA Recognition Day. Recognizes the National League of Families POW/MIA flag as the official symbol of the United States' commitment to resolving the fates of Americans still prisoner or missing in action in Southeast Asia.
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1990
Requires cost-of-living adjustments to take effect for FY 1991 for persons receiving: (1) civil service retirement pay from the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund; (2) military retired pay; or (3) an annuity under a veterans survivors' benefits program. Prohibits any reduction or suspension of such adjustments under any presidential order or any other provision of law, except applicable Federal civil service retirement or armed forces provisions.
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
Urges the President to certify that Panama is fully cooperating in combating illicit drug production, trafficking, and money laundering pursuant to the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. Declares the intention to expeditiously enact a joint resolution approving such certification and removing other prohibitions on U.S. assistance for Panama. Commends the Government of Panama for committing itself to the anti-drug effort, negotiating a bilateral narcotics agreement with the United States, and demonstrating its determination to combat drugs.
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1990
Extends the otherwise-applicable ten-year delimiting period for the use of veterans' educational assistance in the case of Vietnam veterans who received special pay while performing active service in Vietnam by one day for each day in which such veteran performed such service.
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1990
Designates May 20 through May 26, 1990, as National Water Recreation Safety Week.
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1990
Congressional Commitment to Long-Term Care Concurrent Resolution - Expresses the sense of the Congress that payments to long-term care providers under titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act be sufficient to maintain the highest quality of patient care in nursing homes.
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
Designates May 6 through May 12, 1990, as National Drinking Water Week.
United States · United States Congress · 21 November 1989
Unsolicited Sexually Oriented Advertisements Prevention Act - Establishes a civil penalty for mailing sexually oriented advertisements to individuals included on the Postal Service's list of persons who have indicated a desire not to receive any such mailings. Eliminates the charge for being on such list.
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
Expedited Consideration of Proposed Rescissions Act of 1990 - Amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to require a special message, in the case of budget authority proposed to be rescinded or reserved, to include language amending the law authorizing such programs to allow them to continue to function at the proposed new level of budget authority. Allows the President to transmit to both Houses of the Congress, for expedited consideration, one or more special messages proposing to rescind all or part of any item of budget authority provided in an appropriation bill. Requires that such special message be transmitted not later than three days after the President approves the appropriation bill and be accompanied by a draft bill or joint resolution that would, if enacted, rescind the budget authority proposed to be rescinded. Sets forth House and Senate procedures for the expedited consideration of such a proposal.
United States · United States Congress · 21 November 1989
Professionals' Liability Reform Act of 1989 - Establishes certain limitations and procedures regarding professional liability actions. Preempts certain State laws. Provides that nothing in this Act shall prohibit any State from developing or implementing alternative procedures for: (1) expediting the adjudication of professional liability claims; (2) resolving professional liability disputes; or (3) compensating for harm caused by professional services. Requires professional liability actions to be brought within three years after the claimant discovered, or should have discovered, the harm. Requires the claimant, in any professional liability action, to establish: (1) that the professional negligently rendered professional services and that such negligence was the proximate cause of the harm; or (2) in a claim for economic injury, that the professional negligently rendered professional services to and for the direct and intended benefit of the claimant, and such services were the proximate cause of the harm. Requires the claimant to establish that, at the time such services were provided, knowledge of the circumstances that caused the harm and a practical means to eliminate such circumstances were reasonably available. States that a professional shall not be liable in a professional liability action in which: (1) the professional's services were rendered to an agency of the Federal or State government; (2) Federal or State contract specifications existed which were material to the claim; and (3) the services rendered conformed to such specifications. Permits future damage awards exceeding $100,000 to be made by periodic payments. Requires that damage awards be offset by any amount received as compensation for the same injury. Establishes a contingency fee schedule for plaintiffs' attorneys. States that the principles of comparative liability shall apply unless persons engaged in concerted action which proximately caused the harm. Permits the awarding of punitive damages only where the conduct of the defendant: (1) manifested a malicious and reckless disregard for safety; and (2) constituted an extreme departure from accepted standards of safety. States that punitive damages may not be awarded in the absence of a compensatory award, or for the negligent provision of professional services. Requires the trier of fact, at the request of the professional, to consider in a separate proceeding whether punitive damages are to be awarded. Limits the claimant's actual recovery of punitive damages to three times the amount of compensatory damages. States that excess punitive damages shall be paid to the State or Federal government. Makes any attorney who files a frivolous claim subject to pecuniary sanctions by the court. Requires each State to encourage professional organizations to form risk management programs.
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
Encourages the President to execute a line-item veto to determine its constitutionality.
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 · 17 November 1989
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for expenditures to remove and replace underground home heating oil storage tanks in critical aquifer protection areas.
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 · 13 November 1989
Amends the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 to require the Council on Environmental Quality to promulgate regulations governing the implementation of such Act by Federal agencies, to include requirements for notification procedures for, and public review and cost-effective preparation and dissemination of, environmental impact statements.
United States · United States Congress · 9 November 1989
Emergency Drug Abuse Treatment Expansion Act of 1989 - Title I: Separate Authorizations of Appropriations for Block Grants with Respect to Substance Abuse and Mental Health - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize appropriations: (1) with respect to alcohol and drug abuse, under specified provisions; and (2) with respect to mental health, under specified provisions. Title II: Categorical Grants with Respect to Substance Abuse - Establishes in the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration (ADAMHA) the Office for Treatment Improvement (Treatment Office) to: (1) collaborate with the Director of the Office for Substance Abuse Prevention and the Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA); (2) evaluate State plans and carry out programs under existing provisions; (3) train providers of prehospital emergency medical services; (4) conduct or support described programs; and (5) take other actions with regard to treatment. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the treatment Office Director, to make a demonstration grant for the establishment, within the national capital area, of a model program for comprehensive treatment services for drug abuse. Requires local governmental participation. Directs the Secretary to reserve, from appropriations for FY 1990, amounts for programs administered by the Treatment Office. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991. Transfers authority from the Administrator of ADAMHA to the Director of the Treatment Office for an existing grant program for reduction of the waiting period for drug abuse treatment. Removes provisions prohibiting more than one grant for any treatment program. Allows a grantee to spend not more than 50 percent of the grant for follow-up services. Increases the authorization of appropriations. Revises requirements and other matters relating to an existing program regarding drug and alcohol abuse model projects for pregnant and postpartum women and their infants. Authorizes appropriations. Transfers authority from the Administrator of ADAMHA to the Director of NIDA to make grants for drug abuse demonstration projects of national significance. Removes authority to make grants for drug abuse treatment for pregnant and postpartum women and their infants. Directs the Secretary to act through the Treatment Office Director in establishing demonstration projects that provide grants for treatment and referrals for treatment. Allows the grants to be made to public and nonprofit private entities as well as to States. Increases the authorization of appropriations. Title III: Separate Formulas in Block Grants with Respect to Substance Abuse and Mental Health - Establishes separate formulas for allotments with respect to: (1) alcohol and drug abuse; and (2) mental health. Requires States to: (1) use at least 25 percent (currently, at least ten percent) of allotments for alcohol and drug abuse residential treatment services for pregnant women; (2) ensure that treatment services are available to each pregnant woman who seeks and would benefit from such services; and (3) ensure that a newborn infant of any woman determined to be abusing alcohol or any drug be tested and evaluated for fetal alcohol syndrome, physical drug dependency, or other congenital condition caused by substance abuse, provide for the health and safety of the infant, and provide health care to the infant and mother. Directs the Secretary, of FY 1990 appropriations with respect to alcohol and drug abuse under specified provisions of the Public Health Service Act, to make available a specified amount, notwithstanding specified other provisions of this Act, for prevention and treatment of alcohol and drug abuse. Title IV: Statewide Substance Abuse Treatment Plan - Requires States to develop and submit to the Secretary annually for review and approval a statewide Substance Abuse Treatment Plan. Requires the Director of the Treatment Office to establish a model State treatment plan. Directs the Secretary to issue standards for plans.
United States · United States Congress · 9 November 1989
Amends the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act to direct the Secretary of Transportation to promulgate regulations with respect to the isolation in transportation of hazardous materials, solid waste, and certain other commodities from food, food additives, drugs, devices, and cosmetics and packages containing such items.
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 · 8 November 1989
Older Americans Long-Term Care Insurance Act of 1989 - Title I: Tax Provisions Related to Long-Term Care Insurance - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require that, for the purpose of determining the income tax liability of issuers of qualified long-term insurance, the contracts be treated as accident or health insurance. Applies this provision to policies covering at least 12 consecutive months of necessary diagnostic, preventive, therapeutic, rehabilitative, or personal care services that are provided in a setting other than an acute care unit of a hospital. Requires policies issued after 1989 to be reinsured by the Federal National Long-Term Care Reinsurance Corporation, if the Corporation is incorporated when the policy is issued. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) submit to the Congress before 1991 a study on long-term insurance policies; and (2) report annually to the Congress regarding the certification of qualified long-term care insurance. Treats qualified long-term care insurance as accident or health insurance and its benefits as benefits for personal injuries or sickness for purposes of determining appropriate tax exclusions for employer contributions or employee benefits. Excludes from gross income: (1) distributions or payments from individual retirement plans that are used during the year to pay the premiums for qualified long-term care coverage of individuals aged 59 1/2 or older; and (2) amounts received upon surrender, cancellation, or exchange of a life insurance contract and used during the year to pay the premiums for qualified long-term care insurance. Title II: Federal National Long-Term Care Reinsurance Corporation - Federal National Long-Term Care Reinsurance Corporation Act - Authorizes the Secretary to provide for the incorporation of the Federal National Long-Term Care Reinsurance Corporation (not an agency or establishment of the U.S. Government). Requires the Corporation to confine its activities to reinsuring insurance companies for extraordinary loss in the issuance or payment of qualified long-term care insurance benefits. Directs the Corporation to report annually to the President and to the Congress regarding its activities.
United States · United States Congress · 7 November 1989
Declares that no person who is a retired regular officer of the U.S. armed forces shall be considered as holding a public office for purposes of provisions that require anyone who destroys public records to forfeit public office and be disqualified from holding office.
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 · 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 · 1 November 1989
Amends title II (Old, Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to require that regular monthly OASDI payments be made in a manner which ensures their receipt no later than the first day following the month to which they are attributable.
United States · United States Congress · 1 November 1989
Expresses the sense of the Congress that railroad retirement benefits are exempt from reduction under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) and that supplemental annuities payable under the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 and sequestered under a specified presidential order should be restored.
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 · 19 October 1989
Small Business Access Improvement Act of 1989 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for small businesses for the expense of providing public accommodations access to the disabled. Reduces the tax deduction for expenditures to remove architectural and transportation barriers to the handicapped and elderly.
United States · United States Congress · 16 October 1989
Amends the Peace Corps Act to require the Director of the Peace Corps to drape a flag over the casket of a deceased Peace Corps volunteer or former volunteer. Requires such flag to be given to such individual's next-of-kin or, if no claim is made by the next-of-kin, to a close friend or associate. Prohibits a flag from being given to any other person if a flag is given to a friend or associate.
United States · United States Congress · 6 October 1989
Interstate Greyhound Racing Act of 1989 - Allows the acceptance of interstate off-track wagers on greyhound races by off-track betting systems. Allows such wagers only after consent is obtained from the host racing association (making certain exceptions with regard to existing contracts), the host racing commission, and the off-track commission. Requires any off-track betting office to obtain the approval of all currently operating tracks within 60 miles of the office (or, if there are none, then of the closest currently operating track in an adjoining State). Allows off-track betting offices in a State with at least 250 days of on-track parimutuel greyhound racing a year to accept interstate off-track wagers for 60 racing days and 25 special events per year without approval if there is no similar racing being conducted within the off-track State within 60 miles of the office accepting the wager. Prohibits a parimutuel off-track betting system from employing a takeout for an interstate wager which is greater than the takeout for corresponding wagering pools of off-track wagers on races run within the off-track State except where the greater takeout is authorized by State law in the off-track State. Makes persons accepting interstate off-track wagers in violation of this Act civilly liable to the host State, the host racing association, and the greyhound owners' group.
United States · United States Congress · 5 October 1989
Amends Federal law to declare the preemption of State regulations that have been found by the Interstate Commerce Commission, upon motor carrier petition, to be in excess of Federal standards covering registration of motor carriers.
United States · United States Congress · 4 October 1989
Requires the U.S. Government to exhaust all reasonable possibilities to obtain proof of the death of a missing person in order to establish a reasonable presumption that a member of the armed forces in a missing status is dead. Requires the head of the Federal agency concerned to provide certain procedural rights to the primary next of kin of a missing person when an action is to be undertaken by such agency to review the status of such missing person, including the right to review all information obtained by such agency with regard to the missing person's status. Directs the Secretary of Defense to study and report to the Senate and House Armed Services Committees on current provisions of the Missing Persons Act.
United States · United States Congress · 4 October 1989
Polish and Hungarian Democracy Initiative of 1989 - Title I: Structural Adjustment - Requires the U.S. Government, to the extent that Poland and Hungary continue to evolve toward pluralism and democracy and develop and implement comprehensive economic reform programs, to: (1) take the leadership in mobilizing international financial institutions to provide timely and appropriate resources to help Poland and Hungary; (2) use the Exchange Stabilization Fund to support the implementation of a plan of the Polish Government to attack hyperinflation and other structural economic problems, address pressing social problems, and carry out comprehensive economic reform; (3) urge all members of the Paris Club of creditor governments and other creditor governments to adopt a generous and early rescheduling program for debts owed by the Polish Government, and reschedule payments due on the debt owed by such Government to the U.S. Government that is payable during FY 1990 through 1994; and (4) make available to Poland U.S. agricultural assistance and encourage parallel efforts by the European Community and other agricultural surplus nations. Sets a minimum level of agricultural assistance to Poland for FY 1990. Requires the President to submit a report to the Congress: (1) describing the steps taken by the U.S. Government under this Act; (2) assessing Poland's requirements for additional agricultural assistance during FY 1990 and for assistance during FY 1991 through 1992; and (3) specifying how much agricultural assistance the President proposes be provided by the United States to meet those requirements. Directs the President to provide to the Congress revised assessments of Poland's requirements for agricultural assistance during FY 1991 through 1992, as additional information becomes available. Title II: Private Sector Development - Authorizes appropriations for the three-year period beginning October 1, 1989, to support the Polish-American Enterprise Fund and the Hungarian-American Enterprise Funds (Enterprise Funds). Authorizes the President to designate two private, nonprofit organizations as eligible to receive funds and support (the Enterprise Funds). Sets forth provisions with respect to the management and administration of such funds, audits, recordkeeping, and reporting requirements. Requires each Enterprise Fund to take into account such considerations as internationally recognized worker and human rights, environmental factors, U.S. economic and employment effects, and the likelihood of commercial viability of the activity receiving assistance from the Enterprise Fund. Requires the Secretary of Labor to provide technical assistance to Poland and Hungary for the implementation of labor market reforms and to facilitate adjustment during the period of economic transition and reform. Specifies types of technical assistance authorized, including assistance pertaining to job training and retraining, labor-management relations, and worker rights. Requires the President to develop and implement a program for extending basic agribusiness, commercial, entrepreneurial, financial, scientific, and technical skills to the people of Poland and Hungary to enable them to better meet their needs and develop a market economy, including management training and agricultural extension activities. Specifies agencies, programs, and organizations participating in such program. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes appropriations to carry out programs in Poland and Hungary under the Peace Corps Act. Directs that a portion of specified agricultural commodities be made available and sold or bartered to generate local currencies to be used to complement the assistance for Poland authorized by this Act. Title III: Trade and Investment - Amends: (1) the Trade Act of 1974 to make Poland eligible for the Generalized System of Preferences; and (2) the Foreign Assistance Act to make Poland and Hungary eligible for Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) programs. Directs the OPIC to support projects in Poland and Hungary which will result in enhancement of the nongovernmental sector and reduction of State involvement in the economy. Amends the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 to remove Poland and Hungary from a list of Marxist-Leninist countries. Directs the Export-Import Bank and the Agency for International Development (AID) to work with certain international financial intermediaries which will facilitate trade between the United States and Poland which is eligible for financing from such Bank. Authorizes the President to provide guarantees to the Bank for liabilities incurred in connection with guarantees or insurance provided under the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 for financing for transactions involving the export of goods and services for the use of the private sector in Poland and Hungary. Limits such guarantees to short-term guarantees and insurance extended by the Banks which shall be repayable within one year from the date of arrival at the port of importation of the goods and services covered by such guarantees or insurance. Provides that such guarantees or insurance shall: (1) be by the Administrator of AID and the Bank; and (2) provide for the establishment of a reserve fund by the administering agency. Sets forth provisions with respect to funding, the discharge of liabilities, reporting requirements, administrative and technical assistance, fees and premiums charged by the Bank, and congressional reporting requirements in connection with guarantees of insurance guaranteed by the administering agency. Authorizes appropriations. Urges the President to seek bilateral investment treaties with Poland and Hungary to establish a more stable legal framework for U.S. investment in those countries. Title IV: Educational, Cultural, and Scientific Activities - Urges the United States to: (1) expand its participation in educational and cultural exchange activities with Poland and Hungary; and (2) establish binational Fulbright commissions with Poland and Hungary to facilitate and enhance academic and scholarly exchanges with those countries. Encourages the establishment of "sister institution" programs between American and Polish, and American and Hungarian, organizations. Authorizes appropriations. Requires the Administrator to establish and administer a program to provide scholarships to enable students from Poland and Hungary to study in the United States. Authorizes the Administrator to make grants to States to provide scholarship assistance for undergraduate or graduate degree programs, and training programs of one year or longer, in study areas related to the critical development needs of Poland and Hungary. Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of State to continue to implement the 1987 U.S.-Polish science and technology agreement for FY 1990 through 1992. Title V: Other Assistance - Authorizes appropriations to support democratic institutions and activities in Poland and Hungary. Authorizes appropriations to undertake such action (including educational, research, and technical and financial assistance) as the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) deems appropriate in protecting the environment in Poland and Hungary. Authorizes the Administrator to cooperate with Polish officials and experts to: (1) establish an air quality monitoring network in the Krakow metropolitan area as part of Poland's national air monitoring network; and (2) improve both water quality and the availability of drinking water in such area. Requires the Administrator to work with the United States and Hungarian officials and private parties to establish a regional center in Budapest for facilitating cooperative environmental activities between governmental experts and public and private organizations from the United States and Europe. Authorizes appropriations for EPA activities for FY 1990 through 1992. Directs the Secretary of Energy to cooperate with Polish officials and experts to: (1) retrofit a coal-fired commercial powerplant in Krakow, Poland, with advanced clean coal technology; and (2) assess and develop the capability within Poland to manufacture boilers or other equipment that will enable industrial facilities within Poland to burn fossil fuels cleanly. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes appropriations for medical supplies, hospital equipment, and training of Polish medical personnel. Title VI: Other Provisions - Requires: (1) the President to submit a report to the Congress on actions taken pursuant to this Act; and (2) the Secretary of State to coordinate the assistance for Poland and Hungary provided for in this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 3 October 1989
Oil Pollution Act of 1989 - Title I: Oil Pollution Liability and Compensation - Imposes joint, several, and strict liability for specified removal costs and damages upon the party responsible for a vessel or facility from which oil is either discharged into certain waters, or which poses a substantial threat of such a discharge. Makes owners of oil carried in bulk as cargo on vessels secondarily liable for such costs and damages. Exempts from such liability certain discharges permitted under Federal, State, and local law or discharges from public vessels. Sets forth defenses to liability under this Act. Sets forth limits to liability under this Act, with specified exceptions. Directs the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to establish by regulation a maximum liability limit. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress from time to time regarding liability adjustments. Directs the Secretary to: (1) conduct a study of the relative operational and environmental risks posed by the transportation of oil by vessels to deepwater ports versus the transportation of oil to other ports; (2) report to the Congress on the results of such study; and (3) lower the limits of liability with respect to deepwater ports and to vessels transporting oil to such ports, if determined that the use of deepwater ports in connection with the transportation of oil results in lower operational or environmental risks than the use of other ports. Declares that the responsible party or his guarantor shall be liable to the claimant for interest on the amount paid in satisfaction of a claim for a specified period. Defines circumstances under which liability for injury to natural resources shall be to either: (1) the United States; (2) the affected State; (3) an Indian tribe; or (4) a foreign government. Sets forth recovery and indemnification procedures. Makes responsible parties subject to certain civil penalties if an oil discharge results in damages to natural resources that cannot be restored. Sets forth the uses of the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund (the Fund). Sets forth defenses to liability for such Fund. Confers rights of subrogation upon the United States for payment of any claim by the Fund. Sets forth a claims procedure for removal costs or damages. Requires the Secretary to designate the source of a discharge and to immediately notify the responsible party or guarantor of such designation. Grants subrogation rights to any person (including the Fund) who pays compensation under this Act to any claimant for costs or damages. Requires the following parties to establish and maintain evidence of financial responsibility to meet maximum liability limits: (1) parties responsible for certain vessels over 300 tons or vessels using the waters of the exclusive economic zone to transship or lighter oil destined for U.S. ports; (2) owners of oil carried in bulk as cargo on vessels; and (3) parties responsible for offshore facilities and deepwater ports. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to withhold or revoke the clearance of any vessel that does not have evidence of financial responsibility. Sets forth circumstances under which such vessels may be denied entry into U.S. ports, or waters, be detained at such ports, or be subject to seizure. Imposes a civil penalty for failure to comply with the financial responsibility requirement. Restricts judicial review of any regulation promulgated under this Act to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. Grants the district courts original jurisdiction over all actions arising under this Act. Sets forth a limitation period for actions for removal costs, damages, or contribution. Title II: Conforming Amendments - Makes conforming amendments to: (1) the Intervention on the High Seas Act; (2) the Federal Water Pollution Control Act; (3) the Deepwater Port Act; and (4) the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act Amendments of 1978. Title III: Implementation of International Conventions - States that during any period in which the Civil Liability Convention and the Fund Convention are in force with respect to the United States, owner liability for pollution damage arising from a ship-related incident shall be determined according to such Conventions. Requires the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to indemnify and defend certain persons with respect to recovery of removal costs and damages. Grants recognition to the International Oil Pollution Compensation Fund as a legal person under Federal law, and deems the Director of such Fund to have irrevocably appointed the Secretary of State as the Fund's agent for service of process for legal proceedings involving the Fund within the United States. Exempts such Fund and its assets from all direct taxation in the United States. Provides that certain required contributions with respect to oil received in the United States shall be paid to the International Fund from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund. Grants recognition to any final judgment of a court of any country which is a party to either the Civil Liability Convention or the Fund Convention. Sets forth the financial responsibility requirements of shipowners whose vessels are subject to the Civil Liability Convention. Imposes specified sanctions and civil penalties upon persons violating the financial responsibility requirements. Waives all U.S. defenses based upon sovereign immunity with respect to any controversy arising under the Civil Liability Convention or the Fund Convention relating to any ship owned by the United States and used for commercial purposes. Requires the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to prescribe regulations to implement this Act and all Federal obligations under the specified Oil Pollution Conventions. Title IV: Prevention and Removal - Subtitle A: Prevention - Amends Federal law relating to certificates of registry and merchant seamen licenses to prohibit the Secretary from issuing such documents to any individual who fails to make available to the Secretary information in the National Driver Register regarding such individual's driving record. Limits the term of such documents to five years and authorizes renewals for additional five year periods. Applies such terms to new and existing documents. Requires the Secretary to conduct criminal record reviews of certificate of registry applicants and of merchant seamen license renewal applicants. Directs the Secretary to request holders of shipping licenses, certificates of registry, or merchant seamen licenses to make available to the Secretary all information in the National Driver Register regarding such individuals' driving records. Requires the Secretary to temporarily suspend and take possession of such documents if a holder performs a sensitive function on a vessel and there is cause to believe that such individual has: (1) performed such function while under the influence of alcohol or a dangerous drug; (2) been denied a motor vehicle license for cause within the five year period preceding the suspension; or (3) been convicted of an offense for which such documents may be suspended or revoked under Federal law. Authorizes the Secretary to suspend or revoke such documents if a holder: (1) is convicted of an offense preventing the renewal of such documents; or (2) is convicted of an alcohol-related driving offense or an offense involving a fatal traffic accident or reckless driving within the five year period preceding the suspension or revocation. Permits the termination of a revocation only when the Secretary decides that the reissuance of a document is compatible with the requirement of good discipline and safety at sea and the former holder provides satisfactory proof that the bases for revocation are no longer valid. Directs the next two senior members on a vessel, if they believe that the individual in command is under the influence of alcohol or a dangerous drug and is incapable of commanding the vessel, to take command of the vessel, enter details in the vessel log, and report such details to the Secretary as expeditiously as possible. Amends the National Driver Register Act of 1982 to authorize applicants for and holders of merchant seamen licenses or certificates of registry to request the chief State driver licensing official to transmit to the Secretary information regarding such individuals' motor vehicle driving records. Prescribes the use of such information by the Secretary. Precludes access to information that was entered more than five years before the date of request unless it relates to revocations or suspensions which are still in effect on the date of request. Revises standards for foreign tank vessels. Prohibits foreign vessels which fail to enforce standards equivalent to U.S. or customary international law from entering the United States. Allows provisional entry for such vessels under specified circumstances. Amends the Ports and Waterways Safety Act to authorize the Secretary to construct, operate, or improve a vessel traffic system in any U.S. channel or port. Prohibits the appropriation of funds for vessel traffic system projects unless such projects are approved by the House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries and the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress on such projects. Directs the Secretary to: (1) study whether the Secretary should be given additional authority to direct vessel movement on navigable waters and should exercise such authority; (2) study and prioritize U.S. ports and channels that are in need of new or improved vessel traffic systems; and (3) report to the Congress on such study, together with recommendations for implementing such study. Authorizes States to require State pilotage for, and levy pilot charges on, tankers having Federal pilots without licenses endorsed for pilotage in State waters. Authorizes a member of a vessel to serve as the pilot required in Great Lakes waters not designated by the President if such member is: (1) a U.S. citizen who has a pilot license; or (2) a Canadian citizen who has an equivalent pilot license. Authorizes a vessel (except for specified regulated vessels) to operate in waters of the Great Lakes without a U.S. or Canadian registered pilot when the Secretary of Transportation notifies the master that a registered pilot is not available. Makes vessels liable in rem for rates and charges for pilotage services and any costs of collection. Increases the penalties for owners of vessels who permit such a vessel to navigate in the waters of the Great Lakes without a U.S. or Canadian registered pilot. Requires the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to report and make recommendations to the Congress on whether existing laws and regulations are adequate to ensure the safe navigation of vessels transporting oil and hazardous substances on the navigable waters and the exclusive economic zone. Directs the Secretary of the Army to report and make recommendations to the Congress on the feasibility of modifying dredges to make them usable in removing discharges of oil and hazardous substances. Requires the President to report and make recommendations to the Congress on whether liners or other secondary means of containment should be used to prevent leaking or aid in leak detection at onshore oil storage facilities located near navigable waters. Subtitle B: Removal - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to require the President to ensure an effective and immediate removal of an oil or hazardous substance discharge: (1) into navigable waters; (2) on adjoining shorelines to such waters; (3) on waters of the exclusive economic zone; or (4) that may affect U.S. natural resources. Authorizes the President to direct and monitor all removal actions. Requires the President to: (1) designate areas for which new or improved local contingency plans must be prepared to respond to discharges, or threats of discharges, of oil or hazardous substances; and (2) specify the Federal, State, and local officials required to prepare such plans. Outlines plan requirements. Provides for the periodic review of such plans by the President. Authorizes the President to provide technical assistance for the preparation of such plans. Requires owners or operators of tank vessels or facilities that could reasonably discharge on the navigable waters, adjoining shorelines, or the exclusive economic zone to prepare contingency plans. Outlines plan requirements. Prohibits such vessels or facilities from handling or transporting oil unless the owner or operator has submitted an approved contingency plan and is in compliance with such plan. Requires the President to review such plans. Directs the President to require: (1) periodic inspection of major equipment used to remove discharges of oil and hazardous substances; and (2) vessels operating on the navigable waters and carrying such substances to have removal equipment that employs the best technology available and is compatible with the safe operation of the vessel. Requires the President, acting through the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating, to conduct periodic drills of removal capability in major port areas under local and relevant vessel and facility contingency plans. Directs the Secretary to publish annual reports on such drills. Requires the Secretary to ensure that vessels designed to replace Coast Guard buoy tenders are equipped with oil skimming systems that are available, operable, and complement the mission of servicing aids to navigation. Directs the Secretary to establish and maintain a comprehensive nationwide computer listing of emergency removal resources available and appropriate for use in responding to oil discharges. Requires the President to encourage appropriate international organizations to establish an international inventory of emergency response resources. Subtitle C: Miscellaneous - Amends specified Acts to increase and expand the scope of penalties for specified violations, including those concerning: (1) discharges of oil or hazardous substances; (2) negligent shipping operations; (3) ship inspections; (4) liquid dangerous cargoes; (4) load lines; (5) complements of inspected vessels; (6) deck watches; (7) pilotage and crew requirements; and (8) vessel navigation. Provides for the deposit into the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund of penalties collected for oil discharges under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. Title V: Prince William Sound Oil Spill Removal - Prince William Sound Oil Spill Removal Act of 1989 - Directs the Secretary to require: (1) tank vessels transporting oil from the Trans-Alaska Pipeline within Prince William Sound to be escorted by at least one towing or other appropriate vessel; and (2) the use of a pilot licensed by the State of Alaska for all tank vessels navigating between the Port of Valdez, Alaska, and a certain point in the Sound. Requires the Secretary to prepare a plan to modify surveillance coverage of the Sound. Requires such plan to include construction of new radar sites to cover the vessel traffic system within the Sound and a review of existing radar surveillance and maintenance policies. Directs the Secretary to require: (1) prepositioned oil spill containment and removal equipment in the Port of Valdez, the city of Cordova, and other locations within the Sound; (2) the establishment of an oil spill removal organization at appropriate locations within the Sound to consist of trained personnel capable of immediately removing a discharge of 200,000 barrels of oil; (3) tank vessels operating in the Sound to carry equipment or materials sufficient to remove an oil discharge and minimize environmental damage; and (4) biannual practice exercises for equipment and personnel testing and training in oil removal techniques for local residents and individuals engaged in fish cultivation or production in the Sound. Requires the Under Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere of the Department of Commerce to expend at least $5,000,000 annually in FY 1990 through 1992 to conduct living marine resource damage assessments in Arctic waters from the Exxon Valdez oil spill in the Sound. Directs the Under Secretary, whenever possible, to recover such sums from the owner or operator of the Exxon Valdez. Requires such sums to be credited to the appropriations of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress on: (1) a list of oil pollution exercises conducted in the Port of Valdez and the Sound during the operation of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline; and (2) any other matters regarding oil spills in Arctic waters, including faster approval of oil spill removal technology by Federal and State agencies. Title VI: Miscellaneous - Amends Federal law relating to shipping to waive certain inspection, load line, and manning of vessel requirements if the Secretary of Transportation determines that such waivers are needed in a crisis concerning: (1) a discharge or threat of discharge of oil or a hazardous substance; or (2) the national defense. Repeals a named Act to make a conforming amendment. Title VII: Research and Development - Establishes an Interagency Coordinating Committee on Oil Pollution Research. Requires the Committee to submit an oil pollution research plan to the Congress. Directs the Committee to coordinate the establishment of an oil pollution research and development program, including research and development technologies for preventing or mitigating oil discharges and protecting the environment. Requires such program to provide for: (1) technology evaluation; (2) research on the environmental effects of oil discharges; (3) monitoring and research programs by the Secretary of Commerce to determine the effects of specified oil spills in Alaska, Narragansett Bay, the Houston Ship Channel, and the Delaware River; and (4) research on the use of geographic and ship response simulation models. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to recoup costs for the Alaskan monitoring and research program from the owners and operators of the Exxon Valdez, to the extent such costs are directly related to the Exxon Valdez oil spill. Allows the Committee to enter into contracts with, and make grants to, universities, research institutions, and other persons to carry out such program. Requires the Committee to coordinate and cooperate with other nations and foreign research entities in conducting such activities. Directs the Committee to report annually to the Congress on the program. Provides for the establishment of a minimum of six regional research centers through competitive grants to universities or research institutions. Directs such centers to implement oil pollution research and development programs. Requires at least one center to be established in each of the following regions of the United States: (1) the tropical and subtropical coastal environments of Florida and the Gulf Coast; (2) the Atlantic and Pacific temperate coastal environments; (3) the Alaskan coastline and other Arctic and subarctic environments; (4) the Great Lakes; and (5) the inland waters. Sets forth selection criteria for grant applicants. Limits such grants to 80 percent of the total cost of such activities. Prohibits such grants from being used for the acquisition of real property or building construction. Provides for the equitable allocation of funds among the centers. Directs grant applicants to disseminate results of oil pollution research and development through technology transfer, training, and other educational programs. Makes funds available for oil pollution research and development activities. Allocates funds for FY 1990 through 1994 for the regional centers. Title VIII: Provisions Applicable to Alaska Oil - Amends the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act to make holders of right-of-way permits in Alaska who are responsible for pollution damages liable for any administrative costs relating to the removal of a pollutant incurred by the State. Repeals a provision of such Act which establishes the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Liability Fund. Requires the Fund to pay valid claims if an owner or operator of a vessel has not paid a claim within 90 days of the submission of such claim. Subrogates the Fund to the rights of persons entitled to recover under this Act upon payment of any claim. Directs the President, after the settlement of all claims by the Fund, to study and report to the Congress on the final disposition of the unexpended balance in the Fund. Provides that officers and trustees of the Fund shall: (1) be indemnified by the Fund against all claims and liabilities to which they are subject by reason of serving as officers or trustees; and (2) be reimbursed for all legal expenses incurred in connection with such claims or liabilities.
United States · United States Congress · 28 September 1989
Designates March 3, 1990, as United States Naval Reserve Day in recognition of the Reserve's 75th anniversary.
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.
United States · United States Congress · 21 September 1989
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1992, the duty on isopropyl 2-(4-(4-chlorobenzoyl) phenoxy)-2-methylpropionate (known as fenofibrate).
United States · United States Congress · 20 September 1989
Poland and Hungary Democracy Act of 1989 - Title I: Enterprise Funds in Poland and Hungary - Authorizes appropriations to the President for promoting the development of the Hungarian and Polish private sectors through the support of a Polish-American Enterprise Fund and a Hungarian-American Enterprise Fund. Allows the President to designate two private, nonprofit organizations as the Funds. Requires the President to designate an executive agency to grant such monies to the Funds. Permits the agency to use a specified amount of such monies for carrying out functions under this title. Makes certain commodities eligible for assistance programs under the Agricultural Act of 1949 and the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 available to the Funds to generate local currencies. Authorizes grants to be made to the Funds only if the Funds are in compliance with this title. Provides for annual audits of the Funds. Requires the Funds to ensure that: (1) each recipient of Fund assistance keeps separate accounts and financial records; and (2) the Funds have access to such records for audit purposes. Directs each Fund to publish annual reports. Title II: Labor Market Transition - Requires the Secretary of Labor to provide technical assistance to Poland and Hungary for the implementation of labor market reform and to facilitate adjustment during the period of economic transition and reform. Authorizes the Secretary to transfer a specified amount from Department of Labor funds to provide such assistance. Title III: Environmental Initiatives - Authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to: (1) undertake environmental protection activities in Hungary and Poland; and (2) use specified amounts of funds made available for FY 1990 through 1992 under the Clean Water Act and other authorizing statutes to carry out such activities. Requires the Administrator to: (1) establish an air quality monitoring network in the Krakow metropolitan area; and (2) improve water quality and the availability of drinking water in such area. Directs the Administrator to work with U.S. and Hungarian officials and private parties to establish and support a center in Budapest, Hungary, for facilitating cooperative environmental activities between governmental experts and U.S. and Eastern and Western European organizations.
United States · United States Congress · 18 September 1989
Extends to certain foreign flagships and other vessels coverage under the National Labor Relations Act and the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938.
United States · United States Congress · 13 September 1989
Legislative Line Item Veto Act of 1989 - Amends the Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to grant the President legislative line item veto rescission authority. Authorizes the President to rescind all or part of any budget authority if the President determines that such rescission: (1) would help balance the Federal budget, reduce the Federal budget deficit, or reduce the public debt; (2) will not impair any essential Government functions; and (3) will not harm the national interest. Requires the President to notify the Congress of such a rescission by: (1) special message not later than 20 calendar days after enactment of appropriations legislation; or (2) special message accompanying the budget when such rescissions have not been proposed previously for that fiscal year. Makes such a rescission effective unless the Congress, during a review period of 20 calendar days, enacts a rescission disapproval bill. Describes: (1) information to be included in the President's message; and (2) procedures to govern consideration of rescission disapproval legislation in the Senate and the House of Representatives.
United States · United States Congress · 12 September 1989
Designates October 27, 1989, as National Hostage Awareness Day in recognition of the 42d birthday of Terry Anderson and his fifth year in captivity. States that efforts should be made to have such date declared International Hostage Day by the United Nations. States that all Federal and international agencies should increase efforts to secure the release of the remaining hostages in Lebanon. Calls for prayer on such date for the release of all U.S. and foreign hostages in Lebanon.