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Bill· HRH.R. 3833 (101st)referred

Trade and Technology Promotion Act of 1989

United States · United States Congress · 21 November 1989

Trade and Technology Promotion Act of 1989 - Title I: General Provisions - Sets forth congressional findings with respect to U.S. international competitiveness. Title II: Department of Industry and Technology - Part A: Establishment, Organization, Officers and Administration - Establishes the Department of Industry and Technology (Department) as an executive department which shall be administered by a Secretary of Industry and Technology (Secretary). Provides for the appointment by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate of the Secretary and a Deputy Secretary of Industry and Technology. Sets forth the functions of the Secretary, including: (1) to seek and promote new opportunities for U.S. products in the world marketplace; (2) to assist U.S. businesses in developing export markets; and (3) to develop programs to promote U.S. international economic and technology policy. Establishes within the Department: (1) the Office of the Under Secretary for Industry; (2) the Office of the Under Secretary for Technology; and (3) the Office of the Under Secretary for Trade Enforcement. Authorizes appropriations. Part B: Advanced Civilian Technology Agency - Establishes within the Department the Advanced Civilian Technology Agency. Provides that such Agency shall be administered by an Administrator, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Sets forth the functions of such Agency. Authorizes the Secretary, through the Administrator, to make grants and enter into contracts and cooperative agreements with research and development organizations to support long-term projects for: (1) research and development of new or advanced technology for the private sector of the U.S. economy; and (2) research concerning the commercial adaptation of such technology. Sets forth requirements with respect to such grants and contracts. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1993. Part C: Export-Import Bank of the United States - Amends the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 to make the Secretary the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Export-Import Bank of the United States. Authorizes appropriations. Part D: Overseas Private Investment Corporation - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to make the Secretary the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation. Authorizes appropriations. Part E: The National Security Council - Amends the National Security Act of 1947 to include the Secretary, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the United States Trade Representative as members of the National Security Council. Authorizes appropriations. Part F: Interagency Export Enhancement Committee - Establishes the Interagency Export Enhancement Committee within the Executive Office of the President. Requires the Secretary to coordinate the domestic and international programs of all Federal agencies related to the enhancement of U.S. export capabilities. Authorizes appropriations. Part G: Transfers to the Department - Transfers functions of the Department of Commerce and the Trade Development Program of the Department of State to the Secretary. Part H: Administrative Provisions - Sets forth administrative provisions dealing with: (1) Department of Industry and Technology personnel; (2) the power of the Secretary to delegate functions; (3) the succession of officers within the Department; (4) the authority of the Secretary to reorganize the Department; (5) the authority of the Secretary to issue rules and regulations; (6) the establishment of a working capital fund for the Department; and (7) other administrative matters. Requires the Secretary to submit a report to the President for transmission to the Congress. Sets forth conforming amendments. Title III: Establishment of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Within the Environmental Protection Agency - Part A: Establishment of Administration - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Act of 1989 - Establishes the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration within the Environmental Protection Agency. Part B: Administrative Provisions - Sets forth administrative provisions dealing with the Administration. Title IV: Assistant to the President for Science and Technology - Establishes an Assistant to the President for Science and Technology in the Executive Office of the President. Authorizes appropriations. Title V: Overseas Library of Congress Trade Office - Amends the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to direct the Librarian of Congress to establish an Office of Trade Information within the Congressional Research Service. Declares that the function of the Office is to provide Members of Congress with information concerning United States and foreign trade and investment. Authorizes appropriations. Title VI: Transitional, Savings, and Conforming Provisions - Sets forth transitional, savings, and conforming provisions relating to changes made by this Act. Title VII: Miscellaneous - Sets forth provisions relating to: (1) effective dates; (2) interim appointments of officers required by this Act; and (3) authorization of appropriations.

Law· HRH.R. 3834 (101st)enacted

Selma to Montgomery National Trail Study Act of 1989

United States · United States Congress · 21 November 1989

Selma to Montgomery National Trail Study Act of 1989 - Amends the National Trails System Act to designate the route from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama (traveled by the march dramatizing the need for voting rights legislation), for study for potential addition to the national trails system.

Law· HRH.R. 3802 (101st)enacted

Designating the month of May as "Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month".

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).

Bill· HRH.R. 3836 (101st)referred

Export Development Task Force Act of 1990

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.

Bill· HRH.R. 3812 (101st)referred

Assault Weapon Export Control Act of 1989

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.

Law· HRH.R. 3789 (101st)enacted

Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 20 November 1989

Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1990 - Title I: General Provisions - Provides for budget compliance of this Act for FY 1991 through 1992. Title II: Interagency Council on the Homeless - Amends the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (SBMHAA) to authorize appropriations through FY 1992. Extends the Interagency Council on the Homeless through FY 1992. Title III: Federal Emergency Management Food and Shelter Program - Amends SBMHAA to authorize appropriations for the Federal Emergency Management Food and Shelter Program through FY 1992. Title IV: Housing Assistance - Amends the SBMHAA to extend through FY 1992: (1) the emergency shelter grants program; (2) the supportive housing demonstration program; (3) supplemental assistance for facilities to assist the homeless; and (4) section 8 assistance for single room occupancy dwellings. Title V: Health Care for the Homeless - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize through FY 1992: (1) categorical grants for primary health services and substance abuse services; (2) block grants for community mental health services; and (3) alcohol and drug abuse treatment of homeless individuals. Amends SBMHAA to authorize appropriations for Community demonstration projects. Title VI: Education, Training, and Community Services Program - Amends SBMHAA to authorize appropriations for specified education, training, and community services programs through FY 1992. Title VII: Veterans Programs - Amends the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1988 to authorize appropriations for veterans medical programs through FY 1992.

Bill· HRH.R. 3757 (101st)open

Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 20 November 1989

Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990 - Amends the Federal criminal code to impose criminal penalties for the possession or discharge of a firearm in a public elementary or secondary school zone, with exceptions for licensed or authorized individuals or programs.

Bill· HRH.R. 3751 (101st)open

To prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from issuing oil and gas leases on certain portions of the Outer Continental Shelf.

United States · United States Congress · 20 November 1989

Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior from issuing any oil or gas exploration leases or licenses on submerged lands off the coastlines of the eastern seaboard, western seaboard, and Alaska (the Outer Continental Shelf). Retains the leases, licenses, and permits in effect on the date of enactment of this Act. Directs the Secretary to cancel (with compensation) specified leases or permits in effect on such date. Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress on alternative options for compensating leaseholders of specified land tracts.

Bill· HRH.R. 3763 (101st)referred

Super Savings Bond Act

United States · United States Congress · 20 November 1989

Super Savings Bond Act - Provides for the issuance of 12-year super savings bonds, through payroll deduction or regular monthly purchase plans, to increase national savings and reduce the Federal debt owed to foreign creditors.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 236 (101st)referred

Expressing the sense of the Congress deploring the escalating violence in El Salvador; condemning the killing of innocent civilians, including six Jesuit priests; and calling for an immediate cessation of hostilities.

United States · United States Congress · 19 November 1989

Deplores the continuing violence in El Salvador and calls for a disengagement of military forces to allow international humanitarian organizations to provide medical attention and supplies to the civilian casualties. Condemns the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN) for initiating a military offensive on November 11, 1989. Urges the Government of El Salvador and the FMLN to resume a peaceful dialogue leading to settlement of the conflict. Deplores the murder of six Jesuit priests and two women. Demands that those responsible be brought to justice. Declares that satisfactory resolution of this case will be instrumental in determining continued U.S. support for the Government of El Salvador.

Bill· HRH.R. 3700 (101st)open

Freedom of Choice Act of 1989

United States · United States Congress · 17 November 1989

Freedom of Choice Act of 1989 - Provides that a State may not restrict the right of a woman to choose to terminate a pregnancy: (1) before fetal viability; or (2) at any time, if such termination is necessary to protect the life or health of the woman. Allows a State to impose requirements medically necessary to protect the life or health of such women.

Bill· HRH.R. 3708 (101st)referred

To amend the Clean Air Act to control air pollution from sources on the Outer Continental Shelf, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 17 November 1989

Amends the Clean Air Act to regulate air pollution from Outer Continental Shelf activities, including: (1) stationary sources on or above the Shelf; (2) vessels engaged in activities authorized under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act or engaged in oil or gas exploration or development; and (3) power generating units on shore which power a facility engaged in activities on waters above the shelf or regulated under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act. Requires new stationary sources to obtain a State permit which will require the lowest achievable emission rate for each air pollutant. Requires other sources within range of the new source to offset emissions of any pollutant from such new source. Requires existing sources, within two years, to achieve the lowest achievable emission rate for each air pollutant. Authorizes compliance inspections.

Bill· HRH.R. 3705 (101st)referred

Tibetan Immigration Act of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 17 November 1989

Tibetan Immigration Act of 1990 - Provides for a three-year period of additional (1000) immigrant visas for natives of Tibet in India or Nepal. Considers a person to be a native of Tibet if he or she was born in Tibet or is the son, daughter, grandson, or granddaughter of such a person. Requires the Secretary of State to consult with the Tibetan Council for Home Affairs in India when making these visas available.

Bill· HRH.R. 3625 (101st)open

To award a congressional gold medal to Laurance Spelman Rockefeller.

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.

Law· HRH.R. 3611 (101st)enacted

International Narcotics Control Act of 1989

United States · United States Congress · 8 November 1989

International Narcotics Control Act of 1989 - Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) it is crucial to international antidrug efforts that funds be made available to provide alternative sources of income for individuals in major coca producing countries who are dependent on illicit drug production, as well as for eradication, enforcement, rehabilitation, treatment, and education programs in such countries; and (2) the United States and other major donor countries should provide increased economic assistance to major coca producing countries which have taken steps to attack illicit coca production by methods which reduce the flow of cocaine to the world market. Urges the Director of National Drug Policy to develop and submit to the Congress a plan which addresses such needs. Authorizes the President to make funds for foreign military financing under the Arms Export Control Act and international military education and training under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 available to provide defense articles and services and international military education and training to Bolivia, Colombia, and Peru. Earmarks specified amounts of such assistance for narcotics law enforcement training and interdiction activities and procurement of defense articles by enforcement agencies in such countries. Makes such countries eligible only if they maintain democratic governments and their law enforcement agencies do not engage in human rights violations. Requires the President to report to specified congressional committees prior to obligating such funds. Provides for human rights reporting on such countries. Authorizes appropriations. Amends the International Narcotics Control Act of 1988 to earmark specified amounts of international military education and training assistance and anti-narcotics military assistance for FY 1990 for eligible countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. Waives provisions of the Arms Export Control Act concerning foreign military financing with respect to financing for narcotics control activities. Prohibits the provision of such assistance to Bolivia, Colombia, and Peru. Amends the Arms Export Control Act to require the Special Defense Acquisition Fund to be used to acquire defense articles for narcotics control purposes. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize the President to transfer excess defense articles to any country: (1) which is a major illicit drug producing country in Latin America and the Caribbean with a democratic government; and (2) whose armed forces do not engage in human rights violations. Requires such countries to ensure that such articles will be used only in support of anti-narcotics activities. Limits the aggregate value of articles to be transferred to a country in any fiscal year. Permits such transfers only if: (1) the articles are drawn from existing Department of Defense (DOD) stocks; (2) funds available to DOD for the procurement of defense equipment are not expended in connection with such transfers; and (3) the President determines that such transfers will not have an adverse impact on the military readiness of the United States. Permits such transfers without cost to the recipient country. Requires the President to notify specified congressional committees prior to transferring such articles. Waives certain prohibitions on the provision of assistance to countries in default on loan payments to the United States with respect to narcotics-related assistance for FY 1990 for major illicit drug producing countries. Earmarks specified amounts of grant military assistance and foreign military financing for FY 1990 for arming aircraft used in narcotics control eradication or interdiction efforts. Prohibits such funds from being used to purchase new aircraft. Requires the notification of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee prior to the use of such funds. Earmarks a specified amount of international narcotics control assistance for FY 1990 for the testing and use of herbicides for the aerial eradication of coca. Limits the amount of FY 1990 international narcotics control assistance to be made available for Mexico. Permits excess assistance to Mexico only if specified congressional committees are notified. Waives a prohibition on assistance to drug traffickers with respect to FY 1990 assistance to major drug transit countries if the President certifies that: (1) certain provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 with regard to money laundering do not apply to such a country; (2) such country was previously a major illicit drug producing country but has effectively eliminated drug production during the preceding two years; and (3) such country is cooperating fully with the United States or has taken certain steps with respect to narcotics control. Expresses the sense of the Congress that U.S. trade policy should be coordinated with U.S. narcotics control objectives, particularly with respect to the International Coffee Agreement. Commends the President for reviewing, and urges him to continue to review whether: (1) the International Coffee Agreement negotiations should be resumed; and (2) the trade benefits provided in the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act should be extended to the major coca producing countries of Latin America. Requires the President to report to the Congress on such review. Urges the President to: (1) place debt relief and drug control efforts in Latin American countries among the highest of foreign policy priorities; and (2) ensure that the Director of National Drug Control Policy, the Secretary of State, and the Secretary of the Treasury have leading roles in addressing these problems. Urges the President to consult with Latin American countries to arrange a hemispheric summit to discuss specific illicit drug and debt issues. Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the proposal for the promotion of a multilateral anti-narcotics force for the Western Hemisphere should be endorsed; and (2) the United States should work through multilateral organizations to determine the feasibility, and assist in the establishment, of such force. Urges the President to: (1) seek agreement by relevant foreign countries, especially NATO countries and members of the Warsaw Pact, to join with the United States in halting weapons transfers to narcotics traffickers in Latin America; and (2) improve the coordination of U.S. efforts to track the flow of such weapons to international narcotics traffickers and to prevent illegal shipments from the United States. Calls upon the President to direct the U.S. representative to INTERPOL to urge such organization to study the feasibility of establishing an international database on the flow of the types of weapons acquired illegally by international narcotics traffickers. Requires the President to report to the Congress on such actions. Amends the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to raise the limit on the amount of rewards for information concerning international terrorism. Makes technical amendments to provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 concerning international narcotics control. Incorporates related provisions of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 and the International Narcotics Control Act of 1986 into such Act. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 for international narcotics control assistance. Requires countries receiving such assistance to bear an appropriate share of the costs for any activity for which assistance is provided. Exempts assistance for narcotics control crop substitution activities from a prohibition on the use of funds to support the production of any agricultural commodity in a foreign country which would compete with a similar U.S. commodity. Authorizes the President to release Bolivia, Colombia, or Peru from obligations to make payments to the United States if such country is participating in a program for the use of herbicides for the aerial eradication of coca. Directs the President to report annually to the Speaker of the House and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on international narcotics control activities. Makes technical amendments to, and repeals specified provisions of, the International Narcotics Control Act of 1988, the International Narcotics Control Act of 1986, and the Narcotics Control Trade Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 3591 (101st)open

Camp Pendleton Preservation Act of 1989

United States · United States Congress · 7 November 1989

Camp Pendleton Preservation Act of 1989 - Requires the Secretary of Defense to notify the Secretary of the Interior upon determining that any real property located at Camp Pendleton, California, is excess property of the Department of Defense (DOD). Requires the Secretary of the Interior, upon any such notification, to: (1) review such property to determine the suitability for preserving the natural features of such property; and (2) report to the Congress on necessary legislation for such use. Prohibits any real property at Camp Pendleton determined to be excess DOD property from: (1) being disposed of, or used by, any Federal agency before 270 days following submission of such report; and (2) being developed for residential or commercial use.

Law· HRH.R. 3562 (101st)enacted

Nutrition Labeling and Education Act of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 31 October 1989

Nutrition Labeling and Education Act of 1989 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA) to deem a food misbranded unless its label states: (1) the serving size or other unit of measure customarily used; (2) the number of servings or other units per container; (3) the number of calories per serving and derived from total fat and saturated fat; and (4) the amount of total fat, saturated fat, unsaturated fat, cholesterol, sodium, total carbohydrates, complex carbohydrates, sugars, total protein, and dietary fiber per serving or other unit. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services, if there is a significant scientific basis, to: (1) require additional nutrients to be included in the labeling; or (2) exempt nutrients from the labeling requirement. Requires, for raw agricultural commodities or raw fish or shellfish, that the nutritional information be provided in a single location in the areas in which such items are offered for sale. Directs the Secretary to exempt types of such items which are infrequently consumed. Exempts from the labeling requirements food: (1) sold for immediate consumption in restaurants, or sold to restaurants for sale or use in restaurants; (2) processed and prepared in a retail establishment and not for immediate consumption in the establishment; (3) including certain infant formulas; (4) which is a medical food; (5) which is customarily processed, labeled, or repacked in substantial quantities at establishments other than those where it was originally processed or packed; (6) in packages so small that the information would be illegible; (7) which contains insignificant amounts of all the nutrients and does not make any claim with respect to the nutritional value of the food; and (8) sold by certain small businesses. Requires certain vitamins and minerals to include nutrient information in their labeling as appropriate and as specified by the Secretary. Directs the Secretary to undertake to contract with the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) to prepare a report making recommendations regarding the manner of the labeling. Directs the Secretary to determine whether any of the nutrients required to be placed on labels before enactment of this Act shall be required under provisions of this Act. Directs the Secretary to carry out consumer education regarding nutrition labeling. Sets forth the circumstances under which nutrition and health claims may and may not be made for foods. Allows proceedings for the enforcement, or to restrain violations, of the amendments made by this Act to be brought in the name of a State in which the food that is the subject of the proceedings is located (in addition to the existing authorization to bring such actions to enforce the FDCA in the name of the United States). Declares that a food which makes a claim which characterizes the relationship of its constituents to a disease or a condition in accordance with the requirements of this Act is not, solely because of such claim, a drug under specified provisions of FDCA. Prohibits a State or its subdivision from establishing or continuing in effect any: (1) nutrition labeling requirement that differs from the requirements of this Act; or (2) prohibition respecting any label health claim which differs from the requirements of this Act. Provides for exemption petitions by States if a State or local requirement would not unduly burden interstate commerce, and if other conditions are met.

Bill· HRH.R. 3500 (101st)referred

Small Business Access Improvement Act of 1989

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.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 214 (101st)referred

In support of regional efforts to end driftnet fishing in the South Pacific.

United States · United States Congress · 19 October 1989

Declares it is in the interests of the United States to support efforts to protect South Pacific marine resources (including albacore tuna, porpoises, whales, seals and other marine mammals, birds, sea turtles, and fish) from the slaughter of driftnet fishing. Supports the Tarawa Declaration and the South Pacific Commission resolution calling for an immediate ban on driftnet fishing in the South Pacific. Urges the Secretary of State to work toward an international convention banning driftnet fishing in the South Pacific. Urges Japan and Taiwan to immediately cease the use of driftnets in international South Pacific waters.

Bill· HRH.R. 3421 (101st)open

To provide for the control of anabolic steroids under the Controlled Substances Act, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 5 October 1989

Directs the Attorney General to classify anabolic steroids as schedule II substances under the Controlled Substances Act, except that prescriptions for such substances may be refilled without restriction. Specifies that an anabolic steroid which is expressly intended for administration through implants to cattle or other nonhuman species and which has been approved by the Secretary of Health and Human Services for such purpose shall not be placed in schedule II. Provides that any person who prescribes, dispenses, or distributes such steroid for human use shall be considered to have prescribed, dispensed, or distributed a schedule II substance. Defines "anabolic steroid" as any drug that is chemically related to the male hormone testosterone or any other hormonal substance which promotes or purports to promote muscle growth, including specified substances. Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the Office for Substance Abuse Prevention to develop and support innovative demonstration programs designed to identify and deter the improper use or abuse of anabolic steroids by students, especially students in secondary schools. Establishes the Interagency Coordinating Council on the Abuse of Anabolic Steroids.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 418 (101st)open

Calling for the United States to encourage immediate negotiations toward a new agreement among Antarctic Treaty Consultative Parties, for the full protection of Antarctica as a global ecological commons.

United States · United States Congress · 5 October 1989

Declares that: (1) Antarctica is a global ecological commons and should be managed under a new agreement among the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Parties or a protocol to the Convention on the Regulation of Antarctic Mineral Resource Activities which should for an indefinite period establish Antarctica as a region closed to commercial minerals development and related activities; (2) under such new agreement, information about minerals or other resources in Antarctica should be obtained under strictly controlled arrangements and should be openly shared in the international scientific community; (3) the Convention is not adequate to protect the environment of Antarctica and could stimulate commercial exploitation; (4) pending the negotiations and entry into force of a new agreement or protocol ensuring the full protection of Antarctica as a global ecological commons, the President should not present the Convention to the Senate for advice and consent to ratification; (5) the United States should support the interim measures presently in force among nations signatory to the Convention; and (6) the negotiation of such a new agreement or protocol should be a major item on the agenda of the pending XV Antarctic Treaty Consultative meeting opening on October 9, 1989.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 208 (101st)referred

Concerning human rights violations by the People's Republic of China.

United States · United States Congress · 4 October 1989

Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the situation in the People's Republic of China and in Tibet remains grim; (2) there should be no relaxation of presidential sanctions imposed on China and the Congress should act swiftly to secure final enactment of its own proposed sanctions; (3) the President should oppose any further action regarding China's desire to accede to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade until martial law is lifted and human rights are restored; (4) the United States should continue to oppose any change in World Bank policy towards loans to China and the release of loan funding to China until such conditions are met; and (5) the President should consider withholding most favored nation treatment for products of China for an additional 12 months, as proposed by the President on May 31, 1989, until there is freedom of emigration in both China and Tibet.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 257 (101st)passed

Denouncing the adoption by the European Community of a restrictive broadcasting directive.

United States · United States Congress · 3 October 1989

Denounces the action taken on October 2, 1989, by the European Community (EC) Council of Ministers in adopting a broadcasting directive that is trade restrictive and in violation of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). Urges the President and the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to take appropriate steps, including possible action under the Trade Act of 1974, to protect and maintain U.S. access to the EC broadcasting market. Requests the USTR to consult regularly with the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives on the status of the dispute and any action which it is considering with respect to such dispute.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 207 (101st)referred

Concerning U.S. foreign assistance to Somalia.

United States · United States Congress · 3 October 1989

Expresses the sense of the Congress that in determining the allocation of foreign assistance the Department of State should: (1) weigh heavily the persecution, torture, and execution of innocent Somalis by the armed forces of Siad Barre; and (2) insist upon significant improvements in human rights as a precondition to the resumption of foreign assistance to Somalia.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 206 (101st)referred

Regarding the protection and promotion of democracy and basic human rights in the Republic of Korea.

United States · United States Congress · 3 October 1989

Calls upon the President to: (1) communicate forcefully to the President of the Republic of Korea during their summit the concerns of Congress regarding the deterioration of respect for human rights in South Korea; and (2) urge the South Korean Government to release all persons imprisoned solely for their nonviolent political activities, provide for independent investigations into reports that political detainees have been mistreated by police and members of the Agency for National Security Planning, that the restrictions on freedom of expression (including and end to the banning and confiscation of books), and implement faithfully the democratic reforms pledged by President Roh Tae Woo on June 29, 1987. Calls upon the Secretary of State to direct the U.S. diplomatic mission in South Korea to meet with all sectors of Korean society to communicate continuing concern about human rights and democratic reform in South Korea.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 203 (101st)open

Concerning relations between the United States and the Government of Angola.

United States · United States Congress · 27 September 1989

Expresses the sense of the Congress that in recognition of several significant steps that Angola has taken toward peace, national reconciliation, and economic reform it is in the interest of the United States to take steps to normalize relations with the Government of Angola, including: (1) establishing a U.S. liaison office in Luanda; (2) supporting Angola's full participation in multilateral development institutions; and (3) providing humanitarian assistance.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 201 (101st)referred

Commending NASA and the Jet Populsion Laboratory for the continuing successes of the Voyager space missions to the outer solar system.

United States · United States Congress · 26 September 1989

Declares that it is the sense of the Congress that: (1) the NASA/jet propulsion laboratory team is to be commended for its achievement in the Voyager program; and (2) the United States should remain preeminent in planetary exploration and will continue to support science missions to maintain that leadership.

Bill· HRH.R. 3307 (101st)referred

Support for East European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989

United States · United States Congress · 20 September 1989

Support for East European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989 - Title I: United States Policy in Eastern Europe - Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States should implement, beginning in FY 1989, a program to support East European democracies by providing assistance to Eastern European countries which have taken substantive steps toward institutionalizing political democracy and economic pluralism. Designates support for East European democracy activities as SEED. Title II: Enterprise Funds in Poland and Hungary - Authorizes the President to designate two private, nonprofit organizations as the Polish-American Enterprise Fund and the Hungarian-American Enterprise Fund to promote development of the Polish and Hungarian private sectors. Requires the President to contribute to such Funds a specified amount of unobligated Department of Defense (DOD) funds. Allocates such funds and earmarks a specified amount for private agricultural development in Poland. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize appropriations for FY 1991 and 1992 for the Funds. Requires the President to designate an executive agency to contribute 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 III: 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 IV: Environmental Initiatives - Authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to: (1) undertake environmental protection activities in Poland and Hungary; 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 cooperate with Polish officials and experts 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 government experts and U.S. and Eastern and Western European organizations. Title V: Diminishing the Burden of Bilateral and Multilateral Debt - Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the debt payments owed by Poland to the United States which are payable during FY 1993 and 1994 should be rescheduled and made a part of the principal payment due in FY 1995; and (2) the President should urge all members of the Paris Club creditor governments to adopt a similar debt rescheduling program for Poland. Requires the President to take all appropriate actions to explore and encourage innovative approaches to the reduction of debt of Eastern European countries which have taken substantive steps toward political democracy and economic pluralism. Urges the President to exercise all available authorities to undertake the discounted sale of U.S. debt obligations to private purchasers to facilitate debt-for-equity swaps under which such privatized debt is exchanged for an equity interest in an Eastern European enterprise which is involved in SEED activities. Title VI: "Take-Off" Telecommunications Grant to Poland - Makes available a specified amount of unobligated FY 1990 DOD funds for a grant to the Polish Government for modernizing Poland's telephone and telecommunications infrastructure by means of competitively bid contracts to U.S. corporations. Title VII: Facilitating Voluntary Action - Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should encourage monetary and food contributions from U.S. civic, religious, school, and youth organizations. Declares that the President should draw upon all available authorities, use resources of the National Guard and DOD, and request additional authorities, as necessary, to transport nonfinancial contributions to Poland. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should encourage the establishment of sister institution programs between U.S. and East European schools, universities, cities, and specified organizations. Title VIII: Policy Coordination and "SEED" Information System - Requires the President to designate a Coordinator of SEED activities within the Department of State. Directs the President to take steps to establish a SEED information center to serve as a clearinghouse for information relating to business needs and opportunities in, and voluntary assistance to, Eastern Europe. Requires such center to encourage economically sound proposals to the Funds and other finance sources for the development of private enterprise in Eastern Europe. Provides that such center shall be based in Washington, Warsaw, and Budapest. Title IX: Trade and Assistance Benefits and Investment Treaties - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to remove Poland from the list of countries ineligible for designations as beneficiary developing countries. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should immediately take steps to designate Poland and Hungary as beneficiary countries for purposes of the Generalized System of Preferences provided for in such Act. Requires the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) to support projects in Poland and Hungary to enhance the nongovernmental sector and reduce state involvement in the economy. Provides that OPIC's authorities with respect to Poland and Hungary shall remain in effect until September 30, 1992. Makes Poland and Hungary eligible for U.S. Export-Import Bank programs until such date. Expresses the sense of the Congress that upon enactment by the Hungarian Government of an emigration statute fulfilling criteria of the Jackson-Vanik amendment to the Trade Act of 1974, the President should take steps to certify Hungary as eligible for permanent most-favored-nation trade status. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should explore the feasibility of negotiating bilateral investment treaties with Poland and Hungary. Title X: Scientific, Educational, and Cultural Exchanges - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 and 1991 to implement the 1987 U.S.-Polish science and technology agreement. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States should expand its participation in educational and cultural exchanges with Poland and Hungary. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should take actions to establish binational Fulbright commissions in Poland and Hungary. Title XI: Medical Assistance - Authorizes additional appropriations for FY 1990 and 1991 to carry out the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and to be available only for the provision of medical supplies and hospital equipment to Poland and the training of Polish medical personnel. Title XII: Support for Democratic Institutions - Directs the National Endowment for Democracy to implement a program of seminars on local governmental processes and administration if such seminars are requested by the Polish Government. Authorizes additional appropriations for FY 1990 and 1991 under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for the support of democratic institutions in Poland and Hungary. Title XIII: Peace Corps - Transfers specified FY 1990 DOD funds to the Peace Corps for establishing programs in Hungary and Poland. Title XIV: Food Aid - Sets forth the strategy of the food assistance program. Requires the President to promote a comprehensive multilateral food assistance program for Poland. Allocates specified amounts for such assistance in FY 1989 and 1990. Declares the readiness of the Congress to act promptly on authority and appropriations requests so that the United States may call on the European Community to increase food assistance to Poland on a matching basis. Makes Poland and Hungary eligible for programs under the Agricultural Act of 1949 and the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954. Makes such eligibility effective until September 30, 1992. Title XV: Multilateral Action - Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should consult with the European Community, Japan, and other members of the Paris Club to establish a comprehensive, multiyear program for Poland and Hungary to facilitate enduring economic recoveries and to institutionalize political democracy and economic pluralism. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States, if Poland initiates steps to dismantle state controls and subsidies and inaugurates a plan of economic stabilization, should advocate action on the following goals in multilateral negotiations with regard to Poland: (1) a Paris Club agreement on a two year deferral of all government-to-government debt repayments; (2) a multilateral currency stabilization loan; (3) an International Monetary Fund loan; and (4) a World Bank loan to assist in the relocation of workers from state firms to the private sector. Title XVI: Program Action and Reporting - Requires the President to report to the Speaker of the House and the President pro tempore of the Senate on SEED activities.

Bill· HRH.R. 3308 (101st)referred

To provide that $10,000,000 of the amount appropriated for fiscal year 1990 for drug interdiction activities of the National Guard shall be available only for drug interdiction activities of the California National Guard.

United States · United States Congress · 20 September 1989

Requires the Secretary of Defense to ensure that, of the amount appropriated in the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1990 for drug interdiction activities of the Department, $10,000,000 shall be available only for drug interdiction activities of the California National Guard.

Law· HRH.R. 3294 (101st)enacted

To authorize distribution within the United States of the United States Information Agency film entitled "A Tribute to Mickey Leland".

United States · United States Congress · 19 September 1989

Requires the Director of the United States Information Agency to make available to the Archivist of the United States a copy of the film entitled A Tribute to Mickey Leland . Archivist to deposit the film in the National Archives and to make copies of it available for domestic purchase and viewing upon the securing of, and payment for, U.S. rights and licenses by the person seeking its release.

Bill· HRH.R. 3296 (101st)open

To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to require the President to develop a Fish and Wildlife Response Plan, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 19 September 1989

Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA) to require the President to develop a Fish and Wildlife Response Plan. Specifies that such Plan shall include: (1) establishment of procedures, assignment of duties and responsibilities among Federal departments and agencies, and identification of resources to ensure rapid and effective response in protecting, rescuing, and monitoring fish and wildlife threatened or injured by oil or hazardous substance discharges; (2) identification and prioritization of habitats critical to the survival of fish and wildlife which are at substantial risk of damage from such a discharge; (3) establishment of procedures to provide and train personnel to protect, rescue, and rehabilitate fish and wildlife in case of such a discharge; (4) establishment of procedures to procure and maintain facilities, equipment, and supplies for the protection and rescue of threatened or injured fish and wildlife; and (5) establishment of procedures to maintain a communications network among Federal, State, and local governmental agencies and private entities engaged in activities under the Plan. Requires the President: (1) to revise the National Contingency Plan under the FWPCA and (2) to report to the Congress annually concerning the activities of Federal agencies responsible for implementing the Fish and Wildlife Response Plan.

Bill· HRH.R. 3297 (101st)referred

To amend the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act to prohibit certain methods of cigarette and little cigar advertisement and promotion.

United States · United States Congress · 19 September 1989

Amends the Federal Cigarette Labeling Advertising Act to make unlawful cigarette and little cigar advertisements which appear in publications with readerships primarily under age 21, which suggest smoking is related to social success or sexual attraction, which depict individuals appearing to be under age 25, which depict smoking by well-known athletes, which depict smoking in association with stamina or athletic conditioning, or which depict as a smoker a celebrity having special appeal to youth. Makes it unlawful to distribute samples of cigarettes or little cigars to youth, near youth centers and schools, or at youth events.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 239 (101st)referred

To designate the period of September 16 through October 9, 1989, as "Coastweeks '89".

United States · United States Congress · 18 September 1989

Designates the period of September 16 through October 9, 1989, as Coastweeks '89, recognizing the importance of coastal zones. Designates September 16, 1989, as National Estuaries Day and September 23, 1989, as National Beach Cleanup Day.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 196 (101st)open

Concerning the opening of the Hungarian border to the West.

United States · United States Congress · 18 September 1989

Applauds the actions of the Government of the Hungarian People's Republic and the Hungarian people that have allowed thousands of citizens of the German Democratic Republic to seek freedom in the West.