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 · 2 November 1989
Declares that it is the policy of the United States to recognize Brazil's sovereign authority in the Amazon and that the United States should adopt a policy to encourage and support conservation efforts initiated by Brazil to protect the Amazon forest. Declares that the United States should redouble its efforts to address development within its own borders in an environmentally sound and sustainable manner.
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
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to qualify displaced homemakers for the targeted jobs income tax credit. Defines "displaced homemaker" as an individual who: (1) has not worked in the labor force for a substantial number of years but has, during those years, worked in the home providing unpaid services for family members; and (2) has been dependent on public assistance or on the income of another family member but is no longer supported by that income or is receiving public assistance on account of dependent children in the home.
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
Urges a complete examination of barriers to Americans investing in Japanese companies. Declares that the trade policy of the President and the Congress shall address the discrepancy between the open capital markets of the United States and the virtually closed markets of Japan. States that one indication of the openness of Japanese capital markets is the degree to which Americans may exercise significant shareholder rights through membership on corporate boards of directors.
United States · United States Congress · 19 October 1989
Ocean Dumping Enforcement Improvement Act of 1989 - Amends the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 (MPRSA) to prohibit unauthorized ocean dumping in the Exclusive Economic Zone. Makes technical amendments to provisions concerning prohibited acts and permits. Authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to promulgate regulations prohibiting the issuance of permits for dumping of material which is not in compliance with criteria relating to the effects of dumping on the marine environment. Requires ocean dumping permits to contain recordkeeping and reporting requirements. Directs persons in charge of vessels and other sources governed under MPRSA to notify the National Response Center as soon as they have knowledge of any unauthorized ocean dumping. Authorizes the Administrator to exempt certain quantities or categories of material from such notification requirement. Revises and expands the scope of administrative penalties for violations of MPRSA. Authorizes the Administrator, the Secretary of the Army, or the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to: (1) obtain information from any person who may have information concerning material dumped or to be dumped into ocean waters after being transported from the United States; (2) enter any location where such material is or was stored; and (3) inspect and obtain samples of such material from such location. Makes such information available to the public (with the exception of trade secrets). Prescribes penalties for disclosures of confidential information. Prescribes fines pursuant to the Federal criminal code and up to one year of imprisonment, or both, for negligent violations of MPRSA. Doubles the maximum punishment for subsequent negligent or knowing violations. Revises and expands the scope of penalties for knowing violations of MPRSA. Authorizes the seizure and forfeiture to the United States of any property or money obtained as a result of such violations. Makes persons who violate MPRSA and knowingly place another person in imminent danger of death or serious bodily injury subject to fines under the Federal criminal code and up to 15 years of imprisonment, or both. Subjects organizations convicted of such violations to fines of up to $1,000,000. Doubles the maximum punishment for subsequent violations. Prescribes fines under the Federal criminal code and up to two years of imprisonment, or both, for false statements under MPRSA. Sets civil penalties of up to $250,000 per violation of such Act. Makes vessels used in violations of such Act liable in rem for administrative and judicial penalties. Provides that such penalties shall constitute maritime liens. Authorizes the Administrator or the Secretary of the Treasury to pay awards of up to $10,000 for information leading to findings of liability, civil judgments, criminal convictions, or forfeitures of property with respect to violations of MPRSA. Permits the Administrator to request the Attorney General to bring suit for expedited relief from any person alleged to be dumping material which may create an imminent danger to human health or the environment. Authorizes the Administrator to issue orders to protect human health or the environment affected by such dumping. Subjects persons in willful violation of such orders to fines of up to $25,000 per day of noncompliance. Prohibits Federal agencies from entering into procurement or assistance agreements with persons convicted of criminal offenses under MPRSA. Authorizes the President to make exemptions to such prohibition if paramount to the U.S. interest. Requires the President to notify the Congress of such exemptions. Sets forth procedures for the review of regulations and permit issuances or denials under such Act.
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
Pornography Victims Protection Act of 1989 - Amends the Federal criminal code with respect to the prohibition against the sexual exploitation of children to add as a condition triggering Federal penalties that the person concerned know that a minor was transported in interstate or foreign commerce for the purpose of producing pornography. Makes it a criminal offense for any person to coerce, intimidate, or fraudulently induce an individual 18 years or older to engage in any sexually explicit conduct for the purposes of producing any visual depiction of such conduct. Grants the U.S. district courts jurisdiction to prevent and restrain violations of this Act. Authorizes the Attorney General or any person threatened with loss or damage by such conduct to institute a civil suit. Provides for treble damages for a victim who suffers physical injury, emotional distress, or property damage. Imposes civil penalties for violation of the prohibition against sexual exploitation of children.
United States · United States Congress · 12 October 1989
Amends the Ports and Waterways Safety Act to require that oil tankers or tankers carrying hazardous materials be equipped with a differential global positioning system receiver (satellite navigation system). Expresses the sense of the Congress that the U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations should request that the International Maritime Organization study the feasibility of requiring all tankers of member nations to install and use such receivers.
United States · United States Congress · 12 October 1989
Requires each Federal instrumentality to: (1) implement a program for recycling glass bottles, aluminum cans, paper, and plastics that are disposed of in the operation of the Government; and (2) procure goods composed of recycled materials unless the price of such goods exceeds by more than ten percent the price of alternative products.
United States · United States Congress · 6 October 1989
Food Contamination Prevention Act - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to promulgate regulations: (1) prohibiting the transportation in commerce of hazardous, medical, recyclable, and terminal waste in any refrigerated or other vehicle designed for transporting perishable food or in any vehicle that is also used to transport any food, food additive, drug, cosmetic, or device, or any package containing such items; (2) establishing health and safety standards for the transportation in commerce of recyclable and reusable waste in vehicles that are also used to transport any food, food additive, drug, cosmetic, or device, or any package containing such items; (3) requiring any vehicle used to transport solid waste to be labeled in a manner that identifies the vehicle as a dedicated or nondedicated waste vehicle and that identifies the class of waste transported by such vehicle; (4) requiring each solid waste management facility to institute a program to ensure that all nondedicated waste vehicles that are used to transport solid waste are kept free from contaminants through the use of reasonably available current technology; and (5) establishing criteria for three classes of nonhazardous solid waste (reusable, recyclable, and terminal as defined in this Act). Prescribes criminal penalties for violation of such regulations.
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
Global Environmental Standards Reporting Act - Directs the Environmental Protection Agency to report annually to the Congress on: (1) environmental laws in major trading countries, including members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Brazil, Mexico, South Korea, and Taiwan; (2) progress in compliance with such laws in such countries and the United States; and (3) governmental financial assistance, including tax incentives, grants, and low interest loans to industry to achieve compliance with such laws.
United States · United States Congress · 2 October 1989
Billboard Control Act of 1989 - Revises Federal provisions with respect to restrictions on outdoor advertising adjacent to interstate and Federal-aid primary highways. Specifies that a State shall be treated as failing to provide effective control of the erection and maintenance of outdoor advertising signs, displays, and devices (signs): (1) unless the State submits to the Secretary of Transportation by December 1st of each year an inventory of conforming and non-conforming signs in such State; and (2) if the State allows vegetation located on any land on which the State owns a right-of-way for a highway to be cut to improve the visibility of such signs. Requires the Secretary to submit to the Congress a detailed annual report on the extent to which each State has complied with the requirements of this Act, including a compilation of inventories and a description of the Secretary's efforts to assure that necessary directional information about facilities providing goods and services of interest to the traveling public is available to motorists. Makes exceptions to restrictions under this Act for signs which are lawfully in existence on September 1, 1989, and those located in industrial or commercial areas.
United States · United States Congress · 28 September 1989
Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National Park Service, to conduct a review of the boundaries for each unit of the National Park System. Requires the Director to report the results of such review to specified congressional committees. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 28 September 1989
Amends the Rail Passenger Service Act to repeal an exemption from specified communicable disease control requirements of the Public Health Service Act for waste disposal from railroads operating in intercity rail passenger service.
United States · United States Congress · 26 September 1989
Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to prohibit Federal assistance to any State that has not implemented a drug testing program for targeted classes of arrestees, prisoners, and persons on conditional or supervised release before or after conviction. Directs the Attorney General to promulgate regulations for such programs based in part on scientific and technical standards determined by the Secretary of Health and Human Services to ensure the reliability and accuracy of test results. Specifies that such regulations may include guidelines or specifications concerning: (1) the classes of persons to be targeted for testing; (2) the drugs to be tested for; (3) the frequency and duration of testing; and (4) the effect of test results in decisions concerning the sentence, conditions to be imposed on release before or after conviction, and the granting, continuation, or termination of such release. Amends the Public Health Service Act to require a State, in order to receive the drug abuse portion of its allotment under such Act for a fiscal year, to develop, implement, and submit an approved Statewide Drug Treatment Plan. Requires such Plan to include a single, designated State agency for formulating and implementing the Plan and a description of: (1) the mechanisms used to assess the needs and make funding allocations for drug treatment throughout the State; (2) a statewide plan to expand treatment capacity; (3) performance-based criteria to be used to allocate funds; (4) drug-free patient and workplace programs (which must include drug testing) to be utilized in drug treatment facilities and programs; (5) actions to be taken to improve the referral of drug users to appropriate treatment facilities; (6) the program of in-service training to be implemented for employees of treatment facilities receiving Federal funds; (7) the plan to be implemented to coordinate drug treatment facilities with other social, health, correctional, and vocational services; and (8) the plan to be implemented to expand and improve efforts to contact and treat expectant women who use drugs and provide appropriate followup care to their affected newborns. Requires such Plan to be submitted to the Secretary annually for review and approval. Authorizes the Secretary to review, approve, disapprove, and propose changes to State plans. Requires each State to submit such reports as the Secretary may require and to comply with such additional provisions as the Secretary may find necessary to verify the accuracy of such reports. Authorizes the Secretary to waive any or all requirements of this Act with respect to the Plan upon the written request of a State, provided that the State implements an alternative treatment plan that fulfills the objectives of this Act. Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to make ineligible for Federal funds or assistance any institution of higher education which fails to certify to the Secretary that it has adopted and implemented a program to prevent illicit drug use and alcohol abuse by students and employees that includes the annual distribution to each student and employee of: (1) standards of conduct that clearly prohibit the unlawful possession, use, or distribution of illicit drugs and alcohol by students and employees on its property or as part of its activities; (2) a description of applicable sanctions under local, State, or Federal law for unlawful possession or distribution of such drugs; (3) health risks associated with such use; (4) any drug or alcohol counseling, treatment, or rehabilitation programs available to employees or students; and (5) a clear statement that the institution will impose sanctions, and a description of such sanctions, up to and including expulsion or termination of employment and referral for prosecution. Requires such program to provide for a biennial review by the institution to determine the program's effectiveness, to implement changes as needed, and to ensure that sanctions are consistently enforced. Requires: (1) each institution that provides such certification to make a copy and the results of such biennial review available, upon request, to the Secretary and to the public; and (2) the Secretary to publish regulations to implement and enforce this Act, including regulations providing for periodic review of programs and sanctions, up to and including the termination of financial assistance, for institutions of higher education that fail to implement their programs or to consistently enforce their sanctions. Allows sanctions to include the completion of an appropriate rehabilitation program. Amends the Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act of 1986 to make ineligible for Federal funds or assistance any local educational agency which fails to certify to the State educational agency that has adopted and implemented an analogous program to prevent the use of illicit drugs and alcohol by students or employees. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1993 for the Special Forfeiture Fund. Waives provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Appropriations Act, 1989 to make certain appropriated funds available for narcotics-related activities in Colombia, Bolivia, and Peru.
United States · United States Congress · 25 September 1989
Larkin I. Smith Narcotic Committee Reorganization Resolution - Amends rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives to establish the Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control.
United States · United States Congress · 21 September 1989
Requires the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to report to the Congress on a plan to subject General Schedule employees to a locality pay system by October 1, 1990, to ensure that employees working in high-cost areas are compensated at basic pay rates commensurate with the costs of living in such areas. Requires such report to include: (1) the number of employees likely to receive locality pay and the implementation costs during the first three years of such plan; (2) any benefits resulting from such plan; (3) a description of which aspects of the plan may be implemented under existing law; and (4) proposals for any legal action which may be necessary.
United States · United States Congress · 21 September 1989
Intergovernmental Mandate Relief Act of 1989 - Declares that it is the purpose of this Act to establish procedures to assure that the Federal Government pays the total amount of additional direct costs incurred by State and local governments in complying with any intergovernmental regulation which takes effect on or after the enactment of this Act. Prohibits a Federal agency or court from requiring compliance in any fiscal year by State or local governments with any intergovernmental regulation unless provisions of law have been enacted which compensate such governments for additional direct costs incurred by such compliance. Declares that the compensation requirement may be waived by the enactment of a joint resolution of the Congress. Requires the Director of the Congressional Budget Office to estimate such additional direct costs and include such estimates in annual reports to the President and the Congress. Requires congressional committees to propose amendments to significant laws for which regulations will be promulgated containing provisions to compensate State and local governments for additional direct costs of compliance. Establishes procedures for Federal agencies to reimburse State governments for additional direct costs and for State governments to reimburse local governments for such costs. Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require the Congressional Budget Office to prepare cost estimates for bills or resolutions which are likely to cost State and local governments $100,000,000 (currently, $200,000,000) or more annually.
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.
United States · United States Congress · 19 September 1989
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the Government of Yugoslavia should: (1) guarantee its citizens fundamental human rights and freedoms; (2) grant unconditional amnesty to all political prisoners; (3) dismiss the charges against human rights activist Dobroslav Paraga, allow him and his family to return to their home, and stop harassing them; and (4) investigate the death of Ernest Brajder, who reportedly died under "mysterious circumstances," and make the findings public.
United States · United States Congress · 18 September 1989
Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to cover an annual screening mammography for women over age 64.
United States · United States Congress · 18 September 1989
Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to provide Medicaid coverage of screening mammographies for women age 35 and older. Varies the permissible frequency of such covered tests on the basis of a woman's age and her risk of developing breast cancer. Directs the Secretary to periodically review and revise permissible frequencies of such tests, and to establish standards which assure their safety and accuracy.
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.
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.
United States · United States Congress · 18 September 1989
Expresses the sense of the Congress that States should require health insurance providers to cover screening mammographies by January 1, 1991, in accordance with screening frequency guidelines established by the National Cancer Institute and equipment quality standards established by the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
United States · United States Congress · 14 September 1989
Includes service of at least one year but less than two years in the Cadet Nurse Corps during World War II as creditable service for purposes of civil service retirement. (Current law provides for individuals with two or more years of service.) Requires affected individuals to: (1) file an appropriate written application with the Office of Personnel Management within 14 months of enactment of this Act; and (2) make required deposits to the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund with respect to service in the Corps.
United States · United States Congress · 13 September 1989
Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require that Medicare coverage denial notices provided to nonparticipating physicians and their patients include an explanation of such denial.
United States · United States Congress · 12 September 1989
Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide reduced rates of interest under the Guaranteed Student Loan (Stafford Loan) program to individuals who enter the teaching profession.
United States · United States Congress · 6 September 1989
Drug Paraphernalia Control Act of 1989 - Establishes criminal penalties for the possession, sale, delivery, manufacture, or advertisement of drug paraphernalia. Defines "drug paraphernalia" and sets forth guidelines for determining whether an object falls within such definition. Provides for enhanced penalties for delivery of drug paraphernalia to a minor. Includes drug paraphernalia within the civil forfeiture provisions of the Controlled Substances Act. Directs the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to establish within the DEA a task force to monitor enforcement of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1989
Older Workers Benefit Protection Act - Amends the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA) to specify that it prohibits discrimination against older workers in all employee benefits except when age-based reductions in employee benefit plans are justified by significant cost considerations. Declares that, as used in ADEA, the phrase "compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment" encompasses all employee benefits, including those provided under a bona fide employee benefit plan. Requires that the actual amount of payment made or cost incurred on behalf of an older worker be no less than that made or incurred on behalf of a younger worker, for each benefit or benefit package, in order for an employee benefit plan not to violate ADEA. Places on the employer, employment agency, or labor organization the burden of proving, in any civil enforcement proceeding brought under ADEA, that specified actions are lawful. Requires a seniority system or employee benefit plan to comply with ADEA regardless of the date of adoption of such system or plan. Applies this Act to all actions or proceedings under ADEA that were brought after June 23, 1989, or that were pending on such date (which is the date on which the Supreme Court issued the decision in Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio v. Betts).
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1989
Adult Literacy and Employability Act of 1989 - Title I: Literacy Coordination - Establishes a Joint Presidential-Congressional Task Force on Adult Literacy. Requires the Task Force to report to the Council for Literacy Coordination established by this Act. Terminates the Task Force six months after its last member is appointed. Authorizes appropriations for the Task Force for FY 1990. Establishes the Cabinet Council for Literacy Coordination (the Council). Requires the Council to report annually to the Congress and the President. Authorizes appropriations for the Council for FY 1990 through 1993. Amends the Department of Education Organization Act to establish in the Department of Education an Office of Adult Literacy, to be administered by a Director of such Office. Requires the Director to: (1) coordinate the administration of literacy programs within the Department; and (2) work with the Cabinet Council for Literacy to coordinate related activities. Establishes the National Center for Adult Literacy as a nonprofit corporation which will not be an agency or establishment of the Federal Government. Divides the Center into a research institute, a technical assistance and training institute, and a policy analysis institute. Requires an annual report to the Congress. Authorizes appropriations for the Center for FY 1990 through 1994. Directs the Chairperson of the Council to make grants to States for a network of State or regional adult literacy resource centers. Authorizes appropriations for such grants for FY 1990 through 1992 and succeeding fiscal years. Requires each State that receives adult literacy assistance under an applicable Federal program to: (1) establish a State advisory board on literacy; and (2) submit a State literacy coordination plan. Requires the State Governor to report annually to the Council. Title II: Investment in Literacy - Amends the Adult Education Act (AEA) to increase and extend through FY 1995 the authorization of appropriations for AEA programs. Revises allotment provisions. Requires limitations on the use of funds to: (1) eliminate a cap on high school equivalency certificate programs; and (2) require that a specified amount be used to support adult education and literacy services provided by community-based organizations and nonprofit volunteer agencies. Includes among projects for which State must expand a portion of their AEA allotments: (1) development and expansion of innovative programs; and (2) support for statewide volunteer technical assistance activities. Eliminates certain maintenance of effort requirements. Authorizes the Chairperson of the Council to make matching challenge grants to State for investment in adult literacy instruction staff training and educational technology. Allows States, for purposes of matching such grants, to reserve specified portions of funds for FY 1990 through 1995 under specified Federal laws. Requires that States receiving such grants make available federally-assisted adult literacy program equipment, facilities, or training services, when not in program use or when surplus capacity exists, to other adult literacy programs (without charge or in certain circumstances at cost). Authorizes appropriations for such challenge grants for FY 1990 and succeeding fiscal years. Establishes a Literacy Leader Training Fund. Directs the Secretary of Education (the Secretary), through the Office of Adult Literacy, to make scholarship grants from the Fund to individuals pursuing careers in adult education, instruction, management, research, or innovation, for education or research to expand their expertise. Authorizes appropriations for such purposes for FY 1990 and succeeding fiscal years. Amends the Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA) to establish a library literacy demonstration program. Directs the Secretary to make grants to State and local public libraries for model innovative programs for delivery of adult literacy services, including development of technology-based centers. Requires that a peer review panel advise on grant criteria and application review, and that an expert in library literacy activities administer such program in the Department of Education. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1994 for such library literacy demonstration program. Extends through FY 1994 the authorization of appropriations for other LSCA library literacy programs. Title III: Family Literacy - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary to carry out through the Office of Adult Literacy the Secretary's functions under the Even Start program (which integrates early childhood education and adult education for parents). Title IV: Workplace Literacy - Amends the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) to provide for workplace literacy skills and programs. Revises State education coordination and grant programs to provide financial assistance for any State education, labor, or economic development agency (or consortia) to enhance provision of statewide workplace literacy training and education through cooperative agreements between appropriate agencies and organizations. Requires that at least 75 percent of funds for such activities be used to improve program quality by means such as application of learning technology, model program development, and investment in staff training and services targeted at participants lacking workplace skills. Revises general program requirements for the service delivery system to require private industry councils to give priority to participant placements with businesses and industries that have a workplace literacy program or are willing to develop one with other public and private agencies. Makes individuals lacking workplace literacy skills eligible for adult and youth training program services. Requires, beginning in program year 1990, that at least 40 percent of adult program participants in each service delivery area (SDA) be in need of and be offered basic training through an individual workplace literacy plan. Requires assessment and testing of each potential participant's workplace literacy skills and employment skills. Allows participants who have been placed in employment to continue workplace literacy training until they have achieved their goal or for at least two years, whichever is earlier. Requires SDAs to provide such training for such duration to participants who need and would benefit from it. Allows such training to include workplace literacy training and English-as-a-second-language. Requires such activities to be described in an individualized workplace literacy plan for each participant, including goals based on participant needs. Requires that eligible dislocated workers lacking workplace literacy be offered basic skills training for at least a two-year period from the date of entry into the program. Establishes a Workplace Literacy Demonstration Program. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to make grants for joint ventures of business, industry, or labor (or consortia) cooperating with State, County, or local governments or private industry councils (or consortia) to provide large-scale model development approaches to improving the basic workplace skills of the workforce. Requires the use of such funds for: (1) basic skills training; (2) specific program offerings; (3) assessments of individual and workplace skill needs; (4) program evaluations; and (5) technology-based learning environments. Sets forth matching requirements for grantees. Requires independent evaluation of such programs. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1995 for such programs.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1989
Title I: Combined Sewer and Storm Water System Overflow Control - Estuarine Zone and Marine Waters Combined Sewer Overflow Control Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to issue regulations setting forth permit requirements for discharges from combined storm water and sanitary sewer overflows into the estuarine zone and marine waters. Directs the Administrator, in determining the content of such regulations, to take into account; (1) the expected composition, frequency, and volume of each discharge; (2) the anticipated effect of each discharge on the environment, economy, and aesthetic and recreational values of the receiving waters; and (3) the need for a flexible approach in minimizing such discharges. Authorizes the Administrator to issue permits after 1999 for such discharges only if the permittee has taken reasonable efforts to eliminate dry weather discharges and to minimize wet weather discharges. Requires the Administrator to provide technical assistance to State and local governments issued permits under this Act. Directs permittees, as a condition for permit issuance or renewal, to budget and expend an amount of funds for: (1) identifying all discharges of overflows into the estuarine zone and marine waters; (2) implementing technology-based limitations of such discharges; and (3) eliminating such discharges. Waives such requirement if the Administrator determines that the permittee or the State in which such permittee is located has begun to implement a plan that will result in the cessation of dry weather discharges and minimization of wet weather discharges by the year 2000. Makes funds available to permittees to address water quality problems resulting from such discharges. Directs the Administrator to report to the Congress on: (1) the feasibility and cost of establishing a technological clearinghouse to make available to States and local governments information on, and assistance in, controlling and ceasing discharges of overflows from combined storm water and sanitary sewers into the estuarine zone and marine waters; and (2) the major components of discharges which contribute significantly to floating debris and debris which washes up on shores and ways to eliminate the introduction of such debris into combined storm water and sanitary sewer systems. Authorizes appropriations. Title II: National Estuary Program Amendment - National Estuary Program Amendment Act - Requires the Administrator to: (1) identify estuaries where overflow discharges from combined storm water and sanitary sewer systems constitute a major source of pollution; (2) urge that the management conference for each estuary develop a priority action plan to address such overflows; and (3) report to the Congress on the extent of such discharges and the anticipated Federal cost of addressing the problem. Title III: Marine Pollution Discharge Abatement - Marine Discharge Abatement Act - Prohibits the issuance or renewal of permits for pollutant discharges into estuaries, estuarine zones, the territorial sea, the waters of the contiguous zone, or the oceans unless: (1) the need for the discharge has been demonstrated by the applicant and the Administrator has determined there is no environmentally sound alternative; (2) the permittee establishes an on-going monitoring program for each discharge; and (3) the applicant agrees to include within the permit a provision to allow the Administrator to modify or terminate such permit if such action is in the public interest and necessary to prevent the degradation of such waters. Directs the Administrator and the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere to review existing guidelines and to promulgate guidelines necessary to prevent the degradation of such waters. Prohibits the waiver of such requirements for permit issuances or renewals.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1989
Science and Technological Literacy Act of 1989 - Requires the National Science Foundation (NSF) to establish a program for supporting the development and dissemination of new curricula for mathematics and science at the elementary and secondary levels, and for mathematics, science, and engineering education and technical training at the undergraduate level, including through grants. Requires the NSF to establish a program to support the development and dissemination of innovative technologies for science and technological literacy instruction and training of individuals for technological careers, including through grants and through revolving fund loans. Requires an entity receiving funds for development of curricula or instruction technologies to obtain support of at least equal value from non-Federal sources. Allows the NSF Director to reduce or waive this requirement for an entity receiving funds for the acquisition of innovative computer hardware or software in certain circumstances. Requires the Director to carry out an advanced technician training program under which associate-degree-granting colleges will provide training in technical competencies in strategic fields. Requires an emphasis on: (1) collaborative programs with local employers; and (2) attracting people who are in need of retraining to retain jobs or who are unemployed. Provides for: (1) grants to such colleges; (2) establishment of an inventory of advanced technician training programs; (3) appointment of a National Advisory Council on Advanced Technician Training; (4) an annual report by the Council to the NSF and directly to the Congress without review by the NSF or the Office of Management and Budget; and (5) other matters. Requires the Director to designate ten centers of excellence among associate-degree-granting colleges to serve as national and regional clearinghouses, five for the benefit of colleges striving to upgrade their technical programs, five for the benefit of colleges and secondary schools striving to upgrade mathematics and science courses. Requires the colleges to pledge operating resources to match the Federal grants. Requires the Director to make at least 20 grants annually to associate-degree-granting colleges to develop and strengthen partnerships in mathematics and science education with secondary schools in the community. Requires the colleges to pledge operating resources to match the Federal grants. Sets forth the permissible uses of funds appropriated to carry out the centers of excellence and the partnerships provisions of this Act. Authorizes appropriations for: (1) curricula revision and instruction technologies for FY 1990; and (2) technician training for FY 1990 through 1992.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1989
Tobacco-Free Schools Act of 1989 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to condition a local educational agency's eligibility to participate in specified Federal assistance programs upon: (1) its State having in effect a law prohibiting within the buildings and on the grounds of elementary and secondary schools both the sale of tobacco products and their use by students and others under 18 years of age during school hours and school-sponsored activities; and (2) its certifying that each of its elementary and secondary schools has such a tobacco sales and use prohibition policy. Provides for reallocation of funds in cases of ineligibility relating to such requirements.
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1989
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that, in the event further talks are held with the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO): (1) the top priority of the United States should be the prevention of terrorist and other violent activity by the PLO or its factions; and (2) the United States should obtain from the PLO a full accounting of specified violent activity which occurred after Yasser Arafat's commitment of December 14, 1988. Urges the Secretary of State to report to the House on such accounting.
United States · United States Congress · 28 July 1989
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) the Exxon Company should dedicate whatever resources are necessary and pay all expenses required to compensate affected parties expeditiously, mitigate impacts, and complete cleanup of Prince William Sound and other Alaska lands and waters damaged by the Exxon Valdez oilspill; (2) the scope and thoroughness of the cleanup should not be determined by Exxon, but by the U.S. Coast Guard; (3) if the cleanup has not been completed to the Coast Guard's satisfaction by September 15, 1989, Exxon should renew the cleanup in the spring, until the Coast Guard has determined that the cleanup is complete; and (4) Exxon should maintain a contingency force in affected Alaskan communities from September 15, 1989, until full-scale cleanup efforts renew in the spring.
United States · United States Congress · 27 July 1989
Commends the citizens of the Sioux City, Iowa, tri-State area for their heroism and volunteerism in providing assistance to the passengers and crew of crashed United Airlines Flight 232.
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