United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1990
Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 - Title I: National Standards Governing the Organic Production of Agricultural Products - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish: (1) a national organic production certification program; (2) a label for organically produced and handled agricultural products; (3) a national list of approved and prohibited substances to be included in the organic production standards; and (4) a certifying agent accreditation program. Authorizes State organic certification programs. Sets forth: (1) prohibited crop production practices and materials; (2) animal production practices and materials; (3) processing and marketing requirements; and (4) violations of this Act and related penalties. Authorizes appropriations. Title II: National Boards - Directs the Secretary to establish a National Organic Promotion, Research, and Consumer Education Program. Directs the Secretary to issue organic production and handling orders which shall: (1) establish the Initial Organic Delegate Body which shall elect the Initial National Organic Board and the Initial Organic Standards Board; and (2) provide for the election of the National Organic Assembly. Establishes: (1) an Initial National Organic Board; and (2) an Initial Organic Standards Board. Directs the National Organic Assembly to elect members to serve on the National Organic Board and the Organic Standards Board. Authorizes appropriations. Title III: Low Input Label Demonstration Program - Directs the Secretary to establish: (1) a National Low Input Label Demonstration Program; and (2) two experimental agricultural product labels for Program use. Authorizes appropriations. Title IV: National Laboratory Accreditation - Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish a National Laboratory Accreditation Program for laboratories that test for residues in agricultural products; and (2) establish minimum standards with regard to quality assurance, equipment, methodologies, and personnel. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1990
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to recalculate advance deficiency payment refunds to be made by producers of the 1988 or 1989 feed barley crops. Directs the Secretary to allow similar payments owed by 1988 or 1989 wheat, feed grain, rice, or upland cotton producers to be made in interest- and penalty-free installments.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1990
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey to Sunnyside Valley Irrigation District of Sunnyside, Washington, without consideration, all U.S. right, title, and interest, excluding oil, gas, and other mineral deposits, in specified lands in Sunnyside, Washington.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1990
Mickey Leland Memorial Domestic Hunger Relief Act - Title I: Reducing Childhood Hunger - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to revise and increase the excess shelter expense deduction for each fiscal year from FY 1991 through FY 1993. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to adjust the basic benefit level upwards by specified increments at the beginning of each fiscal year from FY 1991 through FY 1995 until it reaches 105 percent of the cost of the thrifty food plan. Directs the Secretary by regulation to provide for emergency allotments to eligible households to replace food lost in a disaster. Excludes from the computation of household income any State allowance (provided at least annually) for obtaining school clothes for children in school or child care. Provides for allotment increases to cover State or local sales taxes for participants in demonstration projects. Requires alternative systems for delivery or use of food stamp benefits to meet standards issued by the Secretary and, where household participation is not optional, to involve retail food stores serving minority populations, but only if necessary special equipment is operational at all registers. Provides food stamp coverage for prepared meals for homeless households. Permits State agencies to develop standard estimates of the shelter and related expenses which homeless households may reasonably be expected to incur in order to certify such households based on reported expenses not exceeding such an estimate. Title II: Promoting Self-Sufficiency - Excludes the first $50 a month received as child support from consideration as income in determining the food stamp allotments of households also receiving Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) benefits. Increases from $4,500 to $5,500 from January 1 through September 30, 1991, with annual cost-of-living adjustments to follow, the limit on the fair market value of vehicles that food stamp recipients may own. Directs the Secretary to conduct a sufficient number of demonstration projects to evaluate the effects of excluding from such vehicle calculation the value of: (1) any licensed vehicle used for certain income-producing, transportation, or shelter purposes; and (2) one licensed vehicle used for job-related or job-seeking purposes (including commuting), for pursuing education or training, or for securing food or food stamp benefits. Allows States to use their own agency-designed forms instead of forms approved by the Secretary. Directs State agencies to allow a household to select an adult parent of children in the household as its head where all adult household members agree to do so. Allows four States to give priority in the provision of services to voluntary participants (including both exempt and nonexempt), so long as performance standards are maintained. Authorizes an employment and training program to contain programs designed to increase the self-sufficiency of recipients through self-employment. Excludes from the computation of household financial resources any nonliquid resources necessary to allow the household to carry out an approved plan for self-sufficiency. Increases from $25 to $75 the limit for reimbursements to recipients for costs incurred in employment and training activities. Permits otherwise eligible persons who attend an institution of higher learning to receive food stamp benefits if he or she: (1) attends the institution as part of an employment and training program; or (2) is over 50, registered for employment, and subject to employment or training requirements. Revises the exclusion of educational expenses from the computation of household incomes. Excludes from the computation of household incomes housing assistance payments made to a third party on behalf of a household residing in transitional housing for the homeless. Title III: Simplifying Program Administration - Requires parents and children (regardless of age) who live together to apply for food stamps as a single household. Directs the Secretary to conduct five demonstration projects, in both rural and urban areas, under which households in which each member receives AFDC benefits shall receive monthly food stamp allotments following AFDC rules and procedures, without regard to the eligibility, benefit, and administrative rules of the food stamp program. Requires the Secretary to issue rules under which State agencies must develop standards for identifying (for exclusion as inaccessible resources) those kinds of resources the household is unlikely to sell for any significant return because its interest is so slight or the cost of selling would be so great. Provides that a food stamp office need not consider any resources that the AFDC or supplemental security income benefit programs have already determined to be exempt. Directs State agencies to require only one adult representative of a household to sign all declarations required in the application process on behalf of the household. Makes recipients of State or local general assistance programs categorically eligible for food stamps. Reduces from 30 to ten days the deadline for households convicted of food stamp fraud to decide how to repay their over issuances. Establishes a Commission on the Coordination of Family Support and Food Stamp Policies to report to the President and the Congress on AFDC and food stamp program policies, recommending how to eliminate barriers to participation in both programs. Authorizes appropriations. Title IV: Hunger in Rural America - Requires State agencies to designate rural project areas where low-income persons face substantial difficulties in getting transportation. Requires issuance of coupons by mail in such areas, except where households experience mail losses exceeding certain levels. Allows States to assist households with the food stamp application process. Directs the Secretary to exclude from financial resources the value of a vehicle a household depends upon to carry heating fuel or water for home use where it has no other access to fuel or water. Title V: Promoting Access for the Elderly and Disabled - Declares that State agencies, with respect to the excess medical deduction for the elderly and the disabled, shall not require further verification of a change in medical expenses if the change has been anticipated for the verification period. Requires annual adjustments to the value of the minimum food stamp benefit. Permits State agencies to establish a procedure allowing households whose regular food stamp benefits do not exceed $20 per month to receive up to $60 worth for intervals of up to three months. Requires that any applicant for or recipient of supplemental security income benefits be informed of the availability of food stamp benefits. Title VI: Program Administration by State Agencies - Prohibits the application of disallowances for erroneous issuances or similar actions to any State for a fiscal year before FY 1991. Directs the Secretary, by specified deadlines, to develop standards for initial approval of automated data processing and information retrieval systems for State agencies, as well as written procedures and standards for initial and continued approval reviews. Sets alternative deadlines for full operation of such systems, the later being September 30, 1993. Provides for waivers of ADC system requirements where their application would not significantly improve the efficiency of a State agency's administration. Title VII: Reauthorization of Programs - Reauthorizes through FY 1995: (1) the food stamp program; (2) the nutrition assistance program for Puerto Rico; (3) the temporary emergency food assistance program under the Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983; (4) the soup kitchen and food bank programs under the Hunger Prevention Act of 1988; (5) the commodity distribution and supplemental food programs under the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973; (6) the distribution of surplus commodities to special nutrition projects under the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981; and (7) the nutrition education program under the Food Security Act of 1985. Title VIII - Amends the Commodity Distribution Reform Act and WIC Amendments of 1987 to require biennial reports to the Congress on food bank projects. Amends the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 to establish a Commodity Supplemental Food Program for the Elderly. Amends the Hunger Prevention Act of 1988 to set forth the National Gleaning Clearinghouse Act of 1990. Establishes a National Gleaning Clearinghouse to share information on available, unused food that could be distributed through the emergency feeding network. Title IX: Effective Dates - Sets forth the effective dates of provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1990
Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act with regard to Farmers Home Administration loans to repeal the requirement that the Secretary of Agriculture sell inventory farmland to family farmers at a price reflective of the land's anticipated average income. Requires borrower good faith with regard to loan eligibility or farmland purchase. Authorizes the Secretary to consider all the assets of a borrower in calculating a restructured loan's value. Limits: (1) each borrower to one write-down; and (2) the total amount of any such write-down. Extends deadlines for loan service applications and application processing.
United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1990
International Voluntary Family Planning Assistance Act of 1990 - Authorizes appropriations for international population planning assistance. Earmarks a specified amount of such funds for the United Nations Population Fund if: (1) the Fund maintains such funds in a separate account, without commingling; (2) none of the funds are made available for China; and (3) any agreement to obligate such funds expressly states that the full amount granted by the agreement will be refunded to the United States if U.S. funds are used for family planning in China or abortions in any country. Prohibits any funds appropriated under this Act from being used for abortions.
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1990
Designates October 14, 1990, as Dwight D. Eisenhower Day, commemorating the 100th anniversary of Eisenhower's birth. Requests Members of Congress who are members of the Dwight David Eisenhower Centennial Commission to make arrangements for a joint meeting of the Congress in commemoration of the centennial of the birth of Dwight David Eisenhower.
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1990
Amends Federal law to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture, independently or in cooperation with a foreign government or international entity, to produce and sell sterile screwworms for foreign use if U.S. livestock and related industries will not be adversely affected. Adds to existing law the title "Animal Disease Control Cooperation Act of 1947."
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1990
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to grant duty-free treatment, through September 30, 1990, of the personal effects and equipment of participants, their families, and officials involved in the 1990 Goodwill Games in Washington State.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1990
National Forest-Dependent Rural Communities Economic Diversification Act of 1990 - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture, upon a rural community's request, to establish a rural forestry and economic diversification action team to develop a plan to promote economic diversification and enhance local economies dependent upon national forest resources. Authorizes the Secretary to make loans to economically disadvantaged rural communities for related purposes.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1990
Savings and Economic Growth Act of 1990 - Title I: Capital Gains Provisions - Subtitle A: Reduction in Capital Gains Tax - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce the capital gains rate for noncorporate taxpayers through a deduction of: (1) 30 percent for assets held at least three years; (2) 20 percent for assets held at least two years; and (3) ten percent for assets held at least one year. Provides for the treatment of collectibles as short-term gains or losses (making them ineligible for such deduction). Disallows the capital gains deduction in computing the alternative minimum tax. Subtitle B: Depreciation Recapture - Provides for the treatment of gain from the disposition of certain depreciable realty as ordinary income. Title II: Home Ownership and Savings Incentives - Allows an exemption from the ten-percent additional tax on early distributions from qualified retirement plans up to $10,000, if the distribution is used to make a first-home purchase at a cost of no more than 110 percent of the median home price in the geographic area where the residence is located. Allows an individual (other than a dependent) to establish a family savings account for the exclusive benefit of an individual and the individual's beneficiaries. Limits contributions to such accounts to $2,500 for the taxable year, if the individual's adjusted income does not exceed $60,000 ($120,000 in the case of joint returns). Subjects the family savings account to the tax imposed on unrelated business income of tax-exempt organizations. Provides that distributions paid out of such accounts shall not be included in gross income, except for earnings on contributions held less than seven years. Establishes a ten-percent additional tax on earnings on contributions held less than three years.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1990
Harvest of Peace Resolution - Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States should establish as a primary foreign and domestic policy objective the achievement of common security by: (1) negotiating agreements with the Soviet Union and urging other nations to reduce military forces and spending with the goal of halving worldwide military spending by the year 2000; (2) reducing military assistance and arms sales to developing nations; (3) encouraging the peaceful settlement of conflicts; (4) providing increased assistance to developing nations to overcome hunger and poverty, reduce debt burdens, promote human rights, ensure sustainable development, and protect the environment; (5) increasing support domestically for programs that address human needs; (6) helping defense industries and their employees convert to productive nondefense work; and (7) reducing the Federal deficit.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1990
Designates September 21, 1990, as National POW/MIA Recognition Day. Recognizes the National League of Families POW/MIA flag as the official symbol of the United States' commitment to resolving the fates of Americans still prisoner or missing in action in Southeast Asia.
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1990
Rape and Incest Victims' Choice Resolution - Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that Federal Medicaid (title XIX of the Social Security Act) funding should be available for the abortion of pregnancies resulting from rape or incest if such acts, considering the physical and mental state of the women involved, are reported promptly.
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1990
Provides for all Federal civilian and military retirees to receive the full cost-of-living adjustment in annuities payable under Federal retirement systems for FY 1991. (Includes benefits payable under the Civil Service Retirement and Disability System, military retirement and survivor benefit programs, the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System, the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and railroad retirement programs.)
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1990
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) it would be inequitable for Civil Service retirees to receive smaller cost-of-living adjustments to their pensions than Social Security retirement beneficiaries; and (2) any budget adopted by the Congress should provide for full cost-of-living adjustments for all individuals receiving a Federal retirement pension or benefit.
United States · United States Congress · 21 November 1989
Amends Federal law to authorize and request the President to designate May as Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month annually, beginning in 1990. (Current law designates a seven-day period beginning on May 4, 1979).
United States · United States Congress · 19 November 1989
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for the treatment of rental and nonrental real estate activities under the limitations on losses from passive activities.
United States · United States Congress · 17 November 1989
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.
United States · United States Congress · 17 November 1989
Urges the Congress to make it a priority to examine the contribution which magnetically levitated and propelled transportation could make to U.S. transportation and international competitiveness.
United States · United States Congress · 8 November 1989
Authorizes the President, on behalf of the Congress, to present a gold medal to Laurance Spelman Rockefeller in recognition of his leadership on behalf of natural resource conservation and historic preservation. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to provide for the sale of bronze duplicates of the medal.
United States · United States Congress · 7 November 1989
Directs the heads of Federal departments or agencies which hold or receive records and information which have or could possibly have been correlated to U.S. personnel listed as prisoners of war or missing in action in World War II and the Korean and Vietnam conflicts to publicly disclose such records and information, except where such disclosure would compromise national security. Requires the Department of Defense to publicly disclose a complete list of such personnel including those killed in action (body not returned) in such hostilities with each service member's current classification as well as any changes in such classification occurring during or after such hostilities.
United States · United States Congress · 2 November 1989
Benjamin Franklin Memorial Fire Service Bill of Rights Act - Title I: Minting of Benjamin Franklin National Memorial Commemorative Coin - Benjamin Franklin National Memorial Commemorative Coin Act - Provides for the sale of Benjamin Franklin commemorative coins at a surcharge of which 25 percent shall be paid to the Benjamin Franklin National Memorial and the remainder be distributed in specified percentages to the National Fire Center and Museum Account, the National Hero Scholarship Account, the Firefighter's Tuition Assistance Account, the Hazardous Materials Response Computer Account, the In Search of Excellence Research and Education Account, and the Burn Research Grant Account of the Firefighter Assistance Trust Fund (Fund). Prohibits the issuance of such coins from resulting in any net cost to the Federal government. Title II: Fire Service Bill of Rights - Fire Service Bill of Rights Act - Amends the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 to establish a fire service bill of rights. Establishes the National Fire Center and Museum in the District of Columbia to provide information about the fire service and safety to the public and fire services. Funds such museum exclusively through the Fund. Establishes a National Hero Scholarship to fund the higher education of the children or spouse of a deceased firefighter. Establishes a scholarship providing tuition assistance to firefighters for higher education in fire safety or protection. Authorizes the Administrator of the United States Fire Administration to use amounts in the In Search of Excellence Research and Education Account of the Fund to fund other specified programs under the Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974. Establishes the Firefighters Assistance Trust Fund. Places the National Academy for Fire Prevention and Control within the United States Fire Administration. Directs the Administrator to use funds from the Hazardous Materials Response Computer Account of the fund to procure computer equipment for fire services that want such equipment. Directs the Administrator to make a grant from the Burn Research Grant Account of the Fund to one national firefighter's burn foundation dedicated to reducing burn injuries. Requires the Administrator to prepare and make available to State fire marshals, upon request, a manual describing Federal procedures for disposing of surplus property and highlighting how fire services could obtain such property. Directs the Administrator to distribute to such marshals information on the infectious diseases to which firefighters are particularly vulnerable.
United States · United States Congress · 1 November 1989
Agriculture and Ground Water Policy Coordination Act - Title I: Ground Water Policy in the Department of Agriculture - Sets forth the groundwater policy of the Department of Agriculture (the Department) with respect to agrichemicals. Establishes the Office of Ground Water Policy Coordination (the Office) in the Department. Sets forth the duties of the Director of the Office (the Director). Establishes an interagency committee on groundwater policy in the Department. Requires the Director to establish technical advisory committees, as necessary. Requires the Director to formalize the existence of certain technical integration groups. Authorizes the Director to establish interagency technical support committees. Provides for the development and implementation of agricultural groundwater policy within the Department, including an agency-specific groundwater policy statement and implementation plan, a national agricultural groundwater plan, and an annual groundwater activities report. Authorizes appropriations. Title II: Coordination with State Programs - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (the Secretary) to require the establishment of State groundwater coordinator committees (the committees) within the food and agricultural councils. Directs the Secretary to establish, through the Extension Service, a groundwater supply quality coordinator (the coordinator) in each State extension service. Directs each State committee and coordinator to work with Federal, State, and other appropriate entities to: (1) evaluate the State's groundwater plan's adequacy in addressing agricultural sources of nonpoint source pollutants; (2) review the relevance of certain water quality protection projects to groundwater protection programs; (3) assess the identification and mapping of hydrologic units; and (4) assess the adequacy of the State's programs for addressing agricultural sources of groundwater contamination. Authorizes appropriations. Title III: Extension and Education - Directs the Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), to establish in or through the Extension Service national education programs on: (1) pesticides; (2) the use of plant nutrient materials; and (3) the management of water resources. Directs the Secretary, through the Extension Service and the Office, to establish a national training program for: (1) the groundwater quality coordinators; and (2) appropriate field office and Department personnel on groundwater protection. Directs the Secretary to establish in the Extension Service a national well water testing program. Authorizes appropriations. Title IV: Soil Conservation Service - Requires the Soil Conservation Service (SCS) to protect and improve groundwater quality through specified activities. Authorizes appropriations. Title V: Research - Directs the Secretary, through Department agencies and the Director, to conduct or assist research on specified topics relating to agriculture and groundwater. Requires each State coordinator to request representative Federal, State, and university scientists to work with the State committee and coordinator to establish a prioritized agriculture and groundwater research agenda for the State. Provides for coordination of such State agendas in establishing a prioritized research agenda for regional projects. Requires the Director to use regional reports in establishing a national agricultural groundwater plan, developing funding priorities in Department water quality research programs, and requesting certain research proposals. Authorizes appropriations. Title VI: National Agricultural and Ground Water Clearinghouse - Directs the Secretary, through the Director of the National Agricultural Library (the Library), to establish at the Library a repository of reports developed under this Act. Requires the Secretary, through the Director of the Library and in consultation with the Tennessee Valley Authority, to establish at the Library a data base on State programs and State laws relating to groundwater quality and agriculture. Requires the Director of the Library to collaborate with the Director of the Office, State coordinators, and Department agency administrators to develop a standardized format for the entry and description of State programs, activities, and results. Requires the Director of the Office to report to the Congress on measures necessary to develop a national data base on agricultural practices and groundwater resources to be located at the Library. Directs the Secretary, after the submission of such report to initiate the development of such data base. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 25 October 1989
Rural Economic Sustainability Act of 1989 - Amends the Rural Development Act of 1972 to provide assistance to rural counties to develop rural economic sustainability plans.
United States · United States Congress · 24 October 1989
Integrated Pest Management Research Act of 1989 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, through the Assistant Secretary for Science and Education, to establish an Office of Integrated Pest Management. Directs the Secretary to submit an integrated pest management report to the Congress. Authorizes FY 1991 through 1995 appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 23 October 1989
Federal Inspection for Seafood Healthfulness Act of 1989 - Amends the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to develop an inspection program for seafood and seafood products to protect the public from adulterated and misbranded products. Prohibits any establishment or vessel from processing seafood (any aquatic plant or animal capable of use as human food) unless registered under the program. Requires all seafood labeling to be approved by the Secretary prior to use. Provides for the inspection of establishments and vessels registered under the program and for condemnation of adulterated or misbranded seafood. Requires the Secretary, with the Secretary of Commerce, to establish a system to sample and test seafood and seafood products to identify geographical areas having significant quantities of products not in compliance with this Act. Imposes standards, inspection requirements, and sampling requirements on imported seafood and seafood products. Requires the Secretary to review, upon request, the seafood inspection program of countries desiring to export products to the United States. Sets U.S. seafood export standards. Directs the Secretary to encourage States to establish seafood inspection programs, providing Federal assistance for such programs. Prescribes prohibited acts relating to seafood processing, sale, and transport, imposing civil and criminal penalties for violations. Exempts carriers from penalties for delivery of adulterated or misbranded seafood and products unless certain knowledge and other requirements are met. Exempts from this Act establishments and vessels processing seafood not intended for use as human food, intended for personal use, for certain restaurant processing, and vessels that do not process seafood by certain methods. Directs the implementation of a national program for seafood safety education. Authorizes appropriations. Requires reports to the Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 12 October 1989
Forest Stewardship Assistance Act of 1989 - Amends the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a Forest Stewardship Assistance Program to encourage the long-term stewardship of nonindustrial private forest lands by assisting owners to manage their forest and related resources. Authorizes FY 1990 through 1994 appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 5 October 1989
Amends the Federal criminal code to define as "property of the United States," for purposes of Federal provisions setting penalties for damaging Government property and for soliciting others to commit crimes of violence against such property, any property that belongs to, or is lawfully under the control of, any person, business organization, or other entity engaged in the furtherance of a commercial venture while: (1) such property is being used in or on Federal property; and (2) such person, business organization, or entity is engaged in a lawful activity upon such Federal land by virtue of a commercial contract, lease, or otherwise with the express permission of the Federal entity having control over such Federal land, with exceptions.
United States · United States Congress · 5 October 1989
District of Columbia Demand Reduction Effectiveness Demonstration Act of 1989 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make a grant providing payments over five years to an organization for the establishment and operation of a comprehensive drug and alcohol addiction treatment (CDAAT) program for District of Columbia residents. Requires that no less than 50 percent of the individuals receiving CDAAT services be individuals whose family income does not exceed 200 percent of the Federal poverty level and that any charges imposed on a service recipient for addiction treatment be based on his or her ability to pay for such treatment. Directs the CDAAT organization to enter into an agreement with an assessment and case management organization, treatment providers, and a treatment evaluation unit for the conduct of the program in accordance with specified requirements, including the requirement that evaluation units compile information on program participants and the treatment they receive for transmittal to the CDAAT organization and the Secretary. Sets the Federal share of the CDAAT organization's unrecovered CDAAT program costs at two-thirds of such costs, with the District of Columbia covering the remainder of such costs. Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary and the District of Columbia for the program. Determines the allowable costs of the CDAAT program pursuant to a prospective payment system in the program's final three years. Makes the provisions of the Public Health Service Act relating to patient confidentiality and disclosure of records applicable to the CDAAT program. Directs the CDAAT organization to annually compile and submit information to the Secretary on CDAAT program effectiveness. Directs the Secretary to contract with an institution of higher education in the District of Columbia for the conduct of a study of the clinical and cost effectiveness of the CDAAT program's various drug and alcohol addiction treatment methods and services. Requires such institution to report to the Secretary within one year after this Act's enactment on study results and annually update such report using information submitted to the Secretary by the CDAAT organization on program effectiveness.
United States · United States Congress · 2 October 1989
Safe Transportation of Food Act - Prohibits any person from: (1) using a refrigerated motor vehicle in the transportation of solid waste; or (2) using a cargo tank that has been used in the transport of hazardous materials for the transportation of food. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to waive such prohibition if such waiver is not contrary to the public interest. Requires the Secretary to study measures that will provide for the safe transportation of food and hazardous materials. Directs the Secretary to submit to the Congress a report containing results of such study. Sets forth both civil and criminal penalties. Empowers the Attorney General, at the Secretary's request, to bring action in U.S. district court for equitable relief to redress any violation of this Act or any regulations issued under it.
United States · United States Congress · 27 September 1989
Designates November 11, 1989, as Washington Centennial Day in recognition of the economic, social, and historic contributions of the State of Washington to the United States over the past century.
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.
United States · United States Congress · 20 September 1989
Amends the Education Amendments of 1980 to extend through FY 1993 the authorization of appropriations for the Robert A. Taft Institute of Government in New York, New York.
United States · United States Congress · 19 September 1989
Food Safety Assurance Act of 1989 - Title I: Cancellation and Suspension - Amends provisions of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) relating to cancellation and changes in classification or other terms or conditions of registration with respect to the authority of the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Requires that a rulemaking under such provisions be based on a validated test or other significant evidence raising prudent concerns of unreasonable adverse effects to man or to the environment. Sets forth procedural requirements for such a rulemaking. Provides for amendment of a rule and for judicial review. Allows the Administrator, in the case of a suspension, to waive certain requirements. Allows the Administrator to elect to proceed with a special review proceeding or a public interim administrative review proceeding, if published before January 1, 1990, under the law in effect before enactment of this Act. Requires the Administrator to reassess each tolerance and exemption from the requirement for a tolerance at certain times in connection with reregistration of pesticides. Establishes the Science Review Board to assist the Scientific Advisory Panel in reviews conducted by the Panel. Revises procedures applicable after denial of an application for registration. Allows the Administrator to deny an application for registration because it does not comply with the requirements of a rule issued under provisions of this Act. Repeals provisions regulating the authority of the Administrator to initiate a public interim administrative review process. Declares a decision made after a hearing in certain circumstances during phase three of reregistration to be final. Amends provisions regulating: (1) review by district courts of suspension of registrations; and (2) public hearings. Title II: Data Collection - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to collect by surveys on a biennial basis pesticide use data of State-level significance for all the major crops and crops of dietary significance. Authorizes appropriations. Amends the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 to add to the responsibilities of the Secretary of Agriculture that of establishing, with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), a committee to oversee coordination between the Department of Agriculture's conservation, commodity, research, and education programs and the EPA's pesticide regulatory activities. Requires the interagency coordinating committee to: (1) develop and oversee integrated pest management research and education initiatives targeted toward principal pests of crops, with an emphasis on crops which constitute significant human dietary exposure to pesticide residues and for which few pesticide alternatives exist; and (2) advise the Administrator regarding ways to take into account, in registration, reregistration, and cancellation actions, the implications of the emergency or severity of genetic resistance in pests to pesticides, or the viability and profitability of integrated pest management systems. Authorizes appropriations. Adds to the list of high priority research, for the purpose of grants by the Secretary of Agriculture under existing provisions, research to develop and refine integrated pest management techniques and other nonchemical or reduced chemical control technologies targeted toward crop pests, particularly those pests and crops which require applications of pesticides that may pose greater than a negligible risk to man or the environment. Title III: Authorizations - Increases the amount authorized to be appropriated to carry out the FIFRA for FY 1990 and 1991, earmarking the increased authorization for the implementation of regulations relating to certain ingredients in pesticide products. Title IV: Amendments to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA) to define, subject to exception, "pesticide chemical" as it is defined in the FIFRA. Adds to the list of prohibited acts under the FDCA violation of provisions relating to confidentiality of data, as amended by this Act. Deems a food adulterated if it bears or contains: (1) a pesticide chemical residue that is unsafe; or (2) a new animal drug, or conversion product thereof, that is unsafe. Sets forth requirements relating to tolerances and exemptions from the requirement of a tolerance for pesticide chemical residues in food, including residues of degradation products. Prohibits establishment of a tolerance higher than a level the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency determines is adequate to protect the public health. Sets forth the factors the Administrator must consider. Allows a greater than negligible dietary risk if: (1) use protects from greater adverse health effects to humans or the environment; (2) use avoids greater risks from another pesticide; or (3) the unavailability of the pesticide would reduce the availability of an adequate, wholesome, and economical domestic supply of the food, and the adverse effects from the reduction would outweigh the risk posed by the residue. Allows the Administrator to issue an exemption from the requirement for a tolerance only if the Administrator determines that a tolerance is not needed to protect the public health, in view of the levels of dietary exposure that could reasonably be expected to occur. Sets forth the factors the Administrator must consider. Sets forth procedures and requirements in connection with: (1) petitions for tolerances or exemptions; (2) certain actions authorized on the Administrator's own initiative; (3) the required submission of additional data to support the continuation of a tolerance or exemption; and (4) confidentiality of data submitted to the Administrator. Provides for continuation of previously issued regulations. Sets forth transitional provisions. Prohibits a final rule that revokes, modifies, or suspends a tolerance or exemption until the Administrator has taken any necessary action under the FIFRA with respect to the registration of the pesticide involved. Requires the Administrator, if the Administrator takes certain actions with respect to the registration of a pesticide, to revoke any tolerance or exemption that allows the presence of the chemical or chemical residue. Requires the suspension of any tolerance or exemption upon the suspension of the use of an associated registered pesticide. Provides for: (1) tolerances for unavoidable residues in the case of a residue of a canceled or suspended pesticide chemical that will unavoidably persist in the environment and thereby be present in or on a food; and (2) residues resulting from an application which was lawful at the time of the application. Directs the Administrator to require the payment of fees sufficient for the Administrator's functions under these provisions. Prohibits, subject to exception, a State from establishing or enforcing any limit on a qualifying pesticide chemical residue in or on any food which is not identical to Federal requirements. Prohibits a State from enforcing a residue limit which was lawful at the time of application. Authorizes appropriations for increased monitoring by the Secretary of Health and Human Services of pesticide residues in imported and domestic food.
United States · United States Congress · 14 September 1989
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make funds from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund available for the essential air transportation program under the Federal Aviation Act of 1958. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to enter into contracts and agreements to provide essential air services prior to September 30, 1998.
United States · United States Congress · 13 September 1989
Farm Animal and Research Facilities Protection Act of 1989 - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to make it unlawful to disrupt or damage a farm animal facility, its animals, or property. Sets forth penalties for violations of this Act. Allows the Secretary of Agriculture to investigate such offenses. Grants U.S. district courts jurisdiction in such cases. Provides for a private right of action.
United States · United States Congress · 12 September 1989
Designates October 27, 1989, as National Hostage Awareness Day in recognition of the 42d birthday of Terry Anderson and his fifth year in captivity. States that efforts should be made to have such date declared International Hostage Day by the United Nations. States that all Federal and international agencies should increase efforts to secure the release of the remaining hostages in Lebanon. Calls for prayer on such date for the release of all U.S. and foreign hostages in Lebanon.
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