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United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1991
Authorizes and requests the President to designate the weeks beginning on November 24, 1991, and November 22, 1992, as National Family Week.
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1991
Demands that the Iraqi Government: (1) comply fully with specified United Nations Security Council resolutions concerning Iraq's aggression against Kuwait; (2) withdraw from Kuwait; and (3) be responsible for all financial losses resulting from the invasion. Commends the President for his actions in responding to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait and threat to the region. Supports U.N. Security Council Resolution 678 regarding the use of "all necessary means" to uphold and implement such other U.N. resolutions, should Iraq fail to withdraw from Kuwait on or before January 15, 1991.
United States · United States Congress · 23 October 1990
Designates the room numbered H-235 in the House of Representatives wing of the Capitol as the Lindy Claiborne Boggs Congressional Women's Reading Room.
United States · United States Congress · 17 October 1990
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should declare November 2, 1990, a national day of prayer for: (1) members of American military forces and American citizens stationed or held hostage in the Middle East, and for their families; and (2) American and Iraqi authorities to bring about a just resolution of the Persian Gulf crisis.
United States · United States Congress · 16 October 1990
Salutes and congratulates the people of Poland as they commemorate the 200th anniversary of the adoption of the Polish Constitution on May 3, 1991. Directs the Library of Congress to commemorate the anniversary with appropriate ceremonies.
United States · United States Congress · 26 September 1990
Authorizes the President, in order to protect health and safety of human life, to decrease the sequester amounts specified in the order issued August 25, 1990, under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act). Requires an increase in the sequester amount in other accounts, programs, projects, or activities to the extent amounts were decreased in such order.
United States · United States Congress · 24 September 1990
Designates March 25, 1991, as National Medal of Honor Day.
United States · United States Congress · 18 September 1990
Amends Federal law to redefine eligibility for membership in the American Legion.
United States · United States Congress · 13 September 1990
Revises provisions extending free mailing privileges to members of the armed forces to: (1) grant such privileges to members who are engaged in temporary military operations under arduous circumstances; and (2) include video-recorded communications as material subject to free delivery.
United States · United States Congress · 10 September 1990
Grants free mailing privileges to members of the armed forces who are engaged in temporary military operations under arduous circumstances.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1990
Designates the week of September 23, 1990, as Religious Freedom Week.
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1990
Financial Crimes Prosecution and Recovery Act of 1990 as Reported By the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives - Title I: Enhanced Criminal Penalties - Amends Federal criminal law to establish criminal penalties (including imprisonment) for the concealment of assets from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) (acting as conservator or receiver) and the Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC) acting as conservator or receiver. Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to prohibit certain felons convicted of dishonesty or breach of trust from controlling or participating in the affairs of a depository institution for a minimum ten-year period. Amends Federal criminal law to establish criminal penalties (including imprisonment) for obstructing any examination of a financial institution. Increases to 30 years (currently, 20 years) the maximum prison term for bank fraud and embezzlement. Establishes a ten-year statute of limitations for the prosecution of racketeering offenses involving financial institutions. Extends money laundering prohibitions to include funds from specified bank crimes. Directs the U.S. Sentencing Commission to promulgate guidelines for increased penalties for certain bank crime convictions in which the defendant derived more than $1,000,000 in gross receipts from the offense. Provides for restoration of forfeited property and for restitution to bank crime victims. Sets forth maximum criminal fines and minimum imprisonment terms for certain continuing financial crime enterprises (i.e., certain violations committed by at least four persons acting in concert). Title II: Protecting Assets from Wrongful Disposition - Authorizes the Attorney General to obtain a court order enjoining or restraining the alienation of disposition of property obtained as a result of a banking law violation. Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to set forth attachment procedures. Amends Federal bankruptcy law to provide that the trustee shall be deemed to have assumed a debtor's commitment to a Federal depository institution regulatory agency to maintain the capital of an insured depository institution (thus precluding the trustee from rejecting such commitment as an executory contract which can be avoided as a discharge in bankruptcy). Exempts a Federal depository institution regulatory agency acting as conservator for an insured depository institution from the requirement of proving reasonable reliance upon a false writing supplied by a debtor who is an institution-affiliated party. Prohibits a discharge in bankruptcy for debts resulting from the debtor's failure to fulfill a commitment to a Federal financial institution regulatory agency to maintain the capital of an insured depository institution. Exempts a Federal depository institution regulatory agency acting as conservator for an insured depository institution from the requirement of a timely nondischargeability request (including notice and hearing) when seeking to recover a debt relating to malfeasance. Declares that for specified cases of deceitful conduct, any institution-affiliated party of an insured depository institution (or credit union) shall be deemed to have been acting in a fiduciary capacity with respect to any debt owed to a Federal banking regulatory agency (thus making such debt nondischargeable in bankruptcy). Makes it a prerequisite of a bankruptcy reorganization plan that the debtor will: (1) maintain any commitment to a Federal banking regulatory agency to maintain the capital of an insured depository institution; and (2) continue to be obligated for any debt to such agency for failure to fulfill such commitment. Makes certain debts owed by an institution-affiliated party to an insured depository institution under Federal receivership nondischargeable under a consumer debt bankruptcy plan. Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to empower the FDIC (acting as conservator) to avoid fraudulent conveyances by a debtor institution-affiliated party. Prohibits an insured depository institution which does not meet minimum Federal capitalization requirements from making golden parachute payments, covered benefit payments, or certain payments in anticipation of insolvency to an institution-affiliated party without prior written Federal agency approval. Cites conditions under which insured depository institutions may make golden parachute payments and covered benefits payments with FDIC approval. Amends the Federal criminal code to revise civil and criminal forfeiture guidelines for: (1) property affecting a financial institution; and (2) fraudulent offenses involving the sale of assets held by Federal banking regulatory agencies. Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to prohibit certain convicted felony debtors whose default to an insured financial institution in receivership will cause substantial loss from acquiring any asset of the institution (except with respect to repayment). Title III: Improved Procedures for Handling Banking-Related Cases - Amends Federal criminal law to authorize wiretaps for bank fraud and related offenses. Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to set forth reciprocal assistance guidelines for foreign investigations by Federal banking agencies and investigations on behalf of foreign banking authorities. Amends the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 (FIRREA) to extend to ten years (currently, five years) the statute of limitations for commencing a civil action for Federal bank law violations. Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the National Credit Union Act to grant the FDIC, the RTC, and the NCUA subpoena authority. Title IV: Structural Reforms to Improve the Federal Response to Crimes Affecting Financial Institutions - Establishes within the Office of the Deputy Attorney General in the Department of Justice a Financial Institutions Fraud Unit, headed by a Special Counsel who shall report directly to the Deputy Attorney General. Terminates such Office five years after enactment of this Act. Empowers the Special Counsel to investigate and prosecute criminal activity involving the financial services industry. Directs the Attorney General to establish: (1) financial institutions fraud task forces; and (2) a senior interagency group to assist in identifying the most significant financial institution fraud cases, to allocate investigative and prosecutorial resources, and to expedite interagency coordination and prosecution of financial institutions fraud. Amends Federal criminal law to authorize the Secret Service (under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury) to detect and arrest persons who violate banking laws with respect to financial institutions and the Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC). Title V: Reporting Requirements - Directs the Attorney General to report quarterly to the Congress regarding financial institution crimes. Requires the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts to present annual statistical tables to the Congress on the business imposed on the Federal courts by the savings and loan crisis. Title VI: National Commission on Financial Institution Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement - Establishes the National Commission on Financial Institution Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement to make investigations and recommendations regarding specified aspects of the savings and loan crisis. Requires the Commission to submit a final report to the President and the Congress within one year after enactment of this Act. Terminates the Commission 30 days after the submission of such final report. Authorizes appropriations. Title VII: Authorizations - Amends the FIRREA to authorize appropriations to the Attorney General and the Federal Court System for bank crime cases.
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1990
Financial Crimes Prosecution and Recovery Act of 1990 - Title I: National Commission on Financial Crimes - Establishes the National Commission on Financial Crimes to investigate fraud and abuse in the financial services industry and to recommend procedures for improving interagency cooperation and tactics for law enforcement officers in the investigation and prosecution of financial crimes. Sets forth provisions with respect to the membership, powers, pay, reporting requirements, and termination of the Commission. Title II: Improvements in Administration of the Department of Justice - Directs the Attorney General to establish a financial crimes strike force in each Federal judicial district which is in the top quartile of such districts with respect to the total number of criminal referrals filed with the Attorney General by the appropriate Federal banking agencies relating to residents of, or persons located in, such district. Provides for local control of each such strike force, through the U.S. Attorney for such district, except as otherwise provided by the Attorney General. Sets forth provisions regarding pay for attorneys on financial crimes strike forces. Directs the Attorney General to: (1) establish a merit system to recognize and reward outstanding efforts of individuals engaged in the investigation and prosecution of financial crimes; (2) prohibit any U.S. attorney or any other attorney employed by the Department of Justice from taking into account the dollar amount of any loss incurred in connection with any financial crime in making a determination with respect to the investigation or prosecution of such crime; and (3) prescribe by regulation that the investigation of any referral from an appropriate Federal banking agency related to a financial crime involving an insured depository institution in default or in danger of default, or of any troubled institution, be given priority in case management. Amends the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 to make specified civil money penalties collected under such Act available to the Attorney General to carry out any provision of law. Amends the Federal criminal code to grant specified officials of the Federal Bureau of Investigation administrative subpoena authority regarding specified financial crimes. Sets forth provisions: (1) with respect to standards governing production of items subpoenaed; and (2) granting persons complying in good faith with a summons or order issued under this Act and producing the materials sought immunity from civil liability to the consumer for such production or nondisclosure of such production. Title III: Improvements in the Administration of the FDIC and the RTC - Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (FDIA) to grant subpoena authority to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC) as a conservator or receiver or for carrying out authority with respect to an insured depository institution. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to grant the FDIC and the RTC access to Internal Revenue Service returns and return information upon written requests by the respective Board of Directors and upon certification by the Board that it has a substantial need for such returns or return information. Amends the FDIA to authorize Federal banking agencies, in conducting any investigation, examination, or enforcement action under such Act, to: (1) request the assistance of any foreign banking authority; (2) maintain an office outside the United States for such purposes; (3) provide assistance to a foreign banking authority, upon request, if the requesting authority is conducting an investigation involving a violation of laws or regulations relating to banking matters that the requesting authority administers or enforces; and (4) conduct such an investigation as is necessary to collect information and evidence pertinent to such a request without regard to whether the facts stated in the request also constitute a violation of U.S. law. Authorizes the FDIC and the RTC, as conservator or receiver of any insured depository institution, to request the assistance of any foreign banking authority and provide assistance to any such authority in accordance with this Act. Requires the FDIC and the RTC to each maintain a permanent office to coordinate foreign investigations or investigations on behalf of foreign banking authorities. Authorizes the Board of Directors of the FDIC to act in its own name and through its own attorneys in any action or proceeding in which the FDIC is an interested party, whether in its corporate capacity or as conservator or receiver for any insured depository institution. Grants priority to the FDIC over certain claims or actions filed or begun against an affiliated party of the insured depository institution by depositors, creditors, or shareholders of the institution after enactment of this Act. Authorizes the FDIC, as conservator or receiver for any insured depository institution, to avoid any transfer of interest of an institution-affiliated party or any transfer of interest or obligation of person determined to be a debtor of the institution that was made within five years of appointment of the FDIC as conservator or receiver, if such party made such transfer or incurred such liability with intent to hinder, delay, or defraud the insured depository institution. Specifies circumstances under which the FDIC may recover the property transferred or the value of such property. Sets forth provisions regarding prejudgment attachments of assets where an institution-affiliated party may be required to provide restitution to the institution or where the party is a debtor of the institution, and where the assets will be dissipated or otherwise placed beyond the jurisdiction of the court or FDIC before any recovery may be completed unless a trustee is appointed. Establishes criminal penalties for knowingly concealing assets or property from the FDIC or the RTC as a conservator or receiver for any insured depository institution. Requires each Federal banking agency to require directors of depository institutions to complete an educational course on their duties as directors every three years. Authorizes a court or the Attorney General to direct disclosures of matters occurring before a grand jury during an investigation of a banking law violation to identified personnel of a financial institution regulatory agency upon a finding of substantial need, subject to specified conditions. Excludes the payment of restitution under specified Acts including the FDIA from discharge under bankruptcy provisions. Amends the Federal criminal code to subject to civil forfeiture property which constitutes or is derived from proceeds traceable to mail fraud, or fraud by wire, radio, or television, affecting a financial institution. Amends the FDIA, the Federal Credit Union Act, the Revised Statutes, the Federal Reserve Act, the Bank Holding Company Acts of 1956 and 1970, and the Home Owners' Loan Act to permit the appropriate Federal banking agency, the FDIC, or, in the case of the latter statute, the Director, to apply to specified courts to recover from a depository institution administrative costs arising out of actions taken to recover a civil penalty. Title IV: Taxpayer Recovery Act - Taxpayer Recovery Act of 1990 - Makes an exception to a discharge in bankruptcy for: (1) restitution that the debtor has been ordered to pay by a State or Federal court in any criminal proceeding arising from an act that caused a loss to any bank, savings association, or credit union (bank); or (2) damages provided in any judgment, order, or consent decree entered in any State or Federal court, or in any settlement agreement entered into by the debtor, arising from any act involving fraud or reckless disregard for the law committed with respect to any such institution. Requires that any individual acting as a director, officer, or institution-affiliated party of a bank be considered to be acting in a fiduciary capacity with respect to such institution for purposes of a provision making an exception to a discharge from bankruptcy involving fraud or defalcation while acting in such capacity. Specifies that reliance by a creditor will not be required to establish an exception to discharge if the creditor is a financial regulatory agency that is a successor to a bank. Sets forth time limits for the filing of a complaint objecting to the discharge of a debt owed to: (1) a bank that is closed, is in receivership or conservatorship, or is sold to another bank in a transaction assisted by a financial regulatory agency; or (2) such an agency. Specifies that an individual debtor who has committed an act involving fraud or reckless disregard for the law or is subsequently adjudicated to have committed such an act during the pendency of his bankruptcy proceeding with respect to any bank that is in receivership or conservatorship or that is sold to another bank assisted by a financial regulatory agency shall not be exempt from: (1) more than $7,500 in value of the debtor's aggregate interest in any real property that the debtor uses as a residence: and (2) the debtor's interest in any insurance policy or annuity.
United States · United States Congress · 11 June 1990
Designates October 20 through 28, 1990, as National Red Ribbon Week for a Drug-Free America.
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1990
Urges the President to instruct the Attorney General to appoint an independent counsel to investigate the involvement of Government officials in the savings and loan scandal.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1990
Designates June 3 through June 9, 1990, as Week for the National Observance of the 50th Anniversary of World War II.
United States · United States Congress · 17 May 1990
Transportation Employee Alcohol and Drug Testing Act of 1990 - Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to require the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to prescribe regulations which require air carriers and foreign air carriers to conduct preemployment, reasonable suspicion, random, periodic recurring, and post accident testing for illegal use of alcohol or controlled substance by airmen, crewmembers, airport security screening contract personnel, and other air carrier employees responsible for safety-sensitive functions. Requires the Administrator to require the suspension or revocation of any certificate issued to such an individual, or his or her dismissal, where the individual has used alcohol or a controlled substance in violation of Federal law or regulations. Prohibits such persons from using alcohol or a controlled substance in violation of Federal law or regulations and serving in their capacity as an air carrier employee. Prohibits violators from serving in such capacity unless they have completed a program of rehabilitation. Sets forth specified requirements for such rehabilitation programs. Amends the Federal Railroad Safety Act of 1970 to require the Secretary of Transportation (Secretary) to issue regulations which require railroads to conduct preemployment, reasonable suspicion, random, periodic recurring, and post accident testing of all railroad employees responsible for safety-sensitive functions for illegal use of alcohol or a controlled substance. Directs the Secretary to disqualify for an established period of time, or dismiss, a railroad employee found to have used or to have been impaired by alcohol while on duty, or a controlled substance whether or not on duty. Requires the Secretary to issue regulations for rehabilitation programs which provide for treatment for railroad employees responsible for safety-sensitive functions in need of assistance in resolving problems with the use of alcohol or a controlled substance. Amends the Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986 to require the Secretary to issue regulations which require motor carriers to conduct preemployment, reasonable suspicion, random, periodic recurring, and post accident testing of operaters of commercial motor vehicles for illegal use of alcohol or a controlled substance. Requires the Secretary to issue regulations for rehabilitation programs which provide treatment for operators of motor vehicles who have been found to have used alcohol or a controlled substance in violation of Federal law or regulations. Requires the Secretary to determine appropriate sanctions for violations of this Act. Amends the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 to require the Secretary to issue regulations which require recipients of assistance under this Act to conduct preemployment, reasonable suspicion, random, periodic recurring, and post accident testing of operators of mass transportation vehicles for use of alcohol or a controlled substance in violation of Federal law or regulations. Requires the Secretary to issue regulations for rehabilitation programs for treatment of operators of mass transportation vehicles who have been found to have illegally used alcohol or a controlled substance. Requires the Secretary to determine appropriate sanctions for violations of this Act. Directs the Secretary to design a pilot test program for the testing of operators of commercial motor vehicles on a random basis to determine whether an operator has illegally used alcohol or a controlled substance. Requires such program to be administered as part of the Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program. Provides that such program shall last for one year.
United States · United States Congress · 17 May 1990
Designates October 1990 as National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 1990
Federal Pay Reform Act of 1990 - Creates two new pay systems to replace the General Schedule. Establishes the Federal National Pay System (the NS Pay System) which shall have 11 grades designated NS-10 through NS-20 each with a range of rates of basic pay for positions currently classified at grades GS-5 through GS-15 for those classes of positions for which the Government recruits nationally, whose incumbents are usually college graduates, and which are generally professional or administrative in nature. Establishes the Federal Locality Pay System (the LS Pay System) which shall have 15 grades designated LS-1 through LS-15 each with a range of rates of basic pay in each pay area for positions currently classified at grades GS-1 through GS-15 for those classes of positions for which the Government recruits locally, whose incumbents are not usually college graduates, and which are generally clerical or technical in nature. States that it is the policy of the Government that pay for the NS and LS Pay Systems shall be based on the principles that: (1) NS and LS pay rates shall be competitive with the pay of employees in the non-Federal sector for the same levels of work; (2) pay for individual employees shall be tied to performance; (3) there shall be equal pay for substantially equal work under the NS Pay System and in each pay area under the LS Pay System as is currently required under the General Schedule; and (4) pay distinctions shall be maintained in keeping with work distinctions. Authorizes the President to establish minimum and maximum NS pay rates and to keep the overall percentage adjustments in LS pay rates below authorized levels when necessary because of a national emergency or serious economic conditions affecting the general welfare. Prohibits the maximum rate of basic pay from exceeding the minimum rate by more than 40 percent of the minimum rate payable for each range of rates of basic pay for each grade under such Systems. Prohibits the rates of basic pay for such Systems from exceeding the rate paid for level V of the Executive Schedule. Requires the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to determine under which such System each class of positions shall be placed to best meet the personnel management needs of the Government. Requires the position classification standards to specify under which System the positions were placed. Provides for the classification of positions exceeding NS-20 in difficulty and responsibility into one senior NS category. Authorizes OPM to: (1) require executive agencies to obtain its approval to classify a position above NS-20; or (2) impose numerical limitations on the number of positions exceeding NS-20 in each agency. Sets the minimum rate for the senior NS category at 120 percent of the minimum rate for NS-20 and the maximum rate at level V of the Executive Schedule. Makes the employees in this category eligible for the differentials, allowances and bonuses provided by this Act. Prohibits application of provisions regarding pay adjustment, pay rate setting, and merit increases to such employees. Excludes positions in the Senior Executive Service and the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Drug Enforcement Administration Senior Executive Service from such category. Directs the President to designate an executive branch official as the President's Pay Agent. Provides for annual adjustments by the President to the minimum and maximum rates of basic pay for each grade of the NS Pay System each January based on the recommendations of the President's Pay Agent determined from Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) surveys of non-Federal rates of pay for comparable work to insure the competitiveness of NS pay rates. Directs the President to report to the Congress: (1) when a national emergency or serious economic conditions affecting the general welfare require that pay be held below the comparability range (the range encompassing amounts ten percent above and below the non-Federal rates of pay reported by BLS surveys); and (2) his or her assessment of the impact of such decision on the Government's ability to recruit and retain well-qualified employees. Requires the Pay Agent to: (1) establish a National Employees Pay Council to consist of representatives of Federal employee unions granted consultation rights by OPM; (2) give thorough consideration to the views of the Council in making pay adjustment recommendations and to convene public hearings to obtain the views of interested parties on such recommendations; and (3) determine what rates within such comparability range would be appropriate to allow agencies to recruit and retain well-qualified employees based on certain factors including turnover and unemployment rates. Directs OPM to: (1) establish pay areas for employees under the LS Pay System based on such factors as local labor market patterns, communicating patterns, and practices of other employers; (2) request BLS surveys of non-Federal rates of pay in each pay area for work comparable to the work performed by such employees; (3) recommend to the Pay Agent the minimum and maximum rates of basic pay for each grade of the LS Pay System in each pay area; and (4) set pay for overseas LS employees. Provides for annual adjustments by the President under the same guidelines established for the NS Pay System. Establishes the Federal Labor-Management Committee to advise OPM in establishing pay areas, requesting surveys, and making recommendations to the Pay Agent. Directs OPM to put the new LS pay rates into effect each January. Provides for setting individual rates of basic pay under the NS and LS Pay Systems as is currently done for employees under the General Schedule except that new appointments above the minimum rate for certain individuals are permitted at all grades (currently they are restricted to GS-11 and above) with the approval of OPM only for appointments in an executive agency (currently all appointments except with respect to those by the Librarian of Congress must be approved by OPM). Sets forth guidelines for setting individual rates of basic pay for: (1) employees promoted or transferred to a position in a higher grade; (2) employees repromoted or transferred to a grade in which they formerly served; (3) certain legislative branch employees; (4) Defense Department overseas teachers; and (5) employees of county committees under provisions providing financial assistance to agricultural producers for carrying out conservation and environmental enhancement measures. Provides that any employee under the NS and LS Pay Systems whose most recent performance rating was at the fully successful level or higher shall, at the time of any annual adjustment by the President, receive a merit increase equal to the increase in the minimum rate of basic pay for the employee's grade under such adjustment. Prohibits such an increase in the rate of basic pay for any employee whose most recent performance rating was below the fully successful level. Grants authority to agency heads to provide an additional pay increase to employees rated at or above the fully successful level in an amount to be determined by the agency heads. Provides for additional pay increases under the LS Pay System to employees whose most recent performance rating was at the fully successful level or higher by an amount of not less than three percent of their rate of basic pay upon completion of: (1) each year of service in their current grade if their rate of basic pay immediately before such increase is in the bottom third of the range of rates of basic pay for the grade in the pay area; and (2) each two years of service in their current grade if their rate of basic pay immediately before such increase is above the bottom third of the range of basic pay for the grade in the pay area but less than the dollar amount that is midway between the minimum and maximum rates of basic pay for the grade in the pay area. Prohibits increases for such employees that increase their rate of basic pay above the dollar amount that is midway between the minimum and maximum rates of basic pay for their grade in the pay area. Permits any employee to request reconsideration of a denial of an additional pay increase or the amount of such an increase. Permits such reconsideration only by an employee in a higher position in the agency than the employee who made the initial decision. Prohibits further appeal of the failure to receive an additional pay increase or the amount of such an increase. Authorizes the President's Pay Agent to allow payment of geographical differentials of up to 25 percent of basic pay for employees under the NS Pay System in areas or localities where the Government would otherwise encounter difficulty in recruiting or retaining employees. Requires a geographic differential to be payable to each employee in the area or locality for which the differential is established. Authorizes the President to establish staffing differentials of up to 60 percent of basic pay for employees under the NS and LS Pay Systems in one or more locations or areas where the Government would otherwise encounter difficulty in recruiting or retaining employees. Authorizes OPM to pay supervisory differentials to supervisors under the NS and LS Pay Systems who are responsible for supervising employees not under their respective pay system if: (1) the midpoint of the range of rates of basic pay for subordinate employees is higher than the midpoint of the range of rates of basic pay for supervisors; and (2) one or more of such subordinate employees would, in the absence of such a differential, be paid more than a supervisor. Prohibits a supervisory differential from causing a supervisor's pay to exceed the pay of the highest paid subordinate employee by more than three percent. Authorizes OPM to permit agency heads to pay lump-sum bonuses of up to 25 percent of basic pay to newly appointed employees under the NS and LS Pay Systems or to an employee who must relocate to accept an NS or LS position if the agency would otherwise encounter difficulty in filling the position. Requires the employee to enter into an agreement to complete a specified period of service with the agency to receive such bonus. Requires the employee to repay the bonus on a pro rata basis upon failure to complete the specified period of such service. Authorizes OPM to permit agency heads to pay retention allowances of up to 25 percent of basic pay to employees under the NS and LS Pay Systems who would otherwise be likely to leave the agency and who have unusually high or unique qualifications or if a special need of the agency for the employee's services makes it essential to retain the employee. Authorizes the payment of performance-based cash awards of up to ten percent of basic pay, or in exceptional cases, up to 20 percent of basic pay, to employees under the NS and LS Pay Systems whose most recent performance rating was at the fully successful level or higher. Limits to level I of the Executive Schedule the aggregate amount of basic pay, differentials, bonuses, allowances, and performance-based cash awards employees under the NS and LS Pay Systems may receive in any calendar year. Revises provisions regarding prevailing rate determinations to: (1) require OPM to schedule full-scale wage surveys every three years and to schedule interim surveys to be conducted each year between consecutive full-scale wage surveys; and (2) lower by four percent of the percentage of the prevailing rate payable for each of the five steps for each grade of a regular wage schedule for nonsupervisory prevailing rate employees. Delays the effective date of wage increases for employees under the NS and LS Pay Systems to the 150th day following the date the wage survey is ordered to be made. Authorizes the President to direct OPM to limit the maximum adjustment to wage rates in any wage area during a calendar year if the President determines that equity with NS and LS employees so requires. Makes grade and pay retention provisions applicable to employees under the NS and LS Pay Systems in the same way they are applied to the General Schedule. Authorizes OPM to extend to NS and LS employees in positions involving health care responsibilities any provision regarding employees in the Veterans Health Services and Research Administration (HSRA) of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Establishes a new pay system for administrative law judges and judges of boards of contract appeals consisting of three or more rates of basic pay set by the President which may not be less than the minimum rate for NS-20 or more than the maximum rate for level IV of the Executive Schedule. Directs OPM to determine the rate of basic pay for each judge based on certain considerations. Changes the current limitation on pay fixed by administrative action by an executive agency head or military department head from the maximum rate for GS-18 to level V of the Executive Schedule. Authorizes the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to permit agency heads to set the rate of basic pay for no more than 400 positions critical to the agency's mission requiring high level scientific or professional expertise, up to 30 of which can be Executive Schedule positions, at a rate of basic pay that does not exceed level I of the Executive Schedule unless the President approves a higher rate. Requires OMB to allocate such positions among agencies. Authorizes OMB to: (1) change such allocations at any time; and (2) require agencies to obtain its approval before paying an employee in such a critical position. Authorizes the President to pay geographic, staffing and supervisory differentials, recruitment and relocation bonuses, and retention allowances to employees under other pay systems upon request by an executive agency head. Limits such payment to level I of the Executive Schedule. Bars judicial review of certain determinations entrusted to the President, the Pay Agent, OMB, and OPM under this Act. Increases the minimum rate for the Senior Executive Service (SES) from the minimum rate for GS-16 to no less than 120 percent of the minimum rate for NS-20. Provides for adjustments to the SES schedule by the President when either the NS Schedule or Executive Schedule is adjusted. Replaces the Performance Management and Recognition System with a new authority for the Pay Agent to establish special occupation pay systems for occupations or groups of occupations that the Pay Agent determines should not be under the NS or LS Pay Systems. Prohibits such System from providing for the waiver of any law that could not be waived as part of a demonstration project conducted by OPM. Limits basic pay under such a system to level V of the Executive Schedule, and total pay that includes any differentials, bonuses, and allowances to level I of the Executive Schedule. Authorizes OPM to permit agencies to grant employees time off duty without loss of pay or leave as an incentive award for superior accomplishment. Authorizes agencies to pay new employees up to two pay periods basic pay if they relocate to accept an appointment with the Government. Eliminates computation of overtime rates and wage-board overtime and Sunday rates under premium pay provisions for employees subject to the overtime pay provisions of the Fair Standards Act of 1938 but deems as overtime hours their hours of work in excess of eight hours in a day for purposes of that Act. Deems as hours of work their hours in a paid non-work status. Provides that hazardous duty differentials may apply to employees in positions inherently involving physical hardship or hazard only if OPM approves of such application. Allows certain employees of the Federal Aviation Administration and the Department of Defense performing emergency work to receive premium pay without regard to the limitation on such pay. Subjects such employees to an annual aggregate pay limitation equal to the maximum rate for NS-20. Authorizes the Director of OPM to waive on a case-by-case basis the application of provisions imposing financial penalties on reemployed civilian retirees under either the Civil Service or Federal Employees' Retirement System or military retirees in scientific, technical, professional, or administrative positions for which there is exceptional difficulty in recruiting or retaining qualified employees. Authorizes agencies to pay: (1) travel and transportation expenses to candidates for Federal employment for job interviews; and (2) travel expenses to new appointees and student trainees, regardless of the nature of their appointment. Increases the maximum uniform allowance from $125 per year to $400 per year and permits OPM to adjust the maximum amount by regulation. Requires OPM to determine the appropriate successor reference in the case of any references to the General Schedule or a grade or rate thereof in any provision of law whether or not amended by this Act. Amends the Foreign Service Act of 1980 to require the President to adjust the rates of basic pay for the Foreign Service Schedule by amounts consistent with adjustments for the NS Pay System. Requires the President to adjust the rates of basic pay for HSRA employees consistent with adjustments for the NS Pay System. Requires the President to determine adjustments in the rates of basic pay and allowances for members of the uniformed services. Limits such pay to level V of the Executive Schedule. Prohibits the reduction of any employee's rate of basic pay as a result of the enactment of this Act. Authorizes the President to establish geographic differentials of up to eight percent of basic pay for payment in January 1991 to employees in the consolidated metropolitan statistical areas of: (1) New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island; (2) San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose; and (3) Los Angeles-Anaheim-Riverside. Authorizes the President to establish staffing differentials equal to five percent of basic pay for payment in January of 1991 to employees whose positions are in grades GS-5 or GS-7 and in a class that is determined by OPM as likely to be under the NS Pay System. Requires this Act to become effective not later than January 1, 1995. Extends the physicians' comparability allowance program from September 30, 1990, to September 30, 1995. Prohibits any service under such program from extending beyond September 30, 1997. Provides that the rates of basic pay of the NS and LS Pay Systems shall take effect in January 1994. Requires the rates of basic pay for the NS Pay Schedule to be set under the pay adjustment process for the General Schedule for the last time in FY 1994 without corresponding adjustments for employees of the Foreign Service and HSRA. Requires the rates of basic pay for the LS Pay Schedule to be set under the new pay procedures in this Act. Requires the rates of basic pay for the Federal Wage System to be determined under the new prevailing rate provisions.
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1990
Judicial Taxation Prohibition Act - Amends the Federal judicial code to deny to inferior Federal courts jurisdiction to issue any remedy, order, writ, or other judicial decree requiring the Federal Government or any State or local government to impose any new tax or to increase any existing tax or tax rate.
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1990
Constitutional Amendment - Declares that the Congress and the States shall have power to prohibit the act of physical desecration of the U.S. flag and to set criminal penalties for such act.
United States · United States Congress · 24 April 1990
Authorizes and requests the President to designate May 26, 1990, to commemorate the bicentennial of "An Act for the government of the territory of the United States, south of the river Ohio" (from which Tennessee was formed).
United States · United States Congress · 19 April 1990
African Elephant Preservation Act of 1990 - Amends the African Elephant Conservation Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior, if China does not withdraw its reservation under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora with respect to listing the African elephant as an endangered species in which trade is strictly regulated, to: (1) certify that fact to the President; and (2) notify the House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries and the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. Deems such certification to be certification under the Fishermen's Protective Act of 1967. Requires the President, after receiving such certification, to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to prohibit the importation into the United States of fish and wildlife products from China until China has withdrawn the reservation.
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1990
Foreign Investment Policy Improvements Act - Requires the Secretary of Commerce to issue a report on foreign direct investment in the United States. Requires the General Accounting Office to submit to a specified congressional committee a report analyzing and making recommendations with respect to the Secretary's report. Requires the Bureau of Economic Analysis to use certain business information relating to foreign-owned businesses in the United States (ten percent or more of whose voting securities are owned by foreign persons) when implementing the International Investment and Trade in Services Survey Act. Requires the Bureau, in a specified report, to include information on international investment in property in the United States by foreign persons, with separate tables listing businesses (50 percent or more, and 50 percent or less, of whose voting securities are owned or controlled by foreign persons). Amends such Act to authorize and provide for the collection and use of information on direct investments owned or controlled directly or indirectly by foreign governments. Increases, and makes mandatory, the civil penalties for failure to provide information under such Act.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1990
Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to provide that the definition of "owner or operator" (for purposes of liability) does not include: (1) a designated lending institution which acquires control of a facility pursuant to the terms of a security interest held by the person in such facility or in connection with a lease subject to Federal or State banking authorities; (2) a corporate fiduciary which operates or has legal title to a facility pursuant to the terms of an estate or trust; (3) an individual or institution that serves as an indenture trustee and acquires control of a facility as the result of default on a financing document between the trustee and the issuing entity; and (4) an individual fiduciary who has legal title to a facility for purposes of administering an estate or trust.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1990
Language of Government Act of 1990 - Declares English to be the official language of the U.S. Government. States that the Government has an affirmative obligation to preserve and enhance the role of English as the official language. Prohibits anyone from being denied Government services because they communicate in English. Prohibits a Government entity from making or enforcing an official act requiring the use of a language other than English. Deems anyone discriminated against for communicating in English to have been discriminated against on the basis of national origin. Makes available to a person so discriminated against all lawful remedies available under the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1990
World War II 50th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act - Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States should recognize the 50th anniversary of World War II by minting and issuing commemorative coins. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to issue and mint such coins in five dollar, one dollar, and half dollar denominations. Mandates that surcharges received from the sale of such coins be deposited in a coinage profit fund and allocated, upon separate congressional authorization, to the American Battle Monuments Commission to establish a World War II memorial. Directs the Secretary to report semiannually to the Congress regarding implementation of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1990
Designates the week beginning July 22, 1990, as Lyme Disease Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1990
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit tax-exempt organizations to establish qualified cash or deferred arrangements for their employees.
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1990
Designates the month of May 1990 as National Physical Fitness and Sports Month.
United States · United States Congress · 13 March 1990
Designates the week of November 11 through 17, 1990, as Geography Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1990
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the 25th anniversary of the enactment of the Older Americans Act of 1965 and its successful implementation should be recognized; (2) contributions at all levels of the aging network should be acknowledged and commended; and (3) support for the Act and its primary goal should be reaffirmed.
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1990
Designates the week of June 24 through June 30, 1990, as National Sheriffs' Week in honor of the 50th anniversary of the National Sheriffs' Association.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1990
Repeals the provision of the Revenue Reconciliation Act of 1989 which requires the withholding of income tax from wages paid for agricultural labor. Requires the Internal Revenue Code to be applied as though such provision had not been enacted.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1990
Medicare Screening Benefit Improvement Act of 1990 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to cover screening mammographies for women age 35 and older at a frequency which varies on the basis of a woman's age and risk of developing breast cancer. Covers colon-rectal screening examinations for individuals age 50 and older at a frequency which varies on the basis of the screening procedure used. Finances such coverage by increasing the Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) premium.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1990
Grants a Federal charter to the Retired Enlisted Association, Incorporated.
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
Designates July 3, 1990, as Idaho Centennial Day.
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1990
Makes it unlawful to ship or transport any solid waste generated in a State into another State for treatment or disposal if such shipment or transportation is in violation of the laws of the recipient State. Authorizes States to enact and enforce laws regulating the treatment and disposition of solid waste, including laws regulating the importation of such wastes into States. Prescribes penalties for violations of this Act, including up to ten years' imprisonment for subsequent violations. Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, by regulation, to require persons transporting or shipping more than 100 pounds of solid waste in interstate commerce to submit annual registration statements. Directs the Administrator, upon request, to make such statements available to the public.
United States · United States Congress · 21 November 1989
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that States and State regulatory State regulatory commissions should: (1) encourage their utilities to compare all feasible supply- and demand-side alternatives, taking into consideration the impact upon all ratepayers of utility investments in those alternatives; (2) consider the loss of earnings potential associated with utility investments in demand-side resources; and (3) adjust their regulatory systems to ensure that a utility's least-cost investment alternative is its most profitable course of action.
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 · 13 November 1989
Designates the general mail facility located on Highway 49 in Gulfport, Mississippi, as the Larkin I. Smith General Mail Facility.
United States · United States Congress · 9 November 1989
Surveying and Mapping Cooperative Opportunity Act of 1989 - Establishes within the National Mapping Division of the Geological Survey the Surveying and Mapping Cooperative Opportunity Program for FY 1991 through 1994. Mandates that such Program apply to all surveying and mapping activities of the Division associated with measuring, locating, and preparing graphical or digital presentations depicting natural or manmade physical features, phenomena, and legal boundaries of the earth. Directs the Division to: (1) utilize private, for-profit firms for work performed by contract; (2) increase its percent of such activities performed under contract with such firms annually by specified amounts; and (3) comply with the Brooks Architect-Engineers Act for selection of such firms and provisions of the Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program Act of 1988 affecting surveying and mapping services in order to assure a fair distribution of contracts to firms of all sizes. Requires the performance of such contracts to be under the supervision of appropriate persons in private firms. Requires all mapping by the U.S. Government at a scale larger than 1:24,000 to be performed by such firms. Requires the Division to contract with private firms for any work requested by, or for which reimbursement is provided by, other entities. Prohibits the Division from entering into any contract for the: (1) utilization of persons other than Survey employees for any surveying and mapping service which requires the use of or performance at Government facilities; and (2) performance of surveying and mapping services for the Division with any entity other than a private firm. Waives such requirement and prohibition for work performed by the Division for the Department of Defense if the Secretary of Defense certifies to the Administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy that the use of contractors to perform such work would impair national security. Prohibits the Division from: (1) acquiring additional equipment, personnel, or facilities related to surveying and mapping activities except to the extent that they are necessary to carry out development on products and services that are not available from the private sector; and (2) conducting certain studies for such surveying and mapping activities. Directs the Division to make available to the public an inventory of such surveying and mapping activities annually. Directs the Division to submit a final report on such Program to the Congress within 90 days before the end of FY 1994.
United States · United States Congress · 9 November 1989
Truth-In-Giving Act of 1989 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require tax-exempt organizations to include fundraising information on information returns.
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 · 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
Welcomes the foreign postal representatives participating in the 20th Congress of the Universal Postal Union in Washington, D.C. Expresses hope that the efforts of this international conference will improve global communications in the next century.
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 · 19 October 1989
Declares it is in the interests of the United States to support efforts to protect South Pacific marine resources (including albacore tuna, porpoises, whales, seals and other marine mammals, birds, sea turtles, and fish) from the slaughter of driftnet fishing. Supports the Tarawa Declaration and the South Pacific Commission resolution calling for an immediate ban on driftnet fishing in the South Pacific. Urges the Secretary of State to work toward an international convention banning driftnet fishing in the South Pacific. Urges Japan and Taiwan to immediately cease the use of driftnets in international South Pacific waters.
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.