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Resolution· HRESH.Res. 188 (101st)open

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the flag of the United States.

United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1989

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to its concern over the Supreme Court's decision in Texas v. Johnson and its commitment to preserving the honor and integrity of the flag. Condemns all actions intended to desecrate the flag. Urges the American people to continue to display proudly the U.S. flag.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 189 (101st)passed

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that individuals throughout the United States should observe Independence Day, July 4, 1989, as "Take Pride in the Flag Day".

United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1989

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that individuals throughout the United States should observe Independence Day, July 4, 1989, as Take Pride in the Flag Day to celebrate the 213th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence and the 201st anniversary of the ratification of the U.S. Constitution.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 186 (101st)passed

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the flag of the United States.

United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1989

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to its concern over the Supreme Court's decision in Texas v. Johnson and its commitment to preserving the honor and integrity of the flag. Condemns all actions intended to desecrate the flag. Urges the American people to continue to display proudly the U.S. flag.

Law· HRH.R. 2727 (101st)enacted

Court of Veterans Appeals Judges Retirement Act

United States · United States Congress · 22 June 1989

Court of Veterans Appeals Judges Retirement Act - Title I: Judges Retirement and Survivor Annuity Program - Amends Federal veterans' benefits provisions concerning the U.S. Court of Veterans Appeals (Court) to outline the age and service requirements for full retirement benefits. Requires a judge who is unable to perform the duties of office due to permanent disability to retire. Provides that a judge serving for less than ten years who retires due to permanent disability shall receive retired pay of one-half of the rate of pay in effect at retirement. Requires an election to retire under such retirement provisions to be made while the judge is still an active judge. Prohibits revocation of such an election after the retired pay begins to accrue. Requires such election to be in writing and sent to the chief judge or, in the case of the chief judge, to the Director of the Office of Personnel Management. Outlines provisions concerning: (1) forfeiture of rights to retired pay while accepting employment with the United States; (2) the lack of an annuity payable under civil service retirement laws, as well as the lack of a deduction from retired pay for the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund; and (3) notice to the President in writing when a judge is unable to perform the duties of office due to a permanent disability. Allows an individual who has elected to receive retired pay under these provisions to revoke such election at any time before the first day on which retired pay would begin to accrue. Requires notice of such revocation to be in writing and sent to the Director of OPM. Outlines the ramifications of such revocation (basically, reinclusion under Federal civil service retirement provisions). Requires the Director of OPM to begin withholding one percent of the salary of a judge under this Act after proper notice of the election to receive retirement coverage under this Act. Requires withheld amounts to be credited to the Court of Veterans Appeals Judges Retirement Fund. Allows a judge to deposit into such Fund amounts for up to 15 years of service prior to the date on which contributions may be made under this Act. Authorizes a judge to become a participant in the annuity program by filing a written notice of such election under this Act while in office in a manner prescribed by the Court. Provides for a deduction of 3.5 percent of the judge's pay to provide coverage for the annuity. Requires amounts so withheld to be deposited into the Fund. Requires a judge to deposit into the Fund, for annuity coverage, 3.5 percent of the judge's pay or other compensation for service as a Member of Congress or any other civilian Federal service. Allows such payments for prior years of service to be made in installments. Provides that if the service of a judge who makes an election to be covered under the annuity provisions is terminated, or if any judge ceases to be married after making the election and revokes the election, the amount in the judge's individual account shall be returned to the judge. Allows an annuity to be paid to the surviving spouse and dependent child of a judge under this Act if the judge dies after having rendered at least five years of civilian service and has made payments into the Fund for at least five years. Terminates the annuity to the surviving spouse upon his or her death or remarriage before age 55. Terminates the annuity payable to the child at the child's death. Recomputes the annuity payable to the child at the child's death. Recomputes the annuity payable to a dependent child after the death of a surviving spouse and after the death of another dependent child. Terminates any annuity payments if a judge making an election to be covered for annuity purposes dies before having rendered at least five years of civilian service or dies without a survivor entitled to such benefits. Provides, in such case, that the full amount of deposits made by the judge before his or her death, plus interest, shall be returned to the persons surviving on the date that title to the payment arises, in a specified order of priority. Provides for payment of the unpaid remaining annuity of a survivor or dependent upon the termination (other than by death) of the annuity of any individual based upon the service of a judge, in a specified order of preference. Provides for alternative measures to be taken for the payment of annuities to minors or mentally incompetent persons. Outlines administrative provisions concerning the time and amounts of annuity payments (determined on the basis of a judge's average annual pay). Requires the years of service for determining the amount of a surviving spouse's annuity rights to include years of service as a judge of the Court, as a Member of Congress, and as a member of the armed forces (within a specified limit) and any other Federal civilian service. Requires a judge making an election to provide an annuity under this Act to waive all benefits under the civil service retirement laws. Requires annuity payments to be increased whenever a judge's salary is increased as long as the deceased judge rendered some portion of his or her final 18 months as a judge of the Court. Establishes in the Treasury the Court of Veterans Appeals Retirement Fund. Requires the chief judge of the Court to submit to the President an annual estimate of the expenditures and appropriations necessary for maintenance and operation of the Fund. Provides for periodic examinations of the Fund by an actuary. Requires deposits into the Fund as necessary to reduce to zero its unfunded liability. Title II: Provisions Relating to Establishment of Court of Veterans Appeals - Directs the Secretary to transfer to the Court such funds as the chief judge of the Court certifies to be required for the initial startup and operational costs of the Court, until funds for the operation of the Court are first appropriated. Requires that, upon appropriation, the chief judge must reimburse the Secretary the total sum transferred to the Court. Provides for facilities for the Court to be provided through the Administrator of General Services. Extends the date by which an appeal must be filed with the Court with regard to Board of Veterans Appeals decisions made before the Court commences operations. Provides for interim rules and employment authority of the Court. Title III: Technical Corrections - Makes technical corrections to current Federal law concerning the Board of Veterans Appeals. Title IV: Miscellaneous Provisions - Excludes certain noncareer appointments and competitive service-excepted positions in the Department of Veterans Affairs from a requirement prohibiting political affiliation or activity from being taken into account in connection with the appointment of personnel to certain positions. Provides for an acting chief judge of the Court in the event of a vacancy. Authorizes the Court to procure the services of experts and consultants.

Bill· HRH.R. 2724 (101st)referred

Commission on the Federal Taxation of Savings and Investment Act

United States · United States Congress · 22 June 1989

Commission on the Federal Taxation of Savings and Investment Act - Establishes the Commission on the Federal Taxation of Savings and Investment to determine the impact of such taxation on the strength of the economy.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 318 (101st)open

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States authorizing the Congress and the States to prohibit the acts of physical abuse, destruction, and desecration of the flag of the United States.

United States · United States Congress · 22 June 1989

Constitutional Amendment - Declares that the Congress and the States shall have power to prohibit, and to establish criminal penalties for, acts of physical abuse, destruction, and desecration of the U.S. flag.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 304 (101st)open

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States with respect to burning the flag of the United States.

United States · United States Congress · 22 June 1989

Constitutional Amendment - Declares that: (1) the misuse or desecration of the symbol, emblem, seal, or flag of the United States or of the several States is not protected speech under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution; and (2) the Congress and the legislatures of the several States shall have power to enforce the Article proposed by this Joint Resolution.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 185 (101st)open

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Constitution of the United States allows for a prohibition against acts of desecration against the flag of the United States.

United States · United States Congress · 22 June 1989

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) the reasoning in the Supreme Court decision in Texas v. Johnson was incorrect; (2) the U.S. flag is unique and deserves to be treated with respect; and (3) it is a misinterpretation of the Constitution to suggest that the Congress or the States do not have the power to prohibit the desecration of the U.S. flag.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 184 (101st)open

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Supreme Court decision to overturn statutes that protect the flag from desecration is without merit and, the flag, as a symbol of institutions and traditions that protect basic rights, must be protected from any attempt to mutilate, damage, destroy, or desecrate it in any manner.

United States · United States Congress · 22 June 1989

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the Supreme Court decision to overturn statutes that protect the flag from desecration is without merit and the flag must be protected from any attempt to mutilate, damage, destroy, or desecrate it in any manner.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 157 (101st)referred

Calling for a flexible freeze budget for the concurrent resolution on the budget of the United States Government for fiscal year 1991.

United States · United States Congress · 22 June 1989

Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the concurrent budget resolution for FY 1991 should use a flexible freeze on spending in lieu of new taxes; and (2) the freeze should be similar to that proposed for the FY 1990 budget, which allows some programs to be increased while others are reduced.

Bill· HRH.R. 2712 (101st)open

Emergency Chinese Immigration Relief Act of 1989

United States · United States Congress · 21 June 1989

Emergency Chinese Adjustment of Status Facilitation Act of 1989 - Waives the two-year home country residence requirement for nationals of the People's Republic of China in the United States on a student (J) visa. Continues the legal status of nonimmigrant nationals of the People's Republic of China in the United States for adjustment or change of status purposes.

Bill· HRH.R. 2703 (101st)referred

Spending Control Enhancement Act of 1989

United States · United States Congress · 21 June 1989

Spending Control Enhancement Act of 1989 - Adds a title to the Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to authorize the President to rescind all or part of any budget authority provided in an appropriations bill by notifying the Congress of the rescission by a special message within ten calendar days after enactment of the Act in question. Makes such rescission effective unless the Congress, within ten days after receiving the special message, completes action on a bill disapproving the proposal. Describes: (1) information to be included in the President's message; and (2) procedures to govern consideration of rescission disapproval legislation in the Senate and the House of Representatives.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 178 (101st)referred

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should instruct the United States Executive Directors of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the Asian Development Bank to oppose the making of loans or the extension of any financial or technical assistance to the People's Republic of China in accordance with section 701 of the International Financial Institutions Act.

United States · United States Congress · 20 June 1989

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should: (1) instruct the U.S. Executive Directors of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the Asian Development Bank to oppose the making of any loan, or the extension of any financial or technical assistance, to the People's Republic of China; and (2) consider China to be engaged in a consistent pattern of gross violations of internationally recognized human rights for purposes of the International Financial Institutions Act until the President determines that the repression and reprisals against persons in connection with the prodemocracy demonstrations have ended.

Bill· HRH.R. 2620 (101st)referred

Turtle Protection Parity Act of 1989

United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1989

Turtle Protection Parity Act of 1989 - Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to prohibit the importation of shrimp: (1) from any country which does not require the use of turtle excluder devices by its shrimp fishing vessels in designated waters; or (2) which were harvested in designated waters by a vessel which did not use nets equipped with turtle excluder devices. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to: (1) designate, and publish a list of, those waters which constitute any part of the geographic range of sea turtles which are listed under such act as an endangered or threatened species; (2) publish and periodically update a list of each country which requires use of turtle excluder devices by its shrimp fishing vessels in designated waters; and (3) carry out provisions of this Act within three years after enactment. Delays the effective date of certain regulations issued by the Secretary on June 29, 1987, relating to sea turtle conservation until three years after enactment of this Act.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 152 (101st)referred

Expressing the grave concern of the Congress regarding human rights violations in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1989

Expresses congressional concern regarding the actions of the Government of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia for repeated human rights violations and the brutal handling of the crisis in the Socialist Autonomous Province of Kosovo. Urges the Yugoslav Government to assure that further violence does not occur and assure protection of the rights of the Albanian minority in Yugoslavia. Calls upon: (1) the President and the Department of State to continue to monitor closely human rights conditions in Yugoslavia; and (2) the President to express these concerns to Yugoslav representatives.

Bill· HRH.R. 2575 (101st)open

Yosemite National Park Centennial Medal Act

United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1989

Authorizes the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to present a bronze medal to individuals: (1) who were members of the armed forces and were present in Hawaii on December 7, 1941; and (2) who participated in combat operations that day against Japanese military forces attacking Hawaii. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to strike such medals. Authorizes the Secretary to provide for the sale of bronze duplicates of the medal. Authorizes appropriations which are to be reimbursed out of the proceeds from sales of the medals.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 141 (101st)open

To designate June 21, 1989, as Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner Day.

United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1989

Designates June 21, 1989, as Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner Day. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Voting Rights Act of 1965 has helped to fulfill the promise of democracy in this Nation. Reaffirms the goal of removing remaining barriers to full voter participation in this Nation.

Bill· HRH.R. 2486 (101st)open

Veterans Recruitment Authority Act of 1989

United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1989

Provides for veterans' readjustment appointments in the Federal Government at the GS-11 level. Includes as veterans eligible for such appointments (currently, only Vietnam veterans are eligible) veterans who have more than 14 years of education and who are entitled to disability compensation or whose discharge or release from active duty was for a disability incurred or aggravated in the line of duty. Grants such veterans preference over other eligible veterans for such appointments. Includes as other eligible veterans those veterans whose last discharge or release from active duty occurred within the four-year period immediately preceding an appointment under such provisions. States that the "last discharge or release" from active duty shall not include a discharge or release of less than 90 days of continuous service except for a service-connected disability, for a pre-existing medical condition which the Secretary of Veterans Affairs determines is not service-connected, or for hardship.

Bill· HRH.R. 2465 (101st)referred

To amend the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to make certain surplus property of the United States available for use for substance abuse treatment and rehabilitation.

United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1989

Amends Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 provisions relating to correctional facility use of surplus property to allow the Administrator of General Services to transfer or convey to any State or nonprofit institution property determined by the Secretary of Health and Human Services to be required for substance abuse treatment and rehabilitation under an appropriate program approved by the Secretary. Declares that transfers and conveyances under this Act shall be made by the Administrator without monetary consideration to the United States.

Bill· HRH.R. 2460 (101st)referred

Older Americans' Freedom to Work Act of 1989

United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1989

Older Americans' Freedom to Work Act of 1989 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to remove the limitation on the amount of outside income which beneficiaries who have attained retirement age may earn without incurring a reduction in benefits.

Bill· HRH.R. 2452 (101st)referred

American Family Act of 1989

United States · United States Congress · 23 May 1989

American Family Act of 1989 - Title I: Programs Focusing on Education - Directs the Secretary of Education (the Secretary for purposes of this title) to make five-year grants to not more than ten State educational agencies for school-based management projects in one or more local educational agencies (LEAs) in those States. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1994. Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to authorize the Secretary to make grants to LEAs for parental choice open enrollment programs in public schools. Requires an independent evaluation of such programs to be reported to the Congress by October 1, 1992. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990. Amends ESEA to direct the Secretary to make grants to eligible LEAs for character education programs. Requires LEAs, as a condition of eligibility for such grants, to certify that the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag is part of the daily program of each of their elementary and secondary schools. Directs the Secretary to disseminate information on successful character education programs. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990. Directs the Secretary to make bootstrap school program competitive grants to eligible LEAs which serve qualified areas to enhance the quality of primary and secondary education. Requires that special consideration be given to applications that describe programs which will serve poverty areas. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990. Directs the Secretary to make three-year grants to not more than five States to provide bonus pay to special education teachers as an incentive to keep them in that field. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1992. Title II: Family Support and Stability - Requires congressional committees to include family impact statements in their reports of public bills or joint resolutions. Makes it not in order for either House of the Congress to consider a public bill or joint resolution if the committee report does not contain such a statement. Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to direct the Congressional Budget Office to assist such committees, at their request, to prepare such statements. Requires each executive agency to include a family impact statement in every recommendation or report on a proposal for legislation or other major Federal action significantly affecting families in the United States. Requires each agency to use approaches and develop procedures to give appropriate consideration to potential effects of its proposed actions, decisions, and activities on such families. Requires agency review of existing authorities, rules, and policies and procedures, and a report to the President and the Congress on such review, with recommendations, within one year after enactment of this Act. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for a refundable child tax credit and a refundable child and dependent care tax credit. Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended by the Housing and Community Development Act of 1987, to direct public housing agencies to set maximum monthly rents for their tenants. Amends the Federal criminal code to make it a Federal criminal offense to leave or remain outside a State for the purpose of avoiding payment of arrearages in child support. Title III: Programs Focusing on Children - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make grants to eligible applicant organizations to improve health, family, and preschool services for families with children under age 13. Sets forth eligibility requirements for such organizations, including location in or near a high risk area for infant mortality, teenage pregnancy, or high school dropouts. Includes among such services prenatal and postnatal care, nutritional lunches, on-site nurse practitioners, family drop-in centers, Head Start program associated services, parenting education, drug abuse prevention, family- or center-based child care, and after-school child care. Gives primary consideration to the service delivery location. Limits such grants to a specified portion of start-up costs. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990. Directs the Secretary of Education to allot funds to State education agencies, according to a formula based on State population, for demonstration grants for LEA early childhood education programs. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990. Directs the Secretary of Education to make a grant to each of 20 eligible applicant LEAs for early childhood family education programs in public schools that are in the greatest need. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 for grants to schools in greatest need. Directs the Secretary of Education to disseminate to States and LEAs information on the Parents as Teachers Program National Center sponsored by the State of Missouri and the Early Childhood Education Project sponsored by the State of Minnesota. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990. Directs the Secretary of HHS to make grants to eligible applicant organizations for family preservation programs to assist families in order to prevent the placement of children in foster care. Requires that such assistance include all of the following: (1) clothing; (2) cleaning and housing locator services; (3) family counseling and communication skills services; and (4) referrals to other organizations and State agencies. Gives preference to applicants in areas with the highest percentages of children in foster care, but requires that a diversity of geographical areas be represented among grant recipient locations. Requires that ten grants for training, technical assistance, and program implementation be made in ten different geographical areas. Directs the Secretary of HHS to enter into a contract with a selected organization to study and report on the effectiveness of programs receiving such grants. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax deduction for certain limited expenses of adopting a child with special needs. Amends Federal law relating to the Armed Forces to authorize the Secretary of Defense to reimburse any member of the armed forces serving on active duty for certain limited expenses of adopting a child under age 18. Repeals specified provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 which provided for a test program for reimbursement of adoption expenses. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for an exclusion from the gross income of an employee of certain limited amounts paid or expenses incurred by the employer for adoption assistance provided to the employee if it is furnished under an adoption assistance program. Amends Federal law to provide for reimbursement to a Federal employee of certain limited expenses of adopting a child under age 18 (but not including an adoption in which one of the adopting parents is the biological parent). Requires the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to prescribe regulations for such child adoption benefits, except that specified officials of legislative and judicial branches shall prescribe regulations for their respective employees. Directs the Attorney General to make incentive grants to eligible States which by September 30, 1990, enact and enforce State laws requiring juvenile offenders and their parents to pay restitution to their victims. Sets forth reporting requirements. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990. Directs the Attorney General to make incentive grants to eligible States which by September 30, 1990, enact and enforce State laws that require juvenile offenders to pay restitution to their victims and to: (1) serve a term of confinement at a correctional facility if their offense was violent; or (2) perform community service if their offense was nonviolent. Sets forth eligibility requirements identical to those for the aforementioned grants for restitution laws. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990. Directs the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (the Administrator) to make incentive grants to eligible States which by September 30, 1990, enact and enforce State laws that: (1) provide for appropriate treatment for alcohol and drug abuse, counseling, and employment of juvenile offenders upon release; and (2) require that a single caseworker be assigned to each such juvenile to obtain available services, coordinate the juvenile's activities, and perform all required supervisory functions. Bases such grants on need, giving special consideration to States containing areas in which a large number of juveniles participate in activities of gangs that commit crimes. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990. Authorizes the Administrator to make grants to eligible States to carry out not fewer than ten demonstration projects to provide character education to juveniles confined to juvenile detention facilities for being delinquent. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990. Directs the Administrator to establish and operate a clearinghouse on juvenile justice in the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention for information on criminal gangs with juvenile members. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990. Authorizes the Administrator to make grants to private nonprofit community-based organizations for activities to prevent or reduce the participation of juveniles in the activities of gangs that commit crimes. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990. Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to eliminate restrictions on the child's insurance eligibility of individuals who are legally adopted in the United States by parents who are already entitled to old-age or disability insurance benefits. Directs the Secretary of Education to make three-year grants to not more than five States to provide bonus pay to special education teachers as an incentive to keep them in that field. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1992. (These provisions are identical to provisions at the end of title I of this Act.) Amends the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act to authorize the Secretary of HHS to make not more than eight grants to nonprofit private entities for demonstration projects to provide model shelters for victims of family violence and their dependents. Requires grant recipients to: (1) also use non-Federal contributions; (2) provide a variety of specified services; (3) utilize a significant number of volunteers; (4) respond to emergencies at all hours; (5) encourage victims and dependents to reside at the shelter for from three to 12 months; (6) provide at least 40 beds; and (7) assure their future access to other resources to continue operation. Requires equitable geographic distribution, including one grant for a model shelter in the District of Columbia. Requires evaluation of such projects and dissemination of results. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990. Terminates such grants program after a specified aggregate amount has been obligated. Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of HHS to establish, and the Assistant Secretary of Health to administer, a program of demonstration grants to teaching hospitals or community mental health centers with staff affiliations with teaching hospitals to provide comprehensive family drug treatment programs and social work follow-up for individuals in such programs. Directs the Assistant Secretary of Health to award ten such grants in limited amounts and terms. Requires grant recipients to provide program evaluation data to media agencies within their State and to State and local agencies involved in drug-related activities. Authorizes appropriations. Title IV: Sunset Provision - Terminates the grant programs established by this Act at the end of the last fiscal year for which appropriations are authorized.