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United States · United States Congress · 13 July 1989
Designates April 9, 1990, as National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day.
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 1989
Directs the American Battle Monuments Commission to establish a memorial on Federal land in the District of Columbia or its immediate area to honor World War II veterans and to commemorate U.S. participation in that conflict. Directs the Commission to plan, design, construct, and oversee the operation of the memorial. Specifies that such design shall provide for accessibility by, and accommodations for, the physically handicapped. Establishes the World War II Memorial Advisory Board to: (1) promote the establishment of the memorial and encourage the donation of private funds for construction maintenance; (2) assist and cooperate with the Commission in the selection of the site and design for the memorial; and (3) transmit annual reports on its activities to the Congress. Authorizes the Commission to solicit private contributions for such memorial. Establishes a fund in the Treasury which shall be made available to the Commission to carry out this Act. Authorizes Federal funding, in addition to such private funds, for site preparation, design, planning, establishment, construction, maintenance, and operation of the memorial. Authorizes assistance from specified Federal departments and agencies, including the Library of Congress. Authorizes Federal property to be transferred to the Commission. Authorizes the Commission to purchase suitable property within the District of Columbia for the establishment of such memorial. Urges the Government to encourage 50th anniversary commemorations of the U.S. role in World War II. Urges the Smithsonian Institution and other Federal museums to develop commemorative exhibitions to be shared with academic institutions.
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1989
Christopher Columbus Coin and Fellowship Act - Title I: Christopher Columbus Quincentenary Coins - Christopher Columbus Quincentenary Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue not more than a specified number of five dollar gold coins, one dollar silver coins, and half dollar clad coins emblematic of the quincentary of the discovery of America. Sets forth certain features of such coins and provides for their design, issuance, and sale. Terminates the minting of such coins after June 30, 1993. Requires the Secretary to deposit surcharges from the sale of such coins in the Christopher Columbus Fellowship Fund for use by the Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation. Declares that no law governing procurement or public contracts shall be applicable to the procurement of goods and services necessary for carrying out this Act, except that this provision shall not relieve any person from complying with any law relating to equal employment opportunity. Title II: Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation - Christopher Columbus Fellowship Act - Establishes the Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation to award fellowships to outstanding individuals to encourage new discoveries in all fields of endeavor for the benefit of mankind. Establishes the Christopher Columbus Fellowship Fund. Directs the Foundation to report to the President and to the Congress annually on its operations.
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1989
United Services Organization's 50th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue not more than a specified number of five dollar gold coins, one dollar silver coins, and half dollar clad coins to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the United Services Organization (USO). Requires such coins to be emblematic of USO Services to military service personnel and families. Sets forth certain features of such coins and provides for their design, issuance, and sale. Terminates the minting of such coins after February 4, 1991. Requires surcharges from the sale of such coins to be deposited in a coinage profit fund and used for USO programs and to reduce the national debt. Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress semiannually through December 31, 1992, on activities under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1989
Constitutional Amendment - Declares that the Congress and the States shall have power to prohibit the act of desecration of the U.S. flag and to set criminal penalties for that act.
United States · United States Congress · 22 June 1989
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide cost-of-living adjustments for the deduction allowed for retirement savings.
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.
United States · United States Congress · 22 June 1989
Constitutional Amendment - Grants the President the authority to reduce or disapprove any item of appropriation in any Act or joint resolution, except any item of appropriation for the legislative branch.
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.
United States · United States Congress · 15 June 1989
Census Equity Act - Requires the Secretary of Commerce to ensure that during any decennial census: (1) no member of the armed forces, civilian employee of the Department of Defense, or dependent of such member or employee, is excluded based on such member or employee being assigned to a post outside the United States; and (2) any alien not lawfully admitted for permanent residence is not included.
United States · United States Congress · 15 June 1989
Taxpayer and Environment Protection Act of 1989 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to deny any deduction for loss from abandonment of a nuclear power plant if: (1) the taxpayer constructed or purchased such nuclear power plant which was granted a full power operating license by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; (2) such taxpayer abandoned the plant; and (3) a State utility regulatory body permits the taxpayer any rate increase directly or indirectly related to such abandonment or sale. Provides that a transitional rule with respect to tax-exempt bond provisions under the Revenue Act of 1987 shall not apply to any bond unless the proceeds from the issuance of such bond are to be used to finance the acquisition of an operating facility.
United States · United States Congress · 8 June 1989
Designates November 16, 1989, as Interstitial Cystitis Awareness Day.
United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1989
Amends the Internal Revenue Code with respect to the allocation and apportionment of qualified research and experimental expenditures to sources within and outside the United States for income tax purposes. Requires that any such expenditures made solely to meet a political jurisdiction's legal requirements concerning products or processes unlikely to yield extrajurisdictional income be allocated only to income within that political jurisdiction. Increases from 50 to 67 percent the amount of research and experimental expenditures that a company must allocate to income from U.S. sources. Requires companies to report on a consolidated basis with respect to the expenditures associated with these source rules.
United States · United States Congress · 1 June 1989
Improved Penalty Administration and Compliance Tax Act - Title I: Document and Information Return Penalties - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise penalty provisions in connection with tax return administration. Imposes a uniform penalty of $50 per offense to a maximum of $250,000 per year on any person who fails to: (1) file timely and correct information returns; (2) furnish correct payee statements; or (3) comply with other information reporting requirements. Reduces penalties if corrections are made within a specified time period. Allows exceptions for de minimis failures. Increases penalties and removes the annual penalty ceiling in cases of intentional disregard of filing requirements. Revises requirements governing regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury in connection with returns that must be filed on magnetic media or in other machine-readable form. Directs the Comptroller General to study and report to specified congressional committees concerning: (1) ways to resolve discrepancies between taxpayer identity information shown on information returns and that in Internal Revenue Service (IRS) records; and (2) whether persons in the business of transmitting information returns and other documents to the IRS on behalf of others should be subject to registration. Title II: Revision of Accuracy-Related Penalties - Replaces current law governing additions to tax and other additional amounts with respect to tax administration violations with provisions that impose a 20 percent penalty in the form of additional tax in connection with underpayments attributable to at least one of the following: (1) negligence or disregard of relevant rules; (2) any substantial understatement of income tax; (3) any substantial valuation overstatement in connection with income tax; (4) any substantial overstatement of pension liabilities; or (5) any substantial estate or gift tax valuation understatement. Increases the penalty to 40 percent in cases of gross valuation misstatements. Imposes: (1) a 75 percent penalty in the form of additional tax with respect to any underpayment attributable to fraud; and (2) a 50 percent penalty in connection with underpayments of or failure to pay any stamp tax. Title III: Preparer, Promoter, and Protester Penalties - Revises provisions governing damages assessable for offenses related to Tax Court litigation to: (1) grant the Tax Court discretion in requiring a taxpayer to pay the United States a penalty (current law requires the penalty); (2) increase the amount of the permissible penalty from a $5,000 to a $25,000 maximum; (3) authorize the Tax Court to impose a penalty upon any attorney who unreasonably multiplies the proceedings in question. Authorizes similar sanctions in cases brought before other courts. Modifies penalty provisions associated with understatements of taxpayer liability by income tax return preparers to: (1) increase penalty amounts; and (2) institute penalties for understatements due to unrealistic positions or reckless or intentional disregard of tax laws. Increases from $25 to $50 (to an annual maximum of $25,000) the penalty imposed on income tax return preparers who fail to furnish copies to taxpayers, sign returns, or furnish identifying numbers. Modifies penalties imposed on tax preparers who fail to file correct information returns. Increases the possible penalty imposed on persons who promote abusive tax shelters. Broadens the scope of persons subject to penalties for aiding and abetting understatements of tax liability. Increases from $500 to $1,000 the penalty for filing a frivolous income tax return. Repeals a provision prohibiting injunctions against any income tax return preparer who files a surety bond. Requires that regulations governing disclosure or use of information by tax return preparers permit disclosures for quality or peer reviews. Title IV: Failures to File or Pay - Increases penalties imposed on persons whose failure to file any return is fraudulent or intentional. Revises penalty provisions in connection with failures to make deposits of taxes, varying the penalty rate as a function of the time involved in the deposit delay.
United States · United States Congress · 25 May 1989
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit life insurance companies to be included in an affiliated group with noninsurance corporations for the purpose of filing a consolidated income tax return.
United States · United States Congress · 18 May 1989
Designates 1990 as the International Year of Bible Reading.
United States · United States Congress · 17 May 1989
Public Housing Resident Empowerment Act of 1989 - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 with respect to public housing resident management corporations (RMC) to: (1) require lump-sum comprehensive improvement assistance to enable projects to establish rehabilitation reserves; (2) increase and extend resident management technical assistance through FY 1991; and (3) require specified public housing agencies to develop resident management and homeownership plans. Amends such Act with respect to public housing homeownership to: (1) limit annual individual and aggregate assistance limits; and (2) make assistance authority permanent.
United States · United States Congress · 17 May 1989
Dire Emergency Veterans Medical Care Supplemental Appropriations Act for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1989 - Makes emergency supplemental appropriations to the Department of Veterans Affairs for FY 1989 for veterans' medical care.
United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1989
Amends the Internal Revenue Code with respect to the valuation of farmland for estate tax purposes to eliminate the limit on the reduction in fair market value of certain farmland if such land continues to be farmed for up to 30 years.
United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1989
Constitutional Amendment - Requires the Congress and the President, prior to each fiscal year, to agree on an estimate of total receipts (except those derived from borrowing) for that fiscal year by enactment of a joint single subject resolution. Prohibits outlays for that year (except those for repayment of debt principal) from exceeding this amount unless the Congress, by a three-fifths roll call vote of each House, authorizes a specific excess of outlays over receipts. Requires a three-fifths roll call vote of each House to increase the public debt. Directs the President to submit a balanced budget to the Congress. Requires the approval of a majority of the total membership of each House by roll call vote before any bill to increase revenue may become law. Waives these provisions when a declaration of war is in effect.
United States · United States Congress · 10 May 1989
Recognizes the two centuries of service by the U.S. Coast Guard.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1989
Honorarium Income Tax Act of 1989 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose an excise tax on income, other than that donated to charitable organizations, received as honoraria for speeches given by any taxpayer whose earned income is less than 51 percent attributable to such income.
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 1989
Fresh Mushroom Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to issue an order creating (subject to producer and importer referendum) a fresh mushroom (domestic and imported) promotion, research, and consumer education program. Requires any such order to provide for the establishment of a Mushroom Council. Funds such program through producer, handler, and importer assessments. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 1989
Designates September 8, 1989, as National Pledge of Allegiance Day. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Christopher Columbus Quincentenary Jubilee Commission should include the centennial observance of the Pledge of Allegiance in its commemorative activities.
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 1989
National Dividend Act of 1989 - Establishes a program for the distribution of certain corporate tax revenues to the registered voters of each State in the form of dividend payments. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay to the chief financial officer of each State, in accordance with a prescribed schedule, an amount equal to the National Dividend Payment, as computed under this Act, multiplied by the number of registered voters in the State. Sets forth criteria and procedures to govern: (1) the chief financial officer's selection of an incorporated bank to act as the State's disbursing agent; and (2) payments to qualified voters. Establishes in the Treasury the National Dividend Payment Trust Fund. Authorizes payment into the Fund of specified amounts from revenue received from: (1) the corporate income tax; (2) the tax on the unrelated business income of certain tax-exempt organizations; (3) the capital gains tax; (4) the tax on insurance company income; and (5) the alternative minimum tax on corporations. Establishes a National Dividend Review Board to review the manner in which payments are made from the Fund and to make investments of Fund amounts. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income, for income tax purposes, all dividend income received by a taxpayer from domestic corporations, including dividends received under this Act. Increases the corporate income tax deduction for dividends received by a corporation on the preferred stock of a public utility. Prohibits corporate income tax rates from exceeding 34 percent. Amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to declare it out of order in either the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider budget resolutions for fiscal years 1991 and thereafter that would increase the level of total budget outlays beyond those budgeted for FY 1990.
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1989
Employee Educational Assistance Act of 1989 - Repeals provisions of the Internal Revenue Code that: (1) terminated the income tax exclusion of amounts paid under employee educational assistance programs as of tax year 1989; and (2) deny benefits in connection with graduate work.
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1989
Holloway-Schulze Toddler Tax Credit Act of 1989 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow the custodial parent a refundable income tax credit for each dependent child under the age of six (five in 1990 through 1993). Establishes the credit amount as the lesser of $1,000 or 12 percent of income below $10,000 for a single qualified dependent. Limits application of the credit to two eligible dependents. Reduces the credit for taxpayers earning more than $10,000. Makes this credit and the employment-related dependent care credit mutually exclusive. Applies phase-in amounts for tax years beginning in 1990 through 1993. Indexes post-1994 credit amounts. Provides for advance toddler tax credit payments by employers to employees who provide certification of eligibility. Requires taxpayers to file information returns to reflect these payments. Reduces the amount of the employment-related dependent care credit for taxpayers with adjusted gross income above $50,000. Disallows application of the credit with respect to a taxpayer's dependent under age 13 who is physically and mentally capable of self-care. Repeals the income tax exclusion applied in connection with amounts furnished to an employee in accordance with an employer dependent care assistance program.
United States · United States Congress · 13 April 1989
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to make permanent the existing temporary tariff treatment of certain disposable surgical gowns and drapes.
United States · United States Congress · 13 April 1989
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1994, the duty on 7-hydroxy 1, 3-naphthalene disulfonic acid-dipotassium salt.
United States · United States Congress · 13 April 1989
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1994, the duty on 2((4 aminophenyl) sulfonyl) ethanol hydrogen sulfate ester.
United States · United States Congress · 13 April 1989
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1994, the duty on 7-amino-1, 3-naphthalene sulfonic acid mono potassium salt.
United States · United States Congress · 13 April 1989
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1994, the duty on 1-Amino-2-Bromo-4-Hydroxy-anthraquinone.
United States · United States Congress · 13 April 1989
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1992, the duty on 4 amino-1-naphthalene sulfonic acid, sodium salt.
United States · United States Congress · 13 April 1989
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1994, the duty on 2,4-diamino benzene sulfonic acid.
United States · United States Congress · 13 April 1989
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1994, the duty on 8 amino-2 naphthene sulfonic acid.
United States · United States Congress · 13 April 1989
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1994, the duty on 7 Nitro 1,4 napth (1,2) oxadiazole 5-sulfonic.
United States · United States Congress · 13 April 1989
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1994, the duty on 5 amino 2 naphthalene sulfonic acid.
United States · United States Congress · 13 April 1989
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1994, the duty on 4 amino acetanilide.
United States · United States Congress · 13 April 1989
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1994, the duty on 2,3 dihydro 1,3,3 trimethyl-2-methylene-1H-indole.
United States · United States Congress · 13 April 1989
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1994, the duty on 0-Anisidine.
United States · United States Congress · 13 April 1989
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1994, the duty on 2-amino-4-chlorophenol.
United States · United States Congress · 13 April 1989
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1994, the duty on 1,4 dihydroxyanthraquinone.
United States · United States Congress · 13 April 1989
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1994, the duty on 5 (and 8) amino-2 naphthalene sulfonic acid.
United States · United States Congress · 13 April 1989
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through June 30, 1992, the duty on (6R, 7R)-7-(Z)-2-(2-Aminothiazol-4-yl)-2-((2-tert.-butoxy carbonyl) prop-2- oxyiminol acetamido)-3-(1-pyridinium-methyl) ceph-3-em-4-carboxylate (Ceftazidime Tertiary Butyl Ester).
United States · United States Congress · 13 April 1989
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1994, the duty on 1,4-diamino-2,3 dihydro-anthraquinone.
United States · United States Congress · 13 April 1989
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1992, the duty on 7-anilino-4-hydroxy-2 naphthalene sulfonic acid.
United States · United States Congress · 13 April 1989
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1994, the duty on 2-chloro-4-nitroaniline.
United States · United States Congress · 13 April 1989
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1994, the duty on 2,5 dichloro-4-(3-methyl-5-oxo-2 pyrazolin-1-yl) benzene sulfonic acid.
United States · United States Congress · 13 April 1989
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1994, the duty on 4-chloro-a-a-a-trifluoro-o-toluidine.
United States · United States Congress · 13 April 1989
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1994, the duty on 1-naphthylamine.