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Rep. Stangeland, Arlan [R-MN-7]

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Bill· HRH.R. 5975 (101st)open

Budget Process Reform Act

United States · United States Congress · 27 October 1990

Budget Process Reform Act - Title I: Statement of Congressional Purpose - Declares that the purpose of this Act is to facilitate rational, informed, and timely decisions by the Congress. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Federal budget process should focus the attention of policymakers and the public on the aggregate impact of Federal spending on the economy, and on the tradeoffs that must be made among priorities in order to control overall levels of spending. Declares that the budget process should contain safeguards against delay and inaction, so that temporary shut-downs of the Government may be avoided. Title II: Binding Budget Law - Requires the Congress to enact a binding budget law, in the form of a joint resolution, by April 15 of the calendar year before that in which the fiscal period commences. Requires the budget law to fit on a single page, which sets forth specific budget ceilings in major functional categories. Makes it out of order in the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any spending bill affecting spending in a major functional category unless and until a joint resolution on the budget is enacted. Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to prohibit baseline budgeting. Requires the budget to include comparisons of current fiscal year and proposed subsequent fiscal year spending. Title III: Enforcement Mechanisms - Subtitle A: Super majority Required to Break Budget Law - Requires a two-thirds majority vote in the House and the Senate to consider any spending bill prior to the enactment of the budget law. Requires the Congressional Budget Office to provide to the Congress an estimate of the costs in each major functional category of any spending bill as soon as practicable after its introduction. Limits such estimates to those bills likely to result in costs of more than $10,000,000. Requires a two-thirds affirmative vote in the House and the Senate to consider over-budget spending bills. Requires a two-thirds affirmative vote in the House and the Senate to waive any provision of this Act. Subtitle B: Limited Enhanced Rescission Authority - Amends the Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to limit the President's rescission authority to spending that is above the limits of the budget law. Subtitle C: "Blank Check" Appropriations Prohibited - Declares the intent of the Congress to end open-ended, "blank check" appropriations which typically authorize spending "such sums as may be necessary." Requires fixed-dollar appropriations for every account except social security and interest on the debt. Prohibits open-ended appropriations. Requires Executive agencies to adjust benefit levels to ensure that appropriations for entitlement programs are not exceeded. Subtitle D: "Pay As You Go" Requirement for New Spending - Prohibits the Congress from considering any legislation which exceeds the budget ceiling unless it offsets such increased spending with an equal amount of reductions. Requires a two-thirds affirmative vote in the House and the Senate to waive such prohibition. Title IV: Sustaining Mechanism - Makes appropriations to provide for an automatic continuing resolution if for any account an appropriation for a fiscal period does not become law before the beginning of such period. Restricts legislation providing funding to the Committees on Appropriations. Title V: Protection of Social Security - Provides that no reduction in benefits under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act shall be made as a consequence of this Act. Title VI: Timetable - Revises the timetable for the congressional budget process. Title VII: Conforming Amendments - Makes various technical and conforming amendments, including changing references to a concurrent resolution on the budget to references to a joint resolution on the budget. Title VIII: Definitions and Rules of Interpretation - Sets forth definitions for specified terms. Title IX: Effective Date - Declares the effective date of this Act to be January 1, 1991, applicable to fiscal years beginning after September 30, 1991.

Bill· HRH.R. 5866 (101st)referred

Airport System Planning Act of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 18 October 1990

Airport System Planning Act of 1990 - Amends the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 to prohibit project grant applications from proposing airport development or airport planning except in connection with public-use airports included in an Airport Capital Improvement Plan prepared pursuant to this Act. Prohibits the approval of such an application unless the Secretary of Transportation is satisfied, among other things, that the project is reasonably consistent with airport and aviation system plans (existing at the time of the projects approval) of the State and the regional transportation planning authorities of the area in which the airport is located. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to establish performance measures for evaluating both individual airport improvement projects and the needs of the Nation's system of airports in conducting planning activities. Requires the Secretary, every four years, to conduct a national forum of Federal, State, and local officials and private sector representatives to identify and evaluate long-range problems associated with public-use airports. Directs the Secretary to transmit to the Congress and the President a strategic plan for airports. Requires the Secretary to transmit annually to the Congress and the President an Airport Capital Improvement Plan that includes: (1) a list of airport improvement projects which may receive Federal funding in the next five years; and (2) an evaluation and specific proposals to eliminate or reduce constraints on the development of such projects. Requires, upon a State's request, Federal cooperation and participation in the airport system planning of that State. Requires the Secretary to: (1) establish guidelines for forecasting aviation activity at public-use airports within each State; and (2) develop a model State statute for airport vicinity land use planning. Directs the Secretary to conduct research and establish a methodology for determining the relationship between airport system capacity enhancement alternatives and the overall performance of the national economy, including the impact of such alternatives on private sector production of goods and services and on U.S. international competitiveness.

Law· HJRESH.J.Res. 673 (101st)enacted

To designate November 2, 1990, as a national day of prayer for members of American military forces and American citizens stationed or held in the Middle East, and for their families.

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.

Bill· HRH.R. 5795 (101st)referred

To extend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act through fiscal year 1992.

United States · United States Congress · 4 October 1990

Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to extend through FY 1992 the authorization of appropriations for: (1) specified research, investigations, training, and information; (2) grants to States for pollution control programs; (3) the Great Lakes program; (4) nonpoint source pollution control in rural areas; (5) interagency agreements to maintain water quality; (6) the clean lakes program; and (7) nonpoint source pollution management programs. Extends the general authorization for such Act through FY 1992. Increases the amount authorized to be appropriated for the State water pollution control revolving fund program for FY 1992.

Bill· HRH.R. 5583 (101st)open

To provide for an acreage limitation program for the 1991 crop of wheat.

United States · United States Congress · 11 September 1990

Requires the Secretary of Agriculture, if marketing quotas are not in effect, to announce a minimum 15 percent acreage reduction production for the 1991 wheat crop. Requires the Secretary to implement a paid land diversion program for 1991 wheat producers who make certain acreage reductions and conservation plantings. Provides for a portion of such payments to be paid in advance.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 362 (101st)referred

Expressing the sense of Congress concerning the need for a national policy to rebuild the infrastructure of the United States.

United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1990

Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) 1991 should be considered as Rebuild America Year; (2) a national effort to rebuild the infrastructure of the United States should be undertaken to provide assistance to States and localities in meeting core infrastructure needs; (3) the multibillion dollar balances in the Highway and Airport and Airway Trust Funds should be spent to rebuild the infrastructure of the United States; (4) the President should work with the Congress to establish a comprehensive national infrastructure policy and to revitalize and supplement existing programs to achieve this goal; (5) the Federal Government along with State and local governments and the private sector should share their expertise and support in formulating and developing a national effort to rebuild the infrastructure of the United States; and (6) the President and the Congress should dedicate appropriate funding to implement a national effort to rebuild the infrastructure of the United States.

Bill· HRH.R. 5453 (101st)referred

Airline Passengers Defense Act of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1990

Airline Passengers Defense Act of 1990 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to establish in the Department of Transportation an Office of Airline Passenger Advocacy. Establishes the Office of Airline Passenger Advocacy Advisory Group. Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to prohibit air carriers from cancelling a flight within 72 hours of its scheduled departure time for any reason, except for safety reasons or the absence of any passengers at such departure time. Requires air carriers which cancel such flights for safety-related reasons to report to the Secretary on the cancellation, the reasons for it, and actions taken to resolve the safety-related problem. Requires air carriers to notify their passengers of any delays of 15 minutes or more in the departure or arrival of scheduled flights. Requires an air carrier which cancels a flight in violation of this Act, or alters stopping places of such flight for any reason other than safety, to compensate passengers. Prohibits on-time performance of regularly scheduled flights from being 30 percent or less in any consecutive three-month period. Requires the Secretary to establish in the Office of Airline Passenger Advocacy a toll-free telephone number system for receiving passenger complaints relating to air service. Sets forth requirements relating to: (1) ticket information; and (2) lost or damaged baggage claims. Sets forth civil penalties for economic cancellations and consistently delayed flights by air carriers.

Bill· HRH.R. 5370 (101st)open

Corps of Engineers Environmental Protection Act of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1990

Corps of Engineers Environmental Protection Act of 1990 - Directs the Secretary of the Army to include environmental protection as one of the primary missions of the Corps of Engineers with respect to water resources projects. Establishes, as part of the Corps' water resources development program, an interim goal of no overall net loss of the Nation's remaining wetlands base and a long-term goal to increase the quality and quantity of the Nation's wetlands. Directs the Secretary to: (1) develop a wetlands action plan to achieve such goals; (2) implement demonstration projects to restore and create wetlands and to determine the feasibility of mitigation banks as a means of achieving such goals and satisfying Federal wetland mitigation requirements; (3) establish and implement a program to evaluate and demonstrate the use of constructed wetlands for wastewater treatment; (4) conduct research and pilot projects utilizing certain constructed wetlands to determine the feasibility of using constructed wetlands systems to treat wastewater; (5) establish an interagency working group on wetlands for wastewater treatment to oversee the program for using constructed wetlands for wastewater treatment; (6) establish for each major reservoir under the Corps' jurisdiction a technical advisory committee to provide recommendations on reservoir monitoring and options for reservoir management; and (7) ensure that, in developing or revising Corps' reservoir operating manuals, the Corps shall provide for public participation. Sets forth the responsibilities for non-Federal interests in carrying out the wetland projects authorized under this Act, including a cost-sharing requirement of 25 percent. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) establish a training program for individuals to be certified as wetland delineators; (2) manage any existing dam and reservoir project of the Corps for recreation and fish and wildlife purposes to the extent such management does not impair any other authorized project purpose; and (3) modify the terms of project repayment when necessary to reallocate reservoir storage at any such project as a result of such management. Prohibits the Secretary from including in the benefit base for justifying Federal flood damage reduction projects: (1) any new or substantially reconstructed structure built in the 100-year flood plain after July 1, 1991; and (2) any structure that becomes located in such flood plain by virtue of constrictions placed in the flood plain after that date. Prohibits the Secretary, after January 1, 1994, from participating in beach stabilization or renourishment projects involving Federal funds unless the State where the project will be located has established or is committed to establishing a beach front management program that includes specified provisions. Provides that such prohibition shall not apply to the stabilization or renourishment of Federal lands or if the Secretary determines that an exceptional circumstance exists to justify Federal approval and funding of such projects.

Bill· HRH.R. 5353 (101st)referred

Financial Crimes Prosecution and Recovery Act of 1990 as Reported By the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives

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.

Bill· HRH.R. 5314 (101st)open

Water Resources Development Act of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 19 July 1990

Water Resources Development Act of 1990 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to carry out public works projects in specified locations for improvements to navigation, flood control, storm damage reduction, and the construction of recreation features. Specifies the total cost, as well as the estimated Federal and non-Federal cost, of each project. Modifies the project for navigation on the inland waterway from the Delaware River to the Chesapeake Bay, Delaware and Maryland, to direct the Secretary to replace a certain highway bridge in St. Georges, Delaware. Modifies the project for navigation, Tampa Harbor, Florida, to authorize the Secretary to maintain the Alafia Channel at such project at a specified depth. Modifies the project for navigation, Fernandina Harbor, Florida, to redesignate the location of a turning basin at such project. Modifies a flood control project on the Kissimmee River, central and southern Florida, to provide for restoration of such River for environmental purposes at a specified total cost. Requires such restoration to be undertaken only in accordance with a final report of the Chief of Engineers. Specifies the non-Federal share of the cost of such project. Modifies the project for Des Moines Recreational River and Greenbelt, Iowa, to include additional area in such project. Modifies a locks project on the Kentucky River, Kentucky, to require the Secretary to comply with a certain memorandum of understanding entered into between the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the State of Kentucky. Modifies a locks replacement project on the Mississippi River, Alton, Illinois and Missouri, to require the Secretary to provide certain project-related recreation development in Illinois. Modifies the navigation project for the Crooked and Indian Rivers, Michigan, to authorize the Secretary to enter into agreement with Michigan and other non-Federal interests in the State to make operation and maintenance of such project a non-Federal responsibility. Outlines terms and conditions, including the imposition by non-Federal interests of tolls and other operating charges for use of such project. Modifies the project at Rouge River, Michigan, to direct the Secretary to conduct a comprehensive study of the streamflow enhancement project at such River and other nearby rivers. Requires the Secretary to undertake a certain demonstration project after ascertaining the results of the study. Modifies the flood control project, Redwood River at Marshall, Minnesota, to specify the Federal and non-Federal costs of such project. Modifies the following flood control projects to authorize the Secretary to construct the projects substantially in accordance with certain design memoranda: (1) the Mississippi River flood control project at St. Paul, Minnesota; and (2) the South Fork Zumbro River Watershed at Rochester, Minnesota. Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 to modify the flood control project at Pearl River Basin, Mississippi, to provide flood control measures for the Jackson, Mississippi, area under such project. Modifies the New York Harbor drift removal project, New York and New Jersey, to authorize the Secretary to collect and remove floating material whenever the Secretary is collecting and removing debris which is an obstruction to navigation. Directs the Secretary to continue the engineering, design, and construction of such project and to remove certain barges from the Passaic River as part of such project. Modifies: (1) the navigation project for Irondequoit Bay, New York, to authorize the Secretary to construct a highway bridge across a new channel; (2) the project for harbor modification, Cleveland Harbor, Ohio, to direct the Secretary to reimburse the non-Federal sponsor for the the Federal share of amounts expended for improvements to a certain pier; (3) the Falls of the Ohio National Wildlife Conservation Area, Ohio, to authorize the Secretary to design and construct an interpretive center, with a specified Federal and non-Federal cost; (4) the project for flood control, Scioto River, West Columbus, Ohio, to increase the total cost authorized for the project; (5) a lock and dam replacement project on the Monongahela River, Pennsylvania, to provide a gated crest dam structure and to increase the total cost authorized for the project; (6) a navigation project on the Ohio River at Rochester, Pennsylvania, to authorize the Secretary to construct safety facilities at a specified total cost; (7) the project for McNary Lock and Dam on the Columbia River in Washington and Oregon, to direct the Secretary to construct a levee beautification portion of the project as designated in a specified memorandum from the Chief of Engineers; (8) the project for flood control, Matewan, West Virginia, to provide that the flood control project for Hatfield Bottom, West Virginia, shall be treated as part of such project; and (9) the navigation project for the Wisconsin and Fox Rivers, Wisconsin, to authorize the Secretary to enter into agreements with Wisconsin to make operation and maintenance of such project a non-Federal responsibility. Directs the Secretary to carry out, during a three-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, a market feasibility program to determine existing opportunities for private sector development of facilities for water, waste management, and energy generation, as well as other critical support facilities. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into cooperative agreements under such program. Authorizes appropriations. Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 to provide that when non-Federal interests have contributed 50 percent (or more) of the cost of feasibility studies in connection with a project, they shall not also be required to provide at least 50 percent of the cost of planning and engineering before such project is initiated. Authorizes the Secretary to provide work or services to private industry sources operating in the United States if: (1) the source furnishes in advance such funds as are necessary to cover all costs of such work or services; and (2) before providing such work or services, the Secretary determines that such work or services are within civil works missions and in the public interest, the source certifies that such work or services are not reasonably obtainable from the private sector, and the source agrees to hold the United States free from all liability due to planning, design, construction, operation, or maintenance activities related to such work or activities. Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 to increase from 40 to 100 percent the coverage under authorizations of appropriations of the eligible operation and maintenance costs assigned to commercial navigation of all harbors and inland harbors within the United States. Includes action taken in connection with any natural disaster within emergency response procedures authorized under a specified water resources development Act. Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 to authorize the Secretary to: (1) complete and transmit to the appropriate non-Federal interest any study for improvements to harbors and inland harbors of the United States initiated pursuant to the River and Harbor Act of 1960; or (2) terminate such study and transmit it to such interest partially completed. Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 to: (1) remove a required period for completion of a review of water resources projects under such Act; (2) require biennial reports (currently, only one report is required) concerning the results of such reviews; (3) authorize annual funding for such reviews (currently, such funding is one-time); and (4) revise provisions concerning the ability of a non-Federal interest to pay its portion of a flood control project authorized under such Act. Authorizes the Secretary, whenever necessary to meet the requirements of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, to remove contaminated sediments outside the boundaries of and adjacent to the navigation channel of an authorized navigation project. Authorizes the Secretary to remove such sediments when the water is not meeting applicable water quality standards or for environmental enhancement and water quality improvement if such removal is requested by a non-Federal sponsor and the sponsor agrees to pay 50 percent of the cost. Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 to include preservation and enhancement of the environment as an authorized matter to be addressed in planning for projects under such Act. Directs the Secretary, in planning any water resources project, to consider the impact of the project on existing and future recreational and commercial uses in the surrounding area. Requires the Secretary, in maintaining or mitigating a project, to take action to ensure that such activity will not adversely affect (or will affect as little as possible) the recreational use established with respect to the project. Authorizes the Secretary to provide technical, planning, and engineering assistance to States and local governments in the development and implementation of remedial actions plans for areas of concern in the Great Lakes identified under the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement Act of 1978. Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1978 to deauthorize the current Federal Cross Florida Barge Canal Project. Requires the Secretary to transfer to Florida all Project-related lands and facilities after two years after enactment of this Act, subject to specified terms and conditions including the requirement that such lands be used to further recreation and conservation activities. Provides Federal and State remedies for violation of such conditions. Directs the Secretary to carry out specified navigation projects in: (1) Buffalo, New York; (2) Rochester, New York; (3) Bolles Harbor, Michigan; and (4) Fort Peck Reservoir, Montana. Directs the Secretary, the Administrator of the Enviromental Protection Agency, and the Governor of New York, acting jointly, to convene a management conference for the restoration, conservation, and management of Onondaga Lake in New York. Outlines administrative provisions concerning such conference, including the making of grants to New York and public or nonprofit agencies for implementation of management plans. Provides the non-Federal share of certain costs associated with the implementation of such plans. Authorizes appropriations. Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 to add the removal of silt and aquatic growth in Wappingers Lake, New York, as an authorized project under such Act. Authorizes or directs the Secretary to carry out flood control projects in: (1) Dry Jordan and Crooked Creeks, Arkansas; (2) Farmers Branch Creek, White Settlement, Texas; (3) Valley View Branch, Hurst, Texas; (4) Savan Gut, Virgin Islands; and (5) Krouts Creek, West Virginia. Continues the authorization of certain water resources development projects deauthorized under the Water Resources Development Act of 1986. Directs the Secretary to carry out erosion prevention projects in Vermillion Parish and Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, at a specified Federal cost. Authorizes and directs the Secretary to design and construct such flood control measures at or in the vicinity of Hazard, Kentucky, or the North Fork of the Kentucky River as determined necessary and appropriate to afford the city of Hazard and its immediate environs a level of protection against flooding at least sufficient to prevent any future losses to such city from flooding such as occurred in January 1957. Directs the Secretary, in order to demonstrate the safety benefits and economic efficiencies accruing as a consequence of non-Federal management of harbor improvement projects, to enter into agreements with two non-Federal interests whereby the interests will undertake part or all of a harbor project authorized by law if the cost of doing so will not exceed the cost of the Secretary undertaking such project. Requires at least one such project to involve the improvements to a major ship channel which carries a substantial volume of both passenger and cargo traffic. Authorizes the Administrator of General Services, if so requested by the current owner, to exchange Federal property for a leasehold mineral and royalty interest in the Prado Flood Control Basin in Riverside, California. Directs the Secretary to convey to the trustees of the Salem Wesleyan Church all rights and interest to specified property in Jackson County, Florida, under specified terms and conditions. Directs the Secretary to convey to the Ira D. MacLachlan American Legion Post in Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, specified real property located there for use as a clubhouse, under specified terms and conditions. Authorizes the Secretary to transfer all rights and interest of specified real property under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Army to the city of Aberdeen, Washington, under specified terms and conditions including that such property be used only for fish and wildlife mitigation or for the generation of hydropower. Directs the Secretary to modify the reversionary interest in specified real property in order to allow the United Methodist Church in Clay County, Georgia, to construct and operate a retirement village on such land. Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 to extend by five years a program for fish and wildlife habitat rehabilitation and enhancement in certain midwestern States. Extends for an equal period the authorization of appropriations for such program. Provides the authorized first Federal cost for construction of a flood control project at San Luis Rey, California. Allows the Federal official handling a construction project request from the Governor of the Virgin Islands for a project for which Federal financial assistance is available to make such assistance available to the Secretary to carry out such project. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out the planning, engineering, and design of the Center Street bridge new alignment for Youngstown, Ohio, at a specified cost. Establishes the Southwest Region Flood Response Evaluation Commission to evaluate: (1) existing flood control measures in the Arkansas, Red, and Ouachita river basins; (2) the effectiveness of Federal emergency response capabilities to prevent or minimize loss of life and damage to property resulting from flooding; and (3) the effectiveness of Federal disaster assistance programs in providing adequate and prompt compensation to flood victims. Outlines administrative provisions and reporting requirements. Terminates the Commission 30 days after submission of its final report. Directs the Secretary to undertake projects for rehabilitation and reconstruction of Federal flood control levees on the: (1) Arkansas River, Arkansas and Oklahoma; and (2) Red River, Oklahoma and Arkansas, below Denison Dam. Authorizes the Secretary to develop and install a flood warning system for the Santa Clara River and its tributaries in Ventura and Los Angeles Counties, California, at a specified cost. Requires non-Federal interests to agree to operate and maintain such system and to develop, maintain, and implement such emergency preparedness plans for flood along the Santa Clara River as are satisfactory to the Secretary. Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 to extend the Rend Lake water storage contract by five years. Directs the Secretary, in consultation with the Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Administrator of the EPA, to develop a program of research and technology development for the control of zebra mussels in and around public infrastructure facilities. Requires reports from the Secretary concerning such program. Authorizes the Governor of each State to prepare and submit to the Secretary for approval a management plan which identifies those public infrastructure facilities which need financial and technical assistance in order to maintain operations. Outlines plan requirements. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to a State after its plan has been approved for assisting such State in implementing its management plan. Limits the Federal share of the costs of each management plan to 50 percent. Limits administrative costs to five percent of the amount of the grant. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1995. Declares certain portions of Lake Erie to be nonnavigable waters of the United States, unless the Secretary finds that proposed projects within the boundaries of Lake Erie are not in the public interest. Limits the applicability of such declaration to specifically-described portions of such Lake. Terminates such declaration 20 years from the date of enactment of this Act if certain action does not occur. Directs the Secretary, no later than January 20, 1991, to transmit to the Congress a list which specifically identifies opportunities of enhancing wetlands in connection with construction and operation of water resources projects. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to assist local governments in demonstrating methods of mitigating radium contamination in ground water. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1993. Reduces the amount which non-Federal interests would be required to pay for a feasibility study in connection with a flood control project for Hot Springs, Arkansas, by the percentage of total benefits which are attributable to the protection of lands owned by the United States. Directs the Secretary to study and report on the market for container ship traffic in the South Atlantic region of the United States from Port Everglades, Florida, to Norfolk, Virginia. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to study and report on a flood control project on the lower Calleguas Creek, California. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to conduct a study of, and report on: (1) problems in the southern California region, including governmental roles and responsibilities, with regard to restoring such region's public works infrastructures to full service following earthquakes causing substantial damage; and (2) problems and alternative solutions of containment and restoration of coastal waters and lands following a major oil spill in the California coastal region. Authorizes appropriations for each study and report. Directs the Secretary to study and report on: (1) alternative water supplies in the Red River area, Minnesota and North Dakota; (2) the claims of a certain water company in New Jersey against the Corps of Engineers; (3) the feasibility of implementing flood control measures on the Manasquan River in Freehold, Howell, and other New Jersey townships; (4) a review and evaluation on flooding and associated water quality problems planning undertaken by the city of Buffalo, New York; and (5) the feasibility of non-dam options to alleviate flooding along Mill Creek and Seven Mile Creek in Tennessee. Provides that the study for the inland navigation project, Lake Erie to the Ohio River Canal, Ohio, shall be considered to be primarily designed for navigation improvements in the nature of dams, locks, and channels on the Nation's system of inland waterways. Requires appropriate Senators and Congressmen to be notified when a water resources project in their State or district is being deauthorized. Deauthorizes specified water resources projects. Redesignates: (1) the Half Moon Bay Harbor in El Granada, California, as the Pillar Point Harbor; and (2) the Prado Dam in Riverside, California, as the George Osborn Dam.

Bill· HRH.R. 5315 (101st)reported

Transportation Trust Funds Off Budget Act of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 19 July 1990

Prohibits the receipts and disbursements of the Highway Trust Fund (for both the Federal Aid Highway program and the Mass Transit Account) and the Airport and Airway Trust Fund which are allocable to the transportation-related operations of such Funds from being included in either the Federal budget as submitted by the President, or in the congressional budget. Exempts such trust funds from any general statutory budget limitation. Amends the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 to require the Secretary of Transportation to estimate: (1) the amount of unfunded aviation authorizations at the close of the next fiscal year; and (2) the net aviation receipts for the 24-month period beginning at the close of such fiscal year. Prescribes adjustment procedures for certain unfunded aviation authorizations and for aviation apportionments. Requires the Secretary to report such estimates to specified congressional committees. Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to exempt specified Airport and Airway Trust Fund and Highway Trust Fund activities from any sequestration order issued under a certain section of the Act. Amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to: (1) exclude receipts and disbursements allocable to transportation-related operations of the Funds in calculating the Federal budget deficit; and (2) prohibit the Congress from considering specified changes to such Funds.

Bill· HRH.R. 5323 (101st)referred

State Thrift Deposit Insurance Premium Act of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 19 July 1990

State Thrift Deposit Insurance Premium Act of 1990 - Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to direct the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to determine and apportion among the States the cumulative cost of Federal assistance provided to State-chartered savings associations for case resolutions. Declares as "high risk" any State whose share of State resolution costs exceeds twice its share of 1980 State deposits. Mandates that each high risk State pay to the Savings Association Insurance Fund prescribed premiums reflecting such risk. Sets forth insurance termination procedures if a State fails to pay the required premium. Requires depositor notification of such insurance termination.

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