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

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Bill· HRH.R. 4867 (101st)open

Water Resources Development Act of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 17 May 1990

Water Resources Development Act of 1990 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to carry out certain flood control projects in specified amounts at specified locations. Authorizes the Secretary to modify a current navigation project at Ray Roberts Lake, Greenbelt, Texas, in a specified amount. Authorizes the Secretary to withhold from the public federally developed computer software until execution of a cooperative research and development agreement pursuant to the Water Resources Development Act of 1988. Adds an Indian tribe, a territory or possession of the United States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the Northern Mariana Islands to those entities with which the Chief of Engineers is authorized to enter into agreements to provide infrastructure services. Authorizes the Secretary to develop and implement a program to share the cost of managing recreation facilities and natural resources at water resources development projects under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Army. Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1974 to revise the determination of project interest and discount rates for contracts for physical construction or elements thereof if awarded before December 31, 1990. Authorizes the Secretary to accept orders to provide work or services to private entities operating within the United States, a territory or possession, or Puerto Rico or the Northern Mariana Islands under certain conditions. Amends the Flood Control Act of 1968 to specify the types of fees authorized to be charged by the Secretary of the Army for the use of specialized recreation sites and facilities. Specifies facilities and services for which the Secretary is not permitted to charge a fee. Authorizes the Secretary to establish appropriate fees to be charged to States to recover 50 percent of the cost of Federal assistance provided for the preparation of water conservation development plans and flood plain management information and services. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the harbor maintenance fee (port use tax) from 0.04 to 0.125 percent of the value of the cargo involved. Authorizes to be appropriated out of the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund necessary sums to pay up to 100 (currently 40) percent of eligible operation and maintenance costs associated with commercial navigation of harbors in the United States. Authorizes the use of appropriations from such Fund to reimburse the Marine Waterways Trust Fund for up to 100 percent of the costs incurred by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in carrying out nautical charting and marine navigational safety programs and activities beginning in FY 1991. Authorizes appropriations to the Army out of the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund for the payment of certain expenses incurred in administering certain taxes imposed under the Internal Revenue Code. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish in the Treasury the Marine Waterways Trust Fund. Authorizes appropriations to the Fund out of the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund for the payment of costs incurred by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for carrying out nautical charting and marine navigational safety programs beginning in FY 1991. Authorizes appropriations out of the general fund of the Treasury to pay any remaining costs of such programs. Increases from five to ten years the authorized period for carrying out a demonstration project for improving the structures and operations of water resources projects constructed by the Secretary before the enactment of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986. Authorizes the Secretary to conduct research and development associated with the development and implementation of a pilot program for an advanced Magnetic Levitation High Speed Transportation System (MAGLEV). Authorizes appropriations for such purpose. Waives a current limitation on the payment of premium pay for employees of the Army Corps of Engineers working on or supporting emergency or disaster relief efforts in areas declared or determined by the President to be an emergency or major disaster area. Authorizes the use of an emergency fund for preparation for emergency response to any natural disaster (currently, for flood emergency preparation).

Bill· HRH.R. 4683 (101st)referred

Judicial Taxation Prohibition Act

United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1990

Judicial Taxation Prohibition Act - Amends the Federal judicial code to deny to inferior Federal courts jurisdiction to issue any remedy, order, writ, or other judicial decree requiring the Federal Government or any State or local government to impose any new tax or to increase any existing tax or tax rate.

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 559 (101st)open

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States authorizing the Congress and the States to prohibit the act of physical desecration of the flag of the United States and to set criminal penalties for that act.

United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1990

Constitutional Amendment - Declares that the Congress and the States shall have power to prohibit the act of physical desecration of the U.S. flag and to set criminal penalties for such act.

Bill· HRH.R. 4577 (101st)referred

Underground Storage Tank Assistance and Groundwater Protection Act

United States · United States Congress · 19 April 1990

Underground Storage Tank Assistance and Groundwater Protection Act - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to guarantee principal and interest on loans made to eligible small businesses for the closure, replacement, upgrade, and release detection of underground storage tanks. Sets forth amounts and conditions of such guarantees. Makes eligible for such guarantees persons owning up to 12 underground storage tanks. Permits the Administrator, on a case-by-case basis, to allow persons owning up to 99 tanks to be eligible for such guarantees if they meet this Act's requirements and such assistance will increase environmental protection. Permits the Administrator to make principal and interest payments on behalf of the borrower if: (1) the borrower is unable to make such payment and it is in the public interest to continue the activity; and (2) the probable net cost to the Government in making such payments would be less than that resulting from the borrower's default. Authorizes the Administrator, in the event of a default by a borrower, to make payments in accordance with the guarantee. Requires the Attorney General to recover payments from the defaulting borrower. Authorizes the Administrator, for the same purposes for which loan guarantees may be made, to make grants to an eligible small business if: (1) the business is an essential community service; (2) at least three private lending institutions have declined to provide a loan for such purposes; and (3) a significant threat to human health and the environment is present. Sets forth limitations on the amounts of such grants. Terminates the authority to make loan guarantees, grants, or payment contracts five years after this Act's enactment. Permits the Administrator or a State to undertake corrective action with respect to threatened releases of petroleum from underground storage tanks. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make funds from the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund available to carry out this Act.

Law· HRH.R. 4487 (101st)enacted

National Health Service Corps Revitalization Amendments of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1990

National Health Service Corps Revitalization Amendments of 1990 - Title I: Revisions in General Program for National Health Service Corps - Amends the Public Health Service Act provisions relating to the purpose of the National Health Service Corps to require that the Secretary of Health and Human Services use the Corps to provide primary health services in health manpower shortage areas. Removes a limitation on the dollar amount of pay increases which may be granted to a Corps member during the first 36 months of service. Removes provisions directing the Secretary, in assigning Corps members, to: (1) give priority to meeting Indian Health Service and other indian tribe or tribal organization needs; and (2) provide special consideration to homeless populations who do not have access to primary health care services. Applies certain definitions to provisions relating to Corps scholarship and loan programs as well as to provisions relating directly to the Corps. Requires that a complete descriptive list of health manpower shortage areas be published in the Federal Register by specified deadlines. Includes in the definition of "medical facility": (1) health programs or facilities operated by a tribe or tribal organization; and (2) facilities used in connection with provisions relating to health services for homeless individuals. Allows the Secretary to assign members of the Corps to an entity to provide health services in a health manpower shortage area only if there has been (currently, will be) appropriate and efficient use of Corps members assigned to that entity for the area. Removes certain provisions relating to priorities and considerations in assigning Corps personnel, replacing some such provisions with similarly worded provisions. Sets forth the exclusive factors the Secretary may consider in determining the areas with the greatest shortages. Requires annual publication in the Federal Register of a list of areas that are to be given priority in the assignment of Corps members and, for FY 1991, a list of entities authorized to receive assignments of Corps members. Replaces provisions relating to grants and contracts for programs respecting preparation for practice of individuals subject to a service obligation with provisions: (1) concerning consideration of characteristics of Corps members in making assignments; (2) requiring certain types of counseling of Corps members; (3) requiring assistance to Corps members in establishing local professional relationships; (4) directing the Secretary to provide assistance regarding temporary relief from Corps duties in order to pursue continuing education or other interests, including vacations; and (5) directing the Secretary to carry out activities to determine the characteristics of health professionals who are more likely to remain in shortage areas after completion of Corps service, and to determine the appropriate conditions for the assignment of certified nurse practitioners, certified nurse midwives, and physician assistants. Authorizes appropriations. Title II: Scholarship and Loan Repayment Programs of National Health Service Corps - Replaces measures providing for the establishment of the National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program with similar provisions directing the Secretary to establish such a Scholarship Program to assure, with respect to primary health services, an adequate supply of health professionals. (Current law makes no reference to primary health services.) Requires that an agreement to work as a provider of primary health services in a shortage area (currently, an agreement to work in a shortage area) be a part of the scholarship contract. Alters the priorities in providing contracts under the Scholarship Program to include an individual with characteristics that increase the probability that the individual will continue to serve in a shortage area after completion of obligated service. Changes the required contents of an annual report mandated by current law regarding the Scholarship Program. Replaces measures providing for the establishment of the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program with similar provisions directing the Secretary to establish such a Loan Repayment Program to assure, with respect to the provision of primary health services, an adequate supply of health professionals. (Current law makes no reference to primary health services.) Requires that an agreement to work as a provider of primary health services in a shortage area (currently, an agreement to work in a shortage area) be a part of the loan repayment contract. Changes eligibility procedures for the Loan Repayment Program. Replaces provisions governing priorities in providing loan repayment contracts with provisions directing the Secretary to give priority to an individual who has characteristics that increase the probability that the individual will continue to serve in a shortage area after completion of obligated service. Increases the limit on the amount the Secretary may pay for each year of obligated service. Removes provisions allowing fulfillment of a service obligation in the Indian Health Service or in a program or facility operated by a tribe or a tribal organization. Requires (currently, allows) the Secretary to pay all (currently, part or all) of any increase in Federal income tax liability of an individual which arises as a result of the loan repayments. Changes the required contents of an annual report mandated by current law regarding the Loan Repayment Program. Requires that an annual report concerning the Scholarship Program and the Loan Repayment Program cover the next five years rather than the next three years. Authorizes appropriations, requiring set-asides in certain percentages for new applicants and for applicants in specified fields. Title III: State Offices of Rural Health - Authorizes the Secretary, through the Director of the Office of Rural Health Policy, to make grants to States for improving health care in rural areas through the operation of State offices of rural health. Requires recipient States to agree that such office will be provided with a minimum annual budget. Authorizes appropriations. Prohibits making grants under this program after the aggregate amounts appropriated reach a specified level. Title IV: General Provisions - Specifies the effective dates of provisions of this Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 4494 (101st)open

To amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to limit the liability under that Act of lending institutions acquiring facilities through foreclosure or similar means and corporate fiduciaries administering estates or trusts.

United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1990

Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to provide that the definition of "owner or operator" (for purposes of liability) does not include: (1) a designated lending institution which acquires control of a facility pursuant to the terms of a security interest held by the person in such facility or in connection with a lease subject to Federal or State banking authorities; (2) a corporate fiduciary which operates or has legal title to a facility pursuant to the terms of an estate or trust; (3) an individual or institution that serves as an indenture trustee and acquires control of a facility as the result of default on a financing document between the trustee and the issuing entity; and (4) an individual fiduciary who has legal title to a facility for purposes of administering an estate or trust.

Bill· HRH.R. 4485 (101st)referred

Medicare Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist Payment Amendments of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1990

Medicare Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist Payment Amendments of 1990 - Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to establish uniform national fee schedule payment rates for certified registered nurse anesthetist services.

Bill· HRH.R. 4483 (101st)referred

Rural Nursing Incentive Act of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1990

Rural Nursing Incentive Act of 1990 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide direct coverage under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of the Medicare program of nurse practitioner or clinical nurse specialist services furnished in rural areas. Sets the Medicare payment for such services at 80 percent of the lesser of the actual charge or the prevailing charge that would have been recognized had the services been performed by a physician. Requires that such payments be made on an assignment-related basis.

Bill· HRH.R. 4475 (101st)referred

Medicare Physician Regulation Relief Amendments of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1990

Medicare Physician Regulation Relief Amendments of 1990 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require carriers and peer review organizations to release the medical review screen or the associated screening parameter to a physician before notifying such physician that payment for his or her service has been denied. Permits Medicare reimbursement of a patient's regular physician for services provided to such patient by another physician who occasionally covers for the regular physician. Requires Medicare carriers to provide physicians, upon request and without charge, with carrier-generated information which physicians need to submit a payment claim or respond to a carrier inquiry. Allows a medical society or other professional organization representing physicians to represent a group or class of physicians in Medicare payment determinations, reconsiderations, or appeals. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to appoint, based on nominations submitted by national medical organizations representing physicians, a Practicing Physicians Advisory Council with which the Secretary must consult concerning changes in the Medicare program and proposed changes in regulations and carrier operation policies.

Bill· HRH.R. 4484 (101st)referred

Allied Health Professionals Promotion Act of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1990

Allied Health Professionals Promotion Act of 1990 - Amends provisions of the Public Health Service Act relating to grants and contracts concerning training of allied health personnel to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to allocate 75 percent of the funds authorized to those allied health fields the Secretary determines to have: (1) the most significant shortages of practitioners; and (2) a significant role in the care and rehabilitation of patients who are elderly or disabled. Makes payments of tuition under these provisions to, or on behalf of, a participating student notwithstanding other law, exempt from taxation. Authorizes appropriations. Changes the amount of currently authorized appropriations for traineeships for advanced training of allied health personnel. Establishes the Division of Allied Health Professions within the Health Resources and Services Administration's Bureau of Health Professions in order to consolidate and focus the efforts of the Federal Government in support of allied health education, training, and research. Establishes within the Division the Advisory Council on Allied Health. Directs the Secretary to establish a two-year pilot program to make grants to support innovative allied health research projects. Requires the program to be administered through the Division. Authorizes appropriations.

Bill· HRH.R. 4482 (101st)referred

State Offices of Rural Health Act of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1990

State Offices of Rural Health Act of 1990 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the Director of the Office of Rural Health Policy, to make grants to States to improve the availability, quality, and cost-effectiveness of rural health care. Requires State grant recipients to expend the grant for operation of an office of rural health. Directs the Secretary to: (1) annually convene a conference of representatives of the Office of Rural Health Policy and of the offices operated under this Act to discuss such improvements; and (2) request the attendance of representatives of such State offices without regard to whether a State is a grantee. Authorizes appropriations.

Bill· HRH.R. 4509 (101st)open

Sustainable Agriculture and Clean Water Act of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1990

Sustainable Agriculture and Clean Water Act of 1990 - Title I: Agricultural Programs and Practices - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) establish an integrated crop management program; and (2) develop related technical guides. Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to include in the conservation reserve program (CRP) non-highly erodible wetlands, converted wetlands, or surrounding uplands. Extends the CRP through 1995. Directs the Secretary to: (1) conduct a study regarding the advisability and effect of extending and expanding the CRP; (2) establish a soil testing program in areas with surface or groundwater problems; and (3) establish in the Extension Service a nutrient management education program. Directs the Agricultural Research Service and Cooperative State Research Service to increase agricultural and water quality research, including integrated crop management system research. Title II: Clean Water Act Programs - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize FY 1992 through 1995 appropriations for management of nonpoint source (including groundwater quality protection) pollution of navigable waters. Authorizes FY 1992 through 1995 appropriations for cost sharing programs to control rural area nonpoint source water pollution. Authorizes FY 1991 through 1995 appropriations for the clean lakes program.

Bill· HRH.R. 4481 (101st)referred

Rural Hospital Payment Equity Act of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1990

Rural Hospital Payment Equity Act of 1990 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to equalize average standardized Medicare payments for urban and rural hospitals. Requires the Security of Health and Human Services to collect data on compensation and paid hours of employment for hospital employees in various occupational categories and use such data to establish a professional and non-professional occupational component for each area wage index used in reimbursing hospitals for wage-related costs. Directs the Secretary to develop a legislative proposal allowing for the adjustment of a rural hospital's wage index by substituting the professional occupational component of the wage index used in the nearest metropolitan area for the professional occupational component that would otherwise apply to such rural hospital's area wage index.

Bill· HRH.R. 4424 (101st)referred

Language of Government Act of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1990

Language of Government Act of 1990 - Declares English to be the official language of the U.S. Government. States that the Government has an affirmative obligation to preserve and enhance the role of English as the official language. Prohibits anyone from being denied Government services because they communicate in English. Prohibits a Government entity from making or enforcing an official act requiring the use of a language other than English. Deems anyone discriminated against for communicating in English to have been discriminated against on the basis of national origin. Makes available to a person so discriminated against all lawful remedies available under the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Bill· HRH.R. 4388 (101st)open

To establish price support programs for the 1991 through 1995 crops of cotton, rice, and sugar.

United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1990

Title I: Cotton - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to set forth price support provisions for the 1991 through 1995 crops of upland cotton. Establishes the target price at $.729 per pound, with adjustment authority based on production cost increases. Provides for ten-month market-based loans, with an eight-month extension if average prices do not exceed specified levels. Provides for: (1) a marketing loan program based on adjusted world market prices, including a market certificate program; and (2) the imposition of a special limited global import quota when the U.S. upland cotton price exceeds the "Northern Europe" price. Provides for deficiency payments calculated on a calendar year basis. Provides for an acreage limitation program that will provide for specified carryover cotton stocks. Authorizes a uniform acreage reduction of up to 25 percent. Sets forth conservation use provisions. Authorizes disaster payments and reduced yield disaster payments under specified conditions. Provides for a paid land diversion program if projected carryovers exceed specified limits. States that cross-compliance shall not apply to such crops. Extends specified provisions of the extra long staple cotton program. Title II: Rice - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to set forth price support provisions for the 1991 through 1995 rice crops. Establishes the target price at $10.71 per hundredweight, with adjustment authority based on production cost increases. Provides for nine-month market-based loans. Provides for a marketing loan program based on adjusted world market prices, including a market certificate program. Authorizes disaster payments and reduced yield disaster payments under specified conditions. Provides for an acreage limitation program that will provide for specified carryover rice stocks. Authorizes a uniform acreage reduction of up to 35 percent. Sets forth conservation use provisions. States that cross-compliance shall not apply to such crops. Title III: Sugar - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to set forth price support provisions for the 1991 through 1995 sugar crops. Establishes loan rates at $.18 per pound for sugarcane. Bases sugar beet prices on sugarcane levels. Authorizes price support increases based upon production cost increases and other circumstances that may adversely affect domestic sugar production.

Bill· HRH.R. 4353 (101st)open

Wetlands Conservation Reserve Program Act of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1990

Wetlands Conservation Reserve Program Act of 1990 - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to make wetlands and surrounding uplands eligible for inclusion in the conservation reserve program. Extends the program through crop year 1995. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) conduct a study of the advisability and effect of extending and expanding the program; and (2) report to the appropriate congressional committees.

Bill· HRH.R. 4339 (101st)open

Oilseed Equity Loan Act of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1990

Oilseed Equity Loan Act of 1990 - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to establish a price support program for the 1991 through 1995 crops of sunflower seed, canola, rapeseed, safflower seed, and flaxseed (oilseeds).

Bill· HRH.R. 4212 (101st)referred

Wetlands Conservation Initiative Act of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1990

Wetlands Conservation Initiative Act of 1990 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for wetlands conservation expenditures, wetlands conservation leases, and charitable contributions of environmentally valuable wetlands.

Bill· HRH.R. 4189 (101st)referred

To provide for a flexible system for establishing farm and crop acreage bases and program yields for the wheat, feed grain, upland cotton, and rice programs under the Agricultural Act of 1949.

United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1990

Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 with regard to 1991 through 1995 acreage bases and program yields for wheat, feed grains, upland and extra long staple cotton, or rice to: (1) provide for (ten percent maximum) crop base adjustments (to be offset by equivalent downward adjustments of other crop acreage bases); (2) base a farm's crop acreage base on the three preceding crop years; (3) base a farm's payment yield on the five preceding crop years actual yields; and (4) eliminate cross and offset compliance requirements.