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United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1990
Judicial Taxation Prohibition Act - Amends the Federal judicial code to deny to inferior Federal courts jurisdiction to issue any remedy, order, writ, or other judicial decree requiring the Federal Government or any State or local government to impose any new tax or to increase any existing tax or tax rate.
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1990
Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to permit the deferral of payments on student loans during professional internships of any duration (by removing a two-year limitation).
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1990
Constitutional Amendment - Declares that the Congress and the States shall have power to prohibit the act of physical desecration of the U.S. flag and to set criminal penalties for such act.
United States · United States Congress · 26 April 1990
Recycling Initiatives Grant Act - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to award grants for conducting research on, or developing, innovative techniques for solid waste recycling. Limits the amount of such grants. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 1990
Designates the month of October 1990 as Crime Prevention Month.
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 1990
Designates May 13, 1990, as National Day in Support of Freedom and Human Rights in China and Tibet.
United States · United States Congress · 24 April 1990
Reduces to five years (currently six) the service obligation of graduates of the service academies. Reduces to seven years (currently ten) the service obligation of graduates of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences.
United States · United States Congress · 24 April 1990
Authorizes and requests the President to designate May 26, 1990, to commemorate the bicentennial of "An Act for the government of the territory of the United States, south of the river Ohio" (from which Tennessee was formed).
United States · United States Congress · 24 April 1990
Designates January 6 through January 12, 1991, as National Law Enforcement Training Week.
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1990
Taxpayers' Right to Know Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require the booklets of instructions for individual income tax returns to include pie-shaped graphs showing the relative sizes of the major outlay and income categories.
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1990
Designates November 1990 as Dyslexia Awareness Month.
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1990
Designates September 9 through 15, 1990, as National Historically Black Colleges Week.
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1990
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the U.S. Postal Service should study and report to the Congress on the feasibility of establishing lower rates for second- and third-class mail matter which uses recycled paper and materials.
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1990
Expresses the sense of the Congress that community service should be required for graduation from high school.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1990
Ancient Forest Protection Act of 1990 - Establishes the National Ancient Forest Reserve System. Designates certain lands in California, Oregon, and Washington as components of such System. Declares that all Federal lands in such States which qualify as ancient forest or associated forest and are not designated as components of the System shall be managed as if they are. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to issue regulations with respect to the removal of commercial timber from such lands. Declares it to be U.S. policy to develop and utilize scientific information to study and identify the biological and ecological requirements of ancient forest ecosystems. Directs the Chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality to study and report to appropriate congressional committees on the biological and physical requirements for the survival of such ecosystems.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1990
Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to provide that the definition of "owner or operator" (for purposes of liability) does not include: (1) a designated lending institution which acquires control of a facility pursuant to the terms of a security interest held by the person in such facility or in connection with a lease subject to Federal or State banking authorities; (2) a corporate fiduciary which operates or has legal title to a facility pursuant to the terms of an estate or trust; (3) an individual or institution that serves as an indenture trustee and acquires control of a facility as the result of default on a financing document between the trustee and the issuing entity; and (4) an individual fiduciary who has legal title to a facility for purposes of administering an estate or trust.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1990
Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to disregard reparation payments made by the Federal Republic of Germany in the post-eligibility computation of income for individuals who reside in nursing homes or receive home- or community-based services.
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.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1990
Medicaid Home Respiratory Care Act of 1990 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require States to cover home respiratory care services for ventilator-dependent individuals.
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.
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.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1990
Textile, Apparel, and Footwear Trade Act of 1990 - Limits the 1990 imports of textiles and textile products classified under a category to an amount equal to 101 percent of the total 1989 imports classified under such category. Limits the 1990 imports of nonrubber footwear classified under a nonrubber footwear category to an amount equal to: (1) the total 1989 imports of nonrubber footwear classified under such category; and (2) in the case of high priced nonrubber footwear, the total 1989 imports of high priced nonrubber footwear classified under such category. Provides for a one-percent annual growth in the amount of permitted imports of textiles and textile products after 1990. Exempts from the limitations imposed under this Act imports of textiles and textile products from U.S. possessions if such articles are exempt from duty under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States and are manufactured by U.S. citizens, nationals, or permanent residents of such a possession. Limits the imports of certain sweaters made in Guam to a specified amount during FY 1990 and to such amount increased by one percent per year in subsequent years. Declares such limitations shall not apply to Canada or Israel. Sets forth limitations on the amount of textile and textile products, classified under certain import categories, which may be imported from beneficiary countries under the Caribbean Basin Initiative. Authorizes the President to: (1) enter into trade agreements to grant new concessions as compensation to the extent required under U.S. trade agreements for the import limits imposed by this Act; and (2) proclaim such modification or continuance of any existing duty on textiles and textile products and on nonrubber footwear as necessary to carry out such agreements. Prohibits the President from reducing any rate of duty by more than ten percent. Requires the President, before entering into such trade agreements, to consider whether a country has violated trade concessions of benefit to the United States and the violation has not been adequately offset. Sets forth requirements governing staged rate reductions in the tariffs of articles affected by this Act. Prohibits the President, except as authorized by this Act, from entering into trade negotiations with any country with respect to duties on textiles, textile products, and nonrubber footwear. Prohibits the President, except as provided in this Act, from decreasing or proposing a decrease in any such duty by any means, including an implementing bill or a proclamation. Requires the President to report annually to the Congress on the administration of this Act. Requires the Secretary of Commerce, ten years after enactment of this Act, to study and report to the Congress on its operation. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a pilot program for the issuance and sale to U.S. companies at public auction of import licenses applicable to categories of textiles. Terminates such licensing program on December 31, 1991, and requires a report to the Congress on its administration.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1990
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise the definitions of highly compensated employee and compensation for pension plan purposes. Delays requirements of employer reporting on the number of highly compensated employees under a fringe benefit plan. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to study the burden of such reporting requirements.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1990
Designates the week of August 19 through August 25, 1990, as National Agricultural Research Week.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1990
Designates the week of November 11 through 17, 1990, as National Women Veterans Recognition Week.
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1990
Mickey Leland African and Caribbean Development Act of 1990 - Title I: African Development - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize the President to furnish project and program assistance for long-term development in sub-Saharan Africa. Provides that the purpose of such assistance is to help the poor majority of sub-Saharan Africans to participate in development through economic growth that is equitable, participatory, environmentally sustainable, and self-reliant. Requires the Agency for International Development (AID) to take into account the local-level perspective of poor sub-Saharan Africans during the planning process for such assistance. Declares that AID should make available funds for private and voluntary organizations which have demonstrated effectiveness in, or a commitment to, the promotion of local activities on behalf of development in sub-Saharan Africa. Provides for the participation and integration of African women in such development activities. Requires such assistance to emphasize projects to address critical sectoral priorities for long-term development. Lists the sectoral priorities as: (1) increased agricultural production and the maintenance and restoration of renewable natural resources; (2) improved health conditions; (3) increased access to voluntary family planning services; (4) improved relevance, equity, and efficiency of education; and (5) the development of income-generating opportunities for the unemployed and underemployed. Imposes minimum levels of assistance for certain critical sectors. Requires the assistance to be concentrated in countries that will make the most effective use of such assistance. Sets forth uses for local currencies generated by assistance. Permits funds made available under this Act to be used to assist sub-Saharan African countries in increasing their capacity to participate in donor coordination mechanisms. Provides that it is U.S. policy that such funds are not used by a country to repay loans, with exceptions. Sets forth transfer authorities and reprogramming notifications with respect to such funds. Authorizes appropriations. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the authorization of appropriations should be extended whenever appropriate. Authorizes the AID Administrator to transfer a specified amount of funds to increase AID resources for development activities in sub-Saharan Africa. Deems to be payments made by eligible sub-Saharan countries to the United States for economic assistance: (1) local currency deposited into accounts to be used for development purposes; and (2) payments waived by the President under certain conditions. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the purposes of the African Development Foundation are consistent with the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. Amends the African Development Foundation Act to authorize appropriations for the African Development Foundation for FY 1991. Expresses the sense of the Congress that special efforts should be taken to reduce trade barriers and promote economic interchange between the United States and sub-Saharan Africa. Earmarks funds for Southern African Development Coordination Conference (SADCC) projects and for assistance to Namibia. Waives provisions of law which prohibit assistance to countries in default on loan repayments to the United States with respect to such assistance. Urges the President to use diplomatic means to protect the security of SADCC projects and urges the South African Government to respect the territorial integrity of SADCC states and refrain from military aggression across its borders. Title II: Caribbean Regional Development - Sets forth U.S. policy with respect to development and economic assistance for the Caribbean. Requires priority in providing development assistance to be given to supporting indigenous democratic Caribbean institutions that represent and benefit the poor. States that in determining the eligibility of a Caribbean country for development assistance, the per capita income of such country shall be no greater than the per capita income of the Caribbean as a whole. Requires priority in the allocation of assistance to the Caribbean to be given to: (1) food self-sufficiency; (2) rural development; (3) community-based agro-industries; (4) small- and medium-sized farm and manufacturing enterprises; (5) the expansion of tourism; (6) regional integration; (7) the upgrading of technical and managerial skills; (8) support for renewable natural resources; (9) private sector development; (10) democratic development and the administration of justice; and (11) human services and human resources development. Denies assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Arms Export Control Act to any Caribbean country not enforcing workers' rights. Exempts development or narcotics control assistance from such prohibition. Prohibits AID from providing assistance for the use of any substance in a Caribbean country if such use is prohibited under the country's or U.S. public health laws. Requires AID to ensure the active participation of women in the development process. Directs AID to: (1) take into account the perspectives of the poor in the development process; and (2) monitor socioeconomic conditions in the Caribbean and the effect of U.S. assistance on such conditions. Authorizes appropriations for development and economic support assistance for the Caribbean. Earmarks funds for the Eastern Caribbean and Belize. Title III: Other Provisions - Sets forth a framework to provide for regular and sustained assistance to Haiti when specified conditions are met. Prohibits the provision of any assistance to Haiti unless Haiti has embarked upon a credible transition to democracy by: (1) restoring the 1987 Constitution; (2) appointing an electoral commission to conduct free and fair elections; and (3) providing electoral security. Makes available to Haiti development, economic, anti-terrorism, and Inter-American Foundation assistance for FY 1991 if Haiti meets specified conditions regarding the existence of an elected civilian government and steps toward assuring the observance and judicial enforcement of internationally recognized human rights.
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1990
Designates the week of June 3 through 9, 1990, as National Children's Community Immunity Week.
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1990
Designates the week of November 12 through 18, 1990, as National Critical Care Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1990
Designates the month of May 1990 as National Foster Care Month.
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1990
Designates September 9 through 16, 1990, as National Occupational Safety Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1990
Denies Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) benefits for ten years to any person: (1) convicted of violating a Federal environmental law; or (2) found to have held a beneficial business interest in a business concern required to be listed on a disclosure statement under this Act and convicted of violating a Federal environmental law. Prohibits the EPA Administrator from denying benefits to any person who demonstrates that he has been rehabilitated. Requires the following persons to file disclosure statements with the Administrator: (1) Federal environmental permit applicants; (2) applicants for EPA loans, grants, or other benefits; or (3) persons submitting contract bids or competitive proposals to EPA. Provides for enforcement of this Act through EPA examination of disclosure statements and access to business sites and records. Grants persons declared to be ineligible for EPA benefits the opportunity for a hearing. Provides for public access to disclosure statements and business records, with the exception of confidential information.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1990
Hunger Prevention and Nutrition Expansion Act of 1990 - Amends the Hunger Prevention Act of 1988 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to purchase and distribute $10,000,000 worth of milk to soup kitchens in each of FY 1991 through 1995.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1990
Designates September 13, 1990, as National DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) Day.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1990
Expresses the sense of the Congress that foreign language instruction should begin at the elementary school level. Urges State and local educational agencies to initiate programs of foreign language instruction in elementary schools. Supports the statements of: (1) the National Governors' Association calling for such programs; and (2) the Follow-Up Committee to the Wingspread Consultation on Elementary School Foreign Languages, calling for establishment of a Blue Ribbon Commission to address the national agenda for foreign language instruction in elementary schools.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1990
National Child Search Assistance Act of 1990 - Requires each Federal, State, and local law enforcement agency to report each case of a missing child under age 18 to the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) of the Department of Justice. Directs the Attorney General to establish guidelines for the collection of such reports and to publish an annual summary. Requires States reporting under this Act to: (1) ensure that no State law enforcement agency establishes a policy which requires a waiting period before accepting a missing child report; (2) provide that all information is entered into the State law enforcement system and the NCIC computer networks and forwarded to the Missing Children Information Clearinghouse (Clearinghouse) or other designated agency within the State; (3) require the Clearinghouse or designated agency to notify all other law enforcement agencies in the State, verify and update the original entry made into the State law enforcement system and NCIC computer networks, and institute or assist with appropriate search and investigative procedures; and (4) maintain close liaison with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children for the exchange of information and technical assistance in the missing children cases. Specifies that any State not complying with such reporting requirements shall be denied grants, cooperative agreements, or other assistance authorized by the Missing Children's Assistance Act.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1990
Authorizes and requests the President to designate the second full week in March 1991 as National Employ the Older Worker Week.
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1990
Nontraditional Students Assistance Act of 1990 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to lower from 24 to 22 the age at which an individual is to be considered an independent student, for purposes of student financial assistance in general, as well as for Pell Grants. Makes less-than-half-time students who meet specified requirements eligible for student loans under the guaranteed student loan (GSL) program, as well as for Pell Grants. Makes such students also eligible for grace periods and deferrals with respect to repayment of GSL loans and of loans under the national student direct loan (NDSL) program.
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1990
Designates May 4, 1990, as Department of Education Day.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1990
Tourism Policy and Export Promotion Act of 1990 - Declares it to be the national goal to increase U.S. export earnings from U.S. tourism and transportation services with an eye toward: (1) the elimination of the travel and tourism export deficit of the United States and the U.S trade deficit; and (2) the achievement of a travel and tourism export surplus. Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to require the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to identify foreign trade barriers to U.S. travel and tourism. Requires the USTR to submit the National Trade Estimate to the President and the Senate Committees on Finance and Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Amends the International Trade Act of 1961 to require each annual tourism trade development plan to focus on those countries in which tourism trade development has the greatest potential for increasing travel and tourism export revenues. Declares that the Congress finds that increased efforts directed at the promotion of rural tourism will contribute to the economic development of rural America. Establishes the Rural Tourism Foundation. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1990
World War II 50th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act - Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States should recognize the 50th anniversary of World War II by minting and issuing commemorative coins. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to issue and mint such coins in five dollar, one dollar, and half dollar denominations. Mandates that surcharges received from the sale of such coins be deposited in a coinage profit fund and allocated, upon separate congressional authorization, to the American Battle Monuments Commission to establish a World War II memorial. Directs the Secretary to report semiannually to the Congress regarding implementation of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1990
Agricultural Export Enhancement Act of 1990 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish the Export Market Research Loan Program to make loans to eligible entities to perform research directed at expanding agricultural export markets. Requires the Secretary to establish the New Market Task Force to develop foreign market development strategy, coordinate and disseminate information, and advise and educate such entities concerning agricultural export markets and domestic trade programs. Authorizes appropriations. Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to require the Secretary for FY 1991 through 1995 to use a specified amount of funds, or commodities owned by, the Commodity Credit Corporation for targeted export activities designed to develop new foreign markets for agricultural products. Requires the Administrator of the Foreign Agricultural Service to report to specified congressional committees: (1) any recommendations about proposed locations of New Agricultural Trade Offices and proposed fund uses; (2) estimated personnel and appropriations needs of such offices; and (3) an analysis of the Service's hiring ceiling. Requires the Secretary of State to permit the Agricultural Trade Offices to employ necessary personnel even if their employment exceeds embassy personnel limits. Requires the Secretary to establish a Processed Products Export Enhancement Program providing agricultural commodities acquired by the Corporation to U.S. exporters, users, and processors and foreign purchasers at no cost. Amends the Food for Peace Act of 1966 to extend the authority of the Agricultural Export Credit Revolving Fund through October 1, 1995.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1990
Amends the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 to declare that the international trade negotiating objectives of the United States include a harmonized patent system for trading nations in international courts. Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to define conditions under which a foreign country shall be deemed to deny adequate substantive standards for the protection of intellectual property rights.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1990
Designates July 2, 1990, as National Literacy Day.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1990
Designates the week beginning July 22, 1990, as Lyme Disease Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 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.
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1990
Amends Federal armed forces provisions to provide for the furnishing of gold star lapel buttons to dependents of members of the armed forces who die or died as a result of an illness or injury sustained in the line of duty. (Currently, such buttons are provided only for dependents of members who died while engaged in a military action.)
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1990
Calls for the United States to: (1) continue to give the highest priority to accounting for Americans still missing or unaccounted for in Southeast Asia and to securing the return of Americans still held captive; (2) ensure cooperation with Vietnam and Laos to achieve credible answers for the families of such Americans, including primary-next-of-kin access to all records and information resulting from joint investigations, surveys, and excavations; (3) develop a means of accounting for Americans unaccounted for in Cambodia that is consistent with U.S. efforts to obtain a political settlement to the Cambodian situation; and (4) heighten responsible public awareness of Americans unaccounted for in Southeast Asia through the dissemination of factual data.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1990
Workplace Family Leave Policy Disclosure Act of 1990 - Requires employers to report to the Secretary of Labor (the Secretary) concerning their family leave policies, and to make a copy of the report available to their employees. Requires employers to post a notice setting forth a summary of this Act and employee rights to inform the Secretary of violations of this Act. Sets forth civil penalties to enforce this Act. Directs the Secretary, within four years, to analyze the information submitted under this Act and report to the Congress. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1990
Designates November 18 through November 24, 1990, and November 17 through November 23, 1991, as National Family Caregivers Week.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1990
Designates August 30, 1990, as 1890 Land-Grant Institutions Centennial Recognition Day.