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United States · United States Congress · 24 April 1990
Designates October 1, 1990, to October 1, 1991, as Year of the Wetlands.
United States · United States Congress · 24 April 1990
Designates September 1990 as Jewish Community Center Month.
United States · United States Congress · 20 April 1990
Mickey Leland Memorial Domestic Hunger Relief Act - Title I: Reducing Childhood Hunger - Subtitle A: Eliminating the Excess Shelter Deduction Cap - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to revise and increase the excess shelter expense deduction for FY 1991 and 1992. Subtitle B: Adequacy of Food Stamp Benefits - Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to adjust the basic benefit level upwards by specified increments at the beginning of each fiscal year from FY 1991 through 1995 until it reaches 105 percent of the cost of the thrifty food plan. Subtitle C: Protecting Households in Special Circumstances - Directs the Secretary to provide for emergency allotments to eligible households to replace food lost in a disaster. Excludes from the computation of household income any State allowance (provided at least annually) for obtaining school clothes for children in school or child care. Provides for allotment increases to cover State or local sales taxes for participants in demonstration projects. Authorizes a State, on or after April 1, 1992, and with the Secretary's approval, to implement an electronic food stamp benefit transfer system. Redefines "food" with regard to the homeless for purposes of such Act. Permits State agencies to develop standard estimates of the shelter and related expenses which homeless households may reasonably be expected to incur in order to certify such households based on reported expenses not exceeding such an estimate. Title II: Promoting Self-Sufficiency - Excludes the first $50 a month received as child support from consideration as income in determining the food stamp allotments of households also receiving Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) benefits. Increases from $4,500 to $5,500 from January 1 through September 30, 1991, with annual cost-of-living adjustments to follow, the limit on the fair market value of vehicles that food stamp recipients may own. Directs the Secretary to conduct a sufficient number of demonstration projects to evaluate the effects of excluding from such vehicle calculation the value of: (1) any licensed vehicle used for certain income-producing, transportation, or shelter purposes; and (2) one licensed vehicle used for job-related or job-seeking purposes (including commuting), for pursuing education or training, or for securing food or food stamp benefits. Allows States to use their own agency-designed forms instead of forms approved by the Secretary. Allows four States to give priority in the provision of services to voluntary participants (including both exempt and nonexempt), so long as performance standards are maintained. Authorizes an employment and training program to contain programs designed to increase the self-sufficiency of recipients through self-employment. Excludes from the computation of household financial resources any nonliquid resources necessary to allow the household to carry out an approved plan for self-sufficiency. Increases the dependent care deduction for purposes of eligibility and benefit levels. Increases the limit for reimbursements to recipients for costs incurred in employment and training activities. Revises: (1) low-income student eligibility provisions; and (2) educational expense exclusions. Excludes from income computation housing assistance payments made to a third party on behalf of a household member residing in transitional housing for the homeless. Title III: Simplifying Program Administration - Requires parents and minor children who live together to apply for food stamps as a single household. Requires the Secretary to issue rules under which State agencies must develop standards for identifying (for exclusion as inaccessible resources) those kinds of resources the household is unlikely to sell for any significant return because its interest is so slight or the cost of selling would be so great. Provides that a food stamp office need not consider any resources that the AFDC or supplemental security income benefit programs have already determined to be exempt. Directs State agencies to require only one adult representative of a household to sign all declarations required in the application process on behalf of the household. Makes recipients of State or local general assistance programs categorically eligible for food stamps. Changes from mandatory to discretionary aggregate allotments for households applying for benefits after the 15th day of the month. Title IV: Hunger in Rural America - Requires State agencies to designate rural project areas where low-income persons face substantial difficulties in getting transportation. Requires issuance of coupons by mail in such areas, except where households experience mail losses exceeding certain levels. Title V: Promoting Access for the Elderly and Disabled - Declares that State agencies, with respect to the excess medical deduction for the elderly and the disabled, shall not require further verification of a change in medical expenses if the change has been anticipated for the verification period. Requires annual adjustments to the value of the minimum food stamp benefit. Permits State agencies to establish a procedure allowing households whose regular food stamp benefits do not exceed $20 per month to receive up to $60 worth for intervals of up to three months. Requires that any applicant for or recipient of supplemental security income benefits be informed of the availability of food stamp benefits. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) make grants in FY 1991 through 1993 for demonstration projects to improve food stamp participation among homeless persons and families, low-income working families with children, and elderly and disabled persons; and (2) conduct pilot projects in FY 1994 and 1995 to test new food stamp procedures aimed at increasing rural participation. Title VI: Program Administration by State Agencies - Prohibits the application of disallowances for erroneous issuances or similar actions to any State for a fiscal year before FY 1991. Title VII: Program Integrity - Prohibits a wholesale-retail food concern from redeeming food stamps as a retail store unless: (1) it does a substantial level of retail food business; or (2) the Secretary determines that failure to so authorize the store would cause hardship to food stamp households. Requires applicant wholesale or retail food stores or concerns to provide the social security numbers of their owners, officers, and on-site managers. Increases fines for food stamp trafficking. Disqualifies a food store or concern permanently for selling guns, explosives, or controlled substances for food stamps, except that a fine may be imposed in lieu of disqualification under specified circumstances. Authorizes fines for: (1) food stores or concerns that accept loose coupons; and (2) unauthorized third-party food stamp acceptance. Reduces the election period during which a household required to repay a food stamp overissuance must decide whether to make such repayment through cash refund or allotment reduction. Title VIII: Reauthorization of Programs - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to make food stamp program authorization of appropriations permanent. Repeals allotment reduction and limitation on value provisions. Authorizes fund allocations through FY 1995 for food stamp job training. Extends through FY 1995 food stamp pilot program authority. Reauthorizes through FY 1995: (1) the nutrition assistance program for Puerto Rico; (2) the temporary emergency food assistance program under the Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983; (3) the soup kitchen and food bank programs under the Hunger Prevention Act of 1988; (4) the commodity distribution and supplemental food programs under the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973; (5) the distribution of surplus commodities to special nutrition projects under the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981; and (6) the nutrition education program under the Food Security Act of 1985. Title IX: Miscellaneous - Amends the Commodity Distribution Reform Act and WIC Amendments of 1987 to: (1) make the food bank demonstration project permanent; and (2) authorize State option contracts (with reimbursement by a State distribution agency) for commodity distribution programs. Directs the Secretary to study and report to the appropriate congressional committees on the feasibility of providing food stamp allotments to elderly and disabled residents of board and care homes. Increases the amount and variety of food available under the Indian reservation food distribution program. Authorizes nutrition education grants. Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 with regard to the special supplemental food program for women, infants, and children (WIC) to: (1) establish a specified FY 1991 authorization of appropriations; and (2) make WIC authorizations permanent. Title X: Indian Nutrition Gardening Program - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish an Indian (including Native Alaskan) gardening grant program to establish gardening operations on Indian reservations. Directs the Extension Service to provide training and technical assistance. Authorizes FY 1991 through 1994 appropriations. Title XI: Effective Dates - Sets forth effective dates for provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 19 April 1990
Designates November 16, 1990, as National Philanthropy Day.
United States · United States Congress · 19 April 1990
Designates October 1990 as Polish-American Heritage Month.
United States · United States Congress · 19 April 1990
Designates May 4, 1990, as Department of Education Day.
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1990
Expresses the condolences of the Senate on the death of the Honorable Spark M. Matsunaga of Hawaii.
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1990
Occupational Safety and Health Hazards Victims' Rights Act - Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to set forth rights of victims (injured employees and their family members), including: (1) meetings, reports, and participation in proceedings and settlements; (2) access to information and documents; and (3) specified additional remedies. Directs the Secretary of Labor to notify victims of their rights under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1990
National Tree Trust Act of 1990 - Title I: National Tree Trust - Authorizes the President to designate a private nonprofit organization meeting certain criteria the National Tree Trust Foundation, which shall promote tree planting. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to make a grant to the Foundation in FY 1991. Title II: Assistance for Tree Planting and Forest Improvement - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to establish rural and community tree planting and forest improvement programs as special components of the Rural and Urban Forestry Assistance Programs under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act. Provides for financial, technical, and related assistance to State foresters in order to assist nonindustrial private landowners, local governments, civic organizations, and individuals to plant, maintain, and improve trees and forests. Authorizes the Secretary to develop a cost-sharing program (with a Federal share of up to 75 percent) to encourage tree planting and management on nonindustrial private lands. Title III: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1990
Senatorial Election Public Funding and Campaign Act of 1990 - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide for spending limits and benefits for Senate general elections. Sets forth eligibility requirements for such benefits, including: (1) that a candidate has raised contributions totaling a specified minimum amount based on the State voting age population; (2) that such contributions have come from individuals, and that no individual has contributed more than $250; (3) that a candidate will abide by spending and other limitations of this Act; (4) that a specified percentage of contributions have come from constituents; (5) that at least one other candidate has qualified for the same general election; and (6) that a candidate apply for benefits under this Act. Provides that a contribution may not be counted unless: (1) it is made on a written instrument identifying the person making the contribution; (2) it is not made through an intermediary or conduit; (3) it is made by an individual and does not exceed the aggregate of $250; and (4) it was received after January 1 of the year preceding the election. Provides for increasing threshold amounts under this Act in accordance with increases in the price index. Limits personal expenditures during an election cycle to $20,000. Prohibits benefits to an eligible candidate who spends for the primary election more than 67 percent of the limitation on expenditures for the general election or more than $2,750,000, whichever amount is less. Prohibits payments to a candidate who spends for a runoff election more than 20 percent of the maximum amount of the limitation applicable to such candidate. Establishes spending limitations for a candidate in a State with no more than one transmitter for a commercial VHF television station. Allows a candidate to establish a fund with private contributions of up to ten percent of the general election spending limit to defray the costs of legal and accounting services provided solely to ensure compliance with this Act. Permits the candidate to petition the Federal Election Commission for a waiver of such limitation if such costs exceed the limitation. Requires, upon the termination or dissolution of such fund, that remaining amounts be contributed to the Treasury to reduce the budget deficit or transferred to a subsequent compliance fund. Increases the primary and runoff election spending limits by the amount of independent expenditures against a candidate or for his opponent during the two-year election cycle. Allows a candidate to accept private contributions in the event of a prorated payment from the Senate Account. Establishes formulae for determining entitlements of candidates of a major party and for those not of a major party. Entitles candidates to certain broadcast media rates and mailing rates. Provides for additional payments and suspension of spending limits in cases where non-participating candidates and their committees exceed spending limitations. Permits candidates who receive such additional benefits to use funds to defray expenditures in the general election. Prohibits the use of such benefits to: (1) make any payments directly or indirectly to the candidate or the candidate's immediate family; (2) make expenditures other than to further the general election; (3) make expenditures in violation of State or Federal law; or (4) repay any loan except to the extent the proceeds of such loan were used to further the general election. Requires the Federal Election Commission to certify the eligibility of candidates to the Secretary of the Treasury in order for such candidates to receive benefits. Requires the Secretary to maintain in the Presidential Election Campaign Fund the Senate Account for the deposit of funds for payments to eligible candidates. Makes candidates liable for repayment to the Account for any excess amounts they receive. Provides for prorating payments when monies in such Account are insufficient. Directs the Commission, after each general election, to audit the campaign expenses of publicly financed candidates. Establishes criminal penalties for knowing or willful violations of this Act. Subjects Commission actions under this Act to judicial review by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Directs the Commission, after each election, to report to the Senate on actions taken under this Act. Authorizes appropriations to the Commission as necessary. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the amount an individual may designate to the Presidential Election Campaign Fund from $1 to $3 (and in the case of joint returns, from $2 to $6). Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to: (1) entitle to the lowest applicable broadcast rates during specified periods preceding elections only those eligible candidates who have agreed to contribution and spending limits and who are identifiable during at least 50 percent of the candidate's political broadcast; and (2) prohibit a broadcast station licensee from preempting the use of such station by legally qualified candidates for public office during such periods. Sets forth reporting requirements for Senate candidates relating to spending limitations, candidacy eligibility, and independent expenditures. Requires each political committee active in non-Federal elections and maintaining separate accounts for such purpose to file with the Commission reports of funds received into, and disbursements made from, such accounts for activities which may influence elections to Federal office. Requires, when two or more persons make expenditures in concert to promote the election or defeat of a candidate, each such person to report to the Commission on such expenditures. Requires political committees to report the name and address of secondary payees who provide goods and services to the candidate. Requires a Senate candidate, within 15 days of qualifying for a primary ballot, to file a declaration with the Commission stating whether he or she intends to expend from personal funds, and the funds of the candidate's immediate family, and incur personal loans in connection with the campaign in the aggregate of $250,000 or more for the election cycle. Requires a candidate who makes such expenditures to report to the Commission within 24 hours after such expenditures have been made, and thereafter, each time an expenditure exceeds $10,000. Requires the Commission to notify eligible candidates of such reports. Reduces to $2,500 the amount which multicandidate political committees may contribute to any candidate and his authorized political committees or to any other political committee. Limits the amount that political committees may contribute to House elections to $100,000 for a general or special election and $25,000 for a runoff election. Limits contributions to Senate elections to 30 percent of spending limits established by this Act for Senate candidates. Limits contributions to State committees of a political party to: (1) $25,000; or (2) two cents multiplied by the voting age population of the State, whichever is greater. Declares such contributions to State committees applicable to each two-year election cycle. Prohibits a congressional campaign committee from accepting, during a two-year election cycle, contributions from multicandidate political committees and separate segregated funds which exceed 30 percent of the total expenditures which may be made during such cycle by that committee on behalf of congressional candidates. Prohibits a national committee of a political party from accepting contributions from multicandidate political committees and separate segregated funds during the election cycle which equal an amount in excess of two cents multiplied by the voting age population of the United States. Provides that such prohibition does not apply to direct mail communications designed for fundraising purposes which make only incidental reference to Federal candidates. Provides for the accountability of contributions made by intermediaries or conduits. Describes when an expenditure shall not constitute an independent expenditure for purposes of this Act. Requires, when independent expenditures are made for television broadcast communications, that a statement appear continuously during such broadcast showing the name of the person or committee making such expenditure. Requires any type of general public communication to include such statement. Prohibits the use of campaign contributions to repay loans by a candidate to the candidate or the candidate's authorized committees. Makes referral to the Justice Department by the Commission mandatory in the case of criminal matters. Includes as a contribution to a Senate candidate an extension of credit for more than 60 days in an amount of more than $1,000. Provides for reduced postal rates for eligible Senate candidates. Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require a non-eligible Senate candidate to disclose in advertisements or announcements that such candidate has not agreed to spending limits set forth under this Act. Repeals the exception which permits a Member of Congress who was such a Member on January 8, 1980, to convert excess campaign contributions to personal use. Requires presidential candidates to certify to the Commission that during the presidential primary and general election period, the candidate and his authorized committees and agents have not and will not solicit, receive, or spend, directly or indirectly, any funds in connection with a Federal, State, or local election unless such funds are subject to Federal fundraising and expenditure limitations. Prohibits a State committee of a political party from making any expenditure in connection with the general election campaign of any presidential candidate affiliated with such party which exceeds an amount equal to four cents multiplied by the voting age population of that State. Subjects to Federal fundraising and expenditure limitations any amount solicited, received, or spent by a national, State, or local committee of a political party, if such amount is solicited, received, or spent in connection with a Federal election. Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to revise membership requirements of the Federal Election Commission.
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1990
Urges the President to: (1) conclude the current phase of the Nuclear Testing Talks and request Senate consent to ratification of the Threshold Test Ban Treaty and the Peaceful Nuclear Explosions Treaty; (2) convey to the Soviet Union the desire of the United States to continue the bilateral Nuclear Testing Talks to agree upon a definite timetable for the early achievement of a verifiable comprehensive test ban; and (3) express to the states party to the Limited Test Ban Treaty the willingness of the United States to pursue negotiations in the Test Ban Treaty Conference to broaden such treaty into a comprehensive Test Ban Treaty.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1990
Solar and Geothermal Power Production Incentives Act of 1990 - Amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA) to remove the size limitations placed upon solar and geothermal facilities eligible for PURPA regulatory benefits. Amends the Federal Power Act to direct the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to promulgate proposed modifications to its regulations to implement this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1990
Designates the week beginning September 16, 1990, as National Give the Kids a Fighting Chance Week.
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1990
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) Amtrak should be funded at a level that will enable it to continue to operate a national railway system, to acquire new passenger equipment and modernize its maintenance facilities, and to improve its financial performance and service levels; and (2) the Secretary of Transportation and the Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration should work with Amtrak management to lower Amtrak's dependence on public funding, to assign the highest priority possible to safety, and to ensure the adequacy of the national rail passenger infrastructure as a key element in a balanced national transportation system.
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1990
Yosemite National Park Centennial Medal Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to strike and sell medals in commemoration of the centennial of Yosemite National Park, California, in 1990. Requires that all sales of such medals include a surcharge of $2 each. Requires that all surcharges be paid to an endowment fund for the benefit of the Park to be administered by the National Park Foundation. Requires that the net income from the fund be paid to the Secretary of the Interior to fund special supplemental projects relating to back country trail development and rehabilitation and the preservation of Sequoia groves within the boundaries of the Park. Requires the Secretaries to enter into a memorandum of agreement to allow: (1) the Secretary of the Treasury to deliver medals to the Secretary of the Interior; and (2) the Secretary of the Interior to provide for the sale of the medals in National Park facilities. Grants the Comptroller General the right to examine all records of the National Park Foundation which are related to such medals.
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1990
Recognizes and commemorates the centennial of Yosemite National Park, created by Congress in 1890.
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
Designates the decade beginning January 1, 1990, as Decade of the Child.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1990
Declares that the Congress should: (1) establish a program of research for the development of methods of contraception and methods of diagnosing and treating infertility; (2) provide adequate long-term resources for the program; (3) ensure that Federal programs with respect to sexually transmitted diseases adequately respond to the role of such diseases in infertility; (4) ensure public education on contraception and infertility; (5) establish as Federal goals the development, by the year 2010, of improved barrier methods to protect against pregnancy and diseases, new methods of contraception for use by men, a vaccine-like drug for women that prevents pregnancy for a significant period of time without other specified effects, and new and improved techniques of diagnosing and treating infertility; (6) require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to reestablish the Ethical Advisory Board in order to facilitate research with respect to infertility; (7) review the policies and procedures of the Food and Drug Administration with respect to expediting approval of drugs and devices for use by the public, especially with respect to contraception and infertility; and (8) determine to what extent measures can be implemented by public or private entities to resolve liability issues involved with drugs and devices concerned with contraception and infertility.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1990
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit tax-exempt organizations to establish qualified cash or deferred arrangements for their employees.
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1990
Rural Air Service Preservation Act of 1990 - Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation, for any period before September 30, 1998, to enter into contracts with air carriers to assure air service to certain small communities for which a determination of essential air transportation has been made under the Federal Aviation Act of 1958. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1990
Designates October 6, 1990, as German-American Day.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1990
Guarantee of Free Access to Medical Facilities Act of 1990 - Amends the Federal criminal code to make it a felony to intentionally prevent an individual from entering or exiting a medical facility.
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
Drug Emergency Areas Act of 1990 - Amends the National Narcotics Leadership Act of 1988 to replace language with respect to the designation of high intensity drug trafficking areas with provisions authorizing the President to declare a State or part of a State to be a drug emergency area. Requires requests for such a declaration to be made, in writing, by the Governor or chief executive officer of any affected State or local government and forwarded to the President through the Director of National Drug Control Policy. Allows cities, counties, or States to submit a joint request. Requires requests to be based on a written finding that the emergency is of such severity and magnitude that Federal assistance is necessary to ensure an effective response. Prohibits the President from limiting declarations made under this Act to highly-populated centers of drug trafficking, drug use, or drug-related violence. Requires the President to consider applications from governments of less populated areas where the magnitude and severity of such activities are beyond the capability of the State or local government to respond. Requires Governors or chief executive officers, as part of such requests and as a prerequisite to such assistance, to: (1) take appropriate action under State or local law to respond to the crisis and furnish information on the nature and amount of State and local resources which have been or will be committed to alleviating the emergency; (2) certify that State and local government obligations and expenditures will comply with all applicable cost-sharing requirements; and (3) submit a detailed plan outlining the State or local government's short- and long-term plans to respond to the emergency. Requires the Director to review requests submitted and forward the application to the President, along with a recommendation. Authorizes the President to make grants to State or local governments of up to $50,000,000 for any single emergency. Limits the Federal share to 75 percent of the costs necessary to implement the short- and long-term plan. Limits the duration of assistance to a drug disaster area to one year, after which the Governors or chief executive officers may apply for an extension of up to 180 days. Requires any State or local government receiving Federal assistance to balance the allocation of such assistance evenly between drug supply and demand reduction efforts, unless State or local conditions dictate otherwise. Authorizes the President to: (1) direct any Federal agency to utilize its authorities and resources to support State and local efforts; and (2) provide technical and advisory assistance. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1990
Authorizes the Secretary of Education to pay to the Museum of Tolerance of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, in Los Angeles, California, 50 percent of the cost of designing and operating education programs concerning the Holocaust. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1990
Homeless Outreach Act of 1990 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct an outreach program which assists homeless persons in applying for, receiving, and maintaining Social Security Act benefits. Sets forth the scope of such program, requiring: (1) regular visits by outreach personnel to places frequented by the homeless to inform the homeless of, and actively assist them in, applying for benefits; (2) active measures to prevent the inappropriate suspension of benefits to the homeless; (3) the immediate restoration of inappropriately suspended benefits; and (4) a final decision on the benefit application of a homeless person within 30 days of its receipt. Authorizes the Secretary to provide: (1) the assistance that may be necessary to ensure that homeless persons appropriately use Social Security Act benefits; and (2) grants to States, local governments, and non-profit organizations to conduct outreach programs for the homeless.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1990
Designates the week of October 7 through 13, 1990, as National Health Care Food Service Week.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1990
Designates the week of June 10, 1990, as National Scleroderma Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1990
Authorizes and requests the President to designate May 13, 1990, as National Day in Support of Freedom and Human Rights in China and Tibet.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1990
Acknowledges that Jerusalem is and should remain the capital of the State of Israel. Declares that Jerusalem must remain an undivided city in which the rights of every ethnic religious group are protected. Calls upon all parties involved in the search for peace to maintain their efforts to bring about negotiations between Israel and Palestinian representatives.
United States · United States Congress · 9 March 1990
Breast and Cervical Cancer Mortality Prevention Act of 1990 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control, to make grants to States, with regard to breast and cervical cancer, for screening, referrals and follow-up services, public information and education programs, education and training for health professionals, quality monitoring of screening, and evaluations of such activities. Sets forth preferences in making the grants and requires equitable geographical distribution. Requires matching non-Federal funds in a specified ratio. Requires that States agree to: (1) provide all of certain services by a specified date; (2) switch to any improved screening procedures which become available; and (3) assure the quality of any screening procedures used. Directs the Secretary to establish guidelines for assuring the quality of mammography and cytological screening conducted under these provisions. Requires that low-income women be given priority in the provision of services. Requires that a charge for services, if any: (1) be made according to a public schedule; (2) be adjusted for income of the woman involved; and (3) not be imposed on any woman with incomes below the poverty line. Requires services to be provided throughout a State, including to members of any Indian tribe or tribal organization. Authorizes the Secretary to provide training and technical assistance. Directs the Secretary to provide for annual evaluations of programs carried out under this Act. Authorizes appropriations. Limits the number of grants made to seven in FY 1991.
United States · United States Congress · 9 March 1990
Magnetic Levitation Transportation Act of 1990 - Amends the High-Speed Ground Transportation Act to require the Secretary of Transportation to lead and coordinate Federal efforts in the development of magnetic levitation (maglev) transportation technologies. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into one or more cooperative research and development agreements with U.S. companies to: (1) research how to overcome technical barriers to the development and construction of maglev transportation systems; and (2) transfer such technology to industry to help create a viable commercial maglev transportation industry in the United States. Authorizes appropriations. Establishes within the Federal Railroad Administration the High-Speed Ground Transportation Office.
United States · United States Congress · 9 March 1990
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the current inquiries into the activities of the British West Midlands Serious Crime Squad must be extended to cover the period of the Birmingham bombings of November 21, 1974; and either (2) the British Prime Minister should call upon the British Home Secretary to reopen the case of the Birmingham Six (those convicted for the bombings); or (3) an independent review tribunal should be established.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1990
Fair Treatment Act of 1990 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to revise, with regard to alcohol and drug abuse and mental health services block grants, the formulas for determination of allotments and minimum allotments to States.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1990
Designates February 17 through 23, 1991, as National Visiting Nurse Associations Week.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1990
Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the Federal Government should be responsible for establishing a national interstate transportation system; and (2) the President, in coordination with Federal transportation, environmental, trade, and commerce officials, should work to develop a national policy on transportation.
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1990
Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary and Protection Act - Designates a specified area in Florida as the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Prohibits, with specified exceptions, the following activities within such Sanctuary: (1) the operation of vessels carrying cargo or servicing offshore installations; and (2) mining, mineral extraction, or hydrocarbon exploration, development, or production. Requires the Secretary of Commerce to prepare a management plan to insure the protection of the marine environments within the Sanctuary. Prohibits any Federal activity from adversely affecting such Sanctuary unless the head of the Federal agency undertaking it complies with specified procedures. Sets forth civil penalties for violations. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1990
Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act of 1990 - Title I: HIV Emergency Relief Grant Program - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award emergency relief grants to any metropolitan statistical area (eligible area) as specified by the Secretary that has reported more than 2000 AIDS cases and that meets other requirements. Requires that the grants be directed to the chief elected official of the city or county that administers the public health agency serving the greatest proportion of individuals with AIDS in the eligible area. Requires the administering local political subdivision (ALPS) to establish a mechanism to allocate funds based on the proportion of AIDS cases and the severity of need of the local political subdivisions. Provides for the establishment of an HIV health services planning council, by each ALPS and its chief elected official, to establish fund allocation priorities and assess fund allocation efficiency. Provides, at specified times, that one-half of funds appropriated for the grants be used for regular grants and one-half be used for supplemental grants. Allows the grants to be used by the grantee to provide assistance to any public or nonprofit hospital, clinic, nursing home, sub-acute care facility, or health center that is providing services to a disproportionate share of low-income individuals and families with HIV disease and is expending resources that exceed reimbursement. Allows a recipient institution to use the amounts to: (1) enhance the quality of services to low income individuals and families with HIV disease; and (2) deliver outpatient and ambulatory care services, including case management, to such individuals and families, including comprehensive treatment and support services. Allows grant amounts to be used to provide direct financial assistance to any public or nonprofit agency, clinic, community based organization, or community health center that has the capacity to provide case managed outpatient health and support services to individuals and families with HIV disease that are critical to prevent unnecessary inpatient hospitalization and to expedite the discharge of the individual to the most medically appropriate level of service. Allows grant amounts to be used to renovate or rehabilitate congregate care housing units, long-term care facilities, and sub-acute care facilities, provided certain conditions, including a requirement of matching local or State funds, are met. Authorizes appropriations. Title II: HIV Care Grants - Directs the Secretary to make grants to States to improve the quality, availability, and organization of care, treatment, and support services for individuals and families with HIV disease. Allows grant funds to be used, with regard to HIV disease, to: (1) establish and operate care consortia; (2) provide home- and community-based care; (3) assist mechanisms that assure the continuity of health insurance; (4) provide therapeutic treatments to low income individuals; and (5) integrate early intervention services with care and support services provided in existing public health and medical care settings. Requires a State, subject to waiver in certain circumstances, to use at least 15 percent of the funds allocated to provide health and support services to infants, children, women, and families with HIV disease. Requires that, to the extent practicable, services under these provisions be provided without regard to the ability of the individual to pay, and that: (1) any charges be pursuant to a public schedule; (2) no charges be imposed on an individual with an income of 200 percent of the poverty line or less; and (3) charges imposed on individuals above such income level be adjusted to reflect their income. Requires the Secretary to use ten percent of the funds appropriated under this title to: (1) provide technical assistance to States; and (2) establish and administer a Special Projects of National Significance Program to make direct grants to States, localities, or community-based organizations to fund special programs for the care and treatment of individuals with HIV disease. Sets forth: (1) award criteria; and (2) permitted goals of recipient programs. Authorizes appropriations. Title III: HIV Disease Health Services Research, Evaluation, and Assessment - Directs the Secretary, through the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, to establish a program to enable independent research to be conducted by individuals and organizations to develop: (1) a comparative assessment of the impact and cost-effectiveness of major models for organizing treatment and support services; (2) a review of major health services financing mechanisms; (3) an assessment of how point-of-entry procedures for obtaining treatment and services impact cost, quality, and outcome, and the extent to which quality, cost, and outcome can be related to the source of payment; (4) a comprehensive report of financial, regulatory, organizational, and social barriers that serve to limit the delivery of services; (5) a summary concerning major and continuing unmet needs in health care, treatment, early intervention, and support service delivery; and (6) a review and assessment of models for the delivery of services to infants, children, women, and families.
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1990
Authorizes and requests the President to designate May 1990 as National Physical Fitness and Sports Month.
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1990
Designates April 6, 1990, as National Student-Athlete Day.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1990
Pesticide Export Reform Act of 1990 - Title I: Exported Pesticides - Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) to require pesticide producers operating registered establishments to inform the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency of: (1) the types and quantities of pesticides and active ingredients used in producing pesticides for export to a foreign country; and (2) the date of export and quantity of such materials exported to each foreign country to which the producer has exported during the past 360-day period. Provides that specified information on exported pesticides shall not be entitled to confidential trade secret treatment. Makes it unlawful to knowingly or recklessly export a pesticide, device, or active ingredient in violation of FIFRA export requirements. Prohibits the exportation of pesticides, devices, or active ingredients unless: (1) such materials are prepared and packaged according to the specifications of the foreign purchaser and the legal requirements of the country of use; and (2) the producers or exporters meet specified FIFRA requirements. Prohibits the exportation of unregistered pesticides. Waives certain requirements to permit the export of pesticides not meeting FIFRA requirements to prevent or arrest the spread of a communicable disease if the Administrator makes specified determinations. Prohibits the exportation of specified pesticides (including restricted use pesticides and pesticides subject to suspension or cancellation proceedings) unless: (1) the exporter provides specified information on the pesticide to the Administrator; (2) the country of use consents to the import and is included on a list of approved countries; and (3) the pesticide is manufactured, stored, and packaged in accordance with standards of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization. Requires the Administrator to maintain a list of approved countries of use. Sets forth labeling requirements for exported pesticides. Permits the export of pesticides for experimental use in foreign countries if specified conditions are met. Requires the Administrator to notify foreign countries and the International Registry of Potentially Toxic Chemicals whenever regulatory action is taken with respect to a pesticide. Directs the Administrator to: (1) convene meetings with foreign governments and other interested parties to promote the implementation of improved research and regulatory programs for pest management and strategies for sustainable agriculture; (2) provide foreign countries with technical assistance to develop pesticide regulatory programs; (3) transmit triennial studies to the Congress on countries that import U.S. pesticides and from which the United States imports agricultural commodities to ascertain such countries' management of pesticides and whether the United States is able to test effectively for pesticide residues; and (4) convene meetings with foreign governments and other interested parties to encourage the adoption of a multilateral convention requiring standard notice and export control measures for pesticides. Title II: Tolerances for Agricultural Commodities - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require the Administrator, if registrations for a pesticide chemical under FIFRA have been cancelled, suspended, withdrawn, or modified to eliminate the use of such chemical on a raw agricultural commodity, to publish a notice in the Federal Register announcing: (1) the revocation of any tolerance for an agricultural use; or (2) an exemption for the use of such chemical on such commodity. Provides for temporary waivers from revocations for the purpose of distributing in commerce commodities that contain residues resulting from the application of pesticides before this Act's enactment or residual environmental contamination. Permits the Administrator to issue such waivers only if such waivers do not: (1) pose a dietary health risk; and (2) cause significant economic hardship for domestic producers of a commodity attributable to competition from foreign producers in countries in which the use of the pesticide is permitted. Prohibits, with specified exceptions, the establishment or continuation of a tolerance unless the Administrator determines that a practical method for detecting and measuring pesticide residues exists. Prohibits the importation of food into U.S. customs territory unless the commodity importer files with the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of the Treasury a document identifying each pesticide chemical used in connection with the commodity. Requires such importers, if unreported pesticides are detected in such commodities, to submit residue analyses for such pesticides. Waives reporting requirements for unreported pesticides if the presence of such pesticides is attributable to long-term environmental persistence and does not pose a health risk. Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection Act to apply such requirements to importers of meat, poultry, and eggs. Title III: Effective Dates - Sets forth the effective dates for provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1990
Head Start Expansion and Quality Improvement Act of 1990 - Amends the Head Start Act to extend through FY 1994 and increase the authorization of appropriations for the Head Start program. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, when appropriations exceed the adjusted appropriation for FY 1990, to reserve a certain portion of funds for one or more of the following quality improvement activities: (1) staff compensation; (2) staff training; (3) transportation for eligible children; (4) additional staff; (5) program insurance costs; and (6) facility improvement. Revises the poverty line criterion for eligibility to participate in Head Start programs.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1990
Contraceptive and Infertility Research Centers Act of 1990 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the Institute of Child Health and Human Development to make grants and enter into contracts for centers for improving methods of contraception and centers for diagnosing and treating infertility. Requires the Director, subject to appropriations, to provide for three centers with respect to contraception and two centers with respect to infertility. Requires each center to: (1) conduct clinical and other applied research; (2) develop training protocols for and conduct training of physicians, scientists, nurses, and other health and allied health professionals; (3) develop model continuing education programs; and (4) disseminate information to such professionals. Allows a center to use the funds to provide: (1) stipends for health and allied health professionals enrolled in the training programs; and (2) fees to individuals serving as subjects in the clinical trials. Requires each center to use the facilities of a single institution, or be formed from a consortium of cooperating institutions, meeting requirements as prescribed by the Secretary of Health and Human Serivces. Allows support for a center to be for a period of up to five years, with extensions of one or more periods of up to five years if the center's operations have been reviewed by a peer review group and the group has so recommended. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1995. Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary to establish a program of entering into agreements with health professionals, including graduate students, under which the professionals agree to conduct research with respect to contraception or infertility in consideration of the Government agreeing to repay, for each year of such service, not more than a specified amount of the principal and interest of their educational loans. Applies provisions of the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program to this program, except as inconsistent. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1993. Requires amounts appropriated to remain available until the end of the second fiscal year after they are appropriated.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1990
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that payment under a life insurance contract on the life of an insured who is terminally ill be treated as a death benefit, making such payment eligible for tax exclusion from gross income. Provides that any reference to life insurance shall be treated as referring to a qualified terminal illness rider. Provides for the tax treatment of such riders. Describes such a rider as one which provides for payments to an individual upon the insured's becoming terminally ill. Provides that applicants for or recipients of assistance under the Social Security Act may not be required to elect to receive accelerated death benefits under life insurance policies.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1990
Designates the week of June 24 through June 30, 1990, as National Sheriffs' Week in honor of the 50th anniversary of the National Sheriffs' Association.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1990
Commemorates May 18, 1990, as the 25th anniversary of Head Start.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1990
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the enactment of the 25th anniversary of the Older Americans Act of 1965 and its successful implementation should be recognized; (2) the contributions at all levels of the aging network fostered by this Act should be recognized; and (3) the Congress and citizens should reaffirm their support for the Act and its primary goals.
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1990
Export Administration Reform Act of 1990 - Directs the President, in light of the rapidly changing strategic environment, to: (1) assess the current list of controlled countries and determine whether it remains appropriate; and (2) review specified export control criteria under the Export Administration Act of 1979. Amends the Export Administration Act of 1979 to require controls on exports to Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, the German Democratic Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Romania to be no more rigorous than similar controls on China as of January 1, 1989, if such countries have export control safeguards equivalent to those of China. Requires the Secretary of Commerce to identify those nonmilitary industries that can undertake projects to assist economic reforms in the Soviet Union. Requires approval of export licenses for goods or technology at higher levels for such projects unless the end-user presents a significant risk of diversion to a military use. Authorizes the issuance of licenses for the export or reexport of goods and technology to Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, the German Democratic Republic, Hungary, Poland, or Romania under specified circumstances. Declares that, under specified circumstances, there shall be a presumption of approval of a license for export to any country (currently, only China) of any controlled goods, without regard to their technical specifications, for trade show purposes. Declares that such approval shall not apply, for any trade show in the Soviet Union, to supercomputers, goods or technology for sensitive nuclear uses, or devices for interception of wire or oral communications. Prohibits any item subject to national security controls under the Export Administration Act of 1979 from being subject to controls under the Arms Export Control Act. Authorizes any dissenting agency head to notify the Secretary of his or her objection in any situation where there is a dispute about the applicability of controls under either Act. Directs the Secretary to designate an official of the Department of Commerce to represent the Secretary permanently in the U.S. delegation to the Coordinating Committee. Requires the Secretary to review the goods and technology available from newly industrialized countries to determine if they are of such sophistication as to warrant multilateral control. Requires the Secretary of State, if controls are necessary, to negotiate with such countries to obtain their participation in the Coordinating Committee. Authorizes the Secretary to refer regulatory authority with respect to national security controls to any other Federal agency and to the appropriate technical advisory committee. Requires regulations issued by the Secretary with respect to periodic removal of goods and technology from national security controls as they become obsolete to provide for annual increases in the performance levels of such items. (Currently such increases are authorized but not required.) Denies application of any national security controls to the export of control list goods and technology to a country not on the controlled country list unless the Secretary determines and reports to the Congress that continued controls on such items are necessary. Requires notice of any items removed from the list to the Coordinating Committee for multilateral East-West decontrol consideration. Places the National Security Control Office of the Department of Defense under the direction of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition (instead of, as currently, the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy).
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1990
Terminates the trade and other sanctions imposed on Nicaragua under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act pursuant to the national emergency declared by the President on May 1, 1985.