United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1990
OSHA Criminal Penalty Reform Act - Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSHA) to increase criminal penalties (fines and prison sentences) for specified violations. Makes criminal offenses, with specified penalties under OSHA, willful violations of OSHA standards, rules, or regulations if they: (1) result in serious bodily injury to an employee; or (2) recklessly endanger an employee. Makes corporate directors, officers, or agents of employers liable for the same penalties as employers directly involved in OSHA violations, if such individuals are found to have willfully authorized, ordered, or acquiesced in such violations. Prohibits penalties or fines from being paid for such individuals from corporate funds. Provides that nothing in OSHA shall preclude State and local law enforcement agencies from conducting criminal prosecutions under State or local laws.
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1990
Amends Federal law to authorize and request the President to designate May as Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month annually, beginning in 1990. (Current law designates a seven-day period beginning on May 4, 1979.)
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1990
Excellence in Mathematics, Science, and Engineering Education Act of 1990 - Title I: National Goal and Policy for Mathematics, Science, Engineering, and Technology Education - Declares the 1990's to be the Decade of Excellence in American Mathematics, Science, and Engineering Education. Sets forth objectives to be achieved by the year 2000. Title II: Scientific and Technical Literacy of the General Public - Scientific and Technical Literacy Act of 1990 - Part A: National Research and Dissemination in Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education - Establishes within the Smithsonian Institution the National Institute for Technology and Learning (NITL) to conduct and publish interdisciplinary research on processes by which individuals learn and ways in which advanced technologies can facilitate such processes. Establishes a Technology and Learning Advisory Panel within NITL. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award a merit-based, competitive grant or contract to establish a National Clearinghouse for Science, Mathematics, and Technology Education (Clearinghouse). Part B: Regional Science, Mathematics, and Technology Educational Programs - Regional Science, Mathematics, and Technology Consortium Act of 1990 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award merit-based competitive grants for regional science, mathematics, and technology education consortia to disseminate and implement exemplary science, mathematics, and technology education instruction materials, teaching methods, and assessment tools for use by elementary and secondary school students. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to States to conduct programs of Roving Master Teachers in mathematics and science in elementary and middle schools. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to State and local educational agencies, or to consortia of such agencies with other organizations, to assist them in planning, but not operating, regional mathematics, science, and technology academies. Part C: Informal Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education Programs - Amends the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 to establish: (1) within NSF a Directorate of Science and Engineering Education (the Directorate); and (2) within the Directorate a Division of Informal Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education (the Informal Division). Authorizes the NSF Director, through the Informal Division, to award merit-based competitive grants: (1) (and fellowships) for professional enhancement activities to increase the pool of informal science education professionals and consultants; (2) for community extension programs to make available interactive science exhibits and programs for rural and urban poor areas; and (3) for specified types of innovative activities or programs. Requires the NSF Director, through the Informal Division, to make grants to: (1) science and technology museums and centers to develop hands-on, interactive programs; and (2) specified types of entities to develop public television programs in science and technology, especially programs using women or minority role models. Part D: Science and Space Exploration Education - Science and Space Exploration Education Act of 1990 - Authorizes the NSF Director, through the Directorate, to establish a program of grants to and contracts with specified entities to develop innovative educational materials relating to space exploration to deepen students' interest in mathematics, science, and technology. Directs the Clearinghouse: (1) to develop and disseminate a descriptive listing of scientific and technical facilities and equipment useful for educational purposes; and (2) (together with Regional Consortia) inform schools, museums, and science and technology centers of items available for donation. Authorizes the NSF Director, through the Directorate, to conduct an annual competition for science and space exploration education project awards for students or teams from grades nine through 12. Title III: Education of Scientists and Engineers - Scientists and Engineers Education Act of 1990 - Amends the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 to establish within the NSF Directorate of Science and Engineering Education (the Directorate) a Division of Undergraduate Mathematics, Science and Engineering Education (the Undergraduate Division). Part A: Undergraduate Programs - Requires the NSF Director to make outreach grants to community colleges to negotiate the establishment of partnerships with nearby four-year academic institutions that award bachelor degrees in mathematics, science, or engineering, or a four-year technology degree. Authorizes the NSF Director to make competitive, merit-based partnership grants to eligible partnerships of community colleges and four-year academic institutions to assist their students in making the transition to such degree programs. Authorizes the NSF Director, through the Undergraduate Division, to make bootstrap grants to colleges and universities to strengthen particular departments of mathematics, science, or engineering. Authorizes the President to make a limited number of Presidential Awards for Excellence in Teaching Undergraduate Mathematics, Science, Engineering, or Technology to college or university teachers. National Mathematics-Science Teacher Corps Act of 1990 - Authorizes the NSF Director to make awards to students in baccalaureate degree programs in science, mathematics, or engineering who commit themselves to teach elementary or secondary science or mathematics. Part B: Graduate Fellowships - Amends the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 to require the NSF Director to increase, as much as practicable, the number of graduate fellowships awarded by the NSF: (1) in FY 1991 to approximately double that of FY 1987; and (2) to women and minority students. Title IV: Technology Education and Training - Technology Education and Training Act of 1990 - Authorizes the NSF Director to establish a High School Technology Curriculum Development Program to make grants to or contracts with appropriate institutions or organizations to develop comprehensive curricula for introductory and advanced secondary school technology courses leading to careers as engineers or technologists. College and Company Technology Partnership Act of 1990 - Authorizes the NSF Director, through the Undergraduate Division, to make grants to and contracts with eligible partnerships (of four-year colleges of engineering or technology and/or two-year community colleges with private companies) to engage in specified activities involving student work-study at the company, company personnel teaching at the institution, curriculum development, and equipment loans or donations. Technology Training Consortium Act of 1990 - Requires the Department of Labor to establish or designate, within its Employment and Training Administration, an Office of Technology Training Consortiums (the Office). Authorizes the Secretary of Labor, through the Office, to: (1) make planning grants to companies to plan for the establishment of consortia; and (2) pay up to 50 percent of the cost of startup grants to newly established consortia for their initial organization costs. Title V: Women and Minorities in Mathematics, Science, and Engineering - Women and Minorities in Mathematics, Science, and Engineering Education Act of 1990 - Part A: Women and Minority Role Models in Mathematics, Science, Engineering, and Technology - Authorizes the NSF Director to award exemplary visiting professional fellowships for women and minority professionals in mathematics, science, engineering, and technology to provide role models in such fields for female and minority students in grades seven through 12. Authorizes the NSF Director to make distinguished visiting professor grants to women and minority faculty members in mathematics, science, or engineering to serve as visiting professors at academic institutions which do not have sufficient resources to attract and retain faculty members of such stature permanently. Part B: Undergraduate Fellowships and Minority College-University Partnerships - Requires the NSF Director to award undergraduate fellowships in mathematics, science, and engineering to women and minority students. Authorizes the NSF Director, through the Undergraduate Division, to make grants to: (1) minority colleges to establish partnerships with research universities; and (2) eligible partnerships to enable mathematics, science, and technology students from the minority colleges to be exposed to and use facilities, programs, and instruction available at the research universities. Title VI: General Provisions and Authorization of Appropriations - Directs the Secretaries of Education and of Labor and the NSF Director to evaluate and report to the Congress on their respective programs, activities, and responsibilities under this Act. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 2000.
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1990
Amends the National Labor Relations Act to make it an unfair labor practice for an employer to offer or grant: (1) permanent replacement employee status during a labor dispute; or (2) any employment preference to an individual who worked or indicated a willingness to work during a labor dispute over an employee who exercised specified rights during such dispute.
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1990
Amends the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1990 to prohibit the use of Federal funds provided in such Act to fund abortions, except where the mother's life is endangered.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1990
Civil Rights Act of 1990 - Amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to provide that: (1) once a complainant has demonstrated that an employment practice results in a disparate impact on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin, the respondent has the burden of proving that the practice is justified by business necessity; (2) a complainant need not demonstrate which of a group of practices results in the demonstrated disparate impact; and (3) a respondent need not show business necessity for a specific practice within a group of practices if the respondent shows that that practice does not contribute to the disparate impact. Declares that an unlawful employment practice is established on a demonstration that race, color, religion, sex, or national origin was a motivating factor for any employment practice, even though such practice was also motivated by other factors, but bars certain types of relief if the respondent establishes that it would have taken the same action in the absence of any discrimination. Prohibits, notwithstanding any other provision of law, a challenge to an employment practice that implements a litigated or consent judgment or order resolving a claim of employment discrimination: (1) by a person who had certain types of notice and opportunity; (2) by a person whose interests were adequately represented by another person who challenged the judgment or order; or (3) if reasonable efforts were made to provide notice to interested persons. Increases to two years the time limit within which a charge of an unlawful employment practice must be filed. Removes provisions setting a separate time limit for charges initially filed with a State or local agency. Declares that a seniority system or practice which is part of a collective bargaining agreement is an unlawful employment practice if it was included in the agreement with the intent to discriminate. Allows, except for disparate impact cases, for compensatory damages (but not back pay) and, where there is malice or reckless or callous indifference, for punitive damages. Allows any party, where compensatory or punitive damages are sought, to demand a jury trial. Includes expert fees and other litigation expenses in any attorney's fees awarded. Prohibits a consent order or judgment settling a claim unless the parties and their counsel attest that a waiver of attorneys' fees was not compelled as a condition of the settlement. Allows to the prevailing party in the original action an award of attorneys' fees and costs in defending a challenged judgment or order. Increases to 90 days after final action by a Federal agency the time limit for a Federal employee to bring a civil action. Allows to Federal employees the same interest to compensate for delay in payment as in cases involving non-public parties. Requires all Federal civil rights laws to be broadly construed to effect their purpose to eliminate discrimination and provide effective remedies. Prohibits, except as expressly provided, any Federal civil rights law from being construed to restrict or limit the rights, procedures, or remedies available under any other Federal civil rights law. Declares that, for purposes of provisions relating to equal rights under the law, the right to make and enforce contracts includes the making, performance, modification, and termination of contracts, and the enjoyment of all benefits, privileges, terms, and conditions of the contractual relationship.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1990
Defense Diversification and Adjustment Act of 1990 - Title I: Office of Defense Diversification and Adjustment - Establishes in the Executive Office of the President the Office of Defense Diversification and Adjustment to be headed by a Director. Requires the Secretary of Defense to notify the Office: (1) of curtailment or termination of defense contracts; (2) of decisions not to proceed with an approved major weapon system program; (3) of the proposed closure or realignment of any military installation; and (4) of other significant pending or proposed changes in defense spending that will affect employment in the defense industry. Requires the Office to disseminate such information to appropriate Federal, State, and local agencies and to make such information available to civilian workers displaced from defense-related employment. Prohibits the curtailment or cancellation of a defense contract or the closure or realignment of a military installation unless the appropriate notice has been given to the Office. Requires the Secretary to furnish the Office annually with the projected future defense spending levels and other appropriate data. Title II: Planning Grants for Community Adjustment - Requires the Director to formulate and carry out a program of grants to assist local governments in the development of economic adjustment plans, including plans for job retraining and alternative uses for defense facilities. Requires the Director to publish, quarterly, a list of all units of local government likely to be adversely affected by the curtailment or cancellation of a defense contract or the closure or realignment of a military installation. Makes all such units eligible for such grants. Allows non-included units to petition the Director for inclusion on such list. Allows employees within a listed unit to apply for such grant if their respective unit does not so apply within a six-month period following such listing. Limits per-unit grants to $250,000. Outlines other grant conditions to be followed by selected units of local government. Title III: Adjustment Assistance for Workers - Requires each defense contractor and the commander of each military installation to report to the planning office of an adversely-affected unit of local government and to appropriate State employment offices the name and job description of each employee terminated because of the termination or curtailment of a defense contract or the closure or realignment of a military installation. Requires employee terminations within 90 days of such events to be considered attributable to such events. Allows workers to appeal to the Office to be included in such report. Entitles such workers to: (1) payments to continue hospital, surgical, medical, or disability insurance for up to two years, unless the person finds new employment; (2) retraining for employment that will provide comparable status and pay; and (3) reimbursement of reasonable moving expenses incurred to take advantage of employment opportunities referred to by the Secretary of Labor or a State employment agency. Requires the Office to enter into agreements under which a State or an unemployment agency thereof shall make such payments and provide such benefits and be reimbursed by the Office. Title IV: Contractor Diversification - Requires each defense contractor having gross revenues from defense contracts in excess of $15,000,000 in any fiscal year to set aside in a special account an amount not less than one tenth of one percent of such annual revenues for the establishment and maintenance of a corporate office of contractor diversification. Requires such corporate office to make a continuing analysis of possible nondefense uses to which the contractor's defense facility or facilities could be devoted. Requires such corporate office to submit to the Office an annual report which includes a detailed contractor diversification plan for each of the defense facilities of such contractor, a schedule for implementing such plan, and an estimate of the plan's impact on the labor force. Allows the Director to waive all payments required to be made to the Defense Economic Adjustment Trust Fund (established under title V of this Act) if the contractor complies with all such requirements and makes certain certifications with respect to the implementation of a successful diversification plan. Title V: Defense Economic Adjustment Trust Fund - Establishes in the Treasury the Defense Economic Adjustment Trust Fund. Requires deposits to such Fund by defense contractors not exempted by the Director. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to determine for each fiscal year the projected savings that will result from curtailment or termination of defense contracts and the closing and realignment of military installations. Authorizes appropriations to the Fund equal to ten percent annually of such projected savings. Title VI: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1990
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to grant duty-free treatment, through December 30, 1990, of the personal effects and equipment of participants, their families, and officials involved in the 1990 Goodwill Games in Washington State.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1990
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to grant duty-free treatment, through December 30, 1990, of the personal effects and equipment of participants, their families, and officials involved in the 1990 Goodwill Games in Washington State.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1990
El Salvador Peace and Democracy Act of 1990 - Declares that it shall be U.S. policy to work more closely with the Secretary General of the United Nations to bring about a negotiated end to the civil conflict in El Salvador. States that the President should: (1) appoint an envoy to press for a negotiated solution to the conflict and assist in the implementation of the San Isidro de Coronado Accord; (2) support the Secretary General's positions on talks; (3) withdraw all U.S. military advisors from El Salvador; and (4) work with other Latin American governments, the Organization of American States, and the United Nations to press countries to terminate support to the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN) and to press the FMLN to negotiate with the El Salvadoran Government. Prohibits the provision of U.S. military and economic support fund assistance to El Salvador unless: (1) the President certifies that those responsible for the murders of specified priests and civilians in El Salvador have been apprehended, the El Salvadoran Government guarantees certain freedoms and human rights and removes from the security and military forces any officer responsible for the murders of El Salvadoran or American citizens, and the El Salvadoran Government reconstitutes the police force as a civilian force and is engaged in good faith efforts to achieve a negotiated political settlement; (2) the President submits a budget request for such assistance; and (3) the Congress authorizes such assistance. Exempts from such prohibition economic assistance channeled through El Salvadoran churches or private voluntary humanitarian organizations.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1990
Harvest of Peace Resolution - Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States should establish as a primary foreign and domestic policy objective the achievement of common security by: (1) negotiating agreements with the Soviet Union and urging other nations to reduce military forces and spending with the goal of having worldwide military spending by the year 2000; (2) reducing military assistance and arms sales to developing nations; (3) encouraging the peaceful settlement of conflicts; (4) providing increased assistance to developing nations to overcome hunger and poverty, reduce debt burdens, promote human rights, ensure sustainable development, and protect the environment; (5) increasing support domestically for programs that address human needs; (6) helping defense industries and their employees convert to productive nondefense work; and (7) reducing the Federal deficit.
United States · United States Congress · 1 February 1990
Health Objectives 2000 Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize appropriations for allotments to States for developing and implementing a plan to develop and collect data on the public health needs and status of State residents. Requires the plan to provide, for FY 1993 and thereafter, for use of the allotments for additional purposes described in specified provisions relating to preventive health and health services block grants. Requires the State plan to contain, among other elements, a set of at least five State health objectives chosen from the National Health Priorities described by the Secretary of Health and Human Services under this Act. Directs the Secretary to establish: (1) the National Health Objectives Advisory Committee; (2) National Health Priorities (NHPs) to form the basis for all activities that receive assistance under this Act; (3) from the NHPs, a set of Core Priorities that shall be included in each State Plan; and (4) an estimate of the personnel and training needed to accomplish the NHPs. Directs the Secretary, from the amounts made available for allotments, to use: (1) a limited amount for the professional training of public health personnel; and (2) remaining amounts to assist research, pilot, and demonstration projects, and programs the Secretary determines to show the potential impact of regional or national significance with respect to NHPs. Repeals specified provisions relating to preventive health and health services block grants.
United States · United States Congress · 1 February 1990
Medigap Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act of 1990 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to increase: (1) the maximum civil penalty which may be imposed on agents who use fraudulent and deceptive practices to sell Medicare supplemental insurance policies; and (2) the percentage of premiums which must be returned to policyholders as benefits. Forbids agents from knowingly selling policies that duplicate a beneficiary's current coverage in any way. Requires States to establish a process for approving or disapproving proposed policy premium increases. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide matching grants to States which meet specified requirements for the establishment of a toll-free telephone hotline and the dissemination of an educational brochure within such States providing individuals with Medicare supplemental insurance information.
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1990
Provides for all Federal civilian and military retirees to receive the full cost-of-living adjustment in annuities payable under Federal retirement systems for FY 1991. (Includes benefits payable under the Civil Service Retirement and Disability System, military retirement and survivor benefit programs, the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System, the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and railroad retirement programs.)
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1990
Dolphin Protection Consumer Information Act of 1990 - Requires that tuna products containing tuna caught by methods lethal to dolphins be labeled to inform purchasers of that fact. Permits the labeling of other tuna products as dolphin safe. Directs the Secretaries of Commerce and of Health and Human Services to prescribe recordkeeping requirements that will facilitate the verification of such claims. Sets forth enforcement and penalty provisions, including the authorization of citizen suits against violators of this Act's provisions or its regulations.
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1990
Title I: National Writing Program - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to enter into a contract with the National Writing Project (a nonprofit educational organization) to support costs of programs of teacher training and classroom research to improve the teaching of writing and the quality of student writing and learning. Directs the Project to establish a National Advisory Board. Title II: Research and Development - Directs the Secretary, through the Office of Educational Research and Improvement, to make grants to individuals and higher education institutions for research on the teaching of writing. Title III: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1996.
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1990
CRNA 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.
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1990
Medicare Screening Mammography Amendments of 1990 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to cover screening mammographies for women over age 34.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1990
Amends the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 and the Ethics Reform Act of 1989 to apply the same honoraria provisions to Senators and officers and employees of the Senate as apply to Members of the House of Representatives and other officers and employees of the Government. Amends the Ethics Reform Act of 1989 to repeal provisions providing for annual cost-of-living salary increases for Senators and concurrent reductions in the limit on honoraria.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1990
Department of the Environment Act of 1990 - Title I: General Findings - Sets forth findings with respect to Federal environmental policy. Title II: Elevation of the Environmental Protection Agency to Cabinet Level - Department of the Environment Act - Redesignates the Environmental Protection Agency as the Department of the Environment, an executive agency to be administered by a Secretary of the Environment. Establishes: (1) a Bureau of Environmental Statistics within the Department; and (2) an Advisory Council on Environmental Statistics to advise the Bureau on statistics and analyses. Authorizes appropriations. Title III: Establishment of the Interagency Committee on Global Environmental Change - Establishes within the Executive Office of the President the Interagency Committee on Global Environmental Change to assist the President in coordinating all Federal programs and annual policy plans related to global environmental change. Title IV: Environmental Role of the United States in International Organizations to Which It Belongs - Urges: (1) the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. executive directors of the multilateral development banks to promote energy conservation and environmental protection efforts of borrowing countries when voting to issue financial or technical assistance; and (2) the Secretary of State to convene international conferences to encourage the exchange of information on energy efficiency and environmentally acceptable renewable energy sources and the adoption of a multilateral global climate protection convention. Requires the President to encourage the establishment of an international office to monitor annual generation and removal of carbon dioxide and trace gases on a country-by-country basis. Title V: Establishment of the Commission on Improving Environmental Protection - Establishes the Commission on Improving Environmental Protection to make recommendations on integrating Federal environmental law and other authorities to improve U.S. environmental protection activities. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1990
Urges the President to seek the consent of the Senate to the ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, adopted by the United Nations on November 20, 1989.
United States · United States Congress · 21 November 1989
Directs the President to establish the Interagency Council on Science, Mathematics, and Technology Education. Directs the Council to report biennially to the President, the Congress, and the head of each member Federal agency. Authorizes the Council to establish, if necessary, an advisory committee. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1994.
United States · United States Congress · 21 November 1989
Nuclear Facilities Occupational Safety Improvement Act of 1989 - Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSHA) to apply it to certain Department of Energy (DOE) nuclear facilities (including specified defense, production, utilization, and waste storage or disposal facilities). Directs the Secretary of Labor to promulgate specific regulations and standards to govern the application of OSHA to such facilities. Requires the Secretary of Energy and each contractor operating such a facility to: (1) cooperate with the Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Health and Human Services in the conduct of an inspection or investigation under OSHA at such facility; (2) grant access to it to enable the conduct of such inspection or investigation; and (3) provide all information necessary for such inspection or investigation. Authorizes the Secretary of Energy, to protect the confidentiality of information, to deny access to any person who has not been granted a security clearance or access authorization. Provides for transfer and allocation of appropriations and personnel, and authorizes an increase in the number of OSHA compliance officers. Directs the Secretary of Labor, by specified deadlines, to promulgate interim regulations and propose and promulgate final regulations to provide for specified types of health and safety training of employees at such DOE nuclear facilities. Requires the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and its Director to: (1) perform functions authorized by OSHA at such facilities; (2) review and make recommendations on DOE research and training programs, contracts, and grants to ensure health and safety adequacy of newly implemented technologies; and (3) conduct health hazard evaluations, including ionizing radiation evaluations, at such facilities. Requires medical examinations of employees at such DOE nuclear facilities. Requires all such employees to be given baseline medical examinations in accordance with guidelines developed by the Health Advisory Committee, and subsequent examinations, as recommended by the Committee, for their lifetime. Requires, where appropriate, such examinations for family members determined to be at high risk of disease because of an employee's exposure at the workplace. Requires that all former employees at such facilities and their families be offered participation in a medical surveillance program designed to focus on work-related exposure to toxic substances and radiation, including treatment for occupationally related illness. Requires all contractors with such facilities to maintain a full-time occupational health physician and supporting medical staff, in accordance with Committee guidelines. Establishes a Health Advisory Committee to: (1) review existing medical studies relating to the administration of such medical examination program; and (2) issue the aforementioned guidelines and standards for such program. Requires that all information from such medical examinations be available to individual employees and their representatives and that aggregate information from such examinations be available to the public. Requires that program costs be borne by DOE. Directs the Secretary of Labor, in coordination with the Secretary of Energy, to promulgate necessary regulations. Requires each such DOE nuclear facility to establish a labor-management health and safety committee in accordance with specified guidelines. Amends the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 to provide whistleblower protection for employees of DOE nuclear facilities.
United States · United States Congress · 21 November 1989
Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Technology Education Act of 1990 - Title I: Regional Science, Mathematics, and Technology Education Consortiums - Directs the Secretary of Education to award merit-based competitive grants for regional science, mathematics, and technology education consortia to disseminate and implement exemplary science, mathematics, and technology education materials, teaching methods, and assessment tools for use by elementary and secondary school students. Authorizes appropriations. Title II: National Clearinghouse for Science, Mathematics, and Technology Education Materials - Directs the Secretary to award a merit-based competitive grant or contract for a National Clearinghouse for Science, Mathematics, and Technology Education Materials. Authorizes appropriations. Title III: Informal Education Enhancement Programs - Authorizes the National Science Foundation to award merit-based competitive grants: (1) and fellowships for professional enhancement activities to increase the pool of informal science education professionals and consultants and to foster their involvement in local science and technology education programs and services; (2) for community extension programs to make available interactive science exhibits and programs for rural and urban poor areas; and (3) for specified types of innovative activities or programs. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 20 November 1989
Medicaid Home and Community Care Options Act of 1989 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to permit States to provide Medicaid coverage of home and community care for functionally disabled elderly individuals. Requires that home and community care be provided to each client in accordance with an individual community care plan (ICCP) prepared and periodically reviewed and revised by a case manager on the basis of a comprehensive functional assessment of a client's needs conducted by an interdisciplinary team before his or her receipt of care and at least annually thereafter. Sets a ceiling on Medicaid payments to States for home and community care. Reduces Federal Medicaid payments to States that reduce their Medicaid home and community care expenditures below their FY 1989 expenditures for such care. Requires that such care meet minimum requirements, to be developed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, regarding client rights and the quality of such care. Requires that community care settings: (1) disclose persons having an ownership or control interest in the setting; and (2) exclude a person from such interest if he or she has been excluded from the Medicaid program or had an interest in a community care setting repeatedly found to have provided substandard care. Makes the: (1) Secretary responsible for certifying that State home or community care providers and settings comply with Medicaid requirements; and (2) States responsible for certifying that other home or community care providers and settings comply with Medicaid requirements. Requires that providers and settings be certified annually. Bases community care setting certification on an annual, unannounced survey. Directs the Secretary to develop a protocol for conducting surveys. Authorizes the Secretary to conduct a special survey of a setting or a review of a provider when there is reason to question its compliance with this Act. Prohibits the use of surveyors who have an interest in the provider or setting being surveyed. Requires States and the Secretary to investigate complaints against community care providers or settings concerning violations of this Act's requirements. Requires each State to provide, through the State agency responsible for the certification of such providers and settings, for the receipt, review, and investigation of allegations of client neglect and abuse, and of misappropriation of client property by providers. Requires that: (1) certain information regarding home or community care providers and settings and their compliance with this Act's requirements be made available to the public; and (2) State Medicaid fraud and abuse control units be given access to provider or setting survey and certification information. Authorizes the Secretary or States to terminate a home or community care provider's participation in the Medicaid program and to impose a civil monetary penalty for failure to meet this Act's requirements. Sets forth the Secretary's responsibilities relating to home and community care requirements. Requires that State Medicaid payment rates for home and community care be reasonable and adequate to meet the costs of providing such care efficiently, and in accordance with applicable laws, regulations, and standards. Prohibits the coverage of civil monetary penalties imposed against providers of home and community care.
United States · United States Congress · 17 November 1989
Freedom of Choice Act of 1989 - Provides that a State may not restrict the right of a woman to choose to terminate a pregnancy: (1) before fetal viability; or (2) at any time, if such termination is necessary to protect the life or health of the woman. Allows a State to impose requirements medically necessary to protect the life or health of such women.
United States · United States Congress · 17 November 1989
Young Americans Act of 1989 - Title I: The Administration on Children, Youth, and Families - Establishes in the Department of Health and Human Services an Administration on Children, Youth, and Families (the Administration) which shall be headed by a Commissioner on Children, Youth, and Families. Directs the Commissioner to cooperate with the head of each Federal agency or department proposing or administering programs or services substantially related to the purpose of this Act. Establishes a Federal Council on Children, Youth, and Families. Directs the Council to report annually to the President in FY 1992 and thereafter. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1993. Directs the Commissioner to report annually to the President and the Congress on the activities carried out under this Act and other activities delegated by the Secretary to the Commissioner. Title II: Grants for State and Community Programs for Children, Youth, and Families - Directs the Commissioner to: (1) enter into new cooperative agreements in each State for the planning and advocacy of services to ensure young individuals the availability of developmental, preventive, and remedial services to promote specified factors; and (2) administer programs under this title through the Administration. Sets forth requirements for a State to be eligible to participate in grant programs under this title. Requires designation of an independent State body to: (1) serve as an effective and visible advocate for children and youth by reviewing and commenting on all State plans, budgets, and priorities which affect children, youth, and their families and by providing technical assistance to those representing the needs of the young; (2) develop and administer the State plan; (3) coordinate all pertinent State activities; and (4) divide the State into district planning and service areas and designate area agencies for children, youth, and families. Directs the Commissioner to make grants to States under approved State plans to demonstrate successful program approaches to service gaps identified through State and area planning and advocacy efforts. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1993 for grants under this title. Title III: White House Conference on Young Americans - White House Conference on Young Americans Act of 1989 - Directs the President to call a White House Conference on Young Americans in 1990. Provides that the Conference shall be planned and conducted under the direction of the Secretary of Health and Human Services in cooperation with the Commissioner on Children, Youth, and Families and the heads of other appropriate Federal agencies. Requires a final report of the Conference to the President. Directs the Secretary to send the President and the Congress recommendations for administrative action and legislation necessary to implement the report's recommendations. Directs the Secretary to establish an advisory committee to the Conference and such other committees as may be necessary to assist in planning, conducting, and reviewing the Conference. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 and 1991 to carry out this title.
United States · United States Congress · 17 November 1989
Cellular Communication Competition Act - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from approving the assignment or transfer of control of a nonwireline cellular license in one of the nation's ten largest cities to a wireless telephone provider, or subsidiary thereof, unless it finds that such assignment or transfer does not reduce competition in cellular services and is otherwise in the public interest, convenience, and necessity. Outlines factors to be considered by the FCC in making such findings.
United States · United States Congress · 17 November 1989
Commends the Government of Hong Kong on its commitment to halting software piracy. Congratulates the Customs and Excise Department of such Government for its successful substantial antipiracy action. Expresses hope that copyright agencies around the world will follow Hong Kong's lead in software enforcement.
United States · United States Congress · 16 November 1989
Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Reauthorization Act of 1989 - Amends the Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Act of 1984 to require State Governors to maintain records on asbestos in school buildings. Deletes a requirement for the submission of asbestos abatement application materials by State Governors to the Secretary of Education. Requires State Governors, in determining the adequacy of financial resources available to a local educational agency for asbestos abatement, to consider the additional costs to such agency of meeting the needs of disadvantaged students. Removes a reporting requirement concerning actions taken by State Governors in accordance with State plans. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to approve applications for financial assistance no later than April 30 of each year. Prohibits the provision of such assistance to applicants who are not in compliance with title II of the Toxic Substances Control Act. Requires the proceeds from the repayment of Federal asbestos abatement loans and assistance recovery lawsuits to be deposited into the Asbestos Trust Fund. Removes a condition on the provision of financial assistance which requires the submission of an application within five years of the enactment of the Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Act of 1984. Prohibits the approval of assistance applications unless the local educational agency certifies that it is implementing an asbestos management plan and all abatement activities will be conducted by trained and accredited individuals in conformance with the Toxic Substances Control Act. Removes certain requirements for the promulgation by the Administrator of standards for asbestos removal contractors and the protection of school employees trained to carry out abatement activities. Requires the Administrator to report annually (until 1999) to the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works and the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on the loan and grant program under the Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Act of 1984. Authorizes appropriations for the asbestos abatement program for FY 1991 through 1995. Revises provisions concerning the allocation of appropriations. Permits up to five percent of appropriations to be reserved each fiscal year for the administration of asbestos abatement activities. Authorizes the Administrator to use up to five percent of such appropriations for grants to States for: (1) assisting local educational agencies in performing periodic reinspections and training activities; and (2) maintaining programs to accredit personnel performing asbestos inspections and response actions. Makes conforming amendments to provisions of the Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act of 1986 concerning the Asbestos Trust Fund.
United States · United States Congress · 16 November 1989
Eliminates post-1968 service in the National Guard as a prerequisite to civil service retirement credit for former National Guard technicians. Amends the National Guard Technicians Act of 1968 to eliminate post-1968 service as a prerequisite for National Guard technicians for receipt of credit in the determination of length of Federal civil service for purposes of leave, Federal employees' death and disability compensation, group life and health insurance, severance pay, tenure, and status. Sets forth rules for applying provisions of this Act to affected individuals.
United States · United States Congress · 8 November 1989
Authorizes the President, on behalf of the Congress, to present a gold medal to Laurance Spelman Rockefeller in recognition of his leadership on behalf of natural resource conservation and historic preservation. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to provide for the sale of bronze duplicates of the medal.
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