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Rep. Armstrong, William L. [R-CO-5]

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Bill· SS. 3264 (101st)referred

Publicly Owned Treatment Works Biomonitoring Use Act

United States · United States Congress · 27 October 1990

Publicly Owned Treatment Works Biomonitoring Use Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide that if the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency determines that, in the control of toxicity it is necessary to include biological monitoring, testing, or assessment methods as a condition of a permit issued to a publicly owned treatment works, the failure of a single whole effluent toxicity test shall not result in a finding of violation. Makes it a violation of this Act if the treatment works fails to comply with a schedule or other permit condition to identify and control toxic discharges.

Bill· SS. 3271 (101st)referred

A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, to clarify the application of such act, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 27 October 1990

Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to revise its application. Revises minimum wage and maximum hours provisions (as well as provisions for special industry committees for American Samoa) to apply such requirements specifically to employers of employees who in any workweek are engaged in industrial homework and who are either engaged in commerce or in the production of goods in commerce. Revises the scope of the application of requirements relating to wage rate orders for employers in American Samoa, prohibition of sex discrimination in wage rates, and handicapped workers.

Resolution· SRESS.Res. 343 (101st)passed

A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the 50th Anniversary of the Alaska Highway in 1992, entitled "Rendezvous 92".

United States · United States Congress · 25 October 1990

Recognizes the important part the Alaska Highway played in the defense of our Nation and the settling of Alaska and the ever-important role it will inevitably play in our future. States that this highway should be maintained in a condition that encourages people throughout the Nation to travel it.

Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 381 (101st)referred

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

United States · United States Congress · 18 October 1990

Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should declare November 2, 1990, a national day of prayer for: (1) members of American military forces and American citizens stationed or held hostage in the Middle East, and for their families; and (2) American and Iraqi authorities to bring about a just resolution of the Persian Gulf crisis.

Resolution· SRESS.Res. 340 (101st)referred

A resolution to express the sense of the Senate that any proposal to increase the Federal-aid highway program's minimum allocation percentage from 85 percent to 95 percent should be addressed as part of the legislative process to reauthorize surface transportation programs in 1991.

United States · United States Congress · 15 October 1990

Expresses the sense of the Senate that any proposal to increase the Federal-aid highway program's minimum allocation percentage from 85 to 95 percent should be addressed as part of the legislative process to reauthorize surface transportation programs in 1991.

Bill· SS. 3104 (101st)referred

A bill for the relief of Sonanong Poonpipat (Latch).

United States · United States Congress · 25 September 1990

Authorizes the classification of a named individual as an immediate relative within the meaning of the Immigration and Nationality Act.

Bill· SS. 3070 (101st)referred

A bill to provide for planning grants for innovative demonstration projects and research, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 18 September 1990

Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants to State and local educational agencies and consortia of such agencies to plan for innovative demonstration projects. Authorizes the use of such funds to plan for the development of: (1) State or local policies and procedures for open enrollment among public schools or programs, and for assisting parents, particularly those of disadvantaged or minority children, to become more involved in their children's education; and (2) improved methods for advancing equity in State and local systems of financing public elementary and secondary education and for involving businesses and communities in public education. Gives priority in planning grants (other than those for open enrollment) to projects with the greatest potential to improve education of disadvantaged students and minority students. Gives equal priority in open enrollment planning grants to projects for such students and those for rural students. Authorizes the Secretary, through the Office of Educational Research and Improvement, to: (1) conduct research on open enrollment systems, parental involvement, school finance equalization, and business involvement in public education; and (2) disseminate such research results. Directs the Secretary to coordinate identification and dissemination of exemplary projects through the National Diffusion Network.

Bill· SS. 3061 (101st)referred

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the credit for producing fuel from nonconventional sources to gas produced from oil shale, to allow taxpayers subject to the alternative minimum tax full credit for producing fuel from nonconventional sources, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 17 September 1990

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend the credit for producing fuel from a nonconventional source to gas produced from shale. Places a three-year moratorium (from December 31, 1990, until December 31, 1993) on the pollution control bond and energy investment offsets against the nonconventional fuels credit. Eliminates the requirement that gas produced from oil shale be sold to unrelated parties. Ensures that any taxpayer is able to take such credit regardless of whether the taxpayer is paying regular or alternative minimum tax.

Bill· SS. 3059 (101st)referred

A bill to amend title 28, United States Code, to authorize the appointment of additional bankruptcy judges.

United States · United States Congress · 14 September 1990

Amends the Federal judicial code to authorize the appointment of additional bankruptcy judges for the following districts: (1) Arizona; (2) Colorado; (3) the middle and southern districts of Florida; (4) the northern district of Georgia; (5) the eastern district of Maryland; (6) the eastern district of Pennsylvania; (7) Puerto Rico; (8) South Carolina; (9) the middle district of Tennessee; and (10) the eastern district of Virginia.

Bill· SS. 3021 (101st)referred

National Voter Registration Enhancement Act of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 11 September 1990

National Voter Registration Enhancement Act of 1990 - Title I: Voter Registration Enhancement - Authorizes appropriations to the Attorney General for block grants to States to enhance voter registration for elections for Federal office by providing for: (1) registration at State departments of motor vehicles; (2) registration by mail; (3) registration at State-related and Federal and appropriate private-sector locations; and (4) programs to ensure that official voter registration lists are accurate and current. Requires States to match Federal funds dollar for dollar to qualify for block grants. Directs the Attorney General to establish: (1) criteria for allocation of grants among States; and (2) administrative requirements for States to meet to be eligible for block grants. Directs the Attorney General, in promulgating criteria for such an allocation, to give special consideration to State-sponsored programs designed to improve registration in counties with voter registration percentages significantly lower than that for the State as a whole. Outlines provisions regarding State certifications to receive block grants. Makes the chief election official of each State responsible for coordination of State functions under this title. Makes the Attorney General responsible for coordination of Federal functions under this Act. Directs the Attorney General to provide information to States with respect to State responsibilities under this Act and to periodically report to the Congress on the impact of this Act on the administration of elections for Federal office, with recommendations for improvements in Federal and State procedures, forms, and other matters affected by this Act. Title II: Public Corruption - Amends the Federal criminal code to prescribe criminal penalties to be imposed against anyone who uses any facility of, or affects, interstate or foreign commerce to defraud the inhabitants of the United States, a State, a political subdivision of a State, or Indian country of: (1) the honest services of a government official or employee; or (2) a fair and impartially conducted election process through the use of fraudulent ballots or voter registration forms or the filing of fraudulent campaign reports to secure the election of an official who, if elected, would have authority over the administration of funds derived from an Act of Congress totalling $10,000 or more for a year before or after the election or offense. Prescribes criminal penalties to be imposed against anyone who defrauds the inhabitants of the United States of the honest services of a public official. Prescribes criminal penalties to be imposed upon any official who: (1) uses interstate commerce to defraud the inhabitants of the United States, a State, a political subdivision of a State, or Indian country of the right to have government affairs conducted on the basis of complete, true, and accurate information; or (2) in order to carry out or conceal any scheme or artifice to defraud, discriminates against, harrasses, or takes adverse action against any employee or official of the United States, any State or political subdivision, or an Indian tribal government. Amends mail fraud provisions to prohibit the use of any facility of interstate or foreign commerce in the execution of a scheme or artifice to defraud.

Bill· SS. 2988 (101st)referred

Employee Educational Assistance Act of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1990

Employee Educational Assistance Act of 1990 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the income tax exclusion of amounts paid under employee educational assistance programs. (Under current law the exclusion expires for taxable years beginning after September 30, 1990.) Repeals provisions that deny assistance for graduate work.

Resolution· SCONRESS.Con.Res. 144 (101st)referred

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the need to account as fully as possible for Americans still missing or otherwise unaccounted for in Southeast Asia and to secure the return of Americans who may still be held captive in Southeast Asia.

United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1990

Calls for the United States to: (1) continue to give the highest priority to accounting for Americans still missing or unaccounted for in Southeast Asia and to securing the return of Americans still held captive; (2) ensure cooperation with Vietnam and Laos to achieve credible answers for the families of such Americans, including primary-next-of-kin access to all records and information resulting from joint investigations, surveys, and excavations; (3) develop a means of accounting for Americans unaccounted for in Cambodia that is consistent with U.S. efforts to obtain a political settlement to the Cambodian situation; and (4) heighten responsible public awareness of Americans unaccounted for in Southeast Asia through the dissemination of factual data.

Bill· SS. 2866 (101st)referred

Economic Opportunity Act of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 18 July 1990

Economic Opportunity Act of 1990 - Amends part F (Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training Program) of title IV of the Social Security Act to authorize States to assign participants in work supplementation programs to exiting unfilled jobs and to use sums that would otherwise be used to provide such participants with food stamp benefits under the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to subsidize jobs for such participants. Establishes a required minimum employer contribution to the wages paid to program participants. Provides financial incentives for State participation in work supplementation programs.

Bill· SS. 2813 (101st)referred

1992 Olympic Commemorative Coin Act

United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1990

1992 Olympic Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to issue 1992 Olympic Games commemorative five-dollar gold coins and one-dollar silver coins. Prescribes guidelines for the sale and pricing of such coins and directs the Secretary to ensure that their issuance will not result in any net cost to the United States. Mandates that surcharges be paid to the U.S. Olympic Committee.

Law· SJRESS.J.Res. 339 (101st)enacted

A joint resolution to designate August 1, 1990, as "Helsinki Human Rights Day".

United States · United States Congress · 22 June 1990

Designates August 1, 1990, as Helsinki Human Rights Day. Authorizes and requests the President to: (1) reassert American commitment to the Helsinki Accords; (2) raise the issue of noncompliance with such Accords with any signatory nation which may be in violation; (3)convey to all signatories of such Accords that respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms is vital to progress in the ongoing Helsinki process; and (4) develop new proposals to advance the human rights objectives of the Helsinki process, including the self-determination of peoples.

Bill· SS. 2757 (101st)referred

A bill to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize the provision of medical supplies and other humanitarian assistance to the Lithuanian people to alleviate suffering during the current emergency.

United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1990

Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to declare that the Congress recognizes that prompt U.S. assistance is necessary to alleviate the emergency in Lithuania caused by the Soviet blockade. Directs the Administrator of the agency responsible for administering part I of such Act to: (1) furnish humanitarian assistance to Lithuania during such emergency; (2) solicit donations of humanitarian assistance for Lithuania and cooperate with private relief agencies attempting to provide such assistance; and (3) attempt to deliver such assistance by the most expeditious means available. Authorizes appropriations. Urges the President to seek permission from the Soviet Union to deliver humanitarian relief to Lithuania without delay.

Bill· SS. 2744 (101st)referred

Economic Growth and Venture Capital Act of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1990

Economic Growth and Venture Capital Act of 1990 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce the individual and corporate capital gains rate from 34 percent to 15 percent. Reduces such tax to 7.5 percent for low- and middle-income taxpayers. Requires indexing, based on the gross national product deflator, of the adjusted basis of certain assets (corporate stock and tangible property that is a capital asset of property used in a trade or business) that have been held for more than one year at the time of sale or other transfer, solely for the purpose of determining gain or loss. Provides for indexing the limitation on capital losses of noncorporate taxpayers.

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