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Sen. Bentsen, Lloyd M. [D-TX]

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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.

Bill· SS. 2793 (101st)open

A bill to amend the United States Institute of Peace Act to honor the memory of the late Spark M. Matsunaga, United States Senator from the State of Hawaii, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1990

Amends the United States Institute of Peace Act (the Act) to authorize the U.S. Institute of Peace, through its Board of Directors, to award an annual Spark M. Matsunaga Medal of Peace and a cash award to a person or persons who have contributed in extraordinary ways to peace among the nations and peoples of the world, giving special attention to contributions advancing society's knowledge and skill in peacemaking and conflict management. Directs the Board to establish an advisory panel to advise in selection of award recipients. Requires the Institute to report to specified congressional committees on selection procedures. Authorizes the Institute, acting through the Board, to establish the Spark M. Matsunaga Scholars Program, which shall include the provision of scholarships and educational programs in international peace and conflict management and related fields for outstanding high school students, as well as scholarships to outstanding undergraduate students. Revises provisions relating to private gifts and contributions. Increases the amount authorized to be appropriated for each fiscal year. Directs the Secretary of Education to make a grant to the Spark M. Matsunaga Peace Foundation for scholarships, grants, and endowed professorships to individuals and organizations pursuing peace studies and the application of conflict resolution techniques. Authorizes appropriations. Allows such Foundation to retain interest on such grant.

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. 2750 (101st)referred

Federal Used Property for Domestic Use Act of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1990

Federal Used Property for Domestic Use Act of 1990 - Amends the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to authorize the Administrator of the General Services Administration to make available to foreign governments or international relief agencies for humanitarian relief purposes nonlethal surplus personal property not needed by the American National Red Cross or by States or territories for educational or public health purposes. Requires transfer of such property to the Secretary of State for distribution. Authorizes executive agencies having any such property in a foreign country that has not been returned to the United States to make such a transfer. Repeals provisions authorizing the Secretary of Defense to make available for humanitarian relief purposes any nonlethal excess supplies of the Department of Defense.

Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 335 (101st)referred

A joint resolution designating July 1, 1990 as "Imported Oil Dependence Day".

United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1990

Designates July 1, 1990, as Imported Oil Dependence Day. Requires the Secretary of Energy to report to the Congress, annually, on July 1, of the extent of the reliance of the United States on imported oil during the previous year, and the extent of its projected reliance for the coming year.

Bill· SS. 2733 (101st)referred

Inter-American Scientific Cooperation Act of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1990

Inter-American Scientific Cooperation Act of 1990 - Requires the National Science Foundation to establish the Inter-American Scientific Cooperation Program to increase the level of science and technology cooperation between the United States and Latin America. Requires the Program to identify and cooperate with private and governmental funding bodies, both in Latin America and in the United States, and to encourage cost-sharing and innovative financing of cooperative projects. Sets forth required Program elements, including establishment of an Inter-American Scientific Educational Development Exchange. Sets forth required Exchange activities, including graduate and post-doctoral fellowships in science and technology. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1993.

Resolution· SRESS.Res. 295 (101st)referred

A resolution relative to flood protection in the Trinity River Basin, Texas.

United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1990

Directs the Secretary of the Army to conduct basinwide examinations and surveys for flood protection, environmental enhancement, and related purposes for the Trinity River Basin, Texas, with specific attention to those areas suffering losses in the floods of 1990.

Bill· SS. 2703 (101st)open

Aid for Trade Act of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 5 June 1990

Aid for Trade Act of 1990 - Title I: Use of Foreign Assistance Funds - Allocates, on a percentage basis, bilateral economic assistance for FY 1992 through 1996 for the construction, design, or servicing of capital projects. Limits the use of such assistance to the procurement of U.S. goods and services. Sets specified percentage limits on cash transfers with respect to such economic assistance and Economic Support Funds for FY 1992 through 1996. Requires the Comptroller General to submit to the Congress a study of cash transfer assistance. Declares that nothing in this Act is intended to reduce the amount of bilateral economic assistance (including grants) for any fiscal year for least-developed beneficiary developing countries. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to require the Administrator of each agency, in determining the geographic code for the purchase of goods and services, not to grant any waivers from Geographic Codes 000 (United States only) or 941 (United States and least-developed countries) except for specified reasons. Requires the Administrator of the Agency for International Development to report annually to the Congress on such waivers. Title II: Increase in Credit Authority - Amends the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 to direct the Export-Import Bank to increase its direct loans for FY 1992 through 1996 by 15 percent per year. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1992 and 1993 to the Tied Aid Credit Fund. Amends the Trade and Development Enhancement Act of 1983 to authorize appropriations for FY 1992 and 1993 to finance a tied aid credit activity. Title III: Eastern Europe Recovery Program - Establishes the Eastern European Loan Guarantee Program to be administered through the Export-Import Bank and the Overseas Private Investment Corporation to provide guarantees to U.S. lenders and exporters for projects which provide for the export of U.S.-made products and services to Eastern Europe. Amends the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 to extend the authority of the Bank to make interest subsidy payments to lenders who provide loans in support of U.S. exports through October 1, 1993. Authorizes appropriations to the Bank for FY 1992 and 1993 with respect to such payments for use in Eastern Europe only. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to increase the amount of direct investment loans that the Corporation must make each fiscal year. Earmarks a specified amount of such loans to promote the activities of U.S. small businesses in Eastern Europe. Title IV: General Provisions - Defines "bilateral economic assistance."

Bill· SS. 2699 (101st)open

A bill to amend title 31 of the United States Code to restrict the use of appropriations amounts available for definite periods.

United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1990

Amends Federal law to restrict the use of appropriations amounts available for definite periods (M accounts) to the period specified in law, plus the two-year expiration period. Requires retention of M accounts as necessary to pay severance pay, contract incentive awards, and contingent liabilities as a result of lawsuits. Repeals the authority of any Federal agency to withdraw amounts from merged surplus accounts in certain circumstances.

Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 327 (101st)open

A joint resolution designating September 21, 1990, as "National POW/MIA Recognition Day", and recognizing the National League of Families POW/MIA flag.

United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1990

Designates September 21, 1990, as National POW/MIA Recognition Day. Recognizes the National League of Families POW/MIA flag as the official symbol of the United States' commitment to resolving the fates of Americans still prisoner or missing in action in Southeast Asia.

Bill· SS. 2664 (101st)referred

Disaster Assistance Act of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1990

Disaster Assistance Act of 1990 - Title I: Emergency Crop Loss Assistance - Subtitle A: Annual Crops - Extends disaster crop loss assistance through the 1990 crop year for wheat, feed grains, cotton, rice, peanuts, sugar, tobacco, soybeans, and other nonprogram crops. Extends crop quality reduction disaster assistance through the 1990 crop year. Reduces disaster assistance payments in relation to Federal crop insurance payments. Requires producers to obtain Federal crop insurance for 1991 in order to be eligible for disaster payments and other specified assistance for 1990 crop losses. Sets forth exempted circumstances. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to announce within a specified time the conditions for establishing a 1990 farm yield for forage-use-crops. Limits assistance under this Act to $100,000. Authorizes the substitution of crop insurance program yields for 1990 disaster assistance eligibility purposes. Subtitle B: Orchards - Provides disaster assistance (up to $25,000 or an equivalent value in seedlings) to orchardists who suffered qualifying tree losses as a result of a 1990 freeze, earthquake, or related condition. Expresses the sense of the Congress that Federal crop insurance should be made available to all orchard crops. Subtitle C: Forest Crops - Provides disaster assistance (up to $25,000 or an equivalent in seedlings) to commercial tree farmers who suffered qualifying tree seedling losses as a result of a 1990 drought, earthquake, or related condition. Subtitle D: Additional Assistance - Prohibits the Secretary from reducing rental payments to an owner or operator who hays or grazes livestock during the 1990 crop year on land subject to a conservation reserve program contract to the extent that such owner or operator carries out and pays for specified additional conservation practices. Subtitle E: Administrative Provisions - Makes a person with qualifying annual gross income (as defined by this Act) in excess of $2,000,000 ineligible for assistance under this Act. Title II: Disaster Credit and Forbearance - Makes producers who suffered 1990 crop losses eligible for emergency loans even if they had crop insurance. Directs the Secretary to make 1991 direct and guaranteed farm operating loans (including funds from the Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund) available to producers who suffered 1990 crop losses due to moisture, freeze, or related conditions, and 1989 or 1990 crop losses due to drought or related conditions. Title III: Rural Businesses - Directs the Secretary to provide loan guarantees through the Rural Development Insurance Fund to rural business enterprises (including Indian tribes) which have suffered disaster damage in 1989 or 1990. Limits: (1) individual guarantees to the lesser of 90 percent of principal and interest or $2,500,000; and (2) aggregate guarantees to $200,000,000. Title IV: General Provisions - Amends the Disaster Assistance Act of 1989 to base the determination of the 1989 harvestable amount of sugarcane on the quantity of recoverable sugar.

Bill· SS. 2624 (101st)referred

A bill to amend the professional and graduate institution program under part B of title III of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to add certain additional institutions, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1990

Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to add to the list of professional or graduate institutions eligible for special grants to improve graduate educational opportunities for Black and low-income students the following: (1) Thurgood Marshall School of Law at Texas Southern University and/or Texas Southern University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (Graduate Program); (2) North Carolina Central University School of Law; (3) Southern University School of Law; (4) Florida A & M College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (Graduate Program); and (5) Xavier University of Louisiana School of Pharmacy (Graduate Program). Removes "independent" as an eligibility qualification for receiving grants. Sets forth funding rules for distribution of such grants to such additional institutions as well as to those institutions already on such list.

Bill· SS. 2598 (101st)open

To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veteran Affairs to make grants (in conjunction with the Secretary of Defense) for the establishment of research centers at qualifying medical schools to carry out medical research in areas of interest to the Department of Veterans Affairs.

United States · United States Congress · 9 May 1990

Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in conjunction with the Secretary of Defense, to make grants to qualifying medical schools to assist in the establishment of new medical research centers. Outlines qualifications for medical schools eligible for such grants, including: (1) being primarily State-supported; (2) having no established research center in the field for which application is made; (3) being located in proximity to a Department of Veterans Affairs medical facility which has an affiliation with a medical facility of the Department of Defense; and (4) having demonstrable potential for successful development of such a new research center. Requires the Secretary to ensure that centers for which grants are made are geographically dispersed within the United States. Requires the Secretary to establish an advisory committee to advise a medical school with respect to activities of the center for which a grant is made. Prohibits the Secretary from entering into an agreement to make a grant unless the Secretary finds that the school will maintain arrangements with the Department medical facility with which it is affiliated as to be mutually beneficial in carrying out the mission of the respective medical facilities and the school. Requires facilities of such research centers to be made available on a competitive basis. Requires the fact of Federal funding for such centers to be acknowledged in the activities and publications of the center. Requires that grants may only be provided from funds specifically appropriated for such grants. Requires matching appropriations to the Department of Defense for research, development, test, and evaluation whenever an appropriation is made to the Department for such grants. Requires an agreement for such grants to include certain assurances with respect to the sufficiency of non-Federal funding for such research centers. Authorizes the Secretary to increase grant amounts due to cost increases, within specified limits. Sets forth application requirements from medical schools desiring to receive such grants. Requires the Secretary, in considering such applications, to give priority to applications which emphasize research in one or more of the following areas: (1) diabetes and metabolic diseases; (2) prosthetics and rehabilitation medicine; (3) mental health, behavioral medicine, and neurological disease; (4) acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and related diseases; (5) Alzheimer's and dementia; (6) degenerative cardiopulmonary disease; (7) cancer; (8) technology assessment; and (9) toxicology. Requires the Secretary to use a merit review process in considering applications and awarding grants under this Act. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1994. Entitles the Secretary to recover from grant recipients any amount not used for appropriate grant purposes.

Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 310 (101st)referred

A joint resolution to designate June 25, 1990, as "Korean War Remembrance Day".

United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1990

Designates June 25, 1990, as Korean War Remembrance Day. Authorizes and requests the President to urge that the American flag be flown at half staff on such day in honor of the Americans who died as a result of their service in the Korean War.

Bill· SS. 2578 (101st)referred

A bill to declare certain portions of Pelican Island, Texas, nonnavigable.

United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1990

Declares certain portions of Pelican Island, Texas, to be nonnavigable waters. Applies such declaration to areas which are or will be bulkheaded and filled or otherwise occupied by permanent structures, including marina facilities.

Bill· SS. 2500 (101st)open

Visual Pollution Control Act of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 24 April 1990

Visual Pollution Control Act of 1990 - Authorizes (current law requires) reduction of Federal highway funds by up to five (currently, equal to ten) percent of apportioned funds for States that have not made provision for effective control of outdoor signs, displays, or devices (advertising) along Federal-aid highways. Requires, as part of effective control, that: (1) each State maintain an annual inventory of such advertising, identify such advertising as illegal, nonconforming, or conforming under State law, and assure that any prohibited advertising shall be removed; and (2) no State allow or undertake any vegetation removal or other alteration of the highway right-of-way to improve visibility of such advertising or permit modification of nonconforming advertising to improve its visibility or prolong its useful life. Prohibits any new advertising from being erected under Federal highway provisions after October 1, 1990, and treats advertising erected between such date and the effective date of this Act as nonconforming. Sets forth provisions with respect to the removal and acquisition of advertising and Federal participation in costs incurred by the State for such removal. Bars outdoor advertising by Federal agencies on public lands (excluding Indian lands and reservations) that fails to conform to regulations issued by the Federal agency with jurisdiction over, or responsibility for, such land. Requires such regulations to be at least as stringent as the requirements of the State in which the land is located.

Bill· SS. 2459 (101st)referred

Medicaid Child Health Act of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 19 April 1990

Medicaid Child Health Act of 1990 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to phase-in mandatory Medicaid coverage of children whose family income is below the Federal poverty level. Permits States to provide Medicaid coverage to children whose family income does not exceed 185 percent of the Federal poverty level and to foster care children. Prohibits States from considering the value of an automobile, household goods, personal effects, burial spaces, or insurance policies when determining a pregnant woman's Medicaid eligibility. Makes pregnant women who are presumptively eligible for Medicaid benefits and apply for such benefits within a time period specified by the State, but set at no less than 14 days, eligible for such benefits until the State determines otherwise. Requires States to continue the Medicaid coverage of a woman and her infant for 60 days after delivery regardless of fluctuations in her income during such period. Prohibits the redetermination of the Medicaid eligibility of a child under age six who has been deemed eligible less than six months previously, unless such eligibility is due to his or her receipt of aid under part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) (AFDC) or E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Act or under title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) of the Act. Preserves the Medicaid eligibility of a child under age six who loses such aid until it is determined that he or she is not eligible for Medicaid on some other basis. Requires that Medicaid coverage of inpatient hospital services provided to children at hospitals serving a disproportionate share of low-income patients: (1) make an outlier adjustment in payment amounts for exceptionally long or costly cases if such payments are made on a prospective basis; (2) not impose durational limitations on such services; and (3) not set dollar limits on the delivery of services to individuals who enter the hospital prior to their first birthday. Permits States to cover home and community-based services for children who have acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) or are medically dependent on a ventilator for life support. Allows States to cover home visitor services furnished by registered nurses to infants, during the first six months of life, who require treatment with life sustaining medication or equipment or technically-assisted feeding. Prohibits the Secretary from limiting to fewer than 500 (currently, 200) the number of individuals in a State who may receive home and community-based services under a waiver of certain Medicaid requirements. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) develop definitions of medically high risk pregnancy and children at a high risk of medical problems; (2) develop alternative definitions of medically uninsurable children; (3) develop a model health benefit package for pregnant women and children; and (4) study different methodologies to improve the coordination between various public health programs. Sets forth reporting requirements. Requires States to provide Medicaid coverage to all children under age 18 who are SSI recipients. Amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act to require that a preplacement health care record for a child be provided to such child's foster care provider and be completed before he or she is placed in foster care or within 30 days after an emergency foster care placement. Requires the maintenance of a health care plan and record for such child while he or she is in foster care, and notification of the provider concerning such child's eligibility for Medicaid early and periodic screening, diagnosis, and treatment services. Amends part A (General Provisions) of title XI of the Act to reduce the lag time between the Secretary's calculation of the Federal matching rate under the AFDC, Medicaid, and Foster Care and Adoption Assistance programs and its implementation. Amends the Medicaid program to reimburse States, at the Federal Medicaid assistance percentage, for outreach services identifying Medicaid-eligible pregnant women and infants and assisting them in applying for Medicaid coverage. Provides that Medicaid waivers to promote the cost-effectiveness and efficiency of pregnancy-related services shall be for an initial three-year term and, upon the Secretary's approval, additional five-year terms.

Resolution· SRESS.Res. 269 (101st)open

A resolution to express the sense of the Senate that the President ought promptly send to the Senate nominations for the vacancies on the Social Security Board of Trustees.

United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1990

Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President should nominate two public trustees to fill the current vacancies on the Social Security Board of Trustees and, upon their confirmation, such trustees should be afforded full participation in the preparation of this year's Trustees Report.

Bill· SS. 2407 (101st)referred

Organ Procurement Process Review Act of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1990

Organ Procurement Process Review Act of 1990 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require that an organ procurement organization (OPO), in order to be eligible to receive certain grants, have a service area of sufficient size which will include not less than 50 potential organ donors each year. (Current law requires a service area of sufficient size such that the organization can reasonably expect to procure organs from not less than 50 donors each year.) Repeals provisions of the Health Omnibus Programs Extension of 1988 which delay the effective date of certain related amendments, with regard to an OPO designated under specified provisions of the Social Security Act, until two years after the initial designations of the organization. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish the National Advisory Committee for Review of the Organ Procurement Process.

Resolution· SRESS.Res. 267 (101st)referred

A resolution to express the sense of the Senate that the President ought promptly send to the Senate nominations for the vacancies on the Social Security Board of Trustees.

United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1990

Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President should nominate two public trustees to fill the current vacancies on the Social Security Board of Trustees and, upon their confirmation, such trustees should be afforded full participation in the preparation of this year's Trustees Report.