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United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1990
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend for five years, through 1995, the investment tax credit in connection with depreciable: (1) solar energy property; (2) geothermal property; and (3) ocean thermal property.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1990
Family and Medical Leave Act of 1990 - Title I: General Requirements for Leave - Establishes certain requirements for family and medical leave for permanent employees. (Excludes from such coverage: (1) employees at worksites at which the employer employs less than 50 persons, if the total number of employees of that employer within 75 miles of that worksite is less than 50; and (2) Federal officers and employees covered under title II of this Act.) Entitles employees to 12 workweeks of leave during any 12-month period because of: (1) the birth of their child; (2) the placement of a child for their adoption or foster care; (3) their care of a child, spouse, or parent who has a serious health condition; or (4) their own serious health condition which makes them unable to perform the functions of their position. Conditions such leave for the birth or placement of a child as follows: (1) the entitlement ends 12 months after the birth or placement; (2) both parents may not take such leave at the same time; and (3) such leave may not be taken intermittently unless employee and employer agree otherwise. Allows all leave to which an employee is entitled under this title: (1) to be taken on a reduced leave schedule, upon agreement with the employer; and (2) to consist of unpaid leave, except under specified conditions when substitution of certain types of paid leave may be elected or required. Declares that nothing in this Act shall require an employer to provide paid sick or medical leave in any situation in which the employer would not normally provide any such paid leave. Requires employees to: (1) give reasonable notice of the need for leave to which they are entitled under this Act, when foreseeable; and (2) make a reasonable effort to schedule medical treatment or supervision so as not to disrupt unduly the employer's operations, subject to approval of the health care provider. Allows limitation of the dual aggregate leave entitlement to 12 weeks in any 12-month period, in the case of spouses employed by the same employer, if such leave is for the birth or placement of a child or for the care of a sick parent. Sets forth conditions of certification for leave entitlements under this Act, including provisions relating to: (1) sufficient certification; (2) second opinion; (3) resolution of conflicting opinions; and (4) subsequent recertification. Sets forth employment and benefits protections relating to leave entitlements under this Act, including provisions relating to: (1) restoration to position; (2) denial of such restoration in the case of certain highly compensated employees; (3) maintenance of health benefits; and (4) periodic employee reports to employers on their status and intention to return to work. Prohibits employers or other persons from interfering with employee rights under this Act or from discriminating against any individual because of participation in proceedings or inquiries under this Act. Provides for administrative enforcement of this title by the Secretary of Labor, as well as enforcement by civil action. Sets forth provisions for investigative authority, injunctive and monetary relief, attorneys' fees, and limitation of actions. Sets forth special rules concerning employees of local educational agencies, including provisions relating to intermittent leave for instructional employees, periods near the completion of an academic term, and reduction of liability. Requires employers to post notice of the pertinent provisions of this title. Requires fines for willful violations of such requirement. Directs the Secretary of Labor to prescribe regulations to carry out this title. Title II: Leave for Civil Service Employees - Amends specified Federal law to entitle civil service employees to family and temporary medical leave for specified periods. Allows such employees up to 12 workweeks in any 12-month period for: (1) family leave (i.e., leave because of the birth or placement of a child or care of a sick child, spouse or parent); or (2) temporary medical leave. Provides that such leave will be without pay. Allows employees to substitute other types of paid leave for part of such leave. Provides for protection for job position and health insurance benefits of employees using such leave. Sets forth certification provisions and prohibitions against coercion. Directs the Office of Personnel Management to prescribe regulations for administration of this title which are consistent with the regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Labor under title I of this Act. Title III: Commission on Leave - Establishes the Commission on Leave. Requires the Commission to report on its study of family and medical leave (which may include legislative recommendations concerning coverage of small businesses and alternative and equivalent State enforcement of this Act with respect to employees of local educational agencies) to the Congress within two years after the Commission first meets. Terminates the Commission within 30 days after its final report. Title IV: Miscellaneous Provisions - Sets forth the effect of this Act on existing laws and existing employment benefits. Provides that nothing in this Act shall be construed to discourage employers from adopting more generous leave policies. Directs the Secretary of Labor to prescribe regulations to carry out this title within 60 days.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1990
Civil Rights Amendments Act of 1990 - Amends the Civil Rights Act of 1968 to increase the penalties for violating the fair housing provisions of such Act. Sets forth specific penalties for fair housing violations that result in property damage exceeding $100, involve the use or attempted use of fire, or are committed with the use of, or while the perpetrator is carrying, a firearm.
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.
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1990
Pharmacotherapy Development Act of 1990 - Title I: Federal Medication Development Program - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish in the National Institute on Drug Abuse a Medications Development Division (MDD) to: (1) work with the Commissioner of Food and Drugs to set new guidelines for the safety and efficacy trials of medications to treat drug addiction and to discuss other measures to facilitate the approval process of drug addiction treatments; (2) promote expanded research programs and studies into the development of medications to treat drug addiction; (3) track the activities of the National Institutes of Health relating to the development and use of pharmacotherapeutic treatments for drug addiction; and (4) take other specified measures to improve pharmacotherapeutic treatment of drug addiction. Establishes reporting requirements by the Director of MDD. Requires the Director of National Drug Control Policy to incorporate reports submitted under this Act into the National Drug Control Strategy. Requires the Director of MDD to provide for proper scientific review of all research grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts over which the Director has authority. Authorizes appropriations. Title II: Private Sector Development of Pharmacotherapeutics - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to establish procedures for the investigation and designation of drugs for the treatment of addictions to illegal drugs. Authorizes appropriations. Title III: Medications Review Process Reform - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to permit: (1) an entity submitting an investigational new drug application or protocol for medications to treat drug addiction to provide information required by the Secretary as it becomes available; and (2) parallel track trials to be used for medications to treat drug addiction. Title IV: High Priority Research Areas - Expresses the sense of the Congress that MDD shall devote special attention and resources to achieving the development of a methadone alternative, a long-acting narcotic antagonist, a cocaine blocking treatment, a cocaine-blocker/narcotic antagonist treatment, medications to treat addictions to methamphetamine, and medications to treat pregnant addicts and their fetuses. Title V: Report by the Surgeon General - Requires: (1) the Director of MDD to establish a panel of independent experts in the field of pharmacotherapeutic treatment of drug addiction to assess the national strategy for developing such treatments and make appropriate recommendations; and (2) the Surgeon General of the United States to submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report setting forth recommendations of such panel and assessing the progress of the nation toward development of safe, efficacious pharmacological treatments for drug addiction.
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1990
Amends the Railroad Retirement Solvency Act of 1983 to extend for two years provisions for the transfer of tier two railroad retirement benefit taxation revenues from the general fund of the Treasury to the Railroad Retirement Account.
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1990
El Salvador Military Aid Reduction and Restrictions Act of 1990 - Limits the amount of military assistance for El Salvador for FY 1991. Prohibits the provision of such assistance if the President reports to the Congress that: (1) the Salvadoran Government has declined to participate in negotiations for a permanent settlement and cease-fire to the armed conflict; (2) the Salvadoran Government has failed to support an active role for the United Nations Secretary General in mediating such settlement; (3) the Salvadoran Government has failed to conduct an investigation into, and prosecution of those responsible for, the murders at the University of Central America; (4) the Salvadoran military and security forces are engaging in violent acts against civilians or are failing to control such activities by elements subject to their control; or (5) the Salvadoran Government's representatives are not negotiating in good faith in the United Nations-sponsored negotiations with the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN). Provides for the resumption of such assistance pursuant to a law enacted by the Congress. Withholds 50 percent of military assistance allocated for FY 1990 and 1991 and of unobligated assistance for prior fiscal years. Releases such assistance only if: (1) the FMLN have declined to participate in settlement negotiations or have refused to accept the Secretary General's role in such settlement; (2) the survival of the Salvadoran Government is being jeopardized by FMLN actions; (3) proof exists that the FMLN is continuing to acquire significant shipments of lethal military assistance from outside El Salvador; (4) the FMLN is engaging in violent acts against civilians or is failing to control such activities by elements subject to its control; or (5) the FMLN representatives are not negotiating in good faith in the United Nations-sponsored negotiations with the Salvadoran Government. Prohibits U.S. assistance to El Salvador if the elected head of the government is deposed by military coup or decree. Provides for the resumption of such assistance pursuant to a law enacted by the Congress. Establishes the Demobilization and Transition Fund to assist in monitoring a settlement of the conflict and in demobilizing combatants in such conflict and aiding their transition to peaceful pursuits. Makes amounts in the Fund available only if the President notifies the Congress that a permanent settlement of the conflict has been reached. Transfers withheld military assistance to the Fund on the date of such notification or on September 30, 1991, if no notification has occurred. Authorizes the delivery of U.S. military assistance to the Salvadoran armed forces only with the prior approval of the elected president of El Salvador. Directs the Secretary of State, through agreement with the National Endowment for Democracy or other qualified organizations, to establish a program to strengthen democratic political and legal institutions in El Salvador. Makes available economic support fund assistance for such program. Earmarks a specified amount for elections monitoring. Withholds a specified amount of military assistance for El Salvador until the President reports to the Committees on Appropriations that the Salvadoran Government has pursued all legal avenues to bring to trial those responsible for the murders of certain land reformers, peasants, priests, and unionists.
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1990
Commends the President for his initial actions with respect to Iraq. Urges the President to seek the full and unconditional withdrawal of Iraqi forces from Kuwait and to impose: (1) against Iraq unilateral sanctions applicable to countries which engage in a consistent pattern of human rights violations; and (2) a sustained freeze of Iraqi assets and a ban on U.S. exports to Iraq. Urges the President to achieve collective international sanctions against Iraq, to include: (1) a cessation of all arms shipments and military technology to Iraq; (2) a cessation of trade with Iraq and a worldwide freeze on Iraqi and Kuwaiti assets; (3) a suspension of all economic development activities within Iraq; (4) the imposition of a full economic blockade under the United Nations Charter; and (5) additional multilateral actions involving air, sea, or land forces as necessary to maintain or restore international peace or security.
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1990
Establishes a National Commission on Financial Institution Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement to investigate and identify the causes of the savings and loan crisis on both the State and Federal levels. Requires a report to the President and the Congress, and terminates the Commission within 30 days after its submission. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1990
Designates September 1991 as National Rice Month.
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1990
Designates November 18 through 24, 1990, and November 17 through 23, 1991, as National Family Caregivers Week.
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1990
Declares that it is the sense of the Senate that: (1) the unchecked zebra mussel may devastate Great Lakes fisheries; and (2) the President should direct the Secretary of State to negotiate with Canada to establish a program of zebra mussel research and control through the Great Lakes Fishery Commission, to be coordinated with other research and control in and outside the Great Lakes Basin.
United States · United States Congress · 12 July 1990
Designates the week of April 7 through 13, 1991, as National County Government Week.
United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1990
Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National Park Service, to study alternatives for commemorating and interpreting the Underground Railroad (the route taken by escaping slaves before the end of the Civil War). Requires such study to consider: (1) establishment of a new unit within the national park system; and (2) various appropriate designations for those routes and sites used by the Underground Railroad, and alternate means to link such sites, including those in Canada and Mexico. Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director, to publish an interpretive handbook on the Underground Railroad in the larger context of American antebellum society (including the history of slavery and abolitionism). Directs the Secretary to establish the Underground Railroad Advisory Committee. Authorizes appropriations.
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.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1990
Comprehensive Thrift and Bank Fraud Prosecution Act of 1990 - Title I: Bank Fraud and Embezzlement Penalties - Amends the Federal criminal code to increase the maximum imprisonment penalty for specified bank fraud and embezzlement crimes from 20 to 30 years. Prescribes monetary penalties and up to life imprisonment for engaging in a continuing financial crime enterprise. Deems a person to be engaging in a continuing financial crime enterprise if such person: (1) violates specified criminal code provisions; (2) violates laws in concert with at least three persons with respect to whom such person occupies a supervisory position; and (3) receives at least $5,000,000 in gross receipts during a 24-month period. Includes within the definition of "racketeering activity" under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) predicate offenses relating to: (1) the receipt of gifts or commissions for procuring loans; (2) financial institution embezzlement; and (3) fraud and false statements. Directs the U.S. Sentencing Commission to provide that in major bank crime cases where the offender derives more than $1,000,000 from the offense, such offender shall be assigned an offense level that is: (1) four times greater than the level that would have been assigned if the offense had not been committed under such circumstances; and (2) at least 24. Title II: Broadening Investigative Authority in Bank Crime Cases - Authorizes the Federal Bureau of Investigation to issue administrative subpoenas to compel the production of documents relevant to specified bank crimes. Permits the Secret Service to arrest persons violating specified provisions with respect to financial institutions and the Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC). Requires the Secret Service to exercise such jurisdiction through the Financial Institutions Crime Strike Forces. Authorizes the interception of wire, oral, or electronic communications in connection with specified bank fraud and bribery offenses. Removes from the list of offenses for which such interception is authorized offenses relating to the destruction of energy facilities. Title III: Restructuring the Federal Attack on Bank Crimes - Establishes: (1) the Financial Services Crime Division within the Department of Justice; and (2) ten Division field offices in the Federal judicial districts experiencing the greatest number of offenses relating to the financial services industry. Designates such offices as Financial Services Crime Strike Forces. Sets forth Division reporting requirements. Authorizes appropriations. Title IV: Expanding Federal Forfeiture and Money Laundering Laws - Subjects to forfeiture property derived from specified offenses affecting insured depository institutions. Provides for the restoration of such property to victims of the offenses. Authorizes the seizure of property subject to forfeiture. Adds specified bank fraud offenses to the list of predicates under money laundering provisions. Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to prohibit liability incurred as a result of a breach of fiduciary duty from being discharged through bankruptcy. Amends Federal bankruptcy law to disallow the use of bankruptcy to discharge a debtor from commitments to maintain the capital of an insured depository institution. Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the Federal Credit Union Act to expand requirements for the disclosure of administrative enforcement proceedings by Federal banking agencies and the National Credit Union Administration Board. Title V: Increasing Investigators and Prosecutors for Bank Fraud and Embezzlement Cases - Authorizes and allocates appropriations for salaries and expenses of the Financial Services Crime Strike Forces. Title VI: Preventing and Prosecuting Fraud in the Sale of Assets by the Resolution Trust Corporation - Prescribes monetary and/or criminal penalties for the knowing concealment of assets from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) or the RTC in such Corporation's capacity as conservator or receiver for an insured depository institution. Subjects to civil and criminal forfeiture property derived from specified violations relating to the sale of assets by the RTC. Authorizes the FDIC or the RTC to institute civil proceedings under RICO for violations affecting insured depository institutions. Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to grant the FDIC and the RTC subpoena authority when acting as conservators or receivers. Authorizes courts, at the request of the FDIC or RTC, to place assets of any person under the control of a trustee if: (1) such person is an institution-related party who may be required to pay restitution to the institution or is a debtor of the institution; or (2) such person's assets will be dissipated or placed beyond the jurisdiction of the court or the FDIC or RTC before any recovery may be completed, unless a trustee is appointed. Permits the FDIC or the RTC, as conservators or receivers, to avoid any fraudulent transfer of interest made by an institution-affiliated person or debtor within five years of the date on which the FDIC or RTC was appointed conservator or receiver. Sets forth recovery rights with respect to transferred property. Amends the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 to grant injunctive relief in actions brought by the FDIC, RTC, or National Credit Union Administration that involve fraud affecting financial institutions. Amends the Federal Home Loan Bank Act to require the RTC to maintain a Fraud and Enforcement Review Division. Title VII: Strengthening the Judicial System in the Prosecution of Bank Fraud and Embezzlement Cases - Authorizes appropriations to the Federal courts for salaries and expenses of the Court of Appeals, District Courts, and other judicial services. Allocates such funds among the judicial districts with the highest financial institutions crime case loads. Grants U.S. magistrates the power to accept guilty pleas for specified offenses affecting insured depository institutions. Title VIII: Private Actions Against Persons Committing Bank Fraud and Embezzlement Crimes - Amends the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 to authorize private persons to bring civil actions for specified bank fraud crimes, subject to certain conditions.
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.
United States · United States Congress · 21 June 1990
Designates the Labor Day Weekend beginning on September 1, 1990, as National Drive for Life Weekend.
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1990
National Law Enforcement Cooperation Act of 1990 - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1995 to implement the NCIC 2000 project, a project developed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) aimed at upgrading the technological capabilities of the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) in order to meet the needs of U.S. law enforcement agencies into the next century. Requires a congressional report by the Director of the FBI concerning project implementation and fund uses.
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1990
Violence Against Women Act of 1990 - Title I: Safe Streets for Women - Safe Streets for Women Act of 1990 - Subtitle A: Federal Penalties for Sex Crimes - Amends Federal law to require the U.S. Sentencing Commission to create or amend guidelines to provide for: (1) up to twice the term of imprisonment or fine for violation, after the first conviction, of Federal laws relating to sexual abuse or similar laws of any State or foreign country; and (2) specified minimum terms of imprisonment for aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault, and abusive sexual contact. Requires that a court order restitution for violations of such Federal sexual abuse laws. Subtitle B: Law Enforcement and Prosecution Grants to Reduce Violent Crime Against Women - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to require the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance to make grants to areas of high intensity crime against women. Requires that the grants be used for personnel, equipment, training, technical assistance, and information systems for the more widespread apprehension, prosecution, and adjudication of persons committing violent crimes against women. Authorizes the Director to make grants to States, for use by States and their subdivisions, for purposes outlined in this Act and to reduce the rate of violent crimes against women. Authorizes the Director, in addition to the grants under this subtitle, to direct any Federal agency, with or without reimbursement, to use its authorities and resources in support of State and local assistance efforts. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle C: Safety for Women in Public Transit - Directs the Secretary of Transportation, from funds authorized under existing provisions, to make capital grants for the prevention of crime and to increase security in existing and future public transportation systems. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants and loans to States and local public bodies to increase the safety of public transportation through lighting, camera surveillance, security phones, or other projects. Sets the Federal share of each project at 90 percent of the net cost. Directs the Secretary to provide grants and loans to study ways to reduce violent crimes against women in public transit through better design or operation of public transit systems. Subtitle D: National Commission on Violent Crime Against Women - Establishes the National Commission on Violent Crime Against Women to promote a national consensus on violent crime against women and to make recommendations on reducing such crime. Authorizes appropriations. Terminates the Commission after submission of its final report, subject to extension by the President for up to one more year. Title II: Safe Homes for Women - Safe Homes for Women Act of 1990 - Subtitle A: Interstate Enforcement - Provides for a Federal term of imprisonment or fine, in addition to any State penalties, for any person who travels or causes another (including the intended victim) to travel in interstate commerce with intent to injure his or her spouse and who violates a law of any State concerning domestic or family violence. Provides for imprisonment and fines for interstate violation of protection orders, including increased penalties for repeated offenses and for offenses involving serious bodily injury. Mandates that a court order restitution to the victim of an offense under this Act. Requires, provided certain conditions are met, that a protection order issued by the court of one State be accorded full faith and credit by the court of another State. Subtitle B: Arrest in Spousal Abuse Cases - Amends the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (FVPSA) to prohibit a State or locality from receiving a grant under existing provisions if, as a matter of policy or law, it discriminates against family violence victims by prohibiting or discouraging the arrest of persons committing family violence. Declares that proof that a State or locality permits warrantless misdemeanor arrests based on probable cause in domestic violence situations is sufficient, but not necessary, to show such nondiscrimination. Requires certification of compliance. Amends provisions of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 relating to grants for crime victim assistance to require certification that a State does not engage in such discrimination against family violence victims. Makes warrantless misdemeanor arrests sufficient to show compliance. Amends the FVPSA to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to eligible States, municipalities, or local government entities, with regard to spousal or family violence, to centralize police enforcement, tracking of cases, prosecution, and judicial responsibility. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to delegate to the Attorney General responsibility for carrying out these provisions and transfer to the Attorney General a limited amount of funds appropriated under existing provisions. Subtitle C: Funding for Shelters - Amends the FVPSA to authorize appropriations to carry out that Act, earmarking at least 60 percent of funds appropriated for State demonstration grants to prevent family violence and provide immediate shelter and related assistance. Subtitle D: Judicial Training - Directs the Attorney General, from funds appropriated under specified provisions of the FVPSA, to provide a certain amount to the State Justice Institute for developing model programs for training judges in the laws of the States on spousal abuse and family violence. Title III: Civil Rights - Declares that all persons within the United States shall have the same rights, privileges, and immunities in every State as are enjoyed by all other persons to be free from crimes of violence motivated by the victim's gender (defined as rape, sexual assault, or abusive sexual contact motivated by gender-based animus). Makes any person, including a person who acts under color of any statute, ordinance, regulation, custom, or usage of any State, who deprives another of the rights, privileges, and immunities secured by the Constitution and laws as enumerated by this Act liable to the injured party for compensatory and punitive damages.
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1990
Designates as South African Freedom Week the week in 1990 coinciding with the first visit of Nelson Mandela to the United States after his release from prison in South Africa.
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.
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1990
Amtrak Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 1990 - Amends the Rail Passenger Service Act to authorize appropriations through FY 1992 for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak). Limits the liability for certain rail accidents occurring in the District of Columbia to no more than the limits of coverage maintained by a publicly funded commuter transportation authority established under Virginia law to indemnify Amtrak or any railroad over which the authority conducts its operations. Authorizes the use of proceeds from the sale of railroad lines that were acquired and rehabilitated with funds under the Rail Safety and Service Improvement Act of 1982 for similar purposes with respect to railroad lines connected with such a line for the purpose of continued rail service on them. Requires Amtrak to cooperate with the efforts of the Washington State Department of Transportation in designing a study of the feasibility of reestablishing rail service between Seattle, Washington, and Vancouver, British Columbia. Directs Amtrak to study and report to the Congress on the revenue and cost implications of separating the California Zephyr-Desert Wind-Pioneer train into two service routes serving a southern and a control route through Iowa. Prohibits the compensation of any rail or motor carrier employee who works in more than one State from being subject to State income taxes in any State but the State in which the employee resides. Amends the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act to treat Amtrak as a publicly funded rail carrier with respect to its contribution toward employees' unemployment compensation benefits. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to study and report to the Congress on the potential need among Class II and Class III railroads for Federal guarantees of obligations for funding rehabilitation and improvement of facilities and equipment, acquisition of new railroad facilities, or refinancing of existing debt. Directs Amtrak to report to the Congress on its plan to eliminate its need for Federal operating support by the year 2000. Requires Amtrak to study the economic feasibility of providing new service to areas not served by it as of the enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1990
Counterintelligence Improvements Act of 1990 - Amends the National Security Act of 1947 to establish minimum requirements for a "top secret" security clearance (TSSC), including that an individual seeking clearance must: (1) be a U.S. citizen; (2) have been the subject of a completed background investigation by a competent investigative authority; (3) have agreed to permit appropriate investigative authorities access to financial and consumer records and to records pertaining to travel outside the United States; (4) have agreed to report travel to foreign countries not authorized as part of the individual's official duties; and (5) have agreed to report to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) unauthorized contacts with foreign nationals where an effort to acquire classified information is made by such national. Exempts elected officials and Federal judges from such investigative requirements and permits the President to waive such requirements when necessary in the interests of national security. Requires that persons, as conditions of access to classified cryptographic information or keys: (1) meet the requirements applicable to those with a TSSC; and (2) be subject during the period of such access to periodic polygraph examinations limited in scope to questions of a counterintelligence nature. Authorizes the Director of the National Security Agency to use appropriated funds to provide employees who have been in sensitive positions and who are found to be ineligible for continued access to Sensitive Compartmented Information and employment with the Agency, or whose employment with the Agency has been terminated, with assistance in: (1) finding and qualifying for subsequent employment; (2) receiving treatment of medical or psychological disabilities; and (3) obtaining necessary financial support during periods of unemployment. Permits such assistance only where essential in avoiding circumstances that might lead to the disclosure of classified information. Authorizes such assistance for up to five years after termination of employment with the Agency. Amends the Right to Financial Privacy Act to permit customers with TSSC to authorize nonrevocable disclosure of all financial records maintained by financial institutions to the appropriate governmental authorities for the period of the customer's TSSC access and for up to five years after such access has been terminated. (Under current law, a person may consent to access to his financial records for a period of three months.) Makes it a crime to possess espionage devices with intent to violate the espionage statutes and to sell top secret documents or materials to foreign governments, with exceptions. Makes it a misdemeanor for a U.S. officer, employer, or contractor to knowingly remove top secret documents and retain them at an unauthorized location. Amends the Federal criminal code to extend coverage of the special forfeiture provision (permitting the Attorney General to file suit to recover the profits of certain crimes) to additional crimes of espionage and to espionage convictions in foreign courts for misconduct that would constitute offenses under U.S. espionage laws. Permits the Government to deny retirement pay to U.S. retirees in the civil service, Foreign Service, and Central Intelligence Agency retirement and disability systems who are convicted of espionage in foreign courts which involve U.S. national defense information, subject to certification by the Attorney General that the conviction had been obtained under procedures which accorded the U.S. retiree due process rights comparable to those under the Constitution. Amends the Consumer Credit Protection Act to require consumer reporting agencies to furnish: (1) consumer reports to the FBI pursuant to a certification by the Director of the FBI that the records are sought for an authorized foreign counterintelligence investigation and that the person to whom such reports relate is believed to be a foreign agent; and (2) identifying information respecting any consumer at the Director's request when necessary to the conduct of an authorized counterintelligence investigation. Prohibits such agencies from divulging to the consumer that the FBI has sought or obtained such information. Amends the Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986 to authorize the Director of the FBI to request from wire or electronic communications service providers subscriber information concerning a person or entity where the Director certifies that the information sought is relevant to an authorized foreign counterintelligence investigation and there is reason to believe that communications facilities registered in the name of the person or entity have been used, through the services of such provider, in communication with a foreign agent or power. Authorizes the Attorney General to pay rewards of up to $1,000,000 for information leading to: (1) the arrest or conviction of any individual for committing, or conspiring or attempting to commit, espionage; or (2) the prevention or frustration of an act of espionage against the United States. Amends the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to provide a court order process, similar to that required for electronic surveillance, for physical searches for foreign intelligence purposes. Empowers the special courts established under such Act, upon appropriate application and with appropriate certification, to issue an order authorizing such a search.
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1990
Directs the Secretary of the Army to convey to the State of Delaware all right, title, and interest of the United States to certain land at Cape Henlopen, Delaware (known as the Fort Meade Recreation Area), under specified conditions. Permits the conveyed property to be used only for public park and recreational services and reverts all right, title, and interest in such property to the United States if such purpose is not met.
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1990
Designates the week of June 17 through June 23, 1990, as National Week to Commemorate the Victims of the Famine in Ukraine, 1932-1933. Condemns the disregard for human rights characterized by the Soviet Union during the famine and expresses sympathy for victims of the famine. Requests the President to call attention to Soviet policies that caused the famine and have suppressed Ukrainian human rights and the expression of cultural and social heritage. Recognizes the reforms underway in the Ukraine and urges the Soviet Government to: (1) move forward toward democratization and restructuring; and (2) provide a framework for the realization of the rights and aspirations of the Ukrainian people.
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1990
Designates October 1990 as National Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
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.
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1990
Authorizes and requests the President to call on the people to observe May 26, 1990, as the bicentennial of "An Act for the government of the territory of the United States, south of the river Ohio" (from which Tennessee was formed).
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1990
Ozone Protection Funding Act of 1990 - Authorizes appropriations to the Department of State to assist developing nations in complying with the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer.
United States · United States Congress · 18 May 1990
Designates July 2, 1990, as National Literacy Day.
United States · United States Congress · 17 May 1990
Judicial Improvements Act of 1990 - Title I: Civil Justice Expense and Delay Reduction Plans - Civil Justice Reform Act of 1990 - Amends the Federal judicial code to require U.S. district courts to implement a civil justice expense and delay reduction plan to facilitate adjudication, monitor discovery, improve litigation management, and provide for just, speedy, and inexpensive resolution of civil disputes. Requires: (1) district plans to be developed or selected after consideration of the recommendations of an advisory group of a district court; and (2) the advisory group to complete an assessment of the state of the court's civil and criminal dockets. Specifies the content of such plans which shall include provisions applying the following principles: (1) systematic, differential treatment of civil cases; (2) early and ongoing control of the pretrial process through involvement of a judicial officer in assessing and planning the progress of a case; setting early, firm trial dates; controlling discovery; and setting deadlines for the filing of, and target dates for, the deciding of motions; (3) monitoring of complex cases through discovery-case management conferences at which the presiding judicial officer explores the parties' receptivity to settlement, identifies the principal issues in contention, prepares a discovery schedule and plan, and establishes deadlines for filing motions and target dates for deciding motions; (4) authorization to refer appropriate cases to alternative dispute resolution (ADR) programs; and (5) public disclosure for each judicial officer of reports on motions, trials, and cases pending or not terminated within specified time frames. Sets forth provisions for review of district court plans and reports and for periodic assessment of the condition of the courts' civil and criminal dockets. Authorizes the Judicial Conference of the United States to develop one or more model plans. Requires the Director of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts to submit to the U.S. district courts and to the House and Senate Judiciary committees copies of any model plan and any accompanying report. Requires the Judicial Conference to: (1) prepare a comprehensive report on all plans received within four years; (2) study ways to improve litigation management and dispute resolution services in the district courts, and make recommendations to such courts on ways to improve such services, on a continuing basis; and (3) prepare, periodically revise, and transmit to the U.S. district courts a Manual for Litigation Management and Cost and Delay Reduction. Requires the Directors of the Federal Judicial Center and the Administrative Office of U.S. Courts to expand judicial training programs to include litigation management. Requires the Director of the Administrative Office to ensure that each U.S. district court has the automated capability to readily retrieve information about the status of each case in such court. Requires the Judicial Conference to conduct a demonstration program under which specified U.S. district courts experiment with systems of differential case management and various methods of reducing cost and delay in civil litigation, including ADR. Sets forth reporting requirements. Authorizes appropriations. Title II: Federal Judgeships - Federal Judgeship Act of 1990 - Directs the President to appoint additional circuit and district judges (including temporary district judges) and to make modifications in certain existing judgeships. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 17 May 1990
National Drug Control Strategy Act of 1990 - Title I: Law Enforcement - Subtitle A: State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act (Omnibus Act) to authorize appropriations for the Drug Control and System Improvement Grant Program and for improving the effectiveness of the court process by expanding prosecutorial, defender, and judicial resources and implementing court delay reduction programs. Department of Justice Community Substance Abuse Prevention Act of 1990 - Amends the Omnibus Act to require the Attorney General to make grants to eligible community coalitions to implement comprehensive long-term strategies for substance abuse prevention, assess existing programs, identify and solicit funding sources, develop priorities, and coordinate substance abuse services and activities. Requires coalitions to encourage voluntary participation and community involvement and submit annual reports to the Attorney General. Limits each grant to $250,000. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle B: Drug Days - Requires the Attorney General to direct the U.S. attorneys to establish a program with State and local prosecutors: (1) whereby cases involving persons arrested on a designated day each month for felony drug offenses are presented to a Federal grand jury and, if indicted, are prosecuted in Federal court; and (2) aimed at using Federal law to seize and forfeit the automobiles of persons who use such vehicles in the commission of drug-related offenses. Subtitle C: Federal Law Enforcement - Authorizes appropriations for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), U.S. Courts, U.S. Attorneys, defender services, U.S. Marshals, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, and the Internal Revenue Service. Directs the President to appoint 20 additional district judges to be allocated based on the recommendations of the Judicial Conference of the United States to areas with heavy drug-related caseloads. Subtitle D: Rural Drug Enforcement - Rural Drug Enforcement Act - Requires the Director of National Drug Control Policy to designate a Rural Drug Policy Coordinator to examine the special needs of rural areas in drug interdiction and coordinate the drug interdiction efforts of Federal agencies in such areas. Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to set aside specified sums for rural areas. Directs the Attorney General to assign not fewer than ten special agents to each State and at least four additional agents to each rural State that currently has fewer than ten. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to develop a drug interdiction training program for law enforcement officers in rural areas. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle E: Mandatory Detention - Mandatory Detention for Offenders Convicted of Serious Crimes Act - Amends the Bail Reform Act to require the detention, pending sentence or appeal, of any person found guilty of a crime of violence, an offense for which the maximum sentence is life imprisonment or death, or drug offenses for which a maximum term of imprisonment of ten years or more is prescribed, unless there is a substantial likelihood of acquittal or a new trial, or the Government is not recommending imprisonment and the person is not likely to flee or pose a danger to the community. Makes exceptions to mandatory detention upon appeal of the Government in exceptional cases. Subtitle F: Forfeiture - Amends the Federal judicial code to authorize the use of appropriations from the Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund for: (1) the purchase of firearms, ammunition, and personal safety equipment for investigative and enforcement personnel of the DEA, FBI, U.S. Marshals Service, and Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS); (2) certain services related to the storage, protection , and destruction of listed chemicals (current law only covers controlled substances); and (3) the payment of awards for certain information or assistance with respect to money laundering. Authorizes the Attorney General to warrant clear title to subsequent purchasers or transferees of forfeited property. Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to increase from $100,000 to $500,000 the threshold value of seized vessels or merchandise to trigger provisions with respect to notice of seizure and disposition of the property, and to include seized monetary instruments within the scope of such provisions. Provides for civil forfeiture of proceeds which represent the instrumentalities of a foreign drug offense. Prohibits forfeiture to the extent of an interest of an owner by reason of any fact (or omission) established by that owner to have been committed (or omitted) without the knowledge, consent, or willful blindness of the owner. Amends the Federal criminal code and the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) to provide for: (1) penalties and/or forfeiture of certain interests in property for racketeering activity for which the maximum penalty includes life imprisonment, irrespective of any bankruptcy proceeding instituted after or in contemplation of a prosecution; and (2) nonabatement of criminal forfeiture when a defendant or petitioner dies pending appeal. Amends the CSA to provide for: (1) the forfeiture of a weapon, computer, or electronic communications device used to facilitate a drug offense; (2) the forfeiture of proceeds traceable to conveyances used to facilitate such offense; and (3) the forfeiture and destruction of dangerous, toxic, and hazardous materials. Eliminates the restriction on disposal of judicially forfeited property by the Department of the Treasury and the Postal Service. Provides for the forfeitability of certain property with respect to illegal gambling, irrespective of State law or any bankruptcy proceeding instituted after or in contemplation of a prosecution under this Act. Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to authorize the use of moneys from the Customs Forfeiture Fund for certain State overtime, travel, and other costs incurred in assisting (under current law, in joint operations with) the U.S. Customs Service in law enforcement activities. Subtitle G: Public Corruption - Anti-Corruption Act of 1990 - 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 deprive or defraud the inhabitants of a State, or political subdivision, or Indian tribal government 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, paying or offering to pay any person for voting, or the filing of fraudulent campaign reports, subject to certain conditions. Prescribes criminal penalties to be imposed against anyone who deprives or 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 deprive or defraud the inhabitants of any State, political subdivision, or the Indian tribal government 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, discriminate, harass, or take adverse action against any employee or official of the United States or any State or political subdivision. Authorizes such an adversely affected employee or official to obtain relief through a civil action, provided such person did not participate in the scheme or artifice. Amends mail fraud provisions to prohibit use of any facility of interstate or foreign commerce in the execution of a scheme or artifice to defraud. Makes it a class B felony for a public official to corruptly demand or accept anything of value, personally or for another, in return for: (1) being influenced in the performance or nonperformance of any official act; or (2) being influenced to commit, collude in, or allow the commission of any offense against the United States or any State. Makes it a class B felony for a public official to corruptly give, offer, or promise anything of value, to an official or to another, with intent to: (1) influence any official act; (2) influence such official to commit, collude in, or allow the commission of any offense against the United States or a State; or (3) influence such official to do or omit any act in violation of such official's lawful duty. Grants Federal jurisdiction over an offense under this Act (with respect to narcotics-related corruption) which involves or is intended to further or conceal the illegal importation, manufacture, transportation, or distribution of any controlled substance or controlled substance analogue. Subtitle H: Juvenile Justice Anti-Gang Program - Amends the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to authorize the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to make grants to State and local governments to develop more effective programs to reduce the use and sale of illegal drugs by juveniles. Requires the Administrator to give priority to programs aimed at juvenile involvement in organized gang- and drug-related activities. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1992. Amends the Federal criminal code to: (1) add certain firearms offenses to the offenses over which the United States has juvenile delinquency jurisdiction; and (2) provide for the treatment of violent juveniles who commit firearms offenses as adults under certain circumstances. Specifies factors to be considered in transferring a juvenile to adult status. Waives confidentiality in certain juvenile proceedings. Subtitle I: Federal Prisoner Drug Testing - Federal Prisoner Drug Testing Act of 1990 - Amends the Federal criminal code to require, as a condition of probation, supervised release, or parole, that the defendant pass a drug test prior to the imposition of sentence, refrain from any unlawful use of a controlled substance, and submit to at least two periodic drug tests (as determined by the court) for use of a controlled substance. Specifies that no action may be taken against a defendant pursuant to such a drug test unless the test confirmation is a urine drug test confirmed using gas chromatography/mass spectometry techniques or one determined to be of equivalent accuracy. Subtitle J: Boot Camps - Directs the Attorney General to establish within the Bureau of Prisons ten military-style boot camp prisons. Amends the Federal criminal code to provide such prisons as a sentencing alternative to conventional prisons for Federal prisoners: (1) who are under 25 years of age; (2) who have no prior conviction for which they have served more than ten days' incarceration; (3) who have been convicted of offenses involving controlled substances or any other offenses if such defendants at, or subsequent to, the time of arrest tested positive for a controlled substance in their blood or urine; and (4) where the sentencing court finds the defendants' total offense levels under the Federal sentencing guidelines at level nine or less. Sets forth similar requirements with respect to State prisoners. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle K: Regional Prisons - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 for the construction and operation of ten regional prisons to be located in places chosen by the Director of National Drug Control Policy. Sets forth requirements regarding prisoner eligibility, State responsibilities with respect to such prisons, and the powers of the Director of the Bureau of Prisons. Subtitle L: Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 - Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 - Chapter 1: Drug-Related Child Abuse; Habitual Child Abuse Offense - Amends the Federal criminal code to make it a felony to commit a crime of violence against a person under age 18 if the offense was committed as part of a violation of the Controlled Substances Act or the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act. Requires the Attorney General to amend the United States Attorneys' Manual to reflect the intent of the Congress that Federal prosecution occur only in egregious cases of drug-related abuse and neglect. Requires the United States Sentencing Commission to promulgate guidelines to provide that a defendant convicted of such an offense, who has previously been convicted on two separate occasions of a sexual offense or crime of violence in which the victim was under age 18, shall receive the maximum punishment authorized by law. Chapter 2: Improving Investigation and Prosecution of Child Abuse Cases - Requires the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to make grants to develop multidisciplinary child abuse investigation and prosecution programs. Enumerates program criteria, including requirements identifying a neutral site for counseling child victims of sexual and serious physical abuse and neglect, referring cases to such counseling center within 24 hours, minimizing the number of interviews the child victim must attend, requiring that all interviews and meetings with a child victim occur at the counseling center, designating a director for the multidisciplinary program, and assigning volunteers or staff advocates to each child's family. Requires the Administrator to make grants to provide technical assistance and training to attorneys and others instrumental to the criminal prosecution of child abuse cases in State or Federal courts. Authorizes appropriations. Chapter 3: Court-Appointed Special Advocate Program - Requires the Administrator to: (1) make grants to expand the court-appointed special advocate program; (2) establish criteria to be used in evaluating grant applications, which shall include a program providing screening, training, and supervision of court-appointed special advocates. Authorizes appropriations. Chapter 4: Child Abuse Training Programs for Judicial Personnel and Practitioners - Requires the Administrator to provide technical assistance and training to judicial personnel and attorneys to improve the judicial system's handling of child abuse and neglect cases and provide administrative reform in juvenile and family courts. Directs the Administrator to make grants to: (1) national organizations to develop model technical programs to improve the judicial system's handling of such cases; and (2) State courts or judicial administrators for programs that provide for training and technical assistance to judicial personnel and attorneys in juvenile and family courts and for administrative reform in such courts. Directs that the grant criteria give priority to programs which improve procedures for preventing placement of children in foster care, make reasonable efforts to reunite the family, and coordinate information and services. Authorizes appropriations. Requires that at least 80 percent of such funds be used for juvenile and family court and State judicial programs. Chapter 5: Federal Victims' Protections and Rights - Amends the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure to allow in a proceeding involving an alleged offense against a child or involving a child witness, the attorney for the government, the child's attorney, or the guardian ad litem to apply (at least five days before trial date) for a court order that the child's testimony be taken in a room outside the courtroom and be televised by two-way closed-circuit television (TV). Authorizes the court to order that such testimony be taken by closed-circuit TV if it finds that the child is unable to testify in open court because of: (1) the child's persistent refusal to testify despite the courts requests to do so; (2) the child's total inability to testify because of fear, failure of memory, or similar circumstances; (3) the substantial likelihood that the child will suffer emotional trauma; and (4) the child suffering a mental or other infirmity. Requires: (1) the court to support any ruling on the child's inability to testify in open court with findings on the record; and (2) expert testimony to support such a finding, with respect to the child's persistent refusal to testify. Specifies that: (1) if the court orders the taking of testimony by television, the attorney for the Government and the defense attorney shall be present in the room with the child and the child shall be subject to direct cross-examination; and (2) the only other persons allowed to be present are the child's attorney or guardian ad litem, those persons necessary to operate the closed-circuit equipment, and other persons whose presence is determined by the court to be necessary to the welfare and well-being of the child. Requires that: (1) the child's testimony be transmitted by closed-circuit TV into the courtroom for the defendant, jury, judge, and public view; (2) the defendant be provided with the means of private, contemporaneous communication with his attorney during the testimony; and (3) the closed-circuit TV transmission relay the defendant's image into the room in which the child is testifying. Sets forth analogous provisions with respect to videotaped depositions of child victims and child witnesses. Sets forth requirements with respect to competency examinations for child witnesses. Sets forth provisions with respect to confidentiality of information involving a child in connection with a criminal proceeding. Authorizes the court: (1) on motion by any person, to issue an order protecting a child's name or other information concerning the child in the course of the proceedings if the court determines that disclosure would be detrimental to the child; and (2) to allow disclosure to anyone to whom disclosure is necessary for the welfare and well-being of the child. Grants the child victim or witness the same right to submit victim impact statements prior to sentencing as prescribed for an adult. Directs that child victims or witnesses be assisted by their court-appointed guardian ad litem in preparing victim impact statements. Encourages the use of multidisciplinary teams designed to assist child victims or child witnesses. Delineates the role of such teams. Authorizes the court to appoint a guardian ad litem where a child was a victim of, or a witness to, a crime involving abuse or exploitation to protect the best interests of the child. Sets forth guidelines with respect to criteria in choosing, and the duties of, such guardian. Grants a child testifying at or attending a judicial proceeding the right to be accompanied by an adult attendant to provide emotional support to the child, subject to certain restrictions. Authorizes the court, in any proceeding where a child is called to give testimony, to designate the case as being of special public importance and to expedite the action. Requires the court to ensure a speedy trial and, in deciding whether or not to grant a continuance, to take into account the child's age and the potential adverse impact the delay may have on the child's well being. Declares that there is no statute of limitations for any sex offense involving a child victim. Provides for extension of the period of limitations with respect to civil actions arising out of the same occurrence and in which the child is the victim. Amends the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to set forth analogous provisions with respect to the rights of child victims and child witnesses in civil cases. Amends the Federal Rules of Evidence to create a hearsay exception for an out-of-court statement made by a child of less than 13 years concerning acts or conduct related to alleged completed or attempted crimes of sexual abuse, physical abuse, or exploitation of such child or concerning a crime against another witnessed by the child that is not otherwise admissible if: (1) the child testifies at the proceeding, or testifies by means of videotaped deposition or closed-circuit TV and, at the time of such testimony, is subject to cross-examination about the out-of-court statement; (2) the court finds that the child's out-of-court statement possesses particularized guarantees of trustworthiness; or (3) the court finds that the child is unable to testify effectively for various reasons, such as the child's death, absence, refusal, or substantial likelihood that the child would suffer emotional trauma. Requires the proponents of the statement to inform the adverse party of the intention to offer statement and its content sufficiently in advance of the proceeding to provide the defendant with a fair opportunity to prepare a response. Delineates factors which the court may consider in determining whether a statement possesses particularized guarantees of trustworthiness, including the child's knowledge of the event, the age and maturity of the child, any apparent motive the child may have to falsify or distort the event, and whether extrinsic evidence exists to show the defendant's opportunity to commit the act complained of in the child's statement. Requires the court to support with findings on the record any rulings pertaining to the child's inability to testify in open court and the trustworthiness of the out-of-court statement. Authorizes the court to permit the child to use anatomical dolls, puppets, drawings, or any other demonstrative device to assist in testifying. Requires a person who, while engaged on Federal land or in a federally operated or contracted facility in one of specified professional capacities or activities including health care provider, social worker, teacher, child care worker, law enforcement officer, foster parent, and commercial film processor or in a federally operated or constructed facility, learns of facts that give reason to suspect an incident of child abuse, to report the suspected abuse as soon as possible to a designated agency. Makes the failure to report a misdemeanor. Provides for civil liability for failure to report such an incident. Abrogates the privileged nature of communications between a health care provider and a patient or between a husband or wife in any investigations or judicial actions resulting from a report of abuse or neglect. Requires that such professionals receive periodic training in the obligations to report, as well as in the identification of abused and neglected children. Chapter 6: Child Care Worker Employee Background Checks - Requires Federal agencies involved with the provision of services to children under age 18 to assure that all existing and newly-hired employees undergo a criminal history background check. Sets forth procedures with respect to the conduct of such background checks. Specifies that: (1) any conviction for a sex crime, an offense involving a child victim, or drug offense shall be grounds for denying employment or for dismissal of an employee engaged in specified child care services; (2) an incident in which an individual has been charged, but where the charge has not yet been disposed of, shall permit the employee's suspension from any contact with children until the case is resolved; and (3) convictions of other crimes may be considered if they bear on an individual's fitness to have responsibility for the safety and well-being of children. Sets forth requirements with respect to questions to be asked in employment applications, criminal history records checks, and access to (and the right to challenge the accuracy of) the criminal history report. Encourages voluntary criminal history checks for others who may have contact with children. Subtitle M: Steroid Trafficking Act of 1990 - Steroid Trafficking Act of 1990 - Chapter 1: Anabolic Steroids - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to add anabolic steroids to Schedule II. Excludes from Schedule II anabolic steroids those expressly intended for administration through implants to cattle or nonhuman species and approved for such administration, with exceptions. Authorizes the refill without restriction of any prescription for anabolic steroids subject to refill on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. Requires the Attorney General to exempt any compound, mixture, or preparation containing an anabolic steroid from application of all or part of such Act if, because of its concentration, preparation, mixture, or delivery system, it has no significant potential for abuse. Authorizes the Attorney General to exempt an anabolic steroid from any production regulations if it is approved by the Food and Drug Administration as an accepted treatment for a rare disease or condition under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and it does not have a significant potential for abuse. Chapter 2: Human Growth Hormone - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to increase the criminal fine and imprisonment and penalties for knowing distribution of, or possession with intent to distribute, human growth hormone for any use in humans other than treatment of a recognized disease or other medical condition (currently, a recognized disease) pursuant to the order of a physician. Increases the penalties if the offense involves (currently, if the distribution or intended distribution is to) an individual under the age of 18 years. Declares a violation a felony violation of the Controlled Substances Act for purposes of forfeiture. Authorizes the Drug Enforcement Administration to investigate such offenses. Repeals provisions of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 relating to forfeiture and illegal trafficking in steroids or a human growth hormone. Title II: Treatment - Subtitle A: Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Services Block Grant - Amends the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize appropriations for the Alcohol and Drug Abuse and Mental Health Services Block Grant Program. Revises the grant allotment formula. Permits Federal funds allotted to the States for alcohol, drug abuse, and mental health treatment to be used to pay for inpatient hospital drug treatment services pursuant to a contractual arrangement with a hospital if: (1) needed residential treatment services could not otherwise be provided; and (2) the rates paid for such services do not exceed 125 percent of the cost of rates typically required for comparable residential services. Authorizes the Secretary to waive or reduce certain matching requirements where the State requests a waiver and the Secretary determines that failure to grant such request would result in a reduction in the resources that would otherwise be used to provide direct treatment services and that such resources are essential to implementation of the State drug abuse plan. Authorizes the use of State allotments to provide counseling to family members of drug abusers and to develop, implement, and operate programs of treatment for adult and juvenile substance abusers in State and local criminal and juvenile justice systems. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to waive provisions requiring a State to use a specified percent of grant funds for intravenous drug abuse treatment programs where a State has submitted an application for such a waiver prior to September 30, 1991. Subtitle B: Programs Targeting Females - Revises requirements and other matters relating to an existing program regarding drug and alcohol abuse model projects for pregnant and postpartum women and their infants. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle C: Treatment Improvement - Chapter 1: General Treatment Provisions - Establishes in the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration (ADAMHA) the Office for Treatment Improvement (Treatment Office) to: (1) collaborate with the Director of the Office for Substance Abuse Prevention and the Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA); (2) evaluate State plans and carry out programs under existing provisions; (3) train providers of prehospital emergency medical services; (4) conduct or support described programs; and (5) take other actions with regard to treatment. Authorizes appropriations. Requires States as a condition for receiving the drug abuse portion of its ADAMHA block grant, to develop and submit to the Secretary annually for review and approval a statewide Substance Abuse Treatment Plan. Requires the Director of the Treatment Office to establish a model State treatment plan. Directs the Secretary to issue guidelines for plans. Requires the Director of the Treatment Office to establish programs to provide grants to: (1) eligible institutions to provide training services to increase the supply of drug treatment professionals; and (2) hospitals, community health centers, and other appropriate entities that serve nonmetropolitan areas to assist in developing and implementing projects (at least one in each State) that provide, or expand the availability of, substance abuse treatment services. Requires the alcohol and drug abuse information clearinghouse required to be established under the Public Health Service Act to: (1) gather information pertaining to ADAMHA and other rural drug abuse treatment and education projects operating throughout the United States; and (2) disseminate information to rural hospitals, community health centers, community mental health centers, treatment facilities, community organizations, and other interested individuals. Transfers authority from the Administrator of ADAMHA to the Director of the Treatment Office for an existing grant program for reduction of the waiting period for drug abuse treatment. Removes provisions prohibiting more than one grant for any treatment program. Allows a grantee to spend not more than 50 percent of the grant for follow-up services. Increases the authorization of appropriations. Sets forth reporting requirements. Transfers authority from the Administrator of ADAMHA to the Director of NIDA to make grants for drug abuse demonstration projects of national significance. Chapter 2: Drug Treatment in Prison - Authorizes appropriations for the Federal Prison system for substance abuse treatment services. Directs the Bureau of Prisons to separate drug dependent offenders undergoing treatment from the general prison population and avoid returning such offenders to the general prison population after the completion of the treatment program. Requires the Director of the Treatment Office to establish programs to provide grants to public and nonprofit private entities that provide drug treatment services to individuals under criminal justice supervision. Amends the Federal criminal code to authorize a sentencing court to allow drug dependent offenders meeting specified requirements (such as having served at least three-fourths of their time, not having been convicted of homicide, kidnapping, assault with a deadly weapon, espionage, or aggravated sexual abuse, not having been sentenced to life imprisonment, and having successfully completed an approved substance abuse treatment program while incarcerated) to be released early under supervision, subject to specified conditions (such as submission to periodic drug testing, regular attendance at meetings of Narcotics Anonymous, Alcoholics Anonymous, or Cocaine Anonymous, and participation in an outpatient substance abuse counseling program). Subtitle D: Substance Abuse Treatment Services Under Medicaid - Amends the Social Security Act to include coverage under a State Medicaid plan, at the option of the State, for medical assistance, substance abuse treatment services, and related case management services for eligible individuals who desire to rid themselves of their substance abuse problems. Title III: Education and Prevention - Subtitle A: Comprehensive Drug Education - Reauthorizes appropriations under the Drug Free Schools and Communities Act of 1986. Amends such Act to require the Secretary to establish and administer a model program to provide grants to schools and institutions to implement comprehensive drug education programs providing for the establishment of an anti-drug policy, implementation of peer to peer programs that allow children to talk about handling pressures to use and sell drugs, and family and community involvement in drug prevention. Sets forth criteria for grant awards. Authorizes appropriations. Requires the Secretary of Education to: (1) design and distribute anti-drug lesson plans; and (2) expand existing programs at the Department of Education to provide schools with greater access to programs that teach skills in resisting drug abuse and assertiveness training for children in grades kindergarten through 12. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle B: Prevention - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish: (1) a comprehensive approach drug prevention grant program to make grants to eligible institutions that establish or expand drug prevention programs to be comprehensive in nature and to include an anti-drug policy, peer to peer drug abuse programs, and family and community involvement; and (2) a National Substance Abuse Prevention Training Program to make grants to States, local agencies, and community organizations to provide substance abuse prevention training and to coordinate with other community resources and programs. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a National Drug Prevention Corps. Authorizes appropriations. Requires the Director of National Drug Control Policy to provide resources to assist members of the motion picture and television industries in the production of programs that carry anti-drug messages. Authorizes appropriations. Exempts from the antitrust laws any joint discussion, consideration, review, action, or agreement by or among persons in the television industry for developing and disseminating voluntary guidelines designed to alleviate any negative impact of illegal drug use in telecast material, provided the joint action does not result in a boycott of any person. Applies such exemption to only those joint activities engaged in within 36 months after enactment of this Act. Defines "person in the television industry" to include any entity which produces programming for television distribution. Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) all places of work should be drug free; (2) corporate America should take an active role in assisting employees with drug-related problems; and (3) employers should take specified steps towards creating a drug-free workplace, such as establishing a clear drug-free policy and establishing an employee assistance plan for substance abusing employees. Directs the Secretary of Labor to: (1) identify 100 major business regions in the United States and contact local chief executive officers in such regions to encourage them to develop in each region a Corporation Against Drug Abuse program; and (2) provide each region with $10,000 to assist such officers in coordinating such program in each region. Authorizes appropriations. Amends the Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988 to include within the drug free awareness programs for Federal contractors and Federal grant recipients discussions of the dangers and early signs of drug abuse by children. Title IV: International - Subtitle A: Assistance for Bolivia, Colombia, and Peru - Authorizes appropriations to carry out provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 relating to development assistance and economic support fund assistance for Bolivia, Colombia, and Peru. Subtitle B: Economic Assistance - Authorizes appropriations for development assistance and economic support fund assistance for countries which are major illicit drug producing countries by virtue of their coca production. Expresses the sense of the Congress that a majority of such assistance should be allocated for development assistance, particularly for alternative development programs aimed at reducing cocaine production in the Andean region of South America. Waives the Brooke-Alexander Amendment to the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (barring assistance to countries in default for over six months on principal or interest payments on U.S. loans) for FY 1991 with respect to assistance to such countries. Waives the Bumpers Amendment to the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act (prohibits assistance funds for activities in connection with the growth or production in a foreign country of an agricultural commodity for export which would compete with a similar commodity grown or produced in the United States) with respect to assistance for crop substitution and alternative development activities undertaken in furtherance of narcotics control objectives. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the U.S. executive directors of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, International Development Association, and Inter-American Development Bank to promote development projects in the Andean region consistent with U.S. anti-narcotics objectives. Subtitle C: Trade Incentives - Authorizes the President to designate Bolivia, Colombia, and Peru as beneficiary countries under the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act. Provides for special trade treatment for such countries if they reduce coca production or related illicit activities through programs and projects implemented on a local level that provide income and employment alternatives to the production of illicit coca or to engaging in illicit coca-related activities. Expresses the sense of the Congress that President Bush should seek the immediate reinstatement of the International Coffee Agreement, pending negotiations on a new, comprehensive agreement. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to provide, on an expedited basis, such technical assistance as necessary to develop U.S. phytosanitary standards for imports of fruits and vegetables from Bolivia, Colombia, and Peru. Authorizes appropriations. Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to grant the President the authority to reverse an affirmative determination under antidumping duty provisions if he determines such action to be in the national interest. Subtitle D: Debt-for-Drugs Exchange Act - Debt-for-Drugs Exchange Act - Declares that the U.S. representatives to the United Nations should propose the establishment within the United Nations Fund for Drug Abuse Control (UNFDAC) of debt-for-drugs exchanges whereby UNFDAC would enter into agreements with eligible countries that would agree to combat the international drug trade in exchange for: (1) the cancellation of up to 20 percent of their foreign commercial indebtedness, to be purchased by UNFDAC on the commercial secondary market; and (2) the commitment to cancel a specified amount of government-to-government indebtedness held by such countries' creditor governments. Authorizes the Secretary of State to commit the United States to contribute to UNFDAC one-third of the amount required to purchase such indebtedness. Authorizes appropriations. Subjects such agreements to specified terms and conditions. Provides that such agreements shall include provisions to reinstate debt obligations and release parties from agreement commitments if, after one year, the terms of the agreement have not been fulfilled. States that the agreement and exchange will only take effect after two-thirds of the participating creditor governments making contributions to UNFDAC have approved the agreement. Declares that an advisory role should be provided for representation from major multilateral development institutions to ensure that such exchanges would be in keeping with other debt reduction and economic reform measures. Provides for specified debt obligation reduction for countries participating in a debt-for-drugs agreement. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. executive directors of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the International Development Association, and the Inter-American Development Bank to: (1) provide advice and assistance to borrowing and lending country governments desiring to execute debt-for-drugs exchanges; and (2) consider, in making loans and negotiating payment schedules for borrowing governments of drug-producing countries, the history of compliance by such governments with, and the extent to which such governments have honored, agreements entered into for such exchanges. Declares that the President, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Director for National Drug Control Policy should: (1) organize a consultative group of creditor governments in an appropriate forum in which such governments could make contributions and commitments to facilitate debt-for-drugs exchanges; and (2) encourage other creditor governments to participate in such group and support such exchanges. Subtitle E: Military and Law Enforcement - Authorizes appropriations under the Arms Export Control Act and the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to provide military and law enforcement assistance and training for anti-drug production and trafficking activities. Conditions such assistance on: (1) recipient countries maintaining a democratic government; and (2) the armed forces and law enforcement agencies of such countries not engaging in a consistent pattern of gross violations of human rights. Sets forth provisions with respect to congressional notifications, reports on human rights, and coordination with the international narcotics control assistance program. Urges the President to seek the establishment of a multilateral anti-narcotic force within the Organization of American States, the United Nations, and other international fora. Requires the President, if diplomatic efforts toward achieving such a force are successful, to submit a request to the Congress covering the U.S. share of the cost of its operation and maintenance. Urges the executive branch to: (1) coordinate closely with all allies in the Western Hemisphere dedicated to countering the threat of drug trafficking; and (2) explore the possibility of undertaking joint military and intelligence operations with other Western Hemisphere nations where appropriate. Directs the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to prepare and submit to specified congressional committees a plan to establish a Foreign Service Corps in DEA for personnel serving in foreign countries that addresses: (1) the need for specialized training and expertise in international drug enforcement; (2) pay, promotion, and retention incentives; and (3) management of the Corps. Subtitle F: Controlling Precursor and Essential Chemicals - Directs the Attorney General to enter into negotiations with law enforcement and judicial agencies and other officials of any foreign country with jurisdiction over companies who manufacture, market, sell, or purchase certain precursor or essential chemicals used in the production of illicit narcotics, giving priority to countries having jurisdiction over companies that may be supplying chemicals for the illicit manufacture of controlled substances. Specifies as purposes of such negotiations: (1) establishment of a list of precursor and essential chemicals contributing to the illicit manufacture of controlled substances; (2) reaching international agreement on a method of maintaining records of transactions of listed chemicals; (3) establishment of a procedure by which such records may be made available to U.S. law enforcement authorities; and (4) encouraging chemical source countries to enact national chemical control legislation which would impose specific recordkeeping and reporting requirements for domestic transactions involving listed chemicals, establish a system of permits or declarations for imports and exports of such chemicals, and authorize government officials to seize or suspend shipments of listed chemicals based on evidence that they may be destined for the illicit manufacture of controlled substances. Requires the Attorney General to report on progress in such negotiations to specified congressional committees. Directs the President to impose sanctions against any company or entity refusing to maintain records or make records available to U.S. law enforcement authorities. Authorizes and directs the Attorney General to conduct research into additives and other means which would render precursor and essential chemicals useless in the production and manufacturing of illegal drugs but that would not affect the legitimate commercial use of such chemicals. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Administrator of the DEA to hire at least 100 additional special agents and investigators to expand domestic and international investigations of violations of the Chemicals Diversion and Trafficking Act of 1988. Subtitle G: International Currency Control Agency - Directs the U.S. representative to the Financial Action Task Force of the Group of Seven nations to begin negotiations to establish an International Currency Control Agency which would: (1) serve as a central source of information and intelligence for international law enforcement agencies; (2) establish uniform currency transaction reporting requirements for international financial institutions; and (3) collect and analyze currency transaction reports filed by participating countries for law enforcement purposes. Subtitle H: Narcotics-Related Terrorism - Requires the Secretary of State to assign personnel from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to U.S. embassies in major drug-producing and transit countries to strengthen U.S. assault weapons control and aviation security programs. Authorizes appropriations: (1) to provide at least five additional intelligence analysts and support personnel to the FAA's aviation security program for liaison with U.S. drug enforcement agencies and the U.S. intelligence community to prevent narcotics-related terrorism against aviation; and (2) for the protection of judges, law enforcement officers, and other public officials in eligible countries against acts of violence. Title V: Interdiction - Subtitle A: Strengthening Border Interdiction Efforts - Authorizes appropriations for: (1) the U.S. Customs Service for the hiring, equipping, and training of at least 200 agents and intelligence research specialists and at least 800 inspectors, special agents, and canine enforcement officers; and (2) the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) for the hiring, training, and equipping of U.S. Border Patrol officers, criminal investigations and deportation of criminal aliens, and procurement of low-level light television systems, sensor systems, and four-wheel drive vehicles for the Border Patrol. Subtitle B: Military Support Along United States Border - Authorizes and directs the Secretary of Defense to prescribe regulations authorizing Department of Defense personnel to participate directly in the inspection of cargo and other goods at U.S. ports and along U.S. borders. Specifies that activities shall be conducted in coordination with civilian law enforcement agencies and shall not include the inspection of persons. Subtitle C: Attacking Drug Trafficking by Criminal Aliens - Directs the U.S. Sentencing Commission to promulgate, or amend existing, sentencing guidelines to provide that a defendant convicted of reentry into the United States following deportation be assigned an offense level under chapter two of such guidelines that constitutes a meaningful deterrence to the commission of such offense. Amends provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act regarding aliens convicted of aggravated felonies to: (1) bar reentry of such aliens; (2) require the Attorney General, pending a determination of excludability, to take into custody any such alien upon completion of such alien's sentence for such conviction; and (3) prohibit suspension of deportation for such an alien. Subtitle D: Making Drug-Related Intelligence a Level-One Intelligence Priority - Calls for the U.S. intelligence community to devote greater resources to intelligence activities relating to international drug production and trafficking. Urges the Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) to: (1) make support of anti-drug efforts a Level One Priority in his National Foreign Intelligence Strategy; (2) reflect such priority in the National Foreign Intelligence Program; and (3) include in his next National Foreign Intelligence Budget a separate and detailed request for funds necessary to make such activities a Level One Priority. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the DCI should expand resources devoted to human intelligence directed against international drug trafficking, particularly with respect to law enforcement operations along the U.S. border. Subtitle E: Preventing Drug Traffickers From Entering the United States Using Fraudulent Immigration Documents - Directs the Secretary of State and the Attorney General to: (1) establish a program under which applicants for entry into the United States shall be required to submit fingerprints at the time of application and to be checked against records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the INS, and other U.S. agencies to ensure that the applicant has not submitted fraudulent documentation or is not otherwise excludable under U.S. immigration laws; (2) implement such program in two phases, including a two-year pilot program for applicants from major drug-producing or transit countries (phase I) and implementation over the next three years and expansion to all alien applicants requesting entry into the United States (phase II); and (3) conduct a comprehensive review and evaluation of such program and submit specified reports to the Congress. Title VI: Drug Emergency Areas - 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 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. Title VII: Research and New Technologies - Subtitle A: Pharmacological Research - Pharmacotherapy Development Act of 1990 - Chapter 1: Federal Medication Development Program - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish in NIDA a Medications Development Division to: (1) work with the Commissioner of Food and Drugs to set new guidelines for the safety and efficacy trials of medications to treat drug addiction and to discuss other measures to facilitate the approval process of drug addiction treatments; (2) promote expanded research programs and studies into the development of medications to treat drug addiction; (3) track the activities of the National Institutes of Health relating to the development and use of pharmacotherapeutic treatments for drug addiction; and (4) take other specified measures to improve pharmacotherapeutic treatment of drug addiction. Establishes requirements of reporting by the Director of the Division. Requires the Director of National Drug Control Policy to incorporate reports submitted under this Act into the National Drug Control Strategy. Requires the Director of the Division to provide for proper scientific review of all research grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts over which the Director has authority. Authorizes appropriations. Chapter 2: Private Sector Development of Pharmacotherapeutics - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to establish procedures for the investigation and designation of drugs for the treatment of addictions to illegal drugs. Authorizes appropriations. Chapter 3: Medications Review Process Reform - Authorizes the Secretary to permit: (1) an entity submitting an investigational new drug application or protocol for medications to treat drug addiction to provide information required by the Secretary as it becomes available; and (2) parallel track trials to be used for medications to treat drug addiction. Chapter 4: High Priority Research Areas - Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Division shall devote special attention and resources to achieving the development of a methadone alternative, a long-acting narcotic antagonist, a cocaine blocking treatment, a cocaine blocker/narcotic antagonist treatment, medications to treat addictions to methamphetamine, and medications to treat pregnant addicts and their fetuses. Chapter 5: Report by the Surgeon General - Requires: (1) the Director of the Division to establish a panel of independent experts in the field of pharmacotherapeutic treatment of drug addiction to assess the national strategy for developing such treatments and make appropriate recommendations; and (2) the Surgeon General of the United States to submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report setting forth recommendations of such panel and assessing the progress of the Nation toward development of safe, efficacious pharmacological treatments for drug addiction. Subtitle B: Counter-Narcotics Technology Assessment Center - Counter-Narcotics Technology Act of 1990 - Amends the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 to establish within the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) the Counter-Narcotics Technology Assessment Center, to operate under the general authority of the Deputy Director for Supply, ONDCP, to serve as the central counter-narcotics enforcement research and development organization of the U.S. Government. Requires that there be at the head of the Center the Chief Scientist of Counter-Narcotics Technology. Requires, beginning with the FY 1992 budget, that the Director of National Drug Control Policy submit a separate appropriations request for expenses relating to all Federal agencies for counter-narcotics enforcement research and development programs. Establishes a national counter-narcotics technology account. Requires such appropriations to be made to the account for the Director to make reimbursements to the involved agencies. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle C: National Drug Abuse Epidemiology - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a National Drug Intelligence Epidemiology System to: (1) conduct research and provide documentation on the leading drug abuse indicators, such as drug-related emergency room visits, deaths, and drug treatment admissions; (2) publish data concerning such indicators on a quarterly basis; and (3) distribute publications concerning such information to medical professionals, police agencies and others involved in anti-drug efforts. Authorizes appropriations. Requires the Secretary to establish a National Drug Abuse Report Card to: (1) collect research on such indicators; (2) characterize the statistics compiled by age, ethnic, and gender groups, by regional variations, and by at-risk groups; (3) include estimates of drug use among previously under-surveyed groups; and (4) publish and distribute reports on a quarterly basis. Authorizes appropriations. Title VIII: Coordination - Subtitle A: Officers of the Office of National Drug Control Policy - Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should accord the Director of the National Drug Control Policy full cabinet status. Changes the position of Associate Director of National Drug Control Policy to Deputy Director of National Drug Control Policy. Subtitle B: National Drug Intelligence - National Drug Intelligence Act of 1990 - Establishes an executive agency to be known as the National Drug Intelligence Center to: (1) assimilate, collect, and analyze drug enforcement-related data and intelligence of participating agencies; (2) produce comprehensive analyses of foreign and domestic drug trafficking organizations, patterns, and trends; (3) create and maintain a state-of-the-art computer data base for drug-related strategic intelligence; (4) publish quarterly statistics on drug trafficking abuse patterns and indicators for each major drug of abuse in the United States; and (5) disseminate comprehensive drug enforcement-related intelligence to appropriate intelligence and enforcement agencies. Provides for the establishment of an Advisory Board to be responsible for the management of the Center. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1990
Medigap Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act of 1990 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require that Medicare supplemental policy issuers: (1) cover a core group of basic benefits and, if they offer other benefits, issue a policy covering only such basic benefits; (2) provide prospective purchasers of a policy with a summary information sheet describing policy benefits and the ratio of benefits to premiums; (3) guarantee the renewability of policies; (4) offer each group policyholder terminating their coverage or group membership the right to continued coverage under an individual policy (the policyholder ending his or her group membership may also opt for continued coverage under the group policy) or, if the old group policy is replaced by a new group policy, the right to coverage under a new group policy without exclusion for preexisting conditions; and (5) suspend policy benefits and premiums upon the policyholder's indication that he or she is entitled to Medicaid (title XIX of the Social Security Act) benefits. Requires the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) or, upon the NAIC's default, the Secretary of Health and Human Services to promulgate simplification standards which set the core group of basic benefits policies must provide, limit the additional benefit packages that may be provided, and establish a uniform language and format to be used with respect to policy benefits. Prohibits the sale of policies which do not meet such standards, though permits approved waivers of such standards to test new or innovative benefits. Directs the NAIC to educate Medicare beneficiaries on the simplification standards. Gives State Insurance Commissioners the right to approve or disapprove policies mailed into their State from another jurisdiction. Increases the civil monetary penalty for knowingly selling a policy which duplicates health benefits to which an individual is already entitled. Prohibits a policy issuer from selling a policy without: (1) obtaining a written statement of the buyer indicating any Medicare supplemental policies or Medicaid coverage the buyer may have; and (2) notifying the buyer of the possibility and effect of his or her coverage under the Medicaid program and the address and telephone number of any State Medicare supplemental policy counseling program and the State Medicaid office. Prohibits the issuer from selling a policy to a person who indicates that he or she is covered by the Medicaid program or has a duplicative Medicare supplemental policy. Penalizes individuals who sell a policy in violation of such requirements. Stiffens other Medicare supplemental policy fraud penalties. Increases the percentage of premiums which must be returned to policyholders as benefits. Establishes a process whereby States must approve premium increases prior to their implementation. Requires public hearings for any premium increase request exceeding twice the percentage increase in the medical care component of the consumer price index. Limits Medicare supplemental policy sales commissions. Authorizes appropriations or a matching grant program to assist States in establishing counseling programs to aid Medicare-eligible individuals in choosing Medicare supplemental policies. Prohibits such policies from denying a claim for losses incurred more than six months from the effective date of coverage for a preexisting condition.
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1990
Designates the second Sunday in October 1990 as National Children's Day.
United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1990
Authorizes the Secretary of Education to provide financial assistance to the Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars for construction and related costs of a student residence and classroom building in Washington, D.C. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1993.
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 1990
Comprehensive Alzheimer's Assistance, Research, and Education Act of 1990 (CARE) - Title I: Amendments to the Public Health Service Act - Replaces provisions of the Public Health Service Act authorizing the establishment and operation of Alzheimer's Disease centers with provisions requiring the Director of the National Institute on Aging to make grants and enter into cooperative agreements for planning, establishing, or strengthening at least 15 Alzheimer's Disease Research Centers to support any part of the full range of research and development from very basic to clinical. Requires the Director to award Center Core grants or enter into cooperative agreements to support shared resources for categorical research. Requires the Director to award grants or enter into cooperative agreements with entities receiving assistance under the Research Centers and Center Core provisions of this Act to assist in providing high-quality research and services at locations other than the Research Centers. Requires the Director to make grants or enter into cooperative agreements to: (1) attract new or young investigators to careers involving research on biomedical, behavioral, and social aspects of Alzheimer's disease; and (2) develop institutional training programs emphasizing postdoctoral training and training of women and groups underrepresented in such research. Authorizes appropriations for: (1) the grants and cooperative agreements above in this Act; and (2) under existing provisions, awards for leadership and excellence, research on services to individuals with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias and their families, preparation and revision of a plan for certain research related to Alzheimer's disease, and dissemination of research results. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the Commissioner on Aging, to make grants and enter into contracts for family support demonstration projects. Authorizes the Director to make grants and enter into contracts for long-term care research with regard to Alzheimer's disease and related disorders. Authorizes the Secretary, through the Director of the National Institute of Mental Health, the Administration on Aging, and the National Center for Nursing Research, to make grants and enter into contracts for research on methods for improving the delivery of supportive services to individuals with Alzheimer's disease or related disorders. Authorizes appropriations for family support demonstration projects, long-term care research, and supportive services delivery research. Directs the Secretary to make competitive grants to States for State Alzheimer's disease programs, including medical, legal, educational, health care financing, and other aspects. Requires that 25 to 50 percent of a grant be used in any fiscal year for respite care. Limits grants to: (1) a minimum dollar amount; and (2) one-half of the costs of the research for which the grant is made. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary, through the Director of the National Institutes of Health and the Director of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), to make grants and enter into contracts for basic and clinical research with respect to Alzheimer's disease and related disorders. Authorizes appropriations. Title II: Amendments to the Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias Services Research Act of 1986 - Amends the Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias Services Research Act of 1986 to require the Council on Alzheimer's Disease to make certain annual reports to the Congress and the public regarding matters related to Alzheimer's disease. Authorizes appropriations for the establishment and operation, under existing provisions, of the Advisory Panel on Alzheimer's Disease. Requires grants under specified existing provisions for Alzheimer's research to focus on specialized care as well as on services. Requires the Director of the NIMH to submit a research plan to the Council annually. Modifies the research to be provided for in the plan. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the responsibilities of the NIMH relating to Alzheimer's disease under the Act. Requires the Administrator of the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research to submit a research plan to the Chairman of the Council annually. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the responsibilities of the Agency under the Act. Replaces provisions requiring education programs for providers of care for individuals with Alzheimer's disease with provisions authorizing the Director of the National Institute on Aging to make grants: (1) on the basis of merit, for training programs and continuing education programs with respect to health care for individuals with Alzheimer's disease or related disorders; and (2) for the development of curricula for the training programs and continuing education programs. Requires the Director to establish the National Alzheimer's Education Program to: (1) provide coordination and leadership in the Federal education and promotion effort; (2) develop and distribute education materials; (3) encourage and work with the media to provide information; (4) encourage and work with public and private efforts to develop models for education, training, and assistance programs; and (5) provide technical assistance. Authorizes the Director to make grants for programs to educate health care providers and the families of individuals with Alzheimer's disease or related disorders on caring for such individuals, and on the availability of public and private sources of assistance. Authorizes appropriations to carry out educational activities provisions of the Act.
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1990
Designates the month of October 1990 as Crime Prevention Month.
United States · United States Congress · 4 May 1990
Expresses the sense of the Congress that Greyhound Lines, Inc., and the Amalgamated Transit Union should negotiate to resolve their dispute promptly, under the auspices of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service and the Secretary of Labor.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1990
Antarctica Protection Act of 1990 - Makes it unlawful to engage in, finance, or provide assistance to, any Antarctic minerals resource activity. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of State should enter into negotiations with specified consultative parties of the Antarctica Treaty to conclude an international agreement to: (1) prohibit Antarctic mineral resource activities by all nations; (2) grant Antarctica special protective status as an International Reserve-Land of Science for wilderness protection, international cooperation, and scientific research; (3) conserve and protect Antarctica and its associated ecosystems; and (4) ensure that all scientific investigation relating to geological processes and structures is made available to the international scientific community. Expresses the sense of the Congress that any international agreement relating to Antarctica that is submitted to the Senate for ratification should be consistent with the purposes of this Act. Applies environmental impact assessment requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 to Antarctica activities of Federal agencies or entities receiving Federal assistance. Prescribes civil and criminal penalties for violations of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1990
Removes provisions of existing law which: (1) terminate on December 29, 1990, the authority of the Marshal and Police of the Supreme Court to protect the justices and guests of the Court and Court officers and employees engaged in official duties in any part of the United States (thus making such protection permanent law); and (2) require the Marshal to report annually to the Congress regarding the administrative cost of carrying out such duties.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1990
Counter-Narcotics Technology Act of 1990 - Amends the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 to establish within the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) the Counter-Narcotics Technology Assessment Center, to operate under the general authority of the Deputy Director for Supply, ONDCP, to serve as the central counter-narcotics enforcement research and development organization of the U.S. Government. Requires that there be at the head of the Center the Chief Scientist of Counter-Narcotics Technology. Requires, beginning with the FY 1992 budget, that the Director of National Drug Control Policy submit a separate appropriations request for expenses relating to all Federal agencies for counter-narcotics enforcement research and development programs. Establishes a national counter-narcotics technology account. Requires such appropriations to be made to the account for the Director to make reimbursements to the involved agencies. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1990
Designates the period of October 21 through 27, 1990, as National Humanities Week.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1990
Declares that it is the sense of the Congress that the United States should: (1) promote maximum conservation and protection of the world's whales; (2) work to continue the International Whaling Commission moratorium on the commercial killing of whales and maintain zero catch limits for all whale stocks for at least another decade; (3) work to strengthen the Commission and encourage it to carry out long-term, nonlethal research for all whale stocks on a global basis; and (4) in promoting protection, make use of diplomatic channels, domestic and international law, and all other means.
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1990
Drunk Driving Child Protection Act of 1990 - Amends the Assimilative Crimes Statute to require the imposition of a Federal penalty (if not already imposed by a State) of one year imprisonment and a $1,000 fine in addition to any term of imprisonment under State law for driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol if a non-driving minor was present in the vehicle at the time of the offense. Amends the common carrier provisions of the Federal criminal code to increase the penalty for operating a common carrier under the influence of drugs or alcohol if a non-driving minor is present in the vehicle by up to one year's imprisonment and an additional $1,000 fine.
United States · United States Congress · 26 April 1990
Designates October 1990 as National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
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
Requires the Secretary of the Army to provide for the construction and maintenance of a memorial in Arlington National Cemetery to honor U.S. combat glider pilots of World War II. Requires construction expenses to be paid entirely from non-Federal funds.
United States · United States Congress · 20 April 1990
Designates August 7, 1990, as National Neighborhood Crime Watch Day.
United States · United States Congress · 19 April 1990
Antiterrorism Act of 1990 - Amends the Federal criminal code to define the term "international terrorism" to include activities that: (1) involve violent acts that are a violation of Federal or State laws, or that would be a criminal violation if committed within the jurisdiction of the United States or of any State; (2) appear to be intended to intimidate or coerce a civilian population, influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion, or affect the conduct of a government by assassination or kidnapping; and (3) occur primarily outside U.S. territorial jurisdiction or transcend national boundaries. Authorizes any U.S. national injured in his person, property, or business by reason of an act of international terrorism to bring a civil action in U.S. district court and recover treble damages and the cost of the suit, including attorney's fees. Specifies that a final judgment or decree rendered in favor of the United States in certain classes of criminal proceedings (such as those involving the murder of a foreign official, kidnapping, hostage taking, killing of a U.S. national, or an aircraft piracy-related offense) or in favor of any foreign state in a criminal proceeding to the extent that such judgment or decree may be accorded full faith and credit under U.S. law shall stop the defendant from denying the essential allegations of the criminal offense in a subsequent civil proceeding under this Act. Sets forth provisions with respect to jurisdiction and venue for and limitation of, such civil actions. Amends the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act to make an exception to the jurisdictional immunity of a foreign State in any case in which damages are sought for injuries sustained from terrorist acts or any other violation of international law which was perpetrated or aided by such State or any official or employee acting within the scope of his office or employment.