United States · United States Congress · 9 November 1989
Specifies that during the consideration of legislation by the Senate: (1) the Presiding Officer shall sustain a point of order made by any Senator against material that designates a particular college, university, institution, or consortium as the recipient of research funds or otherwise interferes with award or allocation of research moneys in accordance with requirements contained in the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (in the case of a contract) and the use of procedures other than competitive or other merit-based procedures (in the case of a grant); (2) any part of the measure that contains such material shall be stricken from the bill; and (3) it shall not be in order to offer such material as an amendment from the floor. Sets forth the circumstances under which the provisions of this Act may be waived or suspended.
United States · United States Congress · 7 November 1989
Natural Gas Cofiring Promotion Act of 1989 - Directs the Secretary of Energy to: (1) implement a research and demonstration program of cofiring (of natural gas and coal) in utility and large industrial boilers in order to determine optimal natural gas injection levels for environmental and operational benefits; and (2) provide financial assistance for half the costs of such cofiring technology projects. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 3 November 1989
Desert Research Center Act of 1989 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish and administer a Desert Research Center in New Mexico to: (1) serve as a clearinghouse for the collection of research related to desert lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM); (2) produce educational materials for public understanding of desert ecology, management, and environmental issues; (3) assist students and researchers as an educational laboratory; and (4) provide for an evaluation of desert resources, protection needs, and efficient and environmentally sound long-term management strategies for desert resources. Specifies that research at the Center shall be directed primarily toward desert lands managed by BLM, but authorizes the Secretary to enter into cooperative agreements with others to carry out the purposes of this Act. Requires submission to the Congress of an operational plan for the Center, including: (1) a research plan; (2) an assessment of staffing needs for the first five years of operation; (3) proposed cooperative agreements; (4) an assessment of facility needs; and (5) an analysis of operational costs. Directs the Secretary to form a Desert Research Center Advisory Committee to advise the Center and the BLM on desert land research and management. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 3 November 1989
Amends the Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act of 1986 to authorize the Secretary of Education to award grants to local education agencies, in consortia with entities which meet specified requirements, to provide drug abuse resistance education to students in kindergarten through grade six. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1993.
United States · United States Congress · 25 October 1989
Tourism Policy and Export Promotion Act of 1989 - Declares it to be the national goal to increase U.S. export earnings from U.S. tourism and transportation services with an eye toward: (1) the elimination of the travel and tourism export deficit of the United States and the U.S trade deficit; and (2) the achievement of a travel and tourism export surplus. Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to require the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to identify foreign trade barriers to U.S. travel and tourism. Requires the USTR to submit the National Trade Estimate to the President and the Senate Committees on Finance and Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Amends the International Travel Act of 1961 to require each annual tourism trade development plan to focus on those countries in which tourism trade development has the greatest potential for increasing travel and tourism export revenues. Declares that the Congress finds that increased efforts directed at the promotion of rural tourism will contribute to the economic development of rural America. Establishes the Rural Tourism Foundation. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 25 October 1989
Social Security Preservation Act - Amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to exclude, beginning with FY 1990, Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund receipts and outlays from Federal deficit determinations for purposes of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act). Increases the permissible maximum deficit amounts for FY 1990 through 1992. Establishes allowable maximum deficits for FY 1993 and 1994, to reach zero with respect to FY 1995. Amends the Social Security Act to require the Board of Trustees of the Trust Funds to review methods of maximizing the investment return on the social security trust funds.
United States · United States Congress · 24 October 1989
Indian Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act - Amends the Federal criminal code to impose a fine on: (1) any health care practitioner, teacher, day care worker, counselor, or law enforcement officer who knows of or suspects child abuse or neglect in Indian country and fails to report it immediately to the local child protective services or law enforcement agency; or (2) any person who supervises, or has authority over, such an individual and inhibits or prevents that report. Makes anyone reporting such abuse, neglect, or actions immune from civil and criminal liability provided such report is based upon their reasonable belief and is made in good faith. Prohibits any provision protecting or requiring confidentiality between doctors and patients or husbands and wives from applying or serving as a defense with respect to child abuse. Requires the local law enforcement or child protective services agency which initially receives a report of child abuse: (1) to immediately notify, and report to the other agency; (2) within 36 hours, to investigate and prepare a report on the allegations of abuse or neglect; and (3) to prepare a final written report on such allegations after completing the investigation. Prohibits disclosure of the identity of any person reporting child abuse or neglect, without the consent of that individual, to any person other than a court of competent jurisdiction or an employee of an Indian tribe, a State, or the Federal Government, who needs to know the information in performance of his or her duties. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to establish within the Department of the Interior a central registry of reports of abuse and neglect of children in Indian country. Requires such registry to contain: (1) local law enforcement and child protective services agency written reports on child abuse and neglect; (2) the status of investigations or prosecutions of such allegations; (3) any credible evidence to support such allegations; and (4) any determination that such allegations are unfounded. Provides that any report that is determined to be unfounded shall be expunged by the Secretary from the registry three years after such determination is made. Permits the Secretary to amend information in the registry to correct any error or false statement in such report upon receiving the application of any person alleged in a report to have committed abuse or neglect. Declares that the decision of the Secretary regarding such an application shall be final and not subject to judicial review. Limits access to such reports to the reporting medical practioner, the child's custodian or guardian, the courts, appropriate departments of social services and law enforcement, and the alleged offender. Allows employers seeking information about potential or current employees to access those reports which do not identify or provide assistance in identifying the child. Directs the Secretary to report annually to the Congress on the number and status of such reports. Allows Federal, State, and Indian agencies to share information regarding incidents of child abuse and neglect. Allows local law enforcement and child protective services agency officials to interview the child and obtain photographs and x-rays, of the child without parental consent if they have reason to believe the child has been abused or neglected. Directs the Secretaries of the Interior and Health and Human Services (HHS) to: (1) conduct an investigation of the moral character of each individual considered for appointment to a position that involves regular contact with, or control over Indian children; and (2) prescribe minimum standards of moral character for individuals appointed to those positions which shall ensure that none of such individuals are guilty of specified criminal offenses. Requires each Indian tribe or tribal organization that receives funds under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act to: (1) conduct an investigation of the moral character of each individual employed by the Indian tribe or tribal organization in a position that involves regular contact with or control over Indian children; and (2) employ in those positions only individuals who meet minimum standards of moral character. Amends the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 to: (1) increase the ceilings of the Crime Victims Fund from $125,000,000 to $135,000,000 through FY 1991 and from $150,000,000 to $160,000,000 thereafter through FY 1994; (2) limit deposits in the Fund for crime victim compensation and assistance grants to amounts between $110,000,000 and $125,000,000; and (3) make available additional amounts in the Fund for Indian child abuse prevention and treatment grants. Directs the Secretary of HHS, through the Indian Health Service, to establish an Indian Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Grant Program to provide grants of up to $500,000 to any Indian tribe or inter-tribal consortium for the establishment on Indian reservations of treatment programs for Indians who have been victims of child sexual abuse. Sets forth guidelines for applications for such grants. Requires grants recipients to: (1) provide such information as the Secretary may require to evaluate their program and ensure that grant funds were expended properly; and (2) submit a final report to the Secretary at the close of the grant term.
United States · United States Congress · 12 October 1989
Safe Transportation of Food Act - Prohibits any person from: (1) using a refrigerated motor vehicle in the transportation of solid waste; or (2) using a cargo tank that has been used in the transport of hazardous materials for the transportation of food. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to waive such prohibition if such waiver is not contrary to the public interest. Requires the Secretary to study measures that will provide the safe transportation of food and hazardous materials. Directs the Secretary to submit to the Congress a report containing results of such study. Sets forth both civil and criminal penalties. Empowers the Attorney General, at the Secretary's request, to bring action in U.S. district court for equitable relief to redress any violation of this Act or any regulations issued under it.
United States · United States Congress · 6 October 1989
Federal Information Resources Management Act of 1989 - Sets forth congressional findings with respect to Federal information policy. Title I: Information Resources Management of Federal Departments and Agencies - Sets forth purposes and definitions with respect to the coordination of Federal information policy. Grants the Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) direct authority to administer the functions of that Office including those functions currently administered by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), who retains overall responsibility for OIRA activities. Requires the Administrator to be appointed with attention to the professional credentials required to administer the functions of OIRA. Creates a separate budget line item for OIRA within the budget of OMB submitted by the President to the Congress in each fiscal year. Directs the Administrator to: (1) ensure that the Office shall give balanced emphasis to its functions and that the development of information policies shall be coordinated with agencies with shared information management responsibilities; (2) coordinate the development and implementation of information policy through the establishment of interagency working groups; (3) ensure the development of formalized training programs on information resources management concepts by appropriate entities for Government-wide use; and (4) educate Office employees on such concepts. Authorizes the Administrator to initiate and conduct projects with selected agencies to test or demonstrate the feasibility and value of changes or innovations in Federal law to improve information practices and related activities. Requires the Administrator to inform the President and the Congress of the findings and progress of such projects and activities. Requires Federal agencies to cooperate with such projects and activities. Revises provisions concerning paperwork control functions of the Administrator that relate to the reduction of the burdens of Federal information collection requests to no longer require the setting of goals for such reduction but to instead require the promoting of such a reduction, with particular emphasis on those persons most heavily burdened, especially in the areas of Federal procurement and grant programs. Repeals provisions relating to overseeing action on the recommendations of the Commission on Federal Paperwork. Requires coordination with the Office of Federal Procurement Policy to address paperwork burdens associated with procurement and acquisition as a paperwork control function of the Administrator. Establishes new functions for OIRA with respect to statistical policy, privacy, and information dissemination, which are: (1) coordinating and providing leadership for development of the Federal statistical system; (2) ensuring the integrity, objectivity, impartiality, and confidentiality of such system; (3) developing a summary and analysis of the budget submitted by the President to the Congress for each fiscal year of the allocations for all statistical activities; (4) promoting the timely release of statistical data to the public; (5) coordinating U.S. participation in international statistical activities; (6) preparing an annual report to the Congress on statistical policy and coordination functions; (7) overseeing the development by Federal agencies of new information systems containing personal information to ensure compliance with information privacy laws; (8) reviewing agency compliance with such laws for reports to specified congressional committees; (9) recommending to the President the submission of legislative proposals to remove inconsistencies in such laws; (10) developing policy guidelines to enable Federal agencies to fulfill information dissemination functions and activities; (11) promoting policy research and development in the area of information dissemination as a basis for developing effective guidance for program and policy development in the Federal agencies; (12) establishing procedures for systematic oversight to ensure that such guidance is carried out; and (13) coordinating the identification of priorities for developing uniform technical standards. Requires the National Institute of Standards and Technology to issue such standards and OMB to encourage their use through its policy guidelines and assistance and to monitor their effectiveness. Requires such guidance to: (1) strengthen public access to Government information, regardless of format, consistent with existing law; (2) maintain an affirmative role for Federal agencies in the dissemination of such information; (3) reflect a view that a public and private sector sharing of responsibility for information dissemination is sound public policy; (4) reflect that agency heads have primary responsibility for management of such information resources; and (5) require an agency, in determining how to fulfill its public information dissemination functions, to consider certain criteria with respect to such dissemination. Directs the Administrator to establish an interagency working group on statistical policy headed by a chief statistician to coordinate agency activities in carrying out such policy and coordination functions, consisting of the heads of agencies with major statistical programs. Requires the Administrator to: (1) set a goal to reduce the Government paperwork burden by at least five percent by September 30, 1990, and by at least five percent for FY 1990 and 1991; and (2) identify initiatives to reduce the burden of Federal collections of information associated with individuals, businesses, educational institutions, and State and local governments, particularly with respect to the burden associated with Federal procurement and grant programs. Directs senior agency officials designated by Federal agency heads to carry out agency responsibilities with respect to information policy coordination to appoint a Chief Information Resources Management official well qualified to assist in agency information needs assessments and in the deployment of appropriate technological tools to gather, process, use, and disseminate information that is critical to successful accomplishment of program goals and agency mission. Directs Federal agencies to: (1) establish an agency-wide program of information resources management; (2) develop, implement, and evaluate formalized training programs on such management concepts, and educate program officials about such management; (3) develop information systems, processes, and procedures that enhance the sharing of common data across program and agency lines consistent with law and maximize the usefulness and timely release of Government information to all users within and outside the agency; (4) systematically inventory and maintain current, complete records of the agency's information resources for use in developing and updating the agency's information resources management plans and for informing relevant public outside the agency; (5) establish and maintain an information dissemination management system; (6) periodically evaluate and, as needed, improve the timeliness of data and records contained within Federal information systems and the capabilities of such systems for ensuring public access to public information and privacy, confidentiality, and security; and (7) develop and annually update the agency's information resources management plan in accordance with OIRA guidelines, a component of which shall be a five-year plan for meeting the information requirements and the information technology needs of agency programs and activities. Directs Federal agency heads to establish and maintain a public file for each agency activity under review by OIRA which shall include certain information with respect to the activity. Repeals provisions directing such heads to establish procedures to ensure agency compliance with the Federal Information Locator System. Directs Federal agency heads or such senior agency officials to establish a process to review such information before its submission to the Administrator under which such senior officials shall certify that: (1) the information is necessary for performance of agency functions without being duplicative of other information accessible to the agency and has practical utility; (2) any related instructions are understandable to those who are to respond and explain the need and use of such information and the importance of an accurate and timely response; and (3) the agency has taken necessary steps to minimize the burden on respondents and to plan and allocate resources for information management. Revises current provisions regarding public information collection activities to establish a self-certification process for currently approved information collection requests to be certified for a three-year period by Federal agencies for submission to the Administrator. Revises provisions establishing the Federal Information Locator System to direct the Administrator to: (1) maintain such System; (2) designate one or more Federal agencies to operate such System; (3) ensure that only public information is included in such System; (4) determine the optimal composition of such System in order to accomplish its purposes; (5) report to specified congressional committees on the development and implementation status of the System; and (6) review the effectiveness of such System on an ongoing basis. Requires such System to serve as a comprehensive inventory, as well as the authoritative register, of all information collection requests by the Federal Government and to assist agencies and the public in locating Government information. Includes records maintained on individuals and information collection requirements approved by the Administrator among the data profiles required from Federal agency heads for inclusion in such System. Directs the Administrator, on an ongoing basis, to: (1) review agency audit standards and requirements for all major information systems and assign responsibility for conducting certain Government-wide or multiagency audits; (2) establish and review a schedule and a management control system to ensure that practices and programs of information handling disciplines are properly integrated with the information policies mandated by this Act; (3) identify initiatives to improve productivity in Federal operations using information processing technology; (4) develop and review a program to enforce Federal information processing standards at all Federal installations and revitalize the standards development program established under the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949; and (5) develop and revise annually a five-year plan for information resources management with plans for managing information from collection through dissemination and disposition and meeting automatic data processing equipment needs of the Federal Government. Requires the Administrator to include in any report to the Congress: (1) a summary of the results of selective reviews of agency activities; and (2) reports with respect to the Privacy Act of 1974 and matching programs when required by provisions relating to records maintained on individuals. Directs the Administrator to report to specified congressional committees on: (1) the Federal demonstration project in federally sponsored research; (2) the progress of initiatives to improve productivity in Federal operations using information processing technology; and (3) the results of burden reduction reviews. Directs the General Accounting Office to report to such committees on the overall effectiveness and attentiveness of OIRA and the agencies in meeting their legal responsibilities by July 1, 1991. Requires such report to include any recommendations for changes in law or administrative improvements necessary to better achieve such responsibilities. Directs the Administrator to report to the Congress on the feasibility and means of establishing a comprehensive inventory and register of all information products and services disseminated by the Government, including whether an on-line service can best accomplish public access to Government information. Directs the Administrator to establish advisory committees on information and statistical policy. Authorizes the Administrator to establish other such committees as may be apprropriate. Directs the Administrator to consult with such committees and information providers and users in developing such policies. Directs the Administrator to establish and maintain a public file for each agency activity under review which contains: (1) written materials related to any review activity which are received or provided by OIRA from or to a person who is not an OMB employee; (2) a list of all meetings with persons outside the Government relating to a review activity; (3) ongoing information about any submission from an agency; (4) changes made as a result of recommendations by OIRA in the review of an agency activity with the reasons and authority for such changes; and (5) an explanation of any decision regarding an information collection submission. Requires the Administrator to establish and maintain a public file for each agency rulemaking activity submitted to the OIRA for review for placement in that Office's public reading room. Requires such file to include: (1) draft copies of rulemaking notices; (2) copies of any proposed or final rule; (3) written materials concerning the agency rulemaking activity that are exchanged between OMB and the agency conducting such activity; and (3) a list of all meetings attended by OIRA employees with persons outside the Government relating to such activity. Requires the Administrator to place a list of such rules with their estimated length of review, along with written materials received from such persons concerning any agency rulemaking not under review, in the OIRA public reading room. Directs the Administrator to: (1) send appropriate agencies copies of all written material concerning an agency rulemaking activity under review that such office receives from persons who are not Federal employees; (2) advise such agencies on the substance of all oral communications concerning an agency rulemaking activity under review that OIRA has with such persons; and (3) invite the appropriate agency heads to all scheduled meetings with such persons concerning such an activity review. Provides that only the Administrator and Deputy Administrator of OIRA may communicate with any such person on regulations submitted to such office for review. Requires the Administrator to complete reviews of any agency regulatory activity by the earlier of: (1) 30 days after the submission of such activity to OMB by the agency in the case of a nonmajor rule and 90 days in the case of a major rule; and (2) any date established by statute or court order for completion of such activity. Provides for a 30-day extension for completion of an OIRA regulatory activity review. Authorizes appropriations to OIRA for FY 1990 and 1991 to coordinate Federal information policy. Title II: Commission on Federal Information - Establishes the Commission on Federal Information to study and investigate Federal law, policies, and practices relating to information gathering, processing, analysis, and dissemination. Requires the Commission to report to the Congress and the President by July 1, 1991, on its findings and recommendations. Directs OMB, upon submission of such report, to: (1) formulate the views of executive agencies on the Commission's recommendations; (2) carry out such recommendations in which such agencies concur; and (3) propose legislation necessary to carry out other recommendations of the Commission in which such agencies concur. Requires OMB to periodically report to the Congress and President on the status of actions under this Act and to submit a final report of such actions within two years after submission of the Commission's final report. Terminates such Commission 120 days after it submits its final report. Authorizes appropriations. Title III: Management of Public Records - Directs the Administrator to promulgate binding regulations establishing standards for interpreting the definition of records and for the establishment and maintenance of adequate and proper documentation organization, functions, policies, and essential transactions of the agency for incorporation in recordkeeping requirements to be issued by agency heads. Requires agency records management programs to comply with provisions governing records disposal. Authorizes the Archivist of the United States to inspect any record to determine if: (1) an agency is in compliance with the binding guidelines issued by the Archivist; and (2) such record has sufficient historical value to warrant continued Government preservation. Revises provisions governing inspections of agency records to: (1) no longer require the approval of the head of the agency concerned for inspections of records the use of which is restricted by law; (2) no longer require that regulations promulgated by the Administrator and the Archivist be identical; and (3) provide that regulations authorizing and restricting the examination and use of such records applicable to the head of the custodial agency or to employees of that agency are applied in the same manner to the Archivist and the Administrator and to the employees of the National Archives and Records Administration and General Services Administration, respectively. Authorizes the Archivist to examine any record on lists and schedules of records lacking historical preservation value submitted to the Archivist by Federal agency heads.
United States · United States Congress · 6 October 1989
Cofiring Promotion Act of 1989 - Directs the Secretary of Energy to: (1) establish and implement a research and demonstration program for cofiring natural gas with coal in utility and large industrial boilers; and (2) enter into cooperative agreements with appropriate parties for demonstrating cofiring technology. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1992. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) include cofiring activities within the scope of the research and development income tax credit; (2) apply the accelerated cost recovery system to cofiring equipment; and (3) exclude depreciation associated with cofiring equipment from taxable income under the alternative minimum tax. Amends the Clean Air Act to provide that its new source performance standards do not include any physical change or change in the manner of operation of an electric utility or industrial boiler related to cofiring natural gas with coal (thus exempting such facilities from the Act's permit review and performance standards).
United States · United States Congress · 4 October 1989
White Sands Fair Compensation Act of 1989 - Establishes the White Sands Fair Compensation Commission within the Department of the Interior to evaluate and pay claims filed by individuals who owned ranching units or mining claims on lands of the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, taken by the U.S. Government in 1975. Provides that U.S. lease payments between 1942 and 1975 shall not be considered in determining values. Allows such individuals to appeal decisions of the Commission to the Secretary of the Interior for a final ruling to determine the amount of such payment. Prohibits the filing of such claims one year after the enactment of this Act. Prohibits the filing of such appeals 30 days after such an individual is notified of the determination of such payment amount. Terminates the Commission one year after completing action on all claims filed under this Act. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 28 September 1989
Alternative Agricultural Research and Commercialization Act of 1989 - Title I: Establishment of Alternative Agricultural Research and Commercialization Corporation - Establishes within the Department of Agriculture (Department) the Alternative Agricultural Research and Commercialization Corporation. Title II: Research and Development - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to select research projects to develop new industrial projects, as recommended by the Corporation, for funding under this Act. Title III: Establishment of Regional Centers - Provides for the establishment of between four and nine regional centers and related advisory councils. Title IV: Financial Assistance for Commercialization - Authorizes the Corporation to provide projects with financial assistance in the form of: (1) loans; (2) interest subsidies; (3) venture capital; (4) repayable grants; and (5) umbrella bonding. Authorizes the Corporation to establish a discretionary fund for each regional center. Title V: Revolving Fund - Establishes a revolving fund to be administered by the Corporation. Title VI: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes FY 1990 through 1999 appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 28 September 1989
Foreign Language Competence for the Future Act of 1989 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make: (1) grants to higher education institutions and consortia for summer foreign language institutes for elementary and secondary school foreign language teachers; (2) payments to States under the Higher Education Act of 1965 for Teacher Incentive Grants to undergraduates majoring in a foreign language or graduate students in education who intend to teach a foreign language; (3) matching grants to States and major metropolitan areas for foreign language foundations and world trade council units to provide language training, translation services, and information about other cultures and markets to small- and medium-sized businesses seeking to enter export markets; (4) demonstration grants to State education agencies, higher education institutions, and nonprofit education and professional associations for technology for distance learning; and (5) demonstration grants to eligible consortia for critical languages and area studies programs and other activities to improve and expand elementary and secondary foreign language instruction. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1995. Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to add requirements for Teacher Incentive Grants for undergraduate majors in foreign languages and graduate education students who intend to teach a foreign language. Requires such grant recipients to teach for a specified period in public elementary or secondary schools in areas of the State experiencing the greatest shortage of foreign language teachers. Prohibits a State from awarding such teacher incentive grants unless the appropriation for State Student Incentive Grant Programs exceeds a specified amount.
United States · United States Congress · 27 September 1989
Savings and Investment Incentive Act of 1989 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from the ten percent penalty tax on early distributions from qualified retirement plans: (1) first-time homebuyer distributions; and (2) qualified higher education expenses. Allows a deduction for 50 percent of the contributions made to individual retirement plans.
United States · United States Congress · 26 September 1989
National Teacher Act of 1989 - Title I: Loan Forgiveness for Teachers - Directs the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) to assume the obligation to repay specified portions of a Stafford loan (a student loan made, insured, or guaranteed under specified provisions of the Higher Education Act of 1965) for any borrower employed as a full-time teacher in a public or nonprofit private elementary or secondary school which is: (1) in the school district of a local educational agency eligible for assistance under chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981; and (2) determined to have more than 30 percent of its enrollment made up of children who are counted under specified provisions of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. Limits the number of schools which may be involved. Provides for cancellation of increasing portions of such student loans for a one to five-year period of such teaching service. Provides also for forgiveness of portions of student loans for borrowers who return to higher education after graduation to obtain a teaching certificate. Provides for repayment of such specified portions of principal and interest by the Secretary to the eligible lender or holder. Title II: Class Size Research and Demonstration Project - Class Size Demonstration Act of 1989 - Directs the Secretary to make demonstration grants to local educational agencies having elementary and secondary schools with large classes in order to demonstrate the advantages of reducing the size of classes. Provides for the Federal share of program payments. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1994. Title III: Model Programs in Teacher Preparation and Promising Practices - Authorizes the Secretary to pay to State and local educational agencies, State higher education agencies, institutions of higher education, individual elementary or secondary schools, or nonprofit private organizations the Federal share of costs of establishing and operating model programs demonstrating: (1) effective and innovative approaches to teacher preparation; (2) effective methods for alternative preparation; and (3) promising practices for teacher classroom instruction or site-based organizational management with the participation of teachers. Sets forth special rules and priorities relating to such grant awards and their size and scope, and examples of types of projects for which such funds may be used. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1996. Title IV: New Careers for Teachers - Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to eligible recipients to pay the Federal share of costs of establishing and operating programs to attract minority candidates to teaching careers. Makes eligible for such grants consortia of institutions of higher education and local educational agencies working with the State educational agency and the appropriate State or local teacher credentialing body. Provides that such grants shall be for five years and awarded under a competitive bidding process. Allows grant funds to be used to pay tuition, release time, and child care stipends for program participants. Directs the Secretary to provide for continuing evaluation of such projects and report to the Congress two years after enactment of this Act. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1994. Title V: National Teacher Academies - Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to institutions of higher education, private nonprofit education organizations, or combinations of such entities to establish and operate national teacher academies. Requires one such academy in each of the following subject areas commonly taught in elementary and secondary schools: (1) mathematics; (2) English, reading, and language arts; (3) civics and government; (4) basic skills and literacy instruction; (5) the arts, including art, music, and the performing arts; (6) history and geography; (7) economics; (8) life sciences; (9) physical sciences; and (10) foreign languages. Requires academy staff to be selected from the most accomplished and prominent scholars in the relevant fields. Provides that such grants shall be for five years, and awarded under a competitive bidding process. Requires special consideration for eligible recipients that have demonstrated effectiveness in establishing and administrating a national network of individuals who assist in teacher training programs at State and local levels. Limits such awards to eligible applicants who have demonstrated expertise in both the subject area and in-service teacher training. Requires grant funds to be used for: (1) in-service training for teachers and administrators; (2) summer institutes; (3) leadership team training for congressional district academies; and (4) support services for congressional district academies, including national networks of individuals, consulting assistance, and information services. Requires that specified numbers of school administrators and teachers from each congressional district participate in summer institutes. Directs the Secretary to evaluate the work of each national academy biennially, and make evaluation results available to the Congress and the public. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1994. Title VI: Congressional District Teacher Academies - Directs the Secretary to allot to each State educational agency funds to establish and operate congressional district teacher academies. Requires that one such academy be established in each congressional district in each of the subject areas specified under title V provisions for national teacher academies. Allows the State educational agency to combine several of the authorized congressional district academies into a single academy in States where several congressional districts serve a local educational agency, or in States of small geographic size (containing less than three congressional districts). Provides that such grants shall be for five years, and renewable, and awarded under a competitive bidding process. Provides that academies for specified U.S. territories and possessions in the Pacific are to be combined into a single academy for each subject area, and administered by the Center for the Advancement of Pacific Education, in Honolulu, Hawaii, or its successor. Requires that such grant funds shall be used to: (1) provide in-service training programs for teachers; and (2) pay costs of release time, stipends, college or university credit, curricular materials, and other expenses. Requires eligible recipients to establish: (1) a three-person leadership team, if they seek a grant under this title; and (2) a ten-member steering committee, if they seek a grant under this Act. Requires each State educational agency receiving financial assistance under this title to evaluate biennially the work of each congressional district academy and report to the Secretary. Directs the Secretary to submit a summary of such reports to the Congress biennially. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1994.
United States · United States Congress · 26 September 1989
Excellence in Teaching Act - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1994 to carry out this Act. Directs the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) to seek cost-sharing by State and local entities, higher education institutions, and nonprofit organizations for any program assisted under this Act. Directs the Secretary to: (1) evaluate the teacher corps and senior teacher corps programs; and (2) report on it to the appropriate congressional committees within three years after enactment of this Act. Directs the Secretary to designate an office within the Department of Education (the Department) to coordinate activities under this Act. Directs the Secretary to report annually to the Congress on teachers and the teaching profession. Title I: Teacher Corps - Teacher Corps Recruitment and Induction Act of 1989 - Part A: Teacher Corps - Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) make grants to State educational agencies (SEAs) to conduct teacher corps activities; and (2) award scholarships to teacher corps members. Bases the amounts of such grants to SEAs on school-age population. Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish teacher corps selection criteria for States to use; (2) disseminate information about availability of teacher corps scholarships; (3) award such scholarships to individuals recommended by SEAs; (4) review and approve SEA applications for grants; (5) make awards to SEAs; (6) designate an office within the Department for liaison and coordination with participating SEAs; (7) foster communication among teacher corps members; and (8) collect scholarship repayments. Specifies authorized uses of grant money by SEAs. Allows LEAs to use grant funds to carry out induction programs for new teacher corps members (and other new teachers), ensuring that teacher corps members participate in one for at least one year, including work with a designated mentor teacher. Requires the SEA, in cooperation with the State higher education agency, to select teacher corps members according to the Secretary's criteria, subject to the Secretary's review. Requires special consideration for those who intend to teach handicapped, limited English proficient, or preschool age students, or in an inner city school. Sets forth individual application requirements. Sets forth SEA grant application requirements. Provides that an SEA shall be disqualified from any future financial assistance under this title: (1) if it fails to maintain accurate records on teacher corps members to ensure compliance with scholarship conditions; or (2) if it fails to notify the Secretary upon a change of status rendering a member in violation of such conditions. Sets forth LEA grant application requirements. Makes individuals eligible to receive such scholarships for up to two years during enrollment in any of the following programs of study: (1) the last two years of a baccalaureate degree; (2) one or two years of a masters or other postbaccalaureate specialist degree; or (3) two years of an associate's degree in early childhood education or development, or one year of a child development associate credential program. Makes individuals in other associate degree programs eligible for the third and fourth year for a baccalaureate degree. Makes individuals with a bachelor's degree who wish to enter teaching from another profession eligible for such a scholarship for the instruction necessary to enter the teaching profession in the State where they wish to teach. Allows such instruction to be provided while the individual is employed as a provisional teacher, at the discretion of the SEA and LEA. Limits the amount of such a scholarship to an individual to the lesser of $8,000 or the cost of attendance per year for a maximum of two years. States that such scholarship shall be considered in determining eligibility for student assistance under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965. Directs the Secretary, in addition to such scholarship amounts, to award teacher corps members without a masters degree a scholarship of up to $2,000 during any of the first three years of employment as a teacher, to defray the costs of pursuing post-baccalaureate instruction. Allows the SEA in any State experiencing a shortage of mathematics and science teachers to recommend that the Secretary give special consideration for teacher corps scholarships to individuals committed to teaching mathematics or science in elementary or secondary schools. Prescribes eligibility requirements. Requires scholarship agreements to include assurances of satisfactory academic progress and participation in teaching-related activities during the course of study, and of teaching for: (1) five years in a geographic area, or substantial field of expertise, of shortage, as determined by the SEA; (2) four years in an inner city school; or (3) four years if the student received a mathematics and science scholarship under special consideration provisions. Allows members to transfer to another LEA or to another State with a program, upon approval of the sending or receiving LEA or State. Prescribes additional assurances such agreements must include. Provides for repayment of scholarships and for cancellation of such obligation under specified conditions. Provides for publication of, and recruitment for, the teacher corps scholarship program, particularly for minority students. Part B: Senior Teacher Corps - Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) make grants to SEAs to conduct senior teacher corps activities; and (2) award scholarships to senior teacher corps members. Authorizes the Secretary to use funds to: (1) establish senior teacher corps selection criteria for States to use; (2) disseminate information about availability of such scholarships nationally, and especially to LEAs with high minority enrollment; (3) award such scholarships to individuals recommended by SEAs; (4) review and approve SEA applications for grants; (5) make awards to SEAs (6) foster communication among teacher corps members; and (7) collect scholarship repayments. Specifies authorized uses of grant money by SEAs. Makes individuals who have been employed as teachers for eight or more years with full professional State certification eligible to apply for membership in the senior teacher corps. Sets forth requirements for individual applications, selection by SEAs, and review by the Secretary. Directs the SEA to give special consideration to individuals who intend to: (1) use a sabbatical period to improve or acquire skills in science or mathematics or in order to teach or provide related services to handicapped, limited English proficient, or preschool age students; or (2) teach students in inner city schools, following the sabbatical period. Sets forth SEA grant application requirements. Requires that an SEA be disqualified from any future financial assistance under this title: (1) if it fails to maintain accurate records on senior teacher corps members to ensure compliance with scholarship conditions; or (2) if it fails to notify the Secretary upon a change of status rendering such member in violation of such conditions. Directs the Secretary to award members a scholarship equal to one-half of their usual annual salary to enable them to participate in specified programs and activities during a sabbatical period. Requires such scholarship agreements to include assurances that members will: (1) spend a half-year sabbatical to participate in certain approved programs or activities; (2) work as a teacher, following the sabbatical, for five years in the State through which the award was made, or for four years in an inner city school in that State (except that they may transfer upon approval of both the sending and receiving State); (3) during the period of such work, upon LEA approval, participate as a mentor in an induction program for new teachers or otherwise contribute to the teacher corps programs; (4) during the period of such work, help in developing in-service training programs; and (5) participate in activities fostering communication among senior teacher corps members. Provides for repayment of scholarships by members violating such agreements, and for cancellation of such obligation under specified conditions. Provides for publicity of and recruitment for the senior teacher corps scholarship program, particularly for minority teachers and in LEAs with above-average minority enrollments. Title II: Professional Development Academies - Professional Development Academy Establishment Act of 1989 - Provides for establishment of professional development academies which: (1) are operated by partnerships including one or more LEAs and one or more higher education institutions offering teacher training programs; and (2) provide in-service training and other activities to teachers and administrators. Directs the Secretary to provide funds for such academies through allotments to SEAs in States with approved applications or grants to LEAs or LEA consortia in States not receiving such allotments. Bases such allotments and grants on school-age population. Provides for State and local applications for and uses of such funds. Sets the Federal share at 50 percent of the cost of planning, establishing, and operating such academies. Requires States receiving such assistance to pay 80 percent of the non-Federal share from non-Federal sources. Title III: Minority Teacher Recruitment - Minority Teacher Recruitment Act of 1989 - Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to carry out programs and activities to: (1) improve recruitment and training opportunities for ethnic minority members in education; and (2) increase the number of minority teachers in elementary and secondary schools. Sets forth application requirements and authorized uses of such funds by LEAs, higher education institutions, SEAs, and State higher education agencies. Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to authorize historically Black colleges and universities to use certain grants to establish or enhance a teacher education and certification preparation program to qualify students for public elementary or secondary school teaching in the State. Amends HEA provisions for Student Assistance Special Programs for Students from Disadvantaged Backgrounds to authorize the Secretary to make grants for Summer Institutes for Future Teachers (SIFT). Makes eligible to receive such SIFT grants higher education institutions, LEAs, SEAs, State higher education agencies, public or private nonprofit organizations, or professional associations representing teachers, counselors, or administrators. Sets forth application requirements, selection criteria, and authorized uses of funds. Sets limits on the maximum SIFT stipends for students. Limits the maximum amount of funds which may be used for such SIFT grants and conditions any such funding upon a specified minimum appropriation level for all such Special Programs. Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to revise provisions for magnet schools assistance to include components for interesting students in, and educating them for, teaching careers. Directs the Secretary to: (1) conduct a study of alternative ways to increase minority participation in the teaching profession; and (2) report on study results to the appropriate congressional committees within two years. Title IV: Bilingual Teacher Enhancement Act - Bilingual Teacher Enhancement Act of 1989 - Amends title VII (the Bilingual Education Act) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary to make grants for bilingual teacher enhancement through activities to: (1) increase the number of teachers trained to teach limited English proficient students; (2) provide in-service training for teachers of limited English proficient students; and (3) train all teachers in techniques for educating language minority students. Sets forth application requirements and authorized uses of such funds by higher education institutions with existing teacher education programs, by SEAs, and by LEAs. Requires grant recipients to coordinate such programs with other Federal, State, and local programs which train teachers of limited English proficient students. Requires linkage or coordination whenever a recipient under this title also receives a professional development academy grant. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1993 for such bilingual teacher enhancement grants. Title V: Early Childhood Development Teacher Enhancement Act - Early Childhood Development Teacher Enhancement Act of 1989 - Authorizes the Secretary to make grants for activities and programs to increase the number of teachers trained to teach preschool age children in early childhood education and development programs. Makes eligible to receive such grants higher education institutions, SEAs, LEAs, or private nonprofit institutions. Requires recipients to include in their programs curricula regarding young children with special needs. Requires linkage or coordination whenever a recipient under this title also receives a professional development academy grant. Sets forth application requirements and authorized uses of funds in post-baccalaureate, undergraduate, and associate degree or credential programs. Amends the Child Development Associate Scholarship Assistance Act of 1985 to include part of the costs of training among those costs which must be covered by scholarship assistance under such Act. Increases the amount authorized to be appropriated to carry out such Act for FY 1990, and extends its authorization of appropriations through FY 1994. Title VI: Teachers of Children with Handicaps Enhancement - Teachers of Children with Handicaps Enhancement Act of 1989 - Authorizes the Secretary to make grants for activities and programs to increase, through preservice and in-service training, the preparedness of mainstream classroom teachers for the participation of children with handicaps in their classrooms. Make eligible to receive such grants higher education institutions with teacher training programs, SEAs, and LEAs. Sets forth application requirements and authorized uses of funds. Requires that such grants be awarded on a competitive basis. Requires linkage or coordination whenever a recipient under this title also receives a professional development academy grant. Title VII: Mathematics and Science Teacher Enhancement - Mathematics and Science Teacher Enhancement Act of 1989 - Authorizes the Director of the National Science Foundation to make grants to SEAs, LEAs, higher education institutions, or private nonprofit organizations, or consortia, to: (1) establish or upgrade teacher in-service training in substance and skills for elementary, middle, and secondary school teachers of mathematics and science; and (2) engage in other projects to improve student learning in mathematics and science. Bases grant awards on quality of application and degree to which the applicant will meet the needs of the school population to be served, with special consideration for applicants which will serve populations including members of minority groups historically underrepresented in mathematics and science. Requires linkage or coordination whenever recipients under this title also receive professional development academy grants. Sets forth application requirements and authorized uses of funds. Includes among program requirements: (1) in-service training for elementary school teachers; (2) cultural and gender sensitivity training; (3) in-service training program dissemination through the Star School telecommunications network, for those recipients who also receive Star Schools Assistance; (4) coordination with activities and services funded under the Dwight D. Eisenhower Mathematics and Science Education Act, and with other mathematics and science teacher training programs in the State; and (5) cost-sharing. Requires the Director to: (1) conduct an independent evaluation of the effectiveness of curricular reforms in mathematics and science education; and (2) report evaluation results to the appropriate congressional committees within four years. Amends the National Science Foundation Assistance Act of 1988 to increase the amounts of various authorizations of appropriations. Title VIII: School Based Management/Shared Decisionmaking Incentive - School Based Management/Shared Decisionmaking Incentive Act - Amends the Fund for the Improvement and Reform of School and Teaching Act to authorize the Secretary to make grants to LEAs to provide incentives to test school based management/shared decisionmaking programs at school sites, and to evaluate and disseminate results. Requires linkage or coordination whenever a recipient under this title also receives a professional development academy grant. Describes, and delineates responsibilities under, the process of school based management/shared decisionmaking. Sets forth application requirements and authorized uses of funds. Requires recipients to submit annually specifed information on such programs to the Secretary. Directs the Secretary to: (1) within one year, compile and analyze such information and submit the analysis to the appropriate congressional committees; and (2) within two years, evaluate programs funded under this title and other such programs to determine their effectiveness in improving school performance. Increases the authorization of appropriations under such Act, and limits to the amount of such increase the amount which may be reserved for such program grants. Title IX: Teacher Recognition - Teacher of the Year Recognition Act - Directs the Secretary to design and implement a recognition program for teachers designated by the Council of Chief State School Officers as teachers of the year and the national teacher of the year. Includes among program requirements: (1) ceremonies and informational briefings in Washington, D.C., including at least one major event sponsored by the Congress; (2) program design consultation with educational organizations; (3) payment of expenses of teacher participants; and (4) authorization to accept gifts and contributions. Directs the Secretary to designate and procure medals to be presented to such teachers by the President or a designee. Authorizes the Secretary to work with State, local, and other organizations to encourage State and local recognition programs to honor outstanding teachers and other educators.
United States · United States Congress · 26 September 1989
Hispanic-Serving Institutions of Higher Education Act of 1989 - Directs the Secretary of Education to provide financial and related assistance to Hispanic-serving institutions of higher education for the following types of programs for Hispanic students: (1) student financial aid; (2) recruitment and retention; (3) academic tutoring and counseling; (4) special educational initiatives, such as pre-freshman orientation in study skills and instruction in core curricula, and academic support for those in traditionally underrepresented fields such as mathematics, science, and engineering; and (5) collaboration with local educational agencies for dropout prevention and reentry. Defines Hispanic-serving institution of higher education as a public or private accredited institution with a four-year baccalaureate or a two-year associate degree program and with a student enrollment that is at least 25 percent Hispanic. Directs the Secretary to grant program awards for up to five years, subject to annual review. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1994.
United States · United States Congress · 20 September 1989
United Services Organization's 50th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue not more than a specified number of five dollar gold coins, one dollar silver coins, and half dollar clad coins to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the United Services Organizations (USO). Requires such coins to be emblematic of USO Services to military service personnel and families. Sets forth certain features of such coins and provides for their design, issuance, and sale. Terminates the minting of such coins after February 4, 1991. Requires surcharges from the sale of such coins to be deposited in a coinage profit fund and used for USO programs and to reduce the national debt. Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress semiannually through December 31, 1992, on activities under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 20 September 1989
Indian Employment Opportunity Act of 1989 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an Indian employment opportunity credit for qualified employment expenses of eligible employers on Indian reservations. Allows a carryback and carryover of unused credit. Disallows an expense deduction for that portion of wages or salaries that equals the allowable credit. Amends the Federal criminal code to establish penalties for the bribery of tribal officials.
United States · United States Congress · 12 September 1989
Disadvantaged Minority Health Improvement Act of 1989 - Title I: Health Promotion and Disease Prevention for Minorities - Subtitle A: Programs for Minorities Generally - Amends the Public Health Service Act (PHSA) to provide for the establishment of an Office of Minority Health. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants and contracts for research, training, education, epidemiological studies, and data collection with respect to the prevention and control among minority groups of diseases or other adverse health conditions. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to administer provisions of the PHSA in cooperation with specified types of individuals, agencies, and organizations. Directs the Secretary to make grants or contracts for new and innovative programs in health information and health promotion, preventive health services, and education in the appropriate use of health care, specifically targeted at improving the health status of disadvantaged minorities. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle B: Programs for American Samoa - Directs the Secretary to make grants or contracts for health promotion and disease prevention services for American Samoans living in the continental United States and the State of Hawaii. Authorizes appropriations. Title II: Disadvantaged Minorities in Health Professions - Subtitle A: Health Professions Generally - Requires that the Federal capital contribution and the school contribution to a student loan fund under existing provisions be used only for making loans to individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to health professions schools for scholarships to full-time students who are members of underrepresented minority groups and are from disadvantaged backgrounds. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to establish a loan repayment program to assure an adequate supply of health professionals who are members of underrepresented minority groups and from disadvantaged backgrounds. Requires that loan recipients agree to accept a full-time faculty appointment at certain schools for at least two years. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle B: Nursing - Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to schools of nursing for scholarships for full-time students who are members of underrepresented minority groups and from disadvantaged backgrounds. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to establish a loan repayment program for full-time students in their final year of study who are members of underrepresented minority groups and from disadvantaged backgrounds. Requires that loan recipients agree to accept a full-time faculty appointment at certain schools for at least two years. Authorizes appropriations. Title III: Coordination of Federal Expenditures for Health Programs of Trust Territories of the Pacific Islands - Directs the Secretary to establish the Pacific Basin Health Services Council to monitor the need for health services and health professions development in the Pacific Basin and to establish priorities for the expenditure of public health funds in the Pacific Basin. Defines Pacific Basin to mean the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of Palau, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and American Samoa. Requires the Council to give first priority in expending funds to continuing a specified medical officer training program. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 12 September 1989
Federal Aviation Administration Independent Establishment Act of 1989 - Establishes the Federal Aviation Administration as an independent Federal agency to succeed the Federal Aviation Administration of the Department of Transportation. Provides that the Administrator of the Administration shall be appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. Transfers to such independent agency all functions vested in the Federal Aviation Administration currently in the Department of Transportation and all functions vested in such Department which are administered through the Federal Aviation Administration or are related to it. Requires the Administrator to submit to certain congressional committees a three-year development plan for: (1) air traffic control; (2) aviation standards; (3) airport security; (4) airport and airway development; and (5) research and development. Establishes the Aviation Trust Fund Account to meet specified obligations incurred by the Administration. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to terminate the Airport and Airway Trust Fund on October 1, 1993. Transfers all amounts in such Trust Fund to the Aviation Trust Fund Account. Establishes the Federal Aviation Advisory Committee to advise the Administrator. Terminates such Committee one year after the effective date of this Act. Amends the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 to authorize appropriations through FY 1991. Amends the Inspector General Act of 1978 to include within its purview the independent Federal Aviation Administration.
United States · United States Congress · 7 September 1989
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to transfer to the Elephant Butte Irrigation District, New Mexico, title to certain rights-of-way acquired by the United States on behalf of the Rio Grande project that are used solely for serving such District lands and that the Secretary determines are necessary to enable the District to carry out operation and maintenance with respect to the portion of the project to be transferred. Authorizes the transfer of the title to such rights-of-way located in New Mexico that are used for jointly serving the District and El Paso County Water Improvement District No. 1, to the Irrigation District upon agreement by the Secretary and both districts.
United States · United States Congress · 6 September 1989
Solid Waste Compact Act of 1989 - Amends the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act to require States to submit to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for approval solid waste disposal plans. Authorizes States to enter into compacts to provide for the establishment and operation of regional solid waste disposal facilities. Prohibits a compact from restricting the use of such facilities to solid waste generated in the compact region before January 1, 1991, and before the Congress consents to such compact. Requires a compact to provide that every five years after such compact has taken effect, the Congress may withdraw its consent. Directs EPA to: (1) identify alternative management programs for the control of solid waste and publish technical guidance regarding the implementation of such programs; and (2) publish information that a State or compact must provide to EPA, together with requirements for facilities, if such programs are pursued as alternatives to traditional solid waste management.
United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1989
National Historic Preservation Policy Act of 1989 - Amends the National Historic Preservation Act to revise its findings and policy statement. Title I: Federal Historic Preservation Programs - Amends the National Historic Preservation Act with respect to: (1) Federal Government-wide historic preservation responsibilities; (2) Federal agency preservation compliance requirements; (3) avoidable destruction or disruption of historic properties by a Federal undertaking; (4) payment of preservation costs; (5) confidentiality of certain information about historic resources; (6) Federal leasing of historic property; (7) the international historic preservation responsibilities of Federal agencies; (8) expansion and maintenance of the National Register of Historic Places; and (9) archaeological resources of critical importance. Makes conforming amendments to the Historic Sites Act. Amends the Archaeological Resources Protection Act of 1979 to: (1) revise procedures for granting permits for archaeology on Federal and Indian lands; (2) prohibit certain unauthorized archaeological activities and transactions involving such lands; (3) establish criminal penalties for violations of such prohibitions; (4) require the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation to establish national priorities for archaeological research; (5) direct the Advisory Council to call for and organize U.S. participation in an international conference on the international antiquities trade; (6) require the Advisory Council to establish professional qualifications and performance standards for archaeologists under contracts with the United States or beneficiaries of Federal assistance; (7) require each State historic preservation program to have a plan dealing with archaeology on private land; (8) direct each Federal agency and every federally-assisted State, local, and tribal historic preservation program to adopt Advisory Council policies and procedures regarding human remains and associated grave goods that may be disturbed by land development, natural causes, archaeological excavations, and so forth; (9) direct the Advisory Council to establish a program for the registration of artifacts removed from archaeological sites domestic and foreign; and (10) require the Advisory Council to establish an Archaeology Advisory Board. Amends the Abandoned Shipwreck Act of 1987 to assert U.S. title to shipwrecks and archaeological resources embedded in or lying on the seabed in the Exclusive Economic Zone. Title II: State Historic Preservation Programs - Amends the National Historic Preservation Act to revise requirements for State historic preservation programs. Title III; Tribal Historic Preservation Programs - Amends the National Historic Preservation Act to establish requirements for tribal historic preservation programs. Title IV: Local Historic Preservation Programs - Amends the National Historic Preservation Act to revise requirements for local historic preservation programs. Title V: Education and Training - Amends the National Historic Preservation Act to revise requirements for a comprehensive preservation education and training program.
United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1989
Amends title VII (Administration) of the Social Security Act to establish within the Social Security Administration (Administration) of the Department of Health and Human Services an Office of the Chief Administrative Law Judge which shall be headed by a Chief Administrative Law Judge who has completed at least three years of employment as an administrative law judge (ALJ). Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish in the Administration a Social Security Judicial Nomination Commission which shall: (1) be comprised of an Administrative Conference of the United States representative, an American Bar Association representative, and a Federal Bar Association representative; and (2) submit a list of three candidates to the Secretary from which the Secretary shall appoint a Chief Administrative Law Judge. Directs the Secretary to make all appointments of ALJs that conduct hearings or other administrative activities in the Administration. Requires ALJs who conduct a hearing in the Administration to make a decision on the record after such hearing. Requires that Medicare (title XVIII of the Act) hearings be conducted by ALJs serving in the Administration under procedures applied by the Secretary under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Act. Directs the Secretary and the Comptroller General to each report to the Congress by July 1, 1992, with recommendations concerning the participation of Administration ALJs in Medicare hearings.
United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1989
Intellectual Property Protection Act of 1989 - Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 which provides a remedy to prevent imported products which infringe the patents of U.S. businesses from entering the U.S. market. Directs the Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks to identify those foreign countries which, because of unreasonable delays in granting or enforcing patents or unnecessarily narrow interpretations of patent claims by the authorities which determine patent validity and infringement, effectively deny adequate and effective protection for the intellectual property of U.S. nationals. Requires the Commissioner to publish such list in the Federal Register and transmit copies to the Chairman of the United States International Trade Commission (USITC), the Attorney General, and the Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission. Directs the USITC, upon determining there is reason to believe that a product from a listed country involves a violation of the patent protections of such Act, to issue appropriate orders to prevent importation of such product without considering the effect of such orders upon specified factors that otherwise might preclude their issuance. Limits the defenses available during a USITC investigation of a foreign product under this Act. Waives the requirement that a USITC determination in such a case be referred to the President for approval. Makes such determination final upon publication in the Federal Register. Eliminates the current exemption from such a USITC determination for any such products imported for the use of the Federal Government.
United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1989
Amends titles II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) and XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) of the Social Security Act to allow the representative of a claimant in an administrative proceeding to collect the fee agreed upon between the claimant and such representative which is specified in a written agreement filed with the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Requires the Secretary to approve such fee if it does not exceed the lesser of: (1) $4,000; or (2) 25 percent of past-due benefits (including any interim benefits paid during appeal) or, in the absence of such benefits, the lesser of three times the basic monthly benefit amount or the monthly benefit amount. Directs the Secretary to review a fee upon receipt of a written request for such review from the claimant, representative, administrative law judge, or other decision maker. Calculates such fees before reducing past-due OASDI benefits by the amount of worker's compensation and SSI benefits which would not have been received were OASDI benefits paid when due.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1989
Older Workers Benefit Protection Act - Amends the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA) to specify that it prohibits discrimination against older workers in all employee benefits except when age-based reductions in employee benefit plans are justified by significant cost considerations. Declares that, as used in ADEA, the phrase "compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment" encompasses all employee benefits, including those provided under a bona fide employee benefit plan. Requires that the actual amount of payment made or cost incurred on behalf of an older worker be no less than that made or incurred on behalf of a younger worker, for each benefit or benefit package, in order for an employee benefit plan not to violate ADEA. Places on the employer, employment agency, or labor organization the burden of proving, in any civil enforcement proceeding brought under ADEA, that specified actions are lawful. Requires a seniority system or employee benefit plan to comply with ADEA regardless of the date of adoption of such system or plan. Applies this Act to all actions or proceedings under ADEA that were brought after June 23, 1989, or that were pending on such date (which is the date on which the Supreme Court issued the decision in Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio V. Betts).
United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1989
Provides an exemption from the reduction in retirement pay because of reemployment for Federal annuitants and former members of a uniformed service who become reemployed with a temporary position within the Bureau of the Census to assist in carrying out the 1990 decennial census.
United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1989
Directs the Senate Legal Counsel to bring a civil action in the name of the Impeachment Trial Committee on the Articles Against Judge Alcee L. Hastings to enforce the Committee's subpoena to William A. Borders, Jr. and to conduct related civil contempt proceedings. Authorizes the committee to continue this action until the final disposition by the Senate of the Articles of Impeachment against Judge Hastings.
United States · United States Congress · 27 July 1989
National and Community Service Act of 1989- Title I: School Based Community Service - Part A: School Based Community Service - Serve America, the Service to America Act of 1989 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) to make grants to States or local applicants to create or expand service opportunities for students and out-of-school youth and for community members, particularly senior citizens, to volunteer in schools. Limits the term of such grants to three years. Authorizes the Secretary to fund: (1) one or more national or regional clearinghouses on service; (2) national model youth service programs; and (3) development of innovative curriculum materials for use in student community service programs and school volunteer and partnership programs. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1995. Part B: Higher Education - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to revise and rename a certain program Innovative Projects for Community Service. Provides that grants for innovative projects are to encourage student participation in community service activities before, during, or after the completion of the student's higher education. Authorizes the Secretary to appoint a limited number of technical employees to administer Postsecondary Improvement Programs. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1995 for grants for innovative projects for community service. Part C: Work Study Programs - Amends HEA provisions relating to grants for State student incentives to direct the Secretary to make an additional reservation and allotment of funds for campus-based community work learning study jobs whenever appropriations exceed a specified amount. Amends HEA provisions for Work Study Programs to: (1) decrease the maximum Federal share of compensation of students employed in the work study program from 70 percent to 60 percent for academic year 1992-1993; and (2) increase the maximum Federal share of compensation of students employed in the work study for community service-learning programs from 90 percent to 100 percent. Part D: Publication - Amends HEA provisions for the direct (Perkins) and guaranteed (Stafford) student loan programs to require publicizing of the current loan repayment deferral program for full-time volunteers with the Peace Corps, VISTA, ad tax-exempt organizations. Requires informing students of this deferral program option in their exit counseling. Requires the Secretary of Education to: (1) provide students with specified information on the deferral program; and (2) gather data on loan deferrals and cancellations for such volunteers. Part E: Direct Loans to Students in Institutions of Higher Education - Amends HEA provisions for the direct (Perkins) student loan program to provide for partial loan cancellation for full-time volunteer service with a tax-exempt organization. (Current law provides for such partial cancellation for service in the Peace Corps or VISTA.) Part F: Loan Forgiveness - Amends HEA provisions for the guaranteed (Stafford) student loan program to provide for partial loan cancellation for service in the Peace Corps or VISTA or for comparable full-time service as a volunteer with a tax-exempt organization. Title II: Youth Service Corps - American Conservation and Youth Service Corps Act of 1989 - Authorizes the National Service Board (the Board, established under title IV of this Act) to provide grants to State and local applicants to create or expand full-time or summer youth service corps programs. Sets forth provisions for grant duration and renewal, allocation of funds, and State and lcoal applications. Sets forth authorized project for conservation corps programs and for human services corps programs. Sets forth ineligible service categories. Encourages use of program services by related programs administered under the authority of the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Directs the Board to: (1) fund only programs that involve projects on public lands or Indian lands or provide a public benefit; and (2) consult with the Department of the Interior in reviewing applications proposing programs or projects on public lands or Indian lands. Requires program agencies to provide to participants: (1) in-service training and education; and (2) post-service education and training assistance. Limits enrollment in programs under this title to individuals who at the time of enrollment are: (1) 16 through 25 years of age (15 through 21 for summer programs); and (2) U.S. citizens or nationals or lawful permanent resident aliens. Requires program agencies to provide post-service education and training benefits in specified amounts for each participant. Excludes such amounts from gross income for specified purposes of the Internal Revenue Code. Authorizes the program agency to provide certain services. Requires the program agency to provide necessary job guidance and placement information and assistance to participants, in coordination with other appropriate entities. Requires that each participant in a full-time youth service corps program receive a living allowance and health insurance. Authorizes the Board to develop regulations and standards for joint projects coordinating activities under this title with activities under employment and training programs administered by the Department of Labor (including the Job Training Partnership Act programs). Makes participants, crew leaders, and volunteers responsible to, and the responsibility of, the program agency administering the project. Provides that participants and crew leaders shall not be considered Federal employees, except for purposes of work-related injuries, tort claims procedure, and allowances for quarters. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1995 to carry out this title. Title III: National Service Demonstration Program - National and Community Service Demonstration Act - Directs the National Service Board, not later than one year from the date of enactment of this title, to make grants to States to create full-time and part-time national service demonstration programs. Limits authorization to exercise an alternative voucher option to no more than 25 percent of the States. Requires that at least 25 percent of funded programs include full-time, part-time, and special senior service participants. Limits the number of States authorized to operate full-time or part-time programs in specified fiscal years. Requires program participants to perform national service to meet unmet educational, human, environmental, and public safety needs, especially those relating to poverty. Sets forth various authorized types of such national service. Requires part-time volunteers to agree to serve for: (1) at least three years but not more than six years, at the individual's discretion; and (2) two weekends a month and two weeks during the year, or an average of nine hours per week. Requires full-time volunteers to agree to serve for: (1) at least one year but not more than two years, at the individual's discretion; and (2) at least 40 hours per week. Requires special senior service participants to serve either part-time or full-time as allowed by the Board. Authorizes the Board to provide a participant with a portion of specified financial assistance if the State releases the participant from completion of service for compelling personal circumstances. Allows individuals to serve part-time if they are: (1) age 17 or over; and (2) U.S. citizens or lawful permanent U.S. residents. Requires States, in selecting part-time participants, to give priority to applicants who are currently employed. Allows individuals to serve full-time if they: (1) are age 17 or over; (2) have received a high school diploma or equivalent, or agree to work toward it while participating; and (3) are U.S. citizens or lawful permanent U.S. residents. Allows individuals to serve as special senior service members if they: (1) are age 60 or over; and (2) meet eligibility criteria established by the Board. Directs the Board to provide to each participant annually a nontransferable voucher equal to: (1) $3,000 for each year of part-time service; and (2) $8,500 for each year of full-time service. Makes special senior service participants ineligible for such vouchers. Limits use of such vouchers to payment of: (1) a student loan; (2) downpayment or closing costs for a first home; or (3) tuition at an institution of higher education on a full-time basis, or expenses of full-time participation in an approved apprenticeship program. Allows some States to apply to the Board for authorization to offer an alternative option limiting voucher use to either those education or those housing purposes. Excludes such vouchers from gross income for specified Internal Revenue Code purposes. Requires that each full-time participant receive a living allowance and health insurance. Requires that each full-time special senior service participant receive an equivalent living allowance and such other assistance as the Board considers necessary and appropriate. Requires that each participant receive three weeks of specified training conducted by the Board in cooperation with the State. Authorizes States to provide additional training. Requires that each participant receive additional training from the sponsoring organization in relevant skills. Sets forth prohibited and allowable uses of Federal funds. Requires each State receiving funds under this title to provide to each full-time participant in-service educational services and materials to enable such participant to obtain a high school diploma or equivalent. Sets forth provisions relating to the treatment of such vouchers or living allowances for purposes of certain student aid determinations under the Higher Education Act of 1965. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1995 to carry out this title. Title IV: Corporation for National Service - Establishes the Corporation for National Service (the Corporation), as a nonprofit corporation that shall not be considered an agency or establishment of the U.S. Government. Declares that the Corporation shall be directed by a National Service Board consisting of members appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Directs the Corporation, pursuant to title III of this Act, to: (1) issue housing and education vouchers; and (2) establish living allowances, taking account of variations in the cost of living. Requires each State receiving funds under specified provisions of this Act to report annually to the Board on the status of national and community youth service programs in that State and on compliance with specified nonduplication and nondisplacement requirements. Authorizes States to require local grantees to supply necessary information for such reports. Requires the Board to report annually to specified congressional committees. Requires each State applying for funds under titles IA, II, or III of this Act to form a State Advisory Board for National and Community Service, with members appointed by the Governor. Sets forth State board duties, including coordinating service programs with related programs, disseminating information, recruiting participants, and developing materials and activities. Directs the National Board to provide for continuing evaluation of programs assisted under titles II and III of this Act. Sets a deadline for the evaluation of title III programs' effectiveness in reaching specified objectives. Directs the Board to: (1) administer programs under titles II and III; (2) provide training and technical assistance; (3) provide one or more service information clearinghouses; (4) consult with appropriate Federal agencies; and (5) arrange for program evaluation. Authorizes the President to make Presidential Awards for service to: (1) individuals demonstrating outstanding community service; and (2) outstanding service programs. Authorizes one individual award and one program award in each congressional district, and one statewide program award in each State. Provides for dissemination of information on such individuals and programs. Directs the President to design a comprehensive Federal service strategy including specified elements. Title V: Expansion of Volunteers in Service to America - VISTA Expansion Act of 1989 - Amends the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 to authorize appropriations increasing amounts for FY 1990 through 1993 for the Volunteers in Service to American (VISTA) program. Title VI: National Older Americans Volunteer Programs - National Older American Volunteer Programs Expansion Act of 1989 - Amends the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 to require the Director of the ACTION Agency to establish, within each National Older American Volunteer Program, grants to support activities that address national problems on a local level. Sets forth award criteria and grant uses. Gives grant priority for activities assisting: (1) those with chronic debilitating illnesses such as AIDS; (2) drug and alcohol abuse prevention and treatment; (3) teenage parents; (4) mentoring of youth needing guidance; (5) adult and school-based literacy; (6) respite care; (7) before and after-school programs serving children of working parents; (8) boarder babies; (9) child care, especially of children with special needs; and (10) developmentally disabled adult individuals (and, when appropriate, involvement of such individuals as volunteers). Limits funding of such grants to those years when program funding is increased by a specified amount. Authorizes appropriations in increasing amounts for FY 1990 through 1993 for: (1) the Retired Senior Volunteer Program; (2) the Foster Grandparent Program; and (3) the Senior Companion Program.
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1989
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from the minimum coverage requirements for pensions all railroad employees who are not covered by a collective bargaining agreement which includes a qualified cash or deferred arrangement pension plan.
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1989
Rural Nursing Incentive Act of 1989 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide direct coverage under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of the Medicare program of nurse practitioner or clinical nurse specialist services furnished in rural areas. Sets the Medicare payment for such services at 75 percent of the prevailing charge in the area for the services of participating physicians. Requires that such payments be made on an assignment-related basis. Excludes beneficiaries of such services from copayment requirements.
United States · United States Congress · 20 July 1989
Directs the Secretary of Energy to enter into an agreement with the State of New Mexico to reimburse it for costs incurred for the design, row acquisition, construction, and upgrading of certain transportation routes for radioactive waste generated during defense-related activities and destined for the Waste Isolation Pilot Project.
United States · United States Congress · 13 July 1989
Comprehensive Illiteracy Elimination Act of 1989 - Title I: Literacy Coordination - Literacy Coordination, Research, and Dissemination Act of 1989 - Establishes the Cabinet Council for Literacy Coordination. Amends the Department of Education Organization Act to establish in the Department of Education an Office on Literacy, to be administered by a Director. Requires the Director to: (1) coordinate the administration of literacy programs within the Department; and (2) work with the Cabinet Council for Literacy to coordinate the related programs of other Federal agencies. Directs the Secretary of Education (the Secretary), through the Office on Literacy, to make a grant to establish and operate a nonprofit National Center for Literacy, with a Director of the Center. Requires such grant to be awarded on a competitive basis, and to be limited to not more than five years (renewable). Allows the Center to use such grant funds for: (1) basic and applied research; (2) technical assistance; (3) an information clearinghouse; (4) policy analysis and program evaluation; and (5) a model demonstrative program of remedial training and placement. Directs the Secretary to establish an advisory committee to advise the Secretary and the Director of the Center on policy issues and on Center selection and operation of major research and demonstration projects. Requires the Director of the Center to report annually to the Congress and the Cabinet Council. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1995 for the Center, limiting the amount which may be used for its model demonstration program. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to pay the Federal share of costs of establishing and operating State literacy resource centers. Limits the amount and duration of such grants. Allows each State to contract on a competitive basis with a volunteer or community-based or other nonprofit organization to operate such a State center. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1995 for such purpose. Title II: Workforce Literacy - Workforce Literacy Act of 1989 - Amends the Adult Education Act (AEA) to authorize appropriations for FY 1991 through 1995. Earmarks funds to train professional teachers, volunteers, and administrators, emphasizing minority teacher training and training of teachers to recognize and better serve illiterate individuals with learning disabilities and low-level reading abilities. Provides that, if a majority of the illiterate population assisted under basic program provisions of AEA has been served, the authorization of appropriations for each of the succeeding fiscal years during FY 1991 through 1995 shall be equal to that for the fiscal year in which such determination is made. Provides that adult education programs for which AEA grants have been made to States shall be carried out by public or private nonprofit entities only if the applicable local educational agency has been consulted and has had an opportunity to comment on the application. Requires State educational agencies receiving such basic State grants to assure direct and equitable access to Federal funds to local educational agencies, public or private nonprofit agencies, community-based organizations, and institutions which serve educationally disadvantaged adults. Grants preference to those organizations which will serve adults with a reading ability below the fifth grade level. Raises from 20 percent to 25 percent the limit on the portion of a State's grant allotment earmarked for high school equivalency certificate programs. Requires that at least ten percent of funds received under provisions for business, industry, labor, and education partnerships for workplace literacy be used for research, teacher training (including learning disabled identification and teaching), and technical assistance. Extends the authorization of appropriations for such provisions through FY 1995. Directs the Comptroller General to update, within 18 months, a 1975 study of the adult basic education program. Title III: Families for Literacy - Families for Literacy Act of 1989 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to extend through FY 1995 the authorization of appropriations for Even Start programs operated by local educational agencies. Establishes a Families for Literacy program under which the Secretary may make ten demonstration grants to nonprofit entities (or consortia of businesses, nonprofit entities, and local educational agencies) to pay 80 percent of the cost of establishing intergenerational learning programs (emphasizing literacy skills) for children aged three and under and their parents. Directs the Secretary to give priority to applicants whose programs serve hard-to-serve populations. Sets forth program requirements for staff teams and community advisory councils. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into a contract with the Corporation for Public broadcasting to produce and disseminate a family literacy program to assist parents in improving their knowledge and skills regarding early childhood education, language development, and literacy. Authorizes appropriations for: (1) FY 1991 through 1995 for the Family Literacy Program demonstration grants; and (2) FY 1991 for the family literacy program public broadcasting contract. Title IV: Books for Families - Books for Families Literacy Act of 1989 - Amends ESEA provisions for the inexpensive book distribution program for reading motivation to require the contractor (the Reading Is Fundamental organization), beginning in FY 1990 and thereafter, to: (1) give priority to programs which target rural and urban areas with large concentrations of economically disadvantaged children and students; and (2) report annually to the Department of Education on the number and description of such individuals. Amends the Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA) to extend through FY 1995 the authorization of appropriations for making specified grants under title VI (Library Literacy Programs) of LSCA. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1995 to make grants for model library literacy centers and for the inexpensive book distribution program. Authorizes the Secretary, under LSCA, to make grants to State and local public libraries to establish model library literacy centers. Requires the Secretary to establish a peer review panel to assist in establishing criteria for awarding such grants. Authorizes the Secretary, under LSCA, to contract with the Reading Is Fundamental organization to promote the establishment of reading motivation programs which include the distribution of inexpensive books. Requires such contract to provide for: (1) giving priority to programs which target rural and urban areas with large concentrations of economically disadvantaged children and students; (2) increasing access to children's books for parents of newborns through children aged five; and (3) developing motivational materials to reach parents most disconnected from the education community, by making children's books available in specified types of places. Title V: Students for Literacy - Students for Literacy Act of 1986 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend through FY 1995 the authorization of appropriations for: (1) the Student Literacy Corps; and (2) College Work-Study (CWS) programs. Exempts literacy training programs and the creation and placement of literacy jobs for students from specified caps on CWS funds. Sets the Federal share of the compensation of students employed in literacy work-study training programs at 100 percent. Title VI: Volunteers for Literacy - Volunteers for Literacy Act of 1989 - Amends the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 to provide that, whenever they do not exceed a specified amount the funds for the VISTA Literacy Corps shall supplement and not supplant specified VISTA services provided in FY 1989 to address the problem of illiteracy. Establishes service-learning literacy programs. Authorizes the Director of the ACTION Agency (the Director) to make grants to and contracts with public and private nonprofit entities to enable students in secondary schools, secondary vocational schools, and postsecondary schools to serve as volunteers in projects addressing illiteracy. Gives priority to projects using peer tutoring and involving partnerships to meet a wide range of needs. Requires the Director to make grants and contracts for a program of full-time volunteer service to be known as University Year for Literacy, which establishes and supports innovative ways to use full-time students enrolled in higher education institutions as volunteers: (1) in addressing the problems facing illiterate and functionally illiterate individuals; and (2) in assisting organizations which combat illiteracy and those problems. Gives priority to individuals pursuing a course of study related to a career in a field addressing the problem of illiteracy. Authorizes the Director to make grants and contracts to provide training and technical assistance to increase the effective use of full-time and part-time student volunteers to combat illiteracy. Authorizes the Director to provide technical and financial assistance to nonprofit organizations conducting operations in several areas or States that are engaged in, or wish to become involved in, activities to solve the problems of illiteracy. Authorizes the Director to provide technical assistance in obtaining, training, and integrating volunteers to employers who have established or wish to establish worksite literacy programs. Establishes a program of literacy challenge grants. Authorizes the Director to award such grants to eligible public agencies and private organizations for a portion of the costs of community or employee literacy programs that include use of volunteers. Establishes a Retired Senior Volunteer Literacy Program (which may be jointly administered with other Retired Senior Volunteer Programs). Authorizes the Director to make grants to establish such program to enhance the role of senior volunteers in addressing the problem of illiteracy. Extends through FY 1995 the authorization of appropriations for the VISTA Literacy Corps. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1995 for specified programs established under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 13 July 1989
Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to authorize the Department of Energy to conduct research on and development of technologies needed for the effective negotiation and verification of international agreements on control of special nuclear materials and nuclear weapons.
United States · United States Congress · 12 July 1989
Extends through FY 1994 the pilot program of the furnishing of preventive health-care services for veterans by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Directs the Secretary to implement annually at each Department of Veterans Affairs facilities a major preventive health-care and health-promotion initiative for any veteran receiving other care and services administered through the Secretary. Limits expenditures for such programs and initiatives through FY 1994. Directs the Chief Medical Director of the Veterans Health Services and Research Administration to designate an official in such Administration as the Director of Preventive Health-Care and Health-Promotion Programs. Requires such Director to prepare guidance for, to be responsible for, coordinating, and to advise the Chief Medical Director on, all activities carried out under such program and initiatives. Requires the Secretary to submit to the Senate and House Veterans' Affairs Committees an interim and a final report on experiences under the pilot program.
United States · United States Congress · 11 July 1989
National Defense Energy Technology Transfer Act of 1989 - Provides that, whenever in the course of a Government contract or subcontract entered into in connection with a Department of Energy nuclear defense research program a contractor makes an invention or discovery which would normally vest as a property right of the United States, such contractor may submit a request to the Secretary of Energy for a waiver of any or all of such property right of the Government in such invention or discovery. Provides that, in the case of a granted waiver, all rights of the United States not reserved by the Secretary shall vest in the contractor. Authorizes the Secretary to deny the request for a waiver if the Secretary determines that such invention or discovery: (1) is covered by a provision of a funding agreement; (2) has been designated as sensitive technical information under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954; or (3) is in the best interest of the United States to retain. Requires the Secretary to notify the contractor of such a denial in a timely manner. Outlines other matters to be considered by the Secretary in determining whether or not to grant or deny such a waiver request. Requires each DOE contract for the management and operation of a defense programs national laboratory to include a provision which authorizes the manager or operator of the laboratory to negotiate any cooperative research and development agreement with: (1) any other Federal department or agency; (2) any unit of State or local government; (3) any industrial organization; (4) any public or private foundation; (5) any institution of higher education or any other nonprofit organization; (6) any licensee of an invention or computer software owned by the laboratory manager or operator; and (7) any other person or entity. Outlines provisions authorized to be included in such cooperative research and development agreements. Provides that such agreement may not take effect unless the Secretary approves it or fails to take any action which indicates disapproval of such agreement. Requires the laboratory manager or operator to submit such agreement to the Secretary for approval or disapproval. Allows the Secretary 30 days to disapprove such an agreement. Requires written notice to the laboratory manager or operator of disapproval. Requires agreements between related persons or entities to be specifically approved by the Secretary before taking effect. Outlines factors to be considered by the Secretary in determining whether to approve, disapprove, or require the modification of a proposed cooperative research and development agreement. Outlines the effect of other laws on a specifically-approved agreement. Limits to ten percent of the revenue provided for in an annual budget of a defense programs national laboratory the amount which may be derived from nonappropriated funds pursuant to cooperative research and development agreements. Requires each DOE contract for the management or operation of a defense programs national laboratory to specify that: (1) any royalties or other income earned by the manager or operator of such laboratory from the licensing or assignment of intellectual property rights in any invention made in the course of a cooperative research and development agreement shall be used in the same manner as income under Federal funding agreements; (2) any such royalties obtained in like manner from the licensing or assignment of intellectual property rights in any computer software or other technical data made in the course of such an agreement shall also be used in the same manner as income under Federal funding agreements; and (3) the costs of obtaining, protecting, and licensing intellectual property rights in inventions, computer software, or other technical data made in the course of such an agreement shall be allowable costs under contracts for the management and operation of such a laboratory. Outlines additional intellectual property rights matters in relation to such agreements. Exempts the United States and any laboratory manager or operator from liability for damages resulting from the use of a product that is related to any invention, discovery, software, or other data in which the United States or such manager or operator has an intellectual property interest reserved or acquired pursuant to this Act. Requires the Secretary to prescribe regulations to carry out this Act and to report to the Senate and House Armed Services Committees if regulations are not issued within 180 days after enactment of this Act. Requires the Secretary to modify existing contracts with laboratory managers and operators in order to incorporate the changes made under this Act. Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to ensure that the investment in research and development in the military application of atomic energy results in the development of civilian applications for, and commercialization of, advanced technologies. Repeals a provision of the Department of Energy National Security and Military Applications of Nuclear Energy Authorization Act of 1987 relating to the protection of sensitive technical information in DOE inventions or discoveries (superseded by this Act).
United States · United States Congress · 23 June 1989
Urges the Government of Iran to extend to the Bahai community the rights guaranteed by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other human rights accords. Calls upon the President to: (1) emphasize the need for improvements in Iran's treatment of the Bahais and other religious minorities as an important factor in the development of U.S.-Iranian relations; (2) encourage other governments to appeal to Iran concerning the situation of the Bahais; (3) cooperate with other governments and international organizations in appealing for the protection of the religious rights of the Bahais; and (4) provide, and urge others to provide, refugee and humanitarian assistance for the those Bahais fleeing their homelands because of religious repression.
United States · United States Congress · 23 June 1989
Expresses the sense of the Congress that science, mathematics, and technology education should be a national priority (with emphasis on an educated citizenry, curriculum planning, teacher preparation, and service to traditionally underserved students, including those from inner cities and remote areas).
United States · United States Congress · 22 June 1989
Missile Control Act of 1989 - Amends the Arms Export Control Act to set forth measures the United States shall take to improve the control and reduce the proliferation of missiles and missile equipment and technology. Requires the Secretary of State and Secretary of Defense to deny government contracts to any domestic or foreign firms or state entity that has transferred missile equipment and technology in violation of the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) guidelines. Directs the Secretary of State to report to the Congress annually on transfers of missile equipment and technology MTCR nonadherents. Amends the Export Administration Act of 1979 to require the Secretary of Commerce to direct the Office of Export Licensing to refer all license applications for the export of items on the MTCR annex, excluding those directed to MTCR adherents and NATO programs, to the Secretary of State and, if requested, to the Secretary of Defense. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish a procedure that would permit the Secretaries of State and Defense to have access to computer lists of license applications for missile equipment and technology. Provides for licensing of missile equipment and technology exports. Requires the Secretary of Commerce to report to the Congress annually on requests for and the granting of missile equipment and technology export licenses.
United States · United States Congress · 22 June 1989
Amends provisions relating to civil service retirement survivor benefits to allow aggregate marriage time to count toward survivor benefits for marriages and deaths before November 8, 1984.
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