United States · United States Congress · 25 September 1990
Directs the Secretary of the Army to operate the Missouri River mainstem reservoir system to minimize adverse environmental and economic impacts to authorized uses on the Missouri River and such system as long as such operation does not conflict with the Flood Control Act of 1944. Requires the Secretary, if an authorized use is being threatened with adverse impact by the operation of the system, to prevent or mitigate such impacts through operational changes if the environmental or economic impacts to a State or tribe outweigh potential adverse impacts arising from the preventive or mitigative action. Authorizes a general appropriation to be deposited into a Missouri River Basin States damage fund to mitigate impacts incurred when operational adjustments have been denied or implemented.
United States · United States Congress · 18 September 1990
Take Pride in America Act - Establishes within the Department of the Interior the Take Pride in America Office to: (1) establish a public awareness campaign to encourage responsibility toward, and promote participation in, caring for Federal, State, and local lands, facilities, and natural and cultural resources; and (2) conduct a national awards program to honor individuals and entities that have distinguished themselves in such activities. Sets forth administrative provisions concerning the Office. Authorizes the Office to use volunteers and to distribute pamphlets or other novelties to promote its purposes. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 11 September 1990
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to target Export Enhancement Program funds on the basis of whether or not the countries the United States competes with have reduced commodity plantings in an amount equal to such reductions in the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1990
Employee Educational Assistance Act of 1990 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the income tax exclusion of amounts paid under employee educational assistance programs. (Under current law the exclusion expires for taxable years beginning after September 30, 1990.) Repeals provisions that deny assistance for graduate work.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1990
National Mine Waste Technology Center Act of 1990 - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish the National Mine Waste Technology Center for mining waste technology research, development, and demonstration at the Department of Energy testing facility in Butte, Montana. Requires the Administrator and the Secretary of Energy to enter into cooperative agreements to provide for research, evaluation, testing, development, and demonstration of alternative or innovative technologies which may be used for: (1) managing mining waste and other industrial waste with similar contaminants; and (2) response actions to achieve permanent protection of human health and the environment at the Butte/Clarkford Superfund site in Montana, and in other parts of the country with similar environmental contamination. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1990
Declares that the Secretary of Transportation may authorize States with rural populations of 30 percent or more to exempt farm vehicle operators who operate within 600 miles of the farm where such vehicle primarily operates from the commercial driver's license program established under the Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1990
Urges: (1) the European Community's Council of Ministers issue a directive to impose controls as strict as those in U.S. law on precursor and essential chemicals used in the production of clandestinely produced drugs; and (2) England, Finland, France, Holland, Italy, Spain, and West Germany to work with the Drug Enforcement Administration and the International Narcotics Control Board to enact laws as strong as the U.S. chemical diversion laws.
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1990
Amends the Railroad Retirement Solvency Act of 1983 to extend for two years provisions for the transfer of tier two railroad retirement benefit taxation revenues from the general fund of the Treasury to the Railroad Retirement Account.
United States · United States Congress · 27 July 1990
Negotiated Rates Equity Act of 1990 - Amends Federal transportation law to authorize the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) to find that it would be an unreasonable practice for a motor common carrier (except household goods motor carriers) to collect tariff rates or charges in addition to those originally billed and collected, or to impose rules or classifications permitting such collection. Shortens the statute of limitations for the filing of claims: (1) by a motor common carrier for recovery of transportation or service charges; and (2) by a person to recover overcharges by a motor carrier. Decreases the limitation period for both kinds of claims from 36 months to: (1) 24 months for claim accruals during the year following enactment of this Act; and (2) 18 months for claim accruals on or after one year following enactment. Permits motor carriers and shippers to resolve by mutual consent, subject to Commission review and approval, any overcharge and undercharge claims resulting from billing errors or incorrect tariff provisions arising from the inadvertent failure to properly and timely file and maintain agreed upon rates, rules, or classifications. Authorizes States to waive commercial drivers' license requirements under the Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986 for vehicles used to transport farm supplies from retail dealers to or from a farm, and vehicles used for custom harvesting, whether or not such vehicles are controlled and operated by a farmer.
United States · United States Congress · 26 July 1990
Christopher Columbus Quincentenary Commemorative Coin and Scholarship Endowment Act of 1990 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue a specified number of five dollar gold coins, one dollar silver coins, and half dollar clad coins emblematic of the quincentenary of the discovery of America. Sets forth certain features of such coins and provides for their design, issuance, and sale. Provides that such coins shall be considered legal tender. Requires that all sales of such coins include specified surcharges. Requires that all surcharges received from the sale of such coins be paid quarterly to the Christopher Columbus Quincentenary Scholarship Endowment Fund established by this Act. States that such Fund shall be maintained by the Quincentenary Scholarship Foundation to generate income for scholarships and secondary school summer programs for students with the potential to make lasting contributions in the disciplines of geography, foreign languages, and international affairs. Requires the Foundation to report annually on its activities to the Congress and the Secretary of Education.
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1990
Emerging Telecommunications Technologies Act of 1990 - Requires the Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information and the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to conduct, at least biannually, joint spectrum planning with respect to: (1) future spectrum requirements for public and private uses and the allocation actions to accommodate those uses; and (2) actions to promote the efficient use of the spectrum. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to submit to the President and the Congress a report identifying, and recommending for reallocation, frequencies that: (1) are assigned to Government stations pursuant to the Communications Act of 1934 (the Act); (2) are not required for the present or identifiable future needs of the Government; (3) could be made available for use under the Act (other than for Government stations); and (4) are most likely to have the greatest potential for commercial uses. Sets forth criteria for identifying, and recommending for reallocation, such frequencies. Requires the Secretary to submit to the Congress a report which makes a preliminary identification of reallocable frequencies. Directs the Secretary to convene a private sector advisory committee to: (1) review the frequencies identified in the preliminary report; (2) advise the Secretary with respect to the frequencies which should be included in the final report; (3) receive public comment on the reports; and (4) prepare and submit to the Secretary and specified congressional committees a report on recommendations for the reform of the process of allocating the electromagnetic spectrum for civilian and Government use. Directs the President, after receiving the final report, to: (1) withdraw the assignment to a Government station of any frequency which such report recommends for reallocation; (2) limit the assignment to a Government station of any frequency which such report recommends be made available for mixed use; (3) assign or reassign other frequencies to Government stations as necessary to adjust to such withdrawal or limitation of assignments; and (4) notify the FCC and each House of Congress of the actions taken. Authorizes the President to substitute alternative frequencies in the interest of national defense, important governmental needs, or public health or safety. Directs the FCC to submit to the President and the Congress a plan for the distribution of the reallocated frequencies. Authorizes the President to reclaim reallocated frequencies for reassignment to Government stations. Sets forth procedures for reclaiming frequencies. Authorizes appropriations to cover the costs of reclaiming frequencies.
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1990
Establishes a National Commission on Financial Institution Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement to investigate and identify the causes of the savings and loan crisis on both the State and Federal levels. Requires a report to the President and the Congress, and terminates the Commission within 30 days after its submission. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 19 July 1990
National Forest Hunter Safety and Protection Act of 1990 - Prescribes civil penalties for knowingly interfering with the conduct of a lawful hunt in a national forest or on lands affected with a Federal interest. Authorizes injunctive relief, the recovery of actual and punitive damages, and the awarding of attorney's fees. Grants hunting and sportsman's organizations standing to bring suit under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 18 July 1990
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to design, construct, and maintain a memorial at the Custer Battlefield National Monument in Montana to: (1) honor and recognize the Indians who fought to preserve their land and culture in the Battle of the Little Bighorn; (2) provide visitors with an improved understanding of the events leading up to and the consequences of the Battle; and (3) encourage peace and brotherhood among people of all races. Directs the Secretary to establish an advisory Committee for a Native American Memorial at Custer National Monument. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 12 July 1990
Innovative Indian Health Facilities and Delivery System Demonstration Project Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish 25 to 35 demonstration projects to determine the most effective and cost-efficient means of providing health services to Indians. Provides that such projects may include the construction and renovation of hospitals and other health facilities for Indians. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into contracts with, or make grants to, any Indian tribe to carry out such a demonstration project. Sets forth requirements for applications for such demonstration projects, including an assessment of the status of current Indian health services and facilities and a proposal describing the facilities to be constructed or renovated or the program to be carried out under the project and outlining project costs, funding sources, and staffing requirements. Directs the Secretary to establish a priority system for considering, acting on, and selecting applications. Directs the Secretary to establish review panels to assist in such consideration that include tribal representatives and experts in rural health and Indian health facility construction and program implementation. Provides for congressional review of such system. Directs the Secretary to provide technical and other assistance to enable interested applicants to comply with this Act. Directs the Secretary to establish, within the Indian Health Service, an Office of Rural Demonstration within its Office of Health Programs to oversee demonstration projects under this Act and to coordinate such technical assistance. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1990
Amends Federal law to include in the Nez Perce National Historical Park, Idaho, certain historical sites in the States of Oregon, Washington, Montana, Wyoming, and Oklahoma. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) acquire State and locally-owned lands or interests only by donation or exchange; and (2) purchase private lands or interests only on a willing seller basis. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1990
Communications Competitiveness and Infrastructure Modernization Act of 1990 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit a telephone company from providing video programming in its telephone exchange service area unless such video programming is provided through a subsidiary that is separate from such carrier and that: (1) maintains separate books and accounts; (2) carries out directly its own marketing and sales; and (3) does not own real or personal property in common with the parent telephone company. Requires any contract between a telephone company and its video programming subsidiary to be regulated by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and be without cost to ratepayers of the telephone company involved. Allows such requirement to be waived by the FCC in the public interest. Prohibits a carrier which provides telephone exchange service from subsidizing directly or indirectly its separate video program subsidiary, subject to divestiture by the FCC. Prohibits a video program packager from providing affiliated video programming services in excess of one-fourth of the total number of video program services simultaneously available for customer selection. Requires the FCC to evaluate and, if necessary, modify such prohibition. Requires any carrier which provides telephone exchange service and video program service of a subsidiary over an integrated broadband distribution system in its telephone service exchange area to establish a video gateway (a service which enables a subscriber to select from multiple video programming services simultaneously available). Requires the FCC to establish terms and conditions for access to such gateway. Prohibits a carrier which provides telephone exchange service, or an entity owned by or controlled by such carrier, from purchasing or obtaining control over any cable system which is located within its exchange area and owned by an unaffiliated person, except for a noncontrolling interest purchase through a joint venture or other means. Authorizes the FCC to waive such prohibition upon a showing by the carrier that the cable facilities will be upgraded and the services will be expanded, the acquisition is in the public interest, and the local franchising authority approves. Requires a carrier attempting to provide both telephone exchange service and video program service to provide to unaffiliated cable operators attachment rights to poles, ducts, conduits, and other rights-of-way within the carrier's telephone exchange service area. Prohibits the employee of a telephone exchange service provider from marketing or selling video program services to such carrier's telephone exchange service customers. Requires the FCC to convene a Federal-State Board to establish practices, classifications, and regulations to ensure proper jurisdictional separation and allocation of the costs of providing broadband services, including video transport services. Prohibits a video programming subsidiary of a telephone exchange service carrier from charging a local broadcast station for making its signal available to subscribers. Prohibits a Federal agency or State from regulating the rates for basic cable service charged by a carrier providing both telephone exchange and video program service in a rural area unless the rates are increased by more than five percent per year or more than ten percent of such customers have filed a formal complaint. Prohibits any cable operator which is owned or controlled by a carrier that provides telephone exchange service and seeks to provide cable service over a cable system from providing cable service without a franchise. Sets forth franchising awarding and second refusal procedures.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1990
American Family Enterprise Preservation Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code with respect to the estate tax on transfers with a retained life estate to repeal certain provisions concerning inclusions in the estate related to valuation freezes (especially where transfers with a retained life estate are to family members). Reduces estate and gift tax rates to: (1) 15 percent of the amount not over $1,000,000; and (2) $150,000, plus 28 percent of the excess of the amount over $1,000,000. Indexes such amounts for inflation. Increases the unified credits against estate and gift taxes and indexes them for inflation. Revises provisions concerning the rate of interest on deferred estate tax attributable to a closely held business.
United States · United States Congress · 22 June 1990
Designates the week beginning November 11, 1990, as National Disabled Veterans Week, in recognition of the contributions that disabled veterans have made to the welfare of the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 21 June 1990
Medicare Managed Care Incentive Act of 1990 - Amends the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Repeal Act of 1989 to retain certain Medicare (title XVIII of the Social Security Act) catastrophic benefits provided by health maintenance organizations (HMOs). Amends the Medicare program to cover colon-rectal screening examinations at a frequency which varies on the basis of the screening procedure used. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to modify contracts with HMOs to take into account this Act's amendments.
United States · United States Congress · 21 June 1990
Medicare Enhanced Benefits Act of 1990 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to cover screening mammographies for women age 35 and older at a frequency which varies on the basis of a woman's age and risk of developing breast cancer. Covers colon-rectal screening examinations at a frequency which varies on the basis of the screening procedure used. Covers nursing care and home health aide services as home health services if such services are needed less than seven days each week or are needed for up to 38 consecutive days. Covers up to 80 hours of annual in-home respite care furnished to an individual who has incurred expenses equal to a specified Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) cost-sharing limit and, for the preceding three months, has been unable to perform at least two specified daily living activities without the assistance of an uncompensated primary caregiver with whom he or she resides. Amends part A (Hospital Insurance) of the Medicare program to create an extension period of hospice care for terminally ill beneficiaries which is to follow the two 90-day periods and the subsequent 30-day period of hospice care coverage currently provided in an individual's lifetime. Covers home intravenous drug therapy services. Increases the Medicare part B premium. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to modify contracts with health maintenance organizations to take into account this Act's amendments.
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 1990
National Forest Plan Implementation Act of 1990 - Title I: Amending and Revising Plans - Amends the National Forest Management Act of 1976 (NFMA) to impose additional requirements for amending and revising forest plans. Title II: Status of Plans - Provides that, if a final forest plan is enjoined by a court, the immediately previous final version of such plan shall remain in effect. Title III: Implementation of Plans - Sets limitations on administrative appeals in addition to the Department of Agriculture's appeals regulations. Grants jurisdiction to the United States court of appeals for the circuit in which such national forest is located to review: (1) land and resource management plans; (2) documents establishing minimum management requirements in forests; and (3) action implementing a land resource management plan. Provides for tiering of environmental documentation and the achievement of the allowable sale quantity (ASQ) of timber on a forest-by-forest basis. Requires the Administration's budget request for each year beginning with FY 1992, to include a statement of what funds would be required to achieve 100 percent of the output specified for each forest with respect to its land and resource management plan.
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1990
Designates July 1, 1990, as Imported Oil Dependence Day. Requires the Secretary of Energy to report to the Congress, annually, on July 1, of the extent of the reliance of the United States on imported oil during the previous year, and the extent of its projected reliance for the coming year.
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1990
Korean War Veterans Memorial Thirty-Eighth Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act - Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States should recognize the 38th anniversary of the Korean War by minting and issuing a silver dollar coin. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to issue one-dollar silver coins to commemorate the 38th anniversary of the ending of the Korean War. Terminates such authority after December 31, 1991. Mandates that surcharges from the sale of such coins be used for the Korean War Veterans Memorial.
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1990
Economic Growth and Venture Capital Act of 1990 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce the individual and corporate capital gains rate from 34 percent to 15 percent. Reduces such tax to 7.5 percent for low- and middle-income taxpayers. Requires indexing, based on the gross national product deflator, of the adjusted basis of certain assets (corporate stock and tangible property that is a capital asset of property used in a trade or business) that have been held for more than one year at the time of sale or other transfer, solely for the purpose of determining gain or loss. Provides for indexing the limitation on capital losses of noncorporate taxpayers.
United States · United States Congress · 12 June 1990
Amtrak Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 1990 - Amends the Rail Passenger Service Act to authorize appropriations through FY 1992 for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak). Limits the liability for certain rail accidents occurring in the District of Columbia to no more than the limits of coverage maintained by a publicly funded commuter transportation authority established under Virginia law to indemnify Amtrak or any railroad over which the authority conducts its operations. Authorizes the use of proceeds from the sale of railroad lines that were acquired and rehabilitated with funds under the Rail Safety and Service Improvement Act of 1982 for similar purposes with respect to railroad lines connected with such a line for the purpose of continued rail service on them. Requires Amtrak to cooperate with the efforts of the Washington State Department of Transportation in designing a study of the feasibility of reestablishing rail service between Seattle, Washington, and Vancouver, British Columbia. Directs Amtrak to study and report to the Congress on the revenue and cost implications of separating the California Zephyr-Desert Wind-Pioneer train into two service routes serving a southern and a control route through Iowa. Prohibits the compensation of any rail or motor carrier employee who works in more than one State from being subject to State income taxes in any State but the State in which the employee resides. Amends the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act to treat Amtrak as a publicly funded rail carrier with respect to its contribution toward employees' unemployment compensation benefits. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to study and report to the Congress on the potential need among Class II and Class III railroads for Federal guarantees of obligations for funding rehabilitation and improvement of facilities and equipment, acquisition of new railroad facilities, or refinancing of existing debt.
United States · United States Congress · 11 June 1990
Declares that the United States should suspend its dialogue with the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) if the PLO does not: (1) condemn the May 30, 1990, Palestine Liberation Front terrorist attack against Israel; and (2) expel leader Abul Abbas for his role in such attack.
United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1990
Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the accession of Taiwan to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is in the best interest of the United States and of the world trading system and should be achieved prior to the end of the Uruguay Round; and (2) the United States should take the necessary steps to assure such country's membership in the GATT.
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1990
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit an individual taxpayer an income tax deduction for travel, food, lodging, transportation, and uniform expenses paid or incurred in connection with the taxpayer's performance of services as a member of the armed forces reserves or the National Guard.
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1990
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit an individual taxpayer an income tax deduction for travel, food, and lodging paid or incurred in connection with the taxpayer's performance of services as a member of the armed forces reserves or the National Guard.
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1990
Designates September 21, 1990, as National POW/MIA Recognition Day. Recognizes the National League of Families POW/MIA flag as the official symbol of the United States' commitment to resolving the fates of Americans still prisoner or missing in action in Southeast Asia.
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1990
Authorizes and requests the President to call on the people to observe May 26, 1990, as the bicentennial of "An Act for the government of the territory of the United States, south of the river Ohio" (from which Tennessee was formed).
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1990
Urges the President to: (1) analyze all trade-related barriers inhibiting U.S. investment in Japan; and (2) establish a timetable for the removal of such barriers, either through bilateral agreement, or by multilateral agreement under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. Expresses the sense of the Congress that such analysis: (1) not be limited to the issues contained within the Structural Impediments Initiative; and (2) provide a rational way Japanese investors in American companies ought to receive and exercise shareholder rights when such rights are denied American investors in Japanese companies.
United States · United States Congress · 23 May 1990
Requires the Secretary of Commerce to take appropriate measures beginning with the 1990 census to ensure that: (1) no member of the armed forces shall be excluded based on being assigned to a post outside of the United States; and (2) each such member is enumerated at such member's home of record.
United States · United States Congress · 23 May 1990
Declares that, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Army Corps of Engineers will take all reasonable action necessary to maintain adequate water levels on the Missouri River so as to protect irrigation, power, and recreational activity.
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