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United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1990
Older Americans Health Insurance Counseling Amendments of 1990 - Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to authorize appropriations for a program under which the Commissioner on Aging will provide grants to States so that they may counsel older individuals regarding Medicare (title XVIII of the Social Security Act) benefits and health insurance.
United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1990
Savings Association Law Enforcement Improvement Act of 1990 - Directs the Attorney General to: (1) take action to increase the investigation and prosecution of savings association criminal misconduct; (2) take increased action to recover or obtain restitution for losses incurred as a result of savings association fraud or embezzlement; and (3) make quarterly reports to certain congressional committees on the status of savings association criminal investigations and prosecutions and the progress in recovering amounts lost to fraud and embezzlement.
United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1990
Designates the third Sunday in August 1990 as National Senior Citizens Day.
United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1990
Designates as South African Freedom Week the week in 1990 coinciding with the first visit of Nelson Mandela to the United States after his release from prison in South Africa.
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1990
Federal Employee Placement and Retraining Act - Directs the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to establish and maintain a list for priority placement of certain civilian Department of Defense (DOD) employees who are notified of separation due to a major reduction in force and have not declined offers of employment for other DOD positions within their commuting area for which they qualify and which will not provide a cut in pay. Requires DOD to fill vacant positions within a particular commuting area with the individuals listed to be placed in positions in that particular area unless there are no such individuals who are qualified for such positions. Grants individuals listed for priority placement who apply for agency positions for which they are qualified priority over individuals not so listed. Terminates an individual's eligibility to remain on such a list: (1) six months after the individual's separation; (2) upon the request of an individual to have his or her name removed from the list; or (3) upon such an individual's acceptance of an offer of employment for an agency position for which he or she is qualified and which will not result in a cut in pay. Requires the Secretary of Defense to file a certificate with the Administrator of OPM which identifies such DOD employees as eligible to apply for the following assistance made available under this title: (1) supplemental severance allowances; (2) supplemental wage allowance; (3) job search allowance; (4) relocation allowances; (5) job retraining programs; and (6) counseling, testing, and placement services and supportive and other employment services provided under any other Federal law. Entitles such employees to: (1) continued health insurance coverage while receiving severance pay if they pay the employee contributions required for such coverage; and (2) early retirement benefits. Requires the Administrator to provide notice and information to such employees about such assistance and the application procedures. Authorizes payment of a supplemental severance allowance to such employees who meet specified conditions concerning the length of former DOD employment. Requires such employees to be enrolled in or have completed a job retraining program approved by the Administrator unless the Administrator or the State or a State agency determines that such a program is not feasible or appropriate. Sets forth amounts of such allowances payable, reduced by any payments received during approved retraining. Requires such payments to be coordinated with benefits provided under other Federal training programs. Provides supplemental wage allowances in lieu of supplemental severance allowances to adversely affected workers covered by such a certification who accept full-time employment at an average weekly wage that is less than their average weekly wage during DOD employment. Limits the dollar amounts of such supplemental allowances. Allows such workers to file applications with the Administrator to receive allowances to cover a certain amount of the expenses of searching and relocating for other employment, under certain conditions. Authorizes the Administrator to approve worker training under specified conditions and give priority to on-the-job training. Requires such benefits to be coordinated with other Federal training programs. Outlines other training program conditions, requirements, and limitations. Directs the Administrator to make every reasonable effort to secure for such workers the employment services made available under this Act. Outlines provisions concerning: (1) agreements between the Administrator and a State for provision of such assistance; (2) the determination and provision of such assistance by the Administrator in the absence of any State agreement; (3) payments to States under an agreement concerning sums necessary to make such assistance payments to affected workers; (4) liabilities of certifying and disbursing officers; (5) fraud and the recovery of overpayments in the provision of such assistance; and (6) penalties in connection with the disclosure of false information to receive such assistance. Gives the Administrator subpoena power to make eligibility determinations under this Act. Authorizes appropriations to OPM for FY 1990 through 1995 to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 5 June 1990
1992 Olympic Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to issue 1992 Olympic Games commemorative five-dollar gold coins and one-dollar silver coins. Prescribes guidelines for the sale and pricing of such coins and directs the Secretary to ensure that their issuance will not result in any net cost to the United States. Mandates that surcharges be paid to the U.S. Olympic Committee.
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1990
Designates November as National American Indian Heritage Month, beginning in 1990.
United States · United States Congress · 23 May 1990
Amends Federal Law (popularly known as the Agricultural College Act of 1890 and also as the Second Morrill Act) to require that, if any State or Territory has more than one college which is entitled to receive an annual payment under land grant college provisions, the payments must be equitably divided among the colleges, as proposed by the State or Territorial legislature and approved by the Secretary of Agriculture. (Current law replaced by this provision prohibits payments to colleges where admission distinctions are made on the basis of race or color, but allows payments to separate colleges or educational institutions for white and colored students so long as the payments are equitably divided.)
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1990
Designates June 25, 1990, as Korean War Remembrance Day. Authorizes and requests the President to urge that the American flag be flown at half staff on such day in honor of the Americans who died as a result of their service in the Korean War.
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1990
Medigap Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act of 1990 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to penalize individuals who issue, sell, or renew Medicare supplemental policies which are in violation of this Act's standards or offer to sell a policy in a State that has not approved such policy. Requires that Medicare supplemental policy issuers: (1) cover a core group of basic benefits and, if they offer other benefits, issue a policy covering only such basic benefits; (2) provide prospective purchasers of a policy with a summary information sheet describing policy benefits and the amount of any premiums attributable to optional benefits; (3) guarantee the renewability of policies; (4) offer each group policyholder terminating their coverage or group membership the right to continued coverage under an individual policy (the policyholder ending his or her group membership may also opt for continued coverage under the group policy) or, if the old group policy is replaced by a new group policy, the right to coverage under a new group policy without exclusion for preexisting conditions; and (5) suspend policy benefits and premiums upon the policyholder's indication that he or she is entitled to Medicaid (title XIX of the Social Security Act) benefits. Requires the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) or, upon the NAIC's default, the Secretary of Health and Human Services to promulgate simplification standards which set the core group of basic benefits policies must provide, limit the additional benefit packages that may be provided, and establish a uniform language and format to be used with respect to policy benefits. Prohibits the sale of policies which do not meet such standards, though permits approved waivers of such standards to test new or innovative benefits. Directs the Secretary to request the NAIC to educate Medicare beneficiaries on the simplification standards. Increases the civil monetary penalty for knowingly selling a policy which duplicates health benefits to which an individual is already entitled. Permits persons aggrieved by duplicative coverage to recover triple damages in a civil suit. Prohibits a policy issuer from selling a policy without: (1) obtaining a written statement of the buyer indicating any health policies of the same type or Medicaid coverage the buyer may have; and (2) notifying the buyer of the possibility and effect of their coverage under the Medicaid program and the address and telephone number of any State Medicare supplemental policy counseling program and the State Medicaid office. Prohibits the issuer from selling a policy to a person who indicates that he or she is covered by the Medicaid program or has duplicative health benefits. Penalizes individuals who sell a policy in violation of such requirements. Increases the percentage of premiums which must be returned to policyholders as benefits. Establishes a process whereby States must approve premium increases prior to their implementation. Requires public hearings for any premium increase request exceeding twice the percentage increase in the medical care component of the consumer price index. Limits Medicare supplemental policy sales commissions. Authorizes appropriations for a matching grant program to assist States in establishing counseling programs to aid Medicare-eligible individuals in choosing Medicare supplemental policies. Prohibits such policies from denying a claim for losses incurred more than six months from the effective date of coverage for a preexisting condition.
United States · United States Congress · 10 May 1990
Federal Contract Crimes Sentencing Act of 1990 - Mandates debarment of a contractor from Government contracting for at least five years upon a second conviction for fraud or other felonious activity involving a Government contract or subcontract within a ten-year period, except when debarment would be harmful to the national security.
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 1990
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) design, construct, operate, and maintain a water treatment plant for the Leadville Mine in Colorado; and (2) install concrete lining on the rehabilitated portion of the Leadville Mine Drainage Tunnel. Specifies that: (1) such treatment plant shall be designed and constructed to treat the quantity and quality of effluent historically discharged from such Tunnel and to meet requirements of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act; and (2) design, construction, operation, and maintenance costs of the works authorized by this Act shall be nonreimbursable. Requires the Secretary to: (1) submit the plans for design and operation of the works to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the State of Colorado prior to initiation of construction in order to obtain their views; and (2) notify the Congress that the discharge will meet specified standards. Makes the Secretary responsible for the operation, maintenance, and replacement of the water treatment plant. Authorizes the Secretary to formulate and implement a program for the restoration of fish and wildlife resources of those portions of the Arkansas River basin affected by the effluent discharged from the Tunnel. Requires the Secretary to submit a copy of the proposed program to the Congress. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 1990
Declares that the Congress acknowledges and appreciates the commitment, devotion, and sacrifices of present and former military families. Designates November 19, 1990, as National Military Families Recognition Day.
United States · United States Congress · 26 April 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 fateful battle; and (3) encourage peace and brotherhood among people of all races. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 26 April 1990
Industrial Defense Act of 1990 - Prohibits the Secretary of Defense, in the procurement of goods or services or in the negotiation of any memoranda of understanding with foreign countries, from waiving any Buy American Act requirements unless the waiver is specifically authorized by statute and: (1) the Secretary has attempted to procure American goods or services; (2) the requirements are waived on a case-by-case basis; and (3) the Secretary has found that the waiver is justified and will not weaken the defense industrial base of the United States or otherwise endanger national security.
United States · United States Congress · 26 April 1990
Calls immediately for Greyhound Lines, Inc., and the Amalgamated Transit Union to resume negotiations under the auspices of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service and the Secretary of Labor.
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 1990
Amends the Inspector General Act of 1978 to grant Inspectors General the authority to determine: (1) the persons subject to, and the nature, scope, and purposes of, the audits and investigations they conduct relating to the programs administered by their agency, including programs under regulatory statutes; and (2) their authority to conduct those audits and investigations. Prohibits the conduct of such audits or investigations from being construed as carrying out a program operating responsibility.
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 1990
Designates the month of October 1990 as Crime Prevention Month.
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 1990
Designates May 13, 1990, as National Day in Support of Freedom and Human Rights in China and Tibet.
United States · United States Congress · 23 April 1990
Contraception and Infertility Research Centers Act of 1990 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the Institute of Child Health and Human Development to make grants and enter into contracts for centers for improving methods of contraception and centers for diagnosing and treating infertility. Requires the Director, subject to appropriations, to provide for three centers with respect to contraception and two centers with respect to infertility. Requires each center to: (1) conduct clinical and other applied research; (2) develop training protocols for and conduct training of physicians, scientists, nurses, and other health and allied health professionals; (3) develop model continuing education programs; and (4) disseminate information to such professionals. Allows a center to use the funds to provide: (1) stipends for health and allied health professionals enrolled in the training programs; and (2) fees to individuals serving as subjects in the clinical trials. Requires each center to use the facilities of a single institution, or be formed from a consortium of cooperating institutions, meeting requirements as prescribed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Allows support for a center to be for a period of up to five years, with extensions of one or more periods of up to five years if the center's operations have been reviewed by a peer review group and the group has so recommended. Authorizes appropriations. Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary to establish a program of entering into agreements with health professionals, including graduate students, under which the professionals agree to conduct research with respect to contraception or infertility in consideration of the Government agreeing to repay, for each year of such service, not more than a specified amount of the principal and interest of their educational loans. Applies provisions of the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program to this program, except as inconsistent. Authorizes appropriations. Requires amounts appropriated to remain available until the end of the second fiscal year after they are appropriated.
United States · United States Congress · 23 April 1990
Declares that the Congress should: (1) establish a program of research for the development of methods of contraception and methods of diagnosing and treating infertility; (2) provide adequate long-term resources for the program; (3) ensure that Federal programs with respect to sexually transmitted diseases adequately respond to the role of such diseases in infertility; (4) ensure public education on contraception and infertility; (5) establish as Federal goals the development, by the year 2010, of improved barrier methods to protect against pregnancy and diseases, new methods of contraception for use by men, a vaccine-like drug for women that prevents pregnancy for a significant period of time without other specified effects, and new and improved techniques of diagnosing and treating infertility; (6) require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to reestablish the Ethical Advisory Board in order to facilitate research with respect to infertility; (7) review the policies and procedures of the Food and Drug Administration with respect to expediting approval of drugs and devices for use by the public, especially with respect to contraception and infertility; and (8) determine to what extent measures can be implemented by public or private entities to resolve liability issues involved with drugs and devices concerned with contraception and infertility.
United States · United States Congress · 19 April 1990
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to convey all Federal rights and interests in certain national forest lands in Summit County, Colorado, and Lawrence County, South Dakota, to the Homestake Mining Company of California in exchange for certain of its lands in Lawrence, Meade, and Pennington Counties, South Dakota. Directs the Secretary to convey to Summit County, Colorado, all Federal right and interest in certain lands known as "Summit County Landfill," subject to specified conditions.
United States · United States Congress · 19 April 1990
Rural Economic Development and School Partnership Act of 1990 - Directs the Administrator of the Rural Development Administration (RDA) (the Administrator) to make grants for certain projects to rural economic development and education partnerships. Prohibits such projects from including the development or acquisition of telecommunications facilities. Authorizes appropriations. Declares that this Act shall not be construed to affect in any manner the applicability of the Communications Act of 1934, or regulations and orders under it, or any State or local law relating to the regulation or provision of telecommunications facilities or services. Directs the Administrator to prescribe regulations for the grant program.
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1990
Taxpayers' Right to Know Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require the booklets of instructions for individual income tax returns to include pie-shaped graphs showing the relative sizes of the major outlay and income categories.
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1990
Department of Defense Civilian Employee Retirement Incentive Act - Allows certain employees of the Department of Defense serving in entities undergoing a major reorganization, reduction in force, or transfer of functions to elect to have five years added to their age upon separation, their total creditable service, or a combination thereof (not to exceed five years) for purposes of determining retirement eligibility and benefits under the Civil Service and Federal Employees' Retirement Systems.
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1990
Prohibits retaliatory personnel practices against employees who report, or intend to report, violations of Federal laws and regulations. Sets forth complaint and investigation procedures and remedies for violations.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1990
National Health Service Corps Revitalization Amendments of 1990 - Title I: Revisions in General Program for National Health Service Corps - Amends the Public Health Service Act provisions relating to the purpose of the National Health Service Corps to require that the Secretary of Health and Human Services use the Corps to provide primary health services in health manpower shortage areas. Removes a limitation on the dollar amount of pay increases which may be granted to a Corps member during the first 36 months of service. Removes provisions directing the Secretary, in assigning Corps members, to: (1) give priority to meeting Indian Health Service and other indian tribe or tribal organization needs; and (2) provide special consideration to homeless populations who do not have access to primary health care services. Applies certain definitions to provisions relating to Corps scholarship and loan programs as well as to provisions relating directly to the Corps. Requires that a complete descriptive list of health manpower shortage areas be published in the Federal Register by specified deadlines. Includes in the definition of "medical facility": (1) health programs or facilities operated by a tribe or tribal organization; and (2) facilities used in connection with provisions relating to health services for homeless individuals. Allows the Secretary to assign members of the Corps to an entity to provide health services in a health manpower shortage area only if there has been (currently, will be) appropriate and efficient use of Corps members assigned to that entity for the area. Removes certain provisions relating to priorities and considerations in assigning Corps personnel, replacing some such provisions with similarly worded provisions. Sets forth the exclusive factors the Secretary may consider in determining the areas with the greatest shortages. Requires annual publication in the Federal Register of a list of areas that are to be given priority in the assignment of Corps members and, for FY 1991, a list of entities authorized to receive assignments of Corps members. Replaces provisions relating to grants and contracts for programs respecting preparation for practice of individuals subject to a service obligation with provisions: (1) concerning consideration of characteristics of Corps members in making assignments; (2) requiring certain types of counseling of Corps members; (3) requiring assistance to Corps members in establishing local professional relationships; (4) directing the Secretary to provide assistance regarding temporary relief from Corps duties in order to pursue continuing education or other interests, including vacations; and (5) directing the Secretary to carry out activities to determine the characteristics of health professionals who are more likely to remain in shortage areas after completion of Corps service, and to determine the appropriate conditions for the assignment of certified nurse practitioners, certified nurse midwives, and physician assistants. Authorizes appropriations. Title II: Scholarship and Loan Repayment Programs of National Health Service Corps - Replaces measures providing for the establishment of the National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program with similar provisions directing the Secretary to establish such a Scholarship Program to assure, with respect to primary health services, an adequate supply of health professionals. (Current law makes no reference to primary health services.) Requires that an agreement to work as a provider of primary health services in a shortage area (currently, an agreement to work in a shortage area) be a part of the scholarship contract. Alters the priorities in providing contracts under the Scholarship Program to include an individual with characteristics that increase the probability that the individual will continue to serve in a shortage area after completion of obligated service. Changes the required contents of an annual report mandated by current law regarding the Scholarship Program. Replaces measures providing for the establishment of the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program with similar provisions directing the Secretary to establish such a Loan Repayment Program to assure, with respect to the provision of primary health services, an adequate supply of health professionals. (Current law makes no reference to primary health services.) Requires that an agreement to work as a provider of primary health services in a shortage area (currently, an agreement to work in a shortage area) be a part of the loan repayment contract. Changes eligibility procedures for the Loan Repayment Program. Replaces provisions governing priorities in providing loan repayment contracts with provisions directing the Secretary to give priority to an individual who has characteristics that increase the probability that the individual will continue to serve in a shortage area after completion of obligated service. Increases the limit on the amount the Secretary may pay for each year of obligated service. Removes provisions allowing fulfillment of a service obligation in the Indian Health Service or in a program or facility operated by a tribe or a tribal organization. Requires (currently, allows) the Secretary to pay all (currently, part or all) of any increase in Federal income tax liability of an individual which arises as a result of the loan repayments. Changes the required contents of an annual report mandated by current law regarding the Loan Repayment Program. Requires that an annual report concerning the Scholarship Program and the Loan Repayment Program cover the next five years rather than the next three years. Authorizes appropriations, requiring set-asides in certain percentages for new applicants and for applicants in specified fields. Title III: State Offices of Rural Health - Authorizes the Secretary, through the Director of the Office of Rural Health Policy, to make grants to States for improving health care in rural areas through the operation of State offices of rural health. Requires recipient States to agree that such office will be provided with a minimum annual budget. Authorizes appropriations. Prohibits making grants under this program after the aggregate amounts appropriated reach a specified level. Title IV: General Provisions - Specifies the effective dates of provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1990
Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to provide that the definition of "owner or operator" (for purposes of liability) does not include: (1) a designated lending institution which acquires control of a facility pursuant to the terms of a security interest held by the person in such facility or in connection with a lease subject to Federal or State banking authorities; (2) a corporate fiduciary which operates or has legal title to a facility pursuant to the terms of an estate or trust; (3) an individual or institution that serves as an indenture trustee and acquires control of a facility as the result of default on a financing document between the trustee and the issuing entity; and (4) an individual fiduciary who has legal title to a facility for purposes of administering an estate or trust.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1990
Rural Nursing Incentive Act of 1990 - 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 80 percent of the lesser of the actual charge or the prevailing charge that would have been recognized had the services been performed by a physician. Requires that such payments be made on an assignment-related basis.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1990
Medicare Physician Regulation Relief Amendments of 1990 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require carriers and peer review organizations to release the medical review screen or the associated screening parameter to a physician before notifying such physician that payment for his or her service has been denied. Permits Medicare reimbursement of a patient's regular physician for services provided to such patient by another physician who occasionally covers for the regular physician. Requires Medicare carriers to provide physicians, upon request and without charge, with carrier-generated information which physicians need to submit a payment claim or respond to a carrier inquiry. Allows a medical society or other professional organization representing physicians to represent a group or class of physicians in Medicare payment determinations, reconsiderations, or appeals. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to appoint, based on nominations submitted by national medical organizations representing physicians, a Practicing Physicians Advisory Council with which the Secretary must consult concerning changes in the Medicare program and proposed changes in regulations and carrier operation policies.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1990
Authorizes appropriations to provide for a specified personnel level for the border patrol of the Immigration and Naturalization Service by October 1, 1992. Makes funds available from the Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund to provide for such personnel level.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1990
Designates the week of August 19 through August 25, 1990, as National Agricultural Research Week.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1990
Designates May 13, 1990, as Infant Mortality Awareness Day.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1990
Commends the Runnin' Rebels of the University of Nevada at Las Vegas for winning the 1990 National Collegiate Athletic Association Men's Basketball Championship.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1990
Provides travel and transportation allowances for the parents of a deceased member of the armed forces for attending the burial ceremonies of such member.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1990
Requires the Attorney General to recruit 1,000 additional border patrol agents for the Immigration and Naturalization Service from eligible military personnel discharged involuntarily under honorable conditions after October 1, 1989.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1990
Designates July 19, 1990, as Flight Attendant Safety Professionals' Day.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1990
Designates September 13, 1990, as National DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) Day.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1990
National Child Search Assistance Act of 1990 - Requires each Federal, State, and local law enforcement agency to report each case of a missing child under age 18 to the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) of the Department of Justice. Directs the Attorney General to establish guidelines for the collection of such reports and to publish an annual summary. Requires States reporting under this Act to: (1) ensure that no State law enforcement agency establishes a policy which requires a waiting period before accepting a missing child report; (2) provide that all information is entered into the State law enforcement system and the NCIC computer networks and forwarded to the Missing Children Information Clearinghouse (Clearinghouse) or other designated agency within the State; (3) require the Clearinghouse or designated agency to notify all other law enforcement agencies in the State, verify and update the original entry made into the State law enforcement system and NCIC computer networks, and institute or assist with appropriate search and investigative procedures; and (4) maintain close liaison with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children for the exchange of information and technical assistance in the missing children cases. Specifies that any State not complying with such reporting requirements shall be denied grants, cooperative agreements, or other assistance authorized by the Missing Children's Assistance Act.
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1990
Places additional prohibitions on individuals convicted of felonies in connection with Department of Defense (DOD) contracts. Disallows such individuals from having any contact with defense subcontracts or subcontractors during such prohibition. Prohibits the Secretaries of the military departments from allowing the award of DOD subcontracts to suspended or debarred contractors (current law prohibits the approval of such subcontracts). Provides that, in the case of any DOD contact with respect to which the Secretary of Defense is required to approve the contractor's purchasing system, approval will be withdrawn if the contractor awards a subcontract to a contractor who has been suspended or debarred from Government contracting or subcontracting, except where the contractor has established procedures fully protecting the Government's interests. Directs the Secretary to require each DOD contractor to require each of its subcontractors to certify that the subcontractor is not debarred or suspended from Government contracting or subcontracting at the time of the contract award.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1990
Tourism Policy and Export Promotion Act of 1990 - 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 Trade 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 · 22 March 1990
World War II 50th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act - Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States should recognize the 50th anniversary of World War II by minting and issuing commemorative coins. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to issue and mint such coins in five dollar, one dollar, and half dollar denominations. Mandates that surcharges received from the sale of such coins be deposited in a coinage profit fund and allocated, upon separate congressional authorization, to the American Battle Monuments Commission to establish a World War II memorial. Directs the Secretary to report semiannually to the Congress regarding implementation of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1990
Computer Matching Corrections Act of 1990 - Amends the Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act of 1988 to exempt State and local governments from verification requirements regarding certain information produced by computer matching programs if the information is provided by a Federal source agency. Restores the ten-day period within which the Federal Government and the States must notify recipients of food stamps, Medicaid, supplemental security income and aid to families with dependent children of a reduction or termination of such welfare benefits (currently there is a 30-day period), except in the case of an individual whose records are used in computer matching programs and who receives notice of an adverse action before the enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1990
Designates the week beginning July 22, 1990, as Lyme Disease Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1990
Amends the Indian Alcohol and Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 1986 to authorize appropriations through FY 1994 for: (1) grants to Indian tribes to establish Tribal Action Plans; (2) publication of an alcohol and substance abuse newsletter; (3) pilot programs for Indian youth relating to alcohol and substance abuse prevention and treatment; (4) emergency shelters and halfway houses for Indian youth who are alcohol or drug abusers; (5) investigation and control of illegal narcotics traffic on the Tohono O'Odham and St. Regis Reservations in Arizona and New York, respectively; (6) eradication of marijuana cultivated within Indian country; (7) Bureau of Indian Affairs law enforcement and judicial training; (8) construction and renovation of juvenile detention centers and regional treatment centers for detoxification and rehabilitation of Indian youth who are alcohol and substance abusers; (9) Indian Health Service programs, including rehabilitation and aftercare services, and local residential or regional alcohol and substance abuse treatment centers in federally owned structures for such Indian youth; (10) training and community education; (11) grants to the Navajo tribe to establish a demonstration program in Gallup, New Mexico, to rehabilitate adult Navajo Indians suffering from alcoholism or alcohol abuse; and (12) grants to urban Indian organizations for the treatment and prevention of alcohol and substance abuse. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to provide assistance to the Makah Indian Tribe of Washington for the investigation and control of illegal narcotic traffic on the Makah Indian Reservation. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1992 through 1994 for such assistance. Directs the Secretary, in carrying out the Indian Health Service program, to provide assistance to Indian tribes to develop criteria for the certification of alcohol and substance abuse service providers and accreditation of service facilities which meet the minimum standards. Authorizes the Secretary to make funds available to the Tanana Chiefs Conference, Incorporated, for leasing, constructing, renovating, operating, and maintaining a residential youth treatment facility in Fairbanks, Alaska. Requires that not less than ten percent of the funds appropriated for rehabilitation and follow-up services for Indian youth who are alcohol or substance abusers be used for related outpatient care of adult family members. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct a study to determine the incidence and prevalence of abuse of multiple forms of drugs, including alcohol, among Indian youth residing on Indian reservations and in urban areas and the interrelationship of such abuse with mental illness among such youth. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to: (1) make grants to Indian tribes to establish fetal alcohol syndrome programs; and (2) assist Indian tribes in developing, printing, and disseminating educational and prevention materials on such syndrome. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1992 through 1994 for such grants. Requires that ten percent of the funds appropriated be used for grants to urban Indian organizations.
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1990
Rural Health Improvement Act of 1990 - Title I: Tax Provisions - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide tax credits to physicians, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners for the first five years of their practice in a rural area. Excludes from gross income any payments made on behalf of a taxpayer by the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment program. Permits physicians to expend up to $25,000 annually for the purchase of basic equipment used in providing primary care services in rural areas. Title II: Public Health Service Provisions - Amends the Public Health Service Act to include disadvantaged individuals and minorities and individuals living in, or intending to serve, medically underserved areas among the priority clientele of the National Health Service Corps Scholarship and Loan Repayment programs. Increases the amount of coverage authorized under the Loan Repayment program. Increases funding for area health education centers. Targets Public Health Service funds to county health departments for preventive health services. Title III: Social Security Provisions - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for: (1) the elimination, by January 1, 1991, of separate average standardized Medicare payments for large urban, other urban, and rural hospitals; and (2) full implementation, by January 1, 1992, of a resource-based relative value scale for determining Medicare payments to physicians. Covers nurse practitioner services furnished in rural areas. Establishes uniform national payment rates for certified registered nurse anesthetist services. Permits physician assistants to provide Medicare-covered services in rural areas without regard to whether such areas are manpower shortage areas. Title IV: Miscellaneous Provisions - Waives the application of antitrust laws against rural hospitals which engage in joint activities that include, purchasing, contracting for specified services, and the sharing of personnel. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to determine which Medicare regulations affecting rural hospitals could be made less burdensome without diminishing the quality of care such hospitals provide to Medicare beneficiaries.
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1990
Financial Incentives Going to Help Towns Fighting Drugs Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow taxpayers to designate that one dollar of their tax liability be paid to the Local Anti-Drug Program Trust Fund. Establishes such Fund for grants to counties for: (1) law enforcement activities regarding drug-related crimes; (2) education, prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation programs regarding drug abuse; and (3) grants to units of general local government.
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1990
Designates the month of May 1990 as National Physical Fitness and Sports Month.
United States · United States Congress · 13 March 1990
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income the value of any subsidy provided by a public utility to a customer for the purchase or installation of energy or water conservation measures.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1990
Regulated Precursor Chemicals Act of 1990 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to revise and expand the list of precursor chemicals, including transferring to such list hydriodic acid from the list of essential chemicals. Revises the definition of "regulated transaction" to include transfers of any amount of an essential listed precursor chemical, with exceptions. Requires each regulated person to report to the Attorney General on any regulated transaction involving any quantity of a listed essential chemical. Makes it unlawful for any person to engage in a regulated transaction involving a listed precursor chemical or any other conduct that defines such person as a regulated person for purposes of such Act without a license required under such Act. Requires the Attorney General to establish a program requiring licenses for regulated persons and regulated transactions involving listed precursor chemicals where such requirement will contribute to carrying out the purposes of such Act and to criminal drug law enforcement. Provides for fines and imprisonment of not more than four years for violations of the licensing requirement. Requires the Attorney General to provide for the audit and control of listed precursor chemical inventories of persons possessing a license under this Act. Directs the Attorney General to cooperate with State authorities by providing information regarding regulated transactions in such chemicals that might be useful in the administration of State laws relating to precursor chemicals, controlled substances, and other illegal drugs.