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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.
United States · United States Congress · 23 May 1990
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should immediately call for a 1991 White House Conference on Aging and begin planning and implementing such a conference without delay.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1990
Designates June 3 through June 9, 1990, as National World War II Observance Week.
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1990
Designates the week of August 19 through August 25, 1990, as National Agricultural Research Week.
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1990
Designates October 7 through October 13, 1990, as National Aviation Education Week.
United States · United States Congress · 18 May 1990
Designates July 2, 1990, as National Literacy Day.
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1990
Medigap Simplification Act of 1990 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require that Medicare supplemental policy issuers: (1) cover a core group of basic benefits and, if they offer other benefits, issue a policy covering only such basic benefits; and (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. Requires the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) or, upon the NAIC's default, the Secretary of Health and Human Services to promulgate simplification standards which set the core group of basic benefits policies must provide, limit the additional benefit packages that may be provided, and establish a uniform language and format to be used with respect to policy benefits. Prohibits the sale of policies which do not meet such standards, though permits approved waivers of such standards to test new or innovative benefits. Directs the NAIC to educate Medicare beneficiaries on the simplification standards. Prohibits a policy issuer from selling a policy without: (1) obtaining a written statement of the buyer indicating any Medicare supplemental policies or Medicaid (title XIX of the Social Security Act) coverage the buyer may have; and (2) notifying the buyer of the possibility and effect of his or her coverage under the Medicaid program and the address and telephone number of any State Medicare supplemental policy counseling program and the State Medicaid office. Prohibits the issuer from selling a policy to a person who indicates that he or she is eligible for Medicaid coverage which would duplicate coverage under such policy. Penalizes individuals who sell a policy in violation of such requirements. Directs the Administrator of the Health Care Financing Administration to conduct a study and report to the Congress on the use of Medicare supplemental policies by individuals who are entitled to Medicaid benefits. Authorizes appropriations for a grant program to assist States in establishing toll-free consumer hotlines providing information on Medicare supplemental policies issued in States and Medicare and Medicaid benefits available to Medicare-eligible individuals.
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1990
Medigap Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act of 1990 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require that Medicare supplemental policy issuers: (1) cover a core group of basic benefits and, if they offer other benefits, issue a policy covering only such basic benefits; (2) provide prospective purchasers of a policy with a summary information sheet describing policy benefits and the ratio of benefits to premiums; (3) guarantee the renewability of policies; (4) offer each group policyholder terminating their coverage or group membership the right to continued coverage under an individual policy (the policyholder ending his or her group membership may also opt for continued coverage under the group policy) or, if the old group policy is replaced by a new group policy, the right to coverage under a new group policy without exclusion for preexisting conditions; and (5) suspend policy benefits and premiums upon the policyholder's indication that he or she is entitled to Medicaid (title XIX of the Social Security Act) benefits. Requires the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) or, upon the NAIC's default, the Secretary of Health and Human Services to promulgate simplification standards which set the core group of basic benefits policies must provide, limit the additional benefit packages that may be provided, and establish a uniform language and format to be used with respect to policy benefits. Prohibits the sale of policies which do not meet such standards, though permits approved waivers of such standards to test new or innovative benefits. Directs the NAIC to educate Medicare beneficiaries on the simplification standards. Gives State Insurance Commissioners the right to approve or disapprove policies mailed into their State from another jurisdiction. Increases the civil monetary penalty for knowingly selling a policy which duplicates health benefits to which an individual is already entitled. Prohibits a policy issuer from selling a policy without: (1) obtaining a written statement of the buyer indicating any Medicare supplemental policies or Medicaid coverage the buyer may have; and (2) notifying the buyer of the possibility and effect of his or her coverage under the Medicaid program and the address and telephone number of any State Medicare supplemental policy counseling program and the State Medicaid office. Prohibits the issuer from selling a policy to a person who indicates that he or she is covered by the Medicaid program or has a duplicative Medicare supplemental policy. Penalizes individuals who sell a policy in violation of such requirements. Stiffens other Medicare supplemental policy fraud penalties. Increases the percentage of premiums which must be returned to policyholders as benefits. Establishes a process whereby States must approve premium increases prior to their implementation. Requires public hearings for any premium increase request exceeding twice the percentage increase in the medical care component of the consumer price index. Limits Medicare supplemental policy sales commissions. Authorizes appropriations or a matching grant program to assist States in establishing counseling programs to aid Medicare-eligible individuals in choosing Medicare supplemental policies. Prohibits such policies from denying a claim for losses incurred more than six months from the effective date of coverage for a preexisting condition.
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1990
Grown in the United States Food Labeling Act of 1990 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture and the Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration to issue regulations which will establish the Grown in the United States Food Labeling Program. Prohibits any food product which contains a significant amount of imported ingredients from participating in the Program. Directs the Secretary and the Commissioner to issue a report regarding the adequacy of Federal country of origin food labeling requirements and recommending improvements to the Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1990
Designates the week of October 14 through October 20, 1990, as National Radon Action Week.
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1990
Designates the second Sunday in October 1990 as National Children's Day.
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1990
Extends the congratulations of the Congress to the National Federation of the Blind on the occasion of its 50th anniversary, November 16, 1990, and notes with appreciation the significant contributions made by it in improving the quality of life, the public image, and increasing public understanding of the blind.
United States · United States Congress · 14 May 1990
National Health Service Corps Revitalization Act of 1990 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to inform all applicants for the National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program of all factors considered in the selection of applicants and the assignment of Corps members. Sets forth additional priorities in approving Scholarship Program and National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program applications. Directs the Secretary to establish a program of incentives to improve Corps recruitment and retention. Directs the Secretary to ensure that the administrative staff of the Corps is adequate and appropriate to administer the Scholarship and Loan Repayment Programs, increasing staff if necessary. Requires the scholarships and the loan repayments to include a dependent allowance. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) tailor a package of financial assistance that includes both scholarship and loan repayment components; (2) award a partial scholarship to an individual with circumstances that warrant less assistance than provided under specified provisions; (3) permit a third year resident to begin fulfilling a service obligation on a part-time basis; (4) permit an individual who defaults on an obligation or contract under the Scholarship or Loan Programs to partially fulfill the obligation through service, but prohibits such service from substantially supplanting certain penalties; and (5) transfer funds between the Scholarship and Loan Programs as needed due to the availability of applicants. Requires the General Accounting Office to complete an administrative review of the Corps including the administration of the Scholarship and Loan Repayment Programs. Authorizes appropriations for the Corps and for the Scholarship and Loan Repayment Programs. Earmarks a percentage for certain fields. Replaces provisions authorizing appropriations for State loan repayment programs with a requirement that the Secretary use amounts from this authorization to carry out such State programs. Directs the Secretary to make grants to States to establish, or to assist existing, State Offices of Rural Health. Requires matching State funds. Sets forth the required duties of a State Office, including providing leadership and advocacy for rural residents, coordinating activities, making recommendations on quality and cost effectiveness, and cooperating with rural health research centers established under specified provisions. Provides for optional duties of the Offices. Prohibits using grant funds for certain health planning purposes such as certificate of need programs. Authorizes appropriations. Adds references to both M.D. and D.O. degrees to provisions relating to the provision of health services by Corps members. Directs (currently, authorizes) the Secretary to reimburse an individual for all (currently, all or part) of any increased Federal, State, or local income tax liability which results from payments under the Loan Program.
United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1990
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to limit Medicare coverage of chiropractic services to diagnostic x-rays, appropriate physical examinations, and spinal adjustments conducted by State-licensed chiropractors who are legally authorized by the State to provide such services.
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 1990
Weed Control Act of 1990 - Title I: Federal Noxious Weed Act of 1974 - Amends the Federal Noxious Weed Act of 1974 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish within the Department of Agriculture a Noxious Weed Technical Advisory Group. Includes among the Group's responsibilities: (1) recommendation of noxious weed control strategies; (2) development of noxious weed classification criteria; and (3) approval of plant species for Federal and noxious weed designation. Establishes a new classification system for noxious weeds. Prohibits interstate movement of noxious weeds by any means unless a special permit has been issued by the Secretary. Subjects imported agricultural and vegetable seeds to the provisions of this Act. Title II: Land Enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to direct the Secretary to develop conservation reserve program (CRP) weed and pest control guides. Subjects new CRP contracts to these guidelines, including fines for guideline violations.
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 1990
Designates the month of November 1990 as National American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month.
United States · United States Congress · 8 May 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 · 8 May 1990
Designates June 25, 1990, as Korean War Remembrance Day. Authorizes and requests the President to urge that the American flag be flown at half staff on such day in honor of the Americans who died as a result of their service in the Korean War.
United States · United States Congress · 4 May 1990
Designates the week of November 11 through 17, 1990, as National Women Veterans Recognition Week.
United States · United States Congress · 4 May 1990
Expresses the sense of the Congress that Greyhound Lines, Inc., and the Amalgamated Transit Union should negotiate to resolve their dispute promptly, under the auspices of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service and the Secretary of Labor.
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 1990
Congressional Commitment to Long-Term Care Concurrent Resolution - Expresses the sense of the Congress that payments to long-term care providers under titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act be sufficient to maintain the highest quality of patient care in nursing homes.
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1990
Radiation-Exposed Veterans Compensation Amendments of 1990 - Amends Federal provisions relating to the payment of disability compensation due to certain diseases and disabilities presumed to be service-connected to remove the current limitation on the required manifestation period (either 40 or 30 years from the date on which a veteran last participated in a radiation-risk activity). Adds cancer of the salivary gland and cancer of the urinary tract to the list of diseases that will be presumed to be service-connected for purposes of such disability compensation. Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to compile a list of military activities that are likely to have resulted in exposure to ionizing radiation above background levels. Requires the Secretary, immediately after including an activity on such list, to direct the Veterans' Advisory Committee on Environmental Hazards to determine whether an association exists between the maximum level of exposure experienced by an individual and one or more of the diseases listed as presumptively service-connected for purposes of veterans' disability compensation. Requires the Secretary, after receiving a report from the Committee on such activities, to: (1) establish a presumption of service-connection between such activity and any of the diseases listed; or (2) determine that available scientific evidence clearly establishes that there is no reasonable possibility of an association between that disease and participation in that activity.
United States · United States Congress · 27 April 1990
Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to approve the pursuit of flight training for an individual entitled to post-Vietnam era veterans' educational assistance if: (1) such training is necessary for the attainment of the individual's vocational objective; (2) the individual possesses a valid pilot's license and meets all medical requirements necessary for a commercial pilot's license; and (3) the flight school courses are approved by the Federal Aviation Administration and the State. Sets forth the amount of assistance and other conditions for such flight training, including receipt by the Secretary of a certificate from the individual and institution involved of the flight training completed and the tuition and other fees.
United States · United States Congress · 26 April 1990
Declares that the domestic production of fruits and vegetables is a keystone of U.S. farm policy. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to study and report to the Congress on the domestic fruit and vegetable industry.
United States · United States Congress · 25 April 1990
New Federalism for American Indians Act of 1990 - Title I: Office of Federal-Tribal Relations - Establishes the Office of Federal-Tribal Relations within the Executive Office of the President to be headed by a Director of Federal-Tribal Relations. Requires the Director to: (1) represent the President in negotiating New Federalism Agreements with Indian tribes; (2) oversee implementation of such Agreements; (3) transfer or reprogram funds appropriated for Federal Indian programs to provide funds for Tribal Self-Governance Grants; (4) collect and disseminate comparative data regarding such Agreements and the Indian tribes that enter into them; and (5) establish reporting and audit requirements for such Indian tribes. Prohibits the Director from negotiating with: (1) individual Indians, except as necessary to protect and advance their interests and rights in land held in trust by the United States or subject to restrictions against alienation under Federal law; or (2) an Indian tribe that is not eligible to negotiate such an Agreement with the United States, except as the Director deems necessary to carry out provisions regarding the transfer of Federal Indian program assets from the U.S. Government to the tribe. Requires the Director, in fulfilling the United States' obligation toward the Indians, to always act to protect and advance the interests of all Indian tribes and their members. Directs Federal department and agency heads administering funds appropriated for Federal Indian programs to provide information to the Director, upon request and subject to disclosure laws, necessary for carrying out the Director's duties under this Act. Requires the Director to require such officials to assist Indian tribes in transferring the control and operation of programs, services, and assets to them upon request and before the fifth year of a New Federalism Agreement. Requires the Administrator of General Services to provide administrative services to the Director on a reimbursable basis upon request. Requires the Director to report any agency's failure to comply with such provisions to the Congress. Title II: New Federalism Agreements - Sets forth requirements that Indian tribes must meet to be eligible to request negotiations with the Director for New Federalism Agreements. Specifies the provisions required in such Agreements, including those requiring: (1) recognition of the right of Indian tribes to exercise self-government; (2) relinquishment of the right of the Federal Government to review, approve, or disapprove tribal governmental actions; (3) provision of funds for annual Tribal Self-Governance Grants to Indian tribes as a permanent entitlement, in lieu of funds for Federal Indian programs, in an amount determined according to this Act; (4) administration of such funds according to specified standards of accountability outlining reporting and audit requirements; and (5) transfer of Federal Indian program assets to the Indian tribe without reimbursement and subject to information disclosure laws. Provides that any such Agreement shall not: (1) abrogate or deny Federal trust responsibility or any right afforded any Indian or Indian tribe against the United States; (2) affect any claim by an Indian or Indian tribe against the United States; or (3) affect or modify the right of any Tribe or any State or local government to exercise power in Indian country. Provides that the receipt of such a Grant shall not preclude the eligibility of an Indian tribe or its members to receive or benefit from Federal, State, or local governmental financial assistance programs or services. Sets forth guidelines for determining the amount of such a Grant. Title III: Miscellaneous Provisions - Requires the Director to submit to the President, the Congress, and each Indian tribe an annual report on the: (1) activities of the Office and of each tribe entering into such an Agreement that involve mismanagement of Tribal Self-Governance Grants or Federal Indian program assets; (2) implementation of this Act; and (3) instances of negotiating such an Agreement in bad faith. Entitles the civil service employment rights of certain Federal employees leaving Federal employment to be employed by an Indian Tribe entering into such an Agreement to the same protections provided under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act. Title IV: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 24 April 1990
Designates September 1990 as Jewish Community Center Month.
United States · United States Congress · 24 April 1990
Requires the Secretary of the Army to provide for the construction and maintenance of a memorial in Arlington National Cemetery to honor U.S. combat glider pilots of World War II. Requires construction expenses to be paid entirely from non-Federal funds.
United States · United States Congress · 24 April 1990
Encourages State and local governments and local education agencies to adopt a comprehensive curriculum for each of grades kindergarten through 12 which: (1) provides elementary and secondary students with a thorough knowledge of the history and principles of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights; and (2) fosters civic competence and responsibility.
United States · United States Congress · 23 April 1990
Requires that each State receive a specified minimum amount of assistance from certain Department of Housing and Urban Development housing programs.
United States · United States Congress · 20 April 1990
Mickey Leland Memorial Domestic Hunger Relief Act - Title I: Reducing Childhood Hunger - Subtitle A: Eliminating the Excess Shelter Deduction Cap - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to revise and increase the excess shelter expense deduction for FY 1991 and 1992. Subtitle B: Adequacy of Food Stamp Benefits - Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to adjust the basic benefit level upwards by specified increments at the beginning of each fiscal year from FY 1991 through 1995 until it reaches 105 percent of the cost of the thrifty food plan. Subtitle C: Protecting Households in Special Circumstances - Directs the Secretary to provide for emergency allotments to eligible households to replace food lost in a disaster. Excludes from the computation of household income any State allowance (provided at least annually) for obtaining school clothes for children in school or child care. Provides for allotment increases to cover State or local sales taxes for participants in demonstration projects. Authorizes a State, on or after April 1, 1992, and with the Secretary's approval, to implement an electronic food stamp benefit transfer system. Redefines "food" with regard to the homeless for purposes of such Act. Permits State agencies to develop standard estimates of the shelter and related expenses which homeless households may reasonably be expected to incur in order to certify such households based on reported expenses not exceeding such an estimate. Title II: Promoting Self-Sufficiency - Excludes the first $50 a month received as child support from consideration as income in determining the food stamp allotments of households also receiving Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) benefits. Increases from $4,500 to $5,500 from January 1 through September 30, 1991, with annual cost-of-living adjustments to follow, the limit on the fair market value of vehicles that food stamp recipients may own. Directs the Secretary to conduct a sufficient number of demonstration projects to evaluate the effects of excluding from such vehicle calculation the value of: (1) any licensed vehicle used for certain income-producing, transportation, or shelter purposes; and (2) one licensed vehicle used for job-related or job-seeking purposes (including commuting), for pursuing education or training, or for securing food or food stamp benefits. Allows States to use their own agency-designed forms instead of forms approved by the Secretary. Allows four States to give priority in the provision of services to voluntary participants (including both exempt and nonexempt), so long as performance standards are maintained. Authorizes an employment and training program to contain programs designed to increase the self-sufficiency of recipients through self-employment. Excludes from the computation of household financial resources any nonliquid resources necessary to allow the household to carry out an approved plan for self-sufficiency. Increases the dependent care deduction for purposes of eligibility and benefit levels. Increases the limit for reimbursements to recipients for costs incurred in employment and training activities. Revises: (1) low-income student eligibility provisions; and (2) educational expense exclusions. Excludes from income computation housing assistance payments made to a third party on behalf of a household member residing in transitional housing for the homeless. Title III: Simplifying Program Administration - Requires parents and minor children who live together to apply for food stamps as a single household. Requires the Secretary to issue rules under which State agencies must develop standards for identifying (for exclusion as inaccessible resources) those kinds of resources the household is unlikely to sell for any significant return because its interest is so slight or the cost of selling would be so great. Provides that a food stamp office need not consider any resources that the AFDC or supplemental security income benefit programs have already determined to be exempt. Directs State agencies to require only one adult representative of a household to sign all declarations required in the application process on behalf of the household. Makes recipients of State or local general assistance programs categorically eligible for food stamps. Changes from mandatory to discretionary aggregate allotments for households applying for benefits after the 15th day of the month. Title IV: Hunger in Rural America - Requires State agencies to designate rural project areas where low-income persons face substantial difficulties in getting transportation. Requires issuance of coupons by mail in such areas, except where households experience mail losses exceeding certain levels. Title V: Promoting Access for the Elderly and Disabled - Declares that State agencies, with respect to the excess medical deduction for the elderly and the disabled, shall not require further verification of a change in medical expenses if the change has been anticipated for the verification period. Requires annual adjustments to the value of the minimum food stamp benefit. Permits State agencies to establish a procedure allowing households whose regular food stamp benefits do not exceed $20 per month to receive up to $60 worth for intervals of up to three months. Requires that any applicant for or recipient of supplemental security income benefits be informed of the availability of food stamp benefits. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) make grants in FY 1991 through 1993 for demonstration projects to improve food stamp participation among homeless persons and families, low-income working families with children, and elderly and disabled persons; and (2) conduct pilot projects in FY 1994 and 1995 to test new food stamp procedures aimed at increasing rural participation. Title VI: Program Administration by State Agencies - Prohibits the application of disallowances for erroneous issuances or similar actions to any State for a fiscal year before FY 1991. Title VII: Program Integrity - Prohibits a wholesale-retail food concern from redeeming food stamps as a retail store unless: (1) it does a substantial level of retail food business; or (2) the Secretary determines that failure to so authorize the store would cause hardship to food stamp households. Requires applicant wholesale or retail food stores or concerns to provide the social security numbers of their owners, officers, and on-site managers. Increases fines for food stamp trafficking. Disqualifies a food store or concern permanently for selling guns, explosives, or controlled substances for food stamps, except that a fine may be imposed in lieu of disqualification under specified circumstances. Authorizes fines for: (1) food stores or concerns that accept loose coupons; and (2) unauthorized third-party food stamp acceptance. Reduces the election period during which a household required to repay a food stamp overissuance must decide whether to make such repayment through cash refund or allotment reduction. Title VIII: Reauthorization of Programs - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to make food stamp program authorization of appropriations permanent. Repeals allotment reduction and limitation on value provisions. Authorizes fund allocations through FY 1995 for food stamp job training. Extends through FY 1995 food stamp pilot program authority. Reauthorizes through FY 1995: (1) the nutrition assistance program for Puerto Rico; (2) the temporary emergency food assistance program under the Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983; (3) the soup kitchen and food bank programs under the Hunger Prevention Act of 1988; (4) the commodity distribution and supplemental food programs under the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973; (5) the distribution of surplus commodities to special nutrition projects under the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981; and (6) the nutrition education program under the Food Security Act of 1985. Title IX: Miscellaneous - Amends the Commodity Distribution Reform Act and WIC Amendments of 1987 to: (1) make the food bank demonstration project permanent; and (2) authorize State option contracts (with reimbursement by a State distribution agency) for commodity distribution programs. Directs the Secretary to study and report to the appropriate congressional committees on the feasibility of providing food stamp allotments to elderly and disabled residents of board and care homes. Increases the amount and variety of food available under the Indian reservation food distribution program. Authorizes nutrition education grants. Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 with regard to the special supplemental food program for women, infants, and children (WIC) to: (1) establish a specified FY 1991 authorization of appropriations; and (2) make WIC authorizations permanent. Title X: Indian Nutrition Gardening Program - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish an Indian (including Native Alaskan) gardening grant program to establish gardening operations on Indian reservations. Directs the Extension Service to provide training and technical assistance. Authorizes FY 1991 through 1994 appropriations. Title XI: Effective Dates - Sets forth effective dates for provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 19 April 1990
Medicaid Child Health Act of 1990 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to phase-in mandatory Medicaid coverage of children whose family income is below the Federal poverty level. Permits States to provide Medicaid coverage to children whose family income does not exceed 185 percent of the Federal poverty level and to foster care children. Prohibits States from considering the value of an automobile, household goods, personal effects, burial spaces, or insurance policies when determining a pregnant woman's Medicaid eligibility. Makes pregnant women who are presumptively eligible for Medicaid benefits and apply for such benefits within a time period specified by the State, but set at no less than 14 days, eligible for such benefits until the State determines otherwise. Requires States to continue the Medicaid coverage of a woman and her infant for 60 days after delivery regardless of fluctuations in her income during such period. Prohibits the redetermination of the Medicaid eligibility of a child under age six who has been deemed eligible less than six months previously, unless such eligibility is due to his or her receipt of aid under part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) (AFDC) or E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Act or under title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) of the Act. Preserves the Medicaid eligibility of a child under age six who loses such aid until it is determined that he or she is not eligible for Medicaid on some other basis. Requires that Medicaid coverage of inpatient hospital services provided to children at hospitals serving a disproportionate share of low-income patients: (1) make an outlier adjustment in payment amounts for exceptionally long or costly cases if such payments are made on a prospective basis; (2) not impose durational limitations on such services; and (3) not set dollar limits on the delivery of services to individuals who enter the hospital prior to their first birthday. Permits States to cover home and community-based services for children who have acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) or are medically dependent on a ventilator for life support. Allows States to cover home visitor services furnished by registered nurses to infants, during the first six months of life, who require treatment with life sustaining medication or equipment or technically-assisted feeding. Prohibits the Secretary from limiting to fewer than 500 (currently, 200) the number of individuals in a State who may receive home and community-based services under a waiver of certain Medicaid requirements. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) develop definitions of medically high risk pregnancy and children at a high risk of medical problems; (2) develop alternative definitions of medically uninsurable children; (3) develop a model health benefit package for pregnant women and children; and (4) study different methodologies to improve the coordination between various public health programs. Sets forth reporting requirements. Requires States to provide Medicaid coverage to all children under age 18 who are SSI recipients. Amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act to require that a preplacement health care record for a child be provided to such child's foster care provider and be completed before he or she is placed in foster care or within 30 days after an emergency foster care placement. Requires the maintenance of a health care plan and record for such child while he or she is in foster care, and notification of the provider concerning such child's eligibility for Medicaid early and periodic screening, diagnosis, and treatment services. Amends part A (General Provisions) of title XI of the Act to reduce the lag time between the Secretary's calculation of the Federal matching rate under the AFDC, Medicaid, and Foster Care and Adoption Assistance programs and its implementation. Amends the Medicaid program to reimburse States, at the Federal Medicaid assistance percentage, for outreach services identifying Medicaid-eligible pregnant women and infants and assisting them in applying for Medicaid coverage. Provides that Medicaid waivers to promote the cost-effectiveness and efficiency of pregnancy-related services shall be for an initial three-year term and, upon the Secretary's approval, additional five-year terms.
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 rights and interests in certain lands known as "Summit County Landfill," subject to specified conditions.
United States · United States Congress · 19 April 1990
Designates the week of July 22 to 28, 1990, as National Week of Recognition and Remembrance for Those Who Served in the Korean War. Authorizes and requests the President to urge that the American flag be flown at half staff on July 27, 1990, in honor of those Americans who died as a result of their service in Korea.
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1990
Expresses the condolences of the Senate on the death of the Honorable Spark M. Matsunaga of Hawaii.
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1990
Establishes within the Department of the Interior a Trust Counsel for Indian Assets to: (1) assist Federal departments and agencies in developing and implementing standards to administer their trust responsibilities with respect to Indian trust assets; (2) review proposed legislation and regulations that relate to, or that may have an adverse impact on, Indian trust assets and the responsibility of the United States to protect, maintain, and manage such assets; (3) investigate allegations of Federal violations of such responsibility; and (4) report violations to the Congress and to the head of the department or agency involved.
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1990
Senatorial Election Public Funding and Campaign Act of 1990 - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide for spending limits and benefits for Senate general elections. Sets forth eligibility requirements for such benefits, including: (1) that a candidate has raised contributions totaling a specified minimum amount based on the State voting age population; (2) that such contributions have come from individuals, and that no individual has contributed more than $250; (3) that a candidate will abide by spending and other limitations of this Act; (4) that a specified percentage of contributions have come from constituents; (5) that at least one other candidate has qualified for the same general election; and (6) that a candidate apply for benefits under this Act. Provides that a contribution may not be counted unless: (1) it is made on a written instrument identifying the person making the contribution; (2) it is not made through an intermediary or conduit; (3) it is made by an individual and does not exceed the aggregate of $250; and (4) it was received after January 1 of the year preceding the election. Provides for increasing threshold amounts under this Act in accordance with increases in the price index. Limits personal expenditures during an election cycle to $20,000. Prohibits benefits to an eligible candidate who spends for the primary election more than 67 percent of the limitation on expenditures for the general election or more than $2,750,000, whichever amount is less. Prohibits payments to a candidate who spends for a runoff election more than 20 percent of the maximum amount of the limitation applicable to such candidate. Establishes spending limitations for a candidate in a State with no more than one transmitter for a commercial VHF television station. Allows a candidate to establish a fund with private contributions of up to ten percent of the general election spending limit to defray the costs of legal and accounting services provided solely to ensure compliance with this Act. Permits the candidate to petition the Federal Election Commission for a waiver of such limitation if such costs exceed the limitation. Requires, upon the termination or dissolution of such fund, that remaining amounts be contributed to the Treasury to reduce the budget deficit or transferred to a subsequent compliance fund. Increases the primary and runoff election spending limits by the amount of independent expenditures against a candidate or for his opponent during the two-year election cycle. Allows a candidate to accept private contributions in the event of a prorated payment from the Senate Account. Establishes formulae for determining entitlements of candidates of a major party and for those not of a major party. Entitles candidates to certain broadcast media rates and mailing rates. Provides for additional payments and suspension of spending limits in cases where non-participating candidates and their committees exceed spending limitations. Permits candidates who receive such additional benefits to use funds to defray expenditures in the general election. Prohibits the use of such benefits to: (1) make any payments directly or indirectly to the candidate or the candidate's immediate family; (2) make expenditures other than to further the general election; (3) make expenditures in violation of State or Federal law; or (4) repay any loan except to the extent the proceeds of such loan were used to further the general election. Requires the Federal Election Commission to certify the eligibility of candidates to the Secretary of the Treasury in order for such candidates to receive benefits. Requires the Secretary to maintain in the Presidential Election Campaign Fund the Senate Account for the deposit of funds for payments to eligible candidates. Makes candidates liable for repayment to the Account for any excess amounts they receive. Provides for prorating payments when monies in such Account are insufficient. Directs the Commission, after each general election, to audit the campaign expenses of publicly financed candidates. Establishes criminal penalties for knowing or willful violations of this Act. Subjects Commission actions under this Act to judicial review by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Directs the Commission, after each election, to report to the Senate on actions taken under this Act. Authorizes appropriations to the Commission as necessary. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the amount an individual may designate to the Presidential Election Campaign Fund from $1 to $3 (and in the case of joint returns, from $2 to $6). Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to: (1) entitle to the lowest applicable broadcast rates during specified periods preceding elections only those eligible candidates who have agreed to contribution and spending limits and who are identifiable during at least 50 percent of the candidate's political broadcast; and (2) prohibit a broadcast station licensee from preempting the use of such station by legally qualified candidates for public office during such periods. Sets forth reporting requirements for Senate candidates relating to spending limitations, candidacy eligibility, and independent expenditures. Requires each political committee active in non-Federal elections and maintaining separate accounts for such purpose to file with the Commission reports of funds received into, and disbursements made from, such accounts for activities which may influence elections to Federal office. Requires, when two or more persons make expenditures in concert to promote the election or defeat of a candidate, each such person to report to the Commission on such expenditures. Requires political committees to report the name and address of secondary payees who provide goods and services to the candidate. Requires a Senate candidate, within 15 days of qualifying for a primary ballot, to file a declaration with the Commission stating whether he or she intends to expend from personal funds, and the funds of the candidate's immediate family, and incur personal loans in connection with the campaign in the aggregate of $250,000 or more for the election cycle. Requires a candidate who makes such expenditures to report to the Commission within 24 hours after such expenditures have been made, and thereafter, each time an expenditure exceeds $10,000. Requires the Commission to notify eligible candidates of such reports. Reduces to $2,500 the amount which multicandidate political committees may contribute to any candidate and his authorized political committees or to any other political committee. Limits the amount that political committees may contribute to House elections to $100,000 for a general or special election and $25,000 for a runoff election. Limits contributions to Senate elections to 30 percent of spending limits established by this Act for Senate candidates. Limits contributions to State committees of a political party to: (1) $25,000; or (2) two cents multiplied by the voting age population of the State, whichever is greater. Declares such contributions to State committees applicable to each two-year election cycle. Prohibits a congressional campaign committee from accepting, during a two-year election cycle, contributions from multicandidate political committees and separate segregated funds which exceed 30 percent of the total expenditures which may be made during such cycle by that committee on behalf of congressional candidates. Prohibits a national committee of a political party from accepting contributions from multicandidate political committees and separate segregated funds during the election cycle which equal an amount in excess of two cents multiplied by the voting age population of the United States. Provides that such prohibition does not apply to direct mail communications designed for fundraising purposes which make only incidental reference to Federal candidates. Provides for the accountability of contributions made by intermediaries or conduits. Describes when an expenditure shall not constitute an independent expenditure for purposes of this Act. Requires, when independent expenditures are made for television broadcast communications, that a statement appear continuously during such broadcast showing the name of the person or committee making such expenditure. Requires any type of general public communication to include such statement. Prohibits the use of campaign contributions to repay loans by a candidate to the candidate or the candidate's authorized committees. Makes referral to the Justice Department by the Commission mandatory in the case of criminal matters. Includes as a contribution to a Senate candidate an extension of credit for more than 60 days in an amount of more than $1,000. Provides for reduced postal rates for eligible Senate candidates. Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require a non-eligible Senate candidate to disclose in advertisements or announcements that such candidate has not agreed to spending limits set forth under this Act. Repeals the exception which permits a Member of Congress who was such a Member on January 8, 1980, to convert excess campaign contributions to personal use. Requires presidential candidates to certify to the Commission that during the presidential primary and general election period, the candidate and his authorized committees and agents have not and will not solicit, receive, or spend, directly or indirectly, any funds in connection with a Federal, State, or local election unless such funds are subject to Federal fundraising and expenditure limitations. Prohibits a State committee of a political party from making any expenditure in connection with the general election campaign of any presidential candidate affiliated with such party which exceeds an amount equal to four cents multiplied by the voting age population of that State. Subjects to Federal fundraising and expenditure limitations any amount solicited, received, or spent by a national, State, or local committee of a political party, if such amount is solicited, received, or spent in connection with a Federal election. Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to revise membership requirements of the Federal Election Commission.
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1990
Designates January 6 through January 12, 1991, as National Law Enforcement Training Week.
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1990
Urges the President to: (1) conclude the current phase of the Nuclear Testing Talks and request Senate consent to ratification of the Threshold Test Ban Treaty and the Peaceful Nuclear Explosions Treaty; (2) convey to the Soviet Union the desire of the United States to continue the bilateral Nuclear Testing Talks to agree upon a definite timetable for the early achievement of a verifiable comprehensive test ban; and (3) express to the states party to the Limited Test Ban Treaty the willingness of the United States to pursue negotiations in the Test Ban Treaty Conference to broaden such treaty into a comprehensive Test Ban Treaty.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1990
Solar and Geothermal Power Production Incentives Act of 1990 - Amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA) to remove the size limitations placed upon solar and geothermal facilities eligible for PURPA regulatory benefits. Amends the Federal Power Act to direct the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to promulgate proposed modifications to its regulations to implement this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1990
Textile, Apparel, and Footwear Trade Act of 1990 - Limits the 1990 imports of textiles and textile products classified under a category to an amount equal to 101 percent of the total 1989 imports classified under such category. Limits the 1990 imports of nonrubber footwear classified under a nonrubber footwear category to an amount equal to: (1) the total 1989 imports of nonrubber footwear classified under such category; and (2) in the case of high priced nonrubber footwear, the total 1989 imports of high priced nonrubber footwear classified under such category. Provides for a one-percent annual growth in the amount of permitted imports of textiles and textile products after 1990. Exempts from the limitations imposed under this Act imports of textiles and textile products from U.S. possessions if such articles are exempt from duty under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States and are manufactured by U.S. citizens, nationals, or permanent residents of such a possession. Limits the imports of certain sweaters made in Guam to a specified amount during FY 1990 and to such amount increased by one percent per year in subsequent years. Declares that such limitations shall not apply to Canada or Israel. Sets forth limitations on the amount of textile and textile products classified under certain import categories which may be imported from beneficiary countries under the Caribbean Basin Initiative. Authorizes the President to: (1) enter into trade agreements to grant new concessions as compensation to the extent required under U.S. trade agreements for the import limits imposed by this Act; and (2) proclaim such modification or continuance of any existing duty on textiles and textile products and on nonrubber footwear as necessary to carry out such agreements. Prohibits the President from reducing any rate of duty by more than ten percent. Requires the President, before entering into such trade agreements, to consider whether a country has violated trade concessions of benefit to the United States and the violation has not been adequately offset. Sets forth requirements governing staged rate reductions in the tariffs of articles affected by this Act. Prohibits the President, except as authorized by this Act, from entering into trade negotiations with any country with respect to duties on textiles, textile products, and nonrubber footwear. Prohibits the President, except as provided in this Act, from decreasing or proposing a decrease in any such duty by any means, including an implementing bill or a proclamation. Requires the President to report annually to the Congress on the administration of this Act. Requires the Secretary of Commerce, ten years after enactment of this Act, to study and report to the Congress on its operation. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a pilot program for the issuance and sale to U.S. companies at public auction of import licenses applicable to categories of textiles. Terminates such licensing program on December 31, 1991, and requires a report to the Congress on its administration.
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1990
Conservation Promotion Act of 1990 - Title I: Conservation Reserve Program - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to make eligible for the conservation reserve program (CRP): (1) environmentally sensitive lands, including sinkholes, filter strips, wetland, and other areas that involve groundwater protection; and (2) uncropped marginal lands that will be planted to trees after CRP enrollment. Extends CRP authority and CRP tree planting authority through 1995. Authorizes 1991 through 1995 enrollment at between 40,000,000 and 50,000,000 acres. Authorizes three to ten-year CRP contract extensions. Provides for farmwide CRP eligibility under specified conditions. Subjects land whose CRP contract has expired to provisions for loss of assistance for cropping on highly erodible land. Permits CRP participation of land whose ownership change during the preceding three-year period was due to a foreclosure on bankruptcy. Provides for CRP contract extension or optional 15-year contracts for land devoted to hardwood trees, shelterbelts, or windbreaks. Authorizes up to 75 percent cost sharing assistance for hardwood plantings. Waives ownership requirements as necessary for such plantings. States that: (1) no tenant shall lose agricultural benefits eligibility because of another tenants' crop production on the same farm or any other farm; and (2) no person shall lose such eligibility as to any crop on a farm other than on which such production is on highly erodible land. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to offer three-year cost-sharing soil restoration contracts under a Soil Restoration Program. Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to count each acre devoted to surface water storage as an acre removed from production for purposes of calculating the acreage base under any acreage limitation or land diversion program. Title II: Wetlands - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to direct the Secretary to establish a cost-sharing program of long-term and permanent easements to protect and restore wetlands. Limits fiscal year payments to any owner or operator to $50,000. Authorizes appropriations., Directs the Secretary to establish a cost sharing program to restore drained wetlands to their natural state and to enroll such land in the wetlands reserve. Exempts a producer from agricultural assistance ineligibility for crop production on wetland if the producer: (1) has a specified 1975-1985 cropping history on such land; or (2) agrees to acre-for-acre mitigation of previously converted wetland. Provides for flexible penalties for certain inadvertent violations of the highly erodible land and wetland conservation programs. Title III: Water Quality Protection - Directs the Secretary to establish an Agricultural Water Quality Board to coordinate related Federal activities and ensure consistency with State water quality programs. Authorizes the Secretary to provide land managers with accelerated technical assistance in the development of water quality best management practices. Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish the water management practices cost share program; (2) establish the water quality education and outreach program; (3) accelerate Federal water quality research; and (4) utilize data base information to evaluate water quality best management practices. Authorizes appropriations. Title IV: Integrated Crop Management - Directs the Secretary to establish the integrated crop management research program to conduct research related to economically and environmentally sound farming practices. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to develop integrated crop management technical guides. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to establish a voluntary integrated crop management program option to assist eligible producers in adopting integrated crop management plans. Sets forth related provisions with regard to: (1) base and payment protection; (2) acreage reduction; (3) cross-compliance waiver; and (4) haying restrictions. Title V: Certified Organic Food - Directs the Secretary to establish an Organic Food Commission to: (1) determine the advisability of establishing a national program for organic food certification; and (2) review and approve State programs. Sets forth certification criteria. Title VI: Extension Service - Provides for Extension Service agent training in all aspects of integrated crop management, including specialist training and information dissemination. Title VII: Data Collection - Directs the Secretary to develop and disseminate information concerning the agricultural uses of pesticide and fertilizers. Title VIII: Great Plains Conservation Program - Amends the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act to: (1) extend the Great Plains conservation program through FY 2001; and (2) increase the program cost ceiling.
United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1990
Farm Income and Flexibility Act of 1990 - Title I: Wool and Mohair - Amends the National Wool Act of 1954 to extend the wool and mohair price support program through 1995. Title II: Wheat - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to extend the wheat price support program through 1995. Sets the minimum purchase and loan level at $2.75 per bushel and the minimum established price at $4.00 per bushel. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) deficiency payments; (2) conservation use of acreage; (3) payment rates; (4) estimated payments; (5) disaster payment-based reductions; (6) crop insurance; (7) acreage reduction and land diversion; (8) voluntary production limitations; and (9) cross compliance (not a required condition for price supports). Title III: Feed Grains - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to extend the feed grain price support program through 1995. Sets the minimum purchase and loan level for corn at $2.10 per bushel and the minimum established price at $2.75 per bushel. Bases such levels for other feed grains on corn levels. Sets forth related provisions for feed grains similar to title II of this Act. Title IV: Oilseeds - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to establish loans for oilseeds (including soybeans, sunflower seeds, canola, rapeseed, safflower seeds, and flax) through 1995. Sets loan levels at: (1) $6.25 per bushel for soybeans; (2) 12.5 cents per pound for sunflower seed, canola, rapeseed, safflower seed, and flax; and (3) prices based on soybean levels for other oilseeds. States that cross-compliance shall not be required as a condition for price supports. Title V: Sugar - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to extend the sugar price support program through 1995. Sets minimum sugarcane support levels at 18 cents per pound. Bases sugar beet support levels on such levels. Authorizes support level increases due to increases in domestic sugar production costs. Title VI: General Commodity Provisions - Subtitle A: Acreage Base and Yield System - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to direct the Secretary to establish normal crop acreage farm bases for each of the 1991 through 1995 crop years based upon planted program crops and oilseeds. Directs the county committees to determine such farm bases. Directs the Secretary to establish individual farm and crop program yields for each of the 1991 through 1995 crop years based upon current yields or the past five year average. Permits producers to plant mixes of program crops and oilseeds. Subtitle B: Wheat and Feed Grain Ending Stocks - Sets forth ending stock goals for wheat at 20 percent of projected domestic and export use and for feed grains at 15 percent of such use. Authorizes the Secretary to proclaim different ending stock goals, but requires an accompanying statement of resulting farm price changes and taxpayer costs. Directs the Secretary to request public comment on the 1991 and subsequent wheat and feed grain price support and acreage reduction programs. Subtitle C: Miscellaneous Commodity Provisions - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to extend through the 1995 crop year: (1) agricultural program benefit and disaster payment limitations; (2) the prohibition on foreign persons receiving agricultural program benefits; and (3) multiyear set-asides. Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to extend through the 1995 crop year: (1) advance deficiency payments; (2) diversion payments; (3) advance resource commodity loans; (4) interest payment certificates; (5) supplemental set-aside and acreage limitation authority; and (6) the special grazing and hay program. Sets forth Commodity Credit Corporation sales price restrictions. Authorizes the Secretary to make prevented planting disaster payments for the 1991 through 1995 crops of peanuts, oilseeds, sugar beets, and sugarcane. Authorizes reduced yield disaster payments under specified conditions. Amends the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 to extend normally planted acreage provisions through 1995. Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to extend advance and optional program provisions through 1996. Amends the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 to extend the National Agricultural Cost of Production Standards Review Board through FY 1995. Subtitle D: Honey - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to extend the honey price support program through 1995. Sets minimum levels at 56.86 cents per pound. Subtitle E: Technical and Conforming Amendments - Makes technical and conforming amendments to the Agricultural Act of 1949. Subtitle F: Effective Date - Sets forth effective dates.
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1990
Yosemite National Park Centennial Medal Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to strike and sell medals in commemoration of the centennial of Yosemite National Park, California, in 1990. Requires that all sales of such medals include a surcharge of $2 each. Requires that all surcharges be paid to an endowment fund for the benefit of the Park to be administered by the National Park Foundation. Requires that the net income from the fund be paid to the Secretary of the Interior to fund special supplemental projects relating to back country trail development and rehabilitation and the preservation of Sequoia groves within the boundaries of the Park. Requires the Secretaries to enter into a memorandum of agreement to allow: (1) the Secretary of the Treasury to deliver medals to the Secretary of the Interior; and (2) the Secretary of the Interior to provide for the sale of the medals in National Park facilities. Grants the Comptroller General the right to examine all records of the National Park Foundation which are related to such medals.
United States · United States Congress · 30 March 1990
National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1990 - Title I: Amendments to the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 - Amends the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 to declare that the primary purpose of Federal involvement in both basic and applied agricultural research and extension activities shall be to: (1) enhance the sustainability and competitiveness of the food production and agricultural system of the United States; and (2) best ensure that it maximizes competitiveness and the social, environmental, human health, and food security interests of the United States. Sets forth specific emphases for agricultural research programs. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to issue regulations interpreting and applying the purposes of this Act. Requires any proposal for a project that would be federally funded at $10,000 or more to identify both purposes and specified effects. Extends through FY 1995 and revises the membership and responsibilities of the National Agricultural Research and Extension Users Advisory Board and the Joint Council on Food and Agricultural Sciences. Directs the Secretary, acting through the Joint Council, to establish an Agricultural Science Technology Review Board which shall: (1) provide technical interpretation of current agricultural and environmental issues for the Joint Council and the Advisory Board; and (2) provide technology assessment of current public and private agricultural research and technology transfer initiatives. Extends authorizations of appropriations for: (1) agricultural research; (2) agricultural research at State agricultural experiment stations; and (3) extension education. Revises the program of grants and fellowships for food and agricultural sciences higher education, including: (1) authorizing minority set-asides; (2) establishing a National Food and Agricultural Sciences Teaching Awards program; and (3) extending authorization of appropriations. Establishes in the Department of Agriculture (Department) the National Agricultural Library to serve as the primary agricultural information resource in the United States. Authorizes appropriations. Extends: (1) the Rangeland Research Advisory Board and its authorization of appropriations; (2) the Animal Health Science Research Advisory Board and the authorization of appropriations for animal health and disease research programs; and (3) aquaculture authorization of appropriations. Revises the Secretary's international agricultural research and extension authorized activities. Title II: Ground Water Policy Research and Education - Agriculture and Ground Water Policy Research and Education Coordination Act - Subtitle A: Ground Water Policy - Establishes the Office of Ground Water Policy Coordination (the Office) in the Department. Establishes an interagency committee on groundwater policy in the Department. Requires the Director of the Office to establish technical advisory committees, as necessary. Requires the Director to formalize the existence of certain technical integration groups. Authorizes the Director to establish interagency technical support committees. Provides for the development and implementation of agricultural groundwater policy within the Department, including an agency-specific groundwater policy statement and implementation plan, a national agricultural groundwater plan, and an annual groundwater activities report. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle B: Coordination with State Programs - Directs the Secretary to establish State groundwater coordination committees (the committees) within the food and agricultural councils. Directs the Secretary to establish, through the Extension Service, a groundwater supply quality coordinator (the coordinator) in each State extension service. Directs each State committee and coordinator to work with Federal, State, and other appropriate entities to: (1) evaluate the State's groundwater plan's adequacy in addressing agricultural sources of nonpoint source pollutants; (2) review the relevance of certain water quality protection projects to groundwater protection programs; (3) assess the identification and mapping of hydrologic units; and (4) assess the adequacy of the State's programs for addressing agricultural sources of groundwater contamination. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle C: Extension and Education - Chapter 1: Pesticide Education - Directs the Secretary to establish within the Extension Service a National Pesticide Education Program. Chapter 2: National Nutrient Management Education Program - Directs the Secretary to establish within the Extension Service a National Nutrient Management Education Program. Chapter 3: Household Chemicals, Pesticides, and Fertilizers - Directs the Secretary to establish within the Extension Service: (1) a National Education Program for the Management of Household Chemicals, Pesticides, and Fertilizers; and (2) a Household Chemicals, Pesticides, and Fertilizer Advisory Council. Chapter 4: National Water Quality Management Education Programs - Directs the Secretary to establish within the Extension Service a National Education Program for the Management of Water Resources which shall include: (1) well water testing; (2) water utilization; and (3) staff training. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle D: Soil Conservation Service - Requires the Soil Conservation Service to protect and improve groundwater quality through specified activities. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle E: Research of the Department of Agriculture - Directs the Secretary to conduct or assist research on specified topics relating to agriculture and groundwater. Requires each State coordinator to request appropriate representative Federal, State, and university scientists to work with the State committee and coordinator to establish a prioritized agriculture and groundwater research agenda for the State. Provides for coordination of such State agendas in establishing a prioritized research agenda for regional projects. Requires the Director to use regional reports in establishing a national agricultural groundwater plan, developing funding priorities in Department water quality research programs, and requesting certain research proposals. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle F: National Agricultural and Groundwater Clearinghouse - Directs the Secretary to establish at the National Agricultural Library a repository of agricultural and groundwater reports. Provides for the establishment in the Library of: (1) an interactive data base on State programs and laws relating to groundwater quality and agriculture; and (2) a standardized format for the entry and description of State programs, activities, and results. Authorizes appropriations. Title III: Alternative Agricultural Research and Commercialization - Alternative Agricultural Research and Commercialization Act of 1990 - Subtitle A: Establishment of Alternative Agricultural Research and Commercialization Corporation - Establishes within the Department of Agriculture the Alternative Agricultural Research and Commercialization Corporation (Corporation). Subtitle B: Research and Development - Directs the Secretary to select research projects for the development of new industrial products. Subtitle C: Establishment of Regional Centers - Directs the Corporation to establish between four and nine Regional Centers which shall assist and coordinate new industrial product development programs. Subtitle D: Financial Assistance for Commercialization - Authorizes the Corporation to provide financial assistance for such programs in the form of: (1) loans or loan guarantees; (2) interest subsidy payments; (3) convertible debentures; (4) matching grants; and (5) umbrella bonding. Subtitle E: Revolving Fund - Establishes a revolving fund for specified programs under this Act. Subtitle F: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations for activities under this title. Title IV: National Competitive Research Initiative - Amends Federal law to extend and revise the high priority agricultural research competitive grant program. Authorizes a related competitive grant program to improve research capabilities in the agricultural, food, and environmental sciences. Title V: Global Climate Change Prevention - Global Climate Change Prevention Act of 1990 - Subtitle A: Agriculture and Global Climate Change - Chapter 1: Office of Climate Change - Establishes within the Department of Agriculture the Office of Climate Change. Directs the Secretary to study and report to the appropriate congressional committees on the implications of global climate change for agriculture and forestry. Chapter 2: Research on Global Warming, Forests, and Agriculture - Domestic Research on Global Warming, Forests, and Agriculture Act of 1990 - Requires the Secretary to conduct studies and report to the appropriate congressional committees regarding: (1) the effects of global warming on rice production; (2) the effects of global warming on major U.S. crops; (3) methane emissions from U.S. and Asian irrigated rice production; (4) emissions from nitrogen intensive crops; and (5) emissions of methane, nitrous oxide, and hydrocarbons from tropical and temperate forests. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to establish a Methane Emissions Evaluation, Use, and Control Program. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to establish a technical advisory committee. Subtitle B: Forestry and Global Climate Change - Chapter 1: International Forestry Cooperation - International Forestry Cooperation Act of 1990 - Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) provide assistance for international forestry activities (focusing upon industrializing middle- and low-income developing countries); (2) provide tropical deforestation assistance in support of the Tropical Forestry Action Plan of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization; and (3) provide training for tropical forest management and conservation, including management of the Caribbean National Forest/Luquillo Experimental Forest. Directs the Secretary to: (1) expand the Caribbean National Forest and Institute of Tropical Forestry in Puerto Rico; and (2) prepare and submit to the Congress a tropical forestry plan for such expansion. Authorizes appropriations. Chapter 2: Forestry Planning and Global Warming - Amends the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 to include an analysis of climate change and related matters in the Secretary's Renewable Resource Assessment. Chapter 3: Urban Forestry - Directs the Secretary to establish an urban forestry education and accelerated planting program to improve urban environmental quality, including reduction of carbon dioxide emissions and conservation of energy. Authorizes appropriations. Chapter 4: Biomass Energy Demonstration Projects - Authorizes the Secretary to carry out projects that demonstrate the potential of short-rotation silvicultural methods to produce wood for electricity production and industrial energy needs. Chapter 5: Forestry Research and Global Warming - Amends the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Research Act of 1978 to include among the major areas of renewable resource research the effects of weather, climate, and air pollution on forests and rangelands. Chapter 6: Interagency Cooperation on Forestry and Climate Change - Authorizes the Secretary to enter into an agreement with the Secretary of Defense to manage Department of Defense forest lands and military installations on such lands. Authorizes appropriations. Title VI: Low-Input Sustainable Agriculture Research - Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Act of 1990 - Subtitle A: Low-Input Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program - Directs the Secretary to establish a Federal-State matching grant program to create or enhance State sustainable agricultural research, extension, and education programs. Directs the Secretary to establish: (1) a National Sustainable Agriculture Advisory Council; and (2) four regional administrative councils. Directs the Secretary to develop technical guides for low-input sustainable agricultural production systems. Authorizes a technical guide revision grant program. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle B: National Training Program in Sustainable Agriculture - Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish a national training program in sustainable agriculture for extension agents and other educational and technical information professionals; (2) designate at least two national training centers; and (3) establish a competitive grant program to carry out such training. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle C: Extension Service Pesticide Application Advice - Authorizes Federal, State, and county extension services to provide farmers with information about reduced pesticide application rates. Subtitle D: Biotechnology Risk Assessment Research - Directs the Secretary to establish grants for environmental assessment research regarding the introduction of genetically engineered organisms into the environment. Authorizes appropriations. Title VII: Miscellaneous Provisions - Pet Theft Act of 1990 - Amends the Animal Welfare Act to make it unlawful, except in instances where State or local law supersedes, for specified dealers to obtain live random source dogs and cats from other than certain sources. Requires a minimum five-day animal holding period for pounds, shelters, and other organizations. Requires dealers to provide recipients with a certification as set forth in this Act. Sets forth enforcement provisions, including dealer license revocation, for repeat violations. Amends Federal law to authorize the Secretary to transport live hoof and mouth virus to Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton, New York. Amends Federal law to revise agricultural research special grant provisions. Amends Federal law to include tribally controlled community colleges within the term "college" for purposes of agriculture and mechanic arts education appropriations. Directs the Secretary to establish reservation extension agents. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to establish the National Community Development Award for land grant complexes with regard to certain research and extension programs. Expresses the sense of the Congress that a funding increase for certain agricultural research and extension grants should not be derived from a funding reduction for specified formula funding programs. Amends the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 to repeal specified provisions relating to: (1) biomass programs; (2) solar energy programs; (3) international trade development centers; and (4) agricultural technology development programs, including supplemental and alternative crop projects. Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to repeal specified provisions relating to agricultural productivity research. Title VIII: Effective Date - Sets forth the effective date of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 30 March 1990
Agricultural Development and Trade Act of 1990 - Title I: The Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 - Revises title I of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 with regard to food and development assistance. Provides agricultural commodity grants to least developed countries and concessional credit sales to developing countries. Prohibits assistance to countries that violate human rights. Provides for: (1) direct uses or sales of donated commodities within recipient countries; (2) creation of local currency accounts; (3) multiyear development agreements; (4) use of payments for trade development, agribusiness and facilities loans, and research; and (5) value-added food assistance, including the partial waiver of repayment for such assistance. Revises title II of such Act with regard to emergency and private assistance programs. Authorizes the President, through the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, to provide commodities to foreign countries for reasons of famine, malnutrition, and economic and environmental development. Authorizes multiyear agreements for nonemergency assistance. Authorizes participating private voluntary organizations to barter or sell the commodities in the recipient country. Sets forth specified minimum assistance levels and requires specified assistance amounts to be in the form of value-added commodities. Establishes a Food Aid Consultative Group. Sets forth maximum expenditure levels. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a farmer-to-farmer assistance program. Obligates specified minimum funding for developing countries. Revises title III of such Act to establish the Food for Freedom Program in order to support governmental democratization and individual and economic freedoms. Makes commodity assistance available on grant or credit basis. Authorizes multiyear agreements. Authorizes a private market enhancement program. Revises title IV of such Act to authorize debt forgiveness of an eligible developing country. Prohibits agreements to finance sales or to provide other assistance under such Act after December 31, 1995. Provides for General Accounting Office audits of grant, concessional credit sale, and title II programs. Authorizes appropriations. Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 with respect to the disposition of commodities to prevent waste, limiting the authority involved to carrying out programs under titles II and III of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954. Title II: The Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 - Revises title I of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 to set forth U.S. agricultural trade policy and long-term trade strategies and goals. Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish a list of foreign country priority growth markets and individualized market plans; and (2) review U.S. trade performance against such long-term agricultural goals. Revises title II of such Act to authorize a direct credit short-term (less than three years) export assistance program. Prohibits the resale or transshipment of intermediate-term program commodities. Authorizes short-term and intermediate-term credit guarantees. Prohibits commodity resale or transshipment. Requires at least 90 percent domestic content for commodity eligibility. Sets forth financial institution requirements. Authorizes: (1) deferred payment sales; (2) marketing assistance; and (3) barter of agricultural commodities or exchanges for strategic or critical materials (including a specified amount of commodities to acquire petroleum for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve). Terminates the Agricultural Credit Revolving Fund effective October 1, 1995. Sets forth funding levels for: (1) direct credit programs; (2) export credit guarantee programs; and (3) marketing assistance programs. Authorizes appropriations for activities under this title. Revises title III of such Act to authorize an export enhancement program to combat unfair trade practices. Sets forth program funding levels. Authorizes appropriations. Revises title IV of such Act to provide for agricultural embargo protection, including the development of contingency plans to alleviate an embargo's adverse effects. Authorizes contracting authority for services abroad to expand export markets. Requires specified agency consultations before removing or relaxing any agricultural import restrictions. Revises title V of such Act to establish in the Department of Agriculture the position of Administrator of the Foreign Agricultural Service. Establishes a specified minimum number of Foreign Agricultural Service (Service) personnel. Grants the diplomatic title of Minister-Counselor to the senior Service officer in a foreign mission. Authorizes appropriations to permit the Service to carry out this Act. Revises title VI of such Act to require the Secretary to prepare (every three years) a Long-Term Agricultural Trade Strategy Report. Sets forth other reporting requirements under such Act and under the Agricultural Act of 1954. Establishes a Service attache educational program. Title III: General Provisions - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1980 to extend the food security wheat reserve. Amends the Disaster Assistance Act of 1988 to extend certain cottonseed and sunflower seed oil export assistance. Directs the Secretary to establish an agricultural fellowship program for middle income countries and emerging democracies (Cochran Fellowship Program). Authorizes appropriations. Title IV: Conforming Provisions and Technical Changes - Makes specified conforming and technical amendments.
United States · United States Congress · 30 March 1990
States that the Secretary of Agriculture and the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation should continue to expend available funds for the crop insurance program and keep the program operating at current levels.
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
Designates July 19, 1990, as Flight Attendant Safety Professionals' Day.
United States · United States Congress · 27 March 1990
Rural Air Service Preservation Act of 1990 - Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation, for any period before September 30, 1998, to enter into contracts with air carriers to assure air service to certain small communities for which a determination of essential air transportation has been made under the Federal Aviation Act of 1958. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1990
Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Act of 1990 - Title I: Low-Input Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a Federal-State matching grant program to create or enhance State sustainable agricultural research, extension, and education programs. Directs the Secretary to establish: (1) a National Sustainable Agriculture Advisory Council; and (2) regional administrative councils. Directs the Secretary to develop technical guides for low-input sustainable agricultural production systems. Authorizes a technical guide revision grant program. Authorizes appropriations. Title II: National Training Program in Sustainable Agriculture - Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish a national training program in sustainable agriculture for extension agents and other educational and technical information professionals; (2) designate at least two national training centers; and (3) require that at least 20 percent of all Federal Extension Service staff participate in such training. Authorizes appropriations. Title III: Extension Service Pesticide Application Advice - Authorizes Federal, State, and county extension services to provide farmers with information about reduced pesticide application rates. Title IV: Biotechnology Risk Assessment Research - Directs the Secretary to establish grants for environmental assessment research regarding the introduction of genetically engineered organisms into the environment. Authorizes appropriations. Title V: Herbicide Resistance Research - Reallocates research funding from programs for the development of herbicide resistant plants to the development of plants adapted to reduced herbicide weed control systems.