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United States · United States Congress · 30 March 1990
National Forest Foundation Act - Establishes the National Forest Foundation to promote and support activities of the Forest Service. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 30 March 1990
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for the treatment of rental and nonrental real estate activities under the limitations on losses from passive activities.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1990
Designates September 16 through 22, 1990, as National Rehabilitation Week. Urges each State Governor and local government chief executive to issue proclamations calling upon their citizens to observe such week with appropriate ceremonies and activities.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1990
Designates the decade beginning January 1, 1990, as Decade of the Child.
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
Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to authorize FY 1991 through 1995 appropriations for the targeted export assistance program. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) monitor recipient expenditures; and (2) report to the appropriate congressional committees.
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1990
Directs the Joint Committee on Printing to prepare a volume entitled "Columbus in the Capitol," describing works of art honoring Christopher Columbus which are displayed in the Capitol, in observance of the 500th anniversary of the discovery of America. Directs the Architect of the Capitol to carry out special exhibit programs of art honoring Christopher Columbus during FY 1992.
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
Hunger Prevention Act of 1990 - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to authorize the food stamp program through FY 1995. Increases the basic benefit level by specified increments through FY 1994 and after, according to formulae involving the rising cost of the thrifty food plan. Permits the use of food stamps to purchase meals at homeless shelters and soup kitchens as well as private establishments (like restaurants) which contract with a State to offer meals for qualifying persons at concessional prices. Permits the use of appropriations to make grants for projects designed to improve the effectiveness of the program in delivering food assistance to the homeless. Allows families in the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program to receive the first $50 of child support payments each month without lowering their food stamp benefits. Repeals the cap on the excess shelter deduction, permitting all eligible households to deduct the full amount of excess shelter costs in the determination of food stamp benefits. Raises from $4,500 to $5,500 after January 1, 1991, the limit on the value of a motor vehicle an eligible family may own. Requires annual cost-of-living adjustments to such limit beginning October 1, 1991. Provides for the issuance of food stamp coupons by mail to households in rural areas where low-income persons face substantial difficulties in obtaining transportation. Reauthorizes Nutrition Assistance to Puerto Rico through FY 1995. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct pilot projects that test changes in, and new, food stamp program administrative and eligibility determination procedures designed to increase participation in rural areas. Authorizes State agencies to implement on-line electronic benefit transfer systems in which household benefits are issued from and stored in central data banks and electronically accessed by household members at the point-of-sale. Directs the Secretary to establish standards for approving such systems. Amends the Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 to: (1) rename it the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983; and (2) reauthorize it through FY 1995. Amends the Hunger Prevention Act of 1988 to extend through FY 1995 commodity support for soup kitchens and food banks which primarily serve the homeless. Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to increase authorized appropriations for FY 1991 and the three subsequent fiscal years. Amends the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 to reauthorize the Commodity Supplemental Food Program through FY 1995. Amends the National School Lunch Act to earmark funds through FY 1994 for assistance to homeless preschool children.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1990
Homeownership and Opportunity for People Everywhere Act of 1990 - Title I: HOPE Grants - Subtitle A: HOPE for Public and Indian Housing Homeownership - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to authorize planning and implementation matching grants for public and Indian housing homeownership. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle B: HOPE for HUD Multifamily Homeownership - Authorizes technical assistance, planning, and implementation matching grants for multifamily housing. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle C: HOPE for Homeownership through Nonprofit Organizations - Authorizes implementation matching grants to private nonprofit organizations to carry out homeownership programs. Authorizes appropriations. Title II: Preservation of Low-Income Housing and Resident Homeownership - Retitles title II of the Emergency Low Income Housing Preservation Act of 1987 as the "Low-Income Housing Preservation and Resident Homeownership Act of 1990." Revises mortgage prepayment provisions. Authorizes approval of resident homeownership plans. Sets forth related conditions. Title III: Other HOPE Programs - Amends the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act to establish the shelter plus care program to provide specified rental assistance in connection with related support services to homeless persons who are seriously mentally ill or who have chronic alcohol or drug problems. Authorizes appropriations. Establishes a demonstration program to test the effectiveness of combining housing vouchers and support services to assist frail elderly persons to continue to live independently. Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to establish the Operation Bootstrap program to promote the development of local strategies to coordinate certificate and voucher program assistance with public and private resources to enable eligible families to achieve economic independence. Authorizes appropriations. Title IV: Housing Opportunity Zones - Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to designate Housing Opportunity Zones and approve Barrier-Removal Plans for cities and urban counties in order to remove legislative and administrative barriers to new and rehabilitated housing production.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1990
Agricultural Conservation Reserve and Enhancement Act of 1990 - Title I: Conservation Reserve Program - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to extend the conservation reserve program (CRP) through crop year 1995. Establishes ten-year minimum contracts for soil salinity or off-farm environmentally threatened land placed in the CRP. Permits the Secretary of Agriculture to pay up to 75 percent of CRP wetlands restoration costs. Extends CRP tree acreage through crop year 1995. Directs the Secretary to offer a 15-year CRP contract for acreage devoted to hardwood trees, shelterbelts, or windbreaks. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) offer owners the opportunity to convert CRP acreage planted to grass to hardwood trees; (2) pay up to 75 perent of conversion costs; and (3) permit alley cropping (and related rental reductions) on such converted land and on land on which the owner implements appropriate conservation measures. Authorizes a bid-back program to remove the least highly erodible cropland from the CRP. Provides for specified buffer strip CRP eligibility. Exempts CRP contracts from sequestration orders. Title II: Integrated Farm Plans - Directs the Secretary to establish a cost-sharing program to assist producers in establishing integrated farm plans. Authorizes FY 1992 through 2002 appropriations. Title III: Wetland Provisions - Directs the Secretary to determine the extent to which penalties for minor infractions of the wetland program have not been commensurate with the violation. Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to permit the production of native wetland crops under such program. Extends through the 1995 crop year and makes mandatory multiyear set-asides.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1990
Designates the week of October 7 through 13, 1990, as National Health Care Food Service Week.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1990
Designates the week of June 10, 1990, as National Scleroderma Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1990
Acknowledges that Jerusalem is and should remain the capital of the State of Israel. Declares that Jerusalem must remain an undivided city in which the rights of every ethnic religious group are protected. Calls upon all parties involved in the search for peace to maintain their efforts to bring about negotiations between Israel and Palestinian representatives.
United States · United States Congress · 9 March 1990
Nonconventional Fuels Production Incentives Act of 1990 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend for two years the credit for producing fuel from a nonconventional source. Provides for the treatment of gas produced from a tight formation in the same manner as other types of nonconventional fuel.
United States · United States Congress · 9 March 1990
Designates March 30, 1990, as National Doctor's Day.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1990
Grassroots Campaigning and Election Reform Act of 1990 - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to make it unlawful for congressional candidates to solicit or accept campaign funds from individuals, organizations, or political action committees that do not reside or have their headquarters within the candidate's State. Requires Members of Congress to rebate to their contributors, on a pro rata basis, all campaign funds retained as of January 1, 1991, or donate such funds to certain organizations within the Member's State after the 1990 elections. Requires Senators who were not candidates for such elections to make such a rebate and donation with respect to all campaign funds raised as of January 1, 1991. Sets forth civil penalties for violations under these provisions. Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to: (1) make it unlawful for any bank, labor organization, or corporation to establish any political committee; and (2) reduce from $5,000 to $500 the amount a person may contribute to any other political committee; and (3) require each candidate for Federal office to file a declaration with the Federal Election Commission on whether such candidate intends to spend an aggregate amount of at least $250,000 for a Senate race or $100,000 for a House race, from personal funds, funds of immediate family, and personal loans. Establishes formulae to increase the limitations on contributions for a candidate in an election in which another candidate: (1) declares that he or she intends to spend or incur loans for more than such amounts; (2) does spend or incur loans for more than such amounts; or (3) fails to file the required declaration. Requires any candidate who has declared the intention not to exceed the personal spending limit and who subsequently does exceed such limit to file an amended declaration and to notify all other candidates for such office of such change. Sets forth a civil penalty for failure to do so. Prohibits a candidate who expends personal funds from repaying personal loans for an election campaign from contributions made after such election. Prohibits a candidate from expending personal funds or family funds or incurring personal loans for a campaign at any time after the later of 90 days before the date of the election, or 24 hours after the primary election. Sets forth a civil penalty for a violation of such prohibition. Provides that the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 shall apply to any amount solicited, received, or spent by a national, State, or local committee of a political party in connection with a Federal election.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1990
Pecos National Historical Park Act - Establishes the Pecos National Historical Park in New Mexico. Repeals a provision of Federal law establishing the Pecos National Monument and makes funds that were available for such Monument available for the Park. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1990
Designates February 17 through 23, 1991, as National Visiting Nurse Associations Week.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1990
Designates July 10, 1990, as Wyoming Centennial Day.
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1990
Federal Law Enforcement Pay Reform Act of 1990 - Raises the minimum per annum rates of basic pay for entry level grades GS-3 through GS-10 for Federal law enforcement officers on a sliding scale with larger adjustments at the lower levels. Directs the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to prescribe regulations to: (1) readjust the rates of pay for such entry level grades every three years, based upon comparisons of State and local compensation for comparable work, in order to keep starting salaries of Federal law enforcement officers competitive with those paid to State and local law enforcement officers; and (2) establish a mechanism to adjust the rates of pay of Federal law enforcement officers serving in certain high cost-of-living areas in order to recruit and retain the best-qualified individuals. Sets forth procedures for identifying those regions for which higher pay rates are needed. Terminates a pay rate payable to Federal law enforcement officers that is based on a particular region if such an officer is transferred or reassigned to a place outside of such region. Requires pay rates established under this Act to be based on data compiled by the National Advisory Commission on Law Enforcement. Directs the Bureau of Labor Statistics to survey State and local law enforcement salaries every three years to compile the data needed to carry out this Act. Authorizes Federal agency heads, in order to retain highly qualified law enforcement officers who possess special skills or experience or whose continued services are particularly important due to factors associated with the geographic area to which they are assigned, to pay Federal law enforcement officers who are eligible for retirement an allowance of up to $10,000 per year provided the officers agree to complete at least one year of additional service in the agency involved. Makes Federal law enforcement officers who are transferred to an area within the United States having higher than average housing costs eligible for a relocation payment of up to $20,000 provided they agree to remain in Federal law enforcement for a specified period. Authorizes Federal agencies to offer rates of pay higher than the minimum rates for positions of GS-3 (currently, GS-11) or above if necessary to attract well qualified entry-candidates for Federal law enforcement service. Authorizes Federal agencies to pay law enforcement officers who possess and make substantial use of foreign language proficiency while performing their official duties a cash award of up to 25 percent of basic pay. Raises the mandatory age for Federal law enforcement officers to retire under the Civil Service and Federal Employees' Retirement Systems from 55 to 57. Changes the method of computing overtime for Federal law enforcement officers to one and one-half times the hourly rate of basic pay for work performed in excess of 40 hours per week. Limits the aggregate rate of pay (including premium pay) for Federal law enforcement officers in a calendar year to the pay rate for level V of the Executive Schedule. Prohibits application of other limitations on premium pay for administratively uncontrollable overtime.
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1990
Amends the National Wool Act of 1954 to extend the wool and mohair price support program through 1995.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1990
Amends Federal bankruptcy law to exclude from a debtor's estate any interest in liquid or gaseous hydrocarbons to the extent the debtor has transferred such interest pursuant to a lease or other written agreement.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1990
Designates the week of June 24 through June 30, 1990, as National Sheriffs' Week in honor of the 50th anniversary of the National Sheriffs' Association.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1990
Designates October 11, 1990, as National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Centennial Day.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1990
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the enactment of the 25th anniversary of the Older Americans Act of 1965 and its successful implementation should be recognized; (2) the contributions at all levels of the aging network fostered by this Act should be recognized; and (3) the Congress and citizens should reaffirm their support for the Act and its primary goals.
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1990
Zuni Claims Settlement Act of 1990 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior and the Zuni Indian Tribe of New Mexico to jointly formulate a resource development plan for the Zuni Indian Reservation, including plans for: (1) sustained development and management of renewable resources; (2) a program of watershed rehabilitation; (3) a computerized system of resource management and monitoring; (4) the funding and training for Zuni professional positions to implement the overall plan; (5) cooperative programs with the Bureau of Indian Affairs and other private or public agencies to provide technical assistance; and (6) the identification and acquisition of lands necessary for sustained resource development. Establishes the Zuni Indian Resource Development Trust Fund within the Treasury to settle all claims by the Tribe against the United States in specified civil actions, without making a finding of U.S. liability. Makes the Secretary the trustee of such Fund. Permits Trust Fund expenditures only for: (1) any loans, debts, or expenses incurred by the Tribe for the purchase of land or for obtaining or defending rights of access to a specified area; (2) the formulation of a Zuni resource development plan; (3) all costs, attorneys fees, and expenses incurred by the Tribe in the prosecution of such civil actions; and (4) all invoices submitted to the Tribe for which proper vouchers have been received prior to September 30, 1990, and subsequently approved by the Secretary. Authorizes appropriations to establish the Trust Fund.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1990
Weather Balloon Launch Site Act of 1990 - Authorizes the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to purchase, with certain appropriated funds, approximately eight specified acres of land in New Mexico to use as a balloon launching facility.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1990
Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act to maintain at 75 percent the Federal share of funds under FY 1991 grants to State and local governments for drug control and criminal justice system improvement programs.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1990
Health Insurance Counseling, and Assistance Act of 1990 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) make grants to States for the establishment or improvement of a program providing information, counseling, and assistance regarding the procurement of adequate and appropriate health insurance coverage to individuals who are eligible to receive benefits under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act; (2) annually convene a conference to provide training and information to State health insurance information, counseling, and assistance program staff members; and (3) establish a national resource center for the purposes of creating a health insurance information clearinghouse, distributing such information to States, and providing States with technical assistance and training in disseminating such information. Authorizes appropriations for such grant programs and the national resource center.
United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1990
Glorieta National Battlefield Establishment Act of 1990 - Establishes the Glorieta National Battlefield in New Mexico. Authorizes appropriations for Federal acquisition of lands in the Civil War Battlefield area.
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1990
Organ Mountains National Conservation Area Establishment Act - Establishes the Organ Mountains National Conservation Area in New Mexico. Declares that the Organ Mountains Coordinated Resource Management Plan, April 1989, Bureau of Land Management, shall be the management plan for such Area. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1990
Authorizes and requests the President to designate the last Friday of April 1990 as National Arbor Day.
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1990
Designates March 10, 1990, as Harriet Tubman Day.
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1990
Designates May 16, 1990, as National Employee Health and Fitness Day.
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1990
Amends Federal law to authorize and request the President to designate May as Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month annually, beginning in 1990. (Current law designates a seven-day period beginning on May 4, 1979.)
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1990
Designates the week beginning on October 7, 1990, and ending October 13, 1990, as Mental Illness Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1990
Designates May 1990 as National Digestive Disease Awareness Month.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1990
Designates the week of April 15 through April 21, 1990, as National Minority Cancer Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1990
Amends the Organ Transplant Amendments Act of 1988 to make certain amendments to the description of a qualified organ procurement organization effective on January 1, 1991. (Current law excludes from the application of those amendments an organ procurement organization designated under specified provisions of the Social Security Act until two years after the initial designation of the organization under such provisions.)
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1990
Savings and Economic Growth Act of 1990 - Title I: Capital Gains Provisions - Subtitle A: Reduction in Capital Gains Tax - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce the capital gains rate for noncorporate taxpayers through a deduction of: (1) 30 percent for assets held at least three years; (2) 20 percent for assets held at least two years; and (3) ten percent for assets held at least one year. Provides for the treatment of collectibles as short-term gains or losses (making them ineligible for such deduction). Disallows the capital gains deduction in computing the alternative minimum tax. Subtitle B: Depreciation Recapture - Provides for the treatment of gain from the disposition of certain depreciable realty as ordinary income. Title II: Home Ownership and Savings Incentives - Allows an exemption from the ten-percent additional tax on early distributions from qualified retirement plans up to $10,000, if the distribution is used to make a first-home purchase at a cost of no more than 110 percent of the median home price in the geographic area where the residence is located. Allows an individual (other than a dependent) to establish a family savings account for the exclusive benefit of an individual and the individual's beneficiaries. Limits contributions to such accounts to $2,500 for the taxable year, if the individual's adjusted income does not exceed $60,000 ($120,000 in the case of joint returns). Subjects the family savings account to the tax imposed on unrelated business income of tax-exempt organizations. Provides that distributions paid out of such accounts shall not be included in gross income, except for earnings on contributions held less than seven years. Establishes a ten-percent additional tax on earnings on contributions held less than three years.
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1990
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish a tax credit for qualified health insurance expenses. Makes individuals who are not covered by a health plan maintained by an employer eligible for such credit. Requires employers to make advance payments of the credit to employees who furnish a health insurance expenses eligibility certificate.
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1990
Designates July 3, 1990, as Idaho Centennial Day.
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1990
Designates the week of June 10 through June 16, 1990, as Multiple-Use Sustained-Yield Week.
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1990
Designates April 29 through May 5, 1990, as Jewish Heritage Week.
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1990
Designates April 22 through April 28, 1990, as National Crime Victims' Rights Week.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1990
Chama River Gateway to the Past Interpretation and Visitor Education Act of 1990 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, and the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management, to implement a program of interpretation and visitor education regarding the prehistoric, historic, and cultural resources within the Chama River Gateway Region in New Mexico. Requires the Secretaries to develop an Interpretation and Visitor Education Plan for the Region and to develop part of the Ghost Ranch Living Museum as a visitor center. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1990
Department of the Environment Act of 1990 - Title I: General Findings - Sets forth findings with respect to Federal environmental policy. Title II: Elevation of the Environmental Protection Agency to Cabinet Level - Department of the Environment Act - Redesignates the Environmental Protection Agency as the Department of the Environment, an executive agency to be administered by a Secretary of the Environment. Establishes: (1) a Bureau of Environmental Statistics within the Department; and (2) an Advisory Council on Environmental Statistics to advise the Bureau on statistics and analyses. Authorizes appropriations. Title III: Establishment of the Interagency Committee on Global Environmental Change - Establishes within the Executive Office of the President the Interagency Committee on Global Environmental Change to assist the President in coordinating all Federal programs and annual policy plans related to global environmental change. Title IV: Environmental Role of the United States in International Organizations to Which It Belongs - Urges: (1) the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. executive directors of the multilateral development banks to promote energy conservation and environmental protection efforts of borrowing countries when voting to issue financial or technical assistance; and (2) the Secretary of State to convene international conferences to encourage the exchange of information on energy efficiency and environmentally acceptable renewable energy sources and the adoption of a multilateral global climate protection convention. Requires the President to encourage the establishment of an international office to monitor annual generation and removal of carbon dioxide and trace gases on a country-by-country basis. Title V: Establishment of the Commission on Improving Environmental Protection - Establishes the Commission on Improving Environmental Protection to make recommendations on integrating Federal environmental law and other authorities to improve U.S. environmental protection activities. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1990
Designates October 14, 1990, as Dwight D. Eisenhower Day commemorating the 100th anniversary of Eisenhower's birth. Requests Members of Congress who are members of the Dwight David Eisenhower Centennial Commission to make arrangements for a joint meeting of the Congress in commemoration of the centennial of the birth of Dwight David Eisenhower.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1990
Designates the week beginning March 5, 1990, as Federal Employees Recognition Week.