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United States · United States Congress · 28 September 1990
Amends Federal bankruptcy law to revise the definition of a timeshare plan to encompass the right to use a timeshare interest for any period of time (but less than a full year) during any given year (thus granting such interests certain rights in bankruptcy).
United States · United States Congress · 24 September 1990
Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to issue a certificate of documentation for a named vessel.
United States · United States Congress · 20 September 1990
Designates October 8 through 12, 1990, as Youth Space Education Week.
United States · United States Congress · 18 September 1990
Environmental Research Geographic Location Information Act - Directs the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to periodically identify at least 35 environmental research journals, conference proceedings, or other reference sources in which scientific research or engineering studies related to air, water, or soil quality or pollution or other environmental issues are published. Requires the review of at least 50 journals or proceedings. Directs the EPA to review such materials annually and to publish an index of the articles by geographic location. Requires the EPA to review the list of references at least biennially and to revise the list of sources, as appropriate. Provides that all reports resulting from EPA research projects shall indicate the specific location to which the research pertains. Requires all U.S. Government documents relating to the environment that are submitted to the National Technical Information Service to identify the location to which the document pertains. Directs the Service to submit to the Congress an annual bibliography of publications by geographic location. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 17 September 1990
Designates November 11 through 17, 1990, as Gaucher's Disease Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 14 September 1990
Designates the third week of February 1991 as National Parents and Teachers Association Week.
United States · United States Congress · 12 September 1990
Designates November 18 through 24, 1990, as National Adoption Week.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1990
Designates the week beginning September 16, 1990, as Emergency Medical Services Week.
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1990
Designates February 7, 1991, as National Women and Girls in Sports Day.
United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1990
Directs the Secretary of Energy to establish an international research, development, and production center at the Hanford Reservation in Richland, Washington, to be known as the International Research Reactor User Complex (IRRC). Allows the Department of Energy (DOE), and any contractors operating the IRRC, to enter into agreements with non-Federal entities, including foreign governments and entities, or a consortium of such entities, for use of the IRRC relating to production of isotopes, irradiation services, and the production of steam. Allows the Secretary to assess charges from those entities as necessary. Limits the agreements to 25 years. Allows the agreement to: (1) include a termination provision requiring the DOE to pay for the unamortized balance of certain facilities in some circumstances; and (2) authorize the use, to make the repayments, of funds made available for operating expenses. Requires any entity under contract to operate the IRRC to operate the Fast Flux Test Facility pursuant to the Atomic Energy Act and meet other requirements. Allows the Secretary, in entering into an agreement, to use procedures other than competitive procedures as described in specified provisions of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949. Exempts the activities authorized under this Act from licensing or regulation by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Establishes in the Treasury the IRRC Fund to consist of all amounts received under the assessments under this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to use Fund amounts to offset IRRC operating costs.
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1990
Designates November 4 through 11, 1990, as National Key Club Week.
United States · United States Congress · 26 July 1990
Christopher Columbus Quincentenary Commemorative Coin and Scholarship Endowment Act of 1990 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue a specified number of five dollar gold coins, one dollar silver coins, and half dollar clad coins emblematic of the quincentenary of the discovery of America. Sets forth certain features of such coins and provides for their design, issuance, and sale. Provides that such coins shall be considered legal tender. Requires that all sales of such coins include specified surcharges. Requires that all surcharges received from the sale of such coins be paid quarterly to the Christopher Columbus Quincentenary Scholarship Endowment Fund established by this Act. States that such Fund shall be maintained by the Quincentenary Scholarship Foundation to generate income for scholarships and secondary school summer programs for students with the potential to make lasting contributions in the disciplines of geography, foreign languages, and international affairs. Requires the Foundation to report annually on its activities to the Congress and the Secretary of Education.
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1990
Employee Benefits Simplification Act - Title I: Nondiscrimination Provisions - Amends the Internal Revenue Code with respect to employee benefit plans. Redefines the term "highly compensated employee" for pension, profit sharing, and stock bonus plans, etc., purposes. Makes such employee one who is a five-percent owner or who has compensation from the employer in excess of $50,000. Provides a special rule where no employees are treated as highly compensated. Redefines "compensation" to mean, in general, the amount of wages shown on the W-2 form for the calendar year. Allows self-employed individuals to use their earned income amount. Includes the following deferrals as those which an employer may elect to take into account when determining salary reduction contributions: (1) deferred compensation plans of State and local government and tax-exempt organizations; (2) contributions to an employee trust; and (3) trusts for benefit payments funded by employer contributions. Permits an employer to elect to use base pay for all purposes, other than indentifying highly compensated employees, in lieu of W-2 compensation. Provides that the cost of living adjustment with respect to any calendar year is based on the increase in the applicable index as of the close of the calendar quarter ending September 30 of the preceding calendar year. Requires the rounding of such amounts to the nearest $1,000, except that elective deferrals and elective contributions to simplified employee pensions are to be rounded to the nearest $100. Provides that the minimum participation rule applies only to defined benefit pension plans. Requires such plans to benefit not less than 25 employees, or the greater of 40 percent of all employees or two employees (or if there is only one employee, such employee). Sets forth alternative methods of meeting nondiscrimination requirements for cash or deferred arrangements, including specified contribution and notice requirements. Sets forth alternative methods of satisfying the nondiscrimination test for matching contributions. Revises the method for distributing excess contributions to highly compensated employees. Title II: Distributions - Allows distributions from qualified pension plans to be rolled over tax-free to an individual retirement account or another qualified plan or annuity. Eliminates five-year forward averaging for lump-sum distributions from qualified plans. Requires certain tax-free distributions to be made in the form of a direct trustee-to-trustee transfer to an eligible individual retirement plan. Sets forth administrative requirements in making such distributions. Requires distributions to be made from qualified plans by April 1 of the calendar year following the later of: (1) the calendar year in which the employee attains age 70; or (2) the calendar year in which the employee retires. (Present law requires such distributions no later than April 1 of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the employee attains age 70 1/2.) Title III: Miscellaneous Provisions - Revises the definition of a leased employee to include one whose services are performed under the control of a service recipient, instead of one whose services are historically performed by employees. Replaces the 59 1/2- and 70 1/2-year age requirement with 59- and 70-year age requirements for specified pension plans. Eliminates the special aggregation rules that apply to plans maintained by owner-employees that do not apply to other qualified plans. Makes the 150 percent current liability limitation on the deduction allowed for employer contributions to qualified pension plans inapplicable to multi-employer plans. Repeals the present law annual valuation requirement for such plans and applies the prior law requirement that valuations be performed at least every three years. Sets forth affiliation requirements for employers jointly maintaining a voluntary employees' beneficiary association. Makes the following limitations inapplicable to plans maintained by State and local governments and certain tax-exempt organizations: (1) excess benefit limitations; (2) compensation limitation on benefits; (3) limitations on disability and survivor benefits; and (4) the limitation on benefits exceeding 100 percent of the participant's average compensation. Modifies provisions relating to simplified employee pensions. Increases the number of allowable participants for salary reduction arrangements from 25 to 100. Allows participation after one year of service (currently, three years of service is required). Repeals the requirement that at least 50 percent of eligible employees participate in a salary reduction arrangement. Eliminates certain requirements regarding contributions on behalf of disabled employees. Allows rural cooperative plans which include cash or deferred arrangements to make distributions to participants after attainment of age 59. Includes reports of pension and annuity payments in information returns and payee statements. Eliminates reports of designated distributions from the scope of the $25 per day penalty. Provides a $10 reporting threshold for designated distributions.
United States · United States Congress · 20 July 1990
State Thrift Deposit Insurance Premium Act of 1990 - Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to direct the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to determine and apportion among the States the cumulative cost of Federal assistance provided to State-chartered savings associations for case resolutions. Declares as "high risk" any State whose share of State resolution costs exceeds twice its share of 1980 State deposits. Mandates that each high risk State pay to the Savings Association Insurance Fund prescribed premiums reflecting such risk. Sets forth insurance termination procedures if a State fails to pay the required premium. Requires depositor notification of such insurance termination.
United States · United States Congress · 16 July 1990
Civil Rights Act of 1990 - Amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to declare that an unlawful employment practice is established when a complainant demonstrates by statistical evidence that an employment practice or a group of employment practices causes a disparate impact on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin, and the respondent fails to demonstrate that such practice or practices are required by business necessity. Provides that a complainant establishes an unlawful employment practice by demonstrating that race, color, religion, sex, or national origin was a major contributing factor for an employment practice, even though other factors also contributed to the practice. Provides that a rule barring the employment of an individual who currently and knowingly uses or possesses an illegal drug shall be considered an unlawful employment practice only if such rule is adopted or applied with an intent to discriminate because of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. Prohibits an individual from challenging, under the Constitution or Federal civil rights laws, an employment practice specifically required by a litigated or consent judgment or order if such person was an applicant for employment with or employed by the entity covered by such decree and had actual notice that such decree would likely affect his or her interests and be immune to his or her later challenge, and if such person had a reasonable opportunity to challenge the decree. Declares that an unlawful employment practice occurs when a seniority system is adopted, an individual becomes subject to it, or a person is injured by the application of the system or a provision thereof, if it was adopted for an intentionally discriminatory purpose, whether or not that discriminatory purpose is apparent on the face of the provisions. Authorizes a court to award a monetary amount to a complainant in an unlawful employment practice case, other than a disparate impact case, when such court cannot award back pay and an additional equitable remedy is needed to deter the respondent from continuing to engage in such practices. Includes expert fees in any attorney's fees awarded to the prevailing party in an unlawful employment practice case. Amends specified provisions of Federal law relating to equal protection under the law to declare that: (1) the rights protected by those provisions are protected against nongovernmental discrimination as well as against impairment under color of State law; and (2) those provisions afford the same protection against discrimination in the performance, breach, or termination of a contract, or in the setting of the terms or conditions thereof, as they do in the making or enforcement of the contract. Amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to make such Act's employment provisions applicable to congressional employees.
United States · United States Congress · 13 July 1990
Designates October 18, 1990, as National Hardwood Day.
United States · United States Congress · 12 July 1990
Innovative Indian Health Facilities and Delivery System Demonstration Project Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish 25 to 35 demonstration projects to determine the most effective and cost-efficient means of providing health services to Indians. Provides that such projects may include the construction and renovation of hospitals and other health facilities for Indians. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into contracts with, or make grants to, any Indian tribe to carry out such a demonstration project. Sets forth requirements for applications for such demonstration projects, including an assessment of the status of current Indian health services and facilities and a proposal describing the facilities to be constructed or renovated or the program to be carried out under the project and outlining project costs, funding sources, and staffing requirements. Directs the Secretary to establish a priority system for considering, acting on, and selecting applications. Directs the Secretary to establish review panels to assist in such consideration that include tribal representatives and experts in rural health and Indian health facility construction and program implementation. Provides for congressional review of such system. Directs the Secretary to provide technical and other assistance to enable interested applicants to comply with this Act. Directs the Secretary to establish, within the Indian Health Service, an Office of Rural Demonstration within its Office of Health Programs to oversee demonstration projects under this Act and to coordinate such technical assistance. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 12 July 1990
Designates the week of April 7 through 13, 1991, as National County Government Week.
United States · United States Congress · 11 July 1990
Designates October 20 through 28, 1990, as National Red Ribbon Week for a Drug-Free America.
United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1990
Grand Canyon Protection Act of 1990 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to operate the Glen Canyon Dam in a manner so as to protect, mitigate adverse impacts to, and improve the conditions of the natural resources of Grand Canyon National Park and Glen Canyon Recreation Area under operating criteria consistent with the water storage and delivery functions of the Dam. Directs the Secretary to determine whether the available scientific data is sufficient to permit the implementation of interim power operating criteria (IPOC) for the Dam that would, without impeding research, increase the protection and improvement of natural resources of the Park and the Recreation Area. Directs the Secretary to implement the IPOC if sufficient scientific data is found to exist or to take appropriate action to procure such data as quickly as possible in order to implement the IPOC. Enumerates certain objectives to be included in the IPOC implemented, including noninterference with the water storage and delivery functions of the Dam, the minimization of adverse environmental impacts of the Dam operations on the downstream Park and Recreation Area, and adjustment and monitoring of sufficient water flows downstream from the Dam. Directs the Secretary to consult with appropriate agencies of the Department of the Interior, the Secretary of Energy, the Governors of affected States, and affected Indian tribes in the development and implementation of the IPOC. Authorizes the Secretary to deviate from the IPOC if found necessary and in the public interest. Requires the Secretary to complete a final Glen Canyon Dam Environmental Impact Statement within three years after enactment of this Act and, based on the statement's findings, to implement final power operating criteria that will ensure that the Dam is operated in a manner consistent with this Act. Requires the Secretary to establish and implement long-term monitoring requirements to assure that the Dam is operated in a manner consistent with the protection of the Park and the Recreation Area downstream. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1990
Community Mental Health Center Services Act of 1990 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to extend covered partial hospitalization services to include psychologist and mental health professionals services prescribed by a physician and provided by a hospital or community mental health center to its outpatients as distinct and organized intensive ambulatory treatment services offering less than 24-hour daily care. Extends direct Medicare coverage to cover services furnished by marriage and family therapists, psychiatric nurses, and clinical mental health counselors on-site at a community mental health center or necessarily furnished off-site due to the condition of the service recipient. Refers to such services as qualified mental health professionals services. Sets the Medicare payment for such services at 80 percent of the lesser of the actual charge for such services or the amount determined pursuant to a fee schedule established by the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Requires that payment for mental health professionals services be made only on an assignment-related basis.
United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1990
Chehalis River Basin Fishery Resources Study and Restoration Act of 1990 - Requires the Director of the Fish and Wildlife Service to undertake a study of the fishery resources and habitats of the Chehalis River Basin in Washington, including Grays Harbor, and develop plans for the restoration and conservation of such resources and habitats. Requires a report to the Congress. Requires that the State of Washington be invited to participate in the study. Requires that the Director, the Chehalis Tribe, the Quinault Indian Nation, and each participating State agency enter into a memorandum of understanding regarding their respective responsibilities. Requires that the study take advantage of and build upon ongoing watershed planning and research efforts to identify fishery resource problems in the Basin. Requires cost-sharing of at least one-sixth by non-Federal and nontribal participants for Washington to participate in the study. Authorizes appropriations, requiring one-fifth of any amounts appropriated to be made available to the Chehalis Tribe and Quinault Indian Nation to carry out their responsibilities under the memorandum of understanding.
United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1990
1992 Olympic Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to issue 1992 Olympic Games commemorative five-dollar gold coins and one-dollar silver coins. Prescribes guidelines for the sale and pricing of such coins and directs the Secretary to ensure that their issuance will not result in any net cost to the United States. Mandates that surcharges be paid to the U.S. Olympic Committee.
United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1990
Designates October 1990 as Ending Hunger Month.
United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1990
Designates the week of August 13 through 19, 1990, as Home Health Aide Week.
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1990
Communications Competitiveness and Infrastructure Modernization Act of 1990 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit a telephone company from providing video programming in its telephone exchange service area unless such video programming is provided through a subsidiary that is separate from such carrier and that: (1) maintains separate books and accounts; (2) carries out directly its own marketing and sales; and (3) does not own real or personal property in common with the parent telephone company. Requires any contract between a telephone company and its video programming subsidiary to be regulated by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and be without cost to ratepayers of the telephone company involved. Allows such requirement to be waived by the FCC in the public interest. Prohibits a carrier which provides telephone exchange service from subsidizing directly or indirectly its separate video program subsidiary, subject to divestiture by the FCC. Prohibits a video program packager from providing affiliated video programming services in excess of one-fourth of the total number of video program services simultaneously available for customer selection. Requires the FCC to evaluate and, if necessary, modify such prohibition. Requires any carrier which provides telephone exchange service and video program service of a subsidiary over an integrated broadband distribution system in its telephone service exchange area to establish a video gateway (a service which enables a subscriber to select from multiple video programming services simultaneously available). Requires the FCC to establish terms and conditions for access to such gateway. Prohibits a carrier which provides telephone exchange service, or an entity owned by or controlled by such carrier, from purchasing or obtaining control over any cable system which is located within its exchange area and owned by an unaffiliated person, except for a noncontrolling interest purchase through a joint venture or other means. Authorizes the FCC to waive such prohibition upon a showing by the carrier that the cable facilities will be upgraded and the services will be expanded, the acquisition is in the public interest, and the local franchising authority approves. Requires a carrier attempting to provide both telephone exchange service and video program service to provide to unaffiliated cable operators attachment rights to poles, ducts, conduits, and other rights-of-way within the carrier's telephone exchange service area. Prohibits the employee of a telephone exchange service provider from marketing or selling video program services to such carrier's telephone exchange service customers. Requires the FCC to convene a Federal-State Board to establish practices, classifications, and regulations to ensure proper jurisdictional separation and allocation of the costs of providing broadband services, including video transport services. Prohibits a video programming subsidiary of a telephone exchange service carrier from charging a local broadcast station for making its signal available to subscribers. Prohibits a Federal agency or State from regulating the rates for basic cable service charged by a carrier providing both telephone exchange and video program service in a rural area unless the rates are increased by more than five percent per year or more than ten percent of such customers have filed a formal complaint. Prohibits any cable operator which is owned or controlled by a carrier that provides telephone exchange service and seeks to provide cable service over a cable system from providing cable service without a franchise. Sets forth franchising awarding and second refusal procedures.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1990
National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program Reauthorization Act - Amends the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 to replace provisions setting forth the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program. Gives the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) the primary responsibility for planning and coordinating the Program. Sets forth the administrative and program duties of the Director of FEMA in carrying out Program responsibilities. Prohibits grants to States under the Program from requiring cost sharing at a level greater than 50 percent (in certain circumstances, not greater than 25 percent). Requires the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to conduct research necessary to characterize and identify earthquake hazards, assess earthquake risks, monitor seismic activity, and improve earthquake predictions. Sets forth duties of the Director of the USGS with regard to earthquakes, including: (1) issuing earthquake predictions or other earthquake advisories; (2) establishing, using existing facilities, a Center for the International Exchange of Earthquake Information; and (3) operating a National Seismic Network. Makes the National Science Foundation responsible for funding research on earth sciences to improve the understanding of the causes and behavior of earthquakes, on earthquake engineering, and on human response to earthquakes. Makes the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) responsible for carrying out research and development to improve building codes and standards and practices for structures and lifelines. Defines lifelines to mean public works and utilities, including those relating to transportation, power, communications, water,and sewage. Replaces provisions directing the President to make an annual report to congressional committees with provisions requiring the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy to report to specified congressional committees regarding the role of the Office in interagency coordination, planning, and operation of the Program. Establishes the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program Advisory Committee. Directs the President to adopt standards for assessing and enhancing the seismic safety of existing buildings constructed for or leased by the Federal Government which were constructed without adequate seismic standards. Requires that the standards be developed by the Interagency Committee on Seismic Safety in Construction. Requires the Director of NIST to submit to the Congress a plan for developing and adopting design and construction standards for lifelines. Authorizes the FEMA Director to accept gifts in furtherance of this Act. Prohibits a grant under the Act from FEMA that is made with funds appropriated under a specified continuing appropriations Joint Resolution from requiring cost sharing greater than 25 percent. Establishes within the USGS an earthquake investigations program, as an activity of the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program, to investigate major earthquakes to learn lessons to reduce the loss of lives and property in future earthquakes. Increases and extends the authorization of appropriations to carry out the Act, including the authorizations to specified agencies to enable them to carry out their responsibilities under the Act.
United States · United States Congress · 22 June 1990
Designates the week beginning November 11, 1990, as National Disabled Veterans Week, in recognition of the contributions that disabled veterans have made to the welfare of the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 21 June 1990
Establishes the Vancouver National Historical Reserve in Washington to preserve and enhance historical and natural assets in the Vancouver historical area through cooperative management and planning. Establishes a Vancouver National Historical Reserve Coordinating Commission to assist Federal, State, and local authorities in the development of a cooperative management plan for the Reserve. Requires the Commission to submit such plan to the Secretary of the Interior and the Governor of Washington for their review. Terminates the Commission ten years after enactment of this Act. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 21 June 1990
Medicare Managed Care Incentive Act of 1990 - Amends the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Repeal Act of 1989 to retain certain Medicare (title XVIII of the Social Security Act) catastrophic benefits provided by health maintenance organizations (HMOs). Amends the Medicare program to cover colon-rectal screening examinations at a frequency which varies on the basis of the screening procedure used. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to modify contracts with HMOs to take into account this Act's amendments.
United States · United States Congress · 21 June 1990
Medicare Enhanced Benefits Act of 1990 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to cover screening mammographies for women age 35 and older at a frequency which varies on the basis of a woman's age and risk of developing breast cancer. Covers colon-rectal screening examinations at a frequency which varies on the basis of the screening procedure used. Covers nursing care and home health aide services as home health services if such services are needed less than seven days each week or are needed for up to 38 consecutive days. Covers up to 80 hours of annual in-home respite care furnished to an individual who has incurred expenses equal to a specified Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) cost-sharing limit and, for the preceding three months, has been unable to perform at least two specified daily living activities without the assistance of an uncompensated primary caregiver with whom he or she resides. Amends part A (Hospital Insurance) of the Medicare program to create an extension period of hospice care for terminally ill beneficiaries which is to follow the two 90-day periods and the subsequent 30-day period of hospice care coverage currently provided in an individual's lifetime. Covers home intravenous drug therapy services. Increases the Medicare part B premium. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to modify contracts with health maintenance organizations to take into account this Act's amendments.
United States · United States Congress · 21 June 1990
Designates July 1, 1990, as National Ducks and Wetlands Day.
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 1990
National Forest Plan Implementation Act of 1990 - Title I: Amending and Revising Plans - Amends the National Forest Management Act of 1976 (NFMA) to impose additional requirements for amending and revising forest plans. Title II: Status of Plans - Provides that, if a final forest plan is enjoined by a court, the immediately previous final version of such plan shall remain in effect. Title III: Implementation of Plans - Sets limitations on administrative appeals in addition to the Department of Agriculture's appeals regulations. Grants jurisdiction to the United States court of appeals for the circuit in which such national forest is located to review: (1) land and resource management plans; (2) documents establishing minimum management requirements in forests; and (3) action implementing a land resource management plan. Provides for tiering of environmental documentation and the achievement of the allowable sale quantity (ASQ) of timber on a forest-by-forest basis. Requires the Administration's budget request for each year beginning with FY 1992, to include a statement of what funds would be required to achieve 100 percent of the output specified for each forest with respect to its land and resource management plan.
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1990
Korean War Veterans Memorial Thirty-Eighth Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act - Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States should recognize the 38th anniversary of the Korean War by minting and issuing a silver dollar coin. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to issue one-dollar silver coins to commemorate the 38th anniversary of the ending of the Korean War. Terminates such authority after December 31, 1991. Mandates that surcharges from the sale of such coins be used for the Korean War Veterans Memorial.
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1990
Economic Growth and Venture Capital Act of 1990 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce the individual and corporate capital gains rate from 34 percent to 15 percent. Reduces such tax to 7.5 percent for low- and middle-income taxpayers. Requires indexing, based on the gross national product deflator, of the adjusted basis of certain assets (corporate stock and tangible property that is a capital asset of property used in a trade or business) that have been held for more than one year at the time of sale or other transfer, solely for the purpose of determining gain or loss. Provides for indexing the limitation on capital losses of noncorporate taxpayers.
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1990
Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to make grants to the State of Washington Puget Sound Water Quality Authority or its successor for use in: (1) implementing and updating the Puget Sound Water Quality Management Plan; (2) implementing a program for ambient monitoring of the water quality of Puget Sound; (3) supporting research which will increase understanding of Puget Sound and human impacts on the Sound; and (4) conducting other activities related to improving the water quality of Puget Sound. Limits Federal funding to no more than 75 percent of the costs of grant activities. Requires the Authority or its successor to report to the Administrator by January 31 of each year on the grant activities of the preceding year. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1990
Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to plan and execute military training or military operations to aid civilian law enforcement agencies in connection with drug law enforcement, immigration control, or tariff regulation. Authorizes the use of military aircraft for transportation of, and flight training for, civilian law enforcement personnel and for aerial surveillance in connection with such functions. Authorizes the Secretary to make military personnel available for such functions without regard to the likelihood of any armed confrontation. Authorizes the Secretary to provide military support, in the form of personnel and equipment, if the Secretary determines that the importance of providing such support outweighs any short-term adverse effect on military preparedness. Excludes enlisted personnel and Reserve officers on active duty or full-time National Guard duty who are aiding civilian law enforcement agencies in such functions from inclusion in military end-strength computations.
United States · United States Congress · 12 June 1990
Amtrak Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 1990 - Amends the Rail Passenger Service Act to authorize appropriations through FY 1992 for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak). Limits the liability for certain rail accidents occurring in the District of Columbia to no more than the limits of coverage maintained by a publicly funded commuter transportation authority established under Virginia law to indemnify Amtrak or any railroad over which the authority conducts its operations. Authorizes the use of proceeds from the sale of railroad lines that were acquired and rehabilitated with funds under the Rail Safety and Service Improvement Act of 1982 for similar purposes with respect to railroad lines connected with such a line for the purpose of continued rail service on them. Requires Amtrak to cooperate with the efforts of the Washington State Department of Transportation in designing a study of the feasibility of reestablishing rail service between Seattle, Washington, and Vancouver, British Columbia. Directs Amtrak to study and report to the Congress on the revenue and cost implications of separating the California Zephyr-Desert Wind-Pioneer train into two service routes serving a southern and a control route through Iowa. Prohibits the compensation of any rail or motor carrier employee who works in more than one State from being subject to State income taxes in any State but the State in which the employee resides. Amends the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act to treat Amtrak as a publicly funded rail carrier with respect to its contribution toward employees' unemployment compensation benefits. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to study and report to the Congress on the potential need among Class II and Class III railroads for Federal guarantees of obligations for funding rehabilitation and improvement of facilities and equipment, acquisition of new railroad facilities, or refinancing of existing debt.
United States · United States Congress · 11 June 1990
Declares that the United States should suspend its dialogue with the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) if the PLO does not: (1) condemn the May 30, 1990, Palestine Liberation Front terrorist attack against Israel; and (2) expel leader Abul Abbas for his role in such attack.
United States · United States Congress · 8 June 1990
Housing Opportunity Zones Act of 1990 - Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to designate Housing Opportunity Zones and approve Barrier Removal Plans for cities and urban counties for the purpose of encouraging removal of legislative and administrative barriers to the production of new and rehabilitated housing.
United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1990
Pacific Northwest National Forest Act of 1990 - Establishes the following primary purpose land use designations in order to assure balanced multiple use of national forest lands and waters within Region Six (Pacific Northwest Region) of the National Forest System: (1) ancient forest protection area; (2) timber management area; (3) recreation area; (4) statutory wilderness area; and (5) other classification area. Prohibits the alteration of any designation sooner than 15 years after it has been made. Sets forth designation criteria and management requirements for primary purpose land uses. States that it is the intent of the Congress for the designation of ancient forest protection areas and statutory wilderness areas to provide all necessary protection of wilderness interests in Region Six. Provides for joint State and Federal management of timber management areas. Grants exclusive jurisdiction for review of Region Six forest plans and timber sales to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1990
Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the accession of Taiwan to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is in the best interest of the United States and of the world trading system and should be achieved prior to the end of the Uruguay Round; and (2) the United States should take the necessary steps to assure such country's membership in the GATT.
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1990
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit an individual taxpayer an income tax deduction for travel, food, lodging, transportation, and uniform expenses paid or incurred in connection with the taxpayer's performance of services as a member of the armed forces reserves or the National Guard.
United States · United States Congress · 5 June 1990
Designates the week of September 30, 1990, through October 6, 1990, as National Job Skills Week.
United States · United States Congress · 25 May 1990
Constitutional Amendment - Declares that the Congress and the States shall have power to prohibit the physical desecration of the U.S. flag.
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1990
Medicare Home Hemodialysis Improvement Act of 1990 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to cover home hemodialysis staff assistance provided by renal dialysis facilities to individuals who: (1) are nonambulatory, have serious medical conditions which would be exacerbated by traveling to and from a dialysis facility, or are eligible for ambulance transportation to and from such facility but at a cost which meets or exceeds the cost of this Act's services; and (2) have no other potential caregiver who is willing and able to provide home hemodialysis. Sets forth payment provisions.
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1990
Designates September 23 through September 29, 1990, as Religious Freedom Week.
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1990
Designates September 21, 1990, as National POW/MIA Recognition Day. Recognizes the National League of Families POW/MIA flag as the official symbol of the United States' commitment to resolving the fates of Americans still prisoner or missing in action in Southeast Asia.
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1990
Authorizes and requests the President to call on the people to observe May 26, 1990, as the bicentennial of "An Act for the government of the territory of the United States, south of the river Ohio" (from which Tennessee was formed).
United States · United States Congress · 23 May 1990
Designates December 21, 1990, as Day of Observance for the Victims of Terrorism.