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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 · 13 September 1990
Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to provide that the annual assessment rate for Bank Insurance Fund members shall be the rate the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Board of Directors in its sole discretion determines to be appropriate to either: (1) maintain the reserve ratio at a level equal to the designated reserve ratio; or (2) restore the reserve ratio to the designated reserve ratio if it is less than that. Sets forth a minimum annual assessment for each member. Directs the FDIC to set assessment rates from time to time for insured depository institutions. (Currently such rates must be set annually.) Sets forth semiannual deadlines by which the FDIC must announce any change in the annual assessment rates.
United States · United States Congress · 13 September 1990
Central American Democracy and Development Act - Declares that it is U.S. policy to: (1) encourage and support the Central American countries in efforts to build democracy, restore peace, establish respect for human rights, expand economic opportunities, and improve living conditions; (2) support and encourage dialogue as the proper means of resolving armed conflicts in Central America; (3) assist in, and secure greater international support for, the recommendations of the International Commission on Central American Recovery and Development; (4) participate in, and contribute to, the United Nations Development Programme for its Special Plan of Economic Cooperation for Central America; (5) help organize a partnership among donor countries and the Central American countries to provide a means of mobilizing resources and promoting a forum for dialogue about issues of development, democracy, social justice, and human rights; and (6) support and promote the President's proposed Enterprise for the Americas Initiative to assist Central American countries in opening their economies and managing their foreign debt. Requires the United States, if requested by the governments of Central America, to provide assistance for the development of the Central American Development Coordination Commission.
United States · United States Congress · 13 September 1990
Trauma-Care Center Revitalization Act of 1990 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants for the operating expenses of trauma-care centers with substantial uncompensated costs in areas with significant violence arising from drug abuse. Gives priority to centers: (1) receiving State or political subdivision support not connected to any Federal program; (2) in areas where a trauma center has ceased participation; or (3) which, because of uncompensated costs, will be unable to participate in the trauma care system. Limits support for a center to three years, subject to extension by the Secretary for one additional year. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 12 September 1990
Designates the Department of Veterans Affairs medical center to be constructed in Honolulu, Hawaii, as the Spark M. Matsunaga Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, in honor of the late U.S. Senator from Hawaii.
United States · United States Congress · 12 September 1990
Grants free mailing privileges to members of the armed forces who are engaged in temporary military operations under arduous circumstances.
United States · United States Congress · 11 September 1990
Provides the following services or benefits for members of the armed forces serving under arduous conditions (as determined by the Secretary of Defense) pursuant to a temporary deployment for an operational emergency: (1) the deposit of pay and other allowances as part of a savings program for overseas personnel; (2) special pay relating to imminent danger; (3) exemption from payment for military meals sold at mess to personnel and their dependents; (4) mailing privileges; and (5) a basic allowance for subsistence. Authorizes the provision of a variable housing allowance for members of the reserves called to active duty for a period of less than 140 days under specific conditions other than during a war or national emergency. Removes the limitation on the payment allowed for unused accrued leave in the case of members, reserve members, or retired members called to active duty under specific conditions other than during a war or national emergency. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income payments received for active military service during any part of which such member: (1) served in a dangerous foreign area; or (2) was hospitalized as a result of wounds, a disease, or an injury incurred while serving in a dangerous foreign area. States that such exclusion shall not apply to compensation exceeding $2,000 received by a commissioned officer in any month.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1990
Designates the Federal building at 51 Southwest 1st Avenue, Miami, Florida, as the Claude Pepper Federal Building.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1990
High Medicare Hospital Relief Act of 1990 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide, from FY 1990 through 1992, an additional Medicare payment to a hospital when at least 65 percent of its inpatient days or discharges are attributable to Medicare beneficiaries.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1990
Urges: (1) the European Community's Council of Ministers issue a directive to impose controls as strict as those in U.S. law on precursor and essential chemicals used in the production of clandestinely produced drugs; and (2) England, Finland, France, Holland, Italy, Spain, and West Germany to work with the Drug Enforcement Administration and the International Narcotics Control Board to enact laws as strong as the U.S. chemical diversion laws.
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1990
Amends the Railroad Retirement Solvency Act of 1983 to extend for two years provisions for the transfer of tier two railroad retirement benefit taxation revenues from the general fund of the Treasury to the Railroad Retirement Account.
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1990
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay a named individual a specified sum representing travel and relocation expenses incurred by him in good faith reliance on erroneous information contained in his travel authorization that the United States would pay such expenses incident to his beginning employment with the General Services Administration in Peachtree, Georgia.
United States · United States Congress · 26 July 1990
Fish Safety Act of 1990 - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to create a new title setting forth a fish inspection program. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (the Secretary) to exempt from specific provisions of the title: (1) fish processing by an individual for use in that individual's household; (2) custom processing for use in the household of the product owner; (3) processing of products not intended for nor capable of use as human food; (4) warehousing of up to 50 pounds or of product caught for other than commercial purposes in waters outside the United States; and (5) operations of types traditionally and usually conducted at retail stores or restaurants. Excludes from the application of the title recreational vessels, commercial fishing vessels, or fish tender vessels except where such vessels process fish. Authorizes the Secretary to cooperate with the appropriate agency in any State that has enacted a mandatory State fish product inspection law with requirements at least equal to those in the title. Prohibits State programs from permitting products to bear any official marks or certificates applicable to products in interstate commerce. Requires that fish products processed for intrastate commerce under a State program that are sold, transported, delivered, or offered for sale in interstate commerce be considered adulterated. Authorizes the Secretary to cooperate with State agencies concerning the State administration of the inspection and sampling components of the fish inspection program established under the title on behalf of the Secretary. Authorizes the Secretary to provide State agencies with advisory assistance, technical and laboratory assistance and training, and financial and other assistance for up to 50 percent of the cost of the cooperative program. Requires State program participants to submit operation plans to the Secretary annually. Directs the Secretary to establish standards for the efficient and effective administration of the sampling and inspection program by each approved State. Authorizes the Secretary to deputize specific State employees in approved States. Authorizes the Secretary to appoint advisory committees. Requires the appropriate State agency with which the Secretary may cooperate to be a single agency that is primarily responsible for the coordination of the State programs having objectives the same as the title. Directs the Secretary to develop and administer a comprehensive and efficient health-based inspection program for fish products designed to protect the consuming public from fish products that may be adulterated or misbranded. Sets forth program requirements. Directs the Commissioner of Food and Drugs to establish tolerances, except where tolerances are established by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, that shall be applicable to poisonous or deleterious substances that may adulterate fish products. Requires the tolerances to be: (1) established at levels so that fish products are not injurious to health; and (2) based on a scientific analysis of health risks. Directs the Commissioner to establish tolerances, except where tolerances are established by the Administrator under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, for harmful chemicals, toxins, parasites, pathogenic microorganisms, viruses, bacteria, and other harmful agents that may render fish products adulterated. Allows the tolerances to include the use of indicators, including indicator organisms. Directs the Secretary of Commerce and appropriate State authorities, for waters under their jurisdiction, to establish a system for the identification and classification of growing and harvesting areas for fish in coastal areas and the Great Lakes. Directs the Secretary to sample and test fish products regarding any instance or trend that may pose a significant threat to consumers' health and safety. Authorizes the Secretary to provide financial and other assistance to States to prevent the entry of adulterated fish products into establishments, including annual grants to each State that is a member of the Interstate Shellfish Sanitation Conference. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce, with regard to waters under the exclusive jurisdiction of that Secretary, to close waters or restrict harvesting of a species if fish of that species within the identified harvesting or growing areas are likely to be adulterated. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to: (1) periodically review the closure or restriction; and (2) establish procedures for review on petitions by affected persons. Requires reasonable public notice prior to closure or restriction, except in public health emergencies. Requires inspectors authorized by the Secretary to take actions as necessary to implement the title, including: (1) inspection of establishments, products, packages, equipment, procedures, and records; (2) sampling and testing of fish products; (3) detention and condemnation of adulterated or misbranded products; and (4) inspection, sampling, and testing of imports of fish products. Provides for: (1) segregation, seizure, condemnation, and destruction of adulterated or misbranded fish products; (2) processing of products to the extent necessary to prevent spoilage pending hearing and review; and (3) deferral of condemnation pending bringing of a product into compliance by relabeling or other action. Requires establishments to maintain premises, facilities, equipment, and operations in accordance with sanitation regulations set by the Secretary. Directs the Secretary to establish regulations for the storage or handling of fish products by any person in the business of buying, selling, freezing, storing, transporting, or importing fish products. Authorizes the Secretary to establish guidelines for training persons employed by establishments involved in fish product sanitation and quality control. Authorizes the Secretary to exempt products from inspection requirements until a specified date if appropriated funds are insufficient or if the exemption will aid in the effective transition to the programs implemented under the title. Directs the Secretary to establish procedures for the annual certification of establishments and persons engaged in importing of fish and fish products. Prohibits importers from processing or handling any fish product for commercial purposes unless the establishment is certified. Authorizes the Secretary to refuse to certify or to decertify establishments or importers unfit to engage in any business as a result of Federal or State convictions for: (1) acquiring, handling, or distributing adulterated, mislabeled, or deceptively packaged food, or fraud in food transactions; or (2) any felony involving a lack of the integrity needed for the conduct of operations affecting the public health. Requires all products processed at any certified establishment to bear on their shipping containers and immediate containers information as the Secretary requires. Authorizes the Secretary to permit such products to bear a seal stating that the product was processed in accordance with Federal standards or similar language. Authorizes the Secretary to prescribe: (1) labeling requirements to avoid false or misleading labeling; (2) definitions and standards of identity or composition and fill; and (3) procedures that permit statements on labels that indicate the State or location of the product's origin. Directs the Secretary to: (1) require that each package of fish product bears the appropriate identification, issued under the title, and an official mark; and (2) ensure that the official mark shall be available only on products processed in certified establishments. Prohibits articles from being sold or offered for sale under any name, marking, or labeling that is false or misleading, or in any container of a misleading form or size. Permits established trade names and other marking and labeling that are not false or misleading and that are approved by the Secretary. Authorizes the Secretary, if any marking, labeling, size, or form of any container is false or misleading, to require that use be withheld unless modified as prescribed by the Secretary so that it will not be false or misleading. Prohibits a fish product from being entered, or withdrawn from warehouses, for consumption in the United States, unless the product: (1) is not adulterated or misbranded; (2) complies with all requirements of the title; and (3) is marked and labeled as required for imports. Treats all such products as domestic fish products under the title, except that its labeling must identify the country of origin. Directs the Secretary to enforce these provisions through inspections, sampling, and any other necessary procedures. Requires products refused entry or entered, or withdrawn from warehouses, in violation of these provisions to be destroyed unless exported or brought into compliance. Requires storage, cartage, labor, and other costs from denial of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse to be paid by the owner or consignee. Declares that nonpayment constitutes a lien against the product and any other fish product thereafter entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption in the United States by such owner or consignee. Directs the Secretary, on request of a country desiring to export fish products to the United States, to review the inspection program of products offered for importation to determine whether the requirements and tolerances for the products are at least equal to those under the title and, if so, and if the country will permit the enforcement measures the Secretary determines necessary, to issue a certificate stating that the country meets the requirements. Requires all fish products imported from an uncertified country to be inspected by the Secretary to ensure compliance with these provisions. Directs the Secretary to enforce these provisions through inspections, sampling, testing, or other actions in the foreign country, during importation, or which otherwise as necessary. Declares that products intended for export shall not be considered adulterated or misbranded if they are consistent with the laws of the importing country and meet other requirements. Directs the Secretary to inspect products intended for export as necessary. Directs the Secretary, on request of the exporter, to provide a certificate for export stating the condition of fish products inspected under these provisions. Authorizes the Secretary to require any person who owns or operates an establishment or is in the business of importing fish products to recall any fish product that is adulterated or misbranded if it could cause serious health consequences. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish, through the Centers for Disease Control, an active surveillance system, based on a representative portion of the U.S. population, to provide an estimate of the frequency of human disease in the United States associated with the consumption of food, including a comparison of each major food category. Sets forth a list of prohibited acts in connection with the processing, handling, selling, transporting, offering for sale or transportation, possessing, misbranding, or importation of fish products or in connection with inspections under the title. Provides civil monetary penalties and criminal penalties for violations. Prohibits a common or contract carrier, including carriers that are fish tender vessels, from being subject to penalties under the title unless the carrier: (1) had knowledge, or possessed facts that would cause a reasonable person to believe, that the products were adulterated or misbranded; or (2) refuses to furnish certain information and documents. Sets forth: (1) felony penalties for giving or receiving bribes; and (2) criminal penalties for forcibly assaulting, resisting, intimidating, or interfering with any inspector or other person while engaged in official duties under the title. Requires each establishment or import business subject to inspection under the title to be operated in accordance with such sanitary and other procedures and practices as the Secretary requires. Directs the Secretary to prescribe standards for marking fish or fish products handled or processed in accordance with the title, or their packages, with an official stamp. Directs the Secretary to establish priorities for fish and fish products safety research. Requires the appropriate Federal agencies to conduct research regarding the priorities. Directs the Secretary, through the Extension Service, to provide a specified sum each fiscal year out of funds appropriated for the title to award grants for demonstration projects by States with regard to providing food safety information and instruction regarding the proper handling, storage, and preparation of fish and fish products for human consumption. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish through grants and administer, for a five-year period, a shellfish indicator research program to develop a system of classification of shellfish harvesting areas. Directs the Secretary to establish an advisory panel to assist in the development and implementation of the research programs under these provisions. Prohibits: (1) copying of any official mark; and (2) processing fish products except in compliance with the title. Authorizes the Secretary to limit the entry of fish products and other materials into any establishment consistent with the purposes of the title. Provides for administrative detention of any fish product meeting certain requirements if there is reason to believe the product is adulterated or misbranded. Makes any fish product capable of use as human food and adulterated or misbranded, or which otherwise is or has been in violation of the title, liable to be proceeded against and seized and condemned at any time, on a libel of information. Provides for disposal of a condemned product and for the delivery of the product to the owner on delivery of bond. Applies specified provisions of Federal law to the administration and enforcement of the title. Exempts the inspection, sampling, regulation, handling, processing, storage, or transportation of fish products from the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to the extent such matters are covered by the title. Requires that the cost of inspections be borne by the United States, except for overtime or holiday work required in an establishment, which must be borne by the establishment. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the title, earmarking: (1) certain sums for the research programs under the title; (2) certain percentage for the Food and Drug Administration; and (3) other percentages for the Department of Commerce. Amends Federal law to add a reference to food safety to provisions specifying the matters to be included in cooperative agricultural extension work. Authorizes appropriations for programs administered by the Secretary of Agriculture through the Extension Service to disseminate food safety information and instruction to consumers, restaurant food handlers, schools, and other persons. Requires the Commissioner of Food and Drugs to: (1) develop and implement a program to carry out and administer the title; and (2) enter into contracts with the National Academy of Sciences to identify chemical and microbiological contaminants, parasites, toxins, and other harmful substances that are most likely to be found in fish and fish products and that are most likely to cause fish and fish products to be adulterated. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to develop and implement a program to carry out the requirements of the title.
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 · 24 July 1990
Designates September 1991 as National Rice Month.
United States · United States Congress · 18 July 1990
Amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) and title VII (Administration) of the Social Security Act to exclude the trust funds supporting the Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance (OASDI) program (title II of the Social Security Act) from budget totals and budget deficit calculations. Authorizes the investment of the OASDI trust funds in State or local obligations under the supervision of a State or local Obligation Investment Committee to be established pursuant to this Act. Appropriates to the OASDI trust funds, for each fiscal year, any extra amounts such funds would have earned had their investments been limited to Treasury obligations.
United States · United States Congress · 17 July 1990
Farm Injury Prevention and Treatment Act of 1990 - Title I: Coordination - Establishes in the Department of Agriculture a Farm Safety Task Force. Directs the Task Force to: (1) coordinate and serve as a clearinghouse for Federal farm safety outreach and education programs; (2) prioritize research and grant programs; and (3) conduct a nationwide farm accident prevention study. Authorizes appropriations for such study. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to include farm safety questions in the 1992 Census of Agriculture. Title II: Farm Machinery - Directs the Task Force to conduct a study of protective tractor roll-over devices. Authorizes appropriations. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to implement through rulemaking the Task Force's recommendations if the Congress does not pass tractor roll-over legislation within a specified time. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Task Force to establish a Farm Safety Fund and to authorize grants for farm machinery engineering research. Sets forth grant amount limits. Authorizes appropriations. Title III: Public Health - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the Centers for Disease Control, to make grants to improve the identification, treatment, and rehabilitation of farm injuries and illnesses. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to veto disbursement of such a grant. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the National Institutes of Health, to make grants for farm injury and rehabilitation research and development projects. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to increase the availability and qualifications of clinical staff and researchers in farm occupational health. Authorizes appropriations for grants under this title. Title IV: Public Education - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to make grants for farm safety education programs. Authorizes appropriations. Title V: Termination - Repeals this Act, and abolishes all its programs, effective September 30, 1995.
United States · United States Congress · 13 July 1990
Designates October 1990 as Italian-American Heritage and Culture Month.
United States · United States Congress · 12 July 1990
Rural Health Care Provider Recruitment and Education Act of 1990 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a demonstration program known as the Rural Health Care Provider Recruitment and Education Program to assist rural communities in recruiting and educating eligible students to serve as health care providers. Directs the Secretary to make grants to States to share the costs incurred by local communities in providing funds to full-time students in a program leading to a degree in medicine or osteopathy or licensure or certification as a nurse midwife, nurse practitioner, or physician assistant. Requires each student to agree to serve between two and four years (but not less than the number of years in which the applicant was provided assistance). Requires that grant funds provided to States be used for 25 to 50 percent of the costs of the education. Requires students receiving assistance to serve in the rural community represented by the local community that provided 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
Support for Democracy and Human Rights in China Act of 1990 - Prohibits most-favored-nation treatment for Chinese products. Terminates such prohibition upon the President's certification to the Congress that China: (1) has ceased committing violations of internationally recognized human rights; (2) has ceased persecution of pro-democracy movement members; (3) permits unrestricted emigration; and (4) has ceased religious persecution in China and Tibet.
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
Aviation Security Improvement Act of 1990 - Establishes as a position within the Department of Transportation an Assistant Secretary for Transportation Security and Intelligence, appointed by the President for a term of five years, who shall be responsible for the development of transportation security. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to report annually to appropriate congressional committees on transportation security, including appropriate recommendations. Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to establish the position of Federal Security Manager and initiate placement of such managers at high risk U.S. airports and abroad. Sets forth the duties of such managers. Directs the Administrator of the FAA to subject by regulation air carrier personnel with unescorted access to domestic and foreign aircraft, or secured areas of domestic airports serving U.S. or foreign air carriers, to initial and periodic employment investigations, including fingerprinting. Requires the Administrator and the Attorney General to establish fees to cover expenses incurred in carrying out this Act. Directs the Administrator of the FAA to prescribe standards for the hiring, continued employment, and contracting of air carrier and airport security personnel. Requires the Administrator to conduct an assessment of current and potential threats to the domestic air transportation system. Directs the Administrator to establish a program to accelerate and expand the research, development, and implementation of technologies and procedures to counteract terrorist acts against civil aviation. Requires the Administrator to: (1) complete a review of threats to civil aviation; and (2) establish a Scientific Advisory Board to review and advise on the progress of such program. Authorizes appropriations. Establishes within the FAA the position of Assistant Administrator for Civil Aviation Security. Prohibits the deployment or purchase of explosive detection equipment unless the Administrator certifies that it can reliably detect explosive material which can cause catastrophic damage to commercial aircraft with 60 or more passenger seats. Requires air carriers, airport operators, travel agents, and employees receiving information of a threat to civil aviation to provide such information to: (1) an official of the FAA; (2) the Assistant Secretary of Transportation for Transportation Security and Intelligence; or (3) other appropriate officials. Requires the Administrator to cancel flights in the event that passenger safety from such a threat cannot be ensured. Requires the Postmaster General to issue regulations to permit the screening by air carriers of mail not sealed against inspection. Requires the Administrator to require the screening of mail and cargo by air carriers or their agents before the transport of such materials. Directs the Administrator to develop model standards for airport design and construction to allow for maximum security enhancement. Sets forth civil penalties for violations of such Act. Requires the Secretary of State to report annually to the Congress on efforts to implement recommendations of the President's Commission on Aviation Security and Terrorism. Urges the President to initiate negotiations with foreign governments with respect to improving civil aviation security. Requires the President to submit to the Congress a legislative proposal to authorize the United States to provide compensation, including, but not limited to, monetary benefits or limited relief from Federal taxation, to U.S. citizens who are victims of terrorism. Authorizes the President to set up a board to develop compensation criteria and recommend appropriate changes to existing laws. Requires the Administrator to require all air carriers, including foreign air carriers, to provide a passenger manifest of any flight to appropriate representatives of the Department of State (Department) not more than one hour after such carrier is notified of an aviation disaster outside the United States which involves such flight. Requires the Secretary of State (Secretary) to ensure the installation and use of passport reading machines at international gateway airports. Authorizes the use of passport fees collected by the Department for the purchase and installation of machines able to read U.S. passports and facilitate the collection of specified data. Declares it to be the policy of the Department to notify promptly the families of victims of aviation disasters abroad, including timely written notice. Directs the Secretary to issue guidelines to provide that in the event of an aviation disaster involving U.S. citizens abroad, the Department will assign a specific individual, and an alternate, as the Department liaison for the family of each such citizen. Requires the Secretary to ensure that a toll-free telephone number is reserved for the use of the families of citizens who have been involved in such disasters. Requires the Secretary to institute a supplemental program of training in disaster management for all consular officers. Directs the Secretary to issue guidelines to provide that in the event of a major aviation disaster involving U.S. citizens abroad at least: (1) one senior officer from the Bureau of Consular Affairs of the Department shall be dispatched to the disaster site; and (2) one Department employee shall be dispatched to such site to provide assistance and to act as an ombudsman to the victims' families. Requires the Secretary to promulgate: (1) criteria for Department staffing of disaster sites abroad; and (2) procedures for the deployment of a crisis team. Declares it to be the policy of the Department to provide arrangements for the preparation and transport to the United States of the remains of citizens who die abroad, as well as the disposition of personal effects. Requires the Secretary to compile an assessment of the Department response to the Pan American Airways Flight 103 aviation disaster over Lockerbie, Scotland, together with guidelines for future responses to such disasters, for distribution to Embassy and consular posts abroad. Requires the Secretary of State to promulgate guidelines with respect to recognition for the families of U.S. citizens who are killed through acts of terrorism abroad. Requires the Secretary to issue regulations to establish, under the Bureau of Consular Affairs, an electronic bulletin board accessible to the general public. Establishes within the Department the position of Coordinator for International Aviation Security. Declares that the Department of State shall be responsible for negotiating aviation security agreements with foreign countries concerning the implementation of U.S. rules and regulations which affect the foreign operations of U.S. air carriers, foreign air carriers, and foreign airports.
United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1990
Directs the President to make monthly reports to the Congress regarding specified aspects of the savings and loan industry, and to consult with certain Federal agencies in connection with the preparation of such reports.
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
Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior from engaging in any leasing activity or approving any exploration or development plans with respect to submerged lands on certain portions of the Outer Continental Shelf off the State of Florida. Directs the Secretary to issue guidelines for the United States to buy back any existing lease on such lands. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1990
Designates October 1990 as Ending Hunger Month.
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1990
Phases-in, by FY 1992, an update to the area wage index used in determining Medicare (title XVIII of the Social Security Act) payments to hospitals for wage-related costs in different areas. Requires the next survey of hospital wage-related costs to be conducted by FY 1993.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1990
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Authorization Act of 1990 - Title I: NOAA Atmospheric and Satellite Programs - Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Commerce to enable the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to carry out: (1) operations and research activities of the National Weather Service; (2) improvement of NOAA's public warning and forecast systems, authorizing the Secretary of Commerce to provide, in contracts for the Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System, for contingent liability in the event the Government decides to terminate the contracts before they expire; (3) climate and air quality research, earmarking certain amounts for studying climate and global change; (4) atmospheric research activities, earmarking certain sums for the Stormscale Operational and Research Meteorology (STORM) program; (5) satellite observing systems activities, earmarking a specified sum for administration of the ground stations for the Search and Rescue Satellite Aided Tracking system; and (6) data and information services. Subtitle B: Hurricane Reconnaissance Program Findings - Directs the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Commerce to establish a five-year joint program for collecting operational and reconnaissance data, conducting research, and analyzing data on tropical cyclones to assist the forecast and warning program and increase the understanding of the cause and behavior of tropical cyclones. Sets forth the responsibilities of each Secretary. Directs those Secretaries to jointly develop and submit to the Congress management plans for: (1) the program established by this Act; and (2) continued tropical cyclone surveillance and reconnaissance which will adequately protect the citizens of U.S. coastal areas. Mandates that the management plans and programs required by this Act: (1) provide for at least the same degree and quality of protection as currently exists with a combination of satellite technology and manned flights; and (2) in no way allow any reduction in the level, quality, timeliness, sustainability, or area served of both the existing principal and back-up tropical cyclone reconnaissance and tracking systems. Subtitle C: Land Remote-Sensing Commercialization - Amends the Land Remote-Sensing Commercialization Act of 1984 to mandate that any license issued under specified provisions of that Act specify that the licensee shall promptly make available all unenhanced data which the Secretary of the Interior (currently, the Secretary of Commerce) may request under specified provisions of the Act relating to archiving of data. Amends provisions of the Act relating to archiving in order to transfer from the Secretary of Commerce to the Secretary of the Interior responsibility for: (1) providing for long-term storage, maintenance, and upgrading of the basic, global, land remote-sensing data set; (2) requesting data needed for the basic data set from a system operator; (3) making data which is in the public domain available to requesting parties; and (4) using existing Government facilities, to the extent practicable, to carry out these functions. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to consult with the Secretary of Commerce to ensure that archiving activities are consistent with the terms and conditions or any contract, agreement, or license under specified provisions of the Act. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the Act. Title II: NOAA Ocean and Coastal Programs - Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Commerce to enable NOAA to carry out activities relating to: (1) mapping, charting, and geodesy; (2) observation and assessment; and (3) ocean and Great Lakes research. Subtitle B: Coastal Monitoring - Marine and Coastal Monitoring Act of 1990 - Establishes within NOAA a unified nationwide monitoring network which includes the activities and functions of the National Status and Trends Program of NOAA. Requires that the Network be the single Federal activity for the national-scale monitoring of U.S. marine and coastal waters. Requires the Administrator of NOAA to carry out monitoring activities in accordance with the guidance and priorities set by an interagency committee of specified composition. Requires the Administrator to: (1) designate specific estuarine and coastal regions of major concern in which the waters shall be intensively monitored; and (2) establish monitoring coordination groups for each designated region. Requires each group to: (1) submit to the Administrator a long term monitoring plan; and (2) annually develop an operating plan. Authorizes the Administrator, upon recommendation by the group, to award supplemental funding for up to 50 percent of a specific monitoring activity. Directs the Administrator to establish within NOAA a National Coastal Monitoring Center to develop scientific methods and procedures for carrying out the monitoring under this subtitle. Title III: Authorization of NOAA Fishery Programs - Amends the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Marine Fisheries Program Act to authorize appropriations to the Department of Commerce to enable the National Marine Fisheries Service to carry out its duties under law relating to information collection and analysis, conservation and management operations, and State and industry assistance. Title IV: Miscellaneous Provisions - Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Commerce to enable NOAA to carry out activities relating to: (1) executive direction and administration; (2) acquisition, construction, maintenance, and operation of facilities; (3) marine services, including ship operations, maintenance, and support; and (4) aircraft services, including aircraft operations, maintenance, and support. Prohibits the Secretary from reprogramming amounts without prior notice to specified congressional committees. Title V: Florida Keys Marine Sanctuary - Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary and Protection Act - Designates a specified area in Florida as the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary under specified provisions of the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 (the Act). Prohibits: (1) subject to exception, operation of a tank vessel or a vessel over 50 meters long in the Area to Be Avoided described in a specified notice in the Federal Register; (2) mining, mineral extraction, or hydrocarbon exploration, development, or production within the Sanctuary; and (3) other uses incompatible with the purposes for which the Sanctuary is established. Directs the Secretary to prepare a comprehensive management plan. Continues protected status of Key Largo and Looe Key National Marine Sanctuaries. Provides civil penalties for violation of this title. Makes any vessel used for a violation liable in rem for civil penalties and subject to seizure and forfeiture. Authorizes the Secretary to enforce this title under specified provisions of the Act. Makes any person who destroys, causes loss of, or injures any sanctuary resource liable to the United States for response cost and damages. Makes any vessel used in such destruction, loss, or injuring liable in rem. Authorizes appropriations. Requires a report to the Congress on future funding requirements for the Sanctuary.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1990
Coastal Zone Improvement Act of 1990 - Title I: Amendments to Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 - Amends the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to revise congressional findings and policy provisions. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce, during FY 1991 through 1993, to make annual grants to coastal States for the development of coastal zone management programs. Prohibits States from receiving more than two grants. Revises administrative grant provisions to permit the Secretary to make administrative grants to coastal States that match such grants according to specified ratios. Directs the Secretary to establish maximum and minimum grants to promote equity between coastal States and effective coastal management. Revises program approval requirements. Directs State coastal management agencies to submit coastal water quality protection programs to the Secretary. Requires such programs to develop and implement land use management measures for land-based sources of nonpoint source pollution. Outlines program requirements. Directs the Secretary to withhold portions of grants from coastal States that fail to submit an approvable protection program. Requires the Secretary to provide technical assistance to coastal States and local governments for implementing such programs. Directs the Secretary to provide grants to coastal States for such programs. Subjects the provision of such grants to State matching requirements. Permits the Secretary to retain up to 33 percent of grant funds for States that are making exemplary progress in complying with program requirements or that have extreme needs with respect to coastal water quality. Revises provisions concerning interstate grants to authorize the Secretary to make grants to coastal States for program changes that support attainment of coastal zone enhancement objectives. Requires the Secretary to withhold up to 20 percent of amounts appropriated for administrative and coastal resource improvement grants for enhancement grants. Directs the Secretary to conduct a technical assistance and management-oriented research program to support State coastal management program amendments and further international efforts and technical assistance in coastal zone management. Revises provisions concerning performance reviews of State coastal zone management. Authorizes the Secretary to suspend payment of financial assistance for coastal zone management (current law requires the Secretary to reduce such assistance) if the coastal State is failing to adhere to: (1) a management program or State plan for managing a national estuarine reserve; or (2) the terms of any grant or cooperative agreement. Requires such suspension to last between six and 36 months. Directs the Secretary to withdraw approval of a management program of, and any financial assistance to, a coastal State under specified conditions. Repeals a provision concerning research and technical assistance for improving coastal zone management. Redesignates the National Estuarine Reserve Research System as the National Estuarine Research Reserve System. Raises the limit on the amount of financial assistance that may be provided for specified activities in such reserves. Permits assistance for educational or interpretive activities in such reserves to cover 100 percent of all costs for activities that benefit the entire System. Extends the authorization of appropriations under the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972. Establishes within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration an Office of Ocean and Coastal Zone Management to succeed the Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management. Title II: International Cooperation in Coastal Zone Management - Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the Secretary and the Secretary of State should cooperate to develop a program of technical assistance to developing nations for coastal zone management; and (2) coastal zone management should be a component of negotiations by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Encourages the Secretaries to initiate discussions with other nations to include coastal zone management as part of an international convention on global climate change.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1990
Comprehensive Thrift and Bank Fraud Prosecution Act of 1990 - Title I: Bank Fraud and Embezzlement Penalties - Amends the Federal criminal code to increase the maximum imprisonment penalty for specified bank fraud and embezzlement crimes from 20 to 30 years. Prescribes monetary penalties and up to life imprisonment for engaging in a continuing financial crime enterprise. Deems a person to be engaging in a continuing financial crime enterprise if such person: (1) violates specified criminal code provisions; (2) violates laws in concert with at least three persons with respect to whom such person occupies a supervisory position; and (3) receives at least $5,000,000 in gross receipts during a 24-month period. Includes within the definition of "racketeering activity" under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) predicate offenses relating to: (1) the receipt of gifts or commissions for procuring loans; (2) financial institution embezzlement; and (3) fraud and false statements. Directs the U.S. Sentencing Commission to provide that in major bank crime cases where the offender derives more than $1,000,000 from the offense, such offender shall be assigned an offense level that is: (1) four times greater than the level that would have been assigned if the offense had not been committed under such circumstances; and (2) at least 24. Title II: Broadening Investigative Authority in Bank Crime Cases - Authorizes the Federal Bureau of Investigation to issue administrative subpoenas to compel the production of documents relevant to specified bank crimes. Permits the Secret Service to arrest persons violating specified provisions with respect to financial institutions and the Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC). Requires the Secret Service to exercise such jurisdiction through the Financial Institutions Crime Strike Forces. Authorizes the interception of wire, oral, or electronic communications in connection with specified bank fraud and bribery offenses. Removes from the list of offenses for which such interception is authorized offenses relating to the destruction of energy facilities. Title III: Restructuring the Federal Attack on Bank Crimes - Establishes: (1) the Financial Services Crime Division within the Department of Justice; and (2) ten Division field offices in the Federal judicial districts experiencing the greatest number of offenses relating to the financial services industry. Designates such offices as Financial Services Crime Strike Forces. Sets forth Division reporting requirements. Authorizes appropriations. Title IV: Expanding Federal Forfeiture and Money Laundering Laws - Subjects to forfeiture property derived from specified offenses affecting insured depository institutions. Provides for the restoration of such property to victims of the offenses. Authorizes the seizure of property subject to forfeiture. Adds specified bank fraud offenses to the list of predicates under money laundering provisions. Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to prohibit liability incurred as a result of a breach of fiduciary duty from being discharged through bankruptcy. Amends Federal bankruptcy law to disallow the use of bankruptcy to discharge a debtor from commitments to maintain the capital of an insured depository institution. Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the Federal Credit Union Act to expand requirements for the disclosure of administrative enforcement proceedings by Federal banking agencies and the National Credit Union Administration Board. Title V: Increasing Investigators and Prosecutors for Bank Fraud and Embezzlement Cases - Authorizes and allocates appropriations for salaries and expenses of the Financial Services Crime Strike Forces. Title VI: Preventing and Prosecuting Fraud in the Sale of Assets by the Resolution Trust Corporation - Prescribes monetary and/or criminal penalties for the knowing concealment of assets from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) or the RTC in such Corporation's capacity as conservator or receiver for an insured depository institution. Subjects to civil and criminal forfeiture property derived from specified violations relating to the sale of assets by the RTC. Authorizes the FDIC or the RTC to institute civil proceedings under RICO for violations affecting insured depository institutions. Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to grant the FDIC and the RTC subpoena authority when acting as conservators or receivers. Authorizes courts, at the request of the FDIC or RTC, to place assets of any person under the control of a trustee if: (1) such person is an institution-related party who may be required to pay restitution to the institution or is a debtor of the institution; or (2) such person's assets will be dissipated or placed beyond the jurisdiction of the court or the FDIC or RTC before any recovery may be completed, unless a trustee is appointed. Permits the FDIC or the RTC, as conservators or receivers, to avoid any fraudulent transfer of interest made by an institution-affiliated person or debtor within five years of the date on which the FDIC or RTC was appointed conservator or receiver. Sets forth recovery rights with respect to transferred property. Amends the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 to grant injunctive relief in actions brought by the FDIC, RTC, or National Credit Union Administration that involve fraud affecting financial institutions. Amends the Federal Home Loan Bank Act to require the RTC to maintain a Fraud and Enforcement Review Division. Title VII: Strengthening the Judicial System in the Prosecution of Bank Fraud and Embezzlement Cases - Authorizes appropriations to the Federal courts for salaries and expenses of the Court of Appeals, District Courts, and other judicial services. Allocates such funds among the judicial districts with the highest financial institutions crime case loads. Grants U.S. magistrates the power to accept guilty pleas for specified offenses affecting insured depository institutions. Title VIII: Private Actions Against Persons Committing Bank Fraud and Embezzlement Crimes - Amends the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 to authorize private persons to bring civil actions for specified bank fraud crimes, subject to certain conditions.
United States · United States Congress · 22 June 1990
Iraq Sanctions Act of 1990 - Prohibits any funds, credits, guarantees, or insurance made available for FY 1990 or thereafter from being used to support any U.S. financial or commercial operation involving the Iraqi Government. Instructs the Department of Commerce to include Iraq within the Country Group S list of the Export Administration Regulations. Makes persons violating the prohibition subject to penalties under the Export Administration Act of 1979. Considers Iraq to be a supporter of international terrorism for purposes of applying prohibitions or restrictions under foreign assistance statutes. Prohibits the President from using the waiver authority under such statutes with respect to Iraq. Amends the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1990 to prohibit Export-Import Bank assistance to Iraq under any circumstances. (Current law permits a waiver of such prohibition if it is in U.S. national interest.) Directs the President to study and report to the Appropriations Committees on: (1) the sale, export, and third party transfer or development of nuclear, biological, chemical, and ballistic missile technology to or with Iraq; and (2) Iraq's offensive military capability and its effect on the Middle East balance of power. Requires the President to report to such committees on steps taken by other nations to curtail exports to Iraq which might contribute to Iraq's nuclear, biological, chemical, and ballistic missile capability. Directs the President to encourage other nations to adopt sanctions toward Iraq similar to those under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 22 June 1990
Designates August 1, 1990, as Helsinki Human Rights Day. Authorizes and requests the President to: (1) reassert American commitment to the Helsinki Accords; (2) raise the issue of noncompliance with such Accords with any signatory nation which may be in violation; (3)convey to all signatories of such Accords that respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms is vital to progress in the ongoing Helsinki process; and (4) develop new proposals to advance the human rights objectives of the Helsinki process, including the self-determination of peoples.
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1990
Designates as South African Freedom Week the week in 1990 coinciding with the first visit of Nelson Mandela to the United States after his release from prison in South Africa.
United States · United States Congress · 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 · 13 June 1990
Provides for the appointment in Florida of: (1) two additional bankruptcy judges for the Middle Judicial District; and (2) one additional bankruptcy judge for the Southern Judicial District.
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
Employee Ownership and Participation Act - Directs the Secretary of Labor (the Secretary) to establish an Employee Ownership and Participation Program (the Program) to help set up programs within the States to foster increased employee ownership and participation in company decisionmaking. Requires the Program to provide for grants to such programs which meet specified criteria. Directs the Secretary to establish within the Department of Labor the Office of Employee Ownership and Participation (the Office) to promote employee ownership, gainsharing, and participation in company decisionmaking. Requires the Office to: (1) support programs which are in compliance with the Program; (2) help the formation of new programs; and (3) conduct or fund research into employee ownership and participation in company decisionmaking and gainsharing. Authorizes the Office to make double-matching grants under the Program for specified activities in connection with programs within the States. Allows each State to sponsor and submit grant applications on behalf of local governments, State-supported institutions of higher education, and nonprofit organization programs. Permits such entities to apply directly in the absence of a State-established program. Requires each State (or recipient in the absence of a State program) to report annually on use of grant funds. Set forth limitations on aggregate grants to each State for FY 1991 through 1995. Authorizes appropriations. Requires the Office to report to the Congress on the progress of employee ownership and participation in U.S. businesses, including critical cost and benefit analysis of program activities.
United States · United States Congress · 8 June 1990
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President should: (1) ensure that the full amount is authorized under the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 for FY 1991 and 1992 for the investigation and prosecution of financial institution crimes; and (2) allocate additional resources as necessary to ensure that criminal activity connected with losses to Federal deposit insurance funds is investigated and prosecuted to the fullest extent practicable.
United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1990
Authorizes the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to issue a certificate of documentation for a named vessel.
United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1990
Establishes the Financial Services Crime Division within the Department of Justice (DOJ), to be headed by an Assistant Attorney General (AAG). Requires the AAG to be responsible for ensuring that all investigations and prosecutions are coordinated within DOJ to: (1) provide the greatest use of civil proceedings and forfeitures to attack the financial resources of those who have committed fraud or engaged in other criminal activity in or against the financial services industry; and (2) ensure that adequate resources are made available in connection with criminal investigations and prosecutions of fraud and other criminal activity in the industry. Establishes the position of Deputy Assistant Attorney General of the Division. Designates all field offices established by the Attorney General for purposes of this Act as the Financial Services Crime Division Strike Forces. Requires the Division to coordinate its activities with other Federal agencies in the investigation and prosecution of crime in the financial services industry. Requires semiannual Division reports to the Congress. Authorizes appropriations.
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 · 5 June 1990
Designates the week of September 30, 1990, through October 6, 1990, as National Job Skills Week.
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1990
Amends the Federal Home Loan Bank Act to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to purchase obligations issued by the Resolution Funding Corporation (thus placing future Funding Corporation borrowing on budget).
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 · 23 May 1990
Designates December 21, 1990, as Day of Observance for the Victims of Terrorism.
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
United States Marshals Foundation Establishment Act - Establishes the United States Marshals Foundation as a charitable and nonprofit corporation.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1990
Designates the week of November 11 through November 17, 1990, as Geography Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 18 May 1990
Designates July 2, 1990, as National Literacy Day.