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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
Employee Educational Assistance Act of 1990 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the income tax exclusion of amounts paid under employee educational assistance programs. (Under current law the exclusion expires for taxable years beginning after September 30, 1990.) Repeals provisions that deny assistance for graduate work.
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 · 31 July 1990
Designates November 4 through 11, 1990, as National Key Club Week.
United States · United States Congress · 30 July 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 · 27 July 1990
Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to issue a certificate of documentation for a named vessel.
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
Elementary School Counseling Demonstration Act - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1995 for the Secretary of Education to make demonstration grants to local education agencies to establish effective and innovative elementary school counseling programs that can serve as national models. Directs the Secretary to establish an Office of School Counseling, headed by a Director, in the Department of Education.
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1990
Designates September 1991 as National Rice Month.
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1990
Designates November 18 through 24, 1990, and November 17 through 23, 1991, as National Family Caregivers Week.
United States · United States Congress · 20 July 1990
Declares that Senator David F. Durenberger's conduct was clearly and unequivocally unethical and therefore he is: (1) denounced by the United States Senate; (2) referred to the Republican Party Conference for attention; (3) directed to reimburse a specified sum plus interest to the Senate; and (4) required to pay to charities with which he has no affiliation a specified sum (less State and Federal taxes previously paid on that amount), including excessive honoraria improperly retained during 1985 and 1986. Requires such payments to be made at regular intervals over the balance of his United States Senate term.
United States · United States Congress · 19 July 1990
Minority Farmers Rights Act of 1990 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Under Secretary for Small Community and Rural Development, to establish policies, and programs and allocate resources necessary to address the needs of minority farmers. Amends the Agricultural Credit Act of 1987 to direct the Secretary to provide outreach education, technical assistance, and legal assistance to assist minority farmers in registering with the National Minority Farmer and Land Registry (established under this Act) and in taking advantage of the goals for Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs. Authorizes the Secretary and the Director of the Office of Advocacy and Enterprise (Office) to enter into grants, contracts, and other agreements with community-based organizations and institutions of post-secondary education (especially certain minority-oriented institutions) with respect to such outreach education. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to develop a computerized national registry of the names of all minority farmers in the United States as well as a legal description of the acreage comprising the minority agricultural land base (the National Minority Farmer and Land Registry). Requires the Secretary to take steps to ensure that the variety, quantity, and distribution of land in such landbase is not reduced from the level existing in the initial publication of the Registry. Specifies methods of preserving such landbase (including creation of minority land banks), and the use of Federal and State land inventories. Directs the Secretary to target a specific percentage of agricultural research funds to certain colleges and research institutions with minority enrollment exceeding 25 percent, or to projects specifically aimed at increasing minority farmer participation. Requires the Secretary to assign Agricultural Extension Service staff according to specified target participation rates for socially disadvantaged groups. Requires the Secretary to: (1) allocate significant portions of Extension Service resources to increase the number of minority farmers and help them develop efficient and profitable farming operations; and (2) review and report on minority participation in crop programs under the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service. Requires a report to specified congressional committees. Directs the Secretary to establish a comprehensive program administered by the Office to attract, assist, and encourage minority first-time farmers and minority youth to participate in careers in production agriculture and related industries. Requires the Secretary, in addition, to support demonstration programs that do the same. Authorizes appropriations. Requires the Secretary to establish: (1) an affirmative action program for each USDA agency to enhance opportunities for minority employees; and (2) a program requiring each USDA agency to set aside a percentage of all purchases and other contracting for minority-owned businesses and organizations. Sets forth goals for the latter program. Requires an annual report to the Congress on such programs. Makes the Office a clearinghouse for all complaints of discrimination brought by minority farmers against USDA employees or agencies. Provides for the filing of complaints and appeals and for corrective action. Requires an annual report to the Congress on the number and handling of such complaints. Requires the Secretary to report to the appropriate congressional committees on actions taken to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 19 July 1990
Designates September 1991 as National Growth Month.
United States · United States Congress · 13 July 1990
Designates October 1990 as Italian-American Heritage and Culture Month.
United States · United States Congress · 13 July 1990
Designates May 1991 as National Trauma Awareness Month.
United States · United States Congress · 13 July 1990
Declares that the Congress recognizes and commends the efforts of the Battle of the Bulge Historical Foundation to provide for the installation of a special gallery at the United States Army Museum at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland, devoted to the collection, preservation, and exhibition of military artifacts relating to the Battle of the Bulge.
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
Authorizes the Secretary of Education to provide financial assistance to the George C. Wallace Community College in Hanceville, Alabama, towards construction costs of a fitness training facility for sports, recreation, and fitness industry training. Authorizes appropriations.
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
Resident Physician Student Loan Deferment Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to allow resident physicians to defer repayment of certain student loans while completing a resident training program accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education or the Accrediting Committee of the American Osteopathic Association.
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 · 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 · 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 · 18 June 1990
Designates July 1, 1990, as Imported Oil Dependence Day. Requires the Secretary of Energy to report to the Congress, annually, on July 1, of the extent of the reliance of the United States on imported oil during the previous year, and the extent of its projected reliance for the coming year.
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
Amends the Follow Through Act to direct the Secretary of Education (the Secretary), in making Follow Through program grants, to give priority to any local educational agency (LEA) that requests such a grant to carry out a Follow Through program in a school that: (1) is designated as a schoolwide project in a school with at least a 75 percent enrollment of children from low-income families; and (2) has a high concentration of children from low-income families in kindergarten and primary grades. Revises assistance to Follow Through programs. Prohibits the Secretary from refusing to provide such assistance solely because the applicant proposes to carry out the program during a period in which school is not in regular session and/or at more than one site. Requires the Secretary to provide sufficient funds in making program grants to enable programs to meet requirements to provide comprehensive educational, health, nutritional, social, and other services to aid the continued development of participating children to their full potential. Sets a minimum amount for each grant, if the aggregate amount appropriated for a fiscal year for Follow Through programs exceeds a specified amount. Allows LEAs to use a Follow Through grant to serve all children attending kindergarten through grade three at certain schools. Eliminates certain funding requirements and adds certain other requirements for consideration and contents of program applications, including requirements dealing with bilingual education and education of the handicapped. Provides for Follow Through program improvement through assistance for research, technical assistance and training, and resource and expansion. Directs the Secretary, if program appropriations reach a specified amount, to make a grant to establish a national clearinghouse on Follow Through programs. Revises evaluation provisions to include a comparison of children who receive only services under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) with those who receive such services plus Follow Through services. Revises general and administrative provisions. Authorizes appropriations for Follow Through programs in increasing amounts for FY 1990 through 1994. Sets forth various formulas relating to the use of such funds. Directs the Secretary to facilitate the participation of entities that receive funds for technical assistance and training and resource and expansion purposes under Follow Through programs in training and technical assistance activities under other specified Federal programs assisting elementary school children.
United States · United States Congress · 8 June 1990
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for the use of excess assets in black lung benefit trusts for health care for retired miners.
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
Designates September 23 through September 29, 1990, as Religious Freedom Week.
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.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1990
Designates June 3 through June 9, 1990, as National World War II Observance Week.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1990
Designates the week of November 11 through November 17, 1990, as Geography Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1990
Designates the week of August 19 through August 25, 1990, as National Agricultural Research Week.
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1990
Designates October 7 through October 13, 1990, as National Aviation Education Week.
United States · United States Congress · 18 May 1990
Designates July 2, 1990, as National Literacy Day.
United States · United States Congress · 17 May 1990
Designates May 1990 as Take Pride in America Month.
United States · United States Congress · 17 May 1990
Expresses the sense of the Congress that August 30, 1990, should be designated as 1890 Land-Grant Institutions Centennial Recognition Day.
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1990
Designates the week of October 14 through October 20, 1990, as National Radon Action Week.
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1990
Designates the second Sunday in October 1990 as National Children's Day.
United States · United States Congress · 15 May 1990
Extends the congratulations of the Congress to the National Federation of the Blind on the occasion of its 50th anniversary, November 16, 1990, and notes with appreciation the significant contributions made by it in improving the quality of life, the public image, and increasing public understanding of the blind.
United States · United States Congress · 14 May 1990
Judicial Intercircuit Conflict Resolution Demonstration Act - Creates an alternative appellate procedure for resolving conflicting Federal circuit court decisions under which the U.S. Supreme Court is authorized to refer a case involving a conflicting issue to the Clerk of the Supreme Court who is then required to choose another Federal circuit court which has not ruled on such an issue to decide the case. Grants such a court jurisdiction over all issues referred. Allows such a court to issue such orders as may be necessary concerning its jurisdiction. Deems the decision of such a court to be final, subject only to the right of a party adversely affected by the decision to file a motion for review by the Supreme Court. Provides that if such review is not sought or is sought and denied, the opinion of such court shall have precedential effect in each such respective Federal court of appeals circuit ruling on such an issue. Authorizes the Supreme Court to issue rules to govern such procedure. Directs the Judicial Conference of the United States to establish a committee to monitor and evaluate the operation and effects of this Act. Directs such committee to report to the Congress and the Conference on such operations and effects by January 1, 1995. Terminates this Act on December 31, 1996.
United States · United States Congress · 14 May 1990
Reclassifies administrative law judge positions currently classified at the GS-15 level at the GS-16 level of the General Schedule. Declares that the conversion and initial basic pay rate adjustment of such positions and employees to a GS-16 under this Act shall not be considered to be transfers or promotions.