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Bill· SS. 2591 (101st)referred

Medicare Physician Regulation Relief Amendments of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1990

Medicare Physician Regulation Relief Amendments of 1990 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require carriers and peer review organizations to release the medical review screen or the associated screening parameter to a physician before notifying such physician that payment for his or her service has been denied. Permits Medicare reimbursement of a patient's regular physician for services provided to such patient by another physician who occasionally covers for the regular physician. Requires Medicare carriers to provide physicians, upon request and without charge, with carrier-generated information which physicians need to submit a payment claim or respond to a carrier inquiry. Allows a medical society or other professional organization representing physicians to represent a group or class of physicians in Medicare payment determinations, reconsiderations, or appeals. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to appoint, based on nominations submitted by national medical organizations representing physicians, a Practicing Physicians Advisory Council with which the Secretary must consult concerning changes in the Medicare program and proposed changes in regulations and carrier operation policies.

Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 310 (101st)referred

A joint resolution to designate June 25, 1990, as "Korean War Remembrance Day".

United States · United States Congress · 8 May 1990

Designates June 25, 1990, as Korean War Remembrance Day. Authorizes and requests the President to urge that the American flag be flown at half staff on such day in honor of the Americans who died as a result of their service in the Korean War.

Bill· SS. 2525 (101st)referred

A bill to recognize the importance of the domestic fruit and vegetable industry in United States farm policy, and to require the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct a study of the domestic fruit and vegetable industry, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 26 April 1990

Declares that the domestic production of fruits and vegetables is a keystone of U.S. farm policy. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to study and report to the Congress on the domestic fruit and vegetable industry.

Bill· SS. 2513 (101st)referred

Congressional Recycling Act of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 25 April 1990

Congressional Recycling Act of 1990 - Requires the Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate to purchase recycled paper and paper products for use to the greatest extent practicable in the operations of the House and the Senate. Directs the Public Printer to assure that the Government Printing Office uses recycled paper in providing services to the House.

Bill· SS. 2509 (101st)referred

Federal Food Effort for the Elderly and Disabled Act of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 24 April 1990

Federal Food Effort for the Elderly and Disabled Act of 1990 - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to exclude Medicare payments from income for purposes of food stamp eligibility. Provides for food stamp issuance by mail in designated rural areas. Amends the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 to: (1) extend through FY 1995 authority for surplus agricultural reprocessing (into food products) agreements with private companies; and (2) make nutrition programs under the Older Americans Act of 1965 eligible for such processed commodities. Directs the Comptroller General of the United States to examine the effectiveness of the program of permitting simplified food stamp applications to be made at Social Security Administration offices.

Bill· SS. 2489 (101st)referred

Mickey Leland Memorial Domestic Hunger Relief Act

United States · United States Congress · 20 April 1990

Mickey Leland Memorial Domestic Hunger Relief Act - Title I: Reducing Childhood Hunger - Subtitle A: Eliminating the Excess Shelter Deduction Cap - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to revise and increase the excess shelter expense deduction for FY 1991 and 1992. Subtitle B: Adequacy of Food Stamp Benefits - Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to adjust the basic benefit level upwards by specified increments at the beginning of each fiscal year from FY 1991 through 1995 until it reaches 105 percent of the cost of the thrifty food plan. Subtitle C: Protecting Households in Special Circumstances - Directs the Secretary to provide for emergency allotments to eligible households to replace food lost in a disaster. Excludes from the computation of household income any State allowance (provided at least annually) for obtaining school clothes for children in school or child care. Provides for allotment increases to cover State or local sales taxes for participants in demonstration projects. Authorizes a State, on or after April 1, 1992, and with the Secretary's approval, to implement an electronic food stamp benefit transfer system. Redefines "food" with regard to the homeless for purposes of such Act. Permits State agencies to develop standard estimates of the shelter and related expenses which homeless households may reasonably be expected to incur in order to certify such households based on reported expenses not exceeding such an estimate. Title II: Promoting Self-Sufficiency - Excludes the first $50 a month received as child support from consideration as income in determining the food stamp allotments of households also receiving Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) benefits. Increases from $4,500 to $5,500 from January 1 through September 30, 1991, with annual cost-of-living adjustments to follow, the limit on the fair market value of vehicles that food stamp recipients may own. Directs the Secretary to conduct a sufficient number of demonstration projects to evaluate the effects of excluding from such vehicle calculation the value of: (1) any licensed vehicle used for certain income-producing, transportation, or shelter purposes; and (2) one licensed vehicle used for job-related or job-seeking purposes (including commuting), for pursuing education or training, or for securing food or food stamp benefits. Allows States to use their own agency-designed forms instead of forms approved by the Secretary. Allows four States to give priority in the provision of services to voluntary participants (including both exempt and nonexempt), so long as performance standards are maintained. Authorizes an employment and training program to contain programs designed to increase the self-sufficiency of recipients through self-employment. Excludes from the computation of household financial resources any nonliquid resources necessary to allow the household to carry out an approved plan for self-sufficiency. Increases the dependent care deduction for purposes of eligibility and benefit levels. Increases the limit for reimbursements to recipients for costs incurred in employment and training activities. Revises: (1) low-income student eligibility provisions; and (2) educational expense exclusions. Excludes from income computation housing assistance payments made to a third party on behalf of a household member residing in transitional housing for the homeless. Title III: Simplifying Program Administration - Requires parents and minor children who live together to apply for food stamps as a single household. Requires the Secretary to issue rules under which State agencies must develop standards for identifying (for exclusion as inaccessible resources) those kinds of resources the household is unlikely to sell for any significant return because its interest is so slight or the cost of selling would be so great. Provides that a food stamp office need not consider any resources that the AFDC or supplemental security income benefit programs have already determined to be exempt. Directs State agencies to require only one adult representative of a household to sign all declarations required in the application process on behalf of the household. Makes recipients of State or local general assistance programs categorically eligible for food stamps. Changes from mandatory to discretionary aggregate allotments for households applying for benefits after the 15th day of the month. Title IV: Hunger in Rural America - Requires State agencies to designate rural project areas where low-income persons face substantial difficulties in getting transportation. Requires issuance of coupons by mail in such areas, except where households experience mail losses exceeding certain levels. Title V: Promoting Access for the Elderly and Disabled - Declares that State agencies, with respect to the excess medical deduction for the elderly and the disabled, shall not require further verification of a change in medical expenses if the change has been anticipated for the verification period. Requires annual adjustments to the value of the minimum food stamp benefit. Permits State agencies to establish a procedure allowing households whose regular food stamp benefits do not exceed $20 per month to receive up to $60 worth for intervals of up to three months. Requires that any applicant for or recipient of supplemental security income benefits be informed of the availability of food stamp benefits. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) make grants in FY 1991 through 1993 for demonstration projects to improve food stamp participation among homeless persons and families, low-income working families with children, and elderly and disabled persons; and (2) conduct pilot projects in FY 1994 and 1995 to test new food stamp procedures aimed at increasing rural participation. Title VI: Program Administration by State Agencies - Prohibits the application of disallowances for erroneous issuances or similar actions to any State for a fiscal year before FY 1991. Title VII: Program Integrity - Prohibits a wholesale-retail food concern from redeeming food stamps as a retail store unless: (1) it does a substantial level of retail food business; or (2) the Secretary determines that failure to so authorize the store would cause hardship to food stamp households. Requires applicant wholesale or retail food stores or concerns to provide the social security numbers of their owners, officers, and on-site managers. Increases fines for food stamp trafficking. Disqualifies a food store or concern permanently for selling guns, explosives, or controlled substances for food stamps, except that a fine may be imposed in lieu of disqualification under specified circumstances. Authorizes fines for: (1) food stores or concerns that accept loose coupons; and (2) unauthorized third-party food stamp acceptance. Reduces the election period during which a household required to repay a food stamp overissuance must decide whether to make such repayment through cash refund or allotment reduction. Title VIII: Reauthorization of Programs - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to make food stamp program authorization of appropriations permanent. Repeals allotment reduction and limitation on value provisions. Authorizes fund allocations through FY 1995 for food stamp job training. Extends through FY 1995 food stamp pilot program authority. Reauthorizes through FY 1995: (1) the nutrition assistance program for Puerto Rico; (2) the temporary emergency food assistance program under the Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983; (3) the soup kitchen and food bank programs under the Hunger Prevention Act of 1988; (4) the commodity distribution and supplemental food programs under the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973; (5) the distribution of surplus commodities to special nutrition projects under the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981; and (6) the nutrition education program under the Food Security Act of 1985. Title IX: Miscellaneous - Amends the Commodity Distribution Reform Act and WIC Amendments of 1987 to: (1) make the food bank demonstration project permanent; and (2) authorize State option contracts (with reimbursement by a State distribution agency) for commodity distribution programs. Directs the Secretary to study and report to the appropriate congressional committees on the feasibility of providing food stamp allotments to elderly and disabled residents of board and care homes. Increases the amount and variety of food available under the Indian reservation food distribution program. Authorizes nutrition education grants. Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 with regard to the special supplemental food program for women, infants, and children (WIC) to: (1) establish a specified FY 1991 authorization of appropriations; and (2) make WIC authorizations permanent. Title X: Indian Nutrition Gardening Program - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish an Indian (including Native Alaskan) gardening grant program to establish gardening operations on Indian reservations. Directs the Extension Service to provide training and technical assistance. Authorizes FY 1991 through 1994 appropriations. Title XI: Effective Dates - Sets forth effective dates for provisions of this Act.

Bill· SS. 2465 (101st)open

Antiterrorism Act of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 19 April 1990

Antiterrorism Act of 1990 - Amends the Federal criminal code to define the term "international terrorism" to include activities that: (1) involve violent acts that are a violation of Federal or State laws, or that would be a criminal violation if committed within the jurisdiction of the United States or of any State; (2) appear to be intended to intimidate or coerce a civilian population, influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion, or affect the conduct of a government by assassination or kidnapping; and (3) occur primarily outside U.S. territorial jurisdiction or transcend national boundaries. Authorizes any U.S. national injured in his person, property, or business by reason of an act of international terrorism to bring a civil action in U.S. district court and recover treble damages and the cost of the suit, including attorney's fees. Specifies that a final judgment or decree rendered in favor of the United States in certain classes of criminal proceedings (such as those involving the murder of a foreign official, kidnapping, hostage taking, killing of a U.S. national, or an aircraft piracy-related offense) or in favor of any foreign state in a criminal proceeding to the extent that such judgment or decree may be accorded full faith and credit under U.S. law shall stop the defendant from denying the essential allegations of the criminal offense in a subsequent civil proceeding under this Act. Sets forth provisions with respect to jurisdiction and venue for and limitation of, such civil actions. Amends the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act to make an exception to the jurisdictional immunity of a foreign State in any case in which damages are sought for injuries sustained from terrorist acts or any other violation of international law which was perpetrated or aided by such State or any official or employee acting within the scope of his office or employment.

Bill· SS. 2463 (101st)referred

Timber Research, Education, and Enhancement Act of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 19 April 1990

Timber Research, Education, and Enhancement Act of 1990 - Title I: Research and Education - Subtitle A: General Research Programs - Expresses the sense of the Congress reaffirming the importance of the McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry Act. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish: (1) a competitive forestry, natural resources, and environmental grant program; and (2) a genetic tree improvement research grant program. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle B: Southern Forest Productivity and Regeneration - Directs the Secretary to: (1) continue the Southern Forest Productivity Program; and (2) establish research grants under such Program. Directs the Secretary to establish a Southern Forest Regeneration Center to study forest regeneration problems in the South. Authorizes other such programs or a related comprehensive national program. Subtitle C: Education - Amends the Renewable Resources Extension Act of 1978 to direct the Secretary to expand forestry and natural resources education programs. Amends the Forest Rangeland and Renewable Resources Research Act of 1978 to direct the Secretary to establish: (1) the forestry student grant program to expand the professional education of forestry, natural resources, and environmental scientists; and (2) the international forestry education grant program. Authorizes appropriations. Title II: Forestry Enhancement and Technical Assistance - Amends the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 to direct the Secretary to establish forest stewardship on nonindustrial private forest lands by assisting owners to more actively manage their forest and related resources. Authorizes appropriations. Title III: Urban Forestry - Amends the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act to direct the Secretary to: (1) implement a program of education and technical assistance for urban forest resources; (2) establish an urban and community forestry cost share program; and (3) establish a National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council. Title IV: Economic Development Through Forestry - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 and the Food for Peace Act of 1966 to direct the Secretary to provide short term export credit guarantees and assistance with respect to wood and processed wood products under the same conditions that apply to other agricultural products. Directs the Secretary to establish: (1) global economic and international marketing education programs for forest-dependent rural communities; and (2) educational programs to assist business and policymakers in creating environmentally consistent economic development programs. Directs the Secretary to establish within the Forest Service a program of forest resource and related business assistance to State and local organizations, including: (1) training; (2) financial and technical assistance; and (3) technology information. Establishes in the Treasury a loan fund for such program. Directs the Secretary to establish a program of rural revitalization cost sharing partnerships with rural communities and rural development entities. Title V: Forest Protection - Subtitle A: Fire Protection - Amends the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 to authorize the Secretary to provide matching financial, technical, and related assistance to State foresters or officials for mobilization activities. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle B: Pest Protection and Forest Health - Amends the Cooperative Forestry Act of 1978 to authorize the Secretary to use Forest Service appropriations to assist State or private entities in the emergency suppression of forest pests, including the gypsy moth. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Forest Service should expand its forest monitoring to all lands within the United States and its territories and possessions. Subtitle C: Emergency Reforestation Program - Authorizes the Secretary to develop within the Forest Service an emergency cost sharing reforestation program for disaster-damaged timber lands. Authorizes appropriations.

Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 290 (101st)referred

A joint resolution to designate the week of July 22, 1990, through July 28, 1990, as the "National Week of Recognition and Remembrance for Those Who Served in the Korean War.

United States · United States Congress · 19 April 1990

Designates the week of July 22 to 28, 1990, as National Week of Recognition and Remembrance for Those Who Served in the Korean War. Authorizes and requests the President to urge that the American flag be flown at half staff on July 27, 1990, in honor of those Americans who died as a result of their service in Korea.

Bill· SS. 2411 (101st)reported

Textile, Apparel, and Footwear Trade Act of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1990

Textile, Apparel, and Footwear Trade Act of 1990 - Limits the 1990 imports of textiles and textile products classified under a category to an amount equal to 101 percent of the total 1989 imports classified under such category. Limits the 1990 imports of nonrubber footwear classified under a nonrubber footwear category to an amount equal to: (1) the total 1989 imports of nonrubber footwear classified under such category; and (2) in the case of high priced nonrubber footwear, the total 1989 imports of high priced nonrubber footwear classified under such category. Provides for a one-percent annual growth in the amount of permitted imports of textiles and textile products after 1990. Exempts from the limitations imposed under this Act imports of textiles and textile products from U.S. possessions if such articles are exempt from duty under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States and are manufactured by U.S. citizens, nationals, or permanent residents of such a possession. Limits the imports of certain sweaters made in Guam to a specified amount during FY 1990 and to such amount increased by one percent per year in subsequent years. Declares that such limitations shall not apply to Canada or Israel. Sets forth limitations on the amount of textile and textile products classified under certain import categories which may be imported from beneficiary countries under the Caribbean Basin Initiative. Authorizes the President to: (1) enter into trade agreements to grant new concessions as compensation to the extent required under U.S. trade agreements for the import limits imposed by this Act; and (2) proclaim such modification or continuance of any existing duty on textiles and textile products and on nonrubber footwear as necessary to carry out such agreements. Prohibits the President from reducing any rate of duty by more than ten percent. Requires the President, before entering into such trade agreements, to consider whether a country has violated trade concessions of benefit to the United States and the violation has not been adequately offset. Sets forth requirements governing staged rate reductions in the tariffs of articles affected by this Act. Prohibits the President, except as authorized by this Act, from entering into trade negotiations with any country with respect to duties on textiles, textile products, and nonrubber footwear. Prohibits the President, except as provided in this Act, from decreasing or proposing a decrease in any such duty by any means, including an implementing bill or a proclamation. Requires the President to report annually to the Congress on the administration of this Act. Requires the Secretary of Commerce, ten years after enactment of this Act, to study and report to the Congress on its operation. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a pilot program for the issuance and sale to U.S. companies at public auction of import licenses applicable to categories of textiles. Terminates such licensing program on December 31, 1991, and requires a report to the Congress on its administration.

Bill· SS. 2413 (101st)referred

A bill to make eligibility standards for the award of the Purple Heart currently in effect applicable to members of the Armed Forces of the United States who were taken prisoner or taken captive by a hostile foreign government or its agents or a hostile force before April 15, 1962, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1990

Authorizes the awarding of the Purple Heart to persons serving with the armed forces who were taken prisoner or held captive before April 15, 1962.

Bill· SS. 2409 (101st)referred

Conservation Promotion Act of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1990

Conservation Promotion Act of 1990 - Title I: Conservation Reserve Program - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to make eligible for the conservation reserve program (CRP): (1) environmentally sensitive lands, including sinkholes, filter strips, wetland, and other areas that involve groundwater protection; and (2) uncropped marginal lands that will be planted to trees after CRP enrollment. Extends CRP authority and CRP tree planting authority through 1995. Authorizes 1991 through 1995 enrollment at between 40,000,000 and 50,000,000 acres. Authorizes three to ten-year CRP contract extensions. Provides for farmwide CRP eligibility under specified conditions. Subjects land whose CRP contract has expired to provisions for loss of assistance for cropping on highly erodible land. Permits CRP participation of land whose ownership change during the preceding three-year period was due to a foreclosure on bankruptcy. Provides for CRP contract extension or optional 15-year contracts for land devoted to hardwood trees, shelterbelts, or windbreaks. Authorizes up to 75 percent cost sharing assistance for hardwood plantings. Waives ownership requirements as necessary for such plantings. States that: (1) no tenant shall lose agricultural benefits eligibility because of another tenants' crop production on the same farm or any other farm; and (2) no person shall lose such eligibility as to any crop on a farm other than on which such production is on highly erodible land. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to offer three-year cost-sharing soil restoration contracts under a Soil Restoration Program. Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to count each acre devoted to surface water storage as an acre removed from production for purposes of calculating the acreage base under any acreage limitation or land diversion program. Title II: Wetlands - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to direct the Secretary to establish a cost-sharing program of long-term and permanent easements to protect and restore wetlands. Limits fiscal year payments to any owner or operator to $50,000. Authorizes appropriations., Directs the Secretary to establish a cost sharing program to restore drained wetlands to their natural state and to enroll such land in the wetlands reserve. Exempts a producer from agricultural assistance ineligibility for crop production on wetland if the producer: (1) has a specified 1975-1985 cropping history on such land; or (2) agrees to acre-for-acre mitigation of previously converted wetland. Provides for flexible penalties for certain inadvertent violations of the highly erodible land and wetland conservation programs. Title III: Water Quality Protection - Directs the Secretary to establish an Agricultural Water Quality Board to coordinate related Federal activities and ensure consistency with State water quality programs. Authorizes the Secretary to provide land managers with accelerated technical assistance in the development of water quality best management practices. Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish the water management practices cost share program; (2) establish the water quality education and outreach program; (3) accelerate Federal water quality research; and (4) utilize data base information to evaluate water quality best management practices. Authorizes appropriations. Title IV: Integrated Crop Management - Directs the Secretary to establish the integrated crop management research program to conduct research related to economically and environmentally sound farming practices. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to develop integrated crop management technical guides. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to establish a voluntary integrated crop management program option to assist eligible producers in adopting integrated crop management plans. Sets forth related provisions with regard to: (1) base and payment protection; (2) acreage reduction; (3) cross-compliance waiver; and (4) haying restrictions. Title V: Certified Organic Food - Directs the Secretary to establish an Organic Food Commission to: (1) determine the advisability of establishing a national program for organic food certification; and (2) review and approve State programs. Sets forth certification criteria. Title VI: Extension Service - Provides for Extension Service agent training in all aspects of integrated crop management, including specialist training and information dissemination. Title VII: Data Collection - Directs the Secretary to develop and disseminate information concerning the agricultural uses of pesticide and fertilizers. Title VIII: Great Plains Conservation Program - Amends the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act to: (1) extend the Great Plains conservation program through FY 2001; and (2) increase the program cost ceiling.

Bill· SS. 2366 (101st)referred

Parents as Teachers: the Family Involvement in Education Act of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1990

Parents as Teachers: the Family Involvement in Education Act of 1990 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) to make grants to States for parents as teachers programs. Makes eligible for such a grant any State which operates a parents as teachers program associated with the Parents as Teachers National Center in Missouri. Sets forth program requirements, limiting services to families during the period from the last three months of a mother's pregnancy to the child's attaining age three. Prohibits requiring any person to participate in any program of parent education or developmental screening, or any program for developmentally delayed children. Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish a Parents as Teachers National Center for information dissemination and technical and training assistance for States with such programs; and (2) evaluate such programs within four years. Authorizes appropriations.

Bill· SS. 2361 (101st)referred

Southern Agricultural Act of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1990

Southern Agricultural Act of 1990 - Title I: Peanuts - Peanut Stabilization Act of 1990 - Amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 to establish national and farm poundage quotas for each of the 1991 through 1995 peanut crops. Provides for: (1) sale, lease, or transfer of farm poundage quotas; (2) marketing penalties and the disposition of additional peanuts; and (3) experimental and research programs. Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to set forth the price support program for the 1991 through 1995 peanut crops. Authorizes price increases based on production cost increases. Title II: Cotton - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to set forth the price support program for the 1991 through 1995 upland cotton crops. Sets minimum loan rates at $.55 per pound, and minimum target prices for upland cotton at $.75 per pound. Authorizes loan extensions if prices do not exceed specified levels. Bases loan rates on the adjusted world price with negotiable marketing certificates to be issued to U.S. producers if such price is below the loan repayment rate. Requires the imposition of a special limited global import quota when specified U.S. cotton prices exceed European prices. Provides for: (1) disaster and prevented planting disaster payments; (2) acreage limitations and related conservation use plantings; and (3) diversion payments. States that there shall be no cross compliance requirements for the 1991 through 1995 cotton crops. Sets forth acreage base and program yield provisions for the 1991 through 1995 crops of upland cotton and rice. Title III: Oilseeds - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to set soybean price support levels for the 1991 through 1995 crops at $6.25 per bushel. Establishes price supports for the 1991 through 1995 crops of oilseeds (based upon soybean levels). Title IV: Miscellaneous Commodity Provisions - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to extend advance program announcement provisions. Amends the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 to extend the National Agricultural Cost of Production Standards Review Board through 1995. Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to make certain conservation use acreage requirements inapplicable for the 1991 through 1995 crop years to producers who double crop a non-program crop after harvesting a program crop. Title V: Agricultural Research - Subtitle A: Establishment of Southern Institute for Agricultural Resource Policy - Directs the Secretary to establish a Southern Institute for Agricultural and Resource Policy. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle B: Plant Science Research - Amends the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 to direct the Secretary to establish a plant science research program. Authorizes appropriations.

Bill· SS. 2353 (101st)referred

National Fire Forces Mobilization Act of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1990

National Fire Forces Mobilization Act of 1990 - Amends the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 to authorize appropriations which shall be divided equally between State forestry agencies and rural volunteer fire departments and be used to improve their firefighting capacity and provide firefighting assistance to other firefighting organizations. Limits the Federal share of the cost of any activity of a State or rural volunteer fire department carried out with such funds to 50 percent.

Bill· SS. 2336 (101st)referred

Target Price Adjustment Act of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1990

Target Price Adjustment Act of 1990 - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to provide for annual target price adjustments for each of the 1991 through 1995 crops of wheat, feed grains, upland cotton, extra long staple cotton, and rice to reflect changed production costs.

Bill· SS. 2313 (101st)referred

Drug Emergency Areas Act of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1990

Drug Emergency Areas Act of 1990 - Amends the National Narcotics Leadership Act of 1988 to replace language with respect to the designation of high intensity drug trafficking areas with provisions authorizing the President to declare a State or part of a State to be a drug emergency area. Requires requests for such a declaration to be made, in writing, by the Governor or chief executive officer of any affected State or local government and forwarded to the President through the Director of National Drug Control Policy. Allows cities, counties, or States to submit a joint request. Requires requests to be based on a written finding that the emergency is of such severity and magnitude that Federal assistance is necessary to ensure an effective response. Prohibits the President from limiting declarations made under this Act to highly-populated centers of drug trafficking, drug use, or drug-related violence. Requires the President to consider applications from governments of less populated areas where the magnitude and severity of such activities are beyond the capability of the State or local government to respond. Requires Governors or chief executive officers, as part of such requests and as a prerequisite to such assistance, to: (1) take appropriate action under State or local law to respond to the crisis and furnish information on the nature and amount of State and local resources which have been or will be committed to alleviating the emergency; (2) certify that State and local government obligations and expenditures will comply with all applicable cost-sharing requirements; and (3) submit a detailed plan outlining the State or local government's short- and long-term plans to respond to the emergency. Requires the Director to review requests submitted and forward the application to the President, along with a recommendation. Authorizes the President to make grants to State or local governments of up to $50,000,000 for any single emergency. Limits the Federal share to 75 percent of the costs necessary to implement the short- and long-term plan. Limits the duration of assistance to a drug disaster area to one year, after which the Governors or chief executive officers may apply for an extension of up to 180 days. Requires any State or local government receiving Federal assistance to balance the allocation of such assistance evenly between drug supply and demand reduction efforts, unless State or local conditions dictate otherwise. Authorizes the President to: (1) direct any Federal agency to utilize its authorities and resources to support State and local efforts; and (2) provide technical and advisory assistance. Authorizes appropriations.