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United States · United States Congress · 23 October 1990
Designates May 17, 1991, as High School Reserve Officer Training Corps Recognition Day.
United States · United States Congress · 18 October 1990
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should declare November 2, 1990, a national day of prayer for: (1) members of American military forces and American citizens stationed or held hostage in the Middle East, and for their families; and (2) American and Iraqi authorities to bring about a just resolution of the Persian Gulf crisis.
United States · United States Congress · 4 October 1990
Designates October 30, 1990, as Refugee Day.
United States · United States Congress · 20 September 1990
Designates October 8 through 12, 1990, as Youth Space Education Week.
United States · United States Congress · 17 September 1990
Designates November 11 through 17, 1990, as Gaucher's Disease Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 17 September 1990
Designates the month of October 1990 as Country Music Month.
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
Lamprey River Study Act of 1990 - Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate a specified segment of the Lamprey River, New Hampshire, for study as a potential addition to the national wild and scenic rivers system. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to complete such study not later than three years after enactment of this Act. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 13 July 1990
Designates October 1990 as Italian-American Heritage and Culture Month.
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 · 28 June 1990
Designates October 1990 as Ending Hunger Month.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1990
American Family Enterprise Preservation Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code with respect to the estate tax on transfers with a retained life estate to repeal certain provisions concerning inclusions in the estate related to valuation freezes (especially where transfers with a retained life estate are to family members). Reduces estate and gift tax rates to: (1) 15 percent of the amount not over $1,000,000; and (2) $150,000, plus 28 percent of the excess of the amount over $1,000,000. Indexes such amounts for inflation. Increases the unified credits against estate and gift taxes and indexes them for inflation. Revises provisions concerning the rate of interest on deferred estate tax attributable to a closely held business.
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1990
Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to declare that the Congress recognizes that prompt U.S. assistance is necessary to alleviate the emergency in Lithuania caused by the Soviet blockade. Directs the Administrator of the agency responsible for administering part I of such Act to: (1) furnish humanitarian assistance to Lithuania during such emergency; (2) solicit donations of humanitarian assistance for Lithuania and cooperate with private relief agencies attempting to provide such assistance; and (3) attempt to deliver such assistance by the most expeditious means available. Authorizes appropriations. Urges the President to seek permission from the Soviet Union to deliver humanitarian relief to Lithuania without delay.
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1990
Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to declare that the Congress recognizes that prompt U.S. assistance is necessary to alleviate the emergency in Lithuania caused by the Soviet blockade. Directs the Administrator of the Agency for International Development to furnish medical supplies and other humanitarian assistance to Lithuania. Requires the Administrator to solicit donations of medical supplies and medical assistance from the private sector. Authorizes the Commander-in-Chief of U.S. Transportation Command to provide all necessary airlift and sealift to transport such assistance as soon as an agreement between the United States and the Soviet Union has been concluded. Authorizes appropriations. Prohibits such assistance from being used to pay for, or coerce any person to practice, abortions or involuntary sterilizations. Urges the President to begin negotiations with: (1) the Soviet Union regarding the importation of humanitarian assistance; and (2) the governments of other Soviet republics to enlist their assistance in lifting the blockade.
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1990
Economic Growth and Venture Capital Act of 1990 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce the individual and corporate capital gains rate from 34 percent to 15 percent. Reduces such tax to 7.5 percent for low- and middle-income taxpayers. Requires indexing, based on the gross national product deflator, of the adjusted basis of certain assets (corporate stock and tangible property that is a capital asset of property used in a trade or business) that have been held for more than one year at the time of sale or other transfer, solely for the purpose of determining gain or loss. Provides for indexing the limitation on capital losses of noncorporate taxpayers.
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1990
Coastal Barrier Resources Act Amendments of 1990 - Amends the Coastal Barrier Resources Act (the Act) to replace provisions describing the properties included in the Coastal Barrier Resources System and providing for boundary modifications and maps with provisions including in the System undeveloped coastal barriers: (1) depicted on specified maps; (2) owned by the United States and meeting certain requirements; and (3) incorporated into the System under provisions of this Act. Requires the Administrator of General Services, prior to transfer or disposal of excess property that may be an undeveloped coastal barrier, to obtain from the Secretary of the Interior a determination of whether the property constitutes such a barrier. Sets forth procedures for adding such a property to the System. Directs the Secretary to provide to the Governor of each State on the Atlantic, Gulf, or Great Lakes coasts copies of maps of the undeveloped coastal barriers owned by that State or a local government. Directs the Secretary, if a Governor elects to have any portion added to the System, to follow certain procedures for adding such portions. Sets forth procedures regarding filing, public inspection, and changing of maps. Requires review of maps: (1) on request of certain officers of States, political subdivisions, and coastal zone management agencies; and (2) at least once every seven years. Amends provisions setting forth permissible Federal expenditures affecting the System to: (1) require that expenditures for the disposal of dredge materials be consistent with the purposes of the Act; (2) require that emergency actions essential to saving lives and protecting property be subject to specified provisions of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act regulating the amount of assistance; and (3) allow expenditures for the maintenance of existing channel improvements and related structures only if all, or a portion, of the moneys for the improvement or structure were appropriated before that System unit was included within the System (currently, before October 18, 1982). Requires the head of each Federal agency concerned (currently, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget) to certify compliance with the Act annually to specified congressional committees and the Secretary (currently, to the House of Representatives and the Senate). Authorizes appropriations.
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 · 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 · 24 May 1990
Designates the week of June 17 through June 23, 1990, as National Week to Commemorate the Victims of the Famine in Ukraine, 1932-1933. Condemns the disregard for human rights characterized by the Soviet Union during the famine and expresses sympathy for victims of the famine. Requests the President to call attention to Soviet policies that caused the famine and have suppressed Ukrainian human rights and the expression of cultural and social heritage. Recognizes the reforms underway in the Ukraine and urges the Soviet Government to: (1) move forward toward democratization and restructuring; and (2) provide a framework for the realization of the rights and aspirations of the Ukrainian people.
United States · United States Congress · 17 May 1990
Designates May 1990 as Take Pride in America Month.
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 · 3 May 1990
Amends the Export Administration Act of 1979 to prohibit the President, on or after May 1, 1990, from revising the control list of goods or technology in such a manner that would decontrol exports to the Soviet Union prior to the date the President transmits to the Congress certification that the Soviet Union has: (1) lifted its economic embargo against Lithuania; and (2) entered into negotiations with the intent to recognize such country's independence.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1990
Designates September 1990 as National Awareness Month for Children with Cancer.
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.
United States · United States Congress · 19 April 1990
Computer Abuse Amendments Act of 1990 - Amends the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act to make it a felony to transmit an unauthorized program or code that alters the information stored in a computer with the intent to damage, disrupt, alter, or misappropriate the system or information contained within the affected computer or computer system if the transmission: (1) causes damage exceeding $1,000 in any one-year period; or (2) modifies or impairs the medical care of one or more individuals. Makes such offense punishable by a fine and up to five years in prison. Sets forth parallel provisions with respect to recklessly transmitting a destructive computer program or code. Makes such offense a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine and imprisonment for up to one year. Creates a civil cause of action for compensatory or injunctive relief for persons suffering damage or loss by virtue of a violation of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 19 April 1990
Designates October 1990 as Polish-American Heritage Month.
United States · United States Congress · 19 April 1990
Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the President should urge the Government of Sudan and the Sudanese People's Liberation Army (SPLA) to adopt an informal ceasefire to facilitate relief efforts and to fully implement the agreement on phase II of Operation Lifeline Sudan; (2) the SPLA should immediately cease shelling the garrison town of Juba; and (3) the Sudanese Government should not obstruct private voluntary organizations assisting with humanitarian relief activities.
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1990
Expresses the condolences of the Senate on the death of the Honorable Spark M. Matsunaga of Hawaii.
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1990
Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to purchase from members of the Air Force and their spouses mobile homes located on the base mobile home park at Pease Air Force Base, New Hampshire, on January 1, 1989, and not moved from there since that time. Outlines provisions concerning: (1) the amount of payment; (2) the disposal of mobile homes purchased; (3) funding for payments from the Department of Defense Base Closure Account; and (4) reports to the Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1990
Prohibits the issuance of a license to U.S.-owned firms to carry on certain trade activities with Cuba. Subjects U.S. vessels which enter a Cuban port to engage in trade to seizure, forfeiture, and sale by the United States. Authorizes the President, beginning October 1, 1991, to withhold economic support fund assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 from any country equal to the value of sales of sugar from Cuba imported by such country in the preceding fiscal year. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should urge countries that import sugar from Cuba and do not receive such U.S. assistance to import it from other Central American or Caribbean countries with democratic governments. Amends the Trading With the Enemy Act to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to impose civil penalties for violations of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1990
Designates January 6 through January 12, 1991, as National Law Enforcement Training Week.
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1990
Calls for: (1) an immediate cease-fire in Ethiopia; (2) expansion of the cross-border feeding operations; and (3) the Government of Ethiopia to permit the Port of Massawa to be opened for international relief operations. Urges the President to: (1) encourage adoption of a cease-fire; (2) encourage other countries to facilitate a cease-fire and relief efforts; (3) impress upon the Ethiopian Government the need for allowing relief access through the Massawa Port; (4) encourage a more prominent role for the United Nations in coordinating relief efforts; and (5) call on the Soviet Union to exert increased pressure on Ethiopia to allow full use of all relief corridors.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1990
Designates September 9 through 15, 1990, as National Historically Black Colleges Week.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1990
Designates September 13, 1990, as National DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) Day.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1990
Authorizes and requests the President to designate May 13, 1990, as National Day in Support of Freedom and Human Rights in China and Tibet.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1990
Acknowledges that Jerusalem is and should remain the capital of the State of Israel. Declares that Jerusalem must remain an undivided city in which the rights of every ethnic religious group are protected. Calls upon all parties involved in the search for peace to maintain their efforts to bring about negotiations between Israel and Palestinian representatives.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1990
Designates February 17 through 23, 1991, as National Visiting Nurse Associations Week.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1990
Designates July 10, 1990, as Wyoming Centennial Day.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1990
Innovative Boot Camp Prison Act of 1990 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize grants to States to carry out projects that demonstrate innovative alternatives to the imprisonment of individuals convicted of nonviolent offenses. Includes boot camp prisons as such alternatives, in conjunction with drug treatment, literacy education, vocational education, and job training programs. Makes drug testing and treatment mandatory for drug offenders. Sets forth: (1) application procedures and requirements for grants; and (2) procedures for review of applications. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1990
Designates October 11, 1990, as National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Centennial Day.
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1990
Competitive Northeastern Rail Freight Service Act of 1990 - Requires the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) to provide for access by a second, competitive rail freight carrier over routes from Montreal, Quebec, through New York State, via Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, to Hagerstown, Maryland, and Potomac Yard, Alexandria, Virginia. Requires the ICC, if necessary, to grant trackage rights for the establishment of such competitive routes.
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1990
Calls upon the President to urge Soviet President Gorbachev to publicly condemn the emergence of popular anti-Semitism in the Soviet Union and to protect Soviet Jews from harassment and violence.
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1990
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the United States should not complete trade negotiations with the Soviet Union and the Senate will not approve a waiver of the Jackson-Vanik Amendment to implement any trade agreement until the Soviet Union complies with the commercial airline agreement to allow El Al the right to have direct flights between the Soviet Union and Israel.
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1990
Authorizes and requests the President to designate the last Friday of April 1990 as National Arbor Day.
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1990
Designates May 16, 1990, as National Employee Health and Fitness Day.
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1990
Amends Federal law to authorize and request the President to designate May as Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month annually, beginning in 1990. (Current law designates a seven-day period beginning on May 4, 1979.)
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1990
Designates the 1990 filing season as National IRS-Sponsored Volunteer Season.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1990
Urges the Soviet Union to recognize the sovereignty of the Baltic States. Designates June 14, 1990, as Baltic Freedom Day.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1990
Designates May 1990 as National Digestive Disease Awareness Month.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1990
Savings and Economic Growth Act of 1990 - Title I: Capital Gains Provisions - Subtitle A: Reduction in Capital Gains Tax - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce the capital gains rate for noncorporate taxpayers through a deduction of: (1) 30 percent for assets held at least three years; (2) 20 percent for assets held at least two years; and (3) ten percent for assets held at least one year. Provides for the treatment of collectibles as short-term gains or losses (making them ineligible for such deduction). Disallows the capital gains deduction in computing the alternative minimum tax. Subtitle B: Depreciation Recapture - Provides for the treatment of gain from the disposition of certain depreciable realty as ordinary income. Title II: Home Ownership and Savings Incentives - Allows an exemption from the ten-percent additional tax on early distributions from qualified retirement plans up to $10,000, if the distribution is used to make a first-home purchase at a cost of no more than 110 percent of the median home price in the geographic area where the residence is located. Allows an individual (other than a dependent) to establish a family savings account for the exclusive benefit of an individual and the individual's beneficiaries. Limits contributions to such accounts to $2,500 for the taxable year, if the individual's adjusted income does not exceed $60,000 ($120,000 in the case of joint returns). Subjects the family savings account to the tax imposed on unrelated business income of tax-exempt organizations. Provides that distributions paid out of such accounts shall not be included in gross income, except for earnings on contributions held less than seven years. Establishes a ten-percent additional tax on earnings on contributions held less than three years.