United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1990
Children's Health Access and Prevention Act of 1990 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to extend Medicaid coverage to pregnant women, and children who have not attained age six, whose family income is no less than 100 percent and no more than 200 percent of the Federal poverty level. Requires Medicaid coverage of children who have attained age six but who have not attained age 19 and whose family income does not exceed 200 percent of the Federal poverty level if such children are not otherwise covered under the Medicaid program or under title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) or part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) of title IV of the Social Security Act. Provides Federal coverage for all of the costs of such coverage. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the excise tax on cigarettes. Establishes the Medicaid Expansion Trust Fund into which cigarette tax revenues shall be placed to finance this Act's expansion of Medicaid eligibility. Eliminates the cigarette tax increase at the close of FY 1993.
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 · 2 August 1990
El Salvador Military Aid Reduction and Restrictions Act of 1990 - Limits the amount of military assistance for El Salvador for FY 1991. Prohibits the provision of such assistance if the President reports to the Congress that: (1) the Salvadoran Government has declined to participate in negotiations for a permanent settlement and cease-fire to the armed conflict; (2) the Salvadoran Government has failed to support an active role for the United Nations Secretary General in mediating such settlement; (3) the Salvadoran Government has failed to conduct an investigation into, and prosecution of those responsible for, the murders at the University of Central America; (4) the Salvadoran military and security forces are engaging in violent acts against civilians or are failing to control such activities by elements subject to their control; or (5) the Salvadoran Government's representatives are not negotiating in good faith in the United Nations-sponsored negotiations with the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN). Provides for the resumption of such assistance pursuant to a law enacted by the Congress. Withholds 50 percent of military assistance allocated for FY 1990 and 1991 and of unobligated assistance for prior fiscal years. Releases such assistance only if: (1) the FMLN have declined to participate in settlement negotiations or have refused to accept the Secretary General's role in such settlement; (2) the survival of the Salvadoran Government is being jeopardized by FMLN actions; (3) proof exists that the FMLN is continuing to acquire significant shipments of lethal military assistance from outside El Salvador; (4) the FMLN is engaging in violent acts against civilians or is failing to control such activities by elements subject to its control; or (5) the FMLN representatives are not negotiating in good faith in the United Nations-sponsored negotiations with the Salvadoran Government. Prohibits U.S. assistance to El Salvador if the elected head of the government is deposed by military coup or decree. Provides for the resumption of such assistance pursuant to a law enacted by the Congress. Establishes the Demobilization and Transition Fund to assist in monitoring a settlement of the conflict and in demobilizing combatants in such conflict and aiding their transition to peaceful pursuits. Makes amounts in the Fund available only if the President notifies the Congress that a permanent settlement of the conflict has been reached. Transfers withheld military assistance to the Fund on the date of such notification or on September 30, 1991, if no notification has occurred. Authorizes the delivery of U.S. military assistance to the Salvadoran armed forces only with the prior approval of the elected president of El Salvador. Directs the Secretary of State, through agreement with the National Endowment for Democracy or other qualified organizations, to establish a program to strengthen democratic political and legal institutions in El Salvador. Makes available economic support fund assistance for such program. Earmarks a specified amount for elections monitoring. Withholds a specified amount of military assistance for El Salvador until the President reports to the Committees on Appropriations that the Salvadoran Government has pursued all legal avenues to bring to trial those responsible for the murders of certain land reformers, peasants, priests, and unionists.
United States · United States Congress · 26 July 1990
Christopher Columbus Quincentenary Commemorative Coin and Scholarship Endowment Act of 1990 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue a specified number of five dollar gold coins, one dollar silver coins, and half dollar clad coins emblematic of the quincentenary of the discovery of America. Sets forth certain features of such coins and provides for their design, issuance, and sale. Provides that such coins shall be considered legal tender. Requires that all sales of such coins include specified surcharges. Requires that all surcharges received from the sale of such coins be paid quarterly to the Christopher Columbus Quincentenary Scholarship Endowment Fund established by this Act. States that such Fund shall be maintained by the Quincentenary Scholarship Foundation to generate income for scholarships and secondary school summer programs for students with the potential to make lasting contributions in the disciplines of geography, foreign languages, and international affairs. Requires the Foundation to report annually on its activities to the Congress and the Secretary of Education.
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1990
Employee Benefits Simplification Act - Title I: Nondiscrimination Provisions - Amends the Internal Revenue Code with respect to employee benefit plans. Redefines the term "highly compensated employee" for pension, profit sharing, and stock bonus plans, etc., purposes. Makes such employee one who is a five-percent owner or who has compensation from the employer in excess of $50,000. Provides a special rule where no employees are treated as highly compensated. Redefines "compensation" to mean, in general, the amount of wages shown on the W-2 form for the calendar year. Allows self-employed individuals to use their earned income amount. Includes the following deferrals as those which an employer may elect to take into account when determining salary reduction contributions: (1) deferred compensation plans of State and local government and tax-exempt organizations; (2) contributions to an employee trust; and (3) trusts for benefit payments funded by employer contributions. Permits an employer to elect to use base pay for all purposes, other than indentifying highly compensated employees, in lieu of W-2 compensation. Provides that the cost of living adjustment with respect to any calendar year is based on the increase in the applicable index as of the close of the calendar quarter ending September 30 of the preceding calendar year. Requires the rounding of such amounts to the nearest $1,000, except that elective deferrals and elective contributions to simplified employee pensions are to be rounded to the nearest $100. Provides that the minimum participation rule applies only to defined benefit pension plans. Requires such plans to benefit not less than 25 employees, or the greater of 40 percent of all employees or two employees (or if there is only one employee, such employee). Sets forth alternative methods of meeting nondiscrimination requirements for cash or deferred arrangements, including specified contribution and notice requirements. Sets forth alternative methods of satisfying the nondiscrimination test for matching contributions. Revises the method for distributing excess contributions to highly compensated employees. Title II: Distributions - Allows distributions from qualified pension plans to be rolled over tax-free to an individual retirement account or another qualified plan or annuity. Eliminates five-year forward averaging for lump-sum distributions from qualified plans. Requires certain tax-free distributions to be made in the form of a direct trustee-to-trustee transfer to an eligible individual retirement plan. Sets forth administrative requirements in making such distributions. Requires distributions to be made from qualified plans by April 1 of the calendar year following the later of: (1) the calendar year in which the employee attains age 70; or (2) the calendar year in which the employee retires. (Present law requires such distributions no later than April 1 of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the employee attains age 70 1/2.) Title III: Miscellaneous Provisions - Revises the definition of a leased employee to include one whose services are performed under the control of a service recipient, instead of one whose services are historically performed by employees. Replaces the 59 1/2- and 70 1/2-year age requirement with 59- and 70-year age requirements for specified pension plans. Eliminates the special aggregation rules that apply to plans maintained by owner-employees that do not apply to other qualified plans. Makes the 150 percent current liability limitation on the deduction allowed for employer contributions to qualified pension plans inapplicable to multi-employer plans. Repeals the present law annual valuation requirement for such plans and applies the prior law requirement that valuations be performed at least every three years. Sets forth affiliation requirements for employers jointly maintaining a voluntary employees' beneficiary association. Makes the following limitations inapplicable to plans maintained by State and local governments and certain tax-exempt organizations: (1) excess benefit limitations; (2) compensation limitation on benefits; (3) limitations on disability and survivor benefits; and (4) the limitation on benefits exceeding 100 percent of the participant's average compensation. Modifies provisions relating to simplified employee pensions. Increases the number of allowable participants for salary reduction arrangements from 25 to 100. Allows participation after one year of service (currently, three years of service is required). Repeals the requirement that at least 50 percent of eligible employees participate in a salary reduction arrangement. Eliminates certain requirements regarding contributions on behalf of disabled employees. Allows rural cooperative plans which include cash or deferred arrangements to make distributions to participants after attainment of age 59. Includes reports of pension and annuity payments in information returns and payee statements. Eliminates reports of designated distributions from the scope of the $25 per day penalty. Provides a $10 reporting threshold for designated distributions.
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1990
Declares that it is the sense of the Senate that: (1) the unchecked zebra mussel may devastate Great Lakes fisheries; and (2) the President should direct the Secretary of State to negotiate with Canada to establish a program of zebra mussel research and control through the Great Lakes Fishery Commission, to be coordinated with other research and control in and outside the Great Lakes Basin.
United States · United States Congress · 17 July 1990
Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Health Care, Education, Training, and Community Services Amendments of 1990 - Amends the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act to make homeless individuals eligible for assistance under the Job Training Partnership Act without regard to whether they meet income eligibility requirements. Amends the Public Health Service Act to extend the authorizations of appropriations for certain health and alcohol and drug abuse treatment services for the homeless through FY 1993. Amends the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act to extend through 1993 the authorization of appropriations for community mental health services demonstration projects for homeless individuals who are chronically mentally ill. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor, in awarding grants for job training demonstration projects for the homeless, to give special consideration to applicants who will implement projects that: (1) will serve areas of greatest need; or (2) include reciprocal referral agreements with other programs that provide a holistic service approach on an individual case management basis. Extends the authorization of appropriations for such projects through FY 1993. Repeals a provision which terminates such program on October 1, 1990. Requires a State, in order to receive an emergency community services homeless grant, to ensure that it will award at least 95 percent (currently, all) of the grant to specified agencies and organizations. Decreases the percentage required to be awarded to agencies and organizations that are providing services to meet the urgent needs of homeless individuals. Provides that not more than five percent of grant amounts (currently, no amount) may be used to defray State administrative costs. Includes within the list of authorized uses of grant amounts the provision of, or referral to, violence counseling for homeless individuals and the provision of counseling training to individuals who work with the homeless. Extends the authorization of appropriations for such program through FY 1993. Extends the authorization of appropriations for adult literacy and basic skills remediation programs for the homeless through FY 1993. Makes local educational agencies or consortia and partnerships between eligible entities (currently, State educational agencies) eligible to receive grants for such programs. Requires the Secretary of Education, in awarding such grants, to give special consideration to applicants that will implement projects serving areas of greatest need. Includes within the list of authorized uses of grants for State and local activities for the education of homeless children and youth the implementation of training programs for teachers and administrators and the provision of grants to local educational agencies. Requires local educational agencies of homeless children or youth to: (1) provide transportation to enable them to attend school; and (2) coordinate with other agencies or programs providing services to such children or youth and their families. Directs each local educational agency to designate a homelessness liaison to ensure that: (1) homeless children and youth enroll and succeed in the schools of such agency; and (2) homeless families, children, and youth receive educational services for which they are eligible and referrals to appropriate services. Requires State and local educational agencies to review and revise any policies that may act as barriers to the enrollment of homeless children and youth in schools. Extends the authorization of appropriations for grants for the education of homeless children and youth through FY 1993. Sets forth provisions concerning the reservation and allocation of funds. Authorizes State educational agencies to make grants to local educational agencies to provide services to facilitate the enrollment, attendance, and success of homeless children and youth in school. Lists services to be included in such program and sets forth application requirements. Requires the Comptroller General to report to the Congress on the most effective method of distributing funds to State and local educational agencies for educational programs for the homeless. Directs the Secretary of Education to study and report to the appropriate congressional committees on the best means of identifying, locating, and counting homeless children and youth. Requires the Secretary to determine accurate estimates of the number of homeless children and youth throughout the nation and the number of such children and youth attending school. Authorizes appropriations. Requires the Secretary to provide support and technical assistance to State educational agencies to carry out education programs for homeless children and youth. Directs the Secretary to conduct evaluation and dissemination activities of programs designed to meet the educational needs of homeless elementary and secondary school students. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct specified evaluations to develop information concerning the organization, impact, and effectiveness of services provided to homeless individuals under programs administered by the Secretary and the coordination of such programs with other Federal programs providing services to the homeless. Requires the Secretary to study and report to the appropriate congressional committees on the extent to which Federal laws, regulations, or policies hinder Federal facilities in making available to programs serving the homeless prepared food of such facilities that is not consumed. Amends the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to specified entities to demonstrate, with respect to children whose families are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless, the effectiveness of activities to prevent: (1) inappropriate separation of children from their families on the basis of homelessness or other problems regarding housing for such families; and (2) abuse and neglect of such children. Lists qualifications of grantees and eligible geographic areas. Sets forth matching fund requirements. Limits the duration of such grants to three fiscal years. Prohibits the Secretary from making such a grant unless the agency involved agrees to establish joint training programs for service personnel. Lists activities for which grant funds may be expended. Sets forth reporting requirements for grantees. Directs the Secretary to conduct specified evaluations to determine the effectiveness of the demonstration programs. Sets forth restrictions with respect to grants. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 12 July 1990
Medicaid Medically Needy Eligibility Clarification Act of 1990 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to state that in determining the amounts which shall be excluded from a medically needy individual's income for Medicaid eligibility purposes States may make more liberal exclusions than those otherwise made under the Act.
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 · 27 June 1990
Amends the United States Institute of Peace Act (the Act) to authorize the U.S. Institute of Peace, through its Board of Directors, to award an annual Spark M. Matsunaga Medal of Peace and a cash award to a person or persons who have contributed in extraordinary ways to peace among the nations and peoples of the world, giving special attention to contributions advancing society's knowledge and skill in peacemaking and conflict management. Directs the Board to establish an advisory panel to advise in selection of award recipients. Requires the Institute to report to specified congressional committees on selection procedures. Authorizes the Institute, acting through the Board, to establish the Spark M. Matsunaga Scholars Program, which shall include the provision of scholarships and educational programs in international peace and conflict management and related fields for outstanding high school students, as well as scholarships to outstanding undergraduate students. Revises provisions relating to private gifts and contributions. Increases the amount authorized to be appropriated for each fiscal year. Directs the Secretary of Education to make a grant to the Spark M. Matsunaga Peace Foundation for scholarships, grants, and endowed professorships to individuals and organizations pursuing peace studies and the application of conflict resolution techniques. Authorizes appropriations. Allows such Foundation to retain interest on such grant.
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 · 19 June 1990
Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 1990 - Amends the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act (the Act) to require that the Federal share, under provisions concerning planning priority area activities for persons with developmental disabilities (PWDDs) and provisions concerning university affiliated programs, of projects targeting people who live in (currently, projects located in) urban or rural poverty areas not exceed 90 percent. Allows the non-Federal share of any project under such planning provisions (currently, any project under the Act) to be provided in kind. Modifies requirements regarding the contents of an annual report by each State Planning Council to the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Changes from April 1 to July 1 the due date for an annual report by the Secretary to the President, the Congress, and the National Council on Disability (currently, the President, the Congress, and the National Council on the Handicapped) and modifies requirements regarding the report's contents. Requires that representatives of the Administration on Children, Youth and Families, the Administration on Aging, and the Health Resources and Services Administration be included on an interagency committee established under existing provisions. Imposes reporting requirements on the committee. Requires that the designated State agency: (1) receive, account for, and disburse funds under the planning provisions; and (2) provide administrative support services to the State Planning Council. Modifies requirements regarding State plan contents and accompanying assurances. Requires a limited portion of a State allotment to be available to pay up to one-half of the expenditures for the administration of the State plan (currently, for the exercise of the functions of the State designated agency). Allows State contributions under these provisions to be counted as part of that State's non-Federal share of allotments. Allows the Planning Council, after October 1, 1990, to request review by the Governor of the designation of the designated State agency. Removes certain reporting requirements applicable to each State Planning Council and each Governor. Requires each State Planning Council to use information developed under specified provisions in developing the State plan. Requires that each State Planning Council serve as an advocate for all PWDDs by carrying out priority area activities. Requires (currently, allows) each State Planning Council to prepare and approve a budget using amounts paid to the State under the provisions relating to planning priority area activities to fund activities under such provisions and to hire staff and obtain the services of such personnel as necessary. Requires each State Planning Council to hire a director. Requires each Council to develop and submit the State plan after consultation with (currently, develop the State plan jointly with) the State designated agency. Authorizes appropriations for allotments under provisions relating to planning priority area activities for PWDDs. Requires that a State system for protection and advocacy of individual rights of PWDDs (the system) annually: (1) develop a statement of objectives and priorities (currently, a statement of objectives); and (2) provide for comment by the public and specified others (currently, by the public). Modifies requirements regarding the right of the system to access to all records of certain PWDDs. Changes the notice and appeal requirements which must be met before a State may redesignate the agency implementing the system. Provides for the composition of a multimember governing board of a State system. Declares that: (1) the Act does not preclude a system from bringing a suit on behalf of PWDDs against a State or its agencies or instrumentalities; and (2) amounts received pursuant to such suits and used by the system are limited to furthering the purposes of provisions relating to protection and advocacy of individual rights for PWDDs and shall not be used to augment payments to legal contractors or to award personal bonuses. Directs the Secretary, notwithstanding any other provision of law, to pay allotments directly to any system which complies with such provisions relating to protection and advocacy. Authorizes appropriations for allotments under such provisions. Adds to the list of purposes of grants to university affiliated programs (UAPs) that of training personnel to address the needs of PWDDs in the areas of positive behavior management, assistive technology, and programs in other areas of national significance. Requires grants to UAPs to be: (1) in a specified amount, subject to waiver and exception; (2) awarded on a competitive basis; and (3) awarded for a period of three years. Directs the Secretary to require technical and qualitative review of grant applications by peer review groups as established under existing provisions and using specified criteria. Prohibits using the grants for administrative expenses or to carry out provisions relating to grants to UAPs to assist in the administration and operation of UAPs. Specifies the mandatory and permissive uses for grants for positive behavior management, assistive technology, and programs in other areas of national significance. Requires that recipient UAPs establish consumer advisory committees. Requires UAPs, in order to be eligible for funding, to have: (1) been operated for at least one year; and (2) demonstrated the capacity to develop an effective training program during the first year the program is operated. Extends through FY 1993 the requirement that the Secretary consider four applications for grants for UAPs or satellite centers for each fiscal year in addition to those receiving grants for the preceding fiscal year. Requires such UAPs and centers to be geographically distributed so as to serve States that are underserved as of October 29, 1990. Allows the Secretary, in certain circumstances, to consider applications from States already served by a UAP or center. Directs the Secretary to solicit and allows the Secretary to approve applications that encompass multiple universities. Adds references to on-site visits and inspections to provisions requiring technical and qualitative peer review. Requires such peer review to be coordinated with the peer review under specified provisions. Authorizes appropriations for UAPs. Adds references to improving supportive living and quality of life opportunities which enhance recreation, leisure, and fitness to the list of projects of national significance. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants and enter into contracts for technical assistance (currently, technical assistance and demonstration) projects which expand or improve the functions (currently, the advocacy functions) of the State Planning Councils and for other purposes similar to existing provisions. Authorizes appropriations to carry out provisions relating to projects of national significance.
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 · 14 June 1990
Financial Crimes Prosecution and Recovery Act of 1990 - Title I: National Commission on Financial Crimes - Establishes the National Commission on Financial Crimes to investigate fraud and abuse in the financial services industry and to recommend procedures for improving interagency cooperation and tactics for law enforcement officers in the investigation and prosecution of financial crimes. Sets forth provisions with respect to the membership, powers, pay, reporting requirements, and termination of the Commission. Title II: Improvements in Administration of the Department of Justice - Directs the Attorney General to establish a financial crimes strike force in each Federal judicial district which is in the top quartile of such districts with respect to the total number of criminal referrals filed with the Attorney General by the appropriate Federal banking agencies relating to residents of, or persons located in, such district. Provides for local control of each such strike force, through the U.S. Attorney for such district, except as otherwise provided by the Attorney General. Sets forth provisions regarding pay for attorneys on financial crimes strike forces. Directs the Attorney General to: (1) establish a merit system to recognize and reward outstanding efforts of individuals engaged in the investigation and prosecution of financial crimes; (2) prohibit any U.S. attorney or any other attorney employed by the Department of Justice from taking into account the dollar amount of any loss incurred in connection with any financial crime in making a determination with respect to the investigation or prosecution of such crime; and (3) prescribe by regulation that the investigation of any referral from an appropriate Federal banking agency related to a financial crime involving an insured depository institution in default or in danger of default, or of any troubled institution, be given priority in case management. Amends the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 to make specified civil money penalties collected under such Act available to the Attorney General to carry out any provision of law. Amends the Federal criminal code to grant specified officials of the Federal Bureau of Investigation administrative subpoena authority regarding specified financial crimes. Sets forth provisions: (1) with respect to standards governing production of items subpoenaed; and (2) granting persons complying in good faith with a summons or order issued under this Act and producing the materials sought immunity from civil liability to the consumer for such production or nondisclosure of such production. Title III: Improvements in the Administration of the FDIC and the RTC - Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (FDIA) to grant subpoena authority to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC) as a conservator or receiver or for carrying out authority with respect to an insured depository institution. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to grant the FDIC and the RTC access to Internal Revenue Service returns and return information upon written requests by the respective Board of Directors and upon certification by the Board that it has a substantial need for such returns or return information. Amends the FDIA to authorize Federal banking agencies, in conducting any investigation, examination, or enforcement action under such Act, to: (1) request the assistance of any foreign banking authority; (2) maintain an office outside the United States for such purposes; (3) provide assistance to a foreign banking authority, upon request, if the requesting authority is conducting an investigation involving a violation of laws or regulations relating to banking matters that the requesting authority administers or enforces; and (4) conduct such an investigation as is necessary to collect information and evidence pertinent to such a request without regard to whether the facts stated in the request also constitute a violation of U.S. law. Authorizes the FDIC and the RTC, as conservator or receiver of any insured depository institution, to request the assistance of any foreign banking authority and provide assistance to any such authority in accordance with this Act. Requires the FDIC and the RTC to each maintain a permanent office to coordinate foreign investigations or investigations on behalf of foreign banking authorities. Authorizes the Board of Directors of the FDIC to act in its own name and through its own attorneys in any action or proceeding in which the FDIC is an interested party, whether in its corporate capacity or as conservator or receiver for any insured depository institution. Grants priority to the FDIC over certain claims or actions filed or begun against an affiliated party of the insured depository institution by depositors, creditors, or shareholders of the institution after enactment of this Act. Authorizes the FDIC, as conservator or receiver for any insured depository institution, to avoid any transfer of interest of an institution-affiliated party or any transfer of interest or obligation of person determined to be a debtor of the institution that was made within five years of appointment of the FDIC as conservator or receiver, if such party made such transfer or incurred such liability with intent to hinder, delay, or defraud the insured depository institution. Specifies circumstances under which the FDIC may recover the property transferred or the value of such property. Sets forth provisions regarding prejudgment attachments of assets where an institution-affiliated party may be required to provide restitution to the institution or where the party is a debtor of the institution, and where the assets will be dissipated or otherwise placed beyond the jurisdiction of the court or FDIC before any recovery may be completed unless a trustee is appointed. Establishes criminal penalties for knowingly concealing assets or property from the FDIC or the RTC as a conservator or receiver for any insured depository institution. Requires each Federal banking agency to require directors of depository institutions to complete an educational course on their duties as directors every three years. Authorizes a court or the Attorney General to direct disclosures of matters occurring before a grand jury during an investigation of a banking law violation to identified personnel of a financial institution regulatory agency upon a finding of substantial need, subject to specified conditions. Excludes the payment of restitution under specified Acts, including the FDIA from discharge under bankruptcy provisions. Amends the Federal criminal code to subject to civil forfeiture property which constitutes or is derived from proceeds traceable to mail fraud, or fraud by wire, radio, or television, affecting a financial institution. Amends the FDIA, the Federal Credit Union Act, the Revised Statutes, the Federal Reserve Act, the Bank Holding Company Acts of 1956 and 1970, and the Home Owners' Loan Act to permit the appropriate Federal banking agency, the FDIC, or, in the case of the latter statute, the Director, to apply to specified courts to recover from a depository institution administrative costs arising out of actions taken to recover a civil penalty. Title IV: Taxpayer Recovery Act - Taxpayer Recovery Act of 1990 - Makes an exception to a discharge in bankruptcy for: (1) restitution that the debtor has been ordered to pay by a State or Federal court in any criminal proceeding arising from an act that caused a loss to any bank, savings association, or credit union (bank); or (2) damages provided in any judgment, order, or consent decree entered in any State or Federal court, or in any settlement agreement entered into by the debtor, arising from any act involving fraud or reckless disregard for the law committed with respect to any such institution. Requires that any individual acting as a director, officer, or institution-affiliated party of a bank be considered to be acting in a fiduciary capacity with respect to such institution for purposes of a provision making an exception to a discharge from bankruptcy involving fraud or defalcation while acting in such capacity. Specifies that reliance by a creditor will not be required to establish an exception to discharge if the creditor is a financial regulatory agency that is a successor to a bank. Sets forth time limits for the filing of a complaint objecting to the discharge of a debt owed to: (1) a bank that is closed, is in receivership or conservatorship, or is sold to another bank in a transaction assisted by a financial regulatory agency; or (2) such an agency. Specifies that an individual debtor who has committed an act involving fraud or reckless disregard for the law or is subsequently adjudicated to have committed such an act during the pendency of his bankruptcy proceeding with respect to any bank that is in receivership or conservatorship or that is sold to another bank assisted by a financial regulatory agency shall not be exempt from: (1) more than $7,500 in value of the debtor's aggregate interest in any real property that the debtor uses as a residence: and (2) the debtor's interest in any insurance policy or annuity.
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 · 12 June 1990
Amtrak Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 1990 - Amends the Rail Passenger Service Act to authorize appropriations through FY 1992 for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak). Limits the liability for certain rail accidents occurring in the District of Columbia to no more than the limits of coverage maintained by a publicly funded commuter transportation authority established under Virginia law to indemnify Amtrak or any railroad over which the authority conducts its operations. Authorizes the use of proceeds from the sale of railroad lines that were acquired and rehabilitated with funds under the Rail Safety and Service Improvement Act of 1982 for similar purposes with respect to railroad lines connected with such a line for the purpose of continued rail service on them. Requires Amtrak to cooperate with the efforts of the Washington State Department of Transportation in designing a study of the feasibility of reestablishing rail service between Seattle, Washington, and Vancouver, British Columbia. Directs Amtrak to study and report to the Congress on the revenue and cost implications of separating the California Zephyr-Desert Wind-Pioneer train into two service routes serving a southern and a control route through Iowa. Prohibits the compensation of any rail or motor carrier employee who works in more than one State from being subject to State income taxes in any State but the State in which the employee resides. Amends the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act to treat Amtrak as a publicly funded rail carrier with respect to its contribution toward employees' unemployment compensation benefits. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to study and report to the Congress on the potential need among Class II and Class III railroads for Federal guarantees of obligations for funding rehabilitation and improvement of facilities and equipment, acquisition of new railroad facilities, or refinancing of existing debt.
United States · United States Congress · 12 June 1990
Arts, Humanities, and Museums Amendments of 1990 - Title I: National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities - Amends the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 (NFAHA) to include all those traditional arts practiced by the diverse peoples of this country under the definition of "the arts." Includes among supportable projects those that: (1) develop and enhance the widest public knowledge and understanding of the arts; (2) encourage public education in the arts; (3) enhance managerial and organizational skills and capacities; or (4) are international projects or productions. Authorizes contracts or grants to stimulate artistic activity and awareness which are in keeping with the varied cultural traditions of this Nation. Directs the Chairpersons of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to employ practical national information systems on the arts and on the humanities to prepare quadrennial (currently, biennial) state of the arts reports for the President and the Congress. Authorizes NEH financial assistance to foster programs and projects that provide access to and preserve materials important to research, education, and public understanding of the humanities. Authorizes the following NEH annual awards: (1) the Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities, for distinguished intellectual achievement in the humanities; and (2) the Charles Frankel Prize, to up to five persons each year for outstanding contributions to the public's understanding of the humanities. Repeals authorization for a study of Federal support to museums by the Federal Council on the Arts and Humanities. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1995 for the NEA and the NEH. Title II: Museum Services - Amends the Museum Services Act (MSA) to revise membership and meetings of the National Museum Service Board and certain provisions concerning the Director of the Institute of Museum Services. Authorizes appropriations for: (1) grants to museums to increase and improve museum services; and (2) the Institute of Museum Services. Amends the Arts and Artifacts Indemnity Act to increase the maximum limits, for indemnity agreements under such Act, on: (1) aggregate loss or damage covered by all such agreements at any one time; (2) loss or damage covered for a single exhibition; and (3) the deductible for a single exhibition, according to the amount covered. Title III: Miscellaneous - Amends the Arts, Humanities, and Museums Amendments of 1985 to repeal the mandate for a study by the Comptroller General, which was due one year after the enactment of such Act, on alternative Federal funding of the arts and humanities. Amends Federal law relating to Federal officials to add the Director of the Institute of Museum Services to the list of positions at level IV of the Executive Schedule.
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 · 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
Requires the Secretary of Commerce to take appropriate measures beginning with the 1990 census to ensure that: (1) no member of the armed forces shall be excluded based on being assigned to a post outside of the United States; and (2) each such member is enumerated at such member's home of record.
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 · 18 May 1990
Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the Government of Israel should reopen universities in the West Bank and Gaza; and (2) these institutions should remain open, not be closed for political purposes, and be respected as centers of education.
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1990
Lead Exposure Reduction Act of 1990 - Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act to prohibit the manufacturing, processing, or distribution in commerce of certain products containing more than a specified percentage of lead. Authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to modify the allowable lead percentage for such products under certain conditions. Prohibits the manufacture, import, or distribution in commerce of food cans containing more than .1 percent lead by dry weight. Prohibits the sale of leaded gasoline at a price lower than that of unleaded gasoline sold at the same establishment. Directs persons manufacturing, processing, or importing any product containing more than .1 percent lead by dry weight to submit specified information to the Administrator. Requires the Administrator to publish a compilation of such information. Directs owners and operators of primary and secondary lead smelters or refiners and of battery manufacturing facilities to report to the Administrator on lead emissions from their facilities. Requires such facilities to be equipped with emissions monitoring devices meeting the Administrator's requirements. Directs manufacturers or importers of products containing more than .1 percent lead by dry weight to indicate the percentage of lead on such products' labels. Provides for interim labeling requirements until the Administrator promulgates labeling regulations. Prohibits the processing or manufacturing of products with lead contents exceeding .1 percent unless the product is listed in the Administrator's compilation of information or: (1) the manufacturer or processor has submitted a specified notice to the Administrator prior to such manufacturing or processing; (2) such person complies with certain test data requirements; and (3) the Administrator has determined that the product is not likely to contribute to the dispersion of lead in the environment and no comparable product is available in commerce. Prohibits: (1) the placement into landfills and incineration of lead-acid batteries; and (2) the disposal of such batteries other than by recycling in accordance with this Act. Requires persons to dispose of batteries by delivery to: (1) battery retailers or wholesalers; (2) permitted secondary lead smelters; or (3) permitted collection or recycling facilities. Sets forth specified delivery and disposal requirements for battery retailers, wholesalers, and manufacturers. Directs battery retailers, wholesalers, and manufacturers to accept from customers used batteries of the same type as the batteries sold. Requires battery wholesalers who sell to retailers to provide for removal of batteries from the retailers' place of business. Directs battery retailers to post notices in public areas of retail establishments that: (1) state that it is illegal to throw away motor vehicle or lead-acid batteries and that Federal law requires an exchange of used batteries for new batteries; and (2) encourage recycling of used batteries. Prohibits the sale of any lead-acid battery unless the battery bears a label containing such language. Permits the Administrator to inspect any establishment and to issue warnings and citations for noncompliance. Prescribes civil and criminal penalties for violations of lead-acid battery provisions. Directs the Administrator to undertake a program to promote monitoring, detection, and abatement of lead-based paint and other lead exposure hazards. Requires the Administrator to establish: (1) standards for laboratory analysis of lead in blood and in paint films, soil, and dust; and (2) certification programs to assure the quality and consistency of such analyses, unless voluntary accreditation programs are operating nationwide. Requires the Administrator to develop minimum core curricula for technical training courses for lead-based paint abatement workers, supervisors, designers, inspectors, and building owners. Provides that such courses shall address factors associated with lead testing and abatement in various types of housing units. Directs the Administrator to evaluate such programs and to encourage State certification programs or the development of national proficiency tests. Requires the Administrator to evaluate and develop standards and testing protocols for emerging products and techniques for detecting lead in paint films and dust. Directs the Administrator to report to the Congress on the efficacy and effectiveness of various abatement and management techniques in reducing lead dust levels. Requires the Administrator to establish a program and develop standards for the evaluation of products and procedures for encapsulating or removing lead-based paint. Directs the Administrator to publish a list of products and procedures that meet performance standards. Requires the Administrator to issue guidelines for the management of lead-based paint debris. Prohibits the funding of travel of EPA employees outside the United States unless such guidelines are issued. Requires the Administrator to undertake a research project on lead exposure in children who have elevated blood lead levels or other indicators of elevated lead body burden. Requires the Administrator to sponsor public education and outreach activities to increase awareness of the scope and severity of lead poisoning from household sources and the need for abatement and management action. Directs the Administrator to issue guidelines concerning the levels for lead in soil at which appropriate action must be taken. Directs the Administrator to appoint a Coordinator for Lead Activities. Requires the Administrator to award grants to institutions of higher education for purposes of establishing Centers for the Prevention of Lead Poisoning. Limits the Federal share of Center operation costs. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control, to: (1) encourage State public health officials to report blood-lead measurements to the Director; and (2) report to the Congress on the status of such reporting and the feasibility and desirability of instituting a national requirement for mandatory pre-school blood-lead screening. Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary, acting through the Director, to establish a blood-lead laboratory reference project to assist State and local governments in establishing and improving the quality of laboratory measurements performed for childhood lead poisoning prevention programs. Amends the Clean Air Act to set forth a specific revised national ambient air quality standard for lead if the Administrator fails to promulgate such standard. Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to set forth a specific revised national primary drinking water regulation for lead and require quarterly monitoring of lead at end users' taps if the Administrator fails to promulgate such regulation. Requires the Administrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry to update a report submitted pursuant to the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 to include information on childhood lead poisoning. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1990
Medigap Simplification Act of 1990 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require that Medicare supplemental policy issuers: (1) cover a core group of basic benefits and, if they offer other benefits, issue a policy covering only such basic benefits; and (2) provide prospective purchasers of a policy with a summary information sheet describing policy benefits and the amount of any premiums attributable to optional benefits. Requires the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) or, upon the NAIC's default, the Secretary of Health and Human Services to promulgate simplification standards which set the core group of basic benefits policies must provide, limit the additional benefit packages that may be provided, and establish a uniform language and format to be used with respect to policy benefits. Prohibits the sale of policies which do not meet such standards, though permits approved waivers of such standards to test new or innovative benefits. Directs the NAIC to educate Medicare beneficiaries on the simplification standards. Prohibits a policy issuer from selling a policy without: (1) obtaining a written statement of the buyer indicating any Medicare supplemental policies or Medicaid (title XIX of the Social Security Act) coverage the buyer may have; and (2) notifying the buyer of the possibility and effect of his or her coverage under the Medicaid program and the address and telephone number of any State Medicare supplemental policy counseling program and the State Medicaid office. Prohibits the issuer from selling a policy to a person who indicates that he or she is eligible for Medicaid coverage which would duplicate coverage under such policy. Penalizes individuals who sell a policy in violation of such requirements. Directs the Administrator of the Health Care Financing Administration to conduct a study and report to the Congress on the use of Medicare supplemental policies by individuals who are entitled to Medicaid benefits. Authorizes appropriations for a grant program to assist States in establishing toll-free consumer hotlines providing information on Medicare supplemental policies issued in States and Medicare and Medicaid benefits available to Medicare-eligible individuals.
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1990
Medigap Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act of 1990 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require that Medicare supplemental policy issuers: (1) cover a core group of basic benefits and, if they offer other benefits, issue a policy covering only such basic benefits; (2) provide prospective purchasers of a policy with a summary information sheet describing policy benefits and the ratio of benefits to premiums; (3) guarantee the renewability of policies; (4) offer each group policyholder terminating their coverage or group membership the right to continued coverage under an individual policy (the policyholder ending his or her group membership may also opt for continued coverage under the group policy) or, if the old group policy is replaced by a new group policy, the right to coverage under a new group policy without exclusion for preexisting conditions; and (5) suspend policy benefits and premiums upon the policyholder's indication that he or she is entitled to Medicaid (title XIX of the Social Security Act) benefits. Requires the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) or, upon the NAIC's default, the Secretary of Health and Human Services to promulgate simplification standards which set the core group of basic benefits policies must provide, limit the additional benefit packages that may be provided, and establish a uniform language and format to be used with respect to policy benefits. Prohibits the sale of policies which do not meet such standards, though permits approved waivers of such standards to test new or innovative benefits. Directs the NAIC to educate Medicare beneficiaries on the simplification standards. Gives State Insurance Commissioners the right to approve or disapprove policies mailed into their State from another jurisdiction. Increases the civil monetary penalty for knowingly selling a policy which duplicates health benefits to which an individual is already entitled. Prohibits a policy issuer from selling a policy without: (1) obtaining a written statement of the buyer indicating any Medicare supplemental policies or Medicaid coverage the buyer may have; and (2) notifying the buyer of the possibility and effect of his or her coverage under the Medicaid program and the address and telephone number of any State Medicare supplemental policy counseling program and the State Medicaid office. Prohibits the issuer from selling a policy to a person who indicates that he or she is covered by the Medicaid program or has a duplicative Medicare supplemental policy. Penalizes individuals who sell a policy in violation of such requirements. Stiffens other Medicare supplemental policy fraud penalties. Increases the percentage of premiums which must be returned to policyholders as benefits. Establishes a process whereby States must approve premium increases prior to their implementation. Requires public hearings for any premium increase request exceeding twice the percentage increase in the medical care component of the consumer price index. Limits Medicare supplemental policy sales commissions. Authorizes appropriations or a matching grant program to assist States in establishing counseling programs to aid Medicare-eligible individuals in choosing Medicare supplemental policies. Prohibits such policies from denying a claim for losses incurred more than six months from the effective date of coverage for a preexisting condition.
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 · 10 May 1990
Pharmaceutical Access and Prudent Purchasing Act of 1990 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require States which provide Medicaid coverage of prescribed drugs to pay pharmacists the lesser of the actual charge for the drug or the 90th percentile of actual charges for the drug in the State. Permits a State, either individually or in cooperation with other States, to establish a program for negotiating Medicaid prescription drug price reductions with drug manufacturers which may include the creation of a list of drugs preferred for their cost-effectiveness over other therapeutically equivalent drugs and sold at a reduced price as a result of such negotiations. Limits Medicaid coverage of prescribed drugs that have one or more therapeutic alternates to preferred drugs and non-preferred drugs which the prescriber determines to be medically necessary. Directs States to establish a drug utilization review program addressing the safety and proper use of prescription drugs. Provides Federal funding for 75 percent of drug utilization review program costs from 1991 through 1993. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop and distribute: (1) a standard claim form and a standard electronic claim format to be used in requesting Medicaid payment for outpatient drugs; and (2) a standard reporting format for States to use in reporting expenditures, results of drug utilization review activities, and other information concerning activities under this Act deemed necessary by the Secretary. Provides Federal funding for 75 percent of State costs in adopting, and converting to the use of, such forms during 1991 and 1992. Directs the Secretary to evaluate: (1) the potential for uniting drug price negotiations carried out by the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs with negotiations by the Federal prescription drug negotiating group to be established pursuant to this Act; (2) the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of point-of-service electronic claim management and prospective drug utilization review systems involving pharmacists; and (3) the impact on quality of care and cost-effectiveness of paying pharmacists for drug utilization review services. Requires the Secretary to negotiate with drug manufacturers who require purchasers to pay for their associated services for waiver of the application of such requirement to nursing homes, federally funded hospitals and appropriately selected outpatient pharmacies which purchase their drugs. Directs the Comptroller General to evaluate States' drug price negotiating and drug utilization review programs. Requires the Secretary to establish a National Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee composed of medical and scientific professionals who shall continuously review and evaluate the relative safety, efficacy, and comparability of Medicaid outpatient drugs so as to determine those drugs which have therapeutic alternates and may be designated as preferred drugs via the drug price negotiating process. Requires States which provide Medicaid coverage of prescribed drugs but have not achieved substantial drug price reductions through a negotiating program by 1993 to participate in a State or Federal prescription drug negotiating group by June 30, 1993. Directs the Secretary to establish such Federal group within one year after this Act's enactment. Excludes drugs for which there are no therapeutic alternates from drug price negotiations. Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress by 1995 on the performance of drug price negotiating groups.
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 1990
Comprehensive Alzheimer's Assistance, Research, and Education Act of 1990 (CARE) - Title I: Amendments to the Public Health Service Act - Replaces provisions of the Public Health Service Act authorizing the establishment and operation of Alzheimer's Disease centers with provisions requiring the Director of the National Institute on Aging to make grants and enter into cooperative agreements for planning, establishing, or strengthening at least 15 Alzheimer's Disease Research Centers to support any part of the full range of research and development from very basic to clinical. Requires the Director to award Center Core grants or enter into cooperative agreements to support shared resources for categorical research. Requires the Director to award grants or enter into cooperative agreements with entities receiving assistance under the Research Centers and Center Core provisions of this Act to assist in providing high-quality research and services at locations other than the Research Centers. Requires the Director to make grants or enter into cooperative agreements to: (1) attract new or young investigators to careers involving research on biomedical, behavioral, and social aspects of Alzheimer's disease; and (2) develop institutional training programs emphasizing postdoctoral training and training of women and groups underrepresented in such research. Authorizes appropriations for: (1) the grants and cooperative agreements above in this Act; and (2) under existing provisions, awards for leadership and excellence, research on services to individuals with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias and their families, preparation and revision of a plan for certain research related to Alzheimer's disease, and dissemination of research results. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the Commissioner on Aging, to make grants and enter into contracts for family support demonstration projects. Authorizes the Director to make grants and enter into contracts for long-term care research with regard to Alzheimer's disease and related disorders. Authorizes the Secretary, through the Director of the National Institute of Mental Health, the Administration on Aging, and the National Center for Nursing Research, to make grants and enter into contracts for research on methods for improving the delivery of supportive services to individuals with Alzheimer's disease or related disorders. Authorizes appropriations for family support demonstration projects, long-term care research, and supportive services delivery research. Directs the Secretary to make competitive grants to States for State Alzheimer's disease programs, including medical, legal, educational, health care financing, and other aspects. Requires that 25 to 50 percent of a grant be used in any fiscal year for respite care. Limits grants to: (1) a minimum dollar amount; and (2) one-half of the costs of the research for which the grant is made. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary, through the Director of the National Institutes of Health and the Director of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), to make grants and enter into contracts for basic and clinical research with respect to Alzheimer's disease and related disorders. Authorizes appropriations. Title II: Amendments to the Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias Services Research Act of 1986 - Amends the Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias Services Research Act of 1986 to require the Council on Alzheimer's Disease to make certain annual reports to the Congress and the public regarding matters related to Alzheimer's disease. Authorizes appropriations for the establishment and operation, under existing provisions, of the Advisory Panel on Alzheimer's Disease. Requires grants under specified existing provisions for Alzheimer's research to focus on specialized care as well as on services. Requires the Director of the NIMH to submit a research plan to the Council annually. Modifies the research to be provided for in the plan. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the responsibilities of the NIMH relating to Alzheimer's disease under the Act. Requires the Administrator of the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research to submit a research plan to the Chairman of the Council annually. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the responsibilities of the Agency under the Act. Replaces provisions requiring education programs for providers of care for individuals with Alzheimer's disease with provisions authorizing the Director of the National Institute on Aging to make grants: (1) on the basis of merit, for training programs and continuing education programs with respect to health care for individuals with Alzheimer's disease or related disorders; and (2) for the development of curricula for the training programs and continuing education programs. Requires the Director to establish the National Alzheimer's Education Program to: (1) provide coordination and leadership in the Federal education and promotion effort; (2) develop and distribute education materials; (3) encourage and work with the media to provide information; (4) encourage and work with public and private efforts to develop models for education, training, and assistance programs; and (5) provide technical assistance. Authorizes the Director to make grants for programs to educate health care providers and the families of individuals with Alzheimer's disease or related disorders on caring for such individuals, and on the availability of public and private sources of assistance. Authorizes appropriations to carry out educational activities provisions of the Act.
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 1990
Homelessness Prevention and Community Revitalization Act of 1990 - Title I: Family Support Centers - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to eligible agencies (as defined in this Act) for comprehensive supportive services for low-income families, especially very low-income families living in subsidized housing who were previously homeless or who are at risk of becoming homeless. Requires a participating agency to: (1) establish at least one primary location family support center; and (2) employ family case managers. Authorizes planning grants. Title II: Provision of Services to Elderly Individuals and Individuals With Chronic and Debilitating Illnesses and Conditions - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary to make grants to eligible agencies for health and related services for low-income elderly or low-income seriously ill persons, especially very low-income elderly or seriously ill persons who were homeless or who are at risk of becoming homeless or institutionalized. Requires a participating agency to establish at least one primary location home health service program. Authorizes planning grants. Title III: Mental Health Services Grants for Group Homes for Homeless Individuals - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary to make grants to eligible agencies for housing based services to previously homeless low-income mentally ill persons who will reside in a group home. Requires a participating agency to establish a primary location mental health services program. Authorizes planning grants. Provides with regard to grants under titles I, II, and III of this Act for: (1) 80 percent Federal funding; (2) maximum grants of $50,000 per agency; (3) obligated amounts for staff training; and (4) FY 1991 through 1995 appropriations. Title IV: Community Development Corporation Improvement Grants - Amends the Community Economic Development Act of 1981 to direct the Secretary to make grants for community development corporation: (1) business management enhancement; (2) operations; and (3) equity accounts for low-income housing development. Authorizes appropriations. Title V: Plan for Cooperation - Requires the Secretary and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to prepare and submit to the appropriate congressional committees a specified cooperation plan.
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 1990
Comprehensive Campaign Finance Reform Act of 1990 - Title I: Reduction of Special Interest Influence - Subtitle A: Elimination of Political Action Committees from Federal Election Activities - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to: (1) revise the definition of a "political committee" to delete references to any separate segregated fund and any committee, club, association, or group which receives contributions or makes expenditures annually totaling over $1,000 and to include any national, State, or district committee of a political party, including any subordinate committee thereof, and any committee jointly established by such committees or by any local committee as defined under current law for joint fundraising activities; (2) repeal provisions excluding nonpartisan registration and get-out-the-vote campaigns and the establishment of, and solicitation of contributions for, a separate segregated fund from the definition of a "contribution or expenditure" by a national bank, corporation, or labor organization; and (3) prohibit making, soliciting, or receiving contributions or making expenditures to influence a Federal election by any person other than an individual or a political committee. Specifies that if such prohibition is not in effect: (1) it and the other amendments made by this Act to the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 regarding such definitions shall not be in effect and prior law will be reinstated; and (2) political action committees not connected to corporations, labor organizations, or trade associations will be subject to a $1,000 contribution limit. Deems any political committee which is established, financed, maintained, or controlled by any candidate or Federal officeholder to be an authorized committee of such candidate or officeholder for purposes of limitations on contributions to a candidate's committees. Subtitle B: Ban on Soft Money in Federal Elections - Bans the use of soft money (any amount raised or contributed outside of source restrictions, contribution limits, and disclosure requirements of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971) to influence any Federal election. Requires the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to issue regulations providing a method for allocating the contributions and expenditures for any mixed activity between Federal and non-Federal accounts. Sets forth guidelines for such allocation which include the establishment of minimum percentages of Federal funds for activities designed to contact voters in connection with elections for Federal and non-Federal office. Requires each treasurer of a political committee to keep an account of, and file reports disclosing, each account maintained by such committee. Includes political committees among those entities eligible to receive contributions or expenditures by national banks, corporations, or labor organizations. Permits a labor organization, upon reinstatement of prior law regarding certain political activities not considered to be contributions or expenditures, to make political communications and establish and solicit contributions for a separate segregated political fund if it: (1) provides the employees it represents with written notification of specified information at least once annually; (2) provides such employees with an annual examination by an independent certified public accountant of its financial statements which verify its costs for representation services; and (3) maintains certain procedures regarding the cost of such representation. Requires a labor organization which does not follow such requirements to finance those communications expressly advocating the election or defeat of any clearly identified candidate for elective public office as well as the other political activities not considered to be contributions or expenditures with funds legally collected under this Act for its separate segregated fund. Imposes Federal limits on contributions to political organizations maintained by a candidate for Federal office which are not political committees of a national, State, or local party. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to deny tax-exempt status for an organization: (1) which devotes any of its operating budget to voter registration, get-out-the-vote campaigns, or participation in political campaign activities; (2) on whose behalf a candidate or an authorized committee thereof solicits contributions; or (3) which intervenes or participates in any political campaign on behalf of, or in opposition to, any candidate for Federal office. Subtitle C: Other Activities - Reduces from $1,000 to $500 the maximum contribution allowed to any candidate for Federal office (other than a candidate for President or Vice President) by a person residing outside the State with respect to which such candidate seeks Federal office. Maintains the current $1,000 limitation for contributions to any candidate for President or Vice President or to any candidate for Federal office by a person residing within the State with respect to which such candidate seeks Federal office. Provides for periodic indexing of such limitations according to the consumer price index. Excludes costs of campaign materials and general research activities paid by national committees of a political party from the definition of "expenditure and contribution" under the same conditions currently provided for such payments by State or local committees of a political party. Exempts contributions to political party committees from the $25,000 annual limit. Prohibits: (1) any intermediary or conduit from delivering or arranging to have delivered contributions from more than two persons who are employees of the same employer or members of the same labor organization; and (2) lobbyists from acting as an intermediary or conduit with respect to a contribution to a candidate for Federal office. Sets forth disclosure requirements for independent expenditures through broadcast communications on any radio or television station. Provides that an expenditure is not an independent expenditure where the person making an expenditure is in coordination, consultation, or concert with a candidate. Requires the FEC to provide a hearing within three days after receiving a complaint alleging that an independent expenditure was made in cooperation, consultation, or concert with a candidate. Provides for expedited judicial review for any matter relating to the making of an independent expenditure. Title II: Increase of Competition in Politics - Allows the congressional campaign committee or the senatorial campaign committee of a national political party to make contributions to a candidate for Federal office (other than President or Vice President) who does not hold Federal office which in the aggregate do not exceed the lesser of: (1) $100,000; or (2) the aggregate contributions made during the election cycle preceding the primary election by an individual who, at the time such contributions are made, is a resident of the State in which the election with respect to which such contributions are made is to be held. Prohibits such a contribution from being treated as an expenditure by a national committee, State committee, or subordinate committee of a State committee in connection with the general election campaign of a candidate for Federal office. Prohibits a holder of Federal office from transferring any amounts received as contributions or other campaign funds to any account maintained for purposes of defraying ordinary and necessary expenses in connection with the duties of such office. Requires a candidate, within 15 days of qualifying for a primary election ballot, to file with the FEC and each other qualifying candidate a declaration stating whether or not such candidate intends to expend for the primary and general election an amount exceeding $250,000 from: (1) personal funds; (2) family funds; and (3) personal loans incurred in connection with the campaign for election. Allows the opponents of such candidate to accept larger contribution amounts from individuals. Requires a candidate who files a declaration of intent not to expend more than $250,000 and who subsequently does exceed such amount, to file an amended declaration within 24 hours after exceeding such amount. Allows a candidate to repay any expenditure or personal loan incurred in connection with the candidate's election to Federal office from contributions made to such candidate or any authorized committee of such candidate. Prohibits: (1) repayment of any interest on the principal of such loan or the amount of such expenditure; and (2) repayment from any such contributions received after the general election to which the expenditure or loan relates. Prohibits franked mass mailings by: (1) Members of Congress during the year in which they are candidates for reelection; (2) Members of, or Members-elect to, the House during the year in which they are candidates for any other public office; or (3) Members of the Senate during the year in which they are candidates for any other public office. Requires Members of Congress using franked mass mailings to register such mailings annually with the Secretary of the Senate or the Clerk of the House of Representatives who shall make such mailing available for public inspection along with a description of the persons to whom the mass mailing was mailed. Amends rule XL of the Standing Rules of the Senate to prohibit the use of franked mass mail by a Senator or an individual who is a candidate for nomination to the Senate during the year in which the Senator is a candidate for public office or the individual is a candidate for the Senate. Revises provisions with respect to congressional reapportionment and redistricting so that the number of persons in congressional districts within each State shall be as nearly equal as practicable, as determined under the most recent decennial census. Prohibits congressional districts from being established with the intent and effect of diluting the voting strength of any persons or members of any political party. Requires district boundaries to avoid the division of counties and minimize the division of cities and other political subdivisions. Establishes expedited Federal judicial review procedures of the redistricting process, giving Federal district courts exclusive jurisdiction. Amends the Federal criminal code to prescribe criminal penalties to be imposed against anyone who uses any facility of, or affects, interstate or foreign commerce to deprive or defraud the inhabitants of a State or political subdivision of: (1) the honest services of a government official or employee; or (2) a fair and impartially conducted election process through the use of fraudulent ballots or voter registration forms or the filing of fraudulent campaign reports to secure the election of an official who, if elected, would have authority over the administration of funds derived from an Act of the Congress totalling $10,000 or more for a year before or after the election or offense. Prescribes criminal penalties to be imposed against anyone who deprives or defrauds the inhabitants of the United States of the honest services of a public official. Prescribes criminal penalties to be imposed upon any official who: (1) uses interstate commerce to deprive or defraud the inhabitants of any State or political subdivision of the right to have government affairs conducted on the basis of complete, true, and accurate information; or (2) in order to carry out or conceal any scheme or artifice to defraud, discriminates, harasses, or takes adverse action against any employee or official of the United States or any State or political subdivision. Authorizes such an adversely affected employee or official to obtain relief through a civil action, providing such person did not participate in the scheme or artifice. Amends mail fraud provisions to prohibit the use of any facility of interstate or foreign commerce in the execution of a scheme or artifice to defraud. Title III: Reduction of Campaign Costs - Sets forth congressional findings regarding discounts for political broadcasts. Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to: (1) limit the cost to qualified candidates of broadcasting time for pre-election political advertising to the lowest rate charged for any time in the same period; and (2) prohibit any broadcast licensee from preempting the use of any such time purchased by a qualified candidate. Title IV: Miscellaneous Provisions - Subtitle A: Federal Election Commission Enforcement Authority - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to revise the enforcement provisions. Changes the determination the FEC must make upon receiving a complaint, before notifying the person of an alleged violation. Authorizes the FEC to seek an injunction if: (1) it believes that there is a substantial likelihood that a violation of Federal election laws is occurring or about to occur; (2) the failure to act expeditiously will result in irreparable harm; (3) such expeditious action will not cause undue harm or prejudice to the interests of others; and (4) the public interest would be best served by such an injunction. Reduces the period provided for the FEC to attempt informally to prevent or correct a violation of such Act from 90 to 60 days. Requires the FEC to make such an attempt for a period of no more than 15 days, if the violation occurs within 45 days of an election. Provides greater penalties for knowing and willful violations committed within 15 days of any election. Changes from discretionary to mandatory the requirement that the FEC, upon an affirmative vote of four of its members, institute a civil action if it is unable to correct or prevent a violation of such Act. Requires a court in such civil action to grant a specified remedy upon a showing that the person involved has committed or is about to commit a violation of such Act. Provides a private right of action if, by a tie vote, the FEC does not vote to institute a civil action. Requires a court to impose a specified civil penalty for a knowing and willful violation of such Act. Expedites from 120 days to 60 days the time which an aggrieved party must wait before seeking judicial redress because the FEC dismissed, or failed to reasonably pursue, a complaint filed by such party. Allows the aggrieved party to file an action in any U.S. district court having jurisdiction. Requires that any monetary award under such action be paid to the United States. Provides for a mandatory award of attorney fees and costs to the prevailing party. Increases the penalties for violation of the confidentiality requirement with respect to any notification or investigation made under such Act. Removes the ceiling on the fine for any person who willfully and knowingly commits a violation of such Act which involves any contribution or expenditure aggregating $2,000 or more during a calendar year. Directs the FEC to establish time limitations for its investigation and to publish an index of all of its investigations. Establishes procedures for initial determinations and probable cause determinations by the FEC. Eliminates the en banc hearing requirement for constitutional questions regarding such Act. Subtitle B: Other Provisions - Requires each treasurer of a political committee to file reports disclosing for the reporting period the terms of any settlement agreement or any security or collateral agreement entered into with respect to a loan or other debt as evidenced by a copy of such agreement filed as part of the report. Includes any gift subscription, loan, advance, or deposit of money made for the purpose of drafting a clearly identified individual as a candidate for Federal office or encouraging a clearly identified individual to become a candidate for Federal office within the definition of "contribution." Requires such a contribution to be treated, with respect to the individual involved, as a contribution to a candidate, whether or not the individual becomes a candidate for purposes of limitations on contributions and expenditures.
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