United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1990
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that payment under a life insurance contract on the life of an insured who is terminally ill be treated as a death benefit, making such payment eligible for tax exclusion from gross income. Provides that any reference to life insurance shall be treated as referring to a qualified terminal illness rider. Provides for the tax treatment of such riders. Describes such a rider as one which provides for payments to an individual upon the insured's becoming terminally ill. Provides that applicants for or recipients of assistance under the Social Security Act may not be required to elect to receive accelerated death benefits under life insurance policies.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1990
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the enactment of the 25th anniversary of the Older Americans Act of 1965 and its successful implementation should be recognized; (2) the contributions at all levels of the aging network fostered by this Act should be recognized; and (3) the Congress and citizens should reaffirm their support for the Act and its primary goals.
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 · 27 February 1990
Small Community Environmental Infrastructure Assistance Act of 1990 -Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to make grants to States for the establishment of small community pollution control revolving funds. Makes such funds available to small communities for the construction of wastewater treatment works, public water systems, and solid waste management facilities and for assuring that underground storage tanks are in compliance with the Solid Waste Disposal Act. Sets forth provisions concerning grant payment schedules and allotment and reallotment requirements. Requires States to establish revolving funds to receive such grants. Sets forth specific requirements for the use of such funds and for the loans and grants to be provided to small communities. Permits States to provide assistance only to community wastewater treatment and solid waste management facilities and public water systems that are in compliance with plans under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act, and the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as appropriate. Requires States to submit plans to the Administrator that identify the intended use of the revolving funds. Directs States to reserve the greater of one percent of fund sums or $100,000 to carry out planning. Provides for the withholding of grant payments if a State is not in compliance with this Act's requirements. Requires the Administrator to establish an Office of Small Community Environmental Infrastructure Assistance to: (1) oversee and manage the grants and funds made under this title; and (2) provide specified environmental and financial information to small communities. Authorizes the Office to provide grants to States and not-for-profit organizations to assist small communities in assessing issues related to the financing of environmental facilities compliance with environmental laws, and the construction, operation, and rehabilitation of environmental infrastructure facilities. Requires such grants to be matched by non-Federal funds Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1990
Pollution Prosecution Act of 1990 - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to increase the number of criminal investigators in the EPA Office of Criminal Investigations during FY 1991 through 1995. Requires the Administrator to hire 50 civil investigators to assist the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Monitoring in developing and prosecuting civil and administrative actions. Directs the Administrator to establish within the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Monitoring the National Enforcement Training Institute to train lawyers, inspectors, investigators, and technical experts in environmental law enforcement. Establishes the Pollution Prosecution Fund. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1990
Older Americans' Freedom to Work Act of 1990 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to remove the limitation on the amount of outside income which beneficiaries who have attained retirement age may earn without incurring a reduction in benefits.
United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1990
Welcomes the positive political changes in South Africa. Commends: (1) President de Klerk for the release of Nelson Mandela and the unbanning of the African National Congress; and (2) Nelson Mandela, Walter Sisulu, and others for their perseverance in the struggle for a nonracial democracy. Urges de Klerk to initiate the dismantling of apartheid, move rapidly to meet the conditions necessary for the opening of negotiations, and meet the terms of the Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986 for the relaxation of sanctions. Supports: (1) the maintenance of sanctions against the South African Government until conditions under such Act for the suspension, modification, or termination of sanctions have been met; and (2) assistance to the victims of apartheid as an important and necessary complement to U.S. sanctions.
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1990
Social Security Office Access Restoration Act of 1990 - Requires that the public be given telephone access to field offices of the Social Security Administration (SSA) or the level of regional telephone access that was available on September 30, 1988. Requires that callers on the SSA toll-free telephone line be given the number of, and notice of their option of calling, the field office or regional teleservice center in their area. Requires the publication in each local geographic area of the address and telephone number of the SSA field office serving such area and the telephone number of the regional teleservice center closest to such area.
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1990
Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 - Title I: National Standards Governing the Organic Production of Agricultural Products - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish: (1) a national organic production certification program; (2) a label for organically produced and handled agricultural products; (3) a national list of approved and prohibited substances to be included in the organic production standards; and (4) a certifying agent accreditation program. Authorizes State organic certification programs. Sets forth: (1) prohibited crop production practices and materials; (2) animal production practices and materials; (3) processing and marketing requirements; and (4) violations of this Act and related penalties. Authorizes appropriations. Title II: National Boards - Directs the Secretary to establish a National Organic Promotion, Research, and Consumer Education Program. Directs the Secretary to issue organic production and handling orders which shall: (1) establish the Initial Organic Delegate Body which shall elect the Initial National Organic Board and the Initial Organic Standards Board; and (2) provide for the election of the National Organic Assembly. Establishes: (1) an Initial National Organic Board; and (2) an Initial Organic Standards Board. Directs the National Organic Assembly to elect members to serve on the National Organic Board and the Organic Standards Board. Authorizes appropriations. Title III: Low Input Label Demonstration Program - Directs the Secretary to establish: (1) a National Low Input Label Demonstration Program; and (2) two experimental agricultural product labels for Program use. Authorizes appropriations. Title IV: National Laboratory Accreditation - Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish a National Laboratory Accreditation Program for laboratories that test for residues in agricultural products; and (2) establish minimum standards with regard to quality assurance, equipment, methodologies, and personnel. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1990
Civil Rights Act of 1990 - Amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to provide that: (1) once a complainant has demonstrated that an employment practice results in a disparate impact on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin, the respondent has the burden of proving that the practice is justified by business necessity; (2) a complainant need not demonstrate which of a group of practices results in the demonstrated disparate impact; and (3) a respondent need not show business necessity for a specific practice within a group of practices if the respondent shows that that practice does not contribute to the disparate impact. Declares that an unlawful employment practice is established on a demonstration that race, color, religion, sex, or national origin was a motivating factor for any employment practice, even though such practice was also motivated by other factors, but bars certain types of relief if the respondent establishes that it would have taken the same action in the absence of any discrimination. Prohibits, notwithstanding any other provision of law, a challenge to an employment practice that implements a litigated or consent judgment or order resolving a claim of employment discrimination: (1) by a person who had certain types of notice and opportunity; (2) by a person whose interests were adequately represented by another person who challenged the judgment or order; or (3) if reasonable efforts were made to provide notice to interested persons. Increases to two years the time limit within which a charge of an unlawful employment practice must be filed. Removes provisions setting a separate time limit for charges initially filed with a State or local agency. Declares that a seniority system or practice which is part of a collective bargaining agreement is an unlawful employment practice if it was included in the agreement with the intent to discriminate. Allows, except for disparate impact cases, for compensatory damages (but not back pay) and, where there is malice or reckless or callous indifference, for punitive damages. Allows any party, where compensatory or punitive damages are sought, to demand a jury trial. Includes expert fees and other litigation expenses in any attorney's fees awarded. Prohibits a consent order or judgment settling a claim unless the parties and their counsel attest that a waiver of attorneys' fees was not compelled as a condition of the settlement. Allows to the prevailing party in the original action an award of attorneys' fees and costs in defending a challenged judgment or order. Increases to 90 days after final action by a Federal agency the time limit for a Federal employee to bring a civil action. Allows to Federal employees the same interest to compensate for delay in payment as in cases involving non-public parties. Requires all Federal civil rights laws to be broadly construed to effect their purpose to eliminate discrimination and provide effective remedies. Prohibits, except as expressly provided, any Federal civil rights law from being construed to restrict or limit the rights, procedures, or remedies available under any other Federal civil rights law. Declares that, for purposes of provisions relating to equal rights under the law, the right to make and enforce contracts includes the making, performance, modification, and termination of contracts, and the enjoyment of all benefits, privileges, terms, and conditions of the contractual relationship.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1990
Veterans Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 1990 - Title I: Compensation - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to increase the rates of, and limitations on, Department of Veterans Affairs disability compensation and dependency and indemnity compensation to coincide with benefit increases under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act. Requires such rate increases to be published in the Federal Register. Extends the presumption of service-connection, for purposes of eligibility for veterans' disability compensation, to cover members of the reserves who participated in a radiation-risk activity while serving on active duty for training or inactive duty for training. Title II: Health Care - Extends through FY 1991 a pilot program under the Veterans' Benefits and Services Act of 1988 for the provision of mobile health-care clinics for the treatment of veterans residing at least 100 miles from a Department of Veterans Affairs treatment facility. Increases the maximum limitations for the provision of certain home health services to disabled veterans. Title III: Insurance - Makes totally disabled veterans qualifying for a waiver of the premium for service disabled veterans' insurance eligible for supplemental service disabled veterans' insurance for totally disabled veterans. Increases from $40,000 to $90,000 the initial amount of Veterans' Mortgage Life Insurance available to certain veterans granted assistance in securing suitable housing. Title IV: Miscellaneous - Extends through 1993 the period in which a veteran of the Vietnam era will be considered as such for purposes of eligibility for job training, counseling, and placement services. Expands the current authority of the Secretary to acquire and provide housing for homeless veterans in order to allow acquisitions to provide transitional housing for veterans recovering from substance abuse or mental illness disabilities. Extends such program through 1993. Establishes in the Treasury the Transitional Housing Fund for the provision of housing and loans to assist veterans in recovering from alcohol or drug dependence or abuse disabilities. Outlines loan conditions and conditions for veterans residing in housing provided. Requires the Secretary to issue guidelines for the operation of such residences. Makes permanent (current law terminates on March 1, 1991) the requirement that the Department provide information and counseling about the effects and alternatives to foreclosure to veterans who default on Department-guaranteed home loans.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1990
Commends the people of Chile for their commitment to democracy. Congratulates President-elect Patricio Aylwin for his decisive victory. Pledges support for the new civilian government in Chile.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1990
Lake Champlain Special Designation Act of 1990 - Amends the Clean Water Act to include Lake Champlain, New York and Vermont, in the clean lakes demonstration program. Establishes within the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) a Lake Champlain Program Office. Requires the EPA Administrator, acting through the Office Director, to establish a Federal water pollution prevention, control, and restoration program. Establishes within EPA a Management Conference to: (1) monitor activities related to the management of Lake Champlain; and (2) advise the Director on the implementation of this Act and to carry out other assigned duties. Requires the Management Conference to: (1) make recommendations to any commission related to the Lake; (2) make recommendations to the Administrator and the Director on the need for additional agreements between New York and Vermont; (3) contact the officials conducting studies and programs concerning the Lake; and (4) coordinate such studies and programs. Directs the Management Conference to develop a five-year pollution prevention, control, and restoration plan. Sets forth reporting requirements. Requires the Director, acting through the Management Conference, to establish Lake Champlain public participation and local government education programs and a multi-disciplinary research program. Directs the Management Conference to appoint a Technical Advisory Committee. Authorizes the Administrator, upon the request of the Governors of New York and Vermont, to issue a grant to such States for the implementation of the pollution prevention plan. Sets forth grant limitations. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to designate the Lake Champlain Basin as a special project area under the Agricultural Conservation Program. Increases to 15 percent the technical reimbursement from the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service to carry out such project. Makes agricultural enterprises operating in the Basin which are sources of nonpoint source pollution eligible to receive technical and financial assistance. Requires the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the National Park Service, to consult with the Management Conference in carrying out historic preservation and natural landmarks programs in the Basin. Directs the Secretary to: (1) develop an integrated geographic information system of the Basin; and (2) convert all recording sites in the Basin to continuous monitoring stations and establish additional stations. Requires the Secretary, acting through the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, to implement a salmonid fisheries restoration and development program. Directs the Director of the Service to continue the existing level of hatchery production of salmonid fish to assist New York and Vermont in maintaining salmonid fish culture and healthy salmonid fisheries. Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Service, to conduct a wildlife species and habitat assessment survey in the Basin. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1990
Harvest of Peace Resolution - Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States should establish as a primary foreign and domestic policy objective the achievement of common security by: (1) negotiating agreements with the Soviet Union and urging other nations to reduce military forces and spending with the goal of having worldwide military spending by the year 2000; (2) reducing military assistance and arms sales to developing nations; (3) encouraging the peaceful settlement of conflicts; (4) providing increased assistance to developing nations to overcome hunger and poverty, reduce debt burdens, promote human rights, ensure sustainable development, and protect the environment; (5) increasing support domestically for programs that address human needs; (6) helping defense industries and their employees convert to productive nondefense work; and (7) reducing the Federal deficit.
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1990
Dolphin Protection Consumer Information Act of 1990 - Requires that tuna products containing tuna caught by methods lethal to dolphins be labeled to inform purchasers of that fact. Permits the labeling of other tuna products as dolphin safe. Directs the Secretaries of Commerce and of Health and Human Services to prescribe recordkeeping requirements that will facilitate the verification of such claims. Sets forth enforcement and penalty provisions, including the authorization of citizen suits against violators of this Act's provisions or its regulations.
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1990
CRNA Payment Amendments of 1990 - Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to establish uniform national fee schedule payment rates for certified registered nurse anesthetist services.
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1990
Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to prohibit recognition of advancement or postponement in outlay dates enacted within the year preceding the fiscal year for which a budget is adopted.
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1990
Medicare Screening Mammography Amendments of 1990 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to cover screening mammographies for women over age 34.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1990
Department of the Environment Act of 1990 - Title I: General Findings - Sets forth findings with respect to Federal environmental policy. Title II: Elevation of the Environmental Protection Agency to Cabinet Level - Department of the Environment Act - Redesignates the Environmental Protection Agency as the Department of the Environment, an executive agency to be administered by a Secretary of the Environment. Establishes: (1) a Bureau of Environmental Statistics within the Department; and (2) an Advisory Council on Environmental Statistics to advise the Bureau on statistics and analyses. Authorizes appropriations. Title III: Establishment of the Interagency Committee on Global Environmental Change - Establishes within the Executive Office of the President the Interagency Committee on Global Environmental Change to assist the President in coordinating all Federal programs and annual policy plans related to global environmental change. Title IV: Environmental Role of the United States in International Organizations to Which It Belongs - Urges: (1) the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. executive directors of the multilateral development banks to promote energy conservation and environmental protection efforts of borrowing countries when voting to issue financial or technical assistance; and (2) the Secretary of State to convene international conferences to encourage the exchange of information on energy efficiency and environmentally acceptable renewable energy sources and the adoption of a multilateral global climate protection convention. Requires the President to encourage the establishment of an international office to monitor annual generation and removal of carbon dioxide and trace gases on a country-by-country basis. Title V: Establishment of the Commission on Improving Environmental Protection - Establishes the Commission on Improving Environmental Protection to make recommendations on integrating Federal environmental law and other authorities to improve U.S. environmental protection activities. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1990
Designates October 14, 1990, as Dwight D. Eisenhower Day commemorating the 100th anniversary of Eisenhower's birth. Requests Members of Congress who are members of the Dwight David Eisenhower Centennial Commission to make arrangements for a joint meeting of the Congress in commemoration of the centennial of the birth of Dwight David Eisenhower.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1990
Urges the President to seek the consent of the Senate to the ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, adopted by the United Nations on November 20, 1989.
United States · United States Congress · 22 November 1989
Title I: Higher Education - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to revise the administration of the National Commission on Responsibilities for Financing Postsecondary Education. Revises student aid eligibility for students and institutions located in any of the freely associated states, rather than a State. Amends the HEA and the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, with respect to teacher training and student assistance programs, to rename the Northern Mariana Islands and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands as the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Federated States of Micronesia. Title II: Elementary and Secondary Education - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, the Adult Education Act, the Star Schools Program Assistance Act, and the Education of the Handicapped Act to rename the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands as the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and Palau.
United States · United States Congress · 21 November 1989
Directs the President to establish the Interagency Council on Science, Mathematics, and Technology Education. Directs the Council to report biennially to the President, the Congress, and the head of each member Federal agency. Authorizes the Council to establish, if necessary, an advisory committee. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1994.
United States · United States Congress · 21 November 1989
Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Technology Education Act of 1990 - Title I: Regional Science, Mathematics, and Technology Education Consortiums - Directs the Secretary of Education to award merit-based competitive grants for regional science, mathematics, and technology education consortia to disseminate and implement exemplary science, mathematics, and technology education materials, teaching methods, and assessment tools for use by elementary and secondary school students. Authorizes appropriations. Title II: National Clearinghouse for Science, Mathematics, and Technology Education Materials - Directs the Secretary to award a merit-based competitive grant or contract for a National Clearinghouse for Science, Mathematics, and Technology Education Materials. Authorizes appropriations. Title III: Informal Education Enhancement Programs - Authorizes the National Science Foundation to award merit-based competitive grants: (1) and fellowships for professional enhancement activities to increase the pool of informal science education professionals and consultants and to foster their involvement in local science and technology education programs and services; (2) for community extension programs to make available interactive science exhibits and programs for rural and urban poor areas; and (3) for specified types of innovative activities or programs. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 19 November 1989
United States-Canada Job Opportunity Reciprocity Act - Provides for the temporary (four-year maximum) U.S. admission and employment of certain Canadian citizens possessing specified technical and other skills. Directs the Secretary of Labor to collect statistical data regarding such admissions and to share it with the Government of Canada and U.S. agencies concerned with labor shortages.
United States · United States Congress · 17 November 1989
Freedom of Choice Act of 1989 - Provides that a State may not restrict the right of a woman to choose to terminate a pregnancy: (1) before fetal viability; or (2) at any time, if such termination is necessary to protect the life or health of the woman. Allows a State to impose requirements medically necessary to protect the life or health of such women.
United States · United States Congress · 17 November 1989
Young Americans Act of 1989 - Title I: The Administration on Children, Youth, and Families - Establishes in the Department of Health and Human Services an Administration on Children, Youth, and Families (the Administration) which shall be headed by a Commissioner on Children, Youth, and Families. Directs the Commissioner to cooperate with the head of each Federal agency or department proposing or administering programs or services substantially related to the purpose of this Act. Establishes a Federal Council on Children, Youth, and Families. Directs the Council to report annually to the President in FY 1992 and thereafter. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1993. Directs the Commissioner to report annually to the President and the Congress on the activities carried out under this Act and other activities delegated by the Secretary to the Commissioner. Title II: Grants for State and Community Programs for Children, Youth, and Families - Directs the Commissioner to: (1) enter into new cooperative agreements in each State for the planning and advocacy of services to ensure young individuals the availability of developmental, preventive, and remedial services to promote specified factors; and (2) administer programs under this title through the Administration. Sets forth requirements for a State to be eligible to participate in grant programs under this title. Requires designation of an independent State body to: (1) serve as an effective and visible advocate for children and youth by reviewing and commenting on all State plans, budgets, and priorities which affect children, youth, and their families and by providing technical assistance to those representing the needs of the young; (2) develop and administer the State plan; (3) coordinate all pertinent State activities; and (4) divide the State into district planning and service areas and designate area agencies for children, youth, and families. Directs the Commissioner to make grants to States under approved State plans to demonstrate successful program approaches to service gaps identified through State and area planning and advocacy efforts. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1993 for grants under this title. Title III: White House Conference on Young Americans - White House Conference on Young Americans Act of 1989 - Directs the President to call a White House Conference on Young Americans in 1990. Provides that the Conference shall be planned and conducted under the direction of the Secretary of Health and Human Services in cooperation with the Commissioner on Children, Youth, and Families and the heads of other appropriate Federal agencies. Requires a final report of the Conference to the President. Directs the Secretary to send the President and the Congress recommendations for administrative action and legislation necessary to implement the report's recommendations. Directs the Secretary to establish an advisory committee to the Conference and such other committees as may be necessary to assist in planning, conducting, and reviewing the Conference. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 and 1991 to carry out this title.
United States · United States Congress · 16 November 1989
Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Reauthorization Act of 1989 - Amends the Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Act of 1984 to require State Governors to maintain records on asbestos in school buildings. Deletes a requirement for the submission of asbestos abatement application materials by State Governors to the Secretary of Education. Requires State Governors, in determining the adequacy of financial resources available to a local educational agency for asbestos abatement, to consider the additional costs to such agency of meeting the needs of disadvantaged students. Removes a reporting requirement concerning actions taken by State Governors in accordance with State plans. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to approve applications for financial assistance no later than April 30 of each year. Prohibits the provision of such assistance to applicants who are not in compliance with title II of the Toxic Substances Control Act. Requires the proceeds from the repayment of Federal asbestos abatement loans and assistance recovery lawsuits to be deposited into the Asbestos Trust Fund. Removes a condition on the provision of financial assistance which requires the submission of an application within five years of the enactment of the Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Act of 1984. Prohibits the approval of assistance applications unless the local educational agency certifies that it is implementing an asbestos management plan and all abatement activities will be conducted by trained and accredited individuals in conformance with the Toxic Substances Control Act. Removes certain requirements for the promulgation by the Administrator of standards for asbestos removal contractors and the protection of school employees trained to carry out abatement activities. Requires the Administrator to report annually (until 1999) to the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works and the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on the loan and grant program under the Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Act of 1984. Authorizes appropriations for the asbestos abatement program for FY 1991 through 1995. Revises provisions concerning the allocation of appropriations. Permits up to five percent of appropriations to be reserved each fiscal year for the administration of asbestos abatement activities. Authorizes the Administrator to use up to five percent of such appropriations for grants to States for: (1) assisting local educational agencies in performing periodic reinspections and training activities; and (2) maintaining programs to accredit personnel performing asbestos inspections and response actions. Makes conforming amendments to provisions of the Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act of 1986 concerning the Asbestos Trust Fund.
United States · United States Congress · 16 November 1989
Eliminates post-1968 service in the National Guard as a prerequisite to civil service retirement credit for former National Guard technicians. Amends the National Guard Technicians Act of 1968 to eliminate post-1968 service as a prerequisite for National Guard technicians for receipt of credit in the determination of length of Federal civil service for purposes of leave, Federal employees' death and disability compensation, group life and health insurance, severance pay, tenure, and status. Sets forth rules for applying provisions of this Act to affected individuals.
United States · United States Congress · 8 November 1989
Authorizes the President, on behalf of the Congress, to present a gold medal to Laurance Spelman Rockefeller in recognition of his leadership on behalf of natural resource conservation and historic preservation. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to provide for the sale of bronze duplicates of the medal.
United States · United States Congress · 8 November 1989
Judicial Integrity and Independence Act of 1989 - Authorizes the Attorney General to petition the Chief Justice of the United States to appoint three judges within the Federal judiciary to determine whether a Federal judge (other than the Chief Justice or an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court) has engaged in conduct constituting a felony under U.S. law and should be removed from office for lack of good behavior. Requires the Chief Justice to make the requested appointments within 30 days after receipt of the petition. Authorizes the Attorney General, within 30 days after receiving notification of appointment of the three-judge court, to file a civil action to remove an accused judge. Specifies that a Federal judge is removable under this Act only by unanimous vote of such court and that such decision shall be final and unreviewable. Abates any civil removal action if the House of Representatives votes an article of impeachment against the accused judge. Makes the civil removal powers of this Act inapplicable to Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court.
United States · United States Congress · 31 October 1989
Education of Individuals with Disabilities Act of 1989 - Amends the Education of the Handicapped Act (the Act) to reauthorize funding and to change references to handicapped individuals or children to references to individuals or children with disabilities. Extends coverage of children with disabilities to include those with autism or with head injuries. Provides for a waiver of State immunity to suits in Federal court for violations of the Act. Directs the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) to: (1) require applicants for grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements to demonstrate how they will address the needs of infants, toddlers, children, and youth with disabilities from the diversity of racial, ethnic, and linguistic backgrounds; (2) require funding recipients to prepare procedures, findings, and other information in a form to maximize dissemination and use; and (3) conduct at least one site visit for each such grant, contract, or cooperative agreement receiving more than a specified amount annually. Revises requirements for State plans to set forth the components of the comprehensive system of personnel development which such plans must include. Revises evaluation provisions with respect to collection of data, technical assistance, and annual report preparation. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1994 for such evaluation activities. Requires regional resource centers to focus on special education, related services, and early intervention. Authorizes specified activities for the coordinating technical assistance center. Revises services for deaf-blind children and adults. Mandates that infants and toddlers be included among those served by deaf-blind programs, especially for early intervention services. Authorizes: (1) pilot projects; (2) single- and multi-State centers for technical assistance for program development and expansion; and (3) a national center on deaf-blindness to disseminate materials and information. Revises early education programs for children with disabilities to authorize projects for: (1) early identification of infants and toddlers with disabilities; (2) transition of infants with disabilities from medical care to early intervention and then to preschool education; (3) assistive technology devices and services; (4) early intervention and preschool needs of children exposed prenatally to maternal substance abuse; and (5) synthesis and preparation for dissemination of early education knowledge. Revises programs for children with severe disabilities to authorize demonstration projects for extended school year programs. Revises the postsecondary education program to increase the minimum amount which must be first made available to four regional centers for the deaf before the remainder of specified funds is made available to other model postsecondary programs for individuals with disabilities. Revises secondary education and transitional services for children and youth with disabilities to authorize projects developing and disseminating programs for assistive technology and services for students with disabilities as they make the transition from secondary school. Directs the Secretary to award at least five grants on a competitive basis to joint projects by State agencies for education and vocational rehabilitation to implement and improve transition services for youth with disabilities age 14 through 21. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants or contracts for projects to address the various transitions that children with disabilities may face throughout their years in school. Provides for coordination and geographic dispersal of such projects. Provides for programs for children and youth with serious emotional disturbances. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants for research, demonstrations, and training studies and projects to improve special education and related services for such children. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1994 for the specified programs for centers and services to meet special needs of individuals with disabilities. Provides for grants for training of related services personnel and for those involved in personnel preparation of special educators and providers of related services. Allows regular or special education personnel to participate in such training on a preservice or inservice basis. Directs the Secretary to establish priorities for: (1) recruitment and preparation of individuals from the diversity of racial, ethnic, and linguistic backgrounds, and individuals with disabilities, for careers in special education, related services, and early intervention, including leadership; and (2) preservice preparation of such personnel to serve individuals from such diverse backgrounds. Requires that grants to State educational agencies and institutions for traineeships: (1) prepare special and regular education, related services, and early intervention personnel; and (2) assist States in developing and maintaining their comprehensive systems of personnel development, and in recruiting and retaining personnel. Authorizes the Secretary to provide technical assistance to States to implement specified requirements for comprehensive systems of personnel development. Requires the Secretary (who currently is merely authorized) to make a grant or contract or cooperative agreement for a national clearinghouse on the education of individuals with disabilities. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1994 for specified programs for training personnel for the education of individuals with disabilities. Authorizes the Secretary to make research grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements for assessment and improvement of the practice of personnel (and others, including parents) in the provision of special education, related services, and early intervention. Directs the Secretary to make grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements for studies and investigations to: (1) improve program management, administration, delivery, and effectiveness necessary to provide full educational opportunities and early interventions for all children with disabilities from birth through age 21; (2) assess progress in implementation of the Act and related efforts by States, localities, and the Secretary of the Interior; and (3) organize, synthesize, interpret, and integrate relevant information. Requires specified types of studies. Requires the Secretary to provide technical assistance to participating State agencies in assessing the impact of the Act. Requires the Secretary to establish research priorities. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1994 for research programs. Revises programs for instructional media to provide for: (1) the captioning of television and video programs and the audio description of video materials; and (2) services for hard-of-hearing and visually impaired individuals. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1994 for such instructional media programs. Provides for technology, educational media, and materials for projects that increase access to and use of assistive technology devices and services in the education of infants, toddlers, children, and youth with disabilities, and in other related activities authorized by the Technology-Related Assistance for Individuals with Disabilities Act of 1988. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1994 for such programs. Revises the composition of each State interagency coordinating council.
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