United States · United States Congress · 18 October 1990
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should declare November 2, 1990, a national day of prayer for: (1) members of American military forces and American citizens stationed or held hostage in the Middle East, and for their families; and (2) American and Iraqi authorities to bring about a just resolution of the Persian Gulf crisis.
United States · United States Congress · 11 October 1990
Federal Deposit Insurance Foreign Deposits Amendments Act - Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to mandate the collection of deposit insurance premiums on foreign accounts in American banks.
United States · United States Congress · 9 October 1990
Nursing Home Reform Improvements Act of 1990 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) and title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to make miscellaneous amendments and clarifications to Medicare and Medicaid requirements imposed on nursing facilities by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987, particularly nurse aide training and annual resident review requirements.
United States · United States Congress · 3 October 1990
Declares it to be U.S. policy that there should be: (1) recognition and commemoration of the 25th anniversary of Federal aid to elementary and secondary education; (2) a renewed, sustained commitment to Federal aid to educating children who are disadvantaged members of special populations, with limited English proficiency, or with handicaps, and illiterate adults; and (3) a specified annual increase in funding for the program for disadvantaged children under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.
United States · United States Congress · 28 September 1990
Provides direct Medicare (title XVIII of the Social Security Act) payments to hospitals for hospital-supported nursing or allied health education costs. Prohibits any reduction in Medicare payments to recoup such costs claimed for FY 1984 through 1990.
United States · United States Congress · 14 September 1990
Amends Federal transportation law to revise criteria used by the Interstate Commerce Commission in making determinations with respect to applications for abandonment or discontinuance of railroad lines and rail transportation in rural and agricultural areas, especially if abandonment or discontinuance will have a serious adverse effect on development. Requires rail carriers listing a railroad line for abandonment or discontinuance to make specified records and justifications available to government agencies or local governments. Grants lessees of property or facilities owned by a rail carrier proposing an abandonment or discontinuance elsewhere the right of first refusal to buy a facility served by the line to be abandoned or discontinued. Declares that the Commission shall not adopt any regulation which prohibits shippers: (1) from operating their own rail cars for the transportation of dry bulk commodities; (2) from determining the points at which such cars can be loaded; or (3) which interferes with such shipped prerogatives.
United States · United States Congress · 13 September 1990
Reduces the pay of Members of Congress to correspond to the percentage reduction in pay of any Federal employee for each month during FY 1991 resulting from a furlough or other employment action necessitated by a sequestration order under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act). Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to determine the percentage for computation of such reduced pay.
United States · United States Congress · 11 September 1990
National Voter Registration Enhancement Act of 1990 - Title I: Voter Registration Enhancement - Authorizes appropriations to the Attorney General for block grants to States to enhance voter registration for elections for Federal office by providing for: (1) registration at State departments of motor vehicles; (2) registration by mail; (3) registration at State-related and Federal and appropriate private-sector locations; and (4) programs to ensure that official voter registration lists are accurate and current. Requires States to match Federal funds dollar for dollar to qualify for block grants. Directs the Attorney General to establish: (1) criteria for allocation of grants among States; and (2) administrative requirements for States to meet to be eligible for block grants. Directs the Attorney General, in promulgating criteria for such an allocation, to give special consideration to State-sponsored programs designed to improve registration in counties with voter registration percentages significantly lower than that for the State as a whole. Outlines provisions regarding State certifications to receive block grants. Makes the chief election official of each State responsible for coordination of State functions under this title. Makes the Attorney General responsible for coordination of Federal functions under this Act. Directs the Attorney General to provide information to States with respect to State responsibilities under this Act and to periodically report to the Congress on the impact of this Act on the administration of elections for Federal office, with recommendations for improvements in Federal and State procedures, forms, and other matters affected by this Act. Title II: Public Corruption - 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 defraud the inhabitants of the United States, a State, a political subdivision of a State, or Indian country 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 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 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 defraud the inhabitants of the United States, a State, a political subdivision of a State, or Indian country 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 against, harrasses, or takes adverse action against any employee or official of the United States, any State or political subdivision, or an Indian tribal government. 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.
United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1990
Transportation Investment and Trust Act of 1990 - Title I: Highway Account Authorizations - Amends the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 (the Act) to extend indefinitely the Interstate System program. Increases the FY 1993 authorization of appropriations for Interstate System construction. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1992 for interstate substitute highway projects. Amends the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1987 to authorize appropriations for FY 1992 and 1993 for specified Federal-aid highways projects. Increases the FY 1991 obligation ceiling for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction programs. Sets forth the obligation ceiling for FY 1992 for such programs. Reauthorizes through FY 1992 the bridge and strategic highway research programs. Title II: Mass Transit Account Authorizations - Amends the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 to authorize appropriations out of the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund for FY 1992 for urban mass transportation projects, including grants to States and local agencies for deployment of innovative methods in the operation of public transportation services, and grants and loans for special projects to meet the needs of the elderly and handicapped. Title III: Airport and Airway Authorizations - Amends the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 to extend through September 30, 1992, projects for airport development and planning. Authorizes appropriations from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund for FY 1991 and 1992 for: (1) air navigation facilities; and (2) research, engineering and development, and demonstration projects. Title IV: Deficit Calculation - Amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to exclude the receipts and disbursements allocable to the transportation-related operations of the Highway Trust Fund (including the Mass Transit Account) and the Airport and Airway Trust Fund from calculations of maximum deficit amounts.
United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1990
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the administration's policy revisions toward Cambodia must be accompanied by the following actions if a peaceful settlement to the Cambodian crisis is to be reached: (1) initiating a direct dialogue with the government in Phnom Penh to facilitate a negotiated settlement; (2) pressing China to cease weapons and financial support to the Khmer Rouge; (3) concentrating diplomatic efforts on achieving free and fair elections; and (4) lifting the trade embargo against Cambodia.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1990
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the limitations on taxable years which may be elected by a partnership, S corporation, or personal service corporation. Provides that a change of taxable year shall not be treated as a termination of an election to have a taxable year other than the required taxable year unless such change is to a required taxable year. Provides that if such entities terminate such election, then they are not eligible to make another election before five taxable years have passed, without the consent of the Secretary of the Treasury. Sets forth circumstances for making such an election without the consent of the Secretary. Provides that any loss for the short period resulting from a change in election: (1) shall not be allowed as a carryback to any preceding taxable year (and shall not be taken into account by any partner of a partnership, or shareholder of an S corporation); and (2) shall be taken into account by the entity (or partner or shareholder) ratably over the first six taxable years beginning after the short period.
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1990
Amends the Railroad Retirement Solvency Act of 1983 to extend for two years provisions for the transfer of tier two railroad retirement benefit taxation revenues from the general fund of the Treasury to the Railroad Retirement Account.
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 · 2 August 1990
Commends the President for his initial actions with respect to Iraq. Urges the President to seek the full and unconditional withdrawal of Iraqi forces from Kuwait and to impose: (1) against Iraq unilateral sanctions applicable to countries which engage in a consistent pattern of human rights violations; and (2) a sustained freeze of Iraqi assets and a ban on U.S. exports to Iraq. Urges the President to achieve collective international sanctions against Iraq, to include: (1) a cessation of all arms shipments and military technology to Iraq; (2) a cessation of trade with Iraq and a worldwide freeze on Iraqi and Kuwaiti assets; (3) a suspension of all economic development activities within Iraq; (4) the imposition of a full economic blockade under the United Nations Charter; and (5) additional multilateral actions involving air, sea, or land forces as necessary to maintain or restore international peace or security.
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1990
Transplant Amendments Act of 1990 - Title I: National Bone Marrow Donor Registry - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, by contract, to establish and maintain a National Bone Marrow Donor Registry to take specified actions, including: (1) establish a system for finding donors; (2) establish a system of patient advocacy separate from mechanisms for donor advocacy; and (3) ensure that the donor pool is ethnically diverse. Provides for confidentiality of records, establishing monetary and imprisonment penalties for violations. Authorizes appropriations. Removes provisions directing the Secretary, by grant or contract, to establish a bone marrow registry. Title II: Organ Transplants - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to, and enter into contracts with, qualified organ procurement organizations and other nonprofit entities for special projects to increase the number of organ donors. (Current law authorizes the Secretary to make grants for the same purpose but makes no reference to contracts or to the recipients of the grants or the contractees.) Removes provisions specifying matters the Secretary must consider in making grants. Replaces a requirement that an organ procurement organization (OPO) be of sufficient size to expect to procure organs from at least 50 donors a year with provisions requiring that an OPO be of sufficient size to assure maximum effectiveness in the procurement and equitable distribution of organs. Repeals provisions of the Health Omnibus Programs Extension of 1988 specifying the effective date of related provisions with regard to certain OPOs. Authorizes appropriations for grants to assist OPOs. Replaces provisions prohibiting the Network from being engaged in any activity unrelated to organ procurement with provisions requiring that the Network be an entity with expertise in organ procurement and transplantation. Modifies requirements regarding the composition of the Network's board of directors and the responsibilities of the Network. Removes provisions specifying special considerations and priorities the Secretary must apply in considering grant applications. Allows special project grants to be made for three (currently, two) years. Removes provisions limiting them to a maximum dollar amount. Adds references to contracts to provisions relating to the amount of the grant or contract, advance payments, recordkeeping, and audits. Extends through FY 1995 the requirement that the Secretary maintain an identifiable administrative unit in the Public Health Service relating to organ procurement and donation. Modifies the duties of the unit. Modifies requirements regarding a report by the Secretary on the status of organ transplantation. Title III: Immunosuppressive Drug Therapy - Authorizes appropriations to carry out provisions relating to immunosuppressive drug therapy block grants.
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1990
Establishes a National Commission on Financial Institution Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement to investigate and identify the causes of the savings and loan crisis on both the State and Federal levels. Requires a report to the President and the Congress, and terminates the Commission within 30 days after its submission. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1990
Condemns: (1) the arrest and detention of Kenyan citizens for the peaceful expression of political views and the recent violence against Kenyan citizens by security forces; and (2) the Kenyan Government's disregard of human rights and fundamental freedoms. Calls upon the Kenyan Government to: (1) end intimidation and harassment of those critical of government policies; and (2) implement safeguards to ensure freedom of the press and independence of the judiciary and to guarantee civil and human rights for individuals detained by the government. Expresses the sense of the Congress that all military and economic support fund assistance to Kenya should be suspended until the Kenyan Government: (1) restores basic human rights and fundamental freedoms; (2) releases persons arrested for the peaceful expression of their views and ends harassment and detention of political opponents and human rights lawyers; and (3) enables the Kenyan people to determine whether they want to pursue a multi-party democratic system.
United States · United States Congress · 19 July 1990
National Forest Hunter Safety and Protection Act of 1990 - Prescribes civil penalties for knowingly interfering with the conduct of a lawful hunt in a national forest or on lands affected with a Federal interest. Authorizes injunctive relief, the recovery of actual and punitive damages, and the awarding of attorney's fees. Grants hunting and sportsman's organizations standing to bring suit under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 18 July 1990
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to reformulate the Cedar Bluff Unit of the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, Kansas, including reallocation of the conservation capacity of the Cedar Bluff Reservoir, to create: (1) a designated operating pool for fish, wildlife, and recreation purposes, and for groundwater recharge for environmental, domestic, municipal, industrial, and irrigation uses; and (2) a joint-use pool for flood control, water sales, fish, wildlife, and recreation purposes. Authorizes the Secretary to contract with Kansas for the sale, use, and control of the designated operating pool (with the exception of water reserved for Russell, Kansas), and to allow Kansas to acquire use and control of water in the joint-use pool. Provides that Kansas shall not permit utilization of water from Cedar Bluff Reservoir to increase irrigation of lands in the Smoky Hill River Basin from such Reservoir to its confluence with Big Creek. Authorizes the Secretary to contract with Kansas for the acceptance of a specified payment and the State's commitment to pay a proportionate share of the annual operation, maintenance, and replacement charges for the Cedar Bluff Dam and Reservoir, as full satisfaction of the reimbursable costs associated with irrigation of the Cedar Bluff Unit. Requires, after the reformulation authorized by this Act, that any revenues in excess of operating and maintenance expenses received by Kansas from the sale of water from the Cedar Bluff Unit be paid to the United States and covered into the Reclamation Fund if so required under reclamation law. Provides that any additional revenues shall be retained by Kansas, once all such obligations or charges are satisfied. Authorizes the Secretary to transfer ownership of the fish hatchery facility at Cedar Bluff Dam and related water rights to Kansas for its use and operation. Provides that if any transferred property is subsequently transferred from State ownership or used for any purpose other than those provided for in this Act, title to such property shall revert to the United States. Authorizes the Secretary to transfer title to the Cedar Bluff Irrigation District headquarters located near Hays, Kansas, contingent upon the District's agreement to close down the irrigation system to the satisfaction of the Secretary at no additional cost to the United States, after which all easement rights shall revert to the owners of the land to which the easements are attached. Requires the transferee of any interest conveyed pursuant to this Act to assume all liability with respect to such interests and to indemnify the United States against all such liability.
United States · United States Congress · 17 July 1990
Farm Injury Prevention and Treatment Act of 1990 - Title I: Coordination - Establishes in the Department of Agriculture a Farm Safety Task Force. Directs the Task Force to: (1) coordinate and serve as a clearinghouse for Federal farm safety outreach and education programs; (2) prioritize research and grant programs; and (3) conduct a nationwide farm accident prevention study. Authorizes appropriations for such study. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to include farm safety questions in the 1992 Census of Agriculture. Title II: Farm Machinery - Directs the Task Force to conduct a study of protective tractor roll-over devices. Authorizes appropriations. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to implement through rulemaking the Task Force's recommendations if the Congress does not pass tractor roll-over legislation within a specified time. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Task Force to establish a Farm Safety Fund and to authorize grants for farm machinery engineering research. Sets forth grant amount limits. Authorizes appropriations. Title III: Public Health - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the Centers for Disease Control, to make grants to improve the identification, treatment, and rehabilitation of farm injuries and illnesses. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to veto disbursement of such a grant. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the National Institutes of Health, to make grants for farm injury and rehabilitation research and development projects. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to increase the availability and qualifications of clinical staff and researchers in farm occupational health. Authorizes appropriations for grants under this title. Title IV: Public Education - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to make grants for farm safety education programs. Authorizes appropriations. Title V: Termination - Repeals this Act, and abolishes all its programs, effective September 30, 1995.
United States · United States Congress · 16 July 1990
Civil Rights Act of 1990 - Amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to declare that an unlawful employment practice is established when a complainant demonstrates by statistical evidence that an employment practice or a group of employment practices causes a disparate impact on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin, and the respondent fails to demonstrate that such practice or practices are required by business necessity. Provides that a complainant establishes an unlawful employment practice by demonstrating that race, color, religion, sex, or national origin was a major contributing factor for an employment practice, even though other factors also contributed to the practice. Provides that a rule barring the employment of an individual who currently and knowingly uses or possesses an illegal drug shall be considered an unlawful employment practice only if such rule is adopted or applied with an intent to discriminate because of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. Prohibits an individual from challenging, under the Constitution or Federal civil rights laws, an employment practice specifically required by a litigated or consent judgment or order if such person was an applicant for employment with or employed by the entity covered by such decree and had actual notice that such decree would likely affect his or her interests and be immune to his or her later challenge, and if such person had a reasonable opportunity to challenge the decree. Declares that an unlawful employment practice occurs when a seniority system is adopted, an individual becomes subject to it, or a person is injured by the application of the system or a provision thereof, if it was adopted for an intentionally discriminatory purpose, whether or not that discriminatory purpose is apparent on the face of the provisions. Authorizes a court to award a monetary amount to a complainant in an unlawful employment practice case, other than a disparate impact case, when such court cannot award back pay and an additional equitable remedy is needed to deter the respondent from continuing to engage in such practices. Includes expert fees in any attorney's fees awarded to the prevailing party in an unlawful employment practice case. Amends specified provisions of Federal law relating to equal protection under the law to declare that: (1) the rights protected by those provisions are protected against nongovernmental discrimination as well as against impairment under color of State law; and (2) those provisions afford the same protection against discrimination in the performance, breach, or termination of a contract, or in the setting of the terms or conditions thereof, as they do in the making or enforcement of the contract. Amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to make such Act's employment provisions applicable to congressional employees.
United States · United States Congress · 12 July 1990
Airline Competition Equity Act of 1990 - Prohibits the purchase, sale, lease, or transfer of slots at airports on or after July 12, 1990, except that one slot may be exchanged for another if there is no other consideration associated with the exchange. Directs the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to establish by rulemaking a pool of slots for new entrant air carriers at high density traffic airports. Terminates such rule (as well as the existing "buy-sell rule") 18 months after enactment of this Act. Requires the Administrator to provide a specified certification to the Congress if after such rule ceases to be effective the Secretary of Transportation or the Administrator decides to issue a new rule for the allocation of such slots.
United States · United States Congress · 10 July 1990
Employee Benefits Equity Act of 1990 - Amends the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to specify that it prohibits discrimination against older workers in employee benefits, with specified exceptions for legitimate business purposes and other conditions. Provides that it shall not be considered discrimination with respect to income replacement benefits or other welfare benefits, if: (1) the amount or cost of such benefits is available for the year, and the present value of such benefits, available to the individual are no less than those for similarly situated younger employees; and (2) the individual has the option of receiving the same benefits as younger employees. Provides that it shall not be considered discrimination with respect to employee benefits if an employer offers supplemental or subsidized early retirement benefits to subgroups of employees through either an ongoing plan or a temporary arrangement, but only if such supplemental benefit plan or arrangement (other than an early retirement subsidy or a social security supplement) serves a legitimate business purpose or provides, or has provided in the past, a supplemental benefit to each older employee that is at least equal to that offered to a similarly situated younger employee. Allows employers to make an aged-based variance in employee benefits that has a legitimate business purpose, through specified types of arrangements. Requires the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to consult with the Secretaries of Labor and of the Treasury before it issues rules and regulations for carrying out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1990
Title I: Amendments to Federal Deposit Insurance Act - Subtitle A: Improvements - Federal Deposit Improvements Act of 1990 - Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to specify the length of interim appointments to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Board of Directors. Revises conversion authority to authorize the FDIC to approve conversion transactions that affect insubstantial portions of depository institution deposits acquired as part of the conversion transaction. Grants priority (with certain exceptions) to claims brought by the FDIC against an insured depository institution or its personnel in any proceeding relating to other claims against such an institution or its officers or employees. Cites circumstances under which the FDIC may limit the remuneration (including deferred benefit arrangements and other compensation plans) paid by an insured depository institution to an institution-affiliated party. Repeals the exemption granted to certain State-chartered savings associations with respect to compliance with regulations of the Director of the Office of Thrift Supervision relating to subsidiaries. Precludes participation in the affairs of an insured depository institution by any person who has entered into a pretrial diversion program in lieu of a trial for dishonesty or breach of trust. Mandates that any depository institution (currently, any savings association) whose deposits are not FDIC-insured shall conspicuously state that its deposits are "not federally insured." Subtitle B: Limitation on Liability for Nonculpable Activities - Lender Liability Act of 1990 - Prescribes guidelines under which an insured depository institution or mortgage lender (including Federal agencies) is exempt from strict liability relating to hazardous substances in connection with properties acquired: (1) through foreclosure; (2) held in a fiduciary capacity; or (3) held under the terms of a credit extension. Title II: Clarifying Amendments to the Federal Deposit Insurance Act - Prohibits an insured depository institution from indemnifying its personnel (or other institution-related person) for costs related to actions brought successfully by a Federal banking agency against such institution-related persons. Grants the FDIC the same powers and rights over the assets and liabilities of the FSLIC Resolution Fund as it has over other jurisdictional matters under the Federal Deposit Insurance Act. Declares the FDIC to be the successor receiver or conservator to FSLIC wards. States that if a consolidation or acquisition involves a savings association eligible for assistance and a bank (or bank holding company), the resulting entity (currently, the savings association) may retain and operate any existing branch or facilities. Amends the Federal Home Loan Bank Act to provide that upon the filing of a pleading informing the court that the FDIC has been appointed conservator or receiver for a party, the FDIC shall be deemed substituted in any legal proceeding involving that party. Title III: Clerical Amendments to the Federal Deposit Insurance Act - Makes clerical amendments to the Federal Deposit Insurance Act.
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 · 27 June 1990
Phases-in, by FY 1992, an update to the area wage index used in determining Medicare (title XVIII of the Social Security Act) payments to hospitals for wage-related costs in different areas. Requires the next survey of hospital wage-related costs to be conducted by FY 1993.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1990
Iraq International Law Compliance Act of 1990 - Sets forth congressional findings with respect to Iraq's human rights record and use of chemical weapons. Directs the President to enforce against Iraq all laws which impose sanctions against a country that engages in consistent violations of human rights. Prohibits the extension of financial credits or assistance to Iraq until the President certifies to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that Iraq is complying with the Law of Nations, including the United Nations Charter and specified human rights and weapons conventions.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1990
Comprehensive Thrift and Bank Fraud Prosecution Act of 1990 - Title I: Bank Fraud and Embezzlement Penalties - Amends the Federal criminal code to increase the maximum imprisonment penalty for specified bank fraud and embezzlement crimes from 20 to 30 years. Prescribes monetary penalties and up to life imprisonment for engaging in a continuing financial crime enterprise. Deems a person to be engaging in a continuing financial crime enterprise if such person: (1) violates specified criminal code provisions; (2) violates laws in concert with at least three persons with respect to whom such person occupies a supervisory position; and (3) receives at least $5,000,000 in gross receipts during a 24-month period. Includes within the definition of "racketeering activity" under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) predicate offenses relating to: (1) the receipt of gifts or commissions for procuring loans; (2) financial institution embezzlement; and (3) fraud and false statements. Directs the U.S. Sentencing Commission to provide that in major bank crime cases where the offender derives more than $1,000,000 from the offense, such offender shall be assigned an offense level that is: (1) four times greater than the level that would have been assigned if the offense had not been committed under such circumstances; and (2) at least 24. Title II: Broadening Investigative Authority in Bank Crime Cases - Authorizes the Federal Bureau of Investigation to issue administrative subpoenas to compel the production of documents relevant to specified bank crimes. Permits the Secret Service to arrest persons violating specified provisions with respect to financial institutions and the Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC). Requires the Secret Service to exercise such jurisdiction through the Financial Institutions Crime Strike Forces. Authorizes the interception of wire, oral, or electronic communications in connection with specified bank fraud and bribery offenses. Removes from the list of offenses for which such interception is authorized offenses relating to the destruction of energy facilities. Title III: Restructuring the Federal Attack on Bank Crimes - Establishes: (1) the Financial Services Crime Division within the Department of Justice; and (2) ten Division field offices in the Federal judicial districts experiencing the greatest number of offenses relating to the financial services industry. Designates such offices as Financial Services Crime Strike Forces. Sets forth Division reporting requirements. Authorizes appropriations. Title IV: Expanding Federal Forfeiture and Money Laundering Laws - Subjects to forfeiture property derived from specified offenses affecting insured depository institutions. Provides for the restoration of such property to victims of the offenses. Authorizes the seizure of property subject to forfeiture. Adds specified bank fraud offenses to the list of predicates under money laundering provisions. Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to prohibit liability incurred as a result of a breach of fiduciary duty from being discharged through bankruptcy. Amends Federal bankruptcy law to disallow the use of bankruptcy to discharge a debtor from commitments to maintain the capital of an insured depository institution. Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the Federal Credit Union Act to expand requirements for the disclosure of administrative enforcement proceedings by Federal banking agencies and the National Credit Union Administration Board. Title V: Increasing Investigators and Prosecutors for Bank Fraud and Embezzlement Cases - Authorizes and allocates appropriations for salaries and expenses of the Financial Services Crime Strike Forces. Title VI: Preventing and Prosecuting Fraud in the Sale of Assets by the Resolution Trust Corporation - Prescribes monetary and/or criminal penalties for the knowing concealment of assets from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) or the RTC in such Corporation's capacity as conservator or receiver for an insured depository institution. Subjects to civil and criminal forfeiture property derived from specified violations relating to the sale of assets by the RTC. Authorizes the FDIC or the RTC to institute civil proceedings under RICO for violations affecting insured depository institutions. Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to grant the FDIC and the RTC subpoena authority when acting as conservators or receivers. Authorizes courts, at the request of the FDIC or RTC, to place assets of any person under the control of a trustee if: (1) such person is an institution-related party who may be required to pay restitution to the institution or is a debtor of the institution; or (2) such person's assets will be dissipated or placed beyond the jurisdiction of the court or the FDIC or RTC before any recovery may be completed, unless a trustee is appointed. Permits the FDIC or the RTC, as conservators or receivers, to avoid any fraudulent transfer of interest made by an institution-affiliated person or debtor within five years of the date on which the FDIC or RTC was appointed conservator or receiver. Sets forth recovery rights with respect to transferred property. Amends the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 to grant injunctive relief in actions brought by the FDIC, RTC, or National Credit Union Administration that involve fraud affecting financial institutions. Amends the Federal Home Loan Bank Act to require the RTC to maintain a Fraud and Enforcement Review Division. Title VII: Strengthening the Judicial System in the Prosecution of Bank Fraud and Embezzlement Cases - Authorizes appropriations to the Federal courts for salaries and expenses of the Court of Appeals, District Courts, and other judicial services. Allocates such funds among the judicial districts with the highest financial institutions crime case loads. Grants U.S. magistrates the power to accept guilty pleas for specified offenses affecting insured depository institutions. Title VIII: Private Actions Against Persons Committing Bank Fraud and Embezzlement Crimes - Amends the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 to authorize private persons to bring civil actions for specified bank fraud crimes, subject to certain conditions.
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.
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