United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1990
National Fire Forces Mobilization Act of 1990 - Amends the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 to authorize appropriations which shall be divided equally between State forestry agencies and rural volunteer fire departments and be used to improve their firefighting capacity and provide firefighting assistance to other firefighting organizations. Limits the Federal share of the cost of any activity of a State or rural volunteer fire department carried out with such funds to 50 percent.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1990
Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the Federal Credit Union Act to cite conditions under which depository institutions, mortgage lenders, and insured credit unions are not liable under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (Superfund) with respect to property acquired either through foreclosure or in a fiduciary capacity. Confers immunity from Superfund liability upon certain banking regulatory agencies and the National Credit Union Administration Board for properties acquired in connection with: (1) the exercise of receivership or conservatorship authority; and (2) the provision of loans and other financial assistance.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1990
Acknowledges that Jerusalem is and should remain the capital of the State of Israel. Declares that Jerusalem must remain an undivided city in which the rights of every ethnic religious group are protected. Calls upon all parties involved in the search for peace to maintain their efforts to bring about negotiations between Israel and Palestinian representatives.
United States · United States Congress · 9 March 1990
Breast and Cervical Cancer Mortality Prevention Act of 1990 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control, to make grants to States, with regard to breast and cervical cancer, for screening, referrals and follow-up services, public information and education programs, education and training for health professionals, quality monitoring of screening, and evaluations of such activities. Sets forth preferences in making the grants and requires equitable geographical distribution. Requires matching non-Federal funds in a specified ratio. Requires that States agree to: (1) provide all of certain services by a specified date; (2) switch to any improved screening procedures which become available; and (3) assure the quality of any screening procedures used. Directs the Secretary to establish guidelines for assuring the quality of mammography and cytological screening conducted under these provisions. Requires that low-income women be given priority in the provision of services. Requires that a charge for services, if any: (1) be made according to a public schedule; (2) be adjusted for income of the woman involved; and (3) not be imposed on any woman with incomes below the poverty line. Requires services to be provided throughout a State, including to members of any Indian tribe or tribal organization. Authorizes the Secretary to provide training and technical assistance. Directs the Secretary to provide for annual evaluations of programs carried out under this Act. Authorizes appropriations. Limits the number of grants made to seven in FY 1991.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1990
Volunteer America for Eastern European Recovery Act of 1990 - Declares that it is U.S. policy to encourage the formation of a private, nonprofit organization (to be known as Volunteer America) to foster economic development in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union. Provides that the organization will be operated by individuals drawn from the private sector who shall create and support volunteer programs to meet the business needs of, and foster free market economies in, such nations. Authorizes the President to designate one individual from the business community to initiate the formation of the organization. Permits the President to make a "start-up" grant to the organization, after which time it shall be self-supporting. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1990
Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act of 1990 - Title I: HIV Emergency Relief Grant Program - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award emergency relief grants to any metropolitan statistical area (eligible area) as specified by the Secretary that has reported more than 2000 AIDS cases and that meets other requirements. Requires that the grants be directed to the chief elected official of the city or county that administers the public health agency serving the greatest proportion of individuals with AIDS in the eligible area. Requires the administering local political subdivision (ALPS) to establish a mechanism to allocate funds based on the proportion of AIDS cases and the severity of need of the local political subdivisions. Provides for the establishment of an HIV health services planning council, by each ALPS and its chief elected official, to establish fund allocation priorities and assess fund allocation efficiency. Provides, at specified times, that one-half of funds appropriated for the grants be used for regular grants and one-half be used for supplemental grants. Allows the grants to be used by the grantee to provide assistance to any public or nonprofit hospital, clinic, nursing home, sub-acute care facility, or health center that is providing services to a disproportionate share of low-income individuals and families with HIV disease and is expending resources that exceed reimbursement. Allows a recipient institution to use the amounts to: (1) enhance the quality of services to low income individuals and families with HIV disease; and (2) deliver outpatient and ambulatory care services, including case management, to such individuals and families, including comprehensive treatment and support services. Allows grant amounts to be used to provide direct financial assistance to any public or nonprofit agency, clinic, community based organization, or community health center that has the capacity to provide case managed outpatient health and support services to individuals and families with HIV disease that are critical to prevent unnecessary inpatient hospitalization and to expedite the discharge of the individual to the most medically appropriate level of service. Allows grant amounts to be used to renovate or rehabilitate congregate care housing units, long-term care facilities, and sub-acute care facilities, provided certain conditions, including a requirement of matching local or State funds, are met. Authorizes appropriations. Title II: HIV Care Grants - Directs the Secretary to make grants to States to improve the quality, availability, and organization of care, treatment, and support services for individuals and families with HIV disease. Allows grant funds to be used, with regard to HIV disease, to: (1) establish and operate care consortia; (2) provide home- and community-based care; (3) assist mechanisms that assure the continuity of health insurance; (4) provide therapeutic treatments to low income individuals; and (5) integrate early intervention services with care and support services provided in existing public health and medical care settings. Requires a State, subject to waiver in certain circumstances, to use at least 15 percent of the funds allocated to provide health and support services to infants, children, women, and families with HIV disease. Requires that, to the extent practicable, services under these provisions be provided without regard to the ability of the individual to pay, and that: (1) any charges be pursuant to a public schedule; (2) no charges be imposed on an individual with an income of 200 percent of the poverty line or less; and (3) charges imposed on individuals above such income level be adjusted to reflect their income. Requires the Secretary to use ten percent of the funds appropriated under this title to: (1) provide technical assistance to States; and (2) establish and administer a Special Projects of National Significance Program to make direct grants to States, localities, or community-based organizations to fund special programs for the care and treatment of individuals with HIV disease. Sets forth: (1) award criteria; and (2) permitted goals of recipient programs. Authorizes appropriations. Title III: HIV Disease Health Services Research, Evaluation, and Assessment - Directs the Secretary, through the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, to establish a program to enable independent research to be conducted by individuals and organizations to develop: (1) a comparative assessment of the impact and cost-effectiveness of major models for organizing treatment and support services; (2) a review of major health services financing mechanisms; (3) an assessment of how point-of-entry procedures for obtaining treatment and services impact cost, quality, and outcome, and the extent to which quality, cost, and outcome can be related to the source of payment; (4) a comprehensive report of financial, regulatory, organizational, and social barriers that serve to limit the delivery of services; (5) a summary concerning major and continuing unmet needs in health care, treatment, early intervention, and support service delivery; and (6) a review and assessment of models for the delivery of services to infants, children, women, and families.
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1990
Conditions U.S. adherence to any treaty terminating Allied occupation rights in Germany and in Berlin on Germany's unequivocal recognition that its present borders are legal and unalterable.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1990
Amends Federal bankruptcy law to exclude from a debtor's estate any interest in liquid or gaseous hydrocarbons to the extent the debtor has transferred such interest pursuant to a lease or other written agreement.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1990
Designates the week of June 24 through June 30, 1990, as National Sheriffs' Week in honor of the 50th anniversary of the National Sheriffs' Association.
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 · 27 February 1990
State Offices of Rural Health Act of 1990 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to States to establish (or assist existing) State rural health offices to: (1) provide leadership and advocacy for rural residents with regard to rural health; (2) coordinate with the Agricultural Extension Service; (3) make recommendations on improving the quality and cost effectiveness of rural health care delivery; (4) report periodically to the Office of Rural Health Policy (Policy Office); and (5) communicate and cooperate with rural health research centers established by the Policy Office. Requires matching State funding. Prohibits States from using more than five percent of their grants for research. Specifies optional activities of the offices. Requires an annual meeting between representatives of each State office and representatives from the Policy Office to share information and coordinate strategies for improving quality and cost effectiveness of rural health care delivery. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1990
Health Insurance Counseling, and Assistance Act of 1990 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) make grants to States for the establishment or improvement of a program providing information, counseling, and assistance regarding the procurement of adequate and appropriate health insurance coverage to individuals who are eligible to receive benefits under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act; (2) annually convene a conference to provide training and information to State health insurance information, counseling, and assistance program staff members; and (3) establish a national resource center for the purposes of creating a health insurance information clearinghouse, distributing such information to States, and providing States with technical assistance and training in disseminating such information. Authorizes appropriations for such grant programs and the national resource center.
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 · 8 February 1990
Excellence in Mathematics, Science, and Engineering Education Act of 1990 - Title I: National Goal and Policy for Mathematics, Science, Engineering, and Technology Education - Declares the 1990's to be the Decade of Excellence in American Mathematics, Science, and Engineering Education. Sets forth objectives to be achieved by the year 2000. Title II: Scientific and Technical Literacy of the General Public - Scientific and Technical Literacy Act of 1990 - Part A: National Research and Dissemination in Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education - Establishes within the Smithsonian Institution the National Institute for Technology and Learning (NITL) to conduct and publish interdisciplinary research on processes by which individuals learn and ways in which advanced technologies can facilitate such processes. Establishes a Technology and Learning Advisory Panel within NITL. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award a merit-based, competitive grant or contract to establish a National Clearinghouse for Science, Mathematics, and Technology Education (Clearinghouse). Part B: Regional Science, Mathematics, and Technology Educational Programs - Regional Science, Mathematics, and Technology Consortium Act of 1990 - Authorizes 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 instruction materials, teaching methods, and assessment tools for use by elementary and secondary school students. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to States to conduct programs of Roving Master Teachers in mathematics and science in elementary and middle schools. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to State and local educational agencies, or to consortia of such agencies with other organizations, to assist them in planning, but not operating, regional mathematics, science, and technology academies. Part C: Informal Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education Programs - Amends the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 to establish: (1) within NSF a Directorate of Science and Engineering Education (the Directorate); and (2) within the Directorate a Division of Informal Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education (the Informal Division). Authorizes the NSF Director, through the Informal Division, to award merit-based competitive grants: (1) (and fellowships) for professional enhancement activities to increase the pool of informal science education professionals and consultants; (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. Requires the NSF Director, through the Informal Division, to make grants to: (1) science and technology museums and centers to develop hands-on, interactive programs; and (2) specified types of entities to develop public television programs in science and technology, especially programs using women or minority role models. Part D: Science and Space Exploration Education - Science and Space Exploration Education Act of 1990 - Authorizes the NSF Director, through the Directorate, to establish a program of grants to and contracts with specified entities to develop innovative educational materials relating to space exploration to deepen students' interest in mathematics, science, and technology. Directs the Clearinghouse: (1) to develop and disseminate a descriptive listing of scientific and technical facilities and equipment useful for educational purposes; and (2) (together with Regional Consortia) inform schools, museums, and science and technology centers of items available for donation. Authorizes the NSF Director, through the Directorate, to conduct an annual competition for science and space exploration education project awards for students or teams from grades nine through 12. Title III: Education of Scientists and Engineers - Scientists and Engineers Education Act of 1990 - Amends the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 to establish within the NSF Directorate of Science and Engineering Education (the Directorate) a Division of Undergraduate Mathematics, Science and Engineering Education (the Undergraduate Division). Part A: Undergraduate Programs - Requires the NSF Director to make outreach grants to community colleges to negotiate the establishment of partnerships with nearby four-year academic institutions that award bachelor degrees in mathematics, science, or engineering, or a four-year technology degree. Authorizes the NSF Director to make competitive, merit-based partnership grants to eligible partnerships of community colleges and four-year academic institutions to assist their students in making the transition to such degree programs. Authorizes the NSF Director, through the Undergraduate Division, to make bootstrap grants to colleges and universities to strengthen particular departments of mathematics, science, or engineering. Authorizes the President to make a limited number of Presidential Awards for Excellence in Teaching Undergraduate Mathematics, Science, Engineering, or Technology to college or university teachers. National Mathematics-Science Teacher Corps Act of 1990 - Authorizes the NSF Director to make awards to students in baccalaureate degree programs in science, mathematics, or engineering who commit themselves to teach elementary or secondary science or mathematics. Part B: Graduate Fellowships - Amends the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 to require the NSF Director to increase, as much as practicable, the number of graduate fellowships awarded by the NSF: (1) in FY 1991 to approximately double that of FY 1987; and (2) to women and minority students. Title IV: Technology Education and Training - Technology Education and Training Act of 1990 - Authorizes the NSF Director to establish a High School Technology Curriculum Development Program to make grants to or contracts with appropriate institutions or organizations to develop comprehensive curricula for introductory and advanced secondary school technology courses leading to careers as engineers or technologists. College and Company Technology Partnership Act of 1990 - Authorizes the NSF Director, through the Undergraduate Division, to make grants to and contracts with eligible partnerships (of four-year colleges of engineering or technology and/or two-year community colleges with private companies) to engage in specified activities involving student work-study at the company, company personnel teaching at the institution, curriculum development, and equipment loans or donations. Technology Training Consortium Act of 1990 - Requires the Department of Labor to establish or designate, within its Employment and Training Administration, an Office of Technology Training Consortiums (the Office). Authorizes the Secretary of Labor, through the Office, to: (1) make planning grants to companies to plan for the establishment of consortia; and (2) pay up to 50 percent of the cost of startup grants to newly established consortia for their initial organization costs. Title V: Women and Minorities in Mathematics, Science, and Engineering - Women and Minorities in Mathematics, Science, and Engineering Education Act of 1990 - Part A: Women and Minority Role Models in Mathematics, Science, Engineering, and Technology - Authorizes the NSF Director to award exemplary visiting professional fellowships for women and minority professionals in mathematics, science, engineering, and technology to provide role models in such fields for female and minority students in grades seven through 12. Authorizes the NSF Director to make distinguished visiting professor grants to women and minority faculty members in mathematics, science, or engineering to serve as visiting professors at academic institutions which do not have sufficient resources to attract and retain faculty members of such stature permanently. Part B: Undergraduate Fellowships and Minority College-University Partnerships - Requires the NSF Director to award undergraduate fellowships in mathematics, science, and engineering to women and minority students. Authorizes the NSF Director, through the Undergraduate Division, to make grants to: (1) minority colleges to establish partnerships with research universities; and (2) eligible partnerships to enable mathematics, science, and technology students from the minority colleges to be exposed to and use facilities, programs, and instruction available at the research universities. Title VI: General Provisions and Authorization of Appropriations - Directs the Secretaries of Education and of Labor and the NSF Director to evaluate and report to the Congress on their respective programs, activities, and responsibilities under this Act. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 2000.
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1990
El Salvador Aid Restrictions Act of 1990 - Prohibits the provision of U.S. military assistance to El Salvador if the El Salvadoran Government: (1) declines to participate in negotiations for a settlement to the armed conflict; or (2) fails to support an active role for the United Nations Secretary General in mediating such settlement. Withholds 50 percent of specified military assistance allocated under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, beginning in FY 1990. Releases such assistance only if: (1) the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN) declines to participate in settlement negotiations or refuses to accept the Secretary General's role in such settlement; or (2) the President certifies to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the Speaker of the House that such assistance must be released because FMLN actions jeopardize the survival of the constitutional El Salvadoran Government. Prohibits the provision of U.S. assistance to El Salvador if the Government of El Salvador is overthrown or unconstitutionally removed from office. Expresses doubts about the commitment of the El Salvadoran Government to the observance of human rights. Prohibits the provision of assistance to El Salvador unless the President reports to the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the Speaker of the House that El Salvador is observing human rights and has: (1) made progress in bringing to trial and convicting those responsible for the murders of specified civilians; (2) adopted measures to stop arbitrary house and office searches; (3) permitted foreign religious organizations to carry out their work unimpeded by Government officials or the military; and (4) made efforts to lift the state of emergency.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1990
Provides for an 18-month moratorium on employer reversions upon termination of single-employer defined benefit pension plans under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. Requires that any pension plan surplus at the time of such a termination be: (1) paid to the employees; (2) placed in a new plan with higher benefits; or (3) placed in a trust for the exclusive benefit of the employees. Makes such trust continue to the end of the moratorium. Provides that distribution of plan assets would occur in accordance with applicable law then.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1990
Designates March 23, 1990, as National Energy Education Day to promote and enhance energy education programs at all grade levels of public and private schools.
United States · United States Congress · 1 February 1990
Health Objectives 2000 Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize appropriations for allotments to States for developing and implementing a plan to develop and collect data on the public health needs and status of State residents. Requires the plan to provide, for FY 1993 and thereafter, for use of the allotments for additional purposes described in specified provisions relating to preventive health and health services block grants. Requires the State plan to contain, among other elements, a set of at least five State health objectives chosen from the National Health Priorities described by the Secretary of Health and Human Services under this Act. Directs the Secretary to establish: (1) the National Health Objectives Advisory Committee; (2) National Health Priorities (NHPs) to form the basis for all activities that receive assistance under this Act; (3) from the NHPs, a set of Core Priorities that shall be included in each State Plan; and (4) an estimate of the personnel and training needed to accomplish the NHPs. Directs the Secretary, from the amounts made available for allotments, to use: (1) a limited amount for the professional training of public health personnel; and (2) remaining amounts to assist research, pilot, and demonstration projects, and programs the Secretary determines to show the potential impact of regional or national significance with respect to NHPs. Repeals specified provisions relating to preventive health and health services block grants.
United States · United States Congress · 1 February 1990
Primary Pediatric Outreach and Care for Disadvantaged Children Act of 1990 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the making of grants and contracts for the establishment of programs providing high quality primary pediatric care to economically disadvantaged children and adolescents who lack access to such care. Includes as eligible grant activities: child outpatient facilities, substance abuse detection, foster child and homeless youth medical services, and data collection. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 1 February 1990
Depositor Protection and Abuse Prevention Act of 1990 - Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to prohibit an insured depository institution from marketing any interests in its affiliates in any office space which is commonly accessible to the general public for the purpose of accepting deposits. Grants a Federal banking agency regulatory authority either to prohibit such sales or to impose conditions upon them if the agency determines that any stock or bond of the institution is likely to be confused by the general public with an insured deposit.
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1990
Calls upon the United Nations to repeal General Assembly Resolution 3379 (equating Zionism with racism). Commends the President for his commitment to this goal and requires progress reports to the Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1990
Title I: National Writing Program - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to enter into a contract with the National Writing Project (a nonprofit educational organization) to support costs of programs of teacher training and classroom research to improve the teaching of writing and the quality of student writing and learning. Directs the Project to establish a National Advisory Board. Title II: Research and Development - Directs the Secretary, through the Office of Educational Research and Improvement, to make grants to individuals and higher education institutions for research on the teaching of writing. Title III: Authorization of Appropriations - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1996.
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 · 24 January 1990
Taxpayer Recovery Act of 1990 - Amends the Federal bankruptcy code to exempt from a bankruptcy discharge: (1) a criminal restitution order issued against a person who has caused loss to a financial institution; (2) an order for damages arising from fraud or reckless disregard for the law involving a financial institution; and (3) judgments obtained by the FDIC against officers and directors for breach of fiduciary duty. Extends from 60 to 120 days the time during which an objection to a discharge in bankruptcy petition may be filed. Restricts to $7,500 the amount of real estate or insurance assets which may be shielded under the homestead exemption to the bankruptcy code.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1990
Provides for a permanent endowment for the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Program. Authorizes appropriations. Requires that at least half of the annual income on such endowment be available only to assist U.S. fellows in traveling to and studying in emerging European democracies.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1990
Amends the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 and the Ethics Reform Act of 1989 to apply the same honoraria provisions to Senators and officers and employees of the Senate as apply to Members of the House of Representatives and other officers and employees of the Government. Amends the Ethics Reform Act of 1989 to repeal provisions providing for annual cost-of-living salary increases for Senators and concurrent reductions in the limit on honoraria.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1990
Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require an independent audit of statements prepared by certain financial institutions and insurance carriers with respect to assets of employee benefit plans.
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
Constitutional Amendment - Provides that no person shall be elected to the Senate for more than two full terms and that no person shall be elected to the House for more than six full terms. Prohibits Senators from serving for more than 14 years and Representatives for more than 13 years.
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.
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