United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1990
Textile, Apparel, and Footwear Trade Act of 1990 - Limits the 1990 imports of textiles and textile products classified under a category to an amount equal to 101 percent of the total 1989 imports classified under such category. Limits the 1990 imports of nonrubber footwear classified under a nonrubber footwear category to an amount equal to: (1) the total 1989 imports of nonrubber footwear classified under such category; and (2) in the case of high priced nonrubber footwear, the total 1989 imports of high priced nonrubber footwear classified under such category. Provides for a one-percent annual growth in the amount of permitted imports of textiles and textile products after 1990. Exempts from the limitations imposed under this Act imports of textiles and textile products from U.S. possessions if such articles are exempt from duty under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States and are manufactured by U.S. citizens, nationals, or permanent residents of such a possession. Limits the imports of certain sweaters made in Guam to a specified amount during FY 1990 and to such amount increased by one percent per year in subsequent years. Declares that such limitations shall not apply to Canada or Israel. Sets forth limitations on the amount of textile and textile products classified under certain import categories which may be imported from beneficiary countries under the Caribbean Basin Initiative. Authorizes the President to: (1) enter into trade agreements to grant new concessions as compensation to the extent required under U.S. trade agreements for the import limits imposed by this Act; and (2) proclaim such modification or continuance of any existing duty on textiles and textile products and on nonrubber footwear as necessary to carry out such agreements. Prohibits the President from reducing any rate of duty by more than ten percent. Requires the President, before entering into such trade agreements, to consider whether a country has violated trade concessions of benefit to the United States and the violation has not been adequately offset. Sets forth requirements governing staged rate reductions in the tariffs of articles affected by this Act. Prohibits the President, except as authorized by this Act, from entering into trade negotiations with any country with respect to duties on textiles, textile products, and nonrubber footwear. Prohibits the President, except as provided in this Act, from decreasing or proposing a decrease in any such duty by any means, including an implementing bill or a proclamation. Requires the President to report annually to the Congress on the administration of this Act. Requires the Secretary of Commerce, ten years after enactment of this Act, to study and report to the Congress on its operation. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a pilot program for the issuance and sale to U.S. companies at public auction of import licenses applicable to categories of textiles. Terminates such licensing program on December 31, 1991, and requires a report to the Congress on its administration.
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1990
Yosemite National Park Centennial Medal Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to strike and sell medals in commemoration of the centennial of Yosemite National Park, California, in 1990. Requires that all sales of such medals include a surcharge of $2 each. Requires that all surcharges be paid to an endowment fund for the benefit of the Park to be administered by the National Park Foundation. Requires that the net income from the fund be paid to the Secretary of the Interior to fund special supplemental projects relating to back country trail development and rehabilitation and the preservation of Sequoia groves within the boundaries of the Park. Requires the Secretaries to enter into a memorandum of agreement to allow: (1) the Secretary of the Treasury to deliver medals to the Secretary of the Interior; and (2) the Secretary of the Interior to provide for the sale of the medals in National Park facilities. Grants the Comptroller General the right to examine all records of the National Park Foundation which are related to such medals.
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1990
Summer Science Academy Act of 1990 - Directs the National Science Foundation to make grants, contracts, or agreements for at least 20 Summer Science Academies for talented, economically disadvantaged minority students in grades seven through 12 to study mathematics, science, engineering design, and communications. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 30 March 1990
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for the treatment of rental and nonrental real estate activities under the limitations on losses from passive activities.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1990
Designates September 16 through 22, 1990, as National Rehabilitation Week. Urges each State Governor and local government chief executive to issue proclamations calling upon their citizens to observe such week with appropriate ceremonies and activities.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1990
Depository Institution Money Laundering Amendments of 1990 - Amends the Home Owners' Loan Act, the Federal Credit Union Act and other law to prescribe guidelines under which specified Federal officers shall be authorized or required to terminate all rights, privileges, and franchises of depository institutions convicted of money laundering or cash transaction reporting offenses. Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the Federal Credit Union Act to prescribe guidelines for: (1) the termination of the insured status of State depository institutions and credit unions convicted of such offenses; and (2) the removal of personnel affiliated with such institutions who were involved in the offenses.
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1990
Drug Emergency Areas Act of 1990 - Amends the National Narcotics Leadership Act of 1988 to replace language with respect to the designation of high intensity drug trafficking areas with provisions authorizing the President to declare a State or part of a State to be a drug emergency area. Requires requests for such a declaration to be made, in writing, by the Governor or chief executive officer of any affected State or local government and forwarded to the President through the Director of National Drug Control Policy. Allows cities, counties, or States to submit a joint request. Requires requests to be based on a written finding that the emergency is of such severity and magnitude that Federal assistance is necessary to ensure an effective response. Prohibits the President from limiting declarations made under this Act to highly-populated centers of drug trafficking, drug use, or drug-related violence. Requires the President to consider applications from governments of less populated areas where the magnitude and severity of such activities are beyond the capability of the State or local government to respond. Requires Governors or chief executive officers, as part of such requests and as a prerequisite to such assistance, to: (1) take appropriate action under State or local law to respond to the crisis and furnish information on the nature and amount of State and local resources which have been or will be committed to alleviating the emergency; (2) certify that State and local government obligations and expenditures will comply with all applicable cost-sharing requirements; and (3) submit a detailed plan outlining the State or local government's short- and long-term plans to respond to the emergency. Requires the Director to review requests submitted and forward the application to the President, along with a recommendation. Authorizes the President to make grants to State or local governments of up to $50,000,000 for any single emergency. Limits the Federal share to 75 percent of the costs necessary to implement the short- and long-term plan. Limits the duration of assistance to a drug disaster area to one year, after which the Governors or chief executive officers may apply for an extension of up to 180 days. Requires any State or local government receiving Federal assistance to balance the allocation of such assistance evenly between drug supply and demand reduction efforts, unless State or local conditions dictate otherwise. Authorizes the President to: (1) direct any Federal agency to utilize its authorities and resources to support State and local efforts; and (2) provide technical and advisory assistance. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1990
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income the value of any subsidy provided by a public utility to a customer for the purchase or installation of energy or water conservation measures.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1990
Authorizes the Secretary of Education to pay to the Museum of Tolerance of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, in Los Angeles, California, 50 percent of the cost of designing and operating education programs concerning the Holocaust. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1990
Homeless Outreach Act of 1990 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct an outreach program which assists homeless persons in applying for, receiving, and maintaining Social Security Act benefits. Sets forth the scope of such program, requiring: (1) regular visits by outreach personnel to places frequented by the homeless to inform the homeless of, and actively assist them in, applying for benefits; (2) active measures to prevent the inappropriate suspension of benefits to the homeless; (3) the immediate restoration of inappropriately suspended benefits; and (4) a final decision on the benefit application of a homeless person within 30 days of its receipt. Authorizes the Secretary to provide: (1) the assistance that may be necessary to ensure that homeless persons appropriately use Social Security Act benefits; and (2) grants to States, local governments, and non-profit organizations to conduct outreach programs for the homeless.
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
Federal Pay Comparability Reform Act of 1990 - Abolishes the Advisory Committee on Federal Pay and the President's Pay Agent. Creates the Federal Pay Council, to be headed by the Director of the Office of Personnel Management. Directs the Council to determine locality-based pay adjustments for professional, administrative, technical, clerical, law enforcement, and other employment categories based upon a biennial survey by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) which compares the rates of pay of Federal employees within a local pay area to non-Federal rates of pay for the same pay area. Directs the Council to determine annual general adjustments to increase the rates of pay for all Federal employees by a percentage equal to the increase in the Employment Cost Index based upon data provided by BLS. Directs the Council to recommend the boundaries of each local pay area to BLS. Provides that an employee whose permanent duty station is not located within a pay area surveyed by BLS shall receive that locality-based pay adjustment, if any, payable to employees in the nearest wage locality. Provides that for purposes of pay retention, the portion of the employee's rate of pay based on locality-based adjustments shall not be considered his or her rate of pay if the employee transfers to a locality with a differing locality-based pay rate. Requires locality-based pay rates to be considered part of the employee's basic pay for purposes other than pay retention such as retirement, life insurance, and severance pay. Directs the President to make general annual adjustments and locality-based adjustments to the rates of pay of Federal employees unless he reports to the Congress in his budget that such adjustments should be limited or not implemented because of a national emergency or economic conditions affecting the general welfare that require imposition of national wage-price controls. Requires such adjustments to be implemented after the termination of a national emergency or wage price controls. Grants the President the authority to provide for special pay rates if the Government's efforts to recruit or retain well-qualified individuals are significantly handicapped by: (1) the remoteness of the area or location involved; (2) undesirable working conditions, including exposure to toxic substances; or (3) any other circumstances which the President considers appropriate. Prohibits a minimum special pay rate from exceeding the maximum statutory pay rate for the applicable grade or level. Authorizes the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to grant authority to executive department and agency heads to fix the basic rate of pay of up to 100 Government-wide critical positions at an annual rate that does not exceed the rate for level I of the Executive Schedule. Directs agency heads, in determining whether a position is critical, to consider the extent to which: (1) the position requires scientific, technical, professional, or administrative qualifications; and (2) additional compensation is necessary to recruit or retain exceptionally qualified individuals. Allows such authority to be reexercised when: (1) such a position remains a critical position; and (2) the Director reconfirms his or her original allocation of critical-position pay authority among executive departments and agencies. Eliminates the grade requirement for positions for which agencies may pay new employees above the minimum rate of the appropriate grade in order to attract candidates. Limits aggregate pay for positions receiving locality-based adjustments to the rate of pay for level II of the Executive Schedule. Directs the Council to report to the President and the Congress on: (1) the feasibility of including Federal employees stationed outside the continental United States or in Alaska who receive allowances for living costs and environmental conditions within a locality pay plan; (2) the feasibility of linking all or part of the annual adjustments and locality-based adjustments to the employee's on-the-job performance; and (3) a plan to close any remaining differences in Federal pay in comparison with private enterprise and State and local government pay rates. Revises the definition of statutory pay system to apply pay comparability provisions to the Performance Management and Recognition System.
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 · 9 March 1990
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the current inquiries into the activities of the British West Midlands Serious Crime Squad must be extended to cover the period of the Birmingham bombings of November 21, 1974; and either (2) the British Prime Minister should call upon the British Home Secretary to reopen the case of the Birmingham Six (those convicted for the bombings); or (3) an independent review tribunal should be established.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1990
Sudbury, Assabet, and Concord Wild and Scenic River Study Act - Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate Sudbury, Assabet, and Concord River segments in Massachusetts for study for potential addition to the national wild and scenic rivers system. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish the Sudbury, Assabet, and Concord River Study Committee to determine the eligibility of such segments for inclusion in such system. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1990
National Teacher Recruitment Act of 1990 - Authorizes appropriations to carry out this Act. Title I: National Teacher Job Bank - National Teacher Job Bank Act of 1990 - Directs the Secretary of Education to contract with one or more State entities, nonprofit organizations, or institutions of higher education to pay the Federal share of the costs of establishing a National Teacher Job Bank Clearinghouse or Clearinghouses (either one national job bank or not more than six regional clearinghouses that together provide the services of a national job bank). Title II: Teaching Apprenticeship Program - Teaching Apprenticeship Program Demonstration Act of 1990 - Directs the Secretary to make grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) for programs that: (1) compensate for underrepresentation of ethnic and language minorities, individuals with disabilities, and gender among school faculty in the various academic disciplines; and (2) help promising apprentices acquire the education necessary to become employed full-time as teachers. Allows such awards to individual LEAs, consortia of LEAs, and LEA partnerships with other entities. Title III: Teaching Experience for Minorities - Minority Teaching Experience Act of 1990 - Part A: Young Teachers Program - Directs the Secretary to make grants to LEAs with at least 30 percent of total enrollment composed of children eligible for the disadvantaged children program under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as well as LEA consortia and partnerships with other entities, for long-term programs to encourage and support young individuals, especially minorities and individuals with disabilities, to become involved in teaching. Allows such funds to be used for both pre-secondary and secondary school activities. Part B: College Student Teaching Program - Directs the Secretary to make three-year renewable grants to institutions of higher education which have existing teacher training programs to recruit and retain minority students and students with disabilities interested in teaching. Title IV: Financial Assistance for Future Teachers - Part A: Paul Douglas Scholarship Enhancement - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to revise provisions for Congressional Teacher Scholarship Programs (known as Paul Douglas Teacher Scholarships). Extends such program through 1995 and removes a limitation on the number of students who may receive scholarships. Retains the scholarship award amount for the first two academic years of postsecondary education, but increases it for the additional two years of study in preparation for teaching. Gives priority in selection of such scholarship winners to members of groups underrepresented in the teaching profession, such as minorities and individuals with disabilities. Doubles the annual amount of the authorization of appropriations for such program. Extends such authorization through FY 1995. Part B: College Work-Study Teaching Incentive - Amends HEA to provide that the Federal Government shall pay 100 percent of the work-study compensation of college students employed in teaching-related activities for schools and nonprofit organizations. Title V: Special Projects for Outstanding Teachers - Amends HEA to provide for a sevenfold increase in the annual amount of the authorization of appropriations for the Christa McAuliffe Fellowship Program (a national fellowship program for outstanding teachers). Extends such authorization through FY 1995.
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1990
Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary and Protection Act - Designates a specified area in Florida as the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Prohibits, with specified exceptions, the following activities within such Sanctuary: (1) the operation of vessels carrying cargo or servicing offshore installations; and (2) mining, mineral extraction, or hydrocarbon exploration, development, or production. Requires the Secretary of Commerce to prepare a management plan to insure the protection of the marine environments within the Sanctuary. Prohibits any Federal activity from adversely affecting such Sanctuary unless the head of the Federal agency undertaking it complies with specified procedures. Sets forth civil penalties for violations. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1990
Federal Law Enforcement Pay Reform Act of 1990 - Raises the minimum per annum rates of basic pay for entry level grades GS-3 through GS-10 for Federal law enforcement officers on a sliding scale with larger adjustments at the lower levels. Directs the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to prescribe regulations to: (1) readjust the rates of pay for such entry level grades every three years, based upon comparisons of State and local compensation for comparable work, in order to keep starting salaries of Federal law enforcement officers competitive with those paid to State and local law enforcement officers; and (2) establish a mechanism to adjust the rates of pay of Federal law enforcement officers serving in certain high cost-of-living areas in order to recruit and retain the best-qualified individuals. Sets forth procedures for identifying those regions for which higher pay rates are needed. Terminates a pay rate payable to Federal law enforcement officers that is based on a particular region if such an officer is transferred or reassigned to a place outside of such region. Requires pay rates established under this Act to be based on data compiled by the National Advisory Commission on Law Enforcement. Directs the Bureau of Labor Statistics to survey State and local law enforcement salaries every three years to compile the data needed to carry out this Act. Authorizes Federal agency heads, in order to retain highly qualified law enforcement officers who possess special skills or experience or whose continued services are particularly important due to factors associated with the geographic area to which they are assigned, to pay Federal law enforcement officers who are eligible for retirement an allowance of up to $10,000 per year provided the officers agree to complete at least one year of additional service in the agency involved. Makes Federal law enforcement officers who are transferred to an area within the United States having higher than average housing costs eligible for a relocation payment of up to $20,000 provided they agree to remain in Federal law enforcement for a specified period. Authorizes Federal agencies to offer rates of pay higher than the minimum rates for positions of GS-3 (currently, GS-11) or above if necessary to attract well qualified entry-candidates for Federal law enforcement service. Authorizes Federal agencies to pay law enforcement officers who possess and make substantial use of foreign language proficiency while performing their official duties a cash award of up to 25 percent of basic pay. Raises the mandatory age for Federal law enforcement officers to retire under the Civil Service and Federal Employees' Retirement Systems from 55 to 57. Changes the method of computing overtime for Federal law enforcement officers to one and one-half times the hourly rate of basic pay for work performed in excess of 40 hours per week. Limits the aggregate rate of pay (including premium pay) for Federal law enforcement officers in a calendar year to the pay rate for level V of the Executive Schedule. Prohibits application of other limitations on premium pay for administratively uncontrollable overtime.
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1990
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the proposal of the Coalition Government of Democratic Kampuchea for a quadripartite interim government is not an acceptable basis for negotiations; (2) the proposal for an enhanced United Nations role in Cambodia that would lead to free and fair elections this year is the most feasible way to achieve a settlement compatible with the best interests of the Cambodian people; (3) outside observers or organizations should be mobilized to supervise the elections; and (4) the administration should initiate discussions with the Cambodian Government on holding elections, request that multilateral aid organizations begin planning for Cambodia's reconstruction and development, and encourage the People's Republic of China to cease its weapons exports to the Khmer Rouge.
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
Pesticide Export Reform Act of 1990 - Title I: Exported Pesticides - Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) to require pesticide producers operating registered establishments to inform the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency of: (1) the types and quantities of pesticides and active ingredients used in producing pesticides for export to a foreign country; and (2) the date of export and quantity of such materials exported to each foreign country to which the producer has exported during the past 360-day period. Provides that specified information on exported pesticides shall not be entitled to confidential trade secret treatment. Makes it unlawful to knowingly or recklessly export a pesticide, device, or active ingredient in violation of FIFRA export requirements. Prohibits the exportation of pesticides, devices, or active ingredients unless: (1) such materials are prepared and packaged according to the specifications of the foreign purchaser and the legal requirements of the country of use; and (2) the producers or exporters meet specified FIFRA requirements. Prohibits the exportation of unregistered pesticides. Waives certain requirements to permit the export of pesticides not meeting FIFRA requirements to prevent or arrest the spread of a communicable disease if the Administrator makes specified determinations. Prohibits the exportation of specified pesticides (including restricted use pesticides and pesticides subject to suspension or cancellation proceedings) unless: (1) the exporter provides specified information on the pesticide to the Administrator; (2) the country of use consents to the import and is included on a list of approved countries; and (3) the pesticide is manufactured, stored, and packaged in accordance with standards of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization. Requires the Administrator to maintain a list of approved countries of use. Sets forth labeling requirements for exported pesticides. Permits the export of pesticides for experimental use in foreign countries if specified conditions are met. Requires the Administrator to notify foreign countries and the International Registry of Potentially Toxic Chemicals whenever regulatory action is taken with respect to a pesticide. Directs the Administrator to: (1) convene meetings with foreign governments and other interested parties to promote the implementation of improved research and regulatory programs for pest management and strategies for sustainable agriculture; (2) provide foreign countries with technical assistance to develop pesticide regulatory programs; (3) transmit triennial studies to the Congress on countries that import U.S. pesticides and from which the United States imports agricultural commodities to ascertain such countries' management of pesticides and whether the United States is able to test effectively for pesticide residues; and (4) convene meetings with foreign governments and other interested parties to encourage the adoption of a multilateral convention requiring standard notice and export control measures for pesticides. Title II: Tolerances for Agricultural Commodities - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require the Administrator, if registrations for a pesticide chemical under FIFRA have been cancelled, suspended, withdrawn, or modified to eliminate the use of such chemical on a raw agricultural commodity, to publish a notice in the Federal Register announcing: (1) the revocation of any tolerance for an agricultural use; or (2) an exemption for the use of such chemical on such commodity. Provides for temporary waivers from revocations for the purpose of distributing in commerce commodities that contain residues resulting from the application of pesticides before this Act's enactment or residual environmental contamination. Permits the Administrator to issue such waivers only if such waivers do not: (1) pose a dietary health risk; and (2) cause significant economic hardship for domestic producers of a commodity attributable to competition from foreign producers in countries in which the use of the pesticide is permitted. Prohibits, with specified exceptions, the establishment or continuation of a tolerance unless the Administrator determines that a practical method for detecting and measuring pesticide residues exists. Prohibits the importation of food into U.S. customs territory unless the commodity importer files with the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of the Treasury a document identifying each pesticide chemical used in connection with the commodity. Requires such importers, if unreported pesticides are detected in such commodities, to submit residue analyses for such pesticides. Waives reporting requirements for unreported pesticides if the presence of such pesticides is attributable to long-term environmental persistence and does not pose a health risk. Amends the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection Act to apply such requirements to importers of meat, poultry, and eggs. Title III: Effective Dates - Sets forth the effective dates for provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1990
Head Start Expansion and Quality Improvement Act of 1990 - Amends the Head Start Act to extend through FY 1994 and increase the authorization of appropriations for the Head Start program. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, when appropriations exceed the adjusted appropriation for FY 1990, to reserve a certain portion of funds for one or more of the following quality improvement activities: (1) staff compensation; (2) staff training; (3) transportation for eligible children; (4) additional staff; (5) program insurance costs; and (6) facility improvement. Revises the poverty line criterion for eligibility to participate in Head Start programs.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1990
Humanities Excellence and Teacher Training Act of 1990 - Directs the Secretary of Education to make grants in each State to an approved institution of higher education (or consortium of such institutions) to conduct summer humanities training institutes for the professional development of elementary and secondary school teachers. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1990
Consumer Seafood Safety and Quality Assurance Act of 1990 - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish a comprehensive seafood safety and quality assurance program for fish and fish products sold in interstate commerce. Requires the program to be consistent, to the extent practicable, with the guidelines for the National Shellfish Sanitation Program developed by the Interstate Shellfish Sanitation Conference. Directs the Secretary to prescribe standards: (1) of sanitation and quality control for the processing of fish and fish products; and (2) for contaminant levels which are most likely to cause fish or fish products to be unsafe for human consumption. Directs the Secretary to contract with the National Academy of Sciences to identify certain contaminants and recommend standards development priorities. Directs the Secretary to prescribe standards of identity and composition, minimum quality, labeling, and packaging of fish and fish products. Requires the standards to build upon existing Federal regulations and be consistent with applicable international standards. Authorizes the Secretary to establish voluntary grading criteria for fish and fish products. Requires a fish or fish product package, subject to exemption, to be marked with a code for identifying its processing facility. Directs the Secretary to: (1) carry out an assessment of the effectiveness of existing Federal water quality standards for classifying shellfish growing areas; and (2) prescribe standards for the water quality in such areas. Requires that the seafood standards be reviewed at least every three years. Directs the Secretary to establish an inspection system for fish and fish products to protect the public from adulteration of misbranding. Prohibits a facility from processing fish or fish products unless the facility is registered with the Secretary under these provisions, subject to exception. Requires approval of registration applications unless the facility is unfit. Requires segregation, condemnation, and destruction of adulterated or misbranded fish and fish products, unless they are brought into compliance with this Act by relabeling or other action. Requires advance approval of labeling or packaging by the Secretary. Requires approval of labeling unless it is false or misleading and packaging unless it does not comply with this Act's standards. Requires a written report to be given to the owner or operator of a processing facility after inspection and before leaving the facility. Directs the Secretary to establish a monitoring system to identify geographical growing and harvesting areas from which significant quantities of fish or fish products not in compliance with this Act may be reasonably expected to originate. Authorizes the prohibition or restriction of the disposition of fish or fish products from such areas. Directs the Secretary to encourage States to have programs at least equal to the program established by this Act. Authorizes the provision to a State of advice, technical and laboratory assistance and training, and financial and other aid. Allows the Governor of any State desiring to administer its own seafood safety and quality assurance program to apply to the Secretary for approval. Directs the Secretary to approve the State program for up to five years if certain requirements are met. Provides for monitoring of State programs. Directs the Secretary to annually grant to each State with an approved program 60 percent of the cost of operating a federally equivalent program. Authorizes the Secretary, for States not approved for their own programs, to deputize specific State employees to carry out inspection and monitoring activities. Prohibits entering, or withdrawing from warehouse, any fish or fish product unless it complies with certain requirements. Requires that, upon entry for consumption in the United States, fish products satisfying such requirements be deemed to be and treated as domestic fish or fish products. Requires enforcement through random inspections, sampling, and any other procedures necessary. Requires destruction of fish and fish products in violation of these provisions unless exported or brought into compliance. Requires other costs resulting from denial of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, to be paid by the owner or consignee, with nonpayment constituting a lien against the fish or fish product and any other fish or fish product thereafter entered or withdrawn by such owner or consignee. Directs the Secretary: (1) on request, to review the seafood safety and quality assurance program of countries desiring to export fish or fish products into the United States; and (2) to issue certificates to countries with programs at least equal to the program under this Act, if enforcement measures are permitted. Prohibits entry for U.S. consumption of fish or fish product from an uncertified country. Requires review of the certificates at least every five years. Allows fish or fish products to be exempted from specific requirements of this Act if necessary to avoid conflict with a law or custom of the importing nation. Directs the Secretary: (1) to inspect fish or fish products intended for export as necessary to ensure compliance with this Act; and (2) upon request, to provide a certificate of export stating the condition of fish or fish products inspected. Prohibits specified acts relating to: processing; selling; transporting; adulterating or misbranding; forging, counterfeiting, or using without authorization marks or registrations; inspection; and records maintenance. Provides for civil and criminal penalties. Exempts common carriers from the penalties in certain circumstances. Exempts from this Act: (1) processing by an individual for the individual's own use; (2) commercial preparation by certain methods; and (3) processing facilities solely processing fish products not intended for human consumption. Authorizes the Secretary, if the Secretary completes a study and recommends that an exempted type or class of vessel should be included in the program established under this Act, to promulgate regulations to include any such type or class. Directs the Secretary to design and implement a national consumer education and information program on seafood, under which the Secretary is required to collect, analyze, and disseminate to consumers information on the health hazards associated with the consumption of fish and fish products. Requires the Secretary to designate national and regional centers that will conduct and support research, education, and training regarding seafood safety and quality assurance. Directs the Secretary to establish a five-year shellfish indicator research program to develop a system of classification of shellfish growing waters based on the latest technological advancements in microbiology and epidemiological methods. Requires the research program to evaluate representative estuaries in each of the major U.S. shellfish growing regions and make recommendations pertaining to shellfish management and regulatory considerations. Directs the Secretary to: (1) carry out the research program through grants to eligible applicants; and (2) establish an advisory panel to assist in the development and implementation of the research program. Directs the Secretary to conduct and support research with respect to: (1) detecting and measuring biological and chemical contaminants; (2) techniques and procedures for inspections; (3) sanitation practices and processing, transportation, and storage; and (4) any other matters that may further the purposes of this Act. Authorizes appropriations.
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 · 28 February 1990
Competitive Northeastern Rail Freight Service Act of 1990 - Requires the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) to provide for access by a second, competitive rail freight carrier over routes from Montreal, Quebec, through New York State, via Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, to Hagerstown, Maryland, and Potomac Yard, Alexandria, Virginia. Requires the ICC, if necessary, to grant trackage rights for the establishment of such competitive routes.
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1990
Calls upon the President to urge Soviet President Gorbachev to publicly condemn the emergence of popular anti-Semitism in the Soviet Union and to protect Soviet Jews from harassment and violence.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1990
Terminates the trade and other sanctions imposed on Nicaragua under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act pursuant to the national emergency declared by the President on May 1, 1985.
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
International Chemical Control Act of 1990 - Requires the Attorney General to enter into negotiations with foreign countries with jurisdiction over companies that manufacture, sell, or purchase certain precursor or essential chemicals used in the production of illicit narcotics. Declares that the purposes of such negotiations shall be to: (1) establish a list of chemicals contributing to the illicit manufacture of controlled substances; (2) reach international agreements on a method of maintaining records of transactions of such chemicals; (3) establish a procedure by which such records may be made available to U.S. law enforcement authorities for conducting investigations relative to such chemicals; and (4) encourage chemical source countries to enact specified chemical control legislation. Directs the President to impose penalties or sanctions on entities refusing to maintain or make available to U.S. law enforcement authorities records on such chemicals, including prohibiting such entities from engaging in U.S. commerce.
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1990
Amends the National Labor Relations Act to make it an unfair labor practice for an employer to offer or grant: (1) permanent replacement employee status during a labor dispute; or (2) any employment preference to an individual who worked or indicated a willingness to work during a labor dispute over an employee who exercised specified rights during such dispute.
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