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Resolution· SCONRESS.Con.Res. 127 (101st)referred

A concurrent resolution to express the sense of the Congress that Greyhound Lines Inc. and the Amalgamated Transit Union should pursue meaningful negotiations under the auspices of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service to resolve their dispute and restore vital transportation services to American communities.

United States · United States Congress · 4 May 1990

Expresses the sense of the Congress that Greyhound Lines, Inc., and the Amalgamated Transit Union should negotiate to resolve their dispute promptly, under the auspices of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service and the Secretary of Labor.

Bill· SS. 2563 (101st)referred

Atlantic Striped Bass Protection Act

United States · United States Congress · 2 May 1990

Atlantic Striped Bass Protection Act - Amends the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act to make unlawful the possession or fishing of Atlantic striped bass within the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) for 36 months after enactment of this Act, subject to extension by the Secretary of Commerce. Allows, when necessary, transport through the EEZ of bass caught outside the EEZ.

Bill· SS. 2559 (101st)referred

Comprehensive Assistance to Substance Abusing Families Act of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1990

Comprehensive Assistance to Substance Abusing Families Act of 1990 - Title I: Provisions Relating to the Public Health Service Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish: (1) a program to gather information concerning existing impediments in Federal laws, regulations, and practices that interfere with the provision of comprehensive, coherent local treatment services to parents with drug or alcohol problems, especially pregnant and post-partum women, and with the provision of comprehensive, coherent preventive services to children, youth, and families at risk; and (2) an Interagency Committee on Parental Drug and Alcohol Abuse. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to establish challenge grant programs for State and local entities through the establishment of interagency demonstration projects to assist: (1) parents with alcohol and drug problems, including pregnant and post-partum women, and their children; and (2) youth at risk of alcohol and drug problems. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to establish a program to inform the public of any dangers to maternal and child health resulting from drug and alcohol use during the pregnancy and post-partum period. Authorizes the Secretary to provide technical assistance and make grants to States to assist in the development and distribution of educational programs and materials and public service announcements. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary, through the Director of the Office for Treatment Improvement and the Director of the Office of Maternal and Child Health, to make grants to eligible entities for the establishment of pilot programs at not fewer than 20 State and local jails or prisons to provide comprehensive drug and alcohol abuse treatment services for women and, in the event of pregnancy, prenatal and post-partum care. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to make grants to States to assist in developing statewide, comprehensive, coordinated, multidisciplinary, interagency systems to provide early intervention and family preservation services for families at risk of drug and alcohol abuse and their children. Allows States, notwithstanding any other provision of law and in addition to amounts made available under this Act, to use amounts made available under specified provisions of the Public Health Service Act relating to family preservation services. Requires matching State funds in a specified percentage. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to make grants to between ten and 15 States to establish model coordinated education, health, and social service programs for children, especially children living in areas of concentrated poverty and social dislocation, including services relating to health or mental health, education, early education and child care, welfare, juvenile justice, alcohol and drug prevention and treatment, or other social services that can be shown to be effective in preventing long-term damage. Authorizes appropriations. Title II: Provisions Relating to the Social Security Act - Amends title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to presume that any child is disabled or blind if the child is under the age of four years and has a genetic, congenital, or alcohol or drug related impairment, the medical severity of which cannot be accurately determined because the child is too young, and with respect to whom the Secretary has determined that it is probable that, when the child is older, a test will demonstrate that the child suffers from an impairment of sufficient severity to qualify the child for benefits under such title. Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to allow a State, under its Medicaid plan, to furnish free-standing alcohol and drug treatment services and related case management services to alcoholic and drug dependent women of child-bearing age eligible for assistance under the title who desire to rid themselves of drug and alcohol problems. Title III: Provisions Relating to Education - Amends the Head Start Act to require that special consideration for enrollment opportunities under the Head Start Program be provided to children who were born exposed to alcohol or drugs. Directs the Secretary of Education to prepare a report concerning the preparedness of the school system of the United States to meet the special needs of children born affected by alcohol or drugs. Title IV: Provisions Relating to Other Acts - Amends provisions of the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act setting forth certain definitions to add references to children who are affected by the alcohol or drug abuse of their mother. Amends the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to authorize appropriations to carry out specified provisions of that Act. Amends provisions of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 relating to the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) to allow State program agencies to include residential alcohol and drug treatment programs serving pregnant women and juveniles in their special supplemental food program. Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to increase the budget authority available under specified provisions, to be used only in connection with certain existing housing programs for occupancy by families where the provision of housing is a significant factor in avoiding initial or continued placement of a child in foster care. Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 and the United States Housing Act of 1949 to prohibit considering the temporary absence of a child from the home due to placement in foster care in considering family composition and family size. Requires the Indian Health Service to make grants to entities to provide assistance to drug and alcohol abuse treatment programs, relating to Native American pregnant and post-partum women and their infants, that meet certain requirements. Authorizes appropriations. Replaces Public Health Service Act provisions authorizing grants for drug and alcohol abuse prevention, education, and treatment for pregnant and post-partum women and their infants with provisions directing the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the Director of the Office for Substance Abuse Prevention, to make grants to provide assistance to outpatient and residential drug and alcohol abuse treatment programs relating to pregnant and post-partum females and their infants. Requires the grants to be reasonably distributed among outpatient and residential programs. (Current law requires grants to be distributed among inpatient, outpatient, and residential programs.) Requires grant recipients to provide, arrange for, or refer individuals to specified services. Requires non-Federal matching funds in a specified percentage. Authorizes appropriations.

Bill· SS. 2553 (101st)referred

A bill to amend the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act, the generalized system of preferences, and section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 to require countries to maintain certain environmental standards, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1990

Amends the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act and the Trade Act of 1974 to require the President not to designate a country as a beneficiary country eligible for duty-free treatment of its products if it does not have effective natural resource protection and pollution abatement and control standards to protect air, water, and land, or if its standards are not observed. Adds a country's lack of environmental protection standards to "unreasonable practices" used as factors for determining retaliatory action under the Trade Act of 1974.

Bill· SS. 2525 (101st)referred

A bill to recognize the importance of the domestic fruit and vegetable industry in United States farm policy, and to require the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct a study of the domestic fruit and vegetable industry, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 26 April 1990

Declares that the domestic production of fruits and vegetables is a keystone of U.S. farm policy. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to study and report to the Congress on the domestic fruit and vegetable industry.

Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 290 (101st)referred

A joint resolution to designate the week of July 22, 1990, through July 28, 1990, as the "National Week of Recognition and Remembrance for Those Who Served in the Korean War.

United States · United States Congress · 19 April 1990

Designates the week of July 22 to 28, 1990, as National Week of Recognition and Remembrance for Those Who Served in the Korean War. Authorizes and requests the President to urge that the American flag be flown at half staff on July 27, 1990, in honor of those Americans who died as a result of their service in Korea.

Bill· SS. 2411 (101st)reported

Textile, Apparel, and Footwear Trade Act of 1990

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.

Bill· SS. 2413 (101st)referred

A bill to make eligibility standards for the award of the Purple Heart currently in effect applicable to members of the Armed Forces of the United States who were taken prisoner or taken captive by a hostile foreign government or its agents or a hostile force before April 15, 1962, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1990

Authorizes the awarding of the Purple Heart to persons serving with the armed forces who were taken prisoner or held captive before April 15, 1962.

Resolution· SCONRESS.Con.Res. 115 (101st)referred

A concurrent resolution to express the sense of the Congress regarding future funding of Amtrak.

United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1990

Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) Amtrak should be funded at a level that will enable it to continue to operate a national railway system, to acquire new passenger equipment and modernize its maintenance facilities, and to improve its financial performance and service levels; and (2) the Secretary of Transportation and the Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration should work with Amtrak management to lower Amtrak's dependence on public funding, to assign the highest priority possible to safety, and to ensure the adequacy of the national rail passenger infrastructure as a key element in a balanced national transportation system.

Bill· SS. 2388 (101st)open

Coin Act of 1990

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.

Bill· SS. 2371 (101st)open

A bill to direct the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a study of the feasibility of an umbrella research arm to support research on a variety of environmental issues.

United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1990

Requires the National Academy of Sciences to: (1) study the feasibility of an umbrella research arm, the National Institutes for Environmental Research, to support training in the environmental sciences and environmental research in a wide variety of disciplines; and (2) evaluate the current state of extramural research and undergraduate and graduate training relevant to tropical deforestation, species extinction, ecosystem degradation, biological restoration, use of underutilized resources and sustainable resource use, economic consequences of environmental change, and the impacts of humans and the environment on one another. Authorizes appropriations.

Bill· SS. 2326 (101st)referred

A bill to amend title 35, United States Code, with respect to patents on certain processes.

United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1990

Amends Federal patent law to provide that a process of making a product shall not be considered obvious (and shall thus be patentable) if an essential material used in the process is novel and nonobvious. Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to declare as an unlawful trade practice the importation into the United States of articles made or processed by means of a biotechnological material infringing on an enforceable U.S. patent.

Bill· SS. 2323 (101st)referred

A bill to require the issuance of certain hazardous liquid pipeline facility regulations, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1990

Directs the Secretary of Transportation to repeal the blanket exemption from Federal regulation of pipeline facilities operating at 20 percent or less of specified minimum yield strength. Requires the Secretary to promulgate a rule to modify existing regulations regarding the operation of hazardous liquid pipelines. Grants the Secretary authority to assess and collect user fees to cover the costs of considering requests for exemption from regulation. Requires the Secretary to establish standards for the operation of hazardous liquid pipeline facilities to ensure that: (1) persons who engage in the transportation of hazardous liquids or own or operate a pipeline facility have an effective system to detect leaks from such facility; and (2) persons responsible for an interstate or intrastate pipeline facility have met all applicable Federal, State, and local training and certification standards.

Bill· SS. 2324 (101st)referred

Underwater Pipeline Leak Prevention Act of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1990

Underwater Pipeline Leak Prevention Act of 1990 - Amends the Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act of 1979 to direct the Secretary of Transportation to promulgate regulations that require operators of underwater pipelines to report on: (1) the condition and safety of such pipelines; and (2) the identification of sections of the pipeline facility which are most likely to cause environmental damage to a sensitive aquatic area. Requires the Secretary to develop model laws (including regulations) for the mapping and survey of underwater pipelines and encourage States to adopt them. Requires States as a condition to receiving Federal grants for pipeline safety programs to have such laws in effect and enforce them. Requires the Secretary to promulgate regulations relating to the safe operation of underwater pipelines and pipeline facilities operating in sensitive aquatic environments. Requires the Secretary to promulgate regulations requiring all underwater pipelines to accommodate instrumented internal inspection devices (smart pigs). Directs the Secretary to promulgate regulations to prevent collisions between ships and pipeline facilities located underwater of a depth of 50 feet or less. Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to study the effects of hydrostatic testing of pipeline facilities. Directs the Secretary to promulgate regulations establishing standards for the operation and inspection of pipeline facilities that operate at a stress level of 20 percent or less of the specified minimum yield strength of the line pipe. Requires the Secretary to withhold Federal aid from a State for pipeline safety programs until such State enacts legislation to develop model laws (including regulations) for the mapping and survey of underwater pipelines.

Resolution· SCONRESS.Con.Res. 108 (101st)referred

A concurrent resolution concerning the right of self-determination of the Lithuanian people.

United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1990

Commends the Lithuanian people for holding free and fair elections, declaring an independent Republic of Lithuania, and asserting their right to self-determination peacefully and through the democratic process. Urges the Soviet Union to cease efforts to intimidate the Lithuanian Parliament and people. Declares that the use of force against the Lithuanian people would have severe repercussions for U.S.-Soviet relations. Urges the Soviet Union to begin discussions with the Lithuanian authorities to satisfy peacefully the expressed desire of the Lithuanian people for independence. Supports the President's commitment to the doctrine of non-recognition of the forced incorporation of territory. Urges the President to: (1) reaffirm and seek ways to actively demonstrate his commitment to an independent and democratic Lithuania; and (2) consider recognizing the elected Lithuanian Government.

Bill· SS. 2316 (101st)referred

Sugar Equity and Reform Act of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1990

Sugar Equity and Reform Act of 1990 - Title I: Sugar Price Support Program - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to support the price of each of the 1991 through 1995 crops of domestically grown sugarcane through six-month nonrecourse loans, with the loan rate for raw cane sugar at 95 percent of the rate announced for the preceding crop year. Requires the loan rate for sugar beets to be fair and reasonable in relation to the rate for sugarcane. Title II: Regulation of Sugar Imports - Authorizes the President to establish a tariff-rate import quota on sugar structured to maintain the market price for raw sugar at or near the market stabilization price. Sets the total quantity of sugar subject to the lowest rate of duty under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule for each fiscal year beginning with FY 1992. Provides a formula for calculating the highest rate of duty. Provides for the allocation of lowest-duty sugar import quotas among foreign countries and for the determination of market stabilization and threshold prices.

Bill· SS. 2310 (101st)referred

Hunger Prevention Act of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1990

Hunger Prevention Act of 1990 - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to authorize the food stamp program through FY 1995. Increases the basic benefit level by specified increments through FY 1994 and after, according to formulae involving the rising cost of the thrifty food plan. Permits the use of food stamps to purchase meals at homeless shelters and soup kitchens as well as private establishments (like restaurants) which contract with a State to offer meals for qualifying persons at concessional prices. Permits the use of appropriations to make grants for projects designed to improve the effectiveness of the program in delivering food assistance to the homeless. Allows families in the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program to receive the first $50 of child support payments each month without lowering their food stamp benefits. Repeals the cap on the excess shelter deduction, permitting all eligible households to deduct the full amount of excess shelter costs in the determination of food stamp benefits. Raises from $4,500 to $5,500 after January 1, 1991, the limit on the value of a motor vehicle an eligible family may own. Requires annual cost-of-living adjustments to such limit beginning October 1, 1991. Provides for the issuance of food stamp coupons by mail to households in rural areas where low-income persons face substantial difficulties in obtaining transportation. Reauthorizes Nutrition Assistance to Puerto Rico through FY 1995. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct pilot projects that test changes in, and new, food stamp program administrative and eligibility determination procedures designed to increase participation in rural areas. Authorizes State agencies to implement on-line electronic benefit transfer systems in which household benefits are issued from and stored in central data banks and electronically accessed by household members at the point-of-sale. Directs the Secretary to establish standards for approving such systems. Amends the Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 to: (1) rename it the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983; and (2) reauthorize it through FY 1995. Amends the Hunger Prevention Act of 1988 to extend through FY 1995 commodity support for soup kitchens and food banks which primarily serve the homeless. Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to increase authorized appropriations for FY 1991 and the three subsequent fiscal years. Amends the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 to reauthorize the Commodity Supplemental Food Program through FY 1995. Amends the National School Lunch Act to earmark funds through FY 1994 for assistance to homeless preschool children.

Resolution· SCONRESS.Con.Res. 106 (101st)referred

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress concerning Jerusalem and the peace process.

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.

Bill· SS. 2274 (101st)open

Federal Pay Reform Act of 1990

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.

Bill· SS. 2283 (101st)open

Breast and Cervical Cancer Mortality Prevention Act of 1990

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.

Resolution· SRESS.Res. 263 (101st)referred

A resolution to express the Sense of the Senate regarding the need to establish a sound national transportation policy integrating all modes of transportation and maintaining a significant Federal role.

United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1990

Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the Federal Government should be responsible for establishing a national interstate transportation system; and (2) the President, in coordination with Federal transportation, environmental, trade, and commerce officials, should work to develop a national policy on transportation.

Bill· SS. 2250 (101st)referred

Federal Law Enforcement Pay Reform Act of 1990

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.

Bill· SS. 2241 (101st)referred

Law Enforcement Scholarship Act of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1990

Law Enforcement Scholarship Act of 1990 - Directs each State to pay from funds under this Act the Federal share (not more than 60 percent) of the cost of awarding scholarships to in-service law enforcement personnel for further education. Requires each State receiving such funds to designate a lead agency to conduct such scholarship program. Makes the Assistant Attorney General of the Office of Justice Programs responsible for administration of such program and for issuing regulations. Provides that such a scholarship shall be for one academic year and may be used at any accredited institution of higher education. Conditions eligibility on an individual's having been employed in law enforcement for two years immediately preceding the date for which scholarship assistance is sought. Requires each individual awarded a scholarship to work in a law enforcement position in the State which made the award for a period of one month for each credit hour of financial assistance (with a six-month minimum and two-year maximum). Authorizes appropriations.

Law· SS. 2240 (101st)enacted

Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act of 1990

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.