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United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1990
Authorizes and requests the President to designate May 1990 as National Physical Fitness and Sports Month.
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1990
Designates April 6, 1990, as National Student-Athlete Day.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1990
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that payment under a life insurance contract on the life of an insured who is terminally ill be treated as a death benefit, making such payment eligible for tax exclusion from gross income. Provides that any reference to life insurance shall be treated as referring to a qualified terminal illness rider. Provides for the tax treatment of such riders. Describes such a rider as one which provides for payments to an individual upon the insured's becoming terminally ill. Provides that applicants for or recipients of assistance under the Social Security Act may not be required to elect to receive accelerated death benefits under life insurance policies.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1990
Designates the week of June 24 through June 30, 1990, as National Sheriffs' Week in honor of the 50th anniversary of the National Sheriffs' Association.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1990
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the enactment of the 25th anniversary of the Older Americans Act of 1965 and its successful implementation should be recognized; (2) the contributions at all levels of the aging network fostered by this Act should be recognized; and (3) the Congress and citizens should reaffirm their support for the Act and its primary goals.
United States · United States Congress · 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
Declares that the Congress urges the administration not to submit any proposal to include civil air transport services under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), or the proposed General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS), and to oppose any proposals by other nations now or in the future which would allow any rights or benefits with respect to such services to be included under such agreements.
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1990
Pollution Prosecution Act of 1990 - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to increase the number of criminal investigators in the EPA Office of Criminal Investigations during FY 1991 through 1995. Requires the Administrator to hire 50 civil investigators to assist the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Monitoring in developing and prosecuting civil and administrative actions. Directs the Administrator to establish within the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Monitoring the National Enforcement Training Institute to train lawyers, inspectors, investigators, and technical experts in environmental law enforcement. Establishes the Pollution Prosecution Fund. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1990
Directs the Energy Information Administration to publish weekly national, State, and regional price surveys during the winter heating season regarding: (1) home heating oil and diesel fuel; (2) propane; and (3) natural gas. Directs the Secretary of Energy to: (1) establish recommended primary inventory levels for such fuels before each winter heating season; (2) notify the Congress and State energy levels offices as to whether such levels will be met; and (3) report on the results of a study regarding the impact of interruptible natural gas contracts on the demand and supply of home heating oil and diesel fuel.
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1990
Social Security Office Access Restoration Act of 1990 - Requires that the public be given telephone access to field offices of the Social Security Administration (SSA) or the level of regional telephone access that was available on September 30, 1988. Requires that callers on the SSA toll-free telephone line be given the number of, and notice of their option of calling, the field office or regional teleservice center in their area. Requires the publication in each local geographic area of the address and telephone number of the SSA field office serving such area and the telephone number of the regional teleservice center closest to such area.
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1990
Authorizes and requests the President to designate the last Friday of April 1990 as National Arbor Day.
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1990
Designates March 10, 1990, as Harriet Tubman Day.
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1990
Designates May 16, 1990, as National Employee Health and Fitness Day.
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.
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1990
Designates the week beginning on October 7, 1990, and ending October 13, 1990, as Mental Illness Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1990
Civil Rights Act of 1990 - Amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to provide that: (1) once a complainant has demonstrated that an employment practice results in a disparate impact on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin, the respondent has the burden of proving that the practice is justified by business necessity; (2) a complainant need not demonstrate which of a group of practices results in the demonstrated disparate impact; and (3) a respondent need not show business necessity for a specific practice within a group of practices if the respondent shows that that practice does not contribute to the disparate impact. Declares that an unlawful employment practice is established on a demonstration that race, color, religion, sex, or national origin was a motivating factor for any employment practice, even though such practice was also motivated by other factors, but bars certain types of relief if the respondent establishes that it would have taken the same action in the absence of any discrimination. Prohibits, notwithstanding any other provision of law, a challenge to an employment practice that implements a litigated or consent judgment or order resolving a claim of employment discrimination: (1) by a person who had certain types of notice and opportunity; (2) by a person whose interests were adequately represented by another person who challenged the judgment or order; or (3) if reasonable efforts were made to provide notice to interested persons. Increases to two years the time limit within which a charge of an unlawful employment practice must be filed. Removes provisions setting a separate time limit for charges initially filed with a State or local agency. Declares that a seniority system or practice which is part of a collective bargaining agreement is an unlawful employment practice if it was included in the agreement with the intent to discriminate. Allows, except for disparate impact cases, for compensatory damages (but not back pay) and, where there is malice or reckless or callous indifference, for punitive damages. Allows any party, where compensatory or punitive damages are sought, to demand a jury trial. Includes expert fees and other litigation expenses in any attorney's fees awarded. Prohibits a consent order or judgment settling a claim unless the parties and their counsel attest that a waiver of attorneys' fees was not compelled as a condition of the settlement. Allows to the prevailing party in the original action an award of attorneys' fees and costs in defending a challenged judgment or order. Increases to 90 days after final action by a Federal agency the time limit for a Federal employee to bring a civil action. Allows to Federal employees the same interest to compensate for delay in payment as in cases involving non-public parties. Requires all Federal civil rights laws to be broadly construed to effect their purpose to eliminate discrimination and provide effective remedies. Prohibits, except as expressly provided, any Federal civil rights law from being construed to restrict or limit the rights, procedures, or remedies available under any other Federal civil rights law. Declares that, for purposes of provisions relating to equal rights under the law, the right to make and enforce contracts includes the making, performance, modification, and termination of contracts, and the enjoyment of all benefits, privileges, terms, and conditions of the contractual relationship.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1990
Urges the Soviet Union to recognize the sovereignty of the Baltic States. Designates June 14, 1990, as Baltic Freedom Day.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1990
Designates May 1990 as National Digestive Disease Awareness Month.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1990
Designates the week of April 15 through April 21, 1990, as National Minority Cancer Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1990
Designates April 1990 as National Recycling Month.
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1990
National Infrastructure Council Act of 1990 - Establishes the National Infrastructure Council to: (1) develop and coordinate Federal infrastructure policy; (2) prepare an assessment of national infrastructure needs and policies on an annual basis; (3) establish guidelines and procedures for the coordination and provision of Federal assistance to States and local governments on all infrastructure matters; (4) develop priorities and recommendations for Federal infrastructure investments; and (5) transmit its priorities and recommendations to the President and the Congress. Directs the Council to implement the Infrastructure Assistance Program for the purpose of furnishing technical assistance to State and local governments with respect to construction, improvement, rehabilitation, operation, or maintenance of infrastructure. Outlines the non-Federal share of the costs of such Program. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Council to provide a clearinghouse of requests from public and private entities and persons for technology programs and research and development programs relating to infrastructure. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Council to carry out a five-year program to promote the use of innovative technology in the design, construction, improvement, rehabilitation, use, operation, and management of infrastructure. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Council to conduct a study of, and develop recommendations concerning, the feasibility and viability of Federal infrastructure projects. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1990
Provides for all Federal civilian and military retirees to receive the full cost-of-living adjustment in annuities payable under Federal retirement systems for FY 1991. (Includes benefits payable under the Civil Service Retirement and Disability System, military retirement and survivor benefit programs, the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System, the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and railroad retirement programs.)
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1990
Calls upon the United Nations to repeal General Assembly Resolution 3379 (equating Zionism with racism). Commends the President for his commitment to this goal and requires progress reports to the Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1990
Dolphin Protection Consumer Information Act of 1990 - Requires that tuna products containing tuna caught by methods lethal to dolphins be labeled to inform purchasers of that fact. Permits the labeling of other tuna products as dolphin safe. Directs the Secretaries of Commerce and of Health and Human Services to prescribe recordkeeping requirements that will facilitate the verification of such claims. Sets forth enforcement and penalty provisions, including the authorization of citizen suits against violators of this Act's provisions or its regulations.
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1990
Designates July 3, 1990, as Idaho Centennial Day.
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1990
Designates March 25, 1990, as Greek Independence Day: A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy.
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1990
Designates April 29 through May 5, 1990, as Jewish Heritage Week.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1990
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1994, the duty on certain manmade or recomposed wood veneer.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1990
Amends the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 and the Ethics Reform Act of 1989 to apply the same honoraria provisions to Senators and officers and employees of the Senate as apply to Members of the House of Representatives and other officers and employees of the Government. Amends the Ethics Reform Act of 1989 to repeal provisions providing for annual cost-of-living salary increases for Senators and concurrent reductions in the limit on honoraria.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1990
Department of the Environment Act of 1990 - Title I: General Findings - Sets forth findings with respect to Federal environmental policy. Title II: Elevation of the Environmental Protection Agency to Cabinet Level - Department of the Environment Act - Redesignates the Environmental Protection Agency as the Department of the Environment, an executive agency to be administered by a Secretary of the Environment. Establishes: (1) a Bureau of Environmental Statistics within the Department; and (2) an Advisory Council on Environmental Statistics to advise the Bureau on statistics and analyses. Authorizes appropriations. Title III: Establishment of the Interagency Committee on Global Environmental Change - Establishes within the Executive Office of the President the Interagency Committee on Global Environmental Change to assist the President in coordinating all Federal programs and annual policy plans related to global environmental change. Title IV: Environmental Role of the United States in International Organizations to Which It Belongs - Urges: (1) the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. executive directors of the multilateral development banks to promote energy conservation and environmental protection efforts of borrowing countries when voting to issue financial or technical assistance; and (2) the Secretary of State to convene international conferences to encourage the exchange of information on energy efficiency and environmentally acceptable renewable energy sources and the adoption of a multilateral global climate protection convention. Requires the President to encourage the establishment of an international office to monitor annual generation and removal of carbon dioxide and trace gases on a country-by-country basis. Title V: Establishment of the Commission on Improving Environmental Protection - Establishes the Commission on Improving Environmental Protection to make recommendations on integrating Federal environmental law and other authorities to improve U.S. environmental protection activities. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1990
Designates May 6 through May 12, 1990, as Be Kind to Animals and National Pet Week.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1990
Designates October 14, 1990, as Dwight D. Eisenhower Day commemorating the 100th anniversary of Eisenhower's birth. Requests Members of Congress who are members of the Dwight David Eisenhower Centennial Commission to make arrangements for a joint meeting of the Congress in commemoration of the centennial of the birth of Dwight David Eisenhower.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1990
Designates the week beginning March 5, 1990, as Federal Employees Recognition Week.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1990
Urges the President to seek the consent of the Senate to the ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, adopted by the United Nations on November 20, 1989.
United States · United States Congress · 22 November 1989
Declares support for the United Nations Secretary General's current peace effort regarding Cyprus. Encourages both parties on Cyprus to resume negotiations under the auspices of the Secretary General.
United States · United States Congress · 21 November 1989
Wallkill River National Wildlife Refuge Act - Requires the Secretary of the Interior to establish the Wallkill National Wildlife Refuge in New Jersey. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 21 November 1989
Condemns the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN) for initiating a military offensive on November 11, 1989. Deplores the armed seizure of a San Salvador hotel. Deplores the murder of six Jesuit priests and two women. Demands that those responsible for their murder, as well as for the bombing of the headquarters of a local labor union, be brought to justice. Deplores the continuing violence in El Salvador. Calls for a disengagement of military forces to allow international humanitarian organizations to provide medical attention and supplies to the civilian casualties. Urges the United Nations and the Organization of American States to encourage the FMLN and the Salvadoran Government to enter into a ceasefire and withdrawal of FMLN forces from urban areas. Urges the Government of El Salvador and the FMLN to resume a peaceful dialogue. Commends President Cristiani for sending representatives to the meeting scheduled in Caracas, Venezuela, to seek a political settlement of the conflict. Declares that if the Salvadoran Government fails to make every good faith effort to prosecute and punish those responsible for the November 16 murder of six Jesuit priests and two women, the Congress will review the question of aid to El Salvador. Requests the Administration to report to the Congress by February 20, 1990, on the status of the investigation of such murders. Urges the administration to provide emergency assistance to the innocent victims of the war through the International Red Cross and other appropriate channels.
United States · United States Congress · 20 November 1989
Benjamin Franklin Memorial Fire Service Bill of Rights Act - Title I: Minting of Benjamin Franklin National Memorial Commemorative Coin - Benjamin Franklin National Memorial Commemorative Coin Act - Provides for the sale of Benjamin Franklin commemorative coins at a surcharge of which 25 percent shall be paid to the Benjamin Franklin National Memorial and the remainder be distributed in specified percentages to the National Fire Center and Museum Account, the National Hero Scholarship Account, the Firefighter's Tuition Assistance Account, the Hazardous Materials Response Computer Account, the In Search of Excellence Research and Education Account, and the Burn Research Grant Account of the Firefighter Assistance Trust Fund (Fund). Prohibits the issuance of such coins from resulting in any net cost to the Federal government. Title II: Fire Service Bill of Rights - Fire Service Bill of Rights Act - Amends the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 to establish a fire service bill of rights. Establishes the National Fire Center and Museum in the District of Columbia to provide information about the fire service and safety to the public and fire services. Funds such museum exclusively through the Fund. Establishes a National Hero Scholarship to fund the higher education of the children or spouse of a deceased firefighter. Establishes a scholarship providing tuition assistance to firefighters for higher education in fire safety or protection. Authorizes the Administrator of the United States Fire Administration to use amounts in the In Search of Excellence Research and Education Account of the Fund to fund other specified programs under the Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974. Establishes the Firefighters Assistance Trust Fund. Places the National Academy for Fire Prevention and Control within the United States Fire Administration. Directs the Administrator to use funds from the Hazardous Materials Response Computer Account of the fund to procure computer equipment for fire services that want such equipment. Directs the Administrator to make a grant from the Burn Research Grant Account of the Fund to one national firefighter's burn foundation dedicated to reducing burn injuries. Requires the Administrator to prepare and make available to State fire marshals, upon request, a manual describing Federal procedures for disposing of surplus property and highlighting how fire services could obtain such property. Directs the Administrator to distribute to such marshals information on the infectious diseases to which firefighters are particularly vulnerable.
United States · United States Congress · 20 November 1989
Designates the week of May 6 through May 12, 1990, as National Drinking Water Week.
United States · United States Congress · 20 November 1989
Designates April 1990 as National Prevent-A-Litter Month.
United States · United States Congress · 17 November 1989
Freedom of Choice Act of 1989 - Provides that a State may not restrict the right of a woman to choose to terminate a pregnancy: (1) before fetal viability; or (2) at any time, if such termination is necessary to protect the life or health of the woman. Allows a State to impose requirements medically necessary to protect the life or health of such women.
United States · United States Congress · 16 November 1989
Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Reauthorization Act of 1989 - Amends the Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Act of 1984 to require State Governors to maintain records on asbestos in school buildings. Deletes a requirement for the submission of asbestos abatement application materials by State Governors to the Secretary of Education. Requires State Governors, in determining the adequacy of financial resources available to a local educational agency for asbestos abatement, to consider the additional costs to such agency of meeting the needs of disadvantaged students. Removes a reporting requirement concerning actions taken by State Governors in accordance with State plans. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to approve applications for financial assistance no later than April 30 of each year. Prohibits the provision of such assistance to applicants who are not in compliance with title II of the Toxic Substances Control Act. Requires the proceeds from the repayment of Federal asbestos abatement loans and assistance recovery lawsuits to be deposited into the Asbestos Trust Fund. Removes a condition on the provision of financial assistance which requires the submission of an application within five years of the enactment of the Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Act of 1984. Prohibits the approval of assistance applications unless the local educational agency certifies that it is implementing an asbestos management plan and all abatement activities will be conducted by trained and accredited individuals in conformance with the Toxic Substances Control Act. Removes certain requirements for the promulgation by the Administrator of standards for asbestos removal contractors and the protection of school employees trained to carry out abatement activities. Requires the Administrator to report annually (until 1999) to the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works and the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on the loan and grant program under the Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Act of 1984. Authorizes appropriations for the asbestos abatement program for FY 1991 through 1995. Revises provisions concerning the allocation of appropriations. Permits up to five percent of appropriations to be reserved each fiscal year for the administration of asbestos abatement activities. Authorizes the Administrator to use up to five percent of such appropriations for grants to States for: (1) assisting local educational agencies in performing periodic reinspections and training activities; and (2) maintaining programs to accredit personnel performing asbestos inspections and response actions. Makes conforming amendments to provisions of the Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act of 1986 concerning the Asbestos Trust Fund.
United States · United States Congress · 15 November 1989
Tobacco Product Education and Health Protection Act of 1990 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to add a new title establishing, at the Centers for Disease Control, a Center for Tobacco Products to coordinate Federal education and research with regard to tobacco products. Directs the Center to conduct certain activities, including to study tobacco product additives and disclose their health risks to consumers and to establish ten model State programs to enforce laws concerning the sale of tobacco products to minors. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1993. Transfers functions of the Federal Interagency Committee on Smoking and Health to the Center. Amends the Comprehensive Smoking Education Act to require the establishment of an outreach program to youth about the health consequences of smoking. Directs the Center to make grants: (1) for public information campaigns concerning the use of tobacco products; (2) to States for anti-tobacco use programs and programs to limit youth access to tobacco products; and (3) to unions and others to attempt to reduce the incidence of smoking among workers. Amends the Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act of 1986 and the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 to add coverage of tobacco under such Acts. Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of Education to make grants, distributed in accordance with the Augustus F. Hawkins-Robert T. Stafford Elementary and Secondary School Improvement Amendments of 1988, to establish smoke-free schools. Requires the establishment of a program, with an Interagency Committee on Smoking and Health, to inform the public of any dangers to human health presented by cigarette smoking and by smokeless tobacco products. Requires related reports to the Congress. Details administrative requirements of grants. Imposes criminal penalties for adulteration and misbranding of tobacco products, allowing seizure of such products, and penalties against retailers engaged in a pattern of sale to minors. Declares tobacco products to be misbranded for not disclosing to the public information on additives and harmful constituents. Describes conditions which constitute adulteration of tobacco products, including if the product contains any filthy, putrid, or decomposed substance. Makes it unlawful to manufacture, import, or package any tobacco product unless the person has provided the Center: (1) a complete list of tobacco additives and the quantity of each; and (2) a complete list of all brands that includes the levels of tar, nicotine, carbon monoxide, and other constituents for each brand. Repeals the Federal preemption of State regulation of local tobacco advertising, allowing the enactment by States and local governments of additional restrictions on the sale of tobacco products to minors and on the placement of tobacco advertising displayed solely within the applicable geographic area. Makes conforming amendments to the Comprehensive Smoking Education Act and the Comprehensive Smokeless Tobacco Health Education Act of 1986. Changes the warning label on cigarettes.
United States · United States Congress · 13 November 1989
Designates 1990 as the Bicentennial Anniversary of the Legacy of Benjamin Franklin.
United States · United States Congress · 7 November 1989
Designates May 1990 as National Trauma Awareness Month.
United States · United States Congress · 7 November 1989
Authorizes the President to designate May 1990 as Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month.
United States · United States Congress · 2 November 1989
Amends the Public Housing Drug Elimination Act of 1988 (under title V of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988) to extend the authorization of appropriations through 1992 for grants to eliminate drug-related crime in public housing projects. Requires the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development's congressional program report to consider the possibility of allowing private owners of assisted housing to receive such grants. (Current law limits recipients to public housing agencies, including Indian housing authorities.) Amends grant application provisions and increases the scope of eligible grant activities.
United States · United States Congress · 1 November 1989
Reverse Mortgage Insurance for Older Americans Act of 1989 - Amends the National Housing Act with regard to the elderly homeowner equity conversion mortgage program to: (1) increase the total number of insured mortgages; (2) set forth various reverse mortgage options; (3) permit the mortgagor to convert payment methods during the term of the mortgage; (4) limit mortgagor liability; and (5) require certain disclosures by the mortgagee regarding mortgagor liability and total mortgage cost.
United States · United States Congress · 31 October 1989
Designates the week of November 5 through November 11, 1989, as National Women Veterans Recognition Week.
United States · United States Congress · 26 October 1989
Drug Offender's Driving Privileges Suspension Act of 1989 - Mandates that a portion of Federal highway funds be withheld from States that do not enact and enforce laws requiring: (1) the revocation or suspension for at least six months of driver's licenses of persons convicted of drug-related criminal offenses; and (2) a delay in the issuance or reinstatement of a driver's license to such a person for at least six months after applying for such issuance or reinstatement if the individual does not have a license, or the license is suspended, at the time the individual is convicted. Sets forth provisions for determining the period of availability of withheld funds and the disposition of such funds in cases of noncompliance with such requirement.