United States · United States Congress · 25 October 1989
Tourism Policy and Export Promotion Act of 1989 - Declares it to be the national goal to increase U.S. export earnings from U.S. tourism and transportation services with an eye toward: (1) the elimination of the travel and tourism export deficit of the United States and the U.S trade deficit; and (2) the achievement of a travel and tourism export surplus. Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to require the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to identify foreign trade barriers to U.S. travel and tourism. Requires the USTR to submit the National Trade Estimate to the President and the Senate Committees on Finance and Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Amends the International Travel Act of 1961 to require each annual tourism trade development plan to focus on those countries in which tourism trade development has the greatest potential for increasing travel and tourism export revenues. Declares that the Congress finds that increased efforts directed at the promotion of rural tourism will contribute to the economic development of rural America. Establishes the Rural Tourism Foundation. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 25 October 1989
Social Security Preservation Act - Amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to exclude, beginning with FY 1990, Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund receipts and outlays from Federal deficit determinations for purposes of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act). Increases the permissible maximum deficit amounts for FY 1990 through 1992. Establishes allowable maximum deficits for FY 1993 and 1994, to reach zero with respect to FY 1995. Amends the Social Security Act to require the Board of Trustees of the Trust Funds to review methods of maximizing the investment return on the social security trust funds.
United States · United States Congress · 23 October 1989
Low Income Treatment Assistance Program Act of 1989 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to make allotments to States, based on the number of cases of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) in each State, for FY 1990 through 1992, to provide assistance in the provision of therapeutics determined to prolong life or prevent the serious deterioration of health arising from AIDS or Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) disease in eligible individuals. Describes eligible individuals as those having AIDS or related conditions and low incomes. Requires an initial report to the Congress and a follow-up efficacy report assessing the program established under this Act. Requires the National Commission on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome to recommend program improvements for long-term solutions to providing care of AIDS patients.
United States · United States Congress · 16 October 1989
Declares that the Congress acknowledges and appreciates the commitment, devotion, and sacrifices of present and former military families. Designates November 20, 1989, as National Military Families Recognition Day.
United States · United States Congress · 2 October 1989
Designates the week of October 22 through October 29, 1989, as National Red Ribbon Week for a Drug-Free America. Recognizes and commends the hard work and dedication of certain individuals and organizations and urges activities that support community and alcohol education during such week. Encourages Americans to wear or display red ribbons during such Week to present and symbolize their commitment to a healthy, drug-free lifestyle, and to develop an attitude of intolerance to the use of drugs.
United States · United States Congress · 29 September 1989
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend the duty on N,N'-Bis (2,3-dihydroxypropyl)-5-N-(2,3-dihydroxypropyl)-acetam -2,4,6-triiodoisophthalamide (known as iohexol) through December 31, 1990.
United States · United States Congress · 28 September 1989
Radon Testing for Safe Schools Act - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to promulgate regulations requiring local educational agencies to test schools in areas having elevated radon levels. Makes the results of such tests available to the public. Requires radon testing and mitigation to be carried out by individuals approved by the Administrator or a State. Establishes within EPA a Radon Testing and Mitigation Assistance Program to provide assistance for testing and mitigation devices and methods. Requires State Governors to establish priority lists of assistance applicants, based on the nature and magnitude of potential exposure to radon. Sets forth criteria to be considered by the Administrator in ranking such applications. Authorizes the provision to approved applicants of loans of up to 100 percent, and grants of up to 50 percent, of the total cost of a testing or mitigation program. Outlines loan agreement terms and application requirements. Requires the Administrator to report annually to the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works and the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on the loan and grant program. Makes local educational agencies which fail to conduct testing or which knowingly submit false information liable for a civil penalty. Sets forth provisions concerning penalty modifications, judicial review, failures to pay, and citizen complaints. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 28 September 1989
Designates November 11, 1989, as Washington Centennial Day in recognition of the economic, social, and historic contributions of Washington State to the United States over the past century.
United States · United States Congress · 25 September 1989
Authorizes the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to present a bronze medal to individuals who: (1) were members of the armed forces and were present in Hawaii on December 7, 1941; and (2) participated in combat operations that day against Japanese military forces attacking Hawaii. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to strike such medals. Authorizes the Secretary to provide for the sale of bronze duplicates of the medal. Authorizes appropriations which are to be reimbursed out of the proceeds from sales of the medals.
United States · United States Congress · 19 September 1989
Support for East European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989 - Title I: United States Policy in Eastern Europe - Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States should implement, beginning in FY 1989, a program to support East European democracies by providing assistance to Eastern European countries which have taken substantive steps toward institutionalizing political democracy and economic pluralism. Designates support for East European democracy activities as SEED. Title II: Enterprise Funds in Poland and Hungary - Authorizes the President to designate two private, nonprofit organizations as the Polish-American Enterprise Fund and the Hungarian-American Enterprise Fund to promote development of the Polish and Hungarian private sectors. Requires the President to contribute to such Funds a specified amount of unobligated Department of Defense (DOD) funds. Allocates such funds and earmarks a specified amount for private agricultural development in Poland. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 and 1992. Requires the President to designate an executive agency to contribute such monies to the Funds. Permits the agency to use a specified amount of such monies for carrying out functions under this title. Makes certain commodities eligible for assistance programs under the Agricultural Act of 1949 and the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 available to the Funds to generate local currencies. Authorizes grants to be made to the Funds only if the Funds are in compliance with this title. Provides for annual audits of the Funds. Requires the Funds to ensure that: (1) each recipient of Fund assistance keeps separate accounts and financial records; and (2) the Funds have access to such records for audit purposes. Directs each Fund to publish annual reports. Title III: Labor Market Transition - Requires the Secretary of Labor to provide technical assistance to Poland and Hungary for the implementation of labor market reform and to facilitate adjustment during the period of economic transition and reform. Authorizes the Secretary to transfer a specified amount from Department of Labor funds to provide such assistance. Title IV: Environmental Initiatives - Authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to: (1) undertake environmental protection activities in Poland and Hungary; and (2) use specified amounts of funds made available for FY 1990 through 1992 to carry out such activities. Requires the Administrator to cooperate with Polish officials and experts to: (1) establish an air quality monitoring network in the Krakow metropolitan area; and (2) improve water quality and the availability of drinking water in such area. Directs the Administrator to work with U.S. and Hungarian officials and private parties to establish and support a center in Budapest, Hungary, for facilitating cooperative environmental activities between governmental experts and U.S. and Eastern and Western European organizations. Title V: Diminishing the Burden of Bilateral and Multilateral Debt - Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the debt payments owed by Poland to the United States which are payable during FY 1990 through 1994 should be rescheduled and made a part of the principal payment due in FY 1995; and (2) the President should urge all members of the Paris Club creditor governments to adopt a similar debt rescheduling program for Poland. Requires the President to take all appropriate actions to explore and encourage innovative approaches to the reduction of debt of Eastern European countries which have taken substantive steps toward political democracy and economic pluralism. Urges the President to exercise all available authority to undertake the discounted sale of U.S. debt obligations to private purchasers to facilitate debt-for-equity swaps under which such privatized debt is exchanged for an equity interest in an Eastern European enterprise which is involved in SEED activities. Title VI: "Take-Off" Telecommunications Grant to Poland - Makes available a specified amount of unobligated FY 1990 DOD funds for a grant to an entity designated by the President for the modernization of Poland's telephone and telecommunications infrastructure by means of competitively bid contracts to U.S. corporations. Requires the President to take steps necessary to ensure the protection of militarily significant telecommunications technology. Title VII: Facilitating Voluntary Action - Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should encourage monetary and food contributions from U.S. civic, religious, school, and youth organizations for assistance to Poland and Rumanian refugees in Hungary. Declares that the President should draw upon all available authorities, use resources of the National Guard and DOD, request additional authorities as necessary, and encourage maximum participation by recognized private voluntary organizations to transport nonfinancial contributions to Poland. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should encourage the establishment of sister institution programs between U.S. and East European schools, universities, cities, and specified organizations. Title VIII: Policy Coordination and "SEED" Information System - Requires the President to designate a Coordinator of SEED Program Action within the Department of State. Directs the President to take steps to establish a SEED information center to serve as a clearinghouse for information relating to business needs and opportunities in, and voluntary assistance to, Eastern Europe. Requires such center to encourage economically sound proposals to the Funds and other finance sources for the development of private enterprise in Eastern Europe. Provides that such center shall be based in Washington, Warsaw, and Budapest. Title IX: Trade and Assistance Benefits and Investment Treaties - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to remove Poland from the list of countries ineligible for designations as beneficiary developing countries. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should immediately take steps to designate Poland as a beneficiary country for purposes of the Generalized System of Preferences provided for in such Act. Requires the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) to support projects in Poland and Hungary to enhance the nongovernmental sector and reduce state involvement in the economy. Provides that OPIC's authorities with respect to Poland and Hungary shall remain in effect until September 30, 1992. Makes Poland and Hungary eligible for U.S. Export-Import Bank programs until such date. Expresses the sense of the Congress that upon, enactment by the Hungarian Government of an emigration statute fulfilling criteria of the Jackson-Vanik amendment to the Trade Act of 1974, the President should take steps to certify Hungary as eligible for permanent most-favored-nation trade status. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should explore the feasibility of negotiating bilateral investment treaties with Poland and Hungary. Title X: Scientific, Educational, and Cultural Exchanges - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 and 1991 to implement the 1987 U.S.-Polish science and technology agreement. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States should expand its participation in educational and cultural exchanges with Poland and Hungary. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should take actions to establish binational Fulbright commissions in Poland and Hungary. Title XI: Medical Assistance - Authorizes additional appropriations for FY 1990 and 1991 to carry out the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and to be available only for the provision of medical supplies and hospital equipment to Poland and the training of Polish medical personnel. Title XII: Support for Democratic Institutions - Directs the National Endowment for Democracy to implement a program of seminars on local governmental processes and administration if such seminars are requested by the Polish Government. Authorizes additional appropriations for FY 1990 and 1991 under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for the support of democratic institutions in Poland and Hungary. Title XIII: Peace Corps - Transfers specified FY 1990 DOD funds to the Peace Corps for establishing programs in Hungary and Poland. Title XIV: Food Aid - Sets forth the strategy of the food assistance program. Requires the President to promote a comprehensive multilateral food assistance program for Poland. Allocates specified amounts for such assistance in FY 1989 and 1990. Declares the readiness of the Congress to act promptly on authority and appropriations requests so that the United States may call on the European Community to increase food assistance to Poland on a matching basis. Makes Poland and Hungary eligible for programs under the Agricultural Act of 1949 and the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954. Makes such eligibility effective until September 30, 1992. Title XV: Multilateral Action - Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should consult with the European Community, Japan, and other members of the Paris Club to establish a comprehensive, multiyear program for Poland and Hungary to facilitate enduring economic recoveries and to institutionalize political democracy and economic pluralism. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States, if Poland initiates steps to dismantle state controls and subsidies and inaugurates a plan of economic stabilization, should advocate action on the following goals in multilateral negotiations with regard to Poland: (1) a Paris Club agreement on a four year deferral of all government-to-government debt repayments; (2) a multilateral currency stabilization loan; (3) an International Monetary Fund loan; and (4) a World Bank loan to assist in the relocation of workers from state firms to the private sector. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should exercise international leadership in sponsoring the creation of: (1) a multinational advisory task force of economic experts to assist the Polish Government in formulating reforms to satisfy conditions for multilateral assistance; and (2) a multinational committee of senior statesmen to provide long-range analysis and stimulate support for the transition of Eastern European countries to political and economic pluralism. Title XVI: Program Action and Reporting - Requires the President to report to the Speaker of the House and the President pro tempore of the Senate on SEED activities.
United States · United States Congress · 14 September 1989
Clean Air Restoration and Standards Attainment Act of 1989 - Title I: Provisions for Attainment and Maintenance of Ambient Air Quality Standards - Amends the Clean Air Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, upon promulgation of a new or revised national ambient air quality standard, to designate areas subject to such Act as attainment, nonattainment, or unclassifiable, with regard to such standard. Designates: (1) areas not meeting standards for ozone or carbon monoxide averaged over an eight hour period as nonattainment areas; (2) areas identified in 52 Federal Register 29383 as Group I areas or areas containing a site showing violations of particulate matter 10 (PM-10) standards as PM-10 nonattainment areas; and (3) areas not fitting such descriptions for PM-10 as unclassifiable for PM-10. Revises the boundaries of ozone nonattainment areas located within metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) or consolidated metropolitan statistical areas (CMSAs) to include the MSA or CMSA. Authorizes the Administrator to modify the boundaries of carbon monoxide nonattainment areas to include the MSA or CMSA if such modification is necessary to attain the air quality standard. Directs the Administrator to publish guidelines for enhanced State and local monitoring of emissions of pollutants for which there are national air quality standards and for improved inventories of emissions from mobile and stationary sources of such pollutants. Requires the Administrator to update periodically the June 1978 Transportation-Air Quality Planning Guidelines and to publish guidance on other measures necessary to demonstrate and attain air quality standard. Directs States to submit air quality standard implementation plans within 24 (currently, nine) months of the promulgation of a new or revised standard. Authorizes and directs the Administrator to require States containing attainment or unclassifiable areas with MSAs or CMSAs to submit implementation plans which provide for the maintenance of the standard for at least 20 years. Requires the updating of such plans every ten years. Extends the date by which the Administrator must approve or disapprove a State implementation plan to 12 (currently, four) months after the submission of such plan. Authorizes (currently, requires) the Administrator to set forth implementation plans for States which fail to submit or implement approved plans. Revises plan requirements. Requires permits issued for stationary sources to provide for: (1) terms not to exceed five years and compliance with applicable emission limitations and monitoring; (2) quarterly reports to the permitting authority on monitoring measures; (3) reports on any violations of the permit or other requirements and corrective measures; and (4) inspection and entry requirements. Provides for permit application fees to offset the costs of the permit program. Makes permit records available to the public. Prohibits the issuance of any permit unless the permitting authority has conducted an on-site inspection of the source. Directs the Administrator to publish guidelines for permit programs. Allows new or modified major stationary sources to comply with any offset requirement for increased air pollutant emissions reductions of such pollutant from other sources in the same nonattainment area. Requires such reductions to be in effect by the time such sources commence operation and to insure that the total tonnage of increased emissions is offset by a greater reduction in the actual emissions from other area sources. Requires States containing ozone, carbon monoxide, or PM-10 nonattainment areas, together with local officials of such areas, to review and update, as necessary, planning procedures for such areas. Directs the Administrator to consult with, and make recommendations to, the Secretary of Transportation on changes in Department of Transportation policies that will assist planning procedures under this Act. Authorizes States, in the case of areas included in more than one State, to implement jointly such procedures. Authorizes the imposition of the following sanctions on States which fail to comply with requirements for nonattainment areas: (1) a prohibition on the construction or modification of major stationary sources of the relevant pollutant in such areas; (2) a prohibition on the approval of highway projects or awarding of highway funds, with specified exceptions; and (3) the withholding of grants for air pollution planning and control programs. Makes Federal funds for highway projects exempt from such prohibition available without limitation. Limits the State share of such projects to ten percent of the total cost. Requires Federal transportation programs to implement all relevant transportation provisions of implementation plans. Prohibits Federal agencies from funding or approving any transportation program unless it conforms to this Act. Requires States to submit implementation plan revisions which provide for procedures for assessing the conformity of such programs. Outlines requirements for maintenance plans required for redesignations of areas. Requires such plans to: (1) provide for the maintenance of air quality standards for 20 years after the date of attainment; and (2) be updated every ten years and submitted to the Administrator for approval. Classifies ozone nonattainment areas as Moderate, Serious, Severe, or Extreme, based upon the percentage by which the air quality standard is exceeded in the area. Sets forth attainment dates of five, ten, fifteen, and twenty years from this Act's enactment, respectively, for Moderate, Serious, Severe, and Extreme areas. Requires States containing such areas to submit to the Administrator a current inventory of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and nitrogen oxides emissions of area sources. Provides that State implementation plans for such areas shall require annual emissions statements from owners or operators of such sources, source operating permits, and vehicle registration fees. Waives emissions statements requirements for sources which emit less than 25 tons annually of VOCs or nitrogen oxides if the State provides an emissions inventory for such sources. Sets forth specified ratios for emissions reductions to increased emissions in Serious, Severe, and Extreme ozone nonattainment areas, Serious carbon monoxide nonattainment areas, and PM-10 nonattainment areas, for purposes of satisfying excess emissions offset requirements. Requires State implementation plans for Moderate areas to provide for: (1) an enhanced vehicle emissions control inspection and maintenance program to achieve reductions in VOC emissions of at least 4,700 tons per million vehicles or the use of fill nozzles by persons transferring gasoline to vehicle fuel tanks for facilities selling more than 20,000 gallons of gasoline per month; and (2) annual emissions fees, based on tonnage of VOCs and nitrogen oxides emitted by major stationary sources. Waives requirements for vehicle inspection, maintenance, and refueling programs for ozone nonattainment areas with specified design values unless compliance is needed to bring the area into attainment by the applicable deadline. Designates as major stationary sources, for purposes of Serious and Severe areas, facilities having the potential to produce at least 25 tons annually of VOCs. Requires State implementation plans for Serious areas to provide for: (1) emissions inventories for such areas and the 25-mile radius around such areas; (2) VOC emissions reductions of 12 percent from actual emissions in the year of classification to be averaged over three year periods until attainment is met; (3) annual reports; (4) transportation control measures in certain areas with emissions exceeding projected levels; (5) vehicle inspection, maintenance, and vapor recovery programs; (6) permit programs; (7) annual emissions fees; and (8) the implementation of reasonably available control technology by stationary sources of VOCs that are not covered by control technique guidelines and have the potential to emit at least 25 tons annually and stationary sources of nitrogen oxides that have the potential to emit at least 100 tons annually. Requires Severe areas to comply with requirements for Moderate and Serious areas. Increases annual emissions fees for Severe areas. Provides that implementation plans for such areas shall require: (1) employer programs to reduce employee work-related vehicle trips; and (2) employers of 100 persons or more to increase average passenger occupancy per vehicle in commutes during peak travel periods. Makes employers who fail to achieve such increase liable for fees of $50 per employee parking space provided by such employers. Defines the boundaries of an Extreme area as the entire MSA or CMSA and the area within a 25-mile radius of such areas. Designates as major stationary sources, for purposes of Extreme areas, facilities having the potential to produce at least ten tons annually of VOCs. Requires Extreme areas to comply with requirements for Moderate, Serious, and Severe areas. Increases annual emissions fees for Extreme areas. Requires States containing non-self-generating ozone nonattainment areas that do not include or are not adjacent to MSAs or CMSAs to be treated as satisfying the requirements of this Act if in compliance with regulations promulgated by the Administrator. Permits the Administrator to treat such areas as non-self-generating if found that VOC and nitrogen oxides emissions within such areas do not contribute significantly to ozone concentrations in such areas or other areas. Authorizes the Administrator, in the case of Serious nonattainment areas which fail to meet required emissions reductions, to: (1) lower the quantity of emissions of VOCs and nitrogen oxides that define a source as a major stationary source; and (2) require that Serious and Severe areas comply with requirements of Severe and Extreme areas, respectively. Provides for reclassifications to the next, more stringent, category of areas which fail to meet air quality standards by the applicable attainment date. Requires the Administrator to publish a list of 12 categories of stationary sources for which control technique guidelines have not been published and which contribute significantly to the formation of ozone air pollution. Provides for the review and updating, as necessary, of such guidelines every four years. Directs the Administrator to publish a control technique guideline regarding control of VOC emissions from the loading or unloading of petroleum products on or from vessels. Considers such emissions to be direct emissions from the onshore terminal. Requires the Administrator to: (1) report to the Congress on emissions of ozone precursors from consumer products and include recommendations for the control of such emissions; and (2) promulgate regulations to achieve emissions reductions from such products of at least three percent below the level of such emissions on the date of this Act's enactment. Exempts from such regulations health-use products for which there are no suitable substitutes. Authorizes the Administrator to delegate the enforcement of such regulations to States. Establishes an ozone transport region comprised of States on the east coast between Maine and Virginia and the CMSA including the District of Columbia. Authorizes the Administrator to add States to such region or to establish new regions if the interstate transport of pollutants from such States contributes to ozone concentrations in Serious, Severe, or Extreme ozone nonattainment areas in another State. Requires the Administrator to establish ozone transport commissions for such regions. Directs States within such regions to submit implementation plans or revisions requiring: (1) areas which are not nonattainment areas that are located in such regions and that are part of an MSA or have populations of at least 100,000 to comply with vehicle inspection and maintenance programs; and (2) major stationary sources of VOCs to comply with reasonably available control technology requirements. Authorizes interstate commissions to require additional emissions control measures, as necessary. Exempts from such requirements areas which do not contribute significantly to ozone concentrations in Serious, Severe, or Extreme areas. Permits States or political subdivisions to petition the Administrator for the inclusion of another State or portion of such State within an ozone transport region. Requires the Administrator to promulgate criteria for determining the contribution of sources in one area to concentrations of ozone in another nonattainment area. Classifies carbon monoxide areas as Moderate or Serious. Sets forth attainment dates of five and ten years from this Act's enactment, respectively, for Moderate and Serious areas. Requires State implementation plans for carbon monoxide nonattainment areas to provide for: (1) triennial emissions inventories from stationary and mobile sources; (2) mobile monitoring devices; (3) vehicle registration fees; (4) annual emissions fees from stationary sources; (5) operating permits and continuous monitoring; (6) attainment demonstrations with qualitative milestones; (7) vehicle inspection and maintenance programs; and (8) oxygenated fuels programs. Directs the Administrator to audit such plans to ensure adequate implementation and enforcement by States. Designates as major stationary sources, for purposes of such areas, sources having the potential to produce at least 50 tons annually of carbon monoxide. Requires plans for Serious areas to provide for: (1) transportation control measures; and (2) the same employer ridership program required for Severe ozone nonattainment areas. Provides for reclassification of Moderate carbon monoxide areas, as necessary. Authorizes up to two one-year attainment extensions for such areas. Requires the submission of State plan revisions for Serious areas which fail to meet the attainment deadline. Requires attainment by PM-10 nonattainment areas by December 31, 1993. Authorizes the Administrator to extend such deadline for up to ten years under specified conditions. Requires State implementation plans for PM-10 nonattainment areas to provide for: (1) triennial emissions inventories from stationary and mobile sources; (2) annual emissions fees from stationary sources; (3) operating permits and monitoring; and (4) attainment demonstrations with qualitative milestones. Designates as major stationary sources, for purposes of such areas, sources having the potential to emit more than 50 tons annually of PM-10 or PM-10 precursors. Sets forth audit and attainment extension requirements parallel to those for carbon monoxide nonattainment areas. Requires the Administrator to promulgate control techniques guidelines for reasonably and best available control technology for PM-10 emissions from major stationary sources. Authorizes the Administrator to substitute maximum allowable increases in particulate matter smaller than or equal to ten micrometers (PM-10) for maximum allowable increases in such matter specified under the Clean Air Act. Requires the Administrator to establish requirements to control air pollution from outer continental shelf sources. Authorizes States adjacent to such sources to submit to the Administrator procedures for enforcing such requirements. Directs the Administrator to delegate enforcement authority to States with adequate procedures. Authorizes the Administrator to: (1) treat Indian tribes as States under the Clean Air Act, except with respect to a certain limitation on State expenditures; (2) delegate to such tribes primary responsibility for assuring air pollution control; and (3) provide such tribes with grant and contract assistance to carry out such functions. Outlines requirements for such authorization. Authorizes the Administrator to promulgate other means for administering such authorities where such treatment is inappropriate. Applies program cost limitations for interstate air quality agencies to interstate transport commissions. Repeals provisions concerning indirect source programs and requirements for parking surcharges and transportation regulations. Title II: Provisions Relating to Mobile Sources - Sets standards for emissions of: (1) nonmethane hydrocarbons, hydrocarbons, nitrogen oxides, and particulates from light duty vehicles manufactured after model year 1992; (2) carbon monoxide from light-duty vehicles manufactured after model year 2002; (3) such substances from trucks manufactured after model year 1992; (4) nitrogen oxides from heavy duty trucks manufactured after model year 1993; and (5) particulates from heavy duty trucks manufactured after model year 1990. Requires the Administrator to promulgate standards for carbon monoxide emissions from light-duty vehicles manufactured after model year 1992 when operated at 20 degrees Fahrenheit. Directs the Administrator to promulgate regulations requiring the installation of onboard emissions control systems on light-duty vehicles manufactured after model year 1992. Requires such systems to provide for a minimum evaporative emissions capture efficiency of 95 percent. Directs the Administrator to promulgate regulations applicable to evaporative emissions of hydrocarbons from all gasoline-fueled vehicles manufactured after model year 1993. Directs the Administrator to promulgate regulations requiring manufacturers to install emissions malfunction diagnostic systems on all light-duty vehicles manufactured after model year 1993. Authorizes the Administrator to promulgate regulations requiring: (1) States with implementation plans to provide for the inspection and the maintenance of such systems; and (2) manufacturers of heavy duty vehicles and engines to install such systems. Requires the Administrator to set standards for emissions of carbon dioxide from passenger cars manufactured after model year 1994. Directs the Administrator to promulgate standards for motor vehicles burning low-polluting fuel. Sets the useful life of vehicles and engines manufactured after model year 1994 at ten years of use or 100,000 miles. Provides that the warranty period for light-duty vehicles and engines shall be: (1) the useful life (five years or 50,000 miles) for vehicles and engines manufactured after model year 1993; (2) two years or 24,000 miles for vehicles and engines manufactured after model year 1994; and (3) eight years or 80,000 miles for specified major emissions control components. Requires the Administrator to publish a list of all non-road engines and vehicles and estimates of the contribution of such engines and vehicles to ozone, carbon monoxide, and particulate concentrations in nonattainment areas. Directs the Administrator to promulgate emissions standards for engines or vehicles of at least 50 horsepower. Authorizes the Administrator to promulgate standards for engines or vehicles with less horsepower. Sets a schedule for the promulgation of such standards. Directs the Administrator to promulgate regulations that prohibit, after model year 1992, the introduction into commerce of motor vehicles and non-road engines requiring leaded gasoline. Requires the Administrator to promulgate regulations to add an idle test to the Federal Test Procedure for light-duty vehicles manufactured after model year 1991. Directs the Administrator to revise regulations regarding selective enforcement auditing of new light-duty vehicles manufactured after model year 1991 so that the maximum percentage of failing vehicles is ten percent. Requires the Administrator to review and revise, as necessary, regulations regarding testing of motor vehicles and engines to insure that vehicles are tested under circumstances which reflect actual driving conditions. Prohibits averaging of performance standards of various vehicles, engine families, or models manufactured by the same manufacturer for purposes of complying with emissions standards under the Clean Air Act. Directs the Administrator to consider information from any State vehicle emissions control inspection and maintenance program when making determinations of nonconformity with regulations. Authorizes States to petition the Administrator to make determinations based on such information. Permits the Administrator, if there is reason to believe that in-use vehicles and engines are not in conformance with regulations, to require manufacturers of such vehicles and engines to pay procurement and testing costs. Requires the Administrator to promulgate regulations to reduce evaporative emissions from motor vehicle fuels. Requires such regulations to include a gasoline volatility standard to be applied to all gasoline introduced into commerce for use during high ozone periods of the year. Sets a Reid Vapor Pressure (RVP) standard for gasoline used in Class C areas. Designates the period between May 16 and September 15, or such longer period as the Administrator establishes, as the high ozone period. Provides for an increased RVP for gasoline/ethanol fuel blends. Makes it unlawful, effective October 1, 1993, to introduce into commerce motor vehicle diesel fuel which contains sulfur in excess of .05 percent (by weight) or which fails to meet a cetane index of 40. Requires manufacturers and importers of diesel fuel not used in motor vehicles to dye such fuel to segregate it from motor vehicle diesel fuel. Limits sulfur content for diesel used in heavy duty vehicles and engines manufactured after model year 1990. Prohibits, effective January 1, 1991, the introduction into commerce of any gasoline containing lead or lead additives for use in motor vehicles. Authorizes the extension of such deadline if the Administrator determines that the unavailability of such gasoline affects farm vehicles and alternative fuels are unavailable for such vehicles. Requires the Administrator to promulgate regulations for fuel quality (effective after 1993) to minimize emissions of hazardous air pollutants over the useful life of vehicles and engines certified under this title. Provides that if the Administrator fails to promulgate such regulations, it shall be unlawful to introduce into commerce any fuel which does not prevent accumulation of deposits in fuel-injected engines. Authorizes the Administrator to promulgate regulations applicable to fuel refiners, distributors, or consumers which establish specifications for fuels to reduce emissions. Prohibits the introduction into commerce, effective October 1, 1991, of gasoline with less than a specified oxygen content in carbon monoxide nonattainment areas during October 1 to March 31 of each year. Requires the Administrator to promulgate guidelines to allow the exchange of marketable oxygen credits between sellers of fuels with a higher oxygen content than required and other sellers of fuels to offset the use of fuels with a lower oxygen content than required. Prohibits such exchanges between sellers in different nonattainment areas. Waives such requirements for States that demonstrate that the use of oxygenated fuels would interfere with attainment for pollutants other than carbon monoxide. Requires retailers of oxygenated fuels to label fuel dispensing systems with notices which identify such fuels and state that they reduce carbon monoxide emissions. Prohibits the introduction of leaded gasoline into vehicles which are designed for unleaded gasoline or are manufactured after model year 1989. Prohibits manufacturers from refusing to pay for procurement or testing of nonconforming vehicles. Prohibits the manufacture or sale of any part which bypasses or renders inoperative any emission control device. Increases penalties for certain violations of the Clean Air Act. Authorizes the Administrator to commence civil actions to recover such penalties, subject to certain limitations. Title III: Provisions Relating to Enforcement - Makes technical amendments to, and revises penalty provisions of, the Clean Air Act. Authorizes the Administrator to assess administrative penalties or commence civil or criminal actions for violations of such Act. Establishes fines and prison sentences for specified knowing violations of such Act. Doubles the maximum punishment for specified subsequent violations. Limits the Administrator's authority to assess certain administrative penalties. Authorizes the Administrator to implement a field citation program for the purpose of assessing civil penalties of up to $5,000 per day for each violation. Sets forth provisions concerning judicial review and civil actions with respect to the assessment of such penalties. Outlines criteria to be considered by the court in determining the assessment of penalties. Sets forth provisions concerning the reviewability of certain administrative orders. Authorizes the Administrator to require owners or operators of sources subject to the Clean Air Act to: (1) keep records on control equipment parameters, production variables, or other indirect data when direct emissions monitoring is impractical; and (2) submit compliance certifications. Directs the Administrator to require enhanced monitoring and submission of compliance certifications by owners or operators of major stationary sources. Authorizes the Administrator to apply such requirements to any other source. Makes such information available to the public. Removes an exemption for public disclosure of emission source records that may be trade secrets. Repeals a provision concerning penalties for violations of administrative orders. Authorizes the Administrator to extend a prohibition on Federal procurement from violators of the Clean Air Act to contracts performed at any facility owned or operated by such persons. (Current law prohibits such procurement for contracts to be performed at facilities where the violation occurred.) Requires certain penalties to be deposited in a special Treasury fund and to be available for financing air compliance and enforcement activities. Authorizes any person to petition the Administrator to issue, amend, or repeal any regulation under the Clean Air Act. Requires the Administrator to take necessary measures to prevent the operation, construction, or modification of certain major emitting facilities.
United States · United States Congress · 12 September 1989
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to grant, through December 31, 1990, duty-free treatment of trifluromethylaniline (also known as m-Aminobenzotrifluoride).
United States · United States Congress · 12 September 1989
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1992, the duty on 2',4'-Difluro-4-hydroxy-3-biphenyl-carboxylic acid (Diflunisal).
United States · United States Congress · 12 September 1989
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend, through December 31, 1994, the suspension of duty on: (1) 2,2 Bis (4-cyanatophenyl) propane; (2) paraldehyde; (3) Aminomethylphenylpyrazole; (4) 3-methyl-1-(p-tolyl)-2-pyrazolin-5-one (p-tolyl methyl pyrazolone); (5) 3-methyl-5-pyrazolone; (6) barbituric acid; (7) metaldehyde; and (8) benzethonium chloride.
United States · United States Congress · 12 September 1989
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to grant duty-free treatment of 6-hydroxy-2 napthoic acid (2,6-HNA) through December 31, 1992.
United States · United States Congress · 12 September 1989
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1992, the duty on 2-(alpha-hydroxyethyl)-3-Amino-1,5-pentane-dioic acid 5-methylester (ADC-6).
United States · United States Congress · 6 September 1989
Support for East European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989 - Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States should implement, beginning in FY 1990, a program of support for East European democracy to provide assistance to Eastern European countries which have taken substantive steps toward institutionalizing political democracy and economic pluralism. Title I: Structural Adjustment - Directs the U.S. Government, to the extent that Poland and Hungary continue to evolve toward pluralism and democracy and to develop and implement economic reforms, to: (1) mobilize international financial institutions to provide resources to help Poland and Hungary; (2) seek to coordinate within the Group of 7 by January 1990 a reserve made available to Poland through the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to facilitate monetary reforms; (3) support the Government of Poland in attacking hyperinflation and other economic and social problems and relieve urgent balance of payments requirements in Poland; and (4) urge all creditor governments to adopt a generous and early debt rescheduling program for Poland and expedite consultations between Poland and such governments to facilitate such rescheduling. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to direct the U.S. executive director of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development to: (1) urge approval of a certain amount of financing in the next three years for Poland; and (2) urge expeditious approval and disbursement by the Bank of a structural adjustment loan to Poland to facilitate major economic reforms scheduled for early 1990. Declares that the U.S. Government, to the extent that the IMF review of the Polish economy projects a probable balance of payments shortage for the fourth quarter of 1989, should work closely with the European Community and international financial institutions to determine the extent of emergency assistance required by Poland and consider extending a bridge loan to relieve urgent balance of payments requirements. Authorizes the President to furnish assistance for Polish economic stabilization programs. Declares that the President should call an urgent meeting of the industrialized democracies to respond to Poland's request to support its economic stabilization program. Makes available funds to carry out such program. Directs the United States, to the extent that Poland and Hungary continue to evolve toward pluralism and democracy and to develop and implement economic reforms, to: (1) make available agricultural assistance to Poland to alleviate food shortages and to facilitate the transition to a free market economy; and (2) encourage parallel efforts by the European Community and other agricultural surplus nations. Authorizes the provision of agricultural assistance to Poland. Requires the President to encourage innovative approaches to debt reduction of East European countries which have taken substantive steps toward political democracy and economic pluralism. Grants the President the authority to undertake the discounted sale to private purchasers of U.S. Government debt obligations of such countries. Permits such sale only if it will facilitate a debt-for-equity or debt-for-development swap. Title II: Private Sector Development - Authorizes the President to designate two private, nonprofit organizations as the Polish-American Enterprise Fund and the Hungarian-American Enterprise Fund to promote development of the Polish and Hungarian private sectors. Authorizes appropriations for the Funds for FY 1990 through 1992. Requires at least 80 percent of monies made available to the Funds under this and other Acts to be used for interest-bearing loans repayable to the Funds and for other investments. Permits grants to be made to the Funds only if the Funds are in compliance with this title. Sets forth provisions with respect to the administration of the Funds and auditing, recordkeeping, and reporting requirements. Prohibits the Funds and the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) from financing any venture that: (1) benefits the Polish or Hungarian military or security forces or the military of the Soviet Union or any Warsaw Pact member state; (2) has more than 20 percent of ownership or interest, or was established, by the Polish or Hungarian Governments or Communist parties; (3) has a board of directors more than 20 percent of which is composed of high officials of the Polish or Hungarian Governments or Communist parties; or (4) is required to accede to the rules of the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance. Earmarks Fund monies for the economic foundation of NSZZ Solidarnosc and the Confederacy of Independent Poland, provided they meet Fund criteria. Requires the Secretary of Labor to provide technical assistance to Poland and Hungary for the implementation of labor market reform and to facilitate adjustment during the period of economic transition and reform. Outlines administrative authorities and types of assistance authorized. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Agency for International Development (AID) to implement a technical training program for Poland and Hungary to enable such countries to develop market economies. Permits AID to use the Polish-American and Hungarian-American Enterprise Funds and other appropriate Federal and private agencies and programs to carry out such training. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1992. Prohibits funding for the Farmer-to-Farmer program to be made available under the Food Security Act of 1985 or a similar provision of law. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1992 to carry out Peace Corps programs in Poland and Hungary. Permits the use of local currencies generated by the sale of agricultural commodities made available to Poland to: (1) complement certain assistance made available under this Act; and (2) support the activities of a joint commission established under the American Aid to Poland Act of 1988. States that the use of such currencies should emphasize agricultural development in Poland. Permits AID to use a specified amount of funds made available under this Act for administrative expenses. Title III: Trade and Investment - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to remove Poland from the list of countries ineligible for designations as beneficiary developing countries with respect to U.S. trade practices. Requires OPIC to support projects in Poland and Hungary to enhance the nongovernmental sector and reduce state involvement in the economy. Authorizes the Export-Import Bank to extend financial services to Poland and Hungary. Urges the President to seek bilateral investment treaties with Poland and Hungary to establish a more stable legal framework for U.S. investment in such countries. Title IV: Educational, Cultural, and Scientific Activities - Declares that the United States should: (1) expand its participation in and encourage educational and cultural exchange activities in Poland and Hungary; and (2) take action to establish binational Fulbright commissions with Poland and Hungary. Encourages the establishment of "sister institution" programs between American and Polish, and American and Hungarian, organizations. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1992 to implement the 1987 U.S.-Polish science and technology agreement and the 1989 U.S.-Hungarian science and technology agreement. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should consider the establishment of reciprocal cultural centers in Poland and the United States and Hungary and the United States. Earmarks a specified amount of funds made available to the U.S. Information Agency for exchange activities in such countries. Title V: Other Assistance - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1992 for the support of democratic institutions and activities in Poland and Hungary. Authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to: (1) undertake environmental protection activities in Poland and Hungary; and (2) use a certain amount of funds under environmental statutes for such activities. Requires the Administrator to cooperate with Polish officials and experts on appropriate environmental projects, including: (1) the establishment of an air quality monitoring network in the Krakow metropolitan area; and (2) the improvement of water quality and the availability of drinking water in such area. Directs the Administrator to work with U.S. and Hungarian officials and private parties to establish and support a center in Budapest, Hungary, for facilitating cooperative environmental activities between governmental experts and U.S. and Eastern and Western European organizations. Requires the Secretary of Energy to give high priority to assisting Poland and Hungary in improving energy efficiency. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Bush Administration should work with the Hungarian Government to achieve environmentally safe alternative investments in energy efficiency, particularly with regard to projects along the Danube River. Authorizes additional appropriations under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for FY 1990 through 1992 to be available only for the provision of medical supplies and hospital equipment to Poland and for the training of Polish medical personnel.' Prohibits any of the assistance provided to Poland under this title from being used to: (1) perform or promote abortions; or (2) support the defense or security forces of any Warsaw Pact country. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should encourage national monetary and food contributions for assistance to Poland and Romanian refugees in Hungary. Declares that the President should draw upon all available authorities, use resources of the National Guard and Department of Defense, request additional authorities, as necessary, and encourage maximum participation by recognized private voluntary organizations to transport nonfinancial contributions to Poland. Title VI: "Take-off" Telecommunications Grant to Poland - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 to support the modernization of Poland's telephone and telecommunication infrastructure by means of competitively-bid contracts to U.S. corporations. Requires the President, in providing such support, to ensure the protection of militarily-significant telecommunications technology. Title VII: Policy Coordination and "SEED" Information System - Requires the President to designate a Coordinator of SEED Program Action within the Department of State. Declares that oversight of all programs under this Act and programs to assist Poland should be exercised by an interagency group. Commends the President for agreeing to send a high level team of experts to assess the transition taking place in Poland. Requires the interagency group to consult with such team of experts and make available findings to the Congress and the public. Directs the President to establish a SEED information center system to serve as a clearinghouse for information relating to business needs and opportunities in, and voluntary assistance to, Eastern Europe. Requires such system to encourage economically sound proposals to the Polish-American and Hungarian-American Enterprise Funds and other finance sources for the development of private enterprise in Eastern Europe. Provides that such sysem shall be based in Washington, D.C., and, until expanded, in Budapest and Warsaw. Amends the Tax Reform Act of 1986 to exempt certain Polish bonds from rules relating to below-market loans. Title VIII: Program Action and Reporting - Requires the President to report to the Congress on the SEED program and on democracy and free enterprise in Poland and Hungary. Makes funding under this Act unavailable to Hungary or Poland, respectively, if martial law or a state of emergency is declared for reasons other than a natural disaster or foreign invasion in either country or if a member of the Polish Senate or Sejm or the Hungarian National Assembly is arrested or removed from office through extraconstitutional processes. Requires the President to terminate assistance under this Act to Poland or Hungary unless he certifies to the Speaker of the House and the President pro tempore of the Senate that all arms transfers and security assistance provided by such countries to Cuba or Nicaragua have ceased. Title IX: General Provisions - Congratulates the Hungarian people on the declaration of the democratic Hungarian Republic and expresses the Senate's desire to enhance the friendly relations between the Hungarian and American peoples and Governments. Authorizes the AID Administrator to establish and administer a program to enable Polish and Hungarian students to study business and economics in the United States. Makes available economic support fund and development assistance for grants to States to carry out such program. Authorizes additional appropriations for FY 1990 through 1992. Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the U.S. embassies in Budapest and Warsaw, the U.S. Trade Center in Warsaw, and the U.S. mission in Krakow should be assigned additional economic and commercial officers; and (2) such officers shall help the private sector in Poland and Hungary do business with nations of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Expresses the sense of the Congress that the U.S. ambassador of the OECD should enter into discussions with other member nations to establish a working group on providing assistance to Eastern European economies. Declares that the working group should: (1) provide technical assistance to Eastern European nations that the President determines have taken substantive steps toward instituting political democracy and economic pluralism and to members of the private sector of such nations attempting to make the transition to a free market economy; and (2) monitor economic changes in Eastern Europe. States that the U.S. ambassador should also enter into discussions with other member nations about the possibility of admitting Poland and Hungary to the OECD as observers for a one-year period. Requires the U.S. mission to the OECD to report to the Speaker of the House, the President pro tempore of the Senate, and the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe on the progress of such discussions and the activities of the working group. Authorizes the administrator of title I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, during FY 1990, to use excess foreign currencies for: (1) purposes for which economic assistance is provided under such Act; and (2) any institution providing education to a significant number of U.S. nationals. Prohibits such currencies from being used in Communist countries listed under such Act. Directs the Secretaries of Commerce and Energy to establish a task force to analyze, and report to the Congress on, the current supply and demand situation of coal in the Soviet Union. Permits funds provided through the Hungarian-American and Polish-American Enterprise Funds to be used for the establishment of employee stock ownership plans. Requires the Secretary of State to report to the Congress on the confidence building measures that Poland and Hungary could undertake to facilitate the negotiation of agreements that would encourage greater private sector investments in such countries. Prohibits the U.S. Government from assisting any Chinese missile program until the President certifies to the Congress that China is not supplying ballistic missiles or missile technology to Iran, Iraq, Syria, or Libya, and has provided reasonable assurances that no future sales of missiles or missile technology to such countries are planned. Title X: Temporary Extension of Expiring Tax Provisions - Subtitle A: Temporary Extension of Expiring Tax Provisions - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide extensions for: (1) employer-provided educational assistance programs; (2) employer-provided group legal services plans; (3) the targeted jobs tax credit, with modifications; (4) the qualified small issue bond exemption; (5) the deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals; (6) the energy investment credit for solar, geothermal, and ocean thermal property; (7) qualified mortgage bonds; (8) the low-income housing credit, with modifications; (9) the credit for increasing research activities; and (10) the waiver of early withdrawal tax penalty for distributions from employee stock ownership plans. Provides a tax exclusion for otherwise taxable employer-provided educational assistance that qualifies as a working condition fringe benefit. Provides for the allocation of research and experimental expenditures with respect to sources of income inside and outside of the United States. Amends the Railroad Retirement Solvency Act of 1983 to extend the deadline for transfers of certain revenue increases to the Railroad Retirement Account. Subtitle B: Acceleration of Deposit Requirements - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to change the time of deposit of social security taxes and withheld income taxes.
United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1989
Victims of Terrorism Judicial Remedy Act - Provides that property of the United States or a foreign state that is used for a commercial activity in the United States shall not be immune from attachment or execution in the case of a claim based upon intentional acts of violence intended to cause, or actually resulting in, bodily harm.
United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1989
Intellectual Property Protection Act of 1989 - Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 which provides a remedy to prevent imported products which infringe the patents of U.S. businesses from entering the U.S. market. Directs the Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks to identify those foreign countries which, because of unreasonable delays in granting or enforcing patents or unnecessarily narrow interpretations of patent claims by the authorities which determine patent validity and infringement, effectively deny adequate and effective protection for the intellectual property of U.S. nationals. Requires the Commissioner to publish such list in the Federal Register and transmit copies to the Chairman of the United States International Trade Commission (USITC), the Attorney General, and the Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission. Directs the USITC, upon determining there is reason to believe that a product from a listed country involves a violation of the patent protections of such Act, to issue appropriate orders to prevent importation of such product without considering the effect of such orders upon specified factors that otherwise might preclude their issuance. Limits the defenses available during a USITC investigation of a foreign product under this Act. Waives the requirement that a USITC determination in such a case be referred to the President for approval. Makes such determination final upon publication in the Federal Register. Eliminates the current exemption from such a USITC determination for any such products imported for the use of the Federal Government.
United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1989
Requests: (1) the Soviet Union to release the prison records of Raoul Wallenberg and account for his whereabouts; and (2) the President to pursue such release and accounting through diplomatic actions with the Soviet Union.
United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1989
Urges the President to ensure that the United States does not submit a proposal to include maritime transportation in the forthcoming General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) discussions regarding trade-in-services industries and to oppose any proposals by foreign nations which are similar or which could result in a contraction of the U.S.-flag merchant marine.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1989
Adolescent Tobacco Prevention Act of 1989 - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1994 enabling the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make incentive grants to States which enact legislation prohibiting: (1) the sale of tobacco products to minors; (2) the sale of tobacco products in vending machines located on premises where the presence of minors is permitted; and (3) the distribution of free tobacco product samples. Amends the Comprehensive Smoking Education Act to require the Secretary to conduct an outreach program informing minors of the health hazards of smoking. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1994 enabling the Secretary of Education to make incentive grants to States which enact legislation: (1) prohibiting minors from smoking in school buildings, and on school grounds and buses; and (2) requiring schools to establish adult smoking areas that are separate from students and to protect students from exposure to smoke. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the tax on cigarettes. Deposits the increase in cigarette tax revenues into the Adolescent Tobacco Prevention Trust Fund from which incentive grant funds shall be obtained. Establishes such Fund.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1989
Adolescent Tobacco Prevention Act of 1989 - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1994 enabling the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make incentive grants to States which enact legislation prohibiting: (1) the sale of tobacco products to minors; (2) the sale of tobacco products in vending machines located on premises where the presence of minors is permitted; and (3) the distribution of free tobacco product samples. Amends the Comprehensive Smoking Education Act to require the Secretary to conduct an outreach program informing minors of the health hazards of smoking. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1994 enabling the Secretary of Education to make incentive grants to States which enact legislation: (1) prohibiting minors from smoking in school buildings, and on school grounds and buses; and (2) requiring schools to establish adult smoking areas that are separate from students and to protect students from exposure to smoke.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1989
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from the gross income of an individual the following qualified employer-provided transportation benefits: (1) the value of transportation in a commuter highway vehicle between the employee's residence and workplace; and (2) up to $30 per month of the value of any transit pass entitling the employee to transportation on mass transit facilities.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1989
Amends the Clean Water Act to authorize the owner of a publicly owned treatment works that has received financial assistance of any kind under such Act to issue debt with respect to such works and to pledge, as security for repayment of such debt obligation, revenues realized from the operation of such works, subject to the prior payment of the costs of proper operation and maintenance. Conditions such authorization on at least 95 percent of the proceeds of the debt issuance being used for: (1) the construction portion of a program for the rehabilitation or expansion of the works; (2) the establishment of dedicated funds, trust accounts, or other financial mechanisms to subsidize or stabilize rates to provide for equipment repair or replacement or such other uses as may have demonstrable benefit to the rate payers of the works or to any municipality or public authority directly concerned in the construction or operation of the works; or (3) the financing or securing of the financing of other environmentally designated projects. Prohibits such debt issuance unless the owner of the works obtains, from a specified State official, a prior determination that such issuance will be in compliance with the requirements of this Act. Authorizes State water pollution control revolving funds to be used to guarantee, or purchase insurance or letters of credit for, local obligations for equipment, facilities, or plants to be used in conjunction with, or in proximity to, treatment works in operation at the time such a guarantee is made. States that nothing in the Clean Water Act shall prohibit the owner of a publicly owned treatment works from granting a security interest in any equipment facilities or plants procured pursuant to obligations which have been guaranteed or insured under the authority of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1989
Community Education Employment Center Act of 1989 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) to make five-year grants to eligible recipients to establish and operate not more than 15 community education employment centers nationwide to meet the needs of low-income secondary students in poor areas. Sets forth requirements for such programs (including offering gifted and talented and special education programs). Sets forth requirements for building use, support services, parent, community, labor, and business participation, eligible students, eligible recipients, grant applications, evaluations, and information. Directs the Secretary to collect evaluations and other additional information and to submit one report to the Congress within three years and a second report within five years. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1994.
United States · United States Congress · 27 July 1989
Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to suspend, for a three-year period, the duty on N-amidino -3,5 - diamino -6-chloropyrazine-carboxamide monohydrochloride dihydrate (also known as amiloride hydrochloride).
United States · United States Congress · 27 July 1989
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, for a three-year period, the duty on (1) 3-Quinolinecarboxylic acid, 1-ethyl-6-fluoro-1, 4-dihydro-4-oxo-7-(1-piperazinyl) (Norfloxacin).
United States · United States Congress · 27 July 1989
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1992, the duty on a mixture of dimethyl phthalate, t-butanol, hydrogen peroxide, and sodium salicylate (chemical light activator blend).
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