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United States · United States Congress · 21 June 1989
Social Security Notch Adjustment Act - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to establish a new alternative formula for computing the primary insurance amount (used in calculating the amount of OASDI benefits to which an individual is entitled) of workers born after 1916 and before 1927.
United States · United States Congress · 21 June 1989
Designates October 22 through October 28, 1989, and October 21 through October 27, 1990, as National Adult Immunization Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 21 June 1989
Expresses support for the President's commitment to achieving a verifiable strategic nuclear arms reduction (START) treaty with the Soviet Union. Encourages the United States and the Soviet Union to resolve the outstanding issues impeding progress toward successful conclusion of such a treaty. Calls upon the Soviet Union to take steps to rectify its violations of existing treaties, particularly the dismantling of the radar site at Krasnoyarsk. Urges the President to consult closely with the Senate and with America's allies as he proceeds with the START negotiations.
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 1989
Designates April 22, 1990, as Earth Day for public activities that promote global environmental preservation.
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 1989
Designates December 7, 1989, as National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day.
United States · United States Congress · 15 June 1989
Condemns the brutal treatment of, and blatant discrimination against, the Turkish minority by the Government of Bulgaria. Calls upon the Bulgarian authorities to cease all such discriminatory practices, release all those imprisoned because of their participation in nonviolent political acts, and honor its obligations concerning the right of all Bulgarians to emigrate. Urges the President and Secretary of State to make strong diplomatic representations to Bulgaria protesting its treatment of its Turkish minority and to raise this issue in all appropriate international fora.
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1989
Designates June 23, 1989, as United States Coast Guard Auxiliary Day. Authorizes the President to: (1) issue a proclamation commemorating the 50 years of Coast Guard volunteer service to enhance the safety of water-related activities; and (2) call for the observation of such day with appropriate ceremonies, educational activities, and boating safety achievement programs.
United States · United States Congress · 9 June 1989
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide a tax exclusion from the gross income of nonresident aliens for educational and training grants. Exempts certain amounts incident to such grants from withholding taxes.
United States · United States Congress · 8 June 1989
Refuge Revenue Sharing Fund Act of 1989 - Provides for the payment by the Secretary of the Interior into the Refuge Revenue Sharing Fund of undedicated receipts equal to the Fund shortfall for a fiscal year.
United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1989
Domestic Corporation Taxation Equality Act of 1989 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit, with specified exceptions, the States from imposing tax on corporate taxpayers on a worldwide unitary basis, unless a taxpayer unconditionally elects to be taxed that way. Includes an express prohibition against the unitary method with respect to a domestic corporation whose average U.S. payroll, property, and sales represent less than 20 percent of its total payroll, property, and sales. Permits a State to tax dividends received by domestic corporations from their foreign affiliates only to the extent that the State excludes from the tax base of the U.S. corporation: (1) at least 85 percent of such dividends; or (2) the portion of such dividends that effectively bears no Federal income tax after application of the foreign tax credit.
United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1989
Designates October 22 through October 28, 1989, and the last full week of October in following years as National Adult Immunization Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1989
Amends the Tax Reform Act of 1986 to delay until 1990 the effective date of the nondiscrimination requirements for benefits provided under certain employee benefit plans. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise such nondiscrimination requirements by requiring the taxation of the excess health benefits of a highly compensated employee. Excludes from such requirements certain students, certain elderly, and prisoners. Imposes an excise tax on employers or employer plans if an employee benefit plan fails to satisfy certain administrative requirements. Restores prior law with respect to nondiscrimination requirements of group-term life insurance plans. Authorizes an employer to elect to use current nondiscrimination rules for years beginning 1990 or 1991 as they apply to health plans and dependent care assistance programs. Revises provisions relating to the nontaxable benefits of employers of leased employees, dependent care assistance, and group-term life insurance provided to highly compensated employees.
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1989
Condemns the use of force by the People's Republic of China against unarmed advocates of democracy and human rights in China. Supports the President's actions, including suspension of all Government sales and commercial exports of arms to China. Praises the actions of American diplomatic personnel in China in seeking to insure the safety of American citizens there. Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) certain Chinese students studying in the United States should be granted permission to extend their stay; (2) applications to the Overseas Private Investment Corporation for the protection of investments in China and to the U.S. Export-Import Bank for the financing of trade with China should be reviewed; (3) U.S. departments charged with and considering liberalization of regulations relating to export licenses for sales to China should take into account the current situation; (4) the President should consult major U.S. allies to determine whether multilateral sanctions are necessary; (5) the President should inform the Congress of the results of his planned review of U.S.-Chinese relations and consult with the Congress on further actions to be taken; and (6) the Voice of America should increase its broadcasts to China.
United States · United States Congress · 2 June 1989
Designates the week of October 8 through October 14, 1989, as National Job Skills Week.
United States · United States Congress · 1 June 1989
Amends the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to permit Rural Electrification Administration borrowers to prepay Federal Financing Bank loans without penalties if: (1) private capital is used to replace or prepay such loans; and (2) any savings will be used to mitigate future rate increases, passed on to customers, or used to improve the borrower's financial strength. Permits such borrowers to refinance outstanding long-term Federal Financing Bank loans for a specified fee. Requires the borrower to obtain a change in the interest rate on such loan from its present level to the rate then in effect for new Federal Financing Bank loans.
United States · United States Congress · 31 May 1989
Designates the week of September 24, 1989, as Religious Freedom Week.
United States · United States Congress · 31 May 1989
Designates the week beginning July 23, 1989, as Lyme Disease Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 18 May 1989
Conservation Enhancement and Improvement Act of 1989 - Title I: Erosion Control - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to authorize an additional five-year period of crop base protection for conservation reserve program (CRP) land that continues to be put to conservation use after the expiration of the CRP contract. Extends multiyear conservation contract authority. States that highly erodible set aside land must not erode at rates greater than cropped land on the same farm. Requires that there be no net soil loss with respect to CRP contracts entered into after enactment of this Act. Title II: Wildlife Habitat Improvement - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to authorize multiyear wildlife habitat improvement contracts on a Federal-State cost sharing basis. Provides incentives to producers to use idled acreage for such purposes. Title III: Alternative Agricultural Practices and New Crops - Expresses the sense of the Congress that with respect to new farm legislation, alternative agricultural practices should be explored. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to initiate a program to certify State programs for labeling retail food products as having been naturally grown. Funds such program through fees from participating States. Title IV: Water Protection and Enhancement - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to make critical groundwater contamination areas eligible for the CRP, regardless of such land's erodibility. Establishes a wetland reserve program (WRP) to restore converted wetlands and adjacent areas to their natural state. Sets a minimum amount of 1990 enrolled acreage. Limits: (1) aggregate CRP and WRP acreage; and (2) Federal cost sharing. Amends the Water Bank Act to require waterbank contracts to include permanent wetland easements prohibiting: (1) commodity production (except for authorized haying and grazing); and (2) destruction or alteration of such lands. Authorizes appropriations. Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to prohibit the use of Farmers Home Administration (FmHA) loans for wetland drainage. Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to permit cropland to enter the CRP if crop production on such land would have a direct adverse effect on groundwater. Authorizes minimum impact agricultural use of such land. Directs the Secretary to establish a voluntary well water testing program. Authorizes appropriations. Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to apply wetland conservation provisions to idled cropland. Title V: Forest Protection and Enhancement - States that it is U.S. policy to maintain current forest levels by balancing forest destruction with forest renewal. Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to make shelter-belts and windbreaks eligible for the CRP regardless of such land's erodibility. Requires producers to agree to an easement on the land for the useful life of a shelterbelt or windbreak. Provides CRP hardwood tree planting incentives, including: (1) extended contracts and planting periods; (2) cost sharing and tree maintenance assistance; and (3) waiver of county cropland limitations. Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to prohibit the use of FmHA loans for forest clearing, except in cases of tree management or commercial harvesting. Directs the Secretary to upgrade urban forestry research, education, and technical assistance. Title VI: Miscellaneous - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to direct the Secretary to permit lands which are not highly erodible but which pose an on-farm or off-farm environmental threat to be enrolled in the CRP.
United States · United States Congress · 18 May 1989
Designates January 7 through January 13, 1990, as National Law Enforcement Training Week.
United States · United States Congress · 18 May 1989
Designates November 19 through November 25, 1989, as National Family Caregivers Week.
United States · United States Congress · 18 May 1989
Designates October 16, 1989, and October 16, 1990, as World Food Day.
United States · United States Congress · 18 May 1989
Amends rule XXVIII of the Standing Rules of the Senate to provide a point of order against provisions of a conference report alleged to be unconstitutional.
United States · United States Congress · 18 May 1989
Amends rule XXV of the Standing Rules of the Senate to revise current committee structure by designating the following standing committees of the Senate: (1) National Priorities; (2) Agricultural Policy; (3) Defense Policy; (4) Commercial Policy; (5) Economic Policy; (6) Energy Policy; (7) Environmental Policy; (8) Foreign Policy; (9) Governmental Policy; (10) Judicial Policy; (11) Social Policy; (12) Native American Programs; (13) Senior American Programs; (14) Veteran American Programs; and (15) Entrepreneurial American Programs. Maintains the committees on Rules, Ethics, and Intelligence. Sets forth procedures for making committee assignments. Provides that each standing committee shall be responsible for appropriations legislation.
United States · United States Congress · 18 May 1989
Welcomes steps taken toward institutionalizing a democratic process in the Soviet Union, with the convening on May 25, 1989, of a Congress of Peoples' Deputies from which members of the Supreme Soviet will be elected. Expresses the hope that this process will ultimately result in a reconstituted Supreme Soviet with access to the information needed to make policy and the power to make laws, approve and alter budgets, appoint and change government officials, and oversee security and military services.
United States · United States Congress · 18 May 1989
Commends the Flying Tigers for nearly 50 years of service to the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 17 May 1989
Designates August 8, 1989, as National Neighborhood Crime Watch Day.
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1989
Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act, with respect to the standards applicable for cleanup of hazardous waste at steel and aluminum manufacturing facilities, to require that groundwater correction measure standards be met at the facility's property boundary (rather than at the boundary of each individual solid waste management unit). Requires groundwater monitoring at facility boundaries and other locations. Requires the establishment by facility owners or operators of a fund to provide financial responsibility for monitoring and corrective measures for 30 years following cessation of operations.
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1989
Designates the month of November 1989 as National Diabetes Month.
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1989
Designates September 1989 as National Alcohol and Drug Treatment Month.
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1989
Expresses the sense of the Congress that legislation should be considered as soon as practicable that would equalize payments under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to rural and urban hospitals.
United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1989
Rural Capital Access Act of 1989 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) establish the Rural Capital Access Program to provide financial institutions with incentives to make rural business loans; and (2) establish the Rural Capital Access Fund to serve as a protective reserve account for such institutions. Authorizes FY 1990 through 1994 appropriations. Allocates State funds on the basis of rural population. Limits eligible loan amounts to $3,000,000. Sets forth program provisions, including initial program incentives of additional Federal contribution amounts and payment of claims with future contributions.
United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1989
White House Conference on Small Business Authorization Act - Directs the President to conduct a National White House Conference on Small Business once every six years to: (1) increase public awareness of the contributions of small business; (2) identify small business problems; (3) examine the status of minority and women small business owners; (4) assist small business in carrying out its role as the nation's job creator; (5) develop specific recommendations for executive and legislative action; and (6) review the status of recommendations adopted at the preceding Conferences. Directs Federal departments, agencies, and instrumentalities to provide support and assistance to the planning of such Conferences. Requires a final report of each Conference to the President and the Congress within six months from the date a Conference is convened. Requires the Small Business Administration to report annually to the Congress for the next three years on the status and implementation of Conference recommendations. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1989
Low-Income Housing Credit Act of 1989 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the low-income housing income tax credit (under current law the credit will expire after tax year 1989). Permits States a one-year carryover of unused credit authority. Assigns carryovers to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to allocate to eligible States applying for excess credit. Allows the credit only if an extended low-income housing commitment (beyond the current 15-year period) is in effect with respect to any building for the relevant taxable year. Describes procedures to effect transition to a non-low-income use in connection with such extensions. Permits the credit in connection with the acquisition of an existing building only if the taxpayer incurs rehabilitation expenditures of at least $3,000 per unit. Revises rent restrictions to: (1) declare unnecessary a required rent reduction below the initial rent if the median gross income of the area decreases; (2) permit higher rent if units are occupied by higher income individuals and the project has an operating deficit; (3) base income limitations on the number of bedrooms in a unit; and (4) use State median gross income in certain low-income housing status determinations. Broadens categories of existing buildings eligible for a waiver of the ten-year requirement for the low-income housing credit. Revises credit provisions relating to single-room occupancy units and special needs housing. Revises restrictions that limit credit benefits in connection with buildings financed with tax-exempt bonds and below market loans. Permits the credit to be allocated: (1) on a project basis; and (2) in connection with owner-occupied buildings of four units or less if a development plan is submitted. Directs housing credit agencies to adopt plans for allocating credit amounts among projects, prohibiting the credit with respect to any building not included in such a plan. Modifies at-risk rules in connection with buildings subject to the historic rehabilitation credit and those associated with financing provided by certain nonprofit organizations. Sets the tax credit rate on a semiannual basis rather than monthly. Increases the credit in connection with buildings in high cost areas (low-income census tracts or difficult development areas). Establishes special rules for determining the eligible basis and applying at-risk rules in connection with qualified buildings acquired in foreclosures.
United States · United States Congress · 10 May 1989
Designates the Labor Day Weekend beginning on September 2, 1989, as National Drive for Life Weekend. Calls on people to observe that weekend with a pledge to be responsible by driving sober.
United States · United States Congress · 10 May 1989
Designates September 15, 1989, as National POW/MIA Recognition Day.
United States · United States Congress · 10 May 1989
Recognizes the two centuries of service by the U.S. Coast Guard.
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 1989
Designates October 1989 and 1990 as National Down Syndrome Month.
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 1989
Declares that: (1) it is the sense of the Senate that child survival and development programs are to be commended; (2) the Senate reaffirms the goal of improvement of the survival rates, health, and development of people in all countries and urges the President to adopt this as a major priority; (3) the Senate urges the President to propose to the Secretary General of the United Nations that the Secretary General establish an independent advisory commission with regard to programs in primary health care, nutrition, basic education, and environment by members of the Grand Alliance for Children; (4) the Senate endorses the call for a representative World Summit on Children to provide a forum for governmental leaders to commit to specified goals; (5) the Senate endorses the goals of Universal Childhood Immunization by 1990 and Health for All by the year 2000; and (6) the Senate encourages the President to take a leading role in ensuring the convening of a World Summit on Children.
United States · United States Congress · 4 May 1989
Designates September 14, 1989, as National DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) Day.
United States · United States Congress · 4 May 1989
Designates the week of November 12 through November 18, 1989, as Geography Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 4 May 1989
Expresses support for the right of the Panamanian people to full democracy in Panama. Condemns the Noriega regime's attempts to curtail the rights of participation in the election process. Calls upon the Noriega regime to: (1) guarantee free and open access to polling places, public access to voting lists, and public tabulation of ballots; and (2) accord full access for electoral activities to the official U.S. observer team, the Carter-Ford election observer group, and other international observer teams. Urges President Bush to: (1) encourage other democracies to send international observer teams to Panama; (2) report to the Congress on the extent to which the May 7, 1989, elections in Panama were conducted in a free and fair manner; and (3) consult with the Congress on the future course of action for U.S. policy in Panama.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1989
Authorizes and requests the President to designate the weeks of November 19 through November 25, 1989, and November 18 through November 24, 1990, as National Family Week.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1989
Designates October 6, 1989, as German-American Day.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1989
Designates the week beginning October 8, 1989, as National Infertility Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1989
Congratulates the Council of Europe on the 40th anniversary of its founding and on its contributions to the process of democratic European unity. Wishes the Council success in its further work towards greater unity, based on democracy and human rights, among Europe's democratic nations.
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 1989
Provides for the establishment of categories of aliens who are subject to persecution in the Soviet Union or in Vietnam and therefore admissible as refugees into the United States. (Deems Jews and Evangelical Christians in the Soviet Union and Vietnamese registered with the Orderly Departure Program to be such categories.) Provides for the adjustment of status to refugee status for certain Soviet and Vietnamese parolees residing in the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 1989
Urges the people of the United States to buy American, and calls upon the President, the State Governors, mayors of municipalities, leaders of civic and consumer organizations, the mass media, and U.S. producers and manufacturers to promote consumer awareness of, and to identify, such American goods and services.
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 1989
Congratulates the United Jewish Appeal on its 50th anniversary.
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1989
Designates May 29, 1989, as the National Day of Remembrance for the Victims of the U.S.S. Iowa.
United States · United States Congress · 19 April 1989
Repeals estate tax provisions of the Revenue Act of 1987 and the Technical and Miscellaneous Revenue Act of 1988 with respect to the inclusion in the gross estate of the value of certain types of transfers with a retained life estate.