United States · United States Congress · 27 October 1990
Directs the Secretary of Energy to establish a replacement fuels development program which: (1) promotes the replacement of gasoline as a motor fuel with alternative motor fuels; (2) ensures the availability of replacement and alternative motor fuels; and (3) will have the greatest impact in improving air quality in urban areas, along transportation corridors, and nationwide. Prescribes program guidelines. Requires the Secretary to establish optimal replacement and alternative motor fuel production goals for 1996 and 1997 and to report to the Congress about program status. Prescribes minimum percentages of domestically produced replacement fuel to be sold in specified calendar years. Sets a deadline by which the Secretary must prescribe the minimum percentage of domestically produced replacement and alternative fuel which must be contained in the total annual gasoline sales by refiners for motor fuel use in certain years. Requires refiners and manufacturers to report annually to the Secretary regarding the amount of domestically produced replacement and alternative fuel sold. Requires the Secretary to promulgate regulations by a specified deadline regarding the exchange of marketable credits among: (1) refiners; (2) manufacturers of replacement fuels; and (3) distributors of alternative motor fuels sold in commerce for transportation purposes. Amends the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act with respect to average fuel economy standards to require the Secretary to not consider the fuel economy of alcohol powered automobiles or natural gas powered automobiles, and to consider dual energy automobiles and natural gas dual energy automobiles operated on gasolines and diesel fuel, to the extent that alternative motor fuel sales indicate that such fuels are being used to displace the use of gasoline and diesel fuel as a transportation fuel. Establishes civil penalties for violations of this Act. Authorizes appropriations. Requires the Secretary to issue regulations requiring gasoline retailers to have replacement motor fuels and nonpetroleum motor fuels to sell for the transportation needs of consumers. Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to report to the Congress on the environmental impact potential of developing replacement fuels and nonpetroleum motor fuels.
United States · United States Congress · 25 October 1990
Recognizes the important part the Alaska Highway played in the defense of our Nation and the settling of Alaska and the ever-important role it will inevitably play in our future. States that this highway should be maintained in a condition that encourages people throughout the Nation to travel it.
United States · United States Congress · 23 October 1990
Silver Coin Proof Sets Act - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to sell annually to the public sets of proof coins made of an alloy of 90 percent silver and ten percent copper. Requires the Secretary to obtain silver for such coins by purchase from stockpiles established under the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act and from Treasury stocks on hand.
United States · United States Congress · 18 October 1990
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should declare November 2, 1990, a national day of prayer for: (1) members of American military forces and American citizens stationed or held hostage in the Middle East, and for their families; and (2) American and Iraqi authorities to bring about a just resolution of the Persian Gulf crisis.
United States · United States Congress · 18 September 1990
Environmental Research Geographic Location Information Act - Directs the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to periodically identify at least 35 environmental research journals, conference proceedings, or other reference sources in which scientific research or engineering studies related to air, water, or soil quality or pollution or other environmental issues are published. Requires the review of at least 50 journals or proceedings. Directs the EPA to review such materials annually and to publish an index of the articles by geographic location. Requires the EPA to review the list of references at least biennially and to revise the list of sources, as appropriate. Provides that all reports resulting from EPA research projects shall indicate the specific location to which the research pertains. Requires all U.S. Government documents relating to the environment that are submitted to the National Technical Information Service to identify the location to which the document pertains. Directs the Service to submit to the Congress an annual bibliography of publications by geographic location. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 18 September 1990
Take Pride in America Act - Establishes within the Department of the Interior the Take Pride in America Office to: (1) establish a public awareness campaign to encourage responsibility toward, and promote participation in, caring for Federal, State, and local lands, facilities, and natural and cultural resources; and (2) conduct a national awards program to honor individuals and entities that have distinguished themselves in such activities. Sets forth administrative provisions concerning the Office. Authorizes the Office to use volunteers and to distribute pamphlets or other novelties to promote its purposes. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 10 September 1990
Amends the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 to direct the Secretary of the Interior (or the appropriate agency head) to promptly notify certain congressional committees upon receipt of an application for a right-of-way for pipelines 24 inches or more in diameter. Precludes granting such right-of-way until a notice of intention accompanied by detailed findings regarding proposed right-of-way conditions has been submitted to such committees (currently a 60-day waiting period is required).
United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1990
Transportation Investment and Trust Act of 1990 - Title I: Highway Account Authorizations - Amends the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 (the Act) to extend indefinitely the Interstate System program. Increases the FY 1993 authorization of appropriations for Interstate System construction. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1992 for interstate substitute highway projects. Amends the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1987 to authorize appropriations for FY 1992 and 1993 for specified Federal-aid highways projects. Increases the FY 1991 obligation ceiling for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction programs. Sets forth the obligation ceiling for FY 1992 for such programs. Reauthorizes through FY 1992 the bridge and strategic highway research programs. Title II: Mass Transit Account Authorizations - Amends the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 to authorize appropriations out of the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund for FY 1992 for urban mass transportation projects, including grants to States and local agencies for deployment of innovative methods in the operation of public transportation services, and grants and loans for special projects to meet the needs of the elderly and handicapped. Title III: Airport and Airway Authorizations - Amends the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 to extend through September 30, 1992, projects for airport development and planning. Authorizes appropriations from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund for FY 1991 and 1992 for: (1) air navigation facilities; and (2) research, engineering and development, and demonstration projects. Title IV: Deficit Calculation - Amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to exclude the receipts and disbursements allocable to the transportation-related operations of the Highway Trust Fund (including the Mass Transit Account) and the Airport and Airway Trust Fund from calculations of maximum deficit amounts.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1990
Declares that the Secretary of Transportation may authorize States with rural populations of 30 percent or more to exempt farm vehicle operators who operate within 600 miles of the farm where such vehicle primarily operates from the commercial driver's license program established under the Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986.
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1990
Energy Policy and Conservation Act Short-Term Extension Amendment of 1990 - Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to extend to September 15, 1990, authorities granted under the Act regarding domestic energy supply availability, including: (1) the Strategic Petroleum Reserve; and (2) the antitrust exemption allowing the major oil companies to coordinate use of oil supplies during times of oil shortages.
United States · United States Congress · 27 July 1990
Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to eliminate a requirement involving substantial documentary evidence for purposes of minimum wage order determinations for American Samoa.
United States · United States Congress · 26 July 1990
Christopher Columbus Quincentenary Commemorative Coin and Scholarship Endowment Act of 1990 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue a specified number of five dollar gold coins, one dollar silver coins, and half dollar clad coins emblematic of the quincentenary of the discovery of America. Sets forth certain features of such coins and provides for their design, issuance, and sale. Provides that such coins shall be considered legal tender. Requires that all sales of such coins include specified surcharges. Requires that all surcharges received from the sale of such coins be paid quarterly to the Christopher Columbus Quincentenary Scholarship Endowment Fund established by this Act. States that such Fund shall be maintained by the Quincentenary Scholarship Foundation to generate income for scholarships and secondary school summer programs for students with the potential to make lasting contributions in the disciplines of geography, foreign languages, and international affairs. Requires the Foundation to report annually on its activities to the Congress and the Secretary of Education.
United States · United States Congress · 19 July 1990
National Forest Hunter Safety and Protection Act of 1990 - Prescribes civil penalties for knowingly interfering with the conduct of a lawful hunt in a national forest or on lands affected with a Federal interest. Authorizes injunctive relief, the recovery of actual and punitive damages, and the awarding of attorney's fees. Grants hunting and sportsman's organizations standing to bring suit under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 18 July 1990
Fort Hall Indian Water Rights Act of 1990 - Ratifies the 1990 Fort Hall Indian Water Rights Agreement (the Agreement) between the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes, the United States, the State of Idaho, and non-Indian Snake River water users (represented by the Committee of Nine) to settle all water rights claims of the Tribes in the Upper Snake River Basin. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to implement the Agreement including provisions outlined by this Act for mitigating the adverse impact on the non-Indian water users through contracts for a specified amount of storage space in the Palisades and Rire Reservoirs to protect existing uses of River water. Gives the force and effect of law to specified portions of the Agreement with respect to the rights of the Tribes to: (1) transfer and lease the Tribal water rights confirmed in a decree (the Final Decree) by a District Court in Idaho; (2) rent the water accruing to Federal storage space held in trust for the Tribes in the Palisades and American Falls Reservoirs under the Michaud Act; and (3) use such water for instream flows for river reaches on or adjacent to the Fort Hall Reservation and up to a specified amount of storage water rights for instream flows in the reaches of the Blackfoot River. Amends the Michaud Act and Contract to authorize the uses of such rights. Limits the uses of all other Tribal water rights to within the Reservation. Authorizes and directs the Secretary to establish the Tribal Development Fund. Authorizes appropriations to the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) for the five fiscal years following enactment of this Act for payment to the Fund and disbursement by the Secretary to the Tribes upon request. Authorizes appropriations to BIA to meet the Government's share of the costs pledge under the Agreement for: (1) developing a Reservation water management system; and (2) acquiring for the Fort Hall Indian Irrigation Project lands and grazing rights to enhance the operation and management of the Project and provide collateral benefits to the Grays Lake Wildlife Refuge. Prohibits any funds authorized to be appropriated under such provisions from being distributed on a per capita basis to members of the Tribes. Provides that the Final Decree shall not be set aside by: (1) the Committee of Nine nor the State because of failure to apply for the storage space in the Palisades and Rire Reservoirs within one year of the enactment of this Act; or (2) the Tribes nor the United States for failure to appropriate the funds authorized by this Act or to acquire the grazing allotments adjacent to Grays Lake. Provides that when the Agreement is effective, the Tribes and the United States shall be deemed to have waived and released all water rights or claims to water rights from any source within the Upper Snake River Basin, other than those set forth in the Agreement or under State law for certain Indian lands. Provides that the water rights described in the Agreement and confirmed in the Final Decree are in full satisfaction of all water rights claims of members of the Tribes and allottees for certain Indian lands in the Upper Snake River Basin.
United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1990
Amends Federal law to include in the Nez Perce National Historical Park, Idaho, certain historical sites in the States of Oregon, Washington, Montana, Wyoming, and Oklahoma. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) acquire State and locally-owned lands or interests only by donation or exchange; and (2) purchase private lands or interests only on a willing seller basis. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1990
Amends the Federal Power Act to prohibit the granting of a Federal license for a hydroelectric project unless the applicant complies with all substantive and procedural requirements of the affected State in which the project is located with respect to water acquisition and use. Declares that the Act shall not be construed to constitute a preemption or intent to preempt procedural and substantive State law regarding water rights or water use.
United States · United States Congress · 22 June 1990
Designates the week beginning November 11, 1990, as National Disabled Veterans Week, in recognition of the contributions that disabled veterans have made to the welfare of the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 22 June 1990
Designates August 1, 1990, as Helsinki Human Rights Day. Authorizes and requests the President to: (1) reassert American commitment to the Helsinki Accords; (2) raise the issue of noncompliance with such Accords with any signatory nation which may be in violation; (3)convey to all signatories of such Accords that respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms is vital to progress in the ongoing Helsinki process; and (4) develop new proposals to advance the human rights objectives of the Helsinki process, including the self-determination of peoples.
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 1990
National Forest Plan Implementation Act of 1990 - Title I: Amending and Revising Plans - Amends the National Forest Management Act of 1976 (NFMA) to impose additional requirements for amending and revising forest plans. Title II: Status of Plans - Provides that, if a final forest plan is enjoined by a court, the immediately previous final version of such plan shall remain in effect. Title III: Implementation of Plans - Sets limitations on administrative appeals in addition to the Department of Agriculture's appeals regulations. Grants jurisdiction to the United States court of appeals for the circuit in which such national forest is located to review: (1) land and resource management plans; (2) documents establishing minimum management requirements in forests; and (3) action implementing a land resource management plan. Provides for tiering of environmental documentation and the achievement of the allowable sale quantity (ASQ) of timber on a forest-by-forest basis. Requires the Administration's budget request for each year beginning with FY 1992, to include a statement of what funds would be required to achieve 100 percent of the output specified for each forest with respect to its land and resource management plan.
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1990
Designates July 1, 1990, as Imported Oil Dependence Day. Requires the Secretary of Energy to report to the Congress, annually, on July 1, of the extent of the reliance of the United States on imported oil during the previous year, and the extent of its projected reliance for the coming year.
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1990
Economic Growth and Venture Capital Act of 1990 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce the individual and corporate capital gains rate from 34 percent to 15 percent. Reduces such tax to 7.5 percent for low- and middle-income taxpayers. Requires indexing, based on the gross national product deflator, of the adjusted basis of certain assets (corporate stock and tangible property that is a capital asset of property used in a trade or business) that have been held for more than one year at the time of sale or other transfer, solely for the purpose of determining gain or loss. Provides for indexing the limitation on capital losses of noncorporate taxpayers.
United States · United States Congress · 8 June 1990
Authorizes the Thomas Paine National Historical Association to construct on Federal land in the District of Columbia an appropriate monument honoring the American patriot, Thomas Paine.
United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1990
Pacific Northwest National Forest Act of 1990 - Establishes the following primary purpose land use designations in order to assure balanced multiple use of national forest lands and waters within Region Six (Pacific Northwest Region) of the National Forest System: (1) ancient forest protection area; (2) timber management area; (3) recreation area; (4) statutory wilderness area; and (5) other classification area. Prohibits the alteration of any designation sooner than 15 years after it has been made. Sets forth designation criteria and management requirements for primary purpose land uses. States that it is the intent of the Congress for the designation of ancient forest protection areas and statutory wilderness areas to provide all necessary protection of wilderness interests in Region Six. Provides for joint State and Federal management of timber management areas. Grants exclusive jurisdiction for review of Region Six forest plans and timber sales to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1990
Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the accession of Taiwan to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is in the best interest of the United States and of the world trading system and should be achieved prior to the end of the Uruguay Round; and (2) the United States should take the necessary steps to assure such country's membership in the GATT.
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