United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1990
Older Americans' Freedom to Work Act of 1990 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to remove the limitation on the amount of outside income which beneficiaries who have attained retirement age may earn without incurring a reduction in benefits.
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1990
National Recreational Trails Fund Act of 1990 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish the National Recreational Trails Trust Fund (Fund). Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to pay into the Fund an amount equivalent to the off-highway recreational trail fuel taxes from the Highway Trust Fund. Requires the Secretary to use such amounts in the Fund to make grants to States for constructing and maintaining recreational trails. Establishes the National Recreational Trails Act Advisory Committee.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1990
Energy Policy and Conservation Act Amendments of 1990 - Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to extend all authorities granted under such Act through FY 1993. Directs the Secretary of Energy to amend the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) Plan to prescribe plans for completion of storage of one billion barrels of petroleum products in the Reserve. Extends to FY 1993 the period during which the President must implement petroleum acquisition, transportation, and injection activities until the quantity of crude oil in storage within the Reserve is at least such amount. Outlines the energy supply disruption conditions under which the execution of new petroleum contracts for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve may be temporarily halted. Declares that it is U.S. policy to encourage supplementation of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and other domestic petroleum product stocks by contracting for Supplementary Oil Reserve storage in domestic and foreign facilities. Authorizes the Secretary to contract for Supplementary Oil Reserve storage in non-SPR facilities and otherwise unused SPR facilities of petroleum products owned by any person or government. Subjects such stored products to the Secretary's existing drawdown and distribution authority.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1990
Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to prohibit the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration from refusing to issue or renew an airman's certificate, or terminate the employment of an airman, solely by reason of the airman's age if such person is under the age of 65.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1990
Designates March 23, 1990, as National Energy Education Day to promote and enhance energy education programs at all grade levels of public and private schools.
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1990
CRNA Payment Amendments of 1990 - Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to establish uniform national fee schedule payment rates for certified registered nurse anesthetist services.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1990
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to gradually eliminate differences in average standardized Medicare payments to large urban, other urban, and rural hospitals, based on methodologies developed by the Prospective Payment Assessment Commission and the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1990
Designates October 14, 1990, as Dwight D. Eisenhower Day commemorating the 100th anniversary of Eisenhower's birth. Requests Members of Congress who are members of the Dwight David Eisenhower Centennial Commission to make arrangements for a joint meeting of the Congress in commemoration of the centennial of the birth of Dwight David Eisenhower.
United States · United States Congress · 21 November 1989
Department of Energy High-Performance Computing Act of 1989 - Authorizes the Secretary of Energy to develop and implement a long-range plan for high-performance computing at the Department of Energy. Directs the Secretary to provide for the establishment of a national multi-gigabit-per-second computer network, to be known as the National Research and Education Network (NREN), to link government, industry, and higher education, and to accomplish other objectives. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to provide for: (1) research and development of high-performance computer software; and (2) the development of improved software tools and components to facilitate the development of software for high-performance computer systems. Directs the Secretary to define and provide advanced software technology support to research groups collaborating to address fundamental problems in science and engineering, with broad economic and scientific impact, requiring high-performance computing (Grand Challenge problems). Directs the Secretary to establish collaborative research groups concerned with a particular Grand Challenge and provide them with specified types of support. Directs the Secretary to establish: (1) programs to develop software tools and components to accelerate software development, especially for supercomputers; and (2) high-performance computing research centers to accelerate the development and application of new generations of high-performance computing technology. Authorizes appropriations for research and development on scientific Grand Challenges, development of advanced software technology, and high-performance computing research centers. Directs the Secretary to provide for support of research and development of high-performance computer systems. Requires, in addition, that the Department of Energy purchase early market and production model computer systems and subsystems for use in high-performance computing research centers and other research programs within the Department. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to address the long-term need for high-performance computing by supporting certain types of basic research, creating technology transfer mechanisms, and educating and training more researchers. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary to cooperate with, solicit help from, provide funds to, or enter into contracts with private contractors, industry, government, universities, or other entities in carrying out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 21 November 1989
Advanced Nuclear Reactor Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1989 - Directs the Secretary of Energy to implement a technology research and demonstration program for the generation of commercial electric power from nuclear fission. Mandates that such program include a Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) certification process for completed standard designs for commercial nuclear reactor facilities employing nuclear reactor technologies. Directs the Secretary to submit an annual status report to the Congress regarding the certification program. Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress the results of public hearings held to determine specified aspects of the research and demonstration program. Sets forth guidelines under which the Secretary is authorized to: (1) encourage the siting, licensing, financing, construction, and operation of facilities for the generation of commercial electric power from nuclear fission in regions where the Secretary finds a need for additional electric generating capacity; and (2) issue requests for implementation proposals. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1994. Requires the NRC to submit specific recommendations to the Congress for changes in the licensing requirements of commercial nuclear power reactors. Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress the results of a review of commercial nuclear reactor technologies in other nations. Requests the NRC to report to the Congress on any licensing problems associated with the commercial nuclear reactor technologies identified in the Secretary's report. Requires the Secretary to submit an annual status report to the Congress regarding the research and demonstration program.
United States · United States Congress · 21 November 1989
Amends the Controlled Substances Act to allow the imposition of the death penalty, when the crime does not involve killing, upon individuals found to be principal organizers of a continuing criminal enterprise involving the manufacture or distribution of large quantities of illicit drugs or if the criminal enterprise receives $10,000,000 from illicit drug operations. (Current law provides for mandatory life imprisonment.) Changes minimum sentences for crimes involving the killing of law enforcement officers. Amends procedures, guidelines, and aggravating and mitigating factors relating to the imposition of the death penalty.
United States · United States Congress · 20 November 1989
Benjamin Franklin Memorial Fire Service Bill of Rights Act - Title I: Minting of Benjamin Franklin National Memorial Commemorative Coin - Benjamin Franklin National Memorial Commemorative Coin Act - Provides for the sale of Benjamin Franklin commemorative coins at a surcharge of which 25 percent shall be paid to the Benjamin Franklin National Memorial and the remainder be distributed in specified percentages to the National Fire Center and Museum Account, the National Hero Scholarship Account, the Firefighter's Tuition Assistance Account, the Hazardous Materials Response Computer Account, the In Search of Excellence Research and Education Account, and the Burn Research Grant Account of the Firefighter Assistance Trust Fund (Fund). Prohibits the issuance of such coins from resulting in any net cost to the Federal government. Title II: Fire Service Bill of Rights - Fire Service Bill of Rights Act - Amends the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 to establish a fire service bill of rights. Establishes the National Fire Center and Museum in the District of Columbia to provide information about the fire service and safety to the public and fire services. Funds such museum exclusively through the Fund. Establishes a National Hero Scholarship to fund the higher education of the children or spouse of a deceased firefighter. Establishes a scholarship providing tuition assistance to firefighters for higher education in fire safety or protection. Authorizes the Administrator of the United States Fire Administration to use amounts in the In Search of Excellence Research and Education Account of the Fund to fund other specified programs under the Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974. Establishes the Firefighters Assistance Trust Fund. Places the National Academy for Fire Prevention and Control within the United States Fire Administration. Directs the Administrator to use funds from the Hazardous Materials Response Computer Account of the fund to procure computer equipment for fire services that want such equipment. Directs the Administrator to make a grant from the Burn Research Grant Account of the Fund to one national firefighter's burn foundation dedicated to reducing burn injuries. Requires the Administrator to prepare and make available to State fire marshals, upon request, a manual describing Federal procedures for disposing of surplus property and highlighting how fire services could obtain such property. Directs the Administrator to distribute to such marshals information on the infectious diseases to which firefighters are particularly vulnerable.
United States · United States Congress · 17 November 1989
Anaconda Mines Drainage Treatment Act of 1989 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to construct and maintain a water treatment plant to ensure that water flowing from Anaconda Mine sites near Butte, Montana, meet water quality standards. Provides that such plant shall be designed to treat the quantity and quality of effluent historically discharged from the Anaconda Mines. Authorizes the Secretary to operate and maintain the plant and perform sludge disposal directly or through contract with public or private entities. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 16 November 1989
Eliminates post-1968 service in the National Guard as a prerequisite to civil service retirement credit for former National Guard technicians. Amends the National Guard Technicians Act of 1968 to eliminate post-1968 service as a prerequisite for National Guard technicians for receipt of credit in the determination of length of Federal civil service for purposes of leave, Federal employees' death and disability compensation, group life and health insurance, severance pay, tenure, and status. Sets forth rules for applying provisions of this Act to affected individuals.
United States · United States Congress · 16 November 1989
Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to modify the maximum hour (overtime) exemption for employees of irrigation districts which handle water exclusively for agricultural purposes, by specifying that at least 90 percent of such water is to be ultimately delivered for agricultural purposes.
United States · United States Congress · 8 November 1989
Restructures repayment terms and conditions for loans made by the Secretary of the Interior to the Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts for the reconstruction of the Filene Center in Wolf Trap Farm Park in Fairfax County, Virginia.
United States · United States Congress · 3 November 1989
Agricultural Promotion Programs Act of 1989 - Title I: Soybeans - Soybean Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to issue an order (subject to producer referendum) creating a soybean promotion, research, and consumer education program. Requires any such order to provide for the establishment of: (1) a United Soybean Board; (2) State soybean boards; and (3) a Soybean Program Coordinating Committee. Funds such program through producer assessments. Authorizes appropriations. Title II: Cotton - Cotton Research and Promotion Act Amendments of 1989 - Amends the Cotton Research and Promotion Act to require the Secretary of Agriculture to propose and implement alternative cotton handler orders upon request by a cotton producer or producer organization, subject to producer referenda of approval. Requires each alternative order to establish a Cotton Board to administer the order. Title III: Pecans - Pecan Promotion and Research Act of 1989 - Directs the Secretary to issue orders to pecan growers, handlers, and importers with respect to pecan promotion and research. Requires any such order to establish a Pecan Marketing Board to carry out a coordinated program of research and promotion to strengthen the pecan industry's domestic and foreign market position. Funds such program through assessments: (1) on all pecans produced in, or imported into, the United States; and (2) deducted from the first payment made to a grower for all pecans sold to a first handler. Provides for a pecan producer referendum of program approval. Authorizes appropriations. Title IV: Mushrooms - Mushroom Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information Act - Directs the Secretary to issue orders to mushroom producers, importers, and first handlers with respect to mushroom promotion, research, and consumer information. Requires such an order to establish a Mushroom Council to administer the orders and support mushroom promotion, research, and consumer information projects. Funds such activities through assessments on producers and importers. Provides for a mushroom producer referenda for approval of such orders. Authorizes appropriations. Title V: Limes - Lime Research, Promotion, and Consumer Information Act - Directs the Secretary to issue orders to lime producers, handlers, and importers with respect to lime promotion, research, and consumer information. Requires such an order to establish a Lime Board to administer such orders. Funds such activities through assessments on producers and importers. Provides for lime producer referenda for approval of such orders. Authorizes appropriations. Title VI: Potatoes - Potato Research and Promotion Act Amendments of 1989- Amends the Potato Research and Promotion Act to extend coverage to all domestic and foreign potatoes. Directs the Secretary to propose and implement an alternative potato research and promotion plan, if requested by a potato producer or producer organization, subject to approval by a producer referendum. Requires such alternative plan to establish a National Potato Promotion Board including importer representatives as well as producer and consumer representatives. Provides for producer and importer assessments. Title VII: Honey - Honey Research, Promotion, and Consumer Information Act Amendments of 1989 - Amends the Honey Research, Promotion, and Consumer Information Act to permit one of the two current Honey Board importer seats to be filled by an exporter. Exempts from honey assessments an importer, producer, or producer-handler who handles less than 6000 pounds of honey annually all of which is used at home, donated, or distributed directly through retail outlets. Provides that: (1) patents, copyrights, inventions, publications, or product formulations developed with Board funds shall belong to the Board; and (2) any funds derived therefrom shall inure to the benefit of the Board. Provides for assessments to be deducted directly from honey price support loans. Title VIII: Vidalia Onions - Prohibits the labeling of any onions as Vidalia onions unless they meet specified standards. Title IX: Prohibition on Duty Drawback - Conditions eligibility for certain agricultural export benefits on the U.S. exporter's certifying that none of such domestic commodity exports shall be used as the basis for import drawbacks (reimbursement) under the Tariff Act of 1930. Requires U.S. vegetable oil or vegetable oil products exporters to comply with this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 31 October 1989
Declares that no person who is a retired regular officer of the U.S. armed forces, is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, has served on active duty in Vietnam, and has been awarded the Silver Star, Bronze Star, and Purple Heart shall be considered as holding a public office for purposes of provisions that require anyone who destroys public records to forfeit public office and be disqualified from holding office.
United States · United States Congress · 26 October 1989
Department of Energy Nuclear Facilities Act of 1989 - Title I: Offices of Environment, Safety, and Health and Waste Management and Environmental Restoration Within the Department of Energy - Establishes within the Department of Energy (DOE): (1) an Office of Environment, Safety, and Health to be headed by an Assistant Secretary; and (2) an Office of Waste Management and Environmental Restoration to be headed by an Assistant Secretary. Title II: Application of OSHA to DOE Nuclear Facilities - Directs the Secretary of Energy (the Secretary): (1) to publish a draft plan phasing in application of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to DOE nuclear facilities; and (2) to submit the final plan to the Congress within one year after enactment of this Act. Title III: Radiation Research - Directs the Secretary to appoint a Panel for Evaluation of Epidemiological Programs of the Department of Energy to evaluate DOE epidemiology programs and report its findings to the Secretary with respect to DOE epidemiology data management and research programs (including studies of the incidence, distribution, and control of disease occurring in connection with radiation or radionuclides). Sets forth the Panel's structure and provides for its termination after submission of its final report. Requires the Secretary to establish within DOE an Epidemiologic Data Repository containing specified data relating to employee exposure to radiation and radionuclides. Cites circumstances under which the Secretary must grant certain independent researchers access to epidemiologically relevant departmental raw data. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1995. Title IV: Radioactive Waste Remediation Research - Requires the Secretary to: (1) establish within DOE a comprehensive research, development, and demonstration program regarding state-of-the-art management of mixed wastes (part solid and part nuclear) generated at DOE nuclear facilities; (2) transfer to the private sector advanced technologies of such mixed waste management; and (3) designate a DOE national laboratory as a mixed waste technology research and development center. Requires such mixed waste technology program to include cost-shared private sector joint ventures and cooperative development. Directs the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to develop model standards and regulations for the disposal of mixed wastes generated at Department nuclear facilities. Directs the Secretary to provide funding for the development of such standards. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1995. Title V: Monitoring of Health and Radiological Conditions in the Northern Marshall Islands - Directs the Secretary to continue to maintain a comprehensive program of specified radiological contamination activities in the northern Marshall Islands and to report annually to the Congress. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991, 1992, and subsequent years. Title VI: Whistleblower Protection - Declares that the employee protection provisions of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 apply to DOE nuclear facility contractors and to their employees. Title VII: Mixed Hazardous Waste - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to declare that the definition of solid waste does not include: (1) certain source, special nuclear, or byproduct materials; and (2) waste emplaced in either a specified repository or Waste Isolation Pilot Plant. Title VIII: Nuclear Facilities Cleanup Compliance Agreements - Mandates that a nuclear facilities cleanup compliance agreements be negotiated within 12 months after the date of enactment of this Act among the Secretary, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and each affected State in which a noncomplying facility is located. Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress on any failure to reach such an agreement. Declares that in the event of such failure, the Attorney General or the affected State may institute an action in the appropriate Federal district court to determine the content of a compliance agreement. Declares such an action the exclusive means by which failure to reach agreement may be resolved. Declares that during the period in which a cleanup compliance agreement is pending neither DOE nor its nuclear facility contractors shall be liable for noncompliance with environmental laws. Mandates that fines and penalties collected by a State for nuclear facility violations of environmental laws may only be used for environmental protection measures at such facilities. Cites circumstances under which the Secretary may pay attorneys' fees incurred by an individual in connection with an action for violation of Federal or State environmental law.
United States · United States Congress · 24 October 1989
Directs that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit shall have jurisdiction to review by writ of certiorari all final decisions of the highest court of American Samoa in which a decision could be had. States that rulings of the courts of American Samoa shall be conclusive on questions of local law. Provides that an action in the nature of mandamus against the Secretary of the Interior which arises from the Secretary's duties in relation to the governance of American Samoa and which is properly brought in a U.S. district court may be brought only in the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii.
United States · United States Congress · 24 October 1989
Designates the week of December 3 through December 9, 1989, as National Autism Week. Designates 1990 as the National Silver Anniversary Year for the Autism Society of America.
United States · United States Congress · 19 October 1989
Title I: Capital Gains Provisions - Subtitle A: Reduction in Capital Gains Tax - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce the capital gains tax for noncorporate taxpayers. Establishes a scale for determining such deduction up to a maximum of 35 percent after owning assets for seven years. Provides for not taking into account net capital gain under the phaseout of the 15-percent rate and personal exemptions. Provides for recapturing the gain from disposition of certain depreciable property. Subtitle B: Alternative Capital Gains Rate for Corporations - Reduces the alternative capital gains tax for corporations by establishing a scale for determining such tax rate based on ownership of assets for three to 15 years. Subtitle C: Indexing of Certain Assets for Purposes of Determining Gain - Provides for indexing assets held for more than two years as an option for individuals who elect not to take advantage of the lower capital gains rate. Title II: Individual Retirement Plus Accounts - Allows individuals to establish individual retirement plus accounts with tax treatment similar to that for individual retirement plans. Makes contributions to such accounts nondeductible. Provides for qualified distributions from such accounts, other than for general retirement purposes, including special purposes distributions made for the purchase of a first home and for medical or educational purposes. Prohibits special purpose distributions from being made during the first five years of the account.
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 · 4 October 1989
Amends the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1988 to repeal provisions: (1) setting a cap on an individual's out-of-pocket expenses under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act; (2) establishing the Prescription Drug Payment Review Commission and outpatient drug study and reporting requirements; (3) creating the Federal Catastrophic Drug Insurance Trust Fund and the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Account; and (4) imposing a supplemental Medicare premium on Medicare beneficiaries whose tax liability equals or exceeds $150. Amends part A (Hospital Insurance) of the Medicare program to cover post-hospital extended care services for up to 100 days in a calendar year and other extended care services to the extent the Secretary of Health and Human Services finds will not result in an increase of Medicare expenditures or after the acute care nature of the benefit. (Currently, coverage of extended care services is provided for up to 150 days in a calendar year.) Modifies the methods of determining the coinsurance amount required of recipients of post-hospital extended care services. Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress by February 1, 1990, on reasons for the unexpected increase in cost estimates of Medicare extended care services, including recommendations for further modification of such coverage while the provision of long-term care benefits receives consideration. Limits Medicare drug benefits to immunosuppressants and home IV drugs. Provides for the annual adjustment of the Medicare part B premium in a manner which takes into account this Act's changes in catastrophic coverage. Requires Medicare supplemental insurance policies from which individuals terminated their coverage as of January 1, 1989, (or the earliest renewal date thereafter) to offer such individual a continuation of coverage under terms respecting treatment of pre-existing conditions and group rating of premiums which are at least as favorable as terms which existed on December 31, 1988. Directs the Secretary to: (1) take this Act's amendments into account in determining the payments to be made to health maintenance organizations; (2) require such organizations to adjust their agreements with Medicare beneficiaries in consideration of such amendments; and (3) notify Medicare beneficiaries of changes made by this Act's amendments.
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 · 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.