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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 · 18 May 1989
Designates June 21, 1989, as Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner Day. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Voting Rights Act of 1965 has helped to fulfill the promise of democracy in this Nation. Reaffirms the goal of removing remaining barriers to full voter participation in this Nation.
United States · United States Congress · 17 May 1989
Amends provisions of the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson Act) relating to determination of the total allowable level of foreign fishing in a fishery subject to the exclusive fishery management authority of the United States to remove references to involvement in that determination of fishery management councils and the Secretary of State. Requires that candidates for Regional Fishery Management Council voting membership seats reserved for a particular State be appointed only from a list submitted by the Governor of that State. (Current law allows appointment to reserved seats from a list submitted by the Governor of each applicable constituent State.) Allows staff members of the Council to be reimbursed for expenses. Revises procedures in connection with closed meetings of Councils or the scientific and statistical committees or advisory panels of Councils. Adds to the list of prohibited acts forcibly assaulting, resisting, intimidating, or taking other similar actions with regard to any observer on board a vessel under the Magnuson Act. Increases the maximum civil monetary penalty for violation. Includes such actions against an observer in the list of criminal offenses and increases the maximum monetary penalties for criminal offenses. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce or the Secretary of the Treasury, notwithstanding any other law, from sums received as fines, penalties, or forfeitures of property for violations of any provision of the Magnuson Act, to pay: (1) claims of parties in interest to property disposed of under provisions of the Tariff Act of 1930 relating to seizure and summary sale; and (2) reimbursement to any Federal or State agency for services performed or personnel, equipment, or facilities utilized for enforcement under specified provisions of the Magnuson Act. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the Magnuson Act for FY 1990 through 1992.
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1989
National Cooperative Research Act Extension of 1989 - Amends the National Cooperative Research Act of 1984 to include a joint manufacturing venture within the scope of such Act as an activity that shall not be deemed illegal per se under the antitrust laws.
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
Designates October 1 through October 7, 1989, as National Disability Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 16 May 1989
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the proposed export of technology, defense articles, or defense services pursuant to an agreement with Japan to codevelop or coproduce the Support Fighter Experimental (FSX) shall not be implemented until the President receives, and transmits to the chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, assurances from the Japanese Government that: (1) no Japanese personnel are involved with chemical weapons production in Libya; and (2) no assistance will be provided to the Libyan chemical weapons program by any Japanese corporation.
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 · 12 May 1989
Designates the week of February 11 through February 17, 1990, as Vocational-Technical Education Week.
United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1989
National American Indian Museum Act - Establishes within the Smithsonian Institution a memorial to Native Americans to be known as the National Museum of the American Indian to provide for the study, research, collection, and exhibition of Native Americans and their culture. Designates specified areas in the District of Columbia and New York City as the sites of facilities for the Museum. Requires establishment of a facility for the conservation and storage of Museum collections at the Museum Support Center in Suitland, Maryland. Authorizes the Smithsonian to: (1) provide for the transfer of certain assets of the Heye Foundation for the benefit and use of the Museum; (2) construct such facilities; (3) provide for acquisition of Native American objects and artifacts from museums or private collections; and (4) maintain or loan objects and artifacts in the Museum collection. Establishes the Board of Trustees of the Museum. Directs the Board to: (1) recommend annual budgets for the Museum; and (2) assist the Board of Regents on matters relating to the Museum. Grants the Trustees sole authority to: (1) dispose of and acquire additional Museum property; and (2) establish policy with respect to the utilization of the Museum collections. Grants the Trustees authority to: (1) establish policy with respect to restoration, preservation, and maintenance of Museum collections; (2) solicit funds for the Museum; (3) approve expenditures from the Museum's endowment; (4) advise the Museum's Director; (5) provide for the exhibition of Native American objects and artifacts; and (6) conduct research and evaluation and educational programs with respect to the Museum collections. Requires the Trustees to submit annual reports to the Board of Regents and the Congress. Requires the Foundation's employees serving at the time of the transfer to be offered employment by the Smithsonian. Authorizes the Board of Regents to: (1) designate affiliate museums of the Museum in certain U.S. regions and in Alaska and Hawaii; and (2) establish an advisory council within each such region or State to oversee Museum curation and acquisitions and to provide necessary technical assistance for such affiliate museums. Directs the Board of Regents to: (1) identify the geographic and tribal origins of the skeletal remains of Indians and Alaska Natives in the Smithsonian; (2) conduct a study and make recommendations as to the final disposition of such remains; (3) consult with Native American traditional religious leaders in making such recommendations; and (4) report to the Congress within three years after this Act's enactment on the identity of such skeletal remains and the findings and recommendation of such study. Pledges that the United States will provide the funds needed to maintain and operate the Museum. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1989
Farm Conservation and Water Protection Act of 1989 - Title I: General Provisions - Sets forth findings and policies regarding low-input agricultural production systems as alternatives to high-input systems. Subtitle A: Production Adjustment Programs - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 with regard to the 1990 crops of wheat, feed grains, upland cotton, and rice to consider as program crop acreage (for purposes of conservation use acreage farm crop acreage bases) the planting of legumes or small grain-legume mixtures as part of a resource-conserving crop rotation (erosion reduction, nitrogen fixing, agricultural chemical reduction). Requires with regard to such crops that vegetative cover be planted on all conservation use acreage. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to pay part of such costs, and requires the Secretary to pay 50 percent of such costs if an approved legume cover resource conserving crop rotation system is used. Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to direct the Secretary to enter into multiyear set-aside contracts with producers participating in production adjustment programs for each of the 1990 through 1995 crops of wheat, feed grains, upland cotton, and rice. Subtitle B: FmHA Programs - Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to expand the scope of soil and water conservation loans. Makes the conversion to and maintenance of low-input agricultural production systems eligible for operating loans. Subtitle C: Crop Insurance - Amends the Federal Crop Insurance Act to prohibit crop insurance discrimination against producers utilizing low-input agricultural production systems. Directs the Secretary to report to the appropriate congressional committees regarding such producers' crop insurance needs. Subtitle D: Low-Input Agricultural Production System Program - Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish a program to assist producers in adopting low-input agricultural production systems; and (2) develop related technical guides and provide grants for such purpose. Authorizes appropriations. Requires: (1) a producer to develop a farm management plan in order to receive such assistance; and (2) the Agricultural Soil Conservation Service and the Agricultural Extension Service to certify plan compliance. Requires the Secretary to make acreage limitation and price support adjustments for participating producers of the 1990 crops of wheat, feed grains, upland cotton, and rice. Provides specified Federal crop insurance premiums for such producers. Directs the Secretary to: (1) submit to the appropriate congressional committees a technical guide report and annual program reports; and (2) disseminate program information through the Agricultural Extension Service and State extension services. Title II: Conservation - Subtitle A: Wetland Protection and Restoration Program - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to direct the Secretary to establish a wetland restoration program based on permanent easement contracts and shared restoration costs. States that eligible land shall be wetland or converted wetland used as cropland not otherwise set aside in another Federal program (except for land in the conservation reserve program). Authorizes appropriations. Sets forth provisions with respect to easement contracts and responsibilities of the Secretary and the owners. Subtitle B: Wetland Conservation, Conservation Reserve Program, and Water Bank Program - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to extend through crop year 1995 and enlarge the conservation reserve program (CRP). Provides for the inclusion of tree acreage in the CRP, including highly erodible pasture land planted with trees. Requires where appropriate (current law authorizes) the Secretary to establish shelterbelts, windbreaks, and other conservation practices including wildlife and riparian corridors. Directs the Secretary to permit specified economic use options (livestock use, timber harvesting) if an owner agrees to permanently retire the cropland base and allotment history or give the Secretary a permanent conservation use easement of CRP land. Expands the scope of the appeals procedure under the highly erodible land conservation, wetland conservation, and the conservation reserve programs. Amends the Water Bank Act to permit the Secretary to enter into permanent conservation easement contracts under such Act. Title III: Water Protection - Subtitle A: Well Testing Program - Directs the Secretary to establish a well testing program to test for pesticide and nitrate contamination. Provides assistance for the development of groundwater protection plans and outreach programs in specified areas with pesticide-contaminated drinking water supplies. Subtitle B: Sinkholes - Directs the Secretary to carry out through the 1991 crop year a pilot program to conserve soil and water resources on cropland containing naturally occurring sinkholes. Title IV: Research and Extension - Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Agricultural Research Service and the Cooperative State Research Service should: (1) make low-input agricultural research a major priority; and (2) increase research in specified areas, including plant varieties, technology transfers, and pesticide residues. Establishes within the Extension Service a Farmers Conservation Service which shall assist producers to implement low-input agricultural production systems. Title V: Certified Organic Food - Directs the Secretary to establish an Organic Food Commission to determine the advisability of establishing a national program for organic food certification. Sets forth certification criteria. Title VI: Farmland Protection - Amends the Farmland Protection Policy Act to direct the Secretary to appoint a Special Assistant to carry out the provisions of such Act. Prohibits the conversion of farmland to nonagricultural uses by a Federal agency unless: (1) the Special Assistant and affected State and local governments review a project's effects on farmland and identify alternatives; and (2) no economically reasonable alternative exists. Requires the Secretary to submit to the appropriate congressional committees an update of the National Agricultural Lands Study.
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
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1989 - Title I: General Prohibition Against Discrimination - Declares that it shall be discriminatory, on the basis of disability, to deny opportunities or to afford them unequally, to provide opportunities less effectively (or differently or separately, unless necessary for effectiveness), to assist an organization or individual that discriminates, or to otherwise limit opportunities enjoyed by others. Prohibits the use of standards, criteria, or administrative methods that have the purpose or effect of discrimination or perpetuate discrimination. Declares it discriminatory to deny equal opportunities because of the relationship or association of an individual with another individual with a disability. Allows as a defense to a charge of discrimination that an application of standards or criteria has been demonstrated to be both necessary and substantially related to the ability of an individual to take advantage of the essential components of the opportunity, and that the taking advantage cannot be accomplished by reasonable accommodations, modifications, or the provision of auxiliary aids or services. Title II: Employment - Prohibits discrimination by any employer, employment agency, labor organization, or joint labor-management committee against any qualified individual with a disability in job application procedures, hiring or discharge, compensation, advancement, training, and other terms, conditions, and privileges of employment. Lists types of actions construed to be discrimination. Makes the remedies set forth in specified provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and other specified Federal law available to any individual who believes that he or she is being or is about to be subjected to discrimination in violation of this Act. Title III: Public Services - Declares that no qualified individual with a disability shall be excluded from the participation in, denied the benefits of, or subjected to discrimination by a State, or by an agency, political subdivision, or other instrumentality of a State. Lists types of actions deemed, for purposes of this Act and specified provisions of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, to be discrimination with regard to public transportation. Makes the remedies and rights set forth in specified provisions of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 available to any individual who believes that he or she is being or is about to be subjected to discrimination in violation of this Act. Title IV: Public Accommodations and Services Operated by Private Entities - Prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in the enjoyment of any place of public accommodation. Lists types of actions construed to be discrimination. Prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in public transportation services provided by a private entity that is primarily engaged in transporting people, but that is not in the principal business of air transportation. Lists types of actions construed to be discrimination. Makes specified provisions of the Fair Housing Act relating to enforcement available, subject to exception, to any aggrieved individual. Title V: Telecommunications Relay Services - Defines "telecommunications relay services" to mean services that enable simultaneous communication between individuals who use telecommunications devices for the deaf (TDDs) or other nonvoice terminal devices and individuals who do not use such devices. Declares it discriminatory for any common carrier that offers telephone services to the public to fail to provide interstate or intrastate telecommunication relay services that are equal to those provided to their customers who are able to use voice services, except in any State in which services are provided through an entity designated by the State. Declares it discrimination by a State that makes such a designation if the State fails to provide interstate or intrastate relay services that are equal to those provided to their voice customers. Makes specified provisions of the Fair Housing Act relating to enforcement available, subject to exception, to any aggrieved individual. Requires the Federal Communications Commission to enforce this title. Makes specified provisions of the Communication Act of 1934 apply with respect to the enforcement of this title. Provides for cease and desist orders by the Commission and for monetary penalties. Title VI: Miscellaneous Provisions - Prohibits retaliatory discrimination against any individual because of actions related to this Act. Declares that a State shall not be immune under the 11th Amendment to the Constitution from an action in Federal court for a violation of this Act. Requires the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board to issue minimum guidelines to supplement the existing Minimum Guidelines and Requirements for Accessible Design. Allows the awarding of reasonable attorney's fees, in certain circumstances, in any action or proceeding under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 1989
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Reorganization Act of 1989 - Divides the current U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit into the following two circuits: (1) the Ninth Circuit, composed of the States of Arizona, California, and Nevada, consisting of 19 judges, and holding regular sessions in San Francisco and Los Angeles; and (2) the Twelfth Circuit, composed of the States of Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Hawaii, and Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, consisting of nine judges, and holding regular sessions in Portland and Seattle.
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 1989
Prince William Sound Oil Tanker Navigation Safety Act of 1989 - Directs the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to initiate a rulemaking to require that all oil tankers entering and departing the Port of Valdez, Alaska, embark and disembark a pilot licensed in Alaska at locations that will ensure that pilotage of such tankers in certain areas is provided by such State pilots. Requires the Secretary to initiate a rulemaking to require every oil tanker transiting Prince William Sound, Alaska, except when its pilot is licensed in Alaska, to have a specified number of personnel on its navigation bridge. Amends the National Driver Register Act of 1982 to permit an individual who has applied for or received a license to operate a commercial vessel to request the chief driver licensing official of a State to transmit certain information regarding such individual to the Commandant of the Coast Guard. Sets forth specified requirements relating to the access to such information. Requires the Secretary to initiate a rulemaking to require each license applicant, including each license holder, to make available to such Secretary information regarding his or her motor vehicle driving record contained in the National Driver Register. Directs the Secretary to issue regulations to require periodic, as well as post-accident, testing for use of alcohol by operators of oil tankers within U.S. waters. Prohibits any person licensed to operate an oil tanker from doing so if he or she has: (1) been determined by the Secretary to have operated such tanker while impaired by or under the influence of alcohol; (2) been denied a motor vehicle license within the previous five years; (3) had such license cancelled, revoked, or suspended for cause within the previous five years; or (4) been convicted within the previous five years of specified offenses contained in the National Driver Register Act of 1982. Requires the Secretary to install an automated navigation light on Bligh Reef in Prince William Sound, Alaska. Directs the Secretary to: (1) install additional radar equipment and train such personnel with respect to Vessel Traffic Service Systems at the Port of Valdez and Naked Island, Alaska; and (2) submit to specified congressional committees a report on instituting Coast Guard control on oil tanker movements in Prince William Sound with the use of such Systems. Requires the Secretary to submit to specified congressional committees a report concerning: (1) the size and cargo capacity of oil tankers transiting Prince William Sound; and (2) an assessment on whether a double hull on such tankers could have prevented the Exxon Valdez oil spill. Requires the Secretary to issue final regulations requiring operators of such tankers transiting Prince William Sound to submit to the Secretary for approval a contingency plan for the prevention and cleanup of oil spills from their vessels. Sets forth specified items to be included in such plans. Provides for: (1) guidelines for maximum probable spills in Prince William Sound; (2) operation of oil tankers without an approved contingency plan; (3) the legal effect of such plans; (4) public awareness and practice drills with respect to such plans; and (5) action by the Secretary in the event of an oil spill in Prince William Sound. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish a Prince William Sound Oilspill Recovery Institute, to be administered by the Secretary of Commerce through the University of Alaska Institute of Marine Studies. Requires the Institute to conduct research and educational and demonstration projects with respect to the effects of oil spills on the environment and ways to deal with their cleanup. Declares that the policies of the Institute shall be determined by an Advisory Council composed of specified representatives from State and Federal agencies, with the Secretary of Commerce as Chairman. Directs the Advisory Council to establish an Advisory Committee composed of specialists in oil spill containment and cleanup technology from the University of Alaska and elsewhere. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 through 1999. Makes an "oil spill" a "major disaster" for purposes of disaster assistance under the Disaster Relief Act of 1974. Amends the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act to raise the limit on strict liability claims against the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Liability Fund for oil spills from $100,000,000 to $500,000,000. Increases the joint and several liability of vessel owners from $14,000,000 to $70,000,000. Sets forth specified requirements with respect to such Fund. Authorizes the Secretary to deny the right to transit Prince William Sound to any oil tanker that is operated in violation of this Act. Sets forth civil penalties.
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 1989
Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act Amendments of 1978 to increase the amount of the Offshore Oil Pollution Compensation Fund. Establishes a Research and Development Center to be administered by the Commandant of the Coast Guard and to conduct research and development on and support the prevention, containment, and cleanup of oil spills by tankers in U.S. navigable waters. Makes Fund moneys available for the Center. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to make available to the Secretary of Transportation such funds as considered necessary to carry out these provisions. Limits the amount of available funds. Provides that efforts to restore and enhance areas affected by oil spills shall be directed by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Establishes a Coastal Zone Restoration and Enhancement Fund for areas affected by oil spills. Requires the Administrator to expend from such Fund such sums as considered necessary for the restoration and enhancement of such areas' natural resources. Requires a one cent per barrel fee to be collected on each barrel of refined petroleum refined in, or imported into, the United States for deposit in such Fund. Terminates the collection of such fee when $500,000,000 has been accumulated in the Fund.
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 1989
Designates October as National Quality Month.
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 · 3 May 1989
Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) Japan has not lived up to the terms of the 1986 agreement regarding the Japanese semiconductor market; (2) the administration should convey this message to Japan; (3) the President, the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), the Secretary of State, and the Secretary of Commerce should seek full access to the Japanese market for semiconductors; and (4) the President and the USTR should take measures to achieve compliance with such agreement.
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 1989
Radon Mitigation Clarification Act of 1989 - Treats amounts paid for home improvements necessary to mitigate measured harmful levels of radon gas exposure as medical care expenses for purposes of the medical care expense income tax deduction.
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 1989
Grants a Federal charter to the Michael Jackson International Research Institute, a nonprofit corporation organized under the laws of California.
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
Veterans Compensated Work Therapy Program Improvements Act of 1989 - Amends the Veterans' Benefits and Services Act of 1988 to extend through FY 1994 a pilot program for the provision of care and treatment and rehabilitative services to homeless veterans suffering from chronic mental illness disabilities. Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in contracting for the provision of therapeutic and rehabilitative activities for veterans, to contract with any appropriate source, including a department or agency of the Government, for the provision of such services. (Currently, such contracts are limited to private industry or other sources outside the Department of Veterans Affairs.) Authorizes use of the Special Therapeutic and Rehabilitation Activities Fund of the Department for the payment of travel and related expenses necessary for the provision of such therapeutic and rehabilitative services or for the training of employees in the administration of such services. Authorizes the Secretary to purchase, lease, or otherwise acquire residential housing and operate each residence as transitional housing solely for veterans who are: (1) furnishing work therapy services to the Department; and (2) furnished therapeutic work. Outlines the following conditions for the operation of such transitional housing: (1) that homeless veterans have priority in filling housing vacancies; (2) that only qualified veterans and a house manager live in such residence; (3) that each resident (other than the house manager) pay the Department rent for the period of residence in such housing; (4) that, in the establishment and operation of such housing, the Secretary must comply with all local zoning, building, and other similar requirements; and (5) that the residence meet the State and community fire and safety requirements applicable to property used for similar purposes. Outlines further administrative provisions concerning: (1) qualifications and payment of house managers; and (2) suitable property for use as such transitional housing. Outlines provisions for the payment of the cost of such property used for such purposes. Requires the Chief Medical Director of the Department to be responsible for the management, maintenance, and disposition of such property. Directs the Secretary to prescribe: (1) reasonable rental rates for persons residing in such housing; and (2) appropriate limits on the period for which such persons may reside in transitional housing. Authorizes the Secretary to dispose of property no longer used for such purposes. Authorizes the use of the Special Therapeutic and Rehabilitation Activities Fund for the purchase of property to be used for transitional housing under this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to establish one or more nonprofit corporations to provide a flexible funding mechanism for the conduct of Department compensated work therapy programs for veterans (including homeless veterans) in such community or communities as the Secretary may designate. Regards such corporations as private nonprofit corporations for purposes of compliance with Federal laws. Provides that such a corporation shall be established solely to facilitate the conduct of work therapy programs for veterans. Requires such corporation to be considered under the Internal Revenue Code as a tax-exempt corporation within three years of its establishment or be dissolved by the Secretary. Requires funds received by the corporation to be transferred to the Special Therapeutic and Rehabilitation Activities Fund and used for its purposes. Outlines administrative provisions concerning the board of directors, general powers, and State law applicable to such nonprofit corporations. Requires all records of such corporations to be available to the Secretary. Requires corporations to submit to the Secretary an annual report providing a detailed statement of operations, activities, and accomplishments during that year. Requires annual independent audits of corporations. Requires each member of the board of directors and each employee of the corporation to be subject to all Federal conflict-of-interest laws and to certify annually to the Secretary that the director or employee has complied with all such laws. Directs the Secretary to submit an annual report to the Senate and House Veterans' Affairs Committees on the number and locations of such corporations established under this Act. Directs the Secretary, no later than February 1, 1992, to report to the Congress on the experience through the end of FY 1991 concerning the establishment and operation of such corporations. Prohibits any such corporation from being established after FY 1992. Directs the Secretary to transfer a specified amount of funds to the Special Therapeutic and Rehabilitation Activities Fund to be used for the continuation of the pilot program for the provision of care and treatment and rehabilitative services to homeless veterans suffering from chronic mental illness disabilities.
United States · United States Congress · 19 April 1989
Requires certain officers and employees of the Bureau of Economic Analysis to subject themselves to specified penalty provisions for wrongful disclosure of information before they may use information on international investment furnished under the International Investment and Trade in Services Survey Act. Amends such Act to prohibit the disclosure of any information that identifies the person who furnished it for the international investment survey.
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1989
Authorizes the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) to issue insurance or reinsurance, guarantee loans, or extend financing for eligible investors with respect to projects in Poland only if such projects are undertaken in conjunction with the nongovernmental sector in Poland. Requires OPIC to annually certify to the Congress that businesses in Poland with respect to which OPIC has undertaken any such activities do not violate any internationally recognized workers' rights. Prohibits OPIC from undertaking any such activities with respect to any project in Poland: (1) which fosters unfair competition with import-sensitive U.S. industries or leads to significantly adverse impacts on U.S. employment; or (2) until the Secretary of State has certified that the Government of Poland has enacted laws which significantly improve the operating conditions for private enterprises in Poland, including the reform of present laws governing joint ventures and the licensing of new businesses.
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1989
Designates October 7 through October 14, 1989, as National Week of Outreach to the Rural Disabled.
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1989
Designates February 18 through February 24, 1990, as National Visiting Nurse Associations Week.
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1989
Declares that it is a shared responsibility of both the public and private sectors at the Federal, State, and local levels to take the necessary steps to remove existing barriers to access to quality health care for every child and pregnant woman.
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1989
Commends the Bush administration's call for an immediate ceasefire in Lebanon. Condemns those parties unwilling to heed this call. Calls for: (1) the President to renew his efforts to obtain an immediate halt to the fighting in Lebanon; (2) the withdrawal of all foreign forces from Lebanon and the abolition of all militias within that country; and (3) Lebanese parties to commit themselves to internal reconciliation and free elections.
United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1989
United States Coinage Reform Act of 1989 - Requires that one dollar coins be gold colored, be at least 90 percent copper, and be fabricated in the United States from natural deposits located in the United States. Redesigns the obverse side of the dollar coin to symbolize the 500th anniversary of the discovery of the New World by Christopher Columbus. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to place such coins into circulation within 18 months. Directs the Secretary to conduct a study and report to the Congress on the advisability of phasing out production of the one-cent and 50-cent coins and of rounding cash sales to the nearest five cents.
United States · United States Congress · 13 April 1989
Agricultural Program Reporting, Recordkeeping, and Service Center Improvement Act of 1989 - Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to report to the appropriate congressional committees specific proposals to reduce agricultural program recordkeeping and paperwork requirements required of agricultural producers, including agricultural cooperatives. Requires a feasibility study of paperwork reduction through fee-based access to a computerized network utilizing electronic data transmission and video-conferencing.
United States · United States Congress · 13 April 1989
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the United States should pursue the establishment of a Pacific Basin Forum for the discussion of economic, diplomatic, and other issues unique to the Pacific Basin region; (2) the United States should encourage an exchange of proposals to promote free trade, economic development, and reduce military tensions in the region; and (3) the President should call for an annual summit meeting with the leaders of key Pacific Rim nations.
United States · United States Congress · 12 April 1989
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) ASEAN first asylum countries (defined to include any country which is a member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and which is the first to receive an individual seeking asylum) should reinstate the practice of providing refuge for all Vietnamese asylum-seekers, while carrying out the screening of such individuals; (2) the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees should be given early access to provide humane care to such asylum-seekers; (3) no repatriation of Vietnamese asylum-seekers should occur until an internationally approved mechanism is in place to guarantee that such individuals will not be subjected to persecution; (4) forced repatriation of refugees to Vietnam should not be considered a viable option; and (5) the United States should remain committed to, and urge its Western allies to implement or continue, a generous and humane Southeast Asian refugee resettlement policy.
United States · United States Congress · 11 April 1989
Federal Timber Export Restriction Act of 1989 - Prohibits any person who acquires unprocessed timber from Federal lands from exporting such timber from the United States. Sets forth civil penalties for violations under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 11 April 1989
Declares that the purpose of this Act is to implement the Bipartisan Accord on Central America of March 24, 1989. Authorizes the President to transfer to the Agency for International Development (AID) unobligated funds from specified defense appropriations accounts for: (1) humanitarian assistance (including transportation expenses) to the Nicaraguan Resistance to be available through February 28, 1990; and (2) operating expenses of AID. Limits the total amount of funds that may be transferred for such purposes. Requires the transportation of such assistance to be arranged solely by AID in a manner consistent with the Bipartisan Accord. Prohibits the transportation of any assistance not specified by this Act. Authorizes the President to transfer to AID an additional amount from the specified accounts for medical assistance for the civilian victims of Nicaraguan civil strife. Requires such assistance to be transported and administered by the Nicaraguan Catholic Church. Encourages the President to submit proposals for actions to: (1) provide additional economic assistance to the democratic countries of Central America; (2) facilitate the ability of Central American economies to grow through the development of infrastructure, expansion of exports, and increased investment opportunities; (3) provide a plan to assist Central American countries in managing debt; and (4) develop such initiatives in concert with Western Europe, Japan, and other democratic allies. Prohibits the obligation or expenditure of funds available under this Act to assist the Nicaraguan Resistance in military or paramilitary operations. Prohibits providing assistance under this Act to any group including an individual who has been found to engage in: (1) gross violations of internationally recognized human rights; or (2) drug smuggling or significant misuse of funds. Grants congressional oversight for assistance under this Act to specified congressional committees. Applies provisions of a specified Act concerning management and delivery of assistance to the Nicaraguan Resistance to assistance under this Act. Prohibits additional assistance to the Nicaraguan Resistance unless authorized specifically by a subsequent Act. Repeals title IX (Assistance for the Nicaraguan Resistance) of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1989. Requires the Secretary of State to report to the Congress on progress in the peace and democratization process, including the use of assistance under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 11 April 1989
Requires the Architect of the Capitol to establish and implement a voluntary program for recycling paper disposed of in the operation of the Senate.
United States · United States Congress · 7 April 1989
Animal Research Facilities Protection Act of 1989 - Makes it unlawful for any person to: (1) release, steal, or intentionally cause the loss of any research facility animal; (2) damage, vandalize, or steal any animal research facility property; (3) falsely obtain access to any research facility for unauthorized purposes; (4) break into a facility with an intent to destroy, alter, duplicate, or obtain unauthorized possession of records, equipment, or animals; (5) gain control over or to use the records, material, data, equipment, or animals of any such facility knowing or reasonably believing that they have been obtained by theft or deception; or (6) enter or remain on a research facility with the intent to commit an act prohibited by this Act. Imposes a $5,000 fine and/or one year imprisonment for violations of this Act. Provides for a private right of action for any research facility injured in its business or property by a violation of this Act. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture and the Attorney General to jointly conduct a study on the extent and effects of domestic and international terrorism on facilities in which animals are used for research, food production, exhibition, or pets and to submit a report on the results of such study to certain congressional committees.
United States · United States Congress · 6 April 1989
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend the targeted jobs income tax credit through 1992. (Under current law the credit will expire after December 31, 1989.) Amends the Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981 to authorize appropriations through FY 1992 in connection with the targeted jobs credit. Raises from 23 years to 25 years the age limitation with respect to economically disadvantaged youth targeted for credit purposes.
United States · United States Congress · 6 April 1989
Amends the Water Resources Research Act of 1984 to reauthorize the grant program for water resources research and technology institutes on a dollar-for-dollar matching basis for FY 1989 through 1993. Requires that such funds be used only for the reimbursement of direct cost expenditures incurred for the conduct of the water resources research program. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct an evaluation of each institute every five years to determine if it qualifies for further support. (Currently the Secretary must make such determination every four years.) Extends the authorization of appropriations for the grant program from FY 1989 through 1993. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 through 1993 only for the reimbursement of the direct cost expenses of additional research by institutes which focuses on water problems and issues of a regional or interstate nature beyond those of concern only to a single State and which relates to specific program priorities identified jointly by the Secretary and the institutes. Requires such funds when appropriated to be matched on a not less than dollar-for-dollar basis by non-Federal sources. Extends the authorization of appropriations from FY 1989 through 1993 for the matching grant research program concerning any aspect of a water resource-related problem which the Secretary deems to be in the national interest. Authorizes appropriations to extend the technology grant program from FY 1989 through 1993. Requires rules and regulations issued prior to the date of enactment of the Water Resources Research Act of 1984 to remain in effect until superseded by new rules and regulations promulgated under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 6 April 1989
Expresses the Senate's confidence, hope, and trust for those who will serve in the Senate during its third century.
United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1989
Educational Excellence Act of 1989 - Title I: Improving Elementary and Secondary Education - Part A: Presidential Merit Schools - Presidential Merit Schools Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to establish the Presidential Merit Schools Program to recognize and reward public and private elementary and secondary schools that have made substantial progress in: (1) raising student educational achievement, especially in reading, writing, and mathematics; (2) creating a safe and alcohol- and drug-free school environment; and (3) reducing the dropout rate. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1993. Authorizes State educational agencies (SEAs) to designate as a Merit School any public or private elementary or secondary school nominated through procedures established by the SEA. Sets forth requirements for selection criteria established by the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) and by SEAs. Provides that each Merit School will be awarded a Presidential Certificate of Merit, as well as funds to further its educational program. Prohibits Federal, State, or local reduction of other assistance to a school because it receives such an award. Part B: Magnet Schools of Excellence - Magnet Schools of Excellence Act of 1989 - Amends ESEA to establish the Magnet Schools of Excellence Program of grants to support public elementary or secondary schools that: (1) offer the highest quality instruction in an academic or vocational discipline or create a unique and effective learning environment; (2) are open to students from beyond the immediate school attendance area; and (3) are capable of attracting students from a variety of backgrounds. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1993. Sets forth criteria for selection of applications. Limits such grants to any one school to no more than two years and requires satisfactory progress in order to receive the grant for the second year. Prohibits Federal, State, or local reduction of assistance to a school because it receives such an award. Part C: Alternative Certification for Teachers and Principals - Alternative Certification of Teachers and Principals Assistance Act of 1989 - Amends ESEA to establish a program of assistance for Alternative Certification of Teachers and Principals. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990. Repeals this part as of October 1, 1990. Part D: Presidential Awards for Excellence in Education - Amends ESEA to establish the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Education Program to recognize and reward outstanding elementary and secondary school teachers. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1993. Makes any full-time public or private elementary or secondary school teacher of academic or vocational subjects eligible for such an award. Makes teachers of religion (other than religion as an academic discipline) ineligible. Allows various individuals, groups, or institutions to nominate teachers for such awards. Requires State panels to select award recipients using criteria approved by the Secretary. Sets the amount of such an award at $5,000, and allows the recipient to use it for any purpose. Part E: Effective Date - Sets the effective date of the amendments made by this title. Title II: National Science Scholars - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to establish the National Science Scholars Program to recognize student excellence and achievement in the physical, life, and computer sciences, mathematics, and engineering. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1993. Authorizes the Secretary to award scholarships to outstanding students selected as National Science Scholars by the President. Allows students who satisfy certain requirements to receive such scholarships for the first year of undergraduate study and, if they satisfy additional requirements, additional scholarships to cover the remaining undergraduate years. Directs the Secretary to appoint a panel of experts to recommend academic achievement criteria for use in the nomination of scholars. Sets forth requirements for initial and continuation awards. Sets the scholarship amount at $10,000 for an academic year, but reduces such amount based on cost of attendance and other grant or scholarship assistance, and adjusts for insufficient appropriations. Requires that scholarship recipients, to the extent they are otherwise qualified, be given priority consideration for federally financed summer employment in research and development centers. Title III: Other Programs - Amends the Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act of 1986 to establish a Drug-Free Schools Urban Emergency Grants program. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1993. Directs the Secretary to use program funds to award a small number of one-time grants to local educational agencies in urban areas with the most severe drug problems to assist them in developing and implementing comprehensive approaches to eliminating such problems. Amends HEA to authorize appropriations for FY 1990 through 1993 for special awards to historically Black colleges and universities. Makes institutions that receive such awards ineligible for other specified awards, and makes institutions that do not receive them eligible for those other awards.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1989
Designates October 1989 as Polish American Heritage Month.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1989
Designates the week of September 10 through September 16, 1989, as National Check-Up Week.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1989
Designates the week of June 4, 1989, through June 10, 1989, as National Intelligence Community Week.
United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1989
Amends the Arctic Research and Policy Act of 1984 with respect to the Arctic Research Commission to: (1) revise membership and administration provisions; (2) direct the Commission to recommend to the Department of State's Interagency Arctic Policy Group and the Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee means for developing international scientific cooperation in the Arctic; (3) require that the Commission publish a biennial statement of goals and objectives with respect to Arctic research to guide the Interagency Committee; (4) require the Commission to report annually to the President and the Congress on its activities and accomplishments (in lieu of including this information in the Interagency Committee report); and (5) require the Chairman of the Interagency Committee or other Federal official who receives a Commission recommendation to respond within 120 days, providing a detailed explanation of reasons if the recommendation is not adopted. Requires the Interagency Committee to report to the President and the Congress biennially rather than annually.
United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1989
Authorizes and directs the Secretary of the Interior to enroll certain individuals as Natives under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act and entitles such individuals to receive shares of stock in the Kenai Natives Association and Cook Inlet Region, Incorporated.