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United States · United States Congress · 3 October 1990
Amends the Defense Production Act of 1950 to extend its expiration date to October 20, 1990.
United States · United States Congress · 2 October 1990
Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) to: (1) provide benefits to widows or widowers who in good faith married unaware that their marriages were invalid and who lost their entitlement to benefits because another entitled spouse claimed those benefits; (2) waive the two-year waiting period after a divorce for divorced spouses who are eligible for dependent spouse benefits; and (3) continue disability benefits during appeal.
United States · United States Congress · 28 September 1990
Disability Determination Fairness Act - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) and title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to promulgate regulations which provide for the State Disability Determination Service to conduct personal appearance interviews of applicants with a mental, cardiovascular, or musculoskeletal disability who, on the basis of an initial disability determination by the Service, are subject to potentially unfavorable determinations of benefit eligibility. Grants an applicant who is denied benefits on the basis of such an interview an immediate right to appeal directly to an administrative law judge without going through the reconsideration stage.
United States · United States Congress · 28 September 1990
Provides direct Medicare (title XVIII of the Social Security Act) payments to hospitals for hospital-supported nursing or allied health education costs. Prohibits any reduction in Medicare payments to recoup such costs claimed for FY 1984 through 1990.
United States · United States Congress · 27 September 1990
Designates October 1 through 7, 1990, as National Nursing Home Residents' Rights Week.
United States · United States Congress · 25 September 1990
Comprehensive Deposit Insurance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act of 1990 - Requires Federal banking agencies to take specified steps to strengthen capital standards for insured depository institutions, including: (1) requiring enough capital to facilitate prompt corrective action to prevent loss to the Bank Insurance Fund (BIF) and Savings Association Insurance Fund (SAIF); and (2) improving risk-based standards and controlling interest-rate risk. Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to direct the Securities and Exchange Commission to facilitate the development of accounting principles for insured depository institutions that: (1) accurately reflect the economic condition of such institutions; and (2) facilitate effective supervision and prompt corrective action to resolve troubled institutions' problems at no cost to the BIF or SAIF. Mandates that the accounting principles applicable to insured depository institutions shall be no less conservative than generally accepted accounting principles. Permits the banking agencies to prescribe more conservative accounting principles than generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) to meet the purposes of this Act. Prohibits an insured depository institution from making any capital distribution if it would be undercapitalized as a result. Requires an undercapitalized insured depository institution to submit a capital restoration plan within the time-frame established by the appropriate Federal banking agency. Specifies plan contents. Prohibits a Federal banking agency from accepting a capital restoration plan unless each company having control of the insured depository institution guarantees its compliance with the plan until the capital standards have been satisfied for 12 consecutive months and the institution provides appropriate assurances of performance. Mandates the establishment of deadlines by Federal banking agencies for plan submission and review. Prohibits an undercapitalized insured depository institution from increasing its total assets. Sets forth asset growth restriction guidelines. Authorizes banking agencies to set forth certain restrictions upon an undercapitalized insured depository institution that fails to submit an acceptable capital restoration plan within agency-set limits (or that fails in any material respect to implement a plan accepted by the agency). Prohibits an undercapitalized insured depository institution from making certain compensation or bonus payments to its executive officers if it fails to: (1) submit an acceptable capital-restoration plan within agency-set deadlines; or (2) implement a capital-restoration plan accepted by the banking agency. Mandates that Federal banking agencies specify by regulation "critical capital levels" so that problems of insured depository institutions can be resolved at no cost to the BIF or SAIF when the institution's capital falls below that level. Requires the concurrence of the Federal Deposit Insurance Agency (FDIC) for any critical capital level that is less stringent than that specified by the FDIC for State nonmember insured banks. Prohibits an insured depository institution from making any payments of principal or interest on its subordinated debt unless it has capital sufficient to meet the critical capital level after making such payment. Mandates that the appropriate Federal banking agency: (1) appoint a conservator or receiver within 30 days after an institution's capital falls below the requisite critical level; and (2) place specified restrictions upon such institution's activities. Exempts institutions for which a conservator or receiver has been appointed. Requires banking agencies to monitor: (1) undercaptialized insured depository institutions; and (2) compliance with capital-restoration plans and restrictions (including periodic reviews). Requires the inspector general of the appropriate Federal banking agency to report to the Comptroller General and the FDIC with respect to: (1) the agency's supervision of an insured depository institution which has caused a loss to either the BIF or the SAIF; and (2) why the agency failed to resolve the institution's problems at no cost to either insurance fund. Requires public disclosure of such report. Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, the Bank Conservation Act, and the Home Owners' Loan Act to cite as additional grounds for appointment of a conservator or receiver of a depository institution: (1) inability to achieve capital compliance standards by selling shares or obligations; (2) non-compliance with capital standards; (3) failure to submit an acceptable capital-restoration plan within the prescribed time-frame; (4) material failure to implement a capital-restoration plan; and (5) failure to achieve prescribed critical capital levels. Authorizes the Comptroller of the Currency to appoint a receiver for national banks on the same non-compliance grounds. Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to authorize: (1) a banking agency to appoint the FDIC as sole conservator or receiver of any insured State depository institution; and (2) the FDIC to appoint itself as conservator or receiver for insured depository institutions to prevent loss to the affected deposit insurance fund. Requires each appropriate Federal banking agency to conduct an annual on-site examination of each insured depository institution under its purview. Exempts from such requirement institutions for which a conservator or receiver has been appointed. Authorizes the use of private contractors for such examinations. Provides that commitments made to specified regulatory agencies to maintain the capital of an insured depository institution may be enforced under this Act. Authorizes the FDIC to restrict any activity of insured banks that poses a significant risk to the affected deposit insurance fund. Prohibits an insured State bank and its subsidiaries from engaging as principal in any activity that is impermissible for a national bank and its subsidiaries, unless specified conditions have been met. Prohibits an insured depository institution from accepting deposits: (1) from unlicensed intermediaries; (2) unless it is in compliance with prescribed capital standards; or (3) for which it pays interest rates significantly exceeding those paid to non-intermediaries. Directs the FDIC to: (1) prescribe licensing regulations for intermediaries; and (2) establish a telephone verification system for customers to ascertain whether an intermediary is licensed. Authorizes the FDIC to promulgate regulations governing specified transactions between insured depository institutions and intermediaries. Directs the FDIC to satisfy its obligations to an institution's insured depositors according to guidelines for the least possible long-term cost to the affected deposit insurance fund. Provides that an affiliate of an insured depository institution shall be liable to the FDIC for up to a specified maximum of such institution's assets if the FDIC either: (1) incurs a loss in connection with such institution; or (2) provides assistance to an institution in danger of default. Authorizes the FDIC to: (1) establish a risk-based assessment system for insured depository institutions; or (2) obtain private reinsurance covering a specified maximum loss incurred by the FDIC with respect to such institutions; (3) base an institution's assessment rates on the cost of reinsurance; (4) establish separate risk-based and capital-based assessment systems for BIF and SAIF members; and (5) establish a capital-based assessment system for insured depository institutions. Prohibits deposits from being insured on a pro-rata or pass-through basis except for certain tax-exempt trusts and individual retirement arrangements. Requires all deposits at insured depository institutions to be registered under a taxpayer or employer identification number. Sets forth guidelines for the calculation of the amount of deposit insurance. Directs the FDIC to aggregate the amounts of all deposits in an institution registered under the depositor's taxpayer identification and to deduct any offsets. Sets forth guidelines for the certification of noninsured national non-member banks and State banks as insured depository institutions. Mandates that the financial status reports required of insured depository institutions with certain assets include: (1) estimates of the aggregate market value of assets and liabilities and the resulting estimated net worth and supporting data and assumptions used in preparing the estimates; and (2) disaggregated reports of assets, including participation in highly-leveraged transactions, holding of noninvestment grade securities, commercial and industrial loans by sector, and other assets as specified by the appropriate Federal banking agency. Requires each depository institution to submit reports to the appropriate banking agency regarding: (1) the names of holders of more than five percent of the insured institution's equity securities and the maximum amount of securities held by each such holder during the preceding quarter; and (2) a description of activities conducted by the institution and its subsidiaries that are not permitted for national banks or for bank holding companies, with data on the magnitude of the activity. Makes such reports available to the public. Mandates that Federal banking agencies report annually to the Congress regarding: (1) the estimated number and aggregate assets of insured depository institutions likely to fail in the ensuing three years; (2) how insured depository institutions and their subsidiaries conduct activities not permitted for national banks or for bank holding companies; (3) the number and assets of insured depository institutions in various stages of solvency and capitalization; and (4) the extent of compliance with cease-and-desist orders, supervisory agreements, and capital restoration plans. Requires the FDIC to include in its annual status report to the Congress certain information pertaining to failed depository institutions and institutions which are either on the problem bank list or likely to be on it. Sets forth guidelines for confidential access by the Comptroller General and the Congressional Budget Office to a banking agency's: (1) internal rating list of institutions; and (2) list of troubled institutions. Directs the Comptroller General to: (1) review the oversight by the Federal banking agencies with respect to required reports of conditions; and (2) audit the failure estimates contained in specified reports. Requires an uninsured depository institution to disclose its uninsured status clearly and conspicuously on signature cards, passbooks, periodic statements of account, and in all advertising. Exempts from the disclosure requirements certain institutions not accepting retail deposits. Directs the Securities and Exchange Commission to facilitate the development of: (1) disclosure guidelines for the purpose of accurate financial status disclosure and prompt corrective action to resolve troubled institutions' problems at no cost to the BIF or the SAIF; and (2) interpretive guidelines of accounting standards for the early disclosure of problem loans, and to prevent delay in recognizing losses that may result in loss to the BIF or the SAIF.
United States · United States Congress · 24 September 1990
Deposit Insurance Funds Flexibility Act of 1990 - Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to direct the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to set assessment rates for insured depository institutions at such times as the FDIC determines in its sole discretion to be appropriate. (Currently such rates must be set annually.) Directs the FDIC to announce any assessment rate changes at least 30 days before the effective date. Eliminates the maximum percentage threshold for the designated reserve ratio. Authorizes the FDIC to determine an assessment rate for Bank Insurance Fund members and Savings Association Insurance Fund members which is appropriate to maintain the statutory designated reserve ratio (or to restore the reserve ratio to the designated reserve ratio within a reasonable time after taking into account certain considerations). Specifies a minimum assessment rate. Permits semiannual assessments. Changes from mandatory to discretionary the authority of the FDIC to prescribe an assessment credit to Bank Insurance Fund members and Savings Association Insurance Fund members if the reserve ratio is expected to exceed the designated reserve ratio for the succeeding year. Authorizes the FDIC to obtain financing through the sale of obligations to the Federal Financing Bank.
United States · United States Congress · 24 September 1990
SSI Independence Act for Elderly and Disabled Americans - Amends title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) of the Social Security Act to exclude from an SSI recipient's income in SSI eligibility and benefit determinations, contributions of clothing and other contributions, other than cash paid directly to the recipient, which are for the purchase of social services, vocational rehabilitation services, medical care, transportation, educational services, personal assistance or attendant care services, and certain services or equipment related to the quality and livability of his or her shelter. Excludes a trust created for an SSI recipient's benefit from such recipient's resources if such recipient does not have access to the trust's assets. Excludes funds or property placed in a trust for an SSI recipient's benefit from such recipient's income. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide notices and pamphlets to SSI applicants and recipients informing them of the consequences various actions affecting their income and resources will have on their SSI and Medicaid (title XIX of the Social Security Act) eligibility. Deems SSI applicants who lost disability benefits under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act after their trial work period to have received SSI benefits while still eligible for OASDI disability benefits and therefore qualify for participation in the SSI work incentive program (providing Medicaid and special SSI cash benefits to disabled individuals whose earnings otherwise make them ineligible for SSI and Medicaid benefits) if they meet SSI income, resource, and disability tests. Provides that reviews to determine the continuing disability of participants in the SSI work incentive program need to be conducted no more frequently than once every 12 months. Excludes spousal income in determining a disabled and working individual's eligibility for participation in the SSI work incentive program. Precludes the attainment of age 65 from serving as a basis for the termination of Medicaid eligibility under the SSI work incentive program. Requires that State supplementary cash payments to the needy include participants in the SSI work incentive program. Excludes impairment-related work expenses from the income of an individual who is eligible for SSI and OASDI disability benefits but receives only State supplementary payments. Treats royalties from the publication of an individual's work and scholarships which have not been used for education expenses as earned income.
United States · United States Congress · 20 September 1990
Designates October 8 through 12, 1990, as Youth Space Education Week.
United States · United States Congress · 19 September 1990
Better Health Protection for Mothers and Children Act of 1990 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require States to extend Medicaid coverage to all children under age 19 whose family income is below the Federal poverty level. Eliminates resource eligibility tests for pregnant women and children. Continues a child's coverage for a minimum of one year regardless of any change in family income. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop Medicaid payment methodologies for obstetrical and pediatric services and obstetrical and pediatric inpatient hospital services on the basis of the methodologies used for determining payments for physician and hospital services under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act. Requires that the Secretary consider establishing a global fee for pregnancy-related services. Requires States to set Medicaid payment rates for obstetrical services and pediatric services for infants under age one no lower than the rates established under the new payment methodologies. Provides for the partial implementation of the new payment methodologies if the revenues raised pursuant to this Act are not sufficient to cover the additional expenditures caused by this Act's amendments. Sets the Federal share of additional Medicaid payments resulting from this Act's payment reforms and expansion of Medicaid eligibility at 100 percent through 1993, decreasing such share each year thereafter so that by 1997 the regular Federal-State Medicaid cost allocation will apply. Increases the Federal excise tax on cigarettes. Directs the Secretary to enter into agreements with several States for the conduct of demonstration projects testing the effect of alternative strategies on the cost and quality of Medicaid services to pregnant women and children, including: (1) selective contracting with community providers, with financial incentives for the delivery of high quality, cost-effective, managed care; (2) the use of non-physician providers; and (3) the use of case-management techniques to coordinate services for pregnant women.
United States · United States Congress · 19 September 1990
Amends the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986 and the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 to make permanent certain provisions providing for a limited waiver of liability of hospices, skilled nursing facilities, and home health services for Medicare payments for services for which Medicare coverage is later denied.
United States · United States Congress · 17 September 1990
Designates the month of October 1990 as Country Music Month.
United States · United States Congress · 14 September 1990
Designates the third week of February 1991 as National Parents and Teachers Association Week.
United States · United States Congress · 13 September 1990
Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to provide that the annual assessment rate for Bank Insurance Fund members shall be the rate the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Board of Directors in its sole discretion determines to be appropriate to either: (1) maintain the reserve ratio at a level equal to the designated reserve ratio; or (2) restore the reserve ratio to the designated reserve ratio if it is less than that. Sets forth a minimum annual assessment for each member. Directs the FDIC to set assessment rates from time to time for insured depository institutions. (Currently such rates must be set annually.) Sets forth semiannual deadlines by which the FDIC must announce any change in the annual assessment rates.
United States · United States Congress · 13 September 1990
Designates October 22 through 28, 1990, as International Parental Child Abduction Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 12 September 1990
Money Laundering Enforcement Amendments of 1990 - Title I: Termination of Charters and Insurance - Amends the Revised Statutes, the Home Owners' Loan Act, and the Federal Credit Union Act to prescribe procedures for revoking the charters of national banks, savings associations, and credit unions convicted of certain money laundering or cash transaction reporting offenses. Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the Federal Credit Union Act to: (1) prescribe procedures for terminating the insured status of State depository institutions or credit unions convicted of certain money laundering or cash transaction reporting offenses; and (2) revise procedures for removing institution-affiliated parties and personnel involved in currency reporting violations. Amends Federal law to authorize access by State financial institution supervisors to currency transactions reports. Title II: Money Laundering Enforcement - Amends Federal law to direct the Secretary of the Treasury (the Secretary) to: (1) prescribe regulations requiring each depository institution to report to the Secretary certain non-bank financial institution customers for identification purposes; and (2) transmit such reports to appropriate State financial institution regulatory agencies. Authorizes a civil money penalty for violation of such reporting requirements. Amends Federal criminal law to prescribe seizure and forfeiture procedures (including imprisonment for parties involved in an illegal money transmitting business). Amends the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 to prohibit financial institutions and their employees from disclosing the existence of a special reporting order to any person except as prescribed by the Secretary. Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to promulgate regulations requiring businesses that engaged in funds transfers to maintain (and make available to the Secretary upon request) records of payment orders (including international transactions). Amends the Right to Financial Privacy Act of 1978 to authorize a Federal agency to transfer financial records to the Secretary solely for criminal investigative or prosecutive purposes related to money laundering. Directs the Secretary to report to certain congressional committees the advantages and disadvantages of changing the size, denomination or color of U.S. currency for money laundering enforcement purposes. Requires the Attorney General to report to the Congress the extent to which compliance with money laundering statutes would be enhanced by issuing prosecutorial guidelines. Title III: Truth in Savings - Truth in Savings and Investments Act - Provides that any advertisement, announcement, or solicitation initiated by any depository institution or by any other entity may not include a reference to a specific rate of interest on any account other than the annual percentage yield. Defines "annual percentage yield" as the total amount of interest that would be received on a $100 deposit based on a specified method of compounding and crediting interest. Specifies that any advertisement, announcement, or solicitation containing a reference to such annual percentage yield must state clearly and conspicuously: (1) the period during which such annual percentage yield is in effect; (2) all minimum account balance and time requirements; (3) the minimum initial deposit required; (4) that regular fees or other conditions could reduce such yield; and (5) that a penalty shall be imposed for early withdrawal. Authorizes the Federal Reserve Board (Board) to exempt advertisements, announcements, or solicitations made by any broadcast or electronic medium, outdoor advertising display, or advertising display on the premises of the depository institution from the disclosure statements relating to regular fees or minimum deposit amounts if the Board finds that any such disclosure would be unnecessarily burdensome. Prohibits any depository institution from advertising an account as a free or no-cost account if: (1) there are minimum balance or limited transaction requirements to avoid fees; or (2) there is any service fee, transaction fee, or similar charge imposed for such account. Prohibits any institution from making any advertisement, announcement, or solicitation that is inaccurate or misleading or that misrepresents its deposit contracts. Requires each depository institution to maintain a schedule, written in clear and plain language, of fees, charges, interest rates, and terms and conditions such as minimum balance and time requirements applicable to each class of accounts offered. Requires that such schedule be disclosed to potential customers and requesting individuals and mailed to account holders. Requires depository institutions to notify current account holders of their right to request an account schedule containing terms, charges and interest rates if such account receives a statement on a quarterly or more frequent basis. Requires that account holders receive 30 days' advance notice of any change to be made in any term or condition required to be disclosed in the schedule if the change might reduce the yield or adversely affect any account holder. Directs the Board to require modified disclosure requirements concerning the annual yield on variable rate accounts, multiple rate accounts, guaranteed-rate accounts that mature in less than one year, and accounts for which the interest rate is not guaranteed. Requires a depository institution to provide each of its account holders a periodic statement containing clear and conspicuous disclosures of: (1) the average daily balance in the account; (2) the applicable periodic rate or rates; (3) the number of days during the period; (4) the amount of interest earned; and (5) any fees or charges imposed. Requires the use of the average daily balance method in the determination of an account balance for purposes of calculating interest. Exempts credit unions from such requirements under specified circumstances. Requires a depository institution to calculate the amount of interest on an interest-bearing account based on the full amount of principal in the account for the stated calculation period at the rates of interest disclosed pursuant to the requirements of this Act. Specifies that such requirement shall not be construed as prohibiting or requiring the use of any particular method of compounding or crediting of interest. Directs the Board to provide for public notice and comment on, and to publish, model forms and clauses for common disclosures required by this Act. Provides for the enforcement of this Act and the civil liability of a depository institution that fails to comply with requirements of this Act. Sets forth limitations on such liability and factors to be considered by the court in determining class action awards. Provides that an institution may not be held liable for a violation if the institution demonstrates that the violation was not intentional and resulted from a bona fide error, or if the institution makes a notification of and an adjustment for errors within a specified time. Establishes U.S. district court jurisdiction and a one-year statute of limitations for actions brought under this Act. Directs the National Credit Union Administration to provide for the similar regulation of credit unions. Amends the Investment Company Act of 1940 to require the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to: (1) consult with the Federal Reserve Board to review specified regulations to determine whether they are providing consumers the ability to compare effectively savings and investment options; and (2) modify those regulations where necessary. Specifies that the provisions of this Act: (1) do not supersede disclosure requirements of State laws, except to the extent they are inconsistent with this Act; and (2) shall supersede any provisions of State laws relating to the determination of the balance on which interest is calculated. Amends the Expedited Funds Availability Act to authorize the Federal Reserve System to extend by one business day the time by which cash or government checks deposited in a depository institution must be made available for withdrawal if the receiving depository institution cannot reasonably make the funds available for withdrawal on the business day following the business day of deposit. Decreases from six to four business days the time by which certain deposits made at nonproprietary automated teller machines (ATM) must be made available for withdrawal. Extends from 1990 to 1994 the applicability of current deposit withdrawal guidelines at a nonproprietary ATM. Expands the scope of exceptions to next-day availability schedules to include certain government and depository institution checks. Authorizes the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to allocate the risk of loss and liability in connection with the payment system among the States and their political subdivisions as well as depository institutions. Amends the Truth in Lending Act with respect to home equity loans disclosure requirements to include a statement of the margin that applies under the credit plan. Title IV: Counterfeit Deterrence Act of 1990 - Amends the Federal criminal code to: (1) specifically include electronic means for the acquisition, recording, retrieval, transmission, or reproduction of any obligations or other securities of the United States within the proscriptions against counterfeiting and forgery; (2) set penalties for the unauthorized possession of distinctive paper (defined to include any distinctive medium of which currency is made) or distinctive counterfeit deterrent (including any ink, water, seal, security thread, or other feature or device which the Secretary of the Treasury designates as being of value in preventing the counterfeiting of U.S. obligations or other securities). Prohibits the reproduction by electronic means of illustrations of obligations or other securities unless authorized by the Secretary of the Treasury. Title V: Coin Redesign - Amends Federal law regarding the minting of coins to mandate design changes to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the U.S. Constitution and specified constitutional concepts. Directs the Secretary to deposit any profits received from the sale of uncirculated and proof sets of coins into the general fund of the Treasury to reduce the national debt.
United States · United States Congress · 12 September 1990
National Emergency Anti-Profiteering Act of 1990 - Prohibits profiteering with respect to essential commodities following a presidential declaration of a national economic emergency. Establishes criminal penalties and civil remedies for such profiteering (including disgorgement of all profits earned). Sets forth guidelines for the duration of a national economic emergency. Authorizes the Congress to terminate by passage of a joint resolution the designation of a national economic emergency or of the essential commodities with respect to which it exists. Provides for judicial review of the President's determination regarding either an emergency or essential commodities.
United States · United States Congress · 12 September 1990
Designates November 18 through 24, 1990, as National Adoption Week.
United States · United States Congress · 11 September 1990
Provides the following services or benefits for members of the armed forces serving under arduous conditions (as determined by the Secretary of Defense) pursuant to a temporary deployment for an operational emergency: (1) the deposit of pay and other allowances as part of a savings program for overseas personnel; (2) special pay relating to imminent danger; (3) exemption from payment for military meals sold at mess to personnel and their dependents; (4) mailing privileges; and (5) a basic allowance for subsistence. Authorizes the provision of a variable housing allowance for members of the reserves called to active duty for a period of less than 140 days under specific conditions other than during a war or national emergency. Removes the limitation on the payment allowed for unused accrued leave in the case of members, reserve members, or retired members called to active duty under specific conditions other than during a war or national emergency. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income payments received for active military service during any part of which such member: (1) served in a dangerous foreign area; or (2) was hospitalized as a result of wounds, a disease, or an injury incurred while serving in a dangerous foreign area. States that such exclusion shall not apply to compensation exceeding $2,000 received by a commissioned officer in any month.
United States · United States Congress · 10 September 1990
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay three named individuals a specified sum in full satisfaction of all claims they may have against the United States for calendar years 1980 through 1984.
United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1990
Employee Educational Assistance Act of 1990 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the income tax exclusion of amounts paid under employee educational assistance programs. (Under current law the exclusion expires for taxable years beginning after September 30, 1990.) Repeals provisions that deny assistance for graduate work.
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1990
Amends the Railroad Retirement Solvency Act of 1983 to extend for two years provisions for the transfer of tier two railroad retirement benefit taxation revenues from the general fund of the Treasury to the Railroad Retirement Account.
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1990
Declares that the foster care and supplemental security income payments received by four named individuals on behalf of the foster children under their care shall not be included in their gross income in the taxable years in which such payments were received. Allows such individuals to file a claim for credit or refund within one year after enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1990
El Salvador Military Aid Reduction and Restrictions Act of 1990 - Limits the amount of military assistance for El Salvador for FY 1991. Prohibits the provision of such assistance if the President reports to the Congress that: (1) the Salvadoran Government has declined to participate in negotiations for a permanent settlement and cease-fire to the armed conflict; (2) the Salvadoran Government has failed to support an active role for the United Nations Secretary General in mediating such settlement; (3) the Salvadoran Government has failed to conduct an investigation into, and prosecution of those responsible for, the murders at the University of Central America; (4) the Salvadoran military and security forces are engaging in violent acts against civilians or are failing to control such activities by elements subject to their control; or (5) the Salvadoran Government's representatives are not negotiating in good faith in the United Nations-sponsored negotiations with the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN). Provides for the resumption of such assistance pursuant to a law enacted by the Congress. Withholds 50 percent of military assistance allocated for FY 1990 and 1991 and of unobligated assistance for prior fiscal years. Releases such assistance only if: (1) the FMLN have declined to participate in settlement negotiations or have refused to accept the Secretary General's role in such settlement; (2) the survival of the Salvadoran Government is being jeopardized by FMLN actions; (3) proof exists that the FMLN is continuing to acquire significant shipments of lethal military assistance from outside El Salvador; (4) the FMLN is engaging in violent acts against civilians or is failing to control such activities by elements subject to its control; or (5) the FMLN representatives are not negotiating in good faith in the United Nations-sponsored negotiations with the Salvadoran Government. Prohibits U.S. assistance to El Salvador if the elected head of the government is deposed by military coup or decree. Provides for the resumption of such assistance pursuant to a law enacted by the Congress. Establishes the Demobilization and Transition Fund to assist in monitoring a settlement of the conflict and in demobilizing combatants in such conflict and aiding their transition to peaceful pursuits. Makes amounts in the Fund available only if the President notifies the Congress that a permanent settlement of the conflict has been reached. Transfers withheld military assistance to the Fund on the date of such notification or on September 30, 1991, if no notification has occurred. Authorizes the delivery of U.S. military assistance to the Salvadoran armed forces only with the prior approval of the elected president of El Salvador. Directs the Secretary of State, through agreement with the National Endowment for Democracy or other qualified organizations, to establish a program to strengthen democratic political and legal institutions in El Salvador. Makes available economic support fund assistance for such program. Earmarks a specified amount for elections monitoring. Withholds a specified amount of military assistance for El Salvador until the President reports to the Committees on Appropriations that the Salvadoran Government has pursued all legal avenues to bring to trial those responsible for the murders of certain land reformers, peasants, priests, and unionists.
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1990
Commends the President for his initial actions with respect to Iraq. Urges the President to seek the full and unconditional withdrawal of Iraqi forces from Kuwait and to impose: (1) against Iraq unilateral sanctions applicable to countries which engage in a consistent pattern of human rights violations; and (2) a sustained freeze of Iraqi assets and a ban on U.S. exports to Iraq. Urges the President to achieve collective international sanctions against Iraq, to include: (1) a cessation of all arms shipments and military technology to Iraq; (2) a cessation of trade with Iraq and a worldwide freeze on Iraqi and Kuwaiti assets; (3) a suspension of all economic development activities within Iraq; (4) the imposition of a full economic blockade under the United Nations Charter; and (5) additional multilateral actions involving air, sea, or land forces as necessary to maintain or restore international peace or security.
United States · United States Congress · 31 July 1990
Designates November 4 through 11, 1990, as National Key Club Week.
United States · United States Congress · 27 July 1990
Title I: Export Administration Act Amendments - Export Administration Act Amendments of 1990 - Amends the Export Administration Act of 1979 to declare that it is U.S. policy, in light of the developments in the Soviet Union and the emerging democracies of Eastern Europe, to: (1) relax East-West controls on exports multilaterally and to support the elimination of certain licensing requirements as agreed to at the Coordinating Committee (CoCom) High Level Meeting, 6-7 June 1990; and (2) further the relaxation of such multilateral controls by implementing a Core List and other specified measures. Requires the Secretary of Commerce to report to specified congressional committees on the implementation of the decontrol agreements reached in the CoCom Meeting. Requires CoCom approval before goods and technology removed from the export control list can be placed back on such list. Requires the Secretary to consider the actions of other CoCom members in approving or denying export licenses and seek to ensure that U.S. exports are not placed at a competitive disadvantage when implementing the national discretion and favorable consideration procedures reached in the agreement at the CoCom Meeting. Provides for the approval or denial of license applications for the export of goods or technology subject to such procedures. Declares that it is U.S. policy that licensing treatment of a controlled country should be revised in cases where such country: (1) represents a lesser strategic threat; and (2) implements effective export control systems. Requires the Secretary, if non-CoCom countries that maintain export restrictions comparable to those of CoCom members cease to maintain such restrictions, to restrict or terminate any favorable treatment to exports to such countries comparable to the favorable treatment given to exports to CoCom members. Requires the President to apply import and government procurement sanctions for a specified period if he determines that a foreign person from a non-CoCom country has violated a national security export control pursuant to either a negotiated export restriction agreement or an export control system maintained by a controlled country receiving expanded licensing benefits because of its recognition as a lesser strategic threat. Includes as a possible sanction the revocation of any previously issued export license and the denial of all export privileges. Declares that it is U.S. policy to encourage the export of telecommunications equipment for civil uses to foreign countries, including Czechoslovakia, Poland, and Hungary when verifiable end-use assurances have been provided by such countries. Declares that as of December 31, 1991, no permission may be required for the export or reexport of goods or technology to or from a CoCom country. Authorizes the Secretary to require permission for the export or reexport of such items in the case of: (1) unreliable end users; (2) exports controlled by special multilateral control arrangements; or (3) countries where permission to reexport such items is specifically required. Authorizes the issuance of distribution licenses for the export of goods to distributors or users in all foreign countries, including controlled countries. Declares that, in specified circumstances, approval shall be presumed for license for export to a controlled country of any controlled goods, without regard to their technical specifications, for trade show purposes. Declares that any license for the export of goods or technology shall also authorize the export of operation technical data related to such items, whether or not such data is referenced in such license, if the technical level of such data does not exceed the minimum level necessary to maintain the items. Requires the Secretary to propose regulations which revise or replace the Processing Data Rate used in part to determine licensing requirements for computers other than supercomputers. Requires goods and technology on the control list and subject to export controls to reflect multilateral control agreements reached by CoCom. Requires the Secretary to review the control list in order to consider proposals for decontrol of such items and to serve as a basis for U.S. proposals for revision of CoCom's International Industrial List. Requires the Secretary, in a list review of goods or technology that have become obsolete with respect to U.S. national security, to incorporate into the review process an indexing analysis that: (1) provides a technical justification for possible increases in the performance levels of such items; and (2) sets minimum levels of technology below which no permission to export should be required. Requires incorporation of indexing analysis results into U.S. proposals to CoCom unless they will adversely affect U.S. national security. Requires the Secretary to review annually the performance levels of goods or technology: (1) below which exports (currently, to China) require only notification of CoCom members; (2) which are supercomputers subject to security safeguard procedures; and (3) which are eligible for favorable consideration by CoCom. Requires the Secretary to report indexing analysis results annually to the Congress, together with a justification for rejection of any such results not incorporated into the U.S. proposals to CoCom. Makes the Secretary a member of the permanent U.S. delegation to CoCom. Requires the Secretary and the Secretary of Defense to report to specified congressional committees on the implementation of a dispute resolution procedure. Prohibits inclusion of goods or technology on both the control list and the United States Munitions List. Requires all goods or technology lawfully seized by Department of Commerce employees as a result of violations of the U.S. export control laws to be forfeited to the United States. Authorizes the President to impose, extend, or expand controls for foreign policy reasons only if he determines that specified criteria have been met. Declares that it is U.S. policy that the Secretary of State should address the threat to U.S. interests from ballistic missile proliferation, should renegotiate multilateral arrangements: (1) restricting technology with direct missile application from reaching undesirable end-users; and (2) increasing the number of countries participating in missile technology control. Requires the Secretary of State to negotiate with other countries regarding restrictions on: (1) the export of goods and technology for foreign policy reasons; (2) the proliferation of chemical and biological weapons; and (3) the export of the dual use components of such weapons and their delivery systems. Directs the Secretary to list dual-use goods and technology and require export licenses for them unless the importing country implements effective missile technology export controls. Urges denial of such licenses for export to certain countries. Requires the President to impose specified sanctions against foreign persons who knowingly attempt to export, import, or obtain certain dual use items on the Missile Technology Control Regime Annex for the purpose of assisting the development of missiles capable of delivering chemical, biological, or nuclear weapons in countries of concern to the United States. Authorizes the President to waive such sanctions if it is essential to U.S. national security. Expresses the sense of the Senate that no U.S. controlled exports to the Soviet Union may be licensed for sale by U.S. exporters until the President certifies to the Congress that such country has entered into negotiations with Lithuania for its self-determination. Declares that it is U.S. policy that export licensing preferences for China should be eliminated and that access to dual-use goods and technology representing proliferation concerns should be restricted. Authorizes appropriations for the Department of Commerce for FY 1991 and 1992. Extends the Export Administration Act of 1979 through 1992. Title II: Export Promotion - Amends the Export Administration Amendments Act of 1985 to authorize appropriations for FY 1991 and 1992 for the Department of Commerce for specified export promotion programs. Amends the Export Enhancement Act of 1988 to authorize the Secretary to designate up to 12 (presently, eight) U.S. missions at which the senior Commercial Service Officer will be able to use the diplomatic title of Minister-Counselor. Requires the Secretary, for every year in which the United States fails to achieve a merchandise trade surplus, to send the Congress a report that: (1) analyzes ways to increase U.S. exports; (2) assesses barriers to such exports in Japan, industrialized countries in East Asia, the European Community, Eastern Europe, and Latin America; and (3) describes means to improve and increase assistance to small- and medium-sized exporting firms. Requires the Secretary to develop and submit to the Congress a five-year export market development strategy. Directs specified Federal agency officials to develop a pilot program to increase cooperation between the agencies in providing export assistance to small businesses. Amends the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 to require the Export-Import Bank to expend all amounts appropriated to the interest subsidy payment program for payments to commercial lending institutions and other lenders with respect to loans made by such lenders to support the export of U.S. goods and services. (Currently, the Bank has only discretionary authority to expend such amounts.) Extends such program through 1992. Authorizes appropriations. Requires the Bank to establish a program that provides guarantees for the sale of defense articles and services to Japan or NATO countries. Declares that Congress finds that many human rights violations occur in Yugoslavia. Requires the Secretary of State to submit to specified congressional committees a report explaining why Bank funding for exports to Yugoslavia has not been restricted or denied under the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945. Increases from 12 to 15 the number of members to be appointed to the Bank's Advisory Committee. Title III: Export Sanctions and Iraq - Prohibits: (1) the sale to Iraq, and the issuance of licenses for the export to Iraq, of any item on the U.S. Munitions List; (2) the export to Iraq of any goods or technology on the Export Administration Act of 1979 control list; (3) extension of credit or credit guarantees to Iraq through the Export-Import Bank or the Commodity Credit Corporation; and (4) all forms of assistance to Iraq under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (other than medical and humanitarian assistance) and the Arms Export Control Act. Authorizes the President to waive such sanctions if a certain certification is made to the Congress. Declares that the Congress calls upon the President to seek multilateral cooperation to: (1) deny dangerous technologies to Iraq; and (2) induce Iraq to respect internationally recognized human rights.
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 · 25 July 1990
Employee Benefits Simplification Act - Title I: Nondiscrimination Provisions - Amends the Internal Revenue Code with respect to employee benefit plans. Redefines the term "highly compensated employee" for pension, profit sharing, and stock bonus plans, etc., purposes. Makes such employee one who is a five-percent owner or who has compensation from the employer in excess of $50,000. Provides a special rule where no employees are treated as highly compensated. Redefines "compensation" to mean, in general, the amount of wages shown on the W-2 form for the calendar year. Allows self-employed individuals to use their earned income amount. Includes the following deferrals as those which an employer may elect to take into account when determining salary reduction contributions: (1) deferred compensation plans of State and local government and tax-exempt organizations; (2) contributions to an employee trust; and (3) trusts for benefit payments funded by employer contributions. Permits an employer to elect to use base pay for all purposes, other than indentifying highly compensated employees, in lieu of W-2 compensation. Provides that the cost of living adjustment with respect to any calendar year is based on the increase in the applicable index as of the close of the calendar quarter ending September 30 of the preceding calendar year. Requires the rounding of such amounts to the nearest $1,000, except that elective deferrals and elective contributions to simplified employee pensions are to be rounded to the nearest $100. Provides that the minimum participation rule applies only to defined benefit pension plans. Requires such plans to benefit not less than 25 employees, or the greater of 40 percent of all employees or two employees (or if there is only one employee, such employee). Sets forth alternative methods of meeting nondiscrimination requirements for cash or deferred arrangements, including specified contribution and notice requirements. Sets forth alternative methods of satisfying the nondiscrimination test for matching contributions. Revises the method for distributing excess contributions to highly compensated employees. Title II: Distributions - Allows distributions from qualified pension plans to be rolled over tax-free to an individual retirement account or another qualified plan or annuity. Eliminates five-year forward averaging for lump-sum distributions from qualified plans. Requires certain tax-free distributions to be made in the form of a direct trustee-to-trustee transfer to an eligible individual retirement plan. Sets forth administrative requirements in making such distributions. Requires distributions to be made from qualified plans by April 1 of the calendar year following the later of: (1) the calendar year in which the employee attains age 70; or (2) the calendar year in which the employee retires. (Present law requires such distributions no later than April 1 of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the employee attains age 70 1/2.) Title III: Miscellaneous Provisions - Revises the definition of a leased employee to include one whose services are performed under the control of a service recipient, instead of one whose services are historically performed by employees. Replaces the 59 1/2- and 70 1/2-year age requirement with 59- and 70-year age requirements for specified pension plans. Eliminates the special aggregation rules that apply to plans maintained by owner-employees that do not apply to other qualified plans. Makes the 150 percent current liability limitation on the deduction allowed for employer contributions to qualified pension plans inapplicable to multi-employer plans. Repeals the present law annual valuation requirement for such plans and applies the prior law requirement that valuations be performed at least every three years. Sets forth affiliation requirements for employers jointly maintaining a voluntary employees' beneficiary association. Makes the following limitations inapplicable to plans maintained by State and local governments and certain tax-exempt organizations: (1) excess benefit limitations; (2) compensation limitation on benefits; (3) limitations on disability and survivor benefits; and (4) the limitation on benefits exceeding 100 percent of the participant's average compensation. Modifies provisions relating to simplified employee pensions. Increases the number of allowable participants for salary reduction arrangements from 25 to 100. Allows participation after one year of service (currently, three years of service is required). Repeals the requirement that at least 50 percent of eligible employees participate in a salary reduction arrangement. Eliminates certain requirements regarding contributions on behalf of disabled employees. Allows rural cooperative plans which include cash or deferred arrangements to make distributions to participants after attainment of age 59. Includes reports of pension and annuity payments in information returns and payee statements. Eliminates reports of designated distributions from the scope of the $25 per day penalty. Provides a $10 reporting threshold for designated distributions.
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1990
Establishes a National Commission on Financial Institution Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement to investigate and identify the causes of the savings and loan crisis on both the State and Federal levels. Requires a report to the President and the Congress, and terminates the Commission within 30 days after its submission. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1990
Amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act to make Foster Care maintenance payments and adoption assistance available for abandoned children. Defines children with handicaps due to drug exposure before birth as "children with special needs," thereby qualifying their adoptive parents for adoption assistance. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to up to ten States for the conduct of demonstration projects for at least five years designed to: (1) provide preventive services and assistance to families which have problems that may lead to the removal of a child from the family; (2) promote the treatment of family problems so that children may be reunified with their family within two years after it became necessary to remove the child from the family; (3) facilitate the timely and permanent placement of children who are in foster care, are boarder babies, have been abandoned at or shortly after birth, have parents addicted to drugs, or were severely abused; or (4) test an innovative approach to any number of other significant child welfare issues. Requires that at least 50 percent of the approved projects address the second objective listed above. Details the information and assurances required to be included in State applications to conduct such project. Authorizes each State which receives project grants to such funds to improve the provision of child welfare, foster care, and adoption assistance services in any manner it deems appropriate. Provides for the evaluation of such demonstration projects. Waives the application of part B (Child-Welfare Services) of title IV of the Social Security Act and other provisions of the Foster Care and Adoption Assistance program to States which are conducting such demonstration projects.
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1990
Designates September 1991 as National Rice Month.
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1990
Designates November 18 through 24, 1990, and November 17 through 23, 1991, as National Family Caregivers Week.
United States · United States Congress · 23 July 1990
Declares that it is the sense of the Senate that: (1) the unchecked zebra mussel may devastate Great Lakes fisheries; and (2) the President should direct the Secretary of State to negotiate with Canada to establish a program of zebra mussel research and control through the Great Lakes Fishery Commission, to be coordinated with other research and control in and outside the Great Lakes Basin.
United States · United States Congress · 12 July 1990
Designates the week of April 7 through 13, 1991, as National County Government Week.
United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1990
Aviation Security Improvement Act of 1990 - Establishes as a position within the Department of Transportation an Assistant Secretary for Transportation Security and Intelligence, appointed by the President for a term of five years, who shall be responsible for the development of transportation security. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to report annually to appropriate congressional committees on transportation security, including appropriate recommendations. Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to establish the position of Federal Security Manager and initiate placement of such managers at high risk U.S. airports and abroad. Sets forth the duties of such managers. Directs the Administrator of the FAA to subject by regulation air carrier personnel with unescorted access to domestic and foreign aircraft, or secured areas of domestic airports serving U.S. or foreign air carriers, to initial and periodic employment investigations, including fingerprinting. Requires the Administrator and the Attorney General to establish fees to cover expenses incurred in carrying out this Act. Directs the Administrator of the FAA to prescribe standards for the hiring, continued employment, and contracting of air carrier and airport security personnel. Requires the Administrator to conduct an assessment of current and potential threats to the domestic air transportation system. Directs the Administrator to establish a program to accelerate and expand the research, development, and implementation of technologies and procedures to counteract terrorist acts against civil aviation. Requires the Administrator to: (1) complete a review of threats to civil aviation; and (2) establish a Scientific Advisory Board to review and advise on the progress of such program. Authorizes appropriations. Establishes within the FAA the position of Assistant Administrator for Civil Aviation Security. Prohibits the deployment or purchase of explosive detection equipment unless the Administrator certifies that it can reliably detect explosive material which can cause catastrophic damage to commercial aircraft with 60 or more passenger seats. Requires air carriers, airport operators, travel agents, and employees receiving information of a threat to civil aviation to provide such information to: (1) an official of the FAA; (2) the Assistant Secretary of Transportation for Transportation Security and Intelligence; or (3) other appropriate officials. Requires the Administrator to cancel flights in the event that passenger safety from such a threat cannot be ensured. Requires the Postmaster General to issue regulations to permit the screening by air carriers of mail not sealed against inspection. Requires the Administrator to require the screening of mail and cargo by air carriers or their agents before the transport of such materials. Directs the Administrator to develop model standards for airport design and construction to allow for maximum security enhancement. Sets forth civil penalties for violations of such Act. Requires the Secretary of State to report annually to the Congress on efforts to implement recommendations of the President's Commission on Aviation Security and Terrorism. Urges the President to initiate negotiations with foreign governments with respect to improving civil aviation security. Requires the President to submit to the Congress a legislative proposal to authorize the United States to provide compensation, including, but not limited to, monetary benefits or limited relief from Federal taxation, to U.S. citizens who are victims of terrorism. Authorizes the President to set up a board to develop compensation criteria and recommend appropriate changes to existing laws. Requires the Administrator to require all air carriers, including foreign air carriers, to provide a passenger manifest of any flight to appropriate representatives of the Department of State (Department) not more than one hour after such carrier is notified of an aviation disaster outside the United States which involves such flight. Requires the Secretary of State (Secretary) to ensure the installation and use of passport reading machines at international gateway airports. Authorizes the use of passport fees collected by the Department for the purchase and installation of machines able to read U.S. passports and facilitate the collection of specified data. Declares it to be the policy of the Department to notify promptly the families of victims of aviation disasters abroad, including timely written notice. Directs the Secretary to issue guidelines to provide that in the event of an aviation disaster involving U.S. citizens abroad, the Department will assign a specific individual, and an alternate, as the Department liaison for the family of each such citizen. Requires the Secretary to ensure that a toll-free telephone number is reserved for the use of the families of citizens who have been involved in such disasters. Requires the Secretary to institute a supplemental program of training in disaster management for all consular officers. Directs the Secretary to issue guidelines to provide that in the event of a major aviation disaster involving U.S. citizens abroad at least: (1) one senior officer from the Bureau of Consular Affairs of the Department shall be dispatched to the disaster site; and (2) one Department employee shall be dispatched to such site to provide assistance and to act as an ombudsman to the victims' families. Requires the Secretary to promulgate: (1) criteria for Department staffing of disaster sites abroad; and (2) procedures for the deployment of a crisis team. Declares it to be the policy of the Department to provide arrangements for the preparation and transport to the United States of the remains of citizens who die abroad, as well as the disposition of personal effects. Requires the Secretary to compile an assessment of the Department response to the Pan American Airways Flight 103 aviation disaster over Lockerbie, Scotland, together with guidelines for future responses to such disasters, for distribution to Embassy and consular posts abroad. Requires the Secretary of State to promulgate guidelines with respect to recognition for the families of U.S. citizens who are killed through acts of terrorism abroad. Requires the Secretary to issue regulations to establish, under the Bureau of Consular Affairs, an electronic bulletin board accessible to the general public. Establishes within the Department the position of Coordinator for International Aviation Security. Declares that the Department of State shall be responsible for negotiating aviation security agreements with foreign countries concerning the implementation of U.S. rules and regulations which affect the foreign operations of U.S. air carriers, foreign air carriers, and foreign airports.
United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1990
State Dependent Care Grants Improvement Act of 1990 - Amends the State Dependent Care Development Grants Act to extend through FY 1994 the authorization of appropriations for its programs. Allows State grant allotments to be used for the operation of: (1) dependent care resource and referral systems; and (2) school-age child care services before and after school. Requires amounts used for the operation of such child care services to be designed to enable program participation by children whose families lack adequate financial resources. Repeals prohibitions on use of funds for: (1) paying the costs of operation of any resource and referral system or before and after school child care program; or (2) subsidizing the direct provision of dependent care services, including child care services. Requires each State Governor to report certain information on: (1) number and characteristics of children served in before and after school child care programs; (2) salaries and benefits paid to employees in such programs; and (3) number and characteristics of clients served in resource and referral systems. Extends through FY 1991 the period for required revisions of program descriptions in State applications.
United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1990
1992 Olympic Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to issue 1992 Olympic Games commemorative five-dollar gold coins and one-dollar silver coins. Prescribes guidelines for the sale and pricing of such coins and directs the Secretary to ensure that their issuance will not result in any net cost to the United States. Mandates that surcharges be paid to the U.S. Olympic Committee.
United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1990
Designates October 1990 as Ending Hunger Month.
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1990
SSI Technical Amendments Act of 1990 - Amends title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) of the Social Security Act to establish a formula for determining the amount of parental resources deemed available to a disabled or blind child for SSI benefit and eligibility purposes. Increases the cash value of life insurance and burial fund accounts which is excluded from a beneficiary's resources for SSI purposes. Treats income received on a weekly or biweekly basis as being received on a regular monthly basis at the same annual rate if such treatment would render the payee eligible for SSI benefits. Preserves the Medicaid (title XIX of the Social Security Act) eligibility of individuals who lose their SSI blindness or disability benefits upon entitlement to old-age or spouse's insurance benefits under the Old-Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance program (title II of the Social Security Act). Treats unemployment compensation and worker's compensation as earned income for SSI purposes.
United States · United States Congress · 26 June 1990
Comprehensive Thrift and Bank Fraud Prosecution Act of 1990 - Title I: Bank Fraud and Embezzlement Penalties - Amends the Federal criminal code to increase the maximum imprisonment penalty for specified bank fraud and embezzlement crimes from 20 to 30 years. Prescribes monetary penalties and up to life imprisonment for engaging in a continuing financial crime enterprise. Deems a person to be engaging in a continuing financial crime enterprise if such person: (1) violates specified criminal code provisions; (2) violates laws in concert with at least three persons with respect to whom such person occupies a supervisory position; and (3) receives at least $5,000,000 in gross receipts during a 24-month period. Includes within the definition of "racketeering activity" under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) predicate offenses relating to: (1) the receipt of gifts or commissions for procuring loans; (2) financial institution embezzlement; and (3) fraud and false statements. Directs the U.S. Sentencing Commission to provide that in major bank crime cases where the offender derives more than $1,000,000 from the offense, such offender shall be assigned an offense level that is: (1) four times greater than the level that would have been assigned if the offense had not been committed under such circumstances; and (2) at least 24. Title II: Broadening Investigative Authority in Bank Crime Cases - Authorizes the Federal Bureau of Investigation to issue administrative subpoenas to compel the production of documents relevant to specified bank crimes. Permits the Secret Service to arrest persons violating specified provisions with respect to financial institutions and the Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC). Requires the Secret Service to exercise such jurisdiction through the Financial Institutions Crime Strike Forces. Authorizes the interception of wire, oral, or electronic communications in connection with specified bank fraud and bribery offenses. Removes from the list of offenses for which such interception is authorized offenses relating to the destruction of energy facilities. Title III: Restructuring the Federal Attack on Bank Crimes - Establishes: (1) the Financial Services Crime Division within the Department of Justice; and (2) ten Division field offices in the Federal judicial districts experiencing the greatest number of offenses relating to the financial services industry. Designates such offices as Financial Services Crime Strike Forces. Sets forth Division reporting requirements. Authorizes appropriations. Title IV: Expanding Federal Forfeiture and Money Laundering Laws - Subjects to forfeiture property derived from specified offenses affecting insured depository institutions. Provides for the restoration of such property to victims of the offenses. Authorizes the seizure of property subject to forfeiture. Adds specified bank fraud offenses to the list of predicates under money laundering provisions. Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to prohibit liability incurred as a result of a breach of fiduciary duty from being discharged through bankruptcy. Amends Federal bankruptcy law to disallow the use of bankruptcy to discharge a debtor from commitments to maintain the capital of an insured depository institution. Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the Federal Credit Union Act to expand requirements for the disclosure of administrative enforcement proceedings by Federal banking agencies and the National Credit Union Administration Board. Title V: Increasing Investigators and Prosecutors for Bank Fraud and Embezzlement Cases - Authorizes and allocates appropriations for salaries and expenses of the Financial Services Crime Strike Forces. Title VI: Preventing and Prosecuting Fraud in the Sale of Assets by the Resolution Trust Corporation - Prescribes monetary and/or criminal penalties for the knowing concealment of assets from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) or the RTC in such Corporation's capacity as conservator or receiver for an insured depository institution. Subjects to civil and criminal forfeiture property derived from specified violations relating to the sale of assets by the RTC. Authorizes the FDIC or the RTC to institute civil proceedings under RICO for violations affecting insured depository institutions. Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to grant the FDIC and the RTC subpoena authority when acting as conservators or receivers. Authorizes courts, at the request of the FDIC or RTC, to place assets of any person under the control of a trustee if: (1) such person is an institution-related party who may be required to pay restitution to the institution or is a debtor of the institution; or (2) such person's assets will be dissipated or placed beyond the jurisdiction of the court or the FDIC or RTC before any recovery may be completed, unless a trustee is appointed. Permits the FDIC or the RTC, as conservators or receivers, to avoid any fraudulent transfer of interest made by an institution-affiliated person or debtor within five years of the date on which the FDIC or RTC was appointed conservator or receiver. Sets forth recovery rights with respect to transferred property. Amends the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 to grant injunctive relief in actions brought by the FDIC, RTC, or National Credit Union Administration that involve fraud affecting financial institutions. Amends the Federal Home Loan Bank Act to require the RTC to maintain a Fraud and Enforcement Review Division. Title VII: Strengthening the Judicial System in the Prosecution of Bank Fraud and Embezzlement Cases - Authorizes appropriations to the Federal courts for salaries and expenses of the Court of Appeals, District Courts, and other judicial services. Allocates such funds among the judicial districts with the highest financial institutions crime case loads. Grants U.S. magistrates the power to accept guilty pleas for specified offenses affecting insured depository institutions. Title VIII: Private Actions Against Persons Committing Bank Fraud and Embezzlement Crimes - Amends the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 to authorize private persons to bring civil actions for specified bank fraud crimes, subject to certain conditions.
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 · 21 June 1990
Designates July 1, 1990, as National Ducks and Wetlands Day.
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1990
Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to declare that the Congress recognizes that prompt U.S. assistance is necessary to alleviate the emergency in Lithuania caused by the Soviet blockade. Directs the Administrator of the agency responsible for administering part I of such Act to: (1) furnish humanitarian assistance to Lithuania during such emergency; (2) solicit donations of humanitarian assistance for Lithuania and cooperate with private relief agencies attempting to provide such assistance; and (3) attempt to deliver such assistance by the most expeditious means available. Authorizes appropriations. Urges the President to seek permission from the Soviet Union to deliver humanitarian relief to Lithuania without delay.
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1990
Violence Against Women Act of 1990 - Title I: Safe Streets for Women - Safe Streets for Women Act of 1990 - Subtitle A: Federal Penalties for Sex Crimes - Amends Federal law to require the U.S. Sentencing Commission to create or amend guidelines to provide for: (1) up to twice the term of imprisonment or fine for violation, after the first conviction, of Federal laws relating to sexual abuse or similar laws of any State or foreign country; and (2) specified minimum terms of imprisonment for aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault, and abusive sexual contact. Requires that a court order restitution for violations of such Federal sexual abuse laws. Subtitle B: Law Enforcement and Prosecution Grants to Reduce Violent Crime Against Women - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to require the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance to make grants to areas of high intensity crime against women. Requires that the grants be used for personnel, equipment, training, technical assistance, and information systems for the more widespread apprehension, prosecution, and adjudication of persons committing violent crimes against women. Authorizes the Director to make grants to States, for use by States and their subdivisions, for purposes outlined in this Act and to reduce the rate of violent crimes against women. Authorizes the Director, in addition to the grants under this subtitle, to direct any Federal agency, with or without reimbursement, to use its authorities and resources in support of State and local assistance efforts. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle C: Safety for Women in Public Transit - Directs the Secretary of Transportation, from funds authorized under existing provisions, to make capital grants for the prevention of crime and to increase security in existing and future public transportation systems. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants and loans to States and local public bodies to increase the safety of public transportation through lighting, camera surveillance, security phones, or other projects. Sets the Federal share of each project at 90 percent of the net cost. Directs the Secretary to provide grants and loans to study ways to reduce violent crimes against women in public transit through better design or operation of public transit systems. Subtitle D: National Commission on Violent Crime Against Women - Establishes the National Commission on Violent Crime Against Women to promote a national consensus on violent crime against women and to make recommendations on reducing such crime. Authorizes appropriations. Terminates the Commission after submission of its final report, subject to extension by the President for up to one more year. Title II: Safe Homes for Women - Safe Homes for Women Act of 1990 - Subtitle A: Interstate Enforcement - Provides for a Federal term of imprisonment or fine, in addition to any State penalties, for any person who travels or causes another (including the intended victim) to travel in interstate commerce with intent to injure his or her spouse and who violates a law of any State concerning domestic or family violence. Provides for imprisonment and fines for interstate violation of protection orders, including increased penalties for repeated offenses and for offenses involving serious bodily injury. Mandates that a court order restitution to the victim of an offense under this Act. Requires, provided certain conditions are met, that a protection order issued by the court of one State be accorded full faith and credit by the court of another State. Subtitle B: Arrest in Spousal Abuse Cases - Amends the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (FVPSA) to prohibit a State or locality from receiving a grant under existing provisions if, as a matter of policy or law, it discriminates against family violence victims by prohibiting or discouraging the arrest of persons committing family violence. Declares that proof that a State or locality permits warrantless misdemeanor arrests based on probable cause in domestic violence situations is sufficient, but not necessary, to show such nondiscrimination. Requires certification of compliance. Amends provisions of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 relating to grants for crime victim assistance to require certification that a State does not engage in such discrimination against family violence victims. Makes warrantless misdemeanor arrests sufficient to show compliance. Amends the FVPSA to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to eligible States, municipalities, or local government entities, with regard to spousal or family violence, to centralize police enforcement, tracking of cases, prosecution, and judicial responsibility. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to delegate to the Attorney General responsibility for carrying out these provisions and transfer to the Attorney General a limited amount of funds appropriated under existing provisions. Subtitle C: Funding for Shelters - Amends the FVPSA to authorize appropriations to carry out that Act, earmarking at least 60 percent of funds appropriated for State demonstration grants to prevent family violence and provide immediate shelter and related assistance. Subtitle D: Judicial Training - Directs the Attorney General, from funds appropriated under specified provisions of the FVPSA, to provide a certain amount to the State Justice Institute for developing model programs for training judges in the laws of the States on spousal abuse and family violence. Title III: Civil Rights - Declares that all persons within the United States shall have the same rights, privileges, and immunities in every State as are enjoyed by all other persons to be free from crimes of violence motivated by the victim's gender (defined as rape, sexual assault, or abusive sexual contact motivated by gender-based animus). Makes any person, including a person who acts under color of any statute, ordinance, regulation, custom, or usage of any State, who deprives another of the rights, privileges, and immunities secured by the Constitution and laws as enumerated by this Act liable to the injured party for compensatory and punitive damages.
United States · United States Congress · 19 June 1990
Designates as South African Freedom Week the week in 1990 coinciding with the first visit of Nelson Mandela to the United States after his release from prison in South Africa.
United States · United States Congress · 18 June 1990
Counterfeit Deterrence Act of 1990 - Amends the Federal criminal code to: (1) specifically include electronic means for the acquisition, recording, retrieval, transmission, or reproduction of any obligations or other securities of the United States within proscriptions against counterfeiting and forgery; and (2) set penalties for the unauthorized possession of distinctive paper (defined to include any distinctive medium of which currency is made) or distinctive counterfeit deterrent (including any ink, watermark, seal, security thread, or other feature or device which the Secretary of the Treasury designates as being of value in preventing the counterfeiting of U.S. obligations or other securities). States that provisions permitting the reproduction of illustrations of obligations or other securities do not permit such reproduction by or through electronic means.
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1990
Trade Agreement Compliance Act of 1990 - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to require the United States Trade Representative (USTR), at the request of an interested person, to determine whether a foreign country is complying with any agreement it has with the United States. Requires the USTR to take specified action under the Act if he or she determines that such country is in material noncompliance with any agreement or is denying mutually advantageous market opportunities to U.S. firms. Requires the amendments made by this Act to be consistent with U.S. international obligations, including the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.
United States · United States Congress · 14 June 1990
Amends the Follow Through Act to direct the Secretary of Education (the Secretary), in making Follow Through program grants, to give priority to any local educational agency (LEA) that requests such a grant to carry out a Follow Through program in a school that: (1) is designated as a schoolwide project in a school with at least a 75 percent enrollment of children from low-income families; and (2) has a high concentration of children from low-income families in kindergarten and primary grades. Revises assistance to Follow Through programs. Prohibits the Secretary from refusing to provide such assistance solely because the applicant proposes to carry out the program during a period in which school is not in regular session and/or at more than one site. Requires the Secretary to provide sufficient funds in making program grants to enable programs to meet requirements to provide comprehensive educational, health, nutritional, social, and other services to aid the continued development of participating children to their full potential. Sets a minimum amount for each grant, if the aggregate amount appropriated for a fiscal year for Follow Through programs exceeds a specified amount. Allows LEAs to use a Follow Through grant to serve all children attending kindergarten through grade three at certain schools. Eliminates certain funding requirements and adds certain other requirements for consideration and contents of program applications, including requirements dealing with bilingual education and education of the handicapped. Provides for Follow Through program improvement through assistance for research, technical assistance and training, and resource and expansion. Directs the Secretary, if program appropriations reach a specified amount, to make a grant to establish a national clearinghouse on Follow Through programs. Revises evaluation provisions to include a comparison of children who receive only services under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) with those who receive such services plus Follow Through services. Revises general and administrative provisions. Authorizes appropriations for Follow Through programs in increasing amounts for FY 1990 through 1994. Sets forth various formulas relating to the use of such funds. Directs the Secretary to facilitate the participation of entities that receive funds for technical assistance and training and resource and expansion purposes under Follow Through programs in training and technical assistance activities under other specified Federal programs assisting elementary school children.