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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
Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require television broadcasting stations to make available without charge an amount of broadcast time to be determined by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) during appropriate viewing hours to candidates for Federal office within 45 days of a general election. Conditions such free television time upon the candidate: (1) foregoing the purchase or acceptance of any additional amount of television time during the 45-day period; and (2) agreeing to limit the use of free television time to the personal presentation of his or her views in speeches, interviews, debates, or similar formats. Prohibits television licensees from censoring the material broadcast under this Act. Directs the FCC to study the application of this Act to the first general election conducted after its enactment and to report the results of its study to the Congress along with recommendations for extending this Act to primary and other election campaigns.
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1990
Designates September 1991 as National Rice Month.
United States · United States Congress · 17 July 1990
Fair Auditing Act of 1990 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to promulgate regulations prohibiting hospitals, medical clinics, and insurance companies that receive Federal assistance from compensating a revenue recovery firm or third party auditor on the basis of a percentage of the revenue findings of an audit conducted by such firm or auditor.
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 · 11 July 1990
Federal Financial Management Improvement Act of 1990 - Title I: Title and Statements of Findings and Purpose - Sets forth congressional findings with respect to the financial management systems of the Federal Government. Declares that the purpose of this Act is to improve such systems. Title II: Enhancement of Federal Management and Chief Financial Officers - Amends Federal law to create a Deputy Director for Management within the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), appointed by the President. Requires the Deputy Director, under the general supervision of the Director of OMB, to coordinate and supervise OMB's general management functions. Creates a Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the United States within OMB, appointed by the President, for a six-year term. Requires the CFO, under the general supervision of the Director, to be the principal advisor to the President on Federal financial management systems and operations. Establishes an Assistant Director for Financial Management, appointed by the Director to carry out duties prescribed by the CFO. Establishes an Office of Federal Financial Management in the Department of the Treasury, under the supervision of the Fiscal Assistant Secretary. Places the Office under the policy direction of the CFO and OMB. Requires the Office to be responsible for: (1) providing technical assistance to agencies on financial management matters; (2) monitoring and reviewing the condition of agency financial management systems; and (3) reporting requirements on the results of agency reviews. Requires each agency head to appoint an agency chief financial officer to carry out required financial management functions. Creates a separate appropriation account for each such agency officer. Title III: Integrated Financial Management Systems, Financial Reporting and Audits - Part A: Integrated Financial Management Systems - Requires the CFO to develop and maintain a five-year financial management plan describing the activities the CFO, the Office of Federal Financial Management and the agency chief financial officers will conduct to improve the financial management of the Federal Government. Directs the Comptroller General to report to the President and to the Congress on the results of a study of the major accounting and financial reporting issues confronting the Federal Government. Part B: Financial Reporting and Audits - Requires specified executive agencies to prepare financial statements as prescribed by the CFO. Requires such statements to be audited annually. Requires the agency head to report to the President, the Congress, and the CFO on the financial statements and audit results and summaries. Requires the CFO to prepare a plan to assure that for the third full fiscal year completed after enactment of this Act, an annual audit of agency financial statements is conducted. Requires the submission of such plan to the Congress. Provides for annual audits of the financial statements of Government corporations and for their annual management reports to the Congress and the President. Authorizes the Comptroller General to review provisions relating to financial management in legislation reported by the Congress and to notify the appropriate committee of any inconsistency with provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 11 July 1990
Designates October 20 through 28, 1990, as National Red Ribbon Week for a Drug-Free America.
United States · United States Congress · 10 July 1990
Designates the week of November 18 through 24, 1990, as National Wild Turkey Week, and November 22, 1990, as National Wild Turkey Day.
United States · United States Congress · 28 June 1990
Financial Institutions' Crimes Asset Recovery Act of 1990 - Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to prescribe procedures for the commencement of a civil action for specified fraud and other violations affecting insured depository institutions. Sets forth the rights to the parties to qui tam actions. Declares that no court shall have jurisdiction over an action brought under certain circumstances by a private person against: (1) a Member of Congress; (2) a member of the judiciary; or (3) a senior executive branch official. Sets forth employee protection provisions for discrimination related to employee participation in a civil action under this Act. Authorizes the Attorney General or a Federal banking regulatory agency to retain private counsel in an action brought under this Act. Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the Federal Credit Union Act to provide that the remedy granted an employee of a federally insured depository institution or credit union may include twice the amount of back pay plus interest and compensation for special damages sustained as a result of discrimination in retaliation for such employee's reporting of banking law violations.
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 · 28 June 1990
Designates the week of August 13 through 19, 1990, as Home Health Aide Week.
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
Procurement Ethics Reform Act - Amends the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act to: (1) revise provisions suspended by the Ethics Reform Act of 1989 governing the conduct of certain individuals involved in procurement-related activities; and (2) repeal certain conflict-of-interest restrictions. Replaces provisions prohibiting procurement officials and competing contractors from, respectively, disclosing and obtaining proprietary and source selection information during any stage of a Federal agency procurement with provisions prohibiting anyone: (1) who had access to contractor bid or proposal information or source selection information while employed by the Federal Government or while acting for or advising the Government from knowingly and willfully disclosing such information before the award of a Federal agency procurement contract to which the information relates; (2) from knowingly and willingly obtaining contractor bid or proposal information or source selection information before such an award; and (3) from knowingly and willingly violating a protective order issued by the Comptroller General or the board of contract appeals of the General Services Administration in connection with a protest against the award or proposed award of such a contract by disclosing such information. Defines "contractor bid or proposal information" as currently defined "proprietary information." Specifies the categories of such information, including information marked by the contractor as "contractor bid or proposal information" in accordance with applicable law. Redefines "source selection information" as information prepared for use by a Federal agency to evaluate a bid or proposal to enter into such a contract. Specifies the categories of such information, including information that is marked "source selection information" the disclosure of which (based upon a case-by-case determination of the agency head or the contracting officer) would jeopardize the integrity or successful completion of the Federal agency procurement to which the information relates. Specifies that contractor bid or proposal information and source selection information must not have been previously made available to the public. Repeals provisions regarding contractual penalties. Authorizes the Attorney General to bring a civil action in a U.S. District Court against any person who violates prohibitions against disclosing or obtaining such information or a protective order issued during a contract award protest. Establishes separate civil penalties of $50,000 for individuals and $500,000 for organizations convicted of violating such a prohibition plus twice the amount of compensation the individual or organization received or was offered for the prohibited conduct. Establishes criminal penalties of a fine or imprisonment for not more than one year or both for a violation of such a prohibition and of a fine or imprisonment for not more than five years or both for such a violation involving the exchanging of such information for anything of value or obtaining or giving to anyone a competitive advantage in awarding such a contract. Revises provisions regarding administrative actions to allow Federal agencies that receive information that a contractor has engaged in such a violation to declare void and rescind the contract involved where there has been a conviction of such offense or where the agency head determines that such a violation has occurred based on clear and convincing evidence. Entitles the United States to recover the amount expended under the contract in addition to any penalty if such a contract is declared void and rescinded. Specifies that such a violation affects the present responsibility of a Government contractor or subcontractor to facilitate initiation of debarment or suspension proceedings. Requires Government-wide regulations and guidelines to carry out the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act to be issued in the Federal Acquisition Regulation by the Department of Defense, the General Services Administration, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, in coordination with the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council. Repeals provisions regarding: (1) restrictions on gratuities; (2) restrictions on seeking employment; (3) restrictions on post-employment activities of former procurement officials; (4) certification; (5) ethics advice; and (6) training. Repeals the following provisions suspended by the Ethics Reform Act of 1989: (1) provisions of the Department of Energy Organization Act regarding reporting requirements on prior employment for newly-appointed supervisors, postemployment and participation prohibitions and associated reporting requirements for former supervisors, and violations of postemployment prohibitions and associated reporting requirements considered in deciding the outcome of Department proceedings; (2) miscellaneous procurement requirements relating to private employment contacts between certain Department of Defense (DOD) procurement officials and defense contractors and certain former DOD procurement officials and the limitations on their employment by contractors; and (3) criminal code provisions imposing restrictions on retired military officers in certain matters affecting the Government. Repeals certain miscellaneous procurement provisions not suspended by the Act regarding reporting requirements for employees and former employees of defense contractors and requirements on defense contractors regarding former DOD officials.
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 1990
Declares that the acquisition or retention by a registered public utility holding company of any interest in a natural gas company (or a company engaged in specified natural gas-related activities) shall be deemed to be reasonably incidental and economically necessary, for purposes of the Public Utility Holding Company Act, to the operation of the gas utility companies whose voting securities the holding company owns. (This makes any gas-related activities functionally related to the gas distribution business, thus meeting the requirements of such Act, regardless of whether the local distribution company involved is affiliated or unaffiliated with the holding company.)
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1990
Coastal Barrier Resources Act Amendments of 1990 - Amends the Coastal Barrier Resources Act (the Act) to replace provisions describing the properties included in the Coastal Barrier Resources System and providing for boundary modifications and maps with provisions including in the System undeveloped coastal barriers: (1) depicted on specified maps; (2) owned by the United States and meeting certain requirements; and (3) incorporated into the System under provisions of this Act. Requires the Administrator of General Services, prior to transfer or disposal of excess property that may be an undeveloped coastal barrier, to obtain from the Secretary of the Interior a determination of whether the property constitutes such a barrier. Sets forth procedures for adding such a property to the System. Directs the Secretary to provide to the Governor of each State on the Atlantic, Gulf, or Great Lakes coasts copies of maps of the undeveloped coastal barriers owned by that State or a local government. Directs the Secretary, if a Governor elects to have any portion added to the System, to follow certain procedures for adding such portions. Sets forth procedures regarding filing, public inspection, and changing of maps. Requires review of maps: (1) on request of certain officers of States, political subdivisions, and coastal zone management agencies; and (2) at least once every seven years. Amends provisions setting forth permissible Federal expenditures affecting the System to: (1) require that expenditures for the disposal of dredge materials be consistent with the purposes of the Act; (2) require that emergency actions essential to saving lives and protecting property be subject to specified provisions of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act regulating the amount of assistance; and (3) allow expenditures for the maintenance of existing channel improvements and related structures only if all, or a portion, of the moneys for the improvement or structure were appropriated before that System unit was included within the System (currently, before October 18, 1982). Requires the head of each Federal agency concerned (currently, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget) to certify compliance with the Act annually to specified congressional committees and the Secretary (currently, to the House of Representatives and the Senate). Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 12 June 1990
Amtrak Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 1990 - Amends the Rail Passenger Service Act to authorize appropriations through FY 1992 for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak). Limits the liability for certain rail accidents occurring in the District of Columbia to no more than the limits of coverage maintained by a publicly funded commuter transportation authority established under Virginia law to indemnify Amtrak or any railroad over which the authority conducts its operations. Authorizes the use of proceeds from the sale of railroad lines that were acquired and rehabilitated with funds under the Rail Safety and Service Improvement Act of 1982 for similar purposes with respect to railroad lines connected with such a line for the purpose of continued rail service on them. Requires Amtrak to cooperate with the efforts of the Washington State Department of Transportation in designing a study of the feasibility of reestablishing rail service between Seattle, Washington, and Vancouver, British Columbia. Directs Amtrak to study and report to the Congress on the revenue and cost implications of separating the California Zephyr-Desert Wind-Pioneer train into two service routes serving a southern and a control route through Iowa. Prohibits the compensation of any rail or motor carrier employee who works in more than one State from being subject to State income taxes in any State but the State in which the employee resides. Amends the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act to treat Amtrak as a publicly funded rail carrier with respect to its contribution toward employees' unemployment compensation benefits. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to study and report to the Congress on the potential need among Class II and Class III railroads for Federal guarantees of obligations for funding rehabilitation and improvement of facilities and equipment, acquisition of new railroad facilities, or refinancing of existing debt.
United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1990
Amends the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976 to include within the definition of "foreign state" international organizations designated under the International Organizations Immunities Act (thereby applying certain exceptions to jurisdictional immunity to such organizations).
United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1990
Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the accession of Taiwan to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is in the best interest of the United States and of the world trading system and should be achieved prior to the end of the Uruguay Round; and (2) the United States should take the necessary steps to assure such country's membership in the GATT.
United States · United States Congress · 25 May 1990
Constitutional Amendment - Declares that the Congress and the States shall have power to prohibit the physical desecration of the U.S. flag.
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1990
Amends Federal law to restrict the use of appropriations amounts available for definite periods (M accounts) to the period specified in law, plus the two-year expiration period. Requires retention of M accounts as necessary to pay severance pay, contract incentive awards, and contingent liabilities as a result of lawsuits. Repeals the authority of any Federal agency to withdraw amounts from merged surplus accounts in certain circumstances.
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1990
Designates the week of June 17 through June 23, 1990, as National Week to Commemorate the Victims of the Famine in Ukraine, 1932-1933. Condemns the disregard for human rights characterized by the Soviet Union during the famine and expresses sympathy for victims of the famine. Requests the President to call attention to Soviet policies that caused the famine and have suppressed Ukrainian human rights and the expression of cultural and social heritage. Recognizes the reforms underway in the Ukraine and urges the Soviet Government to: (1) move forward toward democratization and restructuring; and (2) provide a framework for the realization of the rights and aspirations of the Ukrainian people.
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1990
Designates October 1990 as National Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1990
Designates September 21, 1990, as National POW/MIA Recognition Day. Recognizes the National League of Families POW/MIA flag as the official symbol of the United States' commitment to resolving the fates of Americans still prisoner or missing in action in Southeast Asia.
United States · United States Congress · 22 May 1990
Designates June 3 through June 9, 1990, as National World War II Observance Week.
United States · United States Congress · 18 May 1990
Designates July 2, 1990, as National Literacy Day.
United States · United States Congress · 9 May 1990
Comprehensive Campaign Finance Reform Act of 1990 - Title I: Reduction of Special Interest Influence - Subtitle A: Elimination of Political Action Committees from Federal Election Activities - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to: (1) revise the definition of a "political committee" to delete references to any separate segregated fund and any committee, club, association, or group which receives contributions or makes expenditures annually totaling over $1,000 and to include any national, State, or district committee of a political party, including any subordinate committee thereof, and any committee jointly established by such committees or by any local committee as defined under current law for joint fundraising activities; (2) repeal provisions excluding nonpartisan registration and get-out-the-vote campaigns and the establishment of, and solicitation of contributions for, a separate segregated fund from the definition of a "contribution or expenditure" by a national bank, corporation, or labor organization; and (3) prohibit making, soliciting, or receiving contributions or making expenditures to influence a Federal election by any person other than an individual or a political committee. Specifies that if such prohibition is not in effect: (1) it and the other amendments made by this Act to the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 regarding such definitions shall not be in effect and prior law will be reinstated; and (2) political action committees not connected to corporations, labor organizations, or trade associations will be subject to a $1,000 contribution limit. Deems any political committee which is established, financed, maintained, or controlled by any candidate or Federal officeholder to be an authorized committee of such candidate or officeholder for purposes of limitations on contributions to a candidate's committees. Subtitle B: Ban on Soft Money in Federal Elections - Bans the use of soft money (any amount raised or contributed outside of source restrictions, contribution limits, and disclosure requirements of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971) to influence any Federal election. Requires the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to issue regulations providing a method for allocating the contributions and expenditures for any mixed activity between Federal and non-Federal accounts. Sets forth guidelines for such allocation which include the establishment of minimum percentages of Federal funds for activities designed to contact voters in connection with elections for Federal and non-Federal office. Requires each treasurer of a political committee to keep an account of, and file reports disclosing, each account maintained by such committee. Includes political committees among those entities eligible to receive contributions or expenditures by national banks, corporations, or labor organizations. Permits a labor organization, upon reinstatement of prior law regarding certain political activities not considered to be contributions or expenditures, to make political communications and establish and solicit contributions for a separate segregated political fund if it: (1) provides the employees it represents with written notification of specified information at least once annually; (2) provides such employees with an annual examination by an independent certified public accountant of its financial statements which verify its costs for representation services; and (3) maintains certain procedures regarding the cost of such representation. Requires a labor organization which does not follow such requirements to finance those communications expressly advocating the election or defeat of any clearly identified candidate for elective public office as well as the other political activities not considered to be contributions or expenditures with funds legally collected under this Act for its separate segregated fund. Imposes Federal limits on contributions to political organizations maintained by a candidate for Federal office which are not political committees of a national, State, or local party. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to deny tax-exempt status for an organization: (1) which devotes any of its operating budget to voter registration, get-out-the-vote campaigns, or participation in political campaign activities; (2) on whose behalf a candidate or an authorized committee thereof solicits contributions; or (3) which intervenes or participates in any political campaign on behalf of, or in opposition to, any candidate for Federal office. Subtitle C: Other Activities - Reduces from $1,000 to $500 the maximum contribution allowed to any candidate for Federal office (other than a candidate for President or Vice President) by a person residing outside the State with respect to which such candidate seeks Federal office. Maintains the current $1,000 limitation for contributions to any candidate for President or Vice President or to any candidate for Federal office by a person residing within the State with respect to which such candidate seeks Federal office. Provides for periodic indexing of such limitations according to the consumer price index. Excludes costs of campaign materials and general research activities paid by national committees of a political party from the definition of "expenditure and contribution" under the same conditions currently provided for such payments by State or local committees of a political party. Exempts contributions to political party committees from the $25,000 annual limit. Prohibits: (1) any intermediary or conduit from delivering or arranging to have delivered contributions from more than two persons who are employees of the same employer or members of the same labor organization; and (2) lobbyists from acting as an intermediary or conduit with respect to a contribution to a candidate for Federal office. Sets forth disclosure requirements for independent expenditures through broadcast communications on any radio or television station. Provides that an expenditure is not an independent expenditure where the person making an expenditure is in coordination, consultation, or concert with a candidate. Requires the FEC to provide a hearing within three days after receiving a complaint alleging that an independent expenditure was made in cooperation, consultation, or concert with a candidate. Provides for expedited judicial review for any matter relating to the making of an independent expenditure. Title II: Increase of Competition in Politics - Allows the congressional campaign committee or the senatorial campaign committee of a national political party to make contributions to a candidate for Federal office (other than President or Vice President) who does not hold Federal office which in the aggregate do not exceed the lesser of: (1) $100,000; or (2) the aggregate contributions made during the election cycle preceding the primary election by an individual who, at the time such contributions are made, is a resident of the State in which the election with respect to which such contributions are made is to be held. Prohibits such a contribution from being treated as an expenditure by a national committee, State committee, or subordinate committee of a State committee in connection with the general election campaign of a candidate for Federal office. Prohibits a holder of Federal office from transferring any amounts received as contributions or other campaign funds to any account maintained for purposes of defraying ordinary and necessary expenses in connection with the duties of such office. Requires a candidate, within 15 days of qualifying for a primary election ballot, to file with the FEC and each other qualifying candidate a declaration stating whether or not such candidate intends to expend for the primary and general election an amount exceeding $250,000 from: (1) personal funds; (2) family funds; and (3) personal loans incurred in connection with the campaign for election. Allows the opponents of such candidate to accept larger contribution amounts from individuals. Requires a candidate who files a declaration of intent not to expend more than $250,000 and who subsequently does exceed such amount, to file an amended declaration within 24 hours after exceeding such amount. Allows a candidate to repay any expenditure or personal loan incurred in connection with the candidate's election to Federal office from contributions made to such candidate or any authorized committee of such candidate. Prohibits: (1) repayment of any interest on the principal of such loan or the amount of such expenditure; and (2) repayment from any such contributions received after the general election to which the expenditure or loan relates. Prohibits franked mass mailings by: (1) Members of Congress during the year in which they are candidates for reelection; (2) Members of, or Members-elect to, the House during the year in which they are candidates for any other public office; or (3) Members of the Senate during the year in which they are candidates for any other public office. Requires Members of Congress using franked mass mailings to register such mailings annually with the Secretary of the Senate or the Clerk of the House of Representatives who shall make such mailing available for public inspection along with a description of the persons to whom the mass mailing was mailed. Amends rule XL of the Standing Rules of the Senate to prohibit the use of franked mass mail by a Senator or an individual who is a candidate for nomination to the Senate during the year in which the Senator is a candidate for public office or the individual is a candidate for the Senate. Revises provisions with respect to congressional reapportionment and redistricting so that the number of persons in congressional districts within each State shall be as nearly equal as practicable, as determined under the most recent decennial census. Prohibits congressional districts from being established with the intent and effect of diluting the voting strength of any persons or members of any political party. Requires district boundaries to avoid the division of counties and minimize the division of cities and other political subdivisions. Establishes expedited Federal judicial review procedures of the redistricting process, giving Federal district courts exclusive jurisdiction. Amends the Federal criminal code to prescribe criminal penalties to be imposed against anyone who uses any facility of, or affects, interstate or foreign commerce to deprive or defraud the inhabitants of a State or political subdivision of: (1) the honest services of a government official or employee; or (2) a fair and impartially conducted election process through the use of fraudulent ballots or voter registration forms or the filing of fraudulent campaign reports to secure the election of an official who, if elected, would have authority over the administration of funds derived from an Act of the Congress totalling $10,000 or more for a year before or after the election or offense. Prescribes criminal penalties to be imposed against anyone who deprives or defrauds the inhabitants of the United States of the honest services of a public official. Prescribes criminal penalties to be imposed upon any official who: (1) uses interstate commerce to deprive or defraud the inhabitants of any State or political subdivision of the right to have government affairs conducted on the basis of complete, true, and accurate information; or (2) in order to carry out or conceal any scheme or artifice to defraud, discriminates, harasses, or takes adverse action against any employee or official of the United States or any State or political subdivision. Authorizes such an adversely affected employee or official to obtain relief through a civil action, providing such person did not participate in the scheme or artifice. Amends mail fraud provisions to prohibit the use of any facility of interstate or foreign commerce in the execution of a scheme or artifice to defraud. Title III: Reduction of Campaign Costs - Sets forth congressional findings regarding discounts for political broadcasts. Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to: (1) limit the cost to qualified candidates of broadcasting time for pre-election political advertising to the lowest rate charged for any time in the same period; and (2) prohibit any broadcast licensee from preempting the use of any such time purchased by a qualified candidate. Title IV: Miscellaneous Provisions - Subtitle A: Federal Election Commission Enforcement Authority - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to revise the enforcement provisions. Changes the determination the FEC must make upon receiving a complaint, before notifying the person of an alleged violation. Authorizes the FEC to seek an injunction if: (1) it believes that there is a substantial likelihood that a violation of Federal election laws is occurring or about to occur; (2) the failure to act expeditiously will result in irreparable harm; (3) such expeditious action will not cause undue harm or prejudice to the interests of others; and (4) the public interest would be best served by such an injunction. Reduces the period provided for the FEC to attempt informally to prevent or correct a violation of such Act from 90 to 60 days. Requires the FEC to make such an attempt for a period of no more than 15 days, if the violation occurs within 45 days of an election. Provides greater penalties for knowing and willful violations committed within 15 days of any election. Changes from discretionary to mandatory the requirement that the FEC, upon an affirmative vote of four of its members, institute a civil action if it is unable to correct or prevent a violation of such Act. Requires a court in such civil action to grant a specified remedy upon a showing that the person involved has committed or is about to commit a violation of such Act. Provides a private right of action if, by a tie vote, the FEC does not vote to institute a civil action. Requires a court to impose a specified civil penalty for a knowing and willful violation of such Act. Expedites from 120 days to 60 days the time which an aggrieved party must wait before seeking judicial redress because the FEC dismissed, or failed to reasonably pursue, a complaint filed by such party. Allows the aggrieved party to file an action in any U.S. district court having jurisdiction. Requires that any monetary award under such action be paid to the United States. Provides for a mandatory award of attorney fees and costs to the prevailing party. Increases the penalties for violation of the confidentiality requirement with respect to any notification or investigation made under such Act. Removes the ceiling on the fine for any person who willfully and knowingly commits a violation of such Act which involves any contribution or expenditure aggregating $2,000 or more during a calendar year. Directs the FEC to establish time limitations for its investigation and to publish an index of all of its investigations. Establishes procedures for initial determinations and probable cause determinations by the FEC. Eliminates the en banc hearing requirement for constitutional questions regarding such Act. Subtitle B: Other Provisions - Requires each treasurer of a political committee to file reports disclosing for the reporting period the terms of any settlement agreement or any security or collateral agreement entered into with respect to a loan or other debt as evidenced by a copy of such agreement filed as part of the report. Includes any gift subscription, loan, advance, or deposit of money made for the purpose of drafting a clearly identified individual as a candidate for Federal office or encouraging a clearly identified individual to become a candidate for Federal office within the definition of "contribution." Requires such a contribution to be treated, with respect to the individual involved, as a contribution to a candidate, whether or not the individual becomes a candidate for purposes of limitations on contributions and expenditures.
United States · United States Congress · 7 May 1990
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that, for purposes of computing the limitation on the foreign tax credit, any deduction for State or local income or franchise tax shall not be allocated or apportioned to gross income from sources outside the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 4 May 1990
Designates the week of November 11 through 17, 1990, as National Women Veterans Recognition Week.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1990
Designates the period of October 21 through 27, 1990, as National Humanities Week.
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1990
Declares that it is the sense of the Congress that the United States should: (1) promote maximum conservation and protection of the world's whales; (2) work to continue the International Whaling Commission moratorium on the commercial killing of whales and maintain zero catch limits for all whale stocks for at least another decade; (3) work to strengthen the Commission and encourage it to carry out long-term, nonlethal research for all whale stocks on a global basis; and (4) in promoting protection, make use of diplomatic channels, domestic and international law, and all other means.
United States · United States Congress · 2 May 1990
Atlantic Striped Bass Protection Act - Amends the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act to make unlawful the possession or fishing of Atlantic striped bass within the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) for 36 months after enactment of this Act, subject to extension by the Secretary of Commerce. Allows, when necessary, transport through the EEZ of bass caught outside the EEZ.
United States · United States Congress · 1 May 1990
Federal Pay Reform Act of 1990 - Creates two new pay systems to replace the General Schedule. Establishes the Federal National Pay System (the NS Pay System) which shall have 11 grades designated NS-10 through NS-20 each with a range of rates of basic pay for positions currently classified at grades GS-5 through GS-15 for those classes of positions for which the Government recruits nationally, whose incumbents are usually college graduates, and which are generally professional or administrative in nature. Establishes the Federal Locality Pay System (the LS Pay System) which shall have 15 grades designated LS-1 through LS-15 each with a range of rates of basic pay in each pay area for positions currently classified at grades GS-1 through GS-15 for those classes of positions for which the Government recruits locally, whose incumbents are not usually college graduates, and which are generally clerical or technical in nature. States that it is the policy of the Government that pay for the NS and LS Pay Systems shall be based on the principles that: (1) NS and LS pay rates shall be competitive with the pay of employees in the non-Federal sector for the same levels of work; (2) pay for individual employees shall be tied to performance; (3) there shall be equal pay for substantially equal work under the NS Pay System and in each pay area under the LS Pay System as is currently required under the General Schedule; and (4) pay distinctions shall be maintained in keeping with work distinctions. Authorizes the President to establish minimum and maximum NS pay rates and to keep the overall percentage adjustments in LS pay rates below authorized levels when necessary because of a national emergency or serious economic conditions affecting the general welfare. Prohibits the maximum rate of basic pay from exceeding the minimum rate by more than 40 percent of the minimum rate payable for each range of rates of basic pay for each grade under such Systems. Prohibits the rates of basic pay for such Systems from exceeding the rate paid for level V of the Executive Schedule. Requires the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to determine under which such System each class of positions shall be placed to best meet the personnel management needs of the Government. Requires the position classification standards to specify under which System the positions were placed. Provides for the classification of positions exceeding NS-20 in difficulty and responsibility into one senior NS category. Authorizes OPM to: (1) require executive agencies to obtain its approval to classify a position above NS-20; or (2) impose numerical limitations on the number of positions exceeding NS-20 in each agency. Sets the minimum rate for the senior NS category at 120 percent of the minimum rate for NS-20 and the maximum rate at level V of the Executive Schedule. Makes the employees in this category eligible for the differentials, allowances, and bonuses provided by this Act. Prohibits application of provisions regarding pay adjustment, pay rate setting, and merit increases to such employees. Excludes positions in the Senior Executive Service and the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Drug Enforcement Administration Senior Executive Service from such category. Directs the President to designate an executive branch official as the President's Pay Agent. Provides for annual adjustments by the President to the minimum and maximum rates of basic pay for each grade of the NS Pay System each January based on the recommendations of the President's Pay Agent determined from Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) surveys of non-Federal rates of pay for comparable work to insure the competitiveness of NS pay rates. Directs the President to report to the Congress: (1) when a national emergency or serious economic conditions affecting the general welfare require that pay be held below the comparability range (the range encompassing amounts ten percent above and below the non-Federal rates of pay reported by BLS surveys); and (2) his or her assessment of the impact of such decision on the Government's ability to recruit and retain well-qualified employees. Requires the Pay Agent to: (1) establish a National Employees Pay Council to consist of representatives of Federal employee unions granted consultation rights by OPM; (2) give thorough consideration to the views of the Council in making pay adjustment recommendations and to convene public hearings to obtain the views of interested parties on such recommendations; and (3) determine what rates within such comparability range would be appropriate to allow agencies to recruit and retain well-qualified employees based on certain factors including turnover and unemployment rates. Directs OPM to: (1) establish pay areas for employees under the LS Pay System based on such factors as local labor market patterns, communicating patterns, and practices of other employers; (2) request BLS surveys of non-Federal rates of pay in each pay area for work comparable to the work performed by such employees; (3) recommend to the Pay Agent the minimum and maximum rates of basic pay for each grade of the LS Pay System in each pay area; and (4) set pay for overseas LS employees. Provides for annual adjustments by the President under the same guidelines established for the NS Pay System. Establishes the Federal Labor-Management Committee to advise OPM in establishing pay areas, requesting surveys, and making recommendations to the Pay Agent. Directs OPM to put the new LS pay rates into effect each January. Provides for setting individual rates of basic pay under the NS and LS Pay Systems as is currently done for employees under the General Schedule except that new appointments above the minimum rate for certain individuals are permitted at all grades (currently they are restricted to GS-11 and above) with the approval of OPM only for appointments in an executive agency (currently all appointments except with respect to those by the Librarian of Congress must be approved by OPM). Sets forth guidelines for setting individual rates of basic pay for: (1) employees promoted or transferred to a position in a higher grade; (2) employees repromoted or transferred to a grade in which they formerly served; (3) certain legislative branch employees; (4) Defense Department overseas teachers; and (5) employees of county committees under provisions providing financial assistance to agricultural producers for carrying out conservation and environmental enhancement measures. Provides that any employee under the NS and LS Pay Systems whose most recent performance rating was at the fully successful level or higher shall, at the time of any annual adjustment by the President, receive a merit increase equal to the increase in the minimum rate of basic pay for the employee's grade under such adjustment. Prohibits such an increase in the rate of basic pay for any employee whose most recent performance rating was below the fully successful level. Grants authority to agency heads to provide an additional pay increase to employees rated at or above the fully successful level in an amount to be determined by the agency heads. Provides for additional pay increases under the LS Pay System to employees whose most recent performance rating was at the fully successful level or higher by an amount of not less than three percent of their rate of basic pay upon completion of: (1) each year of service in their current grade if their rate of basic pay immediately before such increase is in the bottom third of the range of rates of basic pay for the grade in the pay area; and (2) each two years of service in their current grade if their rate of basic pay immediately before such increase is above the bottom third of the range of basic pay for the grade in the pay area but less than the dollar amount that is midway between the minimum and maximum rates of basic pay for the grade in the pay area. Prohibits increases for such employees that increase their rate of basic pay above the dollar amount that is midway between the minimum and maximum rates of basic pay for their grade in the pay area. Permits any employee to request reconsideration of a denial of an additional pay increase or the amount of such an increase. Permits such reconsideration only by an employee in a higher position in the agency than the employee who made the initial decision. Prohibits further appeal of the failure to receive an additional pay increase or the amount of such an increase. Authorizes the President's Pay Agent to allow payment of geographical differentials of up to 25 percent of basic pay for employees under the NS Pay System in areas or localities where the Government would otherwise encounter difficulty in recruiting or retaining employees. Requires a geographic differential to be payable to each employee in the area or locality for which the differential is established. Authorizes the President to establish staffing differentials of up to 60 percent of basic pay for employees under the NS and LS Pay Systems in one or more locations or areas where the Government would otherwise encounter difficulty in recruiting or retaining employees. Authorizes OPM to pay supervisory differentials to supervisors under the NS and LS Pay Systems who are responsible for supervising employees not under their respective pay system if: (1) the midpoint of the range of rates of basic pay for subordinate employees is higher than the midpoint of the range of rates of basic pay for supervisors; and (2) one or more of such subordinate employees would, in the absence of such a differential, be paid more than a supervisor. Prohibits a supervisory differential from causing a supervisor's pay to exceed the pay of the highest paid subordinate employee by more than three percent. Authorizes OPM to permit agency heads to pay lump-sum bonuses of up to 25 percent of basic pay to newly appointed employees under the NS and LS Pay Systems or to an employee who must relocate to accept an NS or LS position if the agency would otherwise encounter difficulty in filling the position. Requires the employee to enter into an agreement to complete a specified period of service with the agency to receive such bonus. Requires the employee to repay the bonus on a pro rata basis upon failure to complete the specified period of such service. Authorizes OPM to permit agency heads to pay retention allowances of up to 25 percent of basic pay to employees under the NS and LS Pay Systems who would otherwise be likely to leave the agency and who have unusually high or unique qualifications or if a special need of the agency for the employee's services makes it essential to retain the employee. Authorizes the payment of performance-based cash awards of up to ten percent of basic pay, or in exceptional cases, up to 20 percent of basic pay, to employees under the NS and LS Pay Systems whose most recent performance rating was at the fully successful level or higher. Limits to level I of the Executive Schedule the aggregate amount of basic pay, differentials, bonuses, allowances, and performance-based cash awards employees under the NS and LS Pay Systems may receive in any calendar year. Revises provisions regarding prevailing rate determinations to: (1) require OPM to schedule full-scale wage surveys every three years and to schedule interim surveys to be conducted each year between consecutive full-scale wage surveys; and (2) lower by four percent of the percentage of the prevailing rate payable for each of the five steps for each grade of a regular wage schedule for nonsupervisory prevailing rate employees. Delays the effective date of wage increases for employees under the NS and LS Pay Systems to the 150th day following the date the wage survey is ordered to be made. Authorizes the President to direct OPM to limit the maximum adjustment to wage rates in any wage area during a calendar year if the President determines that equity with NS and LS employees so requires. Makes grade and pay retention provisions applicable to employees under the NS and LS Pay Systems in the same way they are applied to the General Schedule. Authorizes OPM to extend to NS and LS employees in positions involving health care responsibilities any provision regarding employees in the Veterans Health Services and Research Administration (HSRA) of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Establishes a new pay system for administrative law judges and judges of boards of contract appeals consisting of three or more rates of basic pay set by the President which may not be less than the minimum rate for NS-20 or more than the maximum rate for level IV of the Executive Schedule. Directs OPM to determine the rate of basic pay for each judge based on certain considerations. Changes the current limitation on pay fixed by administrative action by an executive agency head or military department head from the maximum rate for GS-18 to level V of the Executive Schedule. Authorizes the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to permit agency heads to set the rate of basic pay for no more than 400 positions critical to the agency's mission requiring high level scientific or professional expertise, up to 30 of which can be Executive Schedule positions, at a rate of basic pay that does not exceed level I of the Executive Schedule unless the President approves a higher rate. Requires OMB to allocate such positions among agencies. Authorizes OMB to: (1) change such allocations at any time; and (2) require agencies to obtain its approval before paying an employee in such a critical position. Authorizes the President to pay geographic, staffing, and supervisory differentials, recruitment and relocation bonuses, and retention allowances to employees under other pay systems upon request by an executive agency head. Limits such payment to level I of the Executive Schedule. Bars judicial review of certain determinations entrusted to the President, the Pay Agent, OMB, and OPM under this Act. Increases the minimum rate for the Senior Executive Service (SES) from the minimum rate for GS-16 to no less than 120 percent of the minimum rate for NS-20. Provides for adjustments to the SES schedule by the President when either the NS schedule or Executive Schedule is adjusted. Replaces the Performance Management and Recognition System with a new authority for the Pay Agent to establish special occupation pay systems for occupations or groups of occupations that the Pay Agent determines should not be under the NS or LS Pay Systems. Prohibits such System from providing for the waiver of any law that could not be waived as part of a demonstration project conducted by OPM. Limits basic pay under such a system to level V of the Executive Schedule, and total pay that includes any differentials, bonuses, and allowances to level I of the Executive Schedule. Authorizes OPM to permit agencies to grant employees time off duty without loss of pay or leave as an incentive award for superior accomplishment. Authorizes agencies to pay new employees up to two pay periods' basic pay if they relocate to accept an appointment with the Government. Eliminates computation of overtime rates and wage-board overtime and Sunday rates under premium pay provisions for employees subject to the overtime pay provisions of the Fair Standards Act of 1938 but deems as overtime hours their hours of work in excess of eight hours in a day for purposes of that Act. Deems as hours of work their hours in a paid non-work status. Provides that hazardous duty differentials may apply to employees in positions inherently involving physical hardship or hazard only if OPM approves of such application. Allows certain employees of the Federal Aviation Administration and the Department of Defense performing emergency work to receive premium pay without regard to the limitation on such pay. Subjects such employees to an annual aggregate pay limitation equal to the maximum rate for NS-20. Authorizes the Director of OPM to waive on a case-by-case basis the application of provisions imposing financial penalties on reemployed civilian retirees under either the Civil Service or Federal Employees' Retirement System or military retirees in scientific, technical, professional, or administrative positions for which there is exceptional difficulty in recruiting or retaining qualified employees. Authorizes agencies to pay: (1) travel and transportation expenses to candidates for Federal employment for job interviews; and (2) travel expenses to new appointees and student trainees, regardless of the nature of their appointment. Increases the maximum uniform allowance from $125 per year to $400 per year and permits OPM to adjust the maximum amount by regulation. Requires OPM to determine the appropriate successor reference in the case of any references to the General Schedule or a grade or rate thereof in any provision of law whether or not amended by this Act. Amends the Foreign Service Act of 1980 to require the President to adjust the rates of basic pay for the Foreign Service Schedule by amounts consistent with adjustments for the NS Pay System. Requires the President to adjust the rates of basic pay for HSRA employees consistent with adjustments for the NS Pay System. Requires the President to determine adjustments in the rates of basic pay and allowances for members of the uniformed services. Limits such pay to level V of the Executive Schedule. Prohibits the reduction of any employee's rate of basic pay as a result of the enactment of this Act. Authorizes the President to establish geographic differentials of up to eight percent of basic pay for payment in January 1991 to employees in the consolidated metropolitan statistical areas of: (1) New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island; (2) San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose; and (3) Los Angeles-Anaheim-Riverside. Authorizes the President to establish staffing differentials equal to five percent of basic pay for payment in January of 1991 to employees whose positions are in grades GS-5 or GS-7 and in a class that is determined by OPM as likely to be under the NS Pay System. Requires this Act to become effective not later than January 1, 1995. Extends the physicians' comparability allowance program from September 30, 1990, to September 30, 1995. Prohibits any service under such program from extending beyond September 30, 1997. Provides that the rates of basic pay of the NS and LS Pay Systems shall take effect in January 1994. Requires the rates of basic pay for the NS Pay Schedule to be set under the pay adjustment process for the General Schedule for the last time in FY 1994 without corresponding adjustments for employees of the Foreign Service and HSRA. Requires the rates of basic pay for the LS Pay Schedule to be set under the new pay procedures in this Act. Requires the rates of basic pay for the Federal Wage System to be determined under the new prevailing rate provisions.
United States · United States Congress · 26 April 1990
Defense Tax Rebate Act - Title I: Individual Income Tax Provisions - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce the rate of tax on individuals and provide a phase-in for such reductions beginning in 1991 and ending in 1995. Modifies the withholding tables to reflect such reductions. Title II: Determination of Defense Budget Outlays - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to report to the Congress on the required rates of tax in any fiscal year in which the reductions in actual defense budget outlays are less than the reductions in Federal revenues by reason of amendments made by this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 24 April 1990
Designates October 1, 1990, to October 1, 1991, as Year of the Wetlands.
United States · United States Congress · 24 April 1990
Requires the Secretary of the Army to provide for the construction and maintenance of a memorial in Arlington National Cemetery to honor U.S. combat glider pilots of World War II. Requires construction expenses to be paid entirely from non-Federal funds.
United States · United States Congress · 20 April 1990
Designates August 7, 1990, as National Neighborhood Crime Watch Day.
United States · United States Congress · 19 April 1990
Designates November 16, 1990, as National Philanthropy Day.
United States · United States Congress · 19 April 1990
Designates October 1990 as Polish-American Heritage Month.
United States · United States Congress · 19 April 1990
Designates the week of July 22 to 28, 1990, as National Week of Recognition and Remembrance for Those Who Served in the Korean War. Authorizes and requests the President to urge that the American flag be flown at half staff on July 27, 1990, in honor of those Americans who died as a result of their service in Korea.
United States · United States Congress · 18 April 1990
Expresses the condolences of the Senate on the death of the Honorable Spark M. Matsunaga of Hawaii.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1990
Textile, Apparel, and Footwear Trade Act of 1990 - Limits the 1990 imports of textiles and textile products classified under a category to an amount equal to 101 percent of the total 1989 imports classified under such category. Limits the 1990 imports of nonrubber footwear classified under a nonrubber footwear category to an amount equal to: (1) the total 1989 imports of nonrubber footwear classified under such category; and (2) in the case of high priced nonrubber footwear, the total 1989 imports of high priced nonrubber footwear classified under such category. Provides for a one-percent annual growth in the amount of permitted imports of textiles and textile products after 1990. Exempts from the limitations imposed under this Act imports of textiles and textile products from U.S. possessions if such articles are exempt from duty under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States and are manufactured by U.S. citizens, nationals, or permanent residents of such a possession. Limits the imports of certain sweaters made in Guam to a specified amount during FY 1990 and to such amount increased by one percent per year in subsequent years. Declares that such limitations shall not apply to Canada or Israel. Sets forth limitations on the amount of textile and textile products classified under certain import categories which may be imported from beneficiary countries under the Caribbean Basin Initiative. Authorizes the President to: (1) enter into trade agreements to grant new concessions as compensation to the extent required under U.S. trade agreements for the import limits imposed by this Act; and (2) proclaim such modification or continuance of any existing duty on textiles and textile products and on nonrubber footwear as necessary to carry out such agreements. Prohibits the President from reducing any rate of duty by more than ten percent. Requires the President, before entering into such trade agreements, to consider whether a country has violated trade concessions of benefit to the United States and the violation has not been adequately offset. Sets forth requirements governing staged rate reductions in the tariffs of articles affected by this Act. Prohibits the President, except as authorized by this Act, from entering into trade negotiations with any country with respect to duties on textiles, textile products, and nonrubber footwear. Prohibits the President, except as provided in this Act, from decreasing or proposing a decrease in any such duty by any means, including an implementing bill or a proclamation. Requires the President to report annually to the Congress on the administration of this Act. Requires the Secretary of Commerce, ten years after enactment of this Act, to study and report to the Congress on its operation. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a pilot program for the issuance and sale to U.S. companies at public auction of import licenses applicable to categories of textiles. Terminates such licensing program on December 31, 1991, and requires a report to the Congress on its administration.
United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1990
Designates September 9 through 15, 1990, as National Historically Black Colleges Week.
United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1990
Yosemite National Park Centennial Medal Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to strike and sell medals in commemoration of the centennial of Yosemite National Park, California, in 1990. Requires that all sales of such medals include a surcharge of $2 each. Requires that all surcharges be paid to an endowment fund for the benefit of the Park to be administered by the National Park Foundation. Requires that the net income from the fund be paid to the Secretary of the Interior to fund special supplemental projects relating to back country trail development and rehabilitation and the preservation of Sequoia groves within the boundaries of the Park. Requires the Secretaries to enter into a memorandum of agreement to allow: (1) the Secretary of the Treasury to deliver medals to the Secretary of the Interior; and (2) the Secretary of the Interior to provide for the sale of the medals in National Park facilities. Grants the Comptroller General the right to examine all records of the National Park Foundation which are related to such medals.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1990
Designates September 16 through 22, 1990, as National Rehabilitation Week. Urges each State Governor and local government chief executive to issue proclamations calling upon their citizens to observe such week with appropriate ceremonies and activities.
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1990
Designates October 6, 1990, as German-American Day.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1990
Designates the week beginning July 22, 1990, as Lyme Disease Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1990
Amends the Home Owner's Loan Act to decrease from 70 percent to 50 percent the percentage of a thrift institution's assets that must be invested in housing-related assets ("qualified thrift lender test"). Makes domestic residential real estate loans qualified thrift investments. (Currently, only loans for domestic residential housing qualify as such investments.) Includes as a "qualified thrift asset" loans held by a savings association that were made to purchase any asset from the Resolution Trust Corporation.
United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1990
Sugar Equity and Reform Act of 1990 - Title I: Sugar Price Support Program - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to support the price of each of the 1991 through 1995 crops of domestically grown sugarcane through six-month nonrecourse loans, with the loan rate for raw cane sugar at 95 percent of the rate announced for the preceding crop year. Requires the loan rate for sugar beets to be fair and reasonable in relation to the rate for sugarcane. Title II: Regulation of Sugar Imports - Authorizes the President to establish a tariff-rate import quota on sugar structured to maintain the market price for raw sugar at or near the market stabilization price. Sets the total quantity of sugar subject to the lowest rate of duty under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule for each fiscal year beginning with FY 1992. Provides a formula for calculating the highest rate of duty. Provides for the allocation of lowest-duty sugar import quotas among foreign countries and for the determination of market stabilization and threshold prices.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1990
Designates the week of June 10, 1990, as National Scleroderma Awareness Week.