United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1990
Acknowledges that Jerusalem is and should remain the capital of the State of Israel. Declares that Jerusalem must remain an undivided city in which the rights of every ethnic religious group are protected. Calls upon all parties involved in the search for peace to maintain their efforts to bring about negotiations between Israel and Palestinian representatives.
United States · United States Congress · 9 March 1990
Paperwork Reduction Reauthorization Act of 1990 - Amends the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980 to increase authorized appropriations to carry it out and to extend its provisions through FY 1993.
United States · United States Congress · 9 March 1990
Office of Federalism Assistance Act - Establishes the Office of Federalism Assistance within the Office of Management and Budget. Grants the Office the authority to: (1) identify the significant problems facing State and local governments and the programs employed most effectively in solving such problems that may be appropriate elsewhere; (2) conduct studies of the most effective management practices and structures of those governments, including financial management systems, budget systems, and personnel practices; (3) develop and make available to those governments and the public information necessary to implement the most effective programs, practices, and systems; (4) serve as a resource for Federal agencies and the Congress for information on the most effective intergovernmental assistance programs and the Federal regulations and mandates for which compliance is most impractical or counterproductive for State and local governments; and (5) sponsor or cosponsor State and local government excellence competitions and recognition programs. Directs the Office to: (1) conduct surveys periodically to determine which problems State and local governments identify as being of a serious nature for which technical assistance is needed and which have been successfully addressed in a way that might be applicable elsewhere; (2) distribute periodically to State and local officials and the public a listing of government problems with a summary of successful programs; (3) publish a catalog of existing technology transfer programs within Federal departments and agencies; and (4) consult with the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations and with experts in developing innovative programs that have successfully addressed serious governmental problems. Directs the Office to cooperate with other Federal entities having intergovernmental responsibilities by: (1) assisting in the identification of those exceptional uses of intergovernmental assistance that could serve as models for implementation elsewhere; and (2) developing an agreement that coordinates responsibilities for publicizing and disseminating information on model programs. Authorizes the Office, in cooperation with State or local governments or non-governmental entities, to: (1) assist in the publication, information dissemination, or referral activities of any State or local government excellence competitions and recognition programs; (2) sponsor or cosponsor conferences and workshops on ways to implement successful State and local government programs; and (3) contract for services authorized or required under this Act. Terminates the Office on September 30, 1995.
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1990
Amends the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act to require the Secretary of Transportation to issue regulations to establish a program encouraging the removal from use and the marketplace of motor vehicles manufactured prior to 1980. Provides for a credit to the corporate average fuel economy of a manufacturer for each pre-1980 automobile destroyed under such regulations.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1990
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that payment under a life insurance contract on the life of an insured who is terminally ill be treated as a death benefit, making such payment eligible for tax exclusion from gross income. Provides that any reference to life insurance shall be treated as referring to a qualified terminal illness rider. Provides for the tax treatment of such riders. Describes such a rider as one which provides for payments to an individual upon the insured's becoming terminally ill. Provides that applicants for or recipients of assistance under the Social Security Act may not be required to elect to receive accelerated death benefits under life insurance policies.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1990
Base Conversion, Community Development, and Worker Opportunity Act of 1990 - Provides for the disposal of real property identified by the Secretary of Defense as a military installation proposed to be closed by the Department of Defense (DOD). Gives the Administrator of General Services jurisdiction over any real property 30 days after it is officially closed by DOD as a military installation. Requires the Administrator, within six months of such date, to offer title to the property first to the local community concerned. Provides that, upon refusal by the local community, such property shall be offered to the county of the former installation, then to the State, then to other departments and agencies of the Federal Government, and, finally, to the highest responsible bidder. Provides for the disposition of property located in more than one local community or county. Prohibits title from being transferred to a local community, county, or State until such entity submits and the Administrator approves a plan under which the entity agrees to: (1) train or retrain all civilian Federal employees whose employment is terminated as the result of the closing of the military installation; (2) reimburse the United States for all severance payments made to affected Federal civilian employees; (3) pay such employees an adjustment allowance; (4) pay the United States a specified amount if the property is sold by such entity within 25 years of the transfer; (5) pay the United States 25 percent of rental or leasing income realized by such entity for the first 25 years after such transfer; and (6) make certain information available to the Comptroller General. Outlines actions to be taken by the Administrator if a local community, county, or State fails to comply with its plan. Directs the Comptroller General to review actions taken by the Administrator under this Act. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1990
Older Americans' Freedom to Work Act of 1990 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to remove the limitation on the amount of outside income which beneficiaries who have attained retirement age may earn without incurring a reduction in benefits.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1990
Savings and Economic Growth Act of 1990 - Title I: Capital Gains Provisions - Subtitle A: Reduction in Capital Gains Tax - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce the capital gains rate for noncorporate taxpayers through a deduction of: (1) 30 percent for assets held at least three years; (2) 20 percent for assets held at least two years; and (3) ten percent for assets held at least one year. Provides for the treatment of collectibles as short-term gains or losses (making them ineligible for such deduction). Disallows the capital gains deduction in computing the alternative minimum tax. Subtitle B: Depreciation Recapture - Provides for the treatment of gain from the disposition of certain depreciable realty as ordinary income. Title II: Home Ownership and Savings Incentives - Allows an exemption from the ten-percent additional tax on early distributions from qualified retirement plans up to $10,000, if the distribution is used to make a first-home purchase at a cost of no more than 110 percent of the median home price in the geographic area where the residence is located. Allows an individual (other than a dependent) to establish a family savings account for the exclusive benefit of an individual and the individual's beneficiaries. Limits contributions to such accounts to $2,500 for the taxable year, if the individual's adjusted income does not exceed $60,000 ($120,000 in the case of joint returns). Subjects the family savings account to the tax imposed on unrelated business income of tax-exempt organizations. Provides that distributions paid out of such accounts shall not be included in gross income, except for earnings on contributions held less than seven years. Establishes a ten-percent additional tax on earnings on contributions held less than three years.
United States · United States Congress · 1 February 1990
Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to issue regulations for a program to encourage the removal from use and the marketplace of motor vehicles manufactured prior to model year 1980. Permits motor vehicle dealers who receive such a vehicle as a trade-in on a new vehicle to remove it from use and the marketplace. Provides that the manufacturer of the new vehicle shall receive a corporate average fuel economy credit upon certification by the dealer to the Administrator that the old vehicle has been destroyed. Prescribes civil penalties for violations of regulations promulgated under this Act. Terminates the provision of credits after 1993.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1990
Department of the Environment Act of 1990 - Title I: General Findings - Sets forth findings with respect to Federal environmental policy. Title II: Elevation of the Environmental Protection Agency to Cabinet Level - Department of the Environment Act - Redesignates the Environmental Protection Agency as the Department of the Environment, an executive agency to be administered by a Secretary of the Environment. Establishes: (1) a Bureau of Environmental Statistics within the Department; and (2) an Advisory Council on Environmental Statistics to advise the Bureau on statistics and analyses. Authorizes appropriations. Title III: Establishment of the Interagency Committee on Global Environmental Change - Establishes within the Executive Office of the President the Interagency Committee on Global Environmental Change to assist the President in coordinating all Federal programs and annual policy plans related to global environmental change. Title IV: Environmental Role of the United States in International Organizations to Which It Belongs - Urges: (1) the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. executive directors of the multilateral development banks to promote energy conservation and environmental protection efforts of borrowing countries when voting to issue financial or technical assistance; and (2) the Secretary of State to convene international conferences to encourage the exchange of information on energy efficiency and environmentally acceptable renewable energy sources and the adoption of a multilateral global climate protection convention. Requires the President to encourage the establishment of an international office to monitor annual generation and removal of carbon dioxide and trace gases on a country-by-country basis. Title V: Establishment of the Commission on Improving Environmental Protection - Establishes the Commission on Improving Environmental Protection to make recommendations on integrating Federal environmental law and other authorities to improve U.S. environmental protection activities. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1990
Designates October 14, 1990, as Dwight D. Eisenhower Day commemorating the 100th anniversary of Eisenhower's birth. Requests Members of Congress who are members of the Dwight David Eisenhower Centennial Commission to make arrangements for a joint meeting of the Congress in commemoration of the centennial of the birth of Dwight David Eisenhower.
United States · United States Congress · 21 November 1989
Nondevelopmental Items Acquisition Act of 1989 - Amends the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to require the Federal Acquisition Regulation issued under the Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP) Act to ensure that: (1) supply procurement requirements of executive agencies are stated in terms of functions to be performed, performance required, or essential physical characteristics; (2) such requirements are defined so that nondevelopmental items (NDIs) (commercial items already available in the marketplace) may be procured to fulfill such requirements; and (3) such requirements are fulfilled through the procurement of NDIs where practicable. Requires the Administrator of the OFPP to issue guidelines for the training by executive agencies of personnel in the acquisition of NDIs. Amends the OFPP Act to make the advocate for competition for each procuring activity responsible for promoting the acquisition of NDIs and for challenging barriers to such acquisition. Requires: (1) the issuance of Government-wide regulations governing the acquisition of commercial products in the Federal Acquisition Regulation to ensure that a procurement contract includes only those classes that are essential to the protection of the Government's interest in that particular contract or that meet other specified requirements; and (2) the Administrator to develop a list of contract clauses required for inclusion in such contracts. Requires that such regulations ensure that: (1) a modified inspection clause is included in each agency contract for the acquisition of commercial products awarded to a contractor that has a proven record of quality production and offers an appropriate warranty to protect the Government's interest in acquiring a quality product; (2) applicable commercial warranties are used by agencies for necessary repair and replacement of commercial products; and (3) no offeror, contractor, or subcontractor is required to submit certified cost of pricing data regarding any agency contract or subcontract for the acquisition of a commercial product or for which the agreed price is based on adequate price competition, unless the agency head determines that such data are necessary for agency evaluation of the reasonableness of the price.
United States · United States Congress · 21 November 1989
Telecommunications Equipment Research and Manufacturing Competition Act of 1989 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to authorize any Bell telephone company to conduct research on, manufacture, and provide telecommunications equipment, notwithstanding current antitrust laws to the contrary, except that a Bell company may not engage in such manufacturing or provision, or both, through a joint manufacturing agreement with any other Bell telephone company. Requires any Bell company to conduct such activity through a subsidiary that is fully separate from any other entity owned or otherwise affiliated with any Bell company. Requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to issue rules to ensure that such subsidiary shall: (1) maintain separate accounts and records from the parent Bell company which identify all transactions with the parent company; (2) carry out directly its own marketing, sales, production, maintenance, manufacturing, and research and development relating to the equipment it provides, except for institutional advertising not related to specific telecommunications equipment; (3) conduct all of its manufacturing activity within the United States; (4) have no more than 90 percent of its equity owned by its parent company; (5) acquire all the debt necessary to finance itself from financial markets outside the operations of its parent company; and (6) operate at all times on an arms-length basis from any of its parent company's other businesses, including Bell's telecommunications services businesses. Requires the FCC to issue regulations requiring that any Bell company engaging in such activity must: (1) provide to other telecommunications equipment manufacturers opportunities to sell such equipment to itself or any of its affiliates which are comparable to the opportunities it provides to itself; and (2) not subsidize its fully separate subsidiary with revenues from its regulated telecommunications services.
United States · United States Congress · 21 November 1989
Strategic Drug Intelligence Act of 1989 - Establishes the Strategic Drug Intelligence Center to: (1) collect and analyze drug enforcement-related data and intelligence; (2) produce analyses of foreign and domestic drug trafficking organizations and trends; (3) create a state-of-the-art computer data base for drug-related strategic intelligence; (4) publish quarterly statistics on drug trafficking and abuse patterns and indicators for each major drug of abuse in the United States; and (5) disseminate drug enforcement-related intelligence to appropriate intelligence and law enforcement agencies. Provides for the designation of an Executive Director to be responsible for management of the Center in consultation with an advisory board. Requires submission to specified congressional committees of a plan for management and operation utilizing existing resources and avoiding duplication of current information systems. Specifies agencies participating in the establishment of the strategic drug intelligence data base. Provides for intelligence community participation and cooperation and Center security, including the protection of sources and methods of drug enforcement-related intelligence. Requires annual reports on the Center's performance. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1994.
United States · United States Congress · 20 November 1989
Benjamin Franklin Memorial Fire Service Bill of Rights Act - Title I: Minting of Benjamin Franklin National Memorial Commemorative Coin - Benjamin Franklin National Memorial Commemorative Coin Act - Provides for the sale of Benjamin Franklin commemorative coins at a surcharge of which 25 percent shall be paid to the Benjamin Franklin National Memorial and the remainder be distributed in specified percentages to the National Fire Center and Museum Account, the National Hero Scholarship Account, the Firefighter's Tuition Assistance Account, the Hazardous Materials Response Computer Account, the In Search of Excellence Research and Education Account, and the Burn Research Grant Account of the Firefighter Assistance Trust Fund (Fund). Prohibits the issuance of such coins from resulting in any net cost to the Federal government. Title II: Fire Service Bill of Rights - Fire Service Bill of Rights Act - Amends the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 to establish a fire service bill of rights. Establishes the National Fire Center and Museum in the District of Columbia to provide information about the fire service and safety to the public and fire services. Funds such museum exclusively through the Fund. Establishes a National Hero Scholarship to fund the higher education of the children or spouse of a deceased firefighter. Establishes a scholarship providing tuition assistance to firefighters for higher education in fire safety or protection. Authorizes the Administrator of the United States Fire Administration to use amounts in the In Search of Excellence Research and Education Account of the Fund to fund other specified programs under the Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974. Establishes the Firefighters Assistance Trust Fund. Places the National Academy for Fire Prevention and Control within the United States Fire Administration. Directs the Administrator to use funds from the Hazardous Materials Response Computer Account of the fund to procure computer equipment for fire services that want such equipment. Directs the Administrator to make a grant from the Burn Research Grant Account of the Fund to one national firefighter's burn foundation dedicated to reducing burn injuries. Requires the Administrator to prepare and make available to State fire marshals, upon request, a manual describing Federal procedures for disposing of surplus property and highlighting how fire services could obtain such property. Directs the Administrator to distribute to such marshals information on the infectious diseases to which firefighters are particularly vulnerable.
United States · United States Congress · 16 November 1989
Eliminates post-1968 service in the National Guard as a prerequisite to civil service retirement credit for former National Guard technicians. Amends the National Guard Technicians Act of 1968 to eliminate post-1968 service as a prerequisite for National Guard technicians for receipt of credit in the determination of length of Federal civil service for purposes of leave, Federal employees' death and disability compensation, group life and health insurance, severance pay, tenure, and status. Sets forth rules for applying provisions of this Act to affected individuals.
United States · United States Congress · 13 November 1989
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States should: (1) urge the other member nations of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) to agree to pursue policies of growth-oriented assistance to such developing nations as may be deemed likely to show expansion if certain circumstances are created; (2) urge its OECD partners to meet, discuss, and adopt such measures as necessary and practical to achieve such goal; (3) urge the other advanced nations to join the United States in giving new positive signs of accepting importation of Third World products into their economies and to encourage private direct investment in the Third World by their citizens; and (4) condition actions in this resolution on the selected Third World nations promising full cooperation in becoming partners in the program. Expresses the sense of the Congress that such cooperation should include "national treatment" for private direct investors, an undertaking to keep any protection of new industries as small and as brief as possible, and an agreement to listen attentively to OECD advice in the selection of new industrial or commercial projects, in the general management of such nation's economy, and in the reassessment of its comparative advantages.
United States · United States Congress · 8 November 1989
Authorizes the President, on behalf of the Congress, to present a gold medal to Laurance Spelman Rockefeller in recognition of his leadership on behalf of natural resource conservation and historic preservation. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to provide for the sale of bronze duplicates of the medal.
United States · United States Congress · 31 October 1989
Expresses the sense of the Congress that conference committee action on the reform of the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1988 shall not exceed the limits set by the legislative language previously agreed upon by the Senate and the House of Representatives or establish benefits and premiums not included by such language.
United States · United States Congress · 24 October 1989
Designates the week of December 3 through December 9, 1989, as National Autism Week. Designates 1990 as the National Silver Anniversary Year for the Autism Society of America.
United States · United States Congress · 19 October 1989
Title I: Capital Gains Provisions - Subtitle A: Reduction in Capital Gains Tax - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce the capital gains tax for noncorporate taxpayers. Establishes a scale for determining such deduction up to a maximum of 35 percent after owning assets for seven years. Provides for not taking into account net capital gain under the phaseout of the 15-percent rate and personal exemptions. Provides for recapturing the gain from disposition of certain depreciable property. Subtitle B: Alternative Capital Gains Rate for Corporations - Reduces the alternative capital gains tax for corporations by establishing a scale for determining such tax rate based on ownership of assets for three to 15 years. Subtitle C: Indexing of Certain Assets for Purposes of Determining Gain - Provides for indexing assets held for more than two years as an option for individuals who elect not to take advantage of the lower capital gains rate. Title II: Individual Retirement Plus Accounts - Allows individuals to establish individual retirement plus accounts with tax treatment similar to that for individual retirement plans. Makes contributions to such accounts nondeductible. Provides for qualified distributions from such accounts, other than for general retirement purposes, including special purposes distributions made for the purchase of a first home and for medical or educational purposes. Prohibits special purpose distributions from being made during the first five years of the account.
United States · United States Congress · 16 October 1989
Declares that the Congress acknowledges and appreciates the commitment, devotion, and sacrifices of present and former military families. Designates November 20, 1989, as National Military Families Recognition Day.
United States · United States Congress · 28 September 1989
Amends the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 to require the Director of National Drug Control Policy to approve or revise budget requests in consultation with the appropriate program manager and agency or department head. Authorizes the head of any National Drug Control Program agency to appeal to the President any decision of the Director on budget, reprogramming, or transfer matters related to such agency.
United States · United States Congress · 28 September 1989
Fairness in Federal Housing Admissions Act of 1989 - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to make a person or family evicted from public or assisted housing because of drug-related criminal activity ineligible for specified housing preferences.
United States · United States Congress · 25 September 1989
Commends and expresses support for President Barco and the Government and people of Colombia for standing up to drug traffickers. Urges the President to continue to commend the cooperation of the President of the United States with the Government of Colombia and provide assistance to Colombia to overcome the activities of drug traffickers.
United States · United States Congress · 20 September 1989
Amends the Railroad Retirement Solvency Act of 1983 to extend for two years provisions for the transfer of tier 2 railroad retirement benefit taxation revenues from the general fund of the Treasury to the Railroad Retirement Account.
United States · United States Congress · 20 September 1989
United Services Organization's 50th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue not more than a specified number of five dollar gold coins, one dollar silver coins, and half dollar clad coins to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the United Services Organizations (USO). Requires such coins to be emblematic of USO Services to military service personnel and families. Sets forth certain features of such coins and provides for their design, issuance, and sale. Terminates the minting of such coins after February 4, 1991. Requires surcharges from the sale of such coins to be deposited in a coinage profit fund and used for USO programs and to reduce the national debt. Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress semiannually through December 31, 1992, on activities under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 15 September 1989
Strategic Drug Intelligence Act of 1989 - Establishes an executive agency to be known as the Strategic Drug Intelligence Center to: (1) assimilate the collective data, intelligence, and analytical capabilities of National Drug Control Program agencies; (2) analyze foreign and domestic drug trafficking organizations and their operations; (3) create and maintain a state-of-the-art computer data base for drug-related strategic intelligence; and (4) disseminate comprehensive intelligence on drug organizations to appropriate intelligence and enforcement agencies. Provides for the establishment of a Strategic Drug Intelligence Board to be responsible for the management of the Center. Specifies the composition and responsibilities of the Board. Requires the Director of National Drug Control Policy to develop and submit to the Congress a plan for the management of the Center which shall include a design and format for each of the data bases to be established by the Center. Specifies that such plan shall utilize existing intelligence resources and shall not duplicate current information systems. Requires: (1) specified agencies to participate in the establishment of the data bases and contribute data as required by the Board; and (2) the information in each data base established by the Center to be made available to appropriate representatives from participating agencies. Directs the Board to take reasonable, necessary actions to provide for physical and personnel security. Requires the Director, within a year and by March 1 of each year thereafter, to prepare and submit to the Congress a report evaluating the performance of the Center and the participation of each of the contributors of the data bases of the Center. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1994.
United States · United States Congress · 14 September 1989
Special Needs Adoption Assistance Act of 1989 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax deduction for qualified adoption expenses. Allows such deduction whether or not a taxpayer itemizes deductions. Directs the Office of Personnel Management to establish a demonstration program under which an employee is reimbursed for qualifying adoption expenses incurred in connection with the adoption of a child with special needs. Requires a report to the President and the Congress by October 1, 1992, on such program.
United States · United States Congress · 12 September 1989
Strategic Drug Intelligence Act of 1989 - Establishes an executive agency to be known as the Strategic Drug Intelligence Center to: (1) assimilate the collective data, intelligence, and analytical capabilities of National Drug Control Program agencies; (2) analyze foreign and domestic drug trafficking organizations and their operations; (3) create and maintain a state-of-the-art computer data base for drug-related strategic intelligence; and (4) disseminate comprehensive intelligence on drug organizations to appropriate intelligence and enforcement agencies. Provides for the establishment of a Strategic Drug Intelligence Board to be responsible for the management of the Center. Specifies the composition and responsibilities of the Board. Requires the Director of National Drug Control Policy to develop and submit to the Congress a plan for the management of the Center which shall include a design and format for each of the data bases to be established by the Center. Requires: (1) specified agencies to participate in the establishment of the data bases and contribute data as required by the Board; and (2) the information in each data base established by the Center to be made available to appropriate representatives from participating agencies. Directs the Board to take reasonable, necessary actions to provide for physical and personnel security. Requires the Director, within a year and by March 1 of each year thereafter, to prepare and submit to the Congress a report evaluating the performance of the Center and the participation of each of the contributors of the data bases of the Center. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1994.
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