United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1989
Legislative Line Item Veto Act of 1989 - Amends the Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to grant the President legislative line item veto rescission authority. Authorizes the President to rescind all or part of any budget authority if the President determines that such rescission: (1) would help balance the Federal budget, reduce the Federal budget deficit, or reduce the public debt; (2) will not impair any essential Government functions; and (3) will not harm the national interest. Requires the President to notify the Congress of such a rescission by: (1) special message not later than 20 calendar days after enactment of appropriations legislation; or (2) special message accompanying the budget when such rescissions have not been proposed previously for that fiscal year. Makes such a rescission effective unless the Congress, during a review period of 20 calendar days, enacts a rescission disapproval bill. Describes: (1) information to be included in the President's message; and (2) procedures to govern consideration of rescission disapproval legislation in the Senate and the House of Representatives.
United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1989
Amends Federal copyright law to permit the unlicensed viewing of videos in a hospital, hospice, nursing home, or other group home providing health care if the institution: (1) provides long-term health care services to individuals on a regular basis; and (2) serves as a temporary or permanent home for such individuals. Prohibits such institutions from levying a direct charge for the video viewing and from transmitting such video viewing via closed-circuit television or other means.
United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1989
Tuna Management Act of 1989 - Amends the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act to declare that the United States claims and will exercise exclusive fishery management authority over all pelagic species throughout the migratory range of each such species beyond the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone, except when within any foreign nation's territorial sea or exclusive economic zone as recognized by the United States. Repeals provisions of such Act providing for the exclusion of highly migratory species of fish from the sovereign rights and exclusive fishery management authority asserted by the United States under existing provisions. Amends the Atlantic Tunas Convention Act of 1975 to change the composition of the advisory committee established by that Act.
United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1989
Requests: (1) the Soviet Union to release the prison records of Raoul Wallenberg and account for his whereabouts; and (2) the President to pursue such release and accounting through diplomatic actions with the Soviet Union.
United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1989
Provides an exemption from the reduction in retirement pay because of reemployment for Federal annuitants and former members of a uniformed service who become reemployed with a temporary position within the Bureau of the Census to assist in carrying out the 1990 decennial census.
United States · United States Congress · 26 July 1989
Former Presidents Act of 1989 - Title I: Former Presidents - Changes the amount of the annual allowance to which the surviving spouse of a deceased former President is entitled from $20,000 to two-thirds of the allowance to which a former President is entitled. Repeals the requirement that a widow of a former President must waive the right to any other Government annuity or pension to qualify for such allowance. Authorizes the Administrator of the General Services Administration to provide to each former President upon request: (1) one office, not exceeding a certain area in size, in a public building and appropriate equipment for such office; (2) compensation for office staff members, without an aggregate ceiling, who shall be subject to certain provisions of civil service laws; (3) payment for the travel and subsistence allowances for certain employees; (4) transportation on aircraft owned or chartered by the Government solely to enable the President to conclude his or her official duties and otherwise as required incidentally to protect such former President; (5) communication services; (6) printing and binding expenses; and (7) moving the former President and the presidential family and their possessions from the White House to a location in the United States. Allows any Federal employee to be detailed to the office staff of a former President with the consent of the employee's agency head. Declares that the costs of providing transportation to a former President on aircraft owned or chartered by the Government shall be paid from appropriations for such purpose. Authorizes the Administrator to provide a former Vice President with necessary services and facilities for concluding his or her office affairs which are similar to the services and facilities provided to a former President under this title. Prohibits the use of funds provided for necessary services and facilities of a former President or Vice President for partisan political activities or income generating activities. Prohibits the expenditure of such funds for a former President or Vice President any time beyond 90 days after the former President dies. Requires each former President to report annually to the Congress concerning activities carried out with such funds. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the provisions of this title concerning the services and facilities to be provided for former Presidents and Vice Presidents. Revises provisions authorizing appropriations to the Administrator with respect to presidential transitions to provide that not more than $2,000,000 may be appropriated for providing services and facilities to the President-elect and the Vice President-elect. Title II: Protection of Former Presidents and Former Vice Presidents - Prohibits the United States Secret Service from protecting a former President or the spouse or child of a former President, except as authorized under this title. Authorizes the Secret Service to protect: (1) a former President for five years after the individual becomes a former President; (2) the spouse and child of a former President for two years after the individual becomes a former President and after two years to the extent that such protection is incidental to the protection of the former President; (3) the spouse and child of a deceased former President for whichever is the greater period of six months after the former President dies or the time remaining in the two-year period, if the President died before the expiration of the two-year period; and (4) the spouse and child of a deceased former President for six months after the former President dies, if such death occurs after the expiration of the two-year period. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to extend or reinstate Secret Service protection of a former President for one or more one-year periods and of a spouse or child for one or more six-month periods after the original protection has been terminated upon finding that a threat warranting such protection exists. Declares that no extension or reinstatement of Secret Service protection shall become effective unless the Secretary submits a notice to the Congress specifying such finding and 60 days of continuous session have expired after the date of such notice. Allows a former President or the spouse or a child of a former President to request the Secretary to extend or reinstate such protection. Requires the Secretary to notify the Congress of a denial of such a request. Authorizes the President to direct the Secret Service to protect a former President or the spouse or child of a former President if a threat warrants emergency action. Requires the President to notify the Congress of any such action. Permits the Secretary to authorize Secret Service protection for a former Vice President for a period beginning on the last day of the individual's term and ending on the last day of the fiscal year in which the term expires, and upon finding that a threat exists which warrants such protection.
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1989
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from the minimum coverage requirements for pensions all railroad employees who are not covered by a collective bargaining agreement which includes a qualified cash or deferred arrangement pension plan.
United States · United States Congress · 20 July 1989
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that the tax treatment of loans with below-market interest rates shall not apply to bonds issued by the country of Poland.
United States · United States Congress · 20 July 1989
Urges the Secretary of State to initiate negotiations with the Government of Poland to establish an international board of U.S. and Polish representatives with authority to issue $150,000,000 per year of bonds, the proceeds of which would be deposited into a fund to develop the Polish economy into a market economy and to provide capital for private sector investment in Poland. Authorizes the Secretary to make a grant to such board to provide funding necessary to enable it to purchase, at market rates, obligations issued by the United States, subject to specified conditions. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 19 July 1989
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1994, the duty on 2-(4-((6-chloro-2-quinoxalinyl)oxy)-phenoxy)- propionic acid, ethyl ester (Quizalofop-ethyl).
United States · United States Congress · 18 July 1989
Biden-Roth-Cohen Flag Protection Act of 1989 - Amends the Federal criminal code to apply criminal penalties for desecration of the U.S. flag to maintaining the flag on the floor or ground. Eliminates knowingly casting contempt on the flag as an element of desecration.
United States · United States Congress · 14 July 1989
Designates October 29, 1989, as Fire Safety at Home--Change Your Clock, and Change Your Battery Day. Directs the President to issue a proclamation to urge people to change the batteries in their smoke detectors when they reset their clocks from daylight savings time.
United States · United States Congress · 14 July 1989
Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) a Polish-American Equity Fund will be created through the appropriation by Congress of funds to establish and collateralize a low-interest, tax-advantaged bond issuance; (2) the President shall establish such fund, dedicated to private, rather than public, sector investments in Poland; (3) such investment requires the establishment of a legal framework to facilitate such concerns; and (4) the Overseas Private Investment Corporation expand its efforts through the Opportunity Bank program to match American business expertise and investment with Polish private sector initiatives.
United States · United States Congress · 23 June 1989
Provides that if the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) does not enter into a Government-wide indemnity benefit plan contract for 1990 or 1991, in order to compute the average total premium of the six health benefit plans for determining the Government's share of the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) premiums, the indemnity benefit plan premium in effect at the beginning of each such contract year shall be deemed to be: (1) for 1990, the 1989 premium adjusted by the average increase or decrease of the premiums of the other five benefit plans for contract year 1990; and (2) for 1991, the premium deemed to have been in effect in 1990 adjusted by the average increase or decrease of the premiums for the other five health benefit plans for contract year 1991. Declares that separate percentages shall be computed under this Act with respect to enrollments for self alone and enrollments for self and family.
United States · United States Congress · 23 June 1989
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow farmers' cooperatives to elect to treat as ordinary income or loss certain capital gains and losses from the disposition of assets used in conducting business with or for patrons.
United States · United States Congress · 23 June 1989
1989 Save America Tax Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individuals to establish flexible individual retirement accounts with tax treatment similar to that for individual retirement plans. Makes contributions to such accounts nondeductible. Limits contributions to $2,000 for taxable years before 1995 and $3,000 for taxable years thereafter. Provides that qualified distributions from such accounts, other than for general retirement purposes, include special purpose 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. Allows a tax credit for low-income persons of 25 percent of the amount paid into a flexible individual retirement account for each taxable year. Increases the amount a spouse with no compensation may contribute to retirement savings.
United States · United States Congress · 23 June 1989
Expresses the sense of the Congress that science, mathematics, and technology education should be a national priority (with emphasis on an educated citizenry, curriculum planning, teacher preparation, and service to traditionally underserved students, including those from inner cities and remote areas).
United States · United States Congress · 22 June 1989
Designates the period of September 16 through October 9, 1989, as Coastweeks '89, recognizing the importance of coastal zones. Designates September 16, 1989, as National Estuaries Day and September 23, 1989, as National Beach Cleanup Day.
United States · United States Congress · 22 June 1989
Constitutional Amendment - Declares that the Congress and the States have the power to prohibit the desecrating, mutilating, defacing, defiling, or burning of the U.S. flag.
United States · United States Congress · 22 June 1989
Declares that the Senate: (1) expresses its disappointment that the Texas statute prohibiting the desecration of the flag was found to be unconstitutional; (2) expresses its commitment to preserving the honor and integrity of the flag; (3) intends to make a study of the impact of the Supreme Court decision on Federal and State laws and to seek ways to restore sanctions against such conduct; and (4) urges the American people to continue to display proudly the American flag.
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 1989
Department of Defense Acquisition Reorganization Act of 1989 - Requires the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition to: (1) plan and conduct all major defense acquisition programs of the Department of Defense (DOD); and (2) supervise all other DOD acquisitions. Directs the Secretary of each military department and the head of each defense agency, for each major defense acquisition program, to: (1) determine and define the procurement needs for that program; (2) determine and define the performance standards for the systems to be acquired under the program; and (3) report such needs and standards to the Under Secretary. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to revise such needs or standards. Directs the Secretary to: (1) select the system concept for design under a major defense acquisition program; and (2) determine and define the level of risk acceptable for a system to be acquired under a major defense acquisition program (MDAP). Requires the Secretary of a military department or defense agency head to determine whether the system acquired under such MDAP meets the needs of such department or agency. Directs the Under Secretary, in planning for and conducting a MDAP for the acquisition of a system, to: (1) consult with the Secretaries of the military departments and the heads of the appropriate defense agencies with regard to the need for such system; (2) consider whether the acquisition of a system from any allied government would meet those needs; (3) consult with the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs concerning the potential for two or more military departments to use one system and potential alternative systems to be used by two or more departments; (4) determine the extent to which there is a commonality of parts and components among the systems to be acquired for such departments; (5) carry out functions relating to the research, development, and production of the system under the MDAP; (6) consult with, and seek advice and comments from, military department Secretaries and defense agency heads; and (7) be the sole DOD representative in negotiating with private sector representatives in connection with the MDAP. States that the Under Secretary is not responsible for conducting, monitoring, or reviewing operational testing and evaluation under a MDAP. Provides that, for purposes of a MDAP, the head of a defense agency shall include the Secretary of Defense, acting through the Under Secretary. Establishes within DOD a Defense Acquisition Agency (DAA) to be headed by the Under Secretary. Specifies that the Under Secretary shall plan and conduct MDAPs through such agency. Directs the Secretary to establish by regulations a personnel system for civilian personnel within DAA. Outlines information to be included in such regulations. Allows the Secretary to exempt civilian personnel from any otherwise applicable competitive service requirements. Requires the Secretary to make appointments to DAA from the best-qualified civilian applicants. Authorizes the Secretary to establish and administer a performance management and recognition system for DAA employees. Provides for the assignment of DAA employees. Directs the Secretary to ensure that members of the armed forces are assigned to duty in the DAA to furnish the agency advice and assistance on the use of systems to be acquired under MDAPs. Prohibits a member from serving as a MDAP manager or performing supervisory duties in the conduct of such a program. Requires such members in the DAA to be promoted at a rate not less than the promotion rate for all members of the same armed force in the same grade and competitive category. Requires the Secretary to periodically report to the Congress on the promotion rates of such members in the DAA. Makes inapplicable to the Coast Guard and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration certain provisions relating to contract requirements for production special tooling and production special test equipment.
United States · United States Congress · 15 June 1989
Designates June 16, 1989, as Soweto Remembrance Day. Encourages Americans to participate in local activities designed to commemorate the victims of Soweto and to show solidarity with those who are fighting to end apartheid.
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1989
Amends the Internal Revenue Code with respect to the allocation and apportionment of qualified research and experimental expenditures to sources within and outside the United States for income tax purposes. Requires that any such expenditures made solely to meet a political jurisdiction's legal requirements concerning products or processes unlikely to yield extrajurisdictional income be allocated only to income within that political jurisdiction. Increases from 50 to 67 percent the amount of research and experimental expenditures that a company must allocate to income from U.S. sources. Requires companies to report on a consolidated basis with respect to the expenditures associated with these source rules.
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1989
Permits persons who use an article in the production of a product in the United States, or import an article into the United States, or who distribute such an article to file with the International Trade Commission a petition requesting the President to issue a proclamation suspending all duties imposed on such article by the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States. Permits domestic producers of articles for which duties are suspended, or of like or directly competitive articles, to petition the President to reinstate such duties. Directs the Commission, upon petition with sufficient justifying information, to investigate the suspension or reinstatement of duties. Sets forth determinations to be made through such an investigation, including determinations as to: (1) whether domestic producers of affected articles object to a suspension of duties on such articles; and (2) the aggregate amount of Federal revenue derived from such duties. Requires the Commission to: (1) provide an opportunity for any person to submit written and oral statements on the subject; and (2) submit reports on its investigation for publication in the Federal Register, to the petitioner, and to the President within specified time periods. Declares that Commission determinations shall not be reviewable in any court. Authorizes the President, within 30 days after the Commission submits a report on suspending duties, to suspend all duties on an article if he determines that: (1) no person has a valid objection to such a suspension; and (2) the aggregate values of such imports and Federal revenue derived therefrom do not exceed specified amounts. Prohibits the President from suspending column two duty rates imposed by the Schedule on any article. Requires the President, if he does not suspend all duties on an article, to publish a written explanation of that decision. Limits the length of such a suspension of duties to three years. Requires the President, within 30 days after the Commission submits a report on the reinstatement of duties on an article for which duties had been suspended, to: (1) reinstate such duties if he determines that a person has a valid objection to such suspension; and (2) publish any negative determination. Makes the President's decisions on reinstating duties final and not subject to review in any court. Permits the President to establish schedules for filing petitions and for other actions under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1989
Domestic Corporation Taxation Equality Act of 1989 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit, with specified exceptions, the States from imposing tax on corporate taxpayers on a worldwide unitary basis, unless a taxpayer unconditionally elects to be taxed that way. Includes an express prohibition against the unitary method with respect to a domestic corporation whose average U.S. payroll, property, and sales represent less than 20 percent of its total payroll, property, and sales. Permits a State to tax dividends received by domestic corporations from their foreign affiliates only to the extent that the State excludes from the tax base of the U.S. corporation: (1) at least 85 percent of such dividends; or (2) the portion of such dividends that effectively bears no Federal income tax after application of the foreign tax credit.
United States · United States Congress · 7 June 1989
Designates August 1, 1989, as Helsinki Human Rights Day. 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, in particular, the Soviet Union, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, the German Democratic Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Romania; (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) convey to U.S. allies the necessity of unity regarding such Accords.
United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1989
Amends the Tax Reform Act of 1986 to delay until 1990 the effective date of the nondiscrimination requirements for benefits provided under certain employee benefit plans. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise such nondiscrimination requirements by requiring the taxation of the excess health benefits of a highly compensated employee. Excludes from such requirements certain students, certain elderly, and prisoners. Imposes an excise tax on employers or employer plans if an employee benefit plan fails to satisfy certain administrative requirements. Restores prior law with respect to nondiscrimination requirements of group-term life insurance plans. Authorizes an employer to elect to use current nondiscrimination rules for years beginning 1990 or 1991 as they apply to health plans and dependent care assistance programs. Revises provisions relating to the nontaxable benefits of employers of leased employees, dependent care assistance, and group-term life insurance provided to highly compensated employees.
United States · United States Congress · 1 June 1989
United States Coast Guard Bicentennial Medal Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to design, strike, and sell a medal in commemoration of the bicentennial of the U.S. Coast Guard in 1990. Requires the design of the medal to be selected by the Secretary of the Treasury after consultation with the Secretary of Transportation and the Commission of Fine Arts.
United States · United States Congress · 18 May 1989
Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Repeal Act of 1989 - Repeals provisions of the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1988 expanding coverage under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act and imposing a supplemental premium on Medicare beneficiaries. Adjusts the Medicare part B premium to such reduction of coverage.
United States · United States Congress · 11 May 1989
Amends the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act Amendments of 1988 to delay the effective date of provisions relating to procurement integrity among Government contractors, officials, and agencies.
United States · United States Congress · 10 May 1989
Designates the Labor Day Weekend beginning on September 2, 1989, as National Drive for Life Weekend. Calls on people to observe that weekend with a pledge to be responsible by driving sober.
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