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United States · United States Congress · 2 April 1990
Recognizes and commemorates the centennial of Yosemite National Park, created by Congress in 1890.
United States · United States Congress · 30 March 1990
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for the treatment of rental and nonrental real estate activities under the limitations on losses from passive activities.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1990
Parents as Teachers: the Family Involvement in Education Act of 1990 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) to make grants to States for parents as teachers programs. Makes eligible for such a grant any State which operates a parents as teachers program associated with the Parents as Teachers National Center in Missouri. Sets forth program requirements, limiting services to families during the period from the last three months of a mother's pregnancy to the child's attaining age three. Prohibits requiring any person to participate in any program of parent education or developmental screening, or any program for developmentally delayed children. Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish a Parents as Teachers National Center for information dissemination and technical and training assistance for States with such programs; and (2) evaluate such programs within four years. Authorizes appropriations.
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 · 29 March 1990
Designates September 13, 1990, as National DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) Day.
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1990
Designates the decade beginning January 1, 1990, as Decade of the Child.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1990
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit tax-exempt organizations to establish qualified cash or deferred arrangements for their employees.
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 1990
Designates July 19, 1990, as Flight Attendant Safety Professionals' Day.
United States · United States Congress · 26 March 1990
Designates October 6, 1990, as German-American Day.
United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1990
Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the Federal Credit Union Act to cite conditions under which depository institutions, mortgage lenders, and insured credit unions are not liable under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (Superfund) with respect to property acquired either through foreclosure or in a fiduciary capacity. Confers immunity from Superfund liability upon certain banking regulatory agencies and the National Credit Union Administration Board for properties acquired in connection with: (1) the exercise of receivership or conservatorship authority; and (2) the provision of loans and other financial assistance.
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 · 20 March 1990
Designates the week of October 7 through 13, 1990, as National Health Care Food Service Week.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1990
Designates the week of June 10, 1990, as National Scleroderma Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1990
Authorizes and requests the President to designate May 13, 1990, as National Day in Support of Freedom and Human Rights in China and Tibet.
United States · United States Congress · 9 March 1990
Breast and Cervical Cancer Mortality Prevention Act of 1990 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control, to make grants to States, with regard to breast and cervical cancer, for screening, referrals and follow-up services, public information and education programs, education and training for health professionals, quality monitoring of screening, and evaluations of such activities. Sets forth preferences in making the grants and requires equitable geographical distribution. Requires matching non-Federal funds in a specified ratio. Requires that States agree to: (1) provide all of certain services by a specified date; (2) switch to any improved screening procedures which become available; and (3) assure the quality of any screening procedures used. Directs the Secretary to establish guidelines for assuring the quality of mammography and cytological screening conducted under these provisions. Requires that low-income women be given priority in the provision of services. Requires that a charge for services, if any: (1) be made according to a public schedule; (2) be adjusted for income of the woman involved; and (3) not be imposed on any woman with incomes below the poverty line. Requires services to be provided throughout a State, including to members of any Indian tribe or tribal organization. Authorizes the Secretary to provide training and technical assistance. Directs the Secretary to provide for annual evaluations of programs carried out under this Act. Authorizes appropriations. Limits the number of grants made to seven in FY 1991.
United States · United States Congress · 9 March 1990
Designates March 30, 1990, as National Doctor's Day.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1990
Fair Treatment Act of 1990 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to revise, with regard to alcohol and drug abuse and mental health services block grants, the formulas for determination of allotments and minimum allotments to States.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1990
Designates February 17 through 23, 1991, as National Visiting Nurse Associations Week.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1990
Designates July 10, 1990, as Wyoming Centennial Day.
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1990
Federal Law Enforcement Pay Reform Act of 1990 - Raises the minimum per annum rates of basic pay for entry level grades GS-3 through GS-10 for Federal law enforcement officers on a sliding scale with larger adjustments at the lower levels. Directs the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to prescribe regulations to: (1) readjust the rates of pay for such entry level grades every three years, based upon comparisons of State and local compensation for comparable work, in order to keep starting salaries of Federal law enforcement officers competitive with those paid to State and local law enforcement officers; and (2) establish a mechanism to adjust the rates of pay of Federal law enforcement officers serving in certain high cost-of-living areas in order to recruit and retain the best-qualified individuals. Sets forth procedures for identifying those regions for which higher pay rates are needed. Terminates a pay rate payable to Federal law enforcement officers that is based on a particular region if such an officer is transferred or reassigned to a place outside of such region. Requires pay rates established under this Act to be based on data compiled by the National Advisory Commission on Law Enforcement. Directs the Bureau of Labor Statistics to survey State and local law enforcement salaries every three years to compile the data needed to carry out this Act. Authorizes Federal agency heads, in order to retain highly qualified law enforcement officers who possess special skills or experience or whose continued services are particularly important due to factors associated with the geographic area to which they are assigned, to pay Federal law enforcement officers who are eligible for retirement an allowance of up to $10,000 per year provided the officers agree to complete at least one year of additional service in the agency involved. Makes Federal law enforcement officers who are transferred to an area within the United States having higher than average housing costs eligible for a relocation payment of up to $20,000 provided they agree to remain in Federal law enforcement for a specified period. Authorizes Federal agencies to offer rates of pay higher than the minimum rates for positions of GS-3 (currently, GS-11) or above if necessary to attract well qualified entry-candidates for Federal law enforcement service. Authorizes Federal agencies to pay law enforcement officers who possess and make substantial use of foreign language proficiency while performing their official duties a cash award of up to 25 percent of basic pay. Raises the mandatory age for Federal law enforcement officers to retire under the Civil Service and Federal Employees' Retirement Systems from 55 to 57. Changes the method of computing overtime for Federal law enforcement officers to one and one-half times the hourly rate of basic pay for work performed in excess of 40 hours per week. Limits the aggregate rate of pay (including premium pay) for Federal law enforcement officers in a calendar year to the pay rate for level V of the Executive Schedule. Prohibits application of other limitations on premium pay for administratively uncontrollable overtime.
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1990
Commends Will Hill Tankersley for his service to this Nation and the United States Army, most recently as Chairman of the Reserve Forces Policy Board.
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1990
Provides that, in evaluating any sealed bid or competitive proposal for a defense contract for the performance of professional services, the head of an agency shall evaluate the bid or proposal as if the hourly labor rates of the professional employees carrying out the professional services are based on a 40-hour work week.
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1990
Hazardous and Solid Waste Management Act of 1989 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to grant any States that have entered into a contract or cooperative agreement with the President under provisions of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 relating to remedial actions for releases of hazardous substances into the environment the authority to restrict acceptance of hazardous waste originating in other States for disposal. Requires States to prepare plans for solid waste management over a 20-year period for approval by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Requires the plan to provide that the State shall: (1) identify the amount of such waste by type that is expected to be generated in the State or accepted from another State for disposal; (2) establish processes to assure the availability of facilities with adequate capacity to treat or dispose of such waste in a healthy and environmentally protective manner; and (3) identify the volumes of such waste to be reduced through source reduction and recycling. Allows such plans to provide for out-of-State disposal of such waste if the State is without the capacity to dispose of such waste. Requires such plans to establish enforcement mechanisms to prevent out-of-State waste disposal in amounts in excess of amounts included in such plans. Prohibits treatment or disposal of such waste in a manner not in accordance with approved plans. Directs States to establish programs for issuing permits to State facilities in compliance with such approved plans and State law. Prohibits the transportation of such waste for treatment or disposal or the arranging thereof at facilities which have not been issued such permits after the establishment of such programs. Grants States with approved plans the authority to restrict acceptance of such waste originating in other States if such plans justify the imposition of such restrictions on the lack of capacity in such a State to dispose of solid waste generated in the State. Requires persons transporting any quantity of such waste in excess of 100 pounds from one State to another for disposition to register with both the Administrator and the State in which such waste will be disposed. Requires such waste shipments to be transported to facilities with such State issued permits and accompanied by a form specifying certain information which is to be kept at the facility receiving such waste. Requires such forms to be available for inspection by EPA representatives. Requires persons handling solid waste, upon the request of EPA representatives, to furnish or provide access to information relating to such waste. Authorizes such representatives to inspect places handling such waste and to obtain samples. Sets forth a civil penalty for any State that fails to submit plans for solid waste management or fails to have such plans approved.
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1990
Authorizes and requests the President to designate May 1990 as National Physical Fitness and Sports Month.
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1990
Amends the National Wool Act of 1954 to extend the wool and mohair price support program through 1995.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1990
Head Start Expansion and Quality Improvement Act of 1990 - Amends the Head Start Act to extend through FY 1994 and increase the authorization of appropriations for the Head Start program. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, when appropriations exceed the adjusted appropriation for FY 1990, to reserve a certain portion of funds for one or more of the following quality improvement activities: (1) staff compensation; (2) staff training; (3) transportation for eligible children; (4) additional staff; (5) program insurance costs; and (6) facility improvement. Revises the poverty line criterion for eligibility to participate in Head Start programs.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1990
Designates the week of June 24 through June 30, 1990, as National Sheriffs' Week in honor of the 50th anniversary of the National Sheriffs' Association.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1990
Commemorates May 18, 1990, as the 25th anniversary of Head Start.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1990
Designates October 11, 1990, as National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Centennial Day.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1990
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the enactment of the 25th anniversary of the Older Americans Act of 1965 and its successful implementation should be recognized; (2) the contributions at all levels of the aging network fostered by this Act should be recognized; and (3) the Congress and citizens should reaffirm their support for the Act and its primary goals.
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1990
Infant Mortality Amendments of 1990 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to phase-in mandatory State coverage of pregnant women and infants whose family income is below 185 percent of the Federal poverty level. Deducts child and medical care costs from the income eligibility test. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to report to the Congress by July 1, 1991, on State error rates in determining the Medicaid eligibility of pregnant women and infants. Suspends error rate penalties attributable to such eligibility determinations made from July 1, 1989, until one year after the Secretary's report. Phases-in mandatory Medicaid coverage of children whose family income is below the Federal poverty level. Permits States to provide immediate Medicaid coverage of such children. Requires States to: (1) process Medicaid applications at locations which include locations other than those used for applications under part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) (AFDC) of title IV of the Social Security Act; and (2) use applications other than those used under the AFDC program. Permits States to provide Medicaid coverage to children who have attained age one but not age six and whose family income does not exceed 185 percent of the Federal poverty level. (Currently, States are required to cover children between such ages whose family income does not exceed 133 percent of the Federal poverty level.) Authorizes States to provide Medicaid coverage of prenatal home visitation services for high-risk pregnant women and/or postpartum home visitation services for high-risk infants. Requires States which provide prospective Medicaid payments to hospitals to reimburse hospitals which serve a disproportionate share of low-income patients for exceptionally costly or lengthy stays by children.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1990
Water Resources Development Act of 1990 - Title I: Project Authorizations - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to carry out public works projects in specified locations for improvements to navigation, flood control, storm damage reduction, and the construction of recreation features. Specifies the total cost, as well as the estimated Federal and non-Federal cost, of each project. Title II: Project Related Provisions - Authorizes a project for flood protection for the city of Belen, New Mexico, at a specified cost, estimating the Federal and non-Federal share of such cost. Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 to deauthorize the current Federal Cross Florida Barge Canal Project. Requires the Secretary of the Army to transfer to Florida all Project related lands and facilities after two years after enactment of this Act, subject to a survey of Project lands determined satisfactory by the Secretary and paid for by Florida. Authorizes and directs the Secretary, in consultation with the Pyramid Lake Indian Tribe and the Secretary of the Interior, to develop a plan for the environmental rehabilitation of the Lower Truckee River. Authorizes the Secretary to develop a plan for facilities to enable the efficient passage of cui-ui and Lahontan cutthroat trout through or around the delta at the mouth of the Lower Truckee River in order to obtain access to their upstream spawning grounds. Requires the Secretary of the Army and the Chief of Engineers to make a recommendation to the Congress by June 1, 1991, concerning cost-sharing of the lock replacement at Sault Ste. Marie. Prohibits the Secretary from proceeding with the divestiture of certain locks and dams on the Kentucky River until the Corps of Engineers complies with a certain memorandum of understanding. Directs the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Governor of New York to jointly convene a management conference for the restoration, conservation, and management of Onondaga Lake, New York. Provides for the implementation of the plan adopted by such officials, including the making of grants by the management conference for research, studies, activities, and information-gathering in connection with such plan. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to conduct a study for the design and construction of a wastewater treatment project in Cranston, Rhode Island. Authorizes appropriations. Title III: General Provisions - Provides that the Federal interest in public works projects of the Corps of Engineers shall be determined only through application of benefit/cost analysis and an environmental impact statement or assessment. Requires any administrative changes to the eligibility criteria for water resource development projects to be submitted to the appropriate congressional committees for oversight review purposes at least one year prior to their implementation. Requires the Secretary to provide the Congress with biennial management reports on the civil works programs in each district and division of the Corps of Engineers. Specifies congressional intent to require sponsors of only certain projects to pay half of preconstruction planning, engineering, and design costs. Establishes the recommended level of protection for a Corps flood control or storm damage prevention project to be at least the 100-year level of protection, if the benefits of providing such level of protection exceed its cost. Reduces the local-area cost-sharing level required for a Federal navigation project to the extent that the benefits of the project accrue to the armed forces. Authorizes the acquisition of real property and associated improvements and monetary compensation to landowners whose property has been eroded on the Missouri River due to reservoir operation by the Corps of Engineers. Establishes a procedure for review by the Secretary of operational changes for Federal water projects of the Corps of Engineers. Directs the Secretary of the Army to develop a pilot program to design and construct a high-speed magnetic levitation system to be integrated with the interstate highway rights-of-way and other appropriate rights-of-way.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1990
Health Insurance Counseling, and Assistance Act of 1990 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) make grants to States for the establishment or improvement of a program providing information, counseling, and assistance regarding the procurement of adequate and appropriate health insurance coverage to individuals who are eligible to receive benefits under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act; (2) annually convene a conference to provide training and information to State health insurance information, counseling, and assistance program staff members; and (3) establish a national resource center for the purposes of creating a health insurance information clearinghouse, distributing such information to States, and providing States with technical assistance and training in disseminating such information. Authorizes appropriations for such grant programs and the national resource center.
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1990
Amends the Federal criminal code to establish as a criminal offense the creation of a fuel shortage in the United States with the intent to raise fuel or energy prices or adversely affect competition. Authorizes: (1) the Attorney General to institute a civil action to enjoin violations and to seek repayment of damages to those harmed; and (2) district courts to assess treble damages.
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 · 21 February 1990
Social Security Office Access Restoration Act of 1990 - Requires that the public be given telephone access to field offices of the Social Security Administration (SSA) or the level of regional telephone access that was available on September 30, 1988. Requires that callers on the SSA toll-free telephone line be given the number of, and notice of their option of calling, the field office or regional teleservice center in their area. Requires the publication in each local geographic area of the address and telephone number of the SSA field office serving such area and the telephone number of the regional teleservice center closest to such area.
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1990
Authorizes and requests the President to designate the last Friday of April 1990 as National Arbor Day.
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1990
Excellence in Mathematics, Science, and Engineering Education Act of 1990 - Title I: National Goal and Policy for Mathematics, Science, Engineering, and Technology Education - Declares the 1990's to be the Decade of Excellence in American Mathematics, Science, and Engineering Education. Sets forth objectives to be achieved by the year 2000. Title II: Scientific and Technical Literacy of the General Public - Scientific and Technical Literacy Act of 1990 - Part A: National Research and Dissemination in Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education - Establishes within the Smithsonian Institution the National Institute for Technology and Learning (NITL) to conduct and publish interdisciplinary research on processes by which individuals learn and ways in which advanced technologies can facilitate such processes. Establishes a Technology and Learning Advisory Panel within NITL. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award a merit-based, competitive grant or contract to establish a National Clearinghouse for Science, Mathematics, and Technology Education (Clearinghouse). Part B: Regional Science, Mathematics, and Technology Educational Programs - Regional Science, Mathematics, and Technology Consortium Act of 1990 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award merit-based competitive grants for regional science, mathematics, and technology education consortia to disseminate and implement exemplary science, mathematics, and technology education instruction materials, teaching methods, and assessment tools for use by elementary and secondary school students. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to States to conduct programs of Roving Master Teachers in mathematics and science in elementary and middle schools. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to State and local educational agencies, or to consortia of such agencies with other organizations, to assist them in planning, but not operating, regional mathematics, science, and technology academies. Part C: Informal Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education Programs - Amends the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 to establish: (1) within NSF a Directorate of Science and Engineering Education (the Directorate); and (2) within the Directorate a Division of Informal Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education (the Informal Division). Authorizes the NSF Director, through the Informal Division, to award merit-based competitive grants: (1) (and fellowships) for professional enhancement activities to increase the pool of informal science education professionals and consultants; (2) for community extension programs to make available interactive science exhibits and programs for rural and urban poor areas; and (3) for specified types of innovative activities or programs. Requires the NSF Director, through the Informal Division, to make grants to: (1) science and technology museums and centers to develop hands-on, interactive programs; and (2) specified types of entities to develop public television programs in science and technology, especially programs using women or minority role models. Part D: Science and Space Exploration Education - Science and Space Exploration Education Act of 1990 - Authorizes the NSF Director, through the Directorate, to establish a program of grants to and contracts with specified entities to develop innovative educational materials relating to space exploration to deepen students' interest in mathematics, science, and technology. Directs the Clearinghouse: (1) to develop and disseminate a descriptive listing of scientific and technical facilities and equipment useful for educational purposes; and (2) (together with Regional Consortia) inform schools, museums, and science and technology centers of items available for donation. Authorizes the NSF Director, through the Directorate, to conduct an annual competition for science and space exploration education project awards for students or teams from grades nine through 12. Title III: Education of Scientists and Engineers - Scientists and Engineers Education Act of 1990 - Amends the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 to establish within the NSF Directorate of Science and Engineering Education (the Directorate) a Division of Undergraduate Mathematics, Science and Engineering Education (the Undergraduate Division). Part A: Undergraduate Programs - Requires the NSF Director to make outreach grants to community colleges to negotiate the establishment of partnerships with nearby four-year academic institutions that award bachelor degrees in mathematics, science, or engineering, or a four-year technology degree. Authorizes the NSF Director to make competitive, merit-based partnership grants to eligible partnerships of community colleges and four-year academic institutions to assist their students in making the transition to such degree programs. Authorizes the NSF Director, through the Undergraduate Division, to make bootstrap grants to colleges and universities to strengthen particular departments of mathematics, science, or engineering. Authorizes the President to make a limited number of Presidential Awards for Excellence in Teaching Undergraduate Mathematics, Science, Engineering, or Technology to college or university teachers. National Mathematics-Science Teacher Corps Act of 1990 - Authorizes the NSF Director to make awards to students in baccalaureate degree programs in science, mathematics, or engineering who commit themselves to teach elementary or secondary science or mathematics. Part B: Graduate Fellowships - Amends the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 to require the NSF Director to increase, as much as practicable, the number of graduate fellowships awarded by the NSF: (1) in FY 1991 to approximately double that of FY 1987; and (2) to women and minority students. Title IV: Technology Education and Training - Technology Education and Training Act of 1990 - Authorizes the NSF Director to establish a High School Technology Curriculum Development Program to make grants to or contracts with appropriate institutions or organizations to develop comprehensive curricula for introductory and advanced secondary school technology courses leading to careers as engineers or technologists. College and Company Technology Partnership Act of 1990 - Authorizes the NSF Director, through the Undergraduate Division, to make grants to and contracts with eligible partnerships (of four-year colleges of engineering or technology and/or two-year community colleges with private companies) to engage in specified activities involving student work-study at the company, company personnel teaching at the institution, curriculum development, and equipment loans or donations. Technology Training Consortium Act of 1990 - Requires the Department of Labor to establish or designate, within its Employment and Training Administration, an Office of Technology Training Consortiums (the Office). Authorizes the Secretary of Labor, through the Office, to: (1) make planning grants to companies to plan for the establishment of consortia; and (2) pay up to 50 percent of the cost of startup grants to newly established consortia for their initial organization costs. Title V: Women and Minorities in Mathematics, Science, and Engineering - Women and Minorities in Mathematics, Science, and Engineering Education Act of 1990 - Part A: Women and Minority Role Models in Mathematics, Science, Engineering, and Technology - Authorizes the NSF Director to award exemplary visiting professional fellowships for women and minority professionals in mathematics, science, engineering, and technology to provide role models in such fields for female and minority students in grades seven through 12. Authorizes the NSF Director to make distinguished visiting professor grants to women and minority faculty members in mathematics, science, or engineering to serve as visiting professors at academic institutions which do not have sufficient resources to attract and retain faculty members of such stature permanently. Part B: Undergraduate Fellowships and Minority College-University Partnerships - Requires the NSF Director to award undergraduate fellowships in mathematics, science, and engineering to women and minority students. Authorizes the NSF Director, through the Undergraduate Division, to make grants to: (1) minority colleges to establish partnerships with research universities; and (2) eligible partnerships to enable mathematics, science, and technology students from the minority colleges to be exposed to and use facilities, programs, and instruction available at the research universities. Title VI: General Provisions and Authorization of Appropriations - Directs the Secretaries of Education and of Labor and the NSF Director to evaluate and report to the Congress on their respective programs, activities, and responsibilities under this Act. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 2000.
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1990
Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 - Title I: National Standards Governing the Organic Production of Agricultural Products - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish: (1) a national organic production certification program; (2) a label for organically produced and handled agricultural products; (3) a national list of approved and prohibited substances to be included in the organic production standards; and (4) a certifying agent accreditation program. Authorizes State organic certification programs. Sets forth: (1) prohibited crop production practices and materials; (2) animal production practices and materials; (3) processing and marketing requirements; and (4) violations of this Act and related penalties. Authorizes appropriations. Title II: National Boards - Directs the Secretary to establish a National Organic Promotion, Research, and Consumer Education Program. Directs the Secretary to issue organic production and handling orders which shall: (1) establish the Initial Organic Delegate Body which shall elect the Initial National Organic Board and the Initial Organic Standards Board; and (2) provide for the election of the National Organic Assembly. Establishes: (1) an Initial National Organic Board; and (2) an Initial Organic Standards Board. Directs the National Organic Assembly to elect members to serve on the National Organic Board and the Organic Standards Board. Authorizes appropriations. Title III: Low Input Label Demonstration Program - Directs the Secretary to establish: (1) a National Low Input Label Demonstration Program; and (2) two experimental agricultural product labels for Program use. Authorizes appropriations. Title IV: National Laboratory Accreditation - Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish a National Laboratory Accreditation Program for laboratories that test for residues in agricultural products; and (2) establish minimum standards with regard to quality assurance, equipment, methodologies, and personnel. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1990
Designates the week beginning on October 7, 1990, and ending October 13, 1990, as Mental Illness Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1990
Veterans Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 1990 - Title I: Compensation - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to increase the rates of, and limitations on, Department of Veterans Affairs disability compensation and dependency and indemnity compensation to coincide with benefit increases under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act. Requires such rate increases to be published in the Federal Register. Extends the presumption of service-connection, for purposes of eligibility for veterans' disability compensation, to cover members of the reserves who participated in a radiation-risk activity while serving on active duty for training or inactive duty for training. Title II: Health Care - Extends through FY 1991 a pilot program under the Veterans' Benefits and Services Act of 1988 for the provision of mobile health-care clinics for the treatment of veterans residing at least 100 miles from a Department of Veterans Affairs treatment facility. Increases the maximum limitations for the provision of certain home health services to disabled veterans. Title III: Insurance - Makes totally disabled veterans qualifying for a waiver of the premium for service disabled veterans' insurance eligible for supplemental service disabled veterans' insurance for totally disabled veterans. Increases from $40,000 to $90,000 the initial amount of Veterans' Mortgage Life Insurance available to certain veterans granted assistance in securing suitable housing. Title IV: Miscellaneous - Extends through 1993 the period in which a veteran of the Vietnam era will be considered as such for purposes of eligibility for job training, counseling, and placement services. Expands the current authority of the Secretary to acquire and provide housing for homeless veterans in order to allow acquisitions to provide transitional housing for veterans recovering from substance abuse or mental illness disabilities. Extends such program through 1993. Establishes in the Treasury the Transitional Housing Fund for the provision of housing and loans to assist veterans in recovering from alcohol or drug dependence or abuse disabilities. Outlines loan conditions and conditions for veterans residing in housing provided. Requires the Secretary to issue guidelines for the operation of such residences. Makes permanent (current law terminates on March 1, 1991) the requirement that the Department provide information and counseling about the effects and alternatives to foreclosure to veterans who default on Department-guaranteed home loans.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1990
Home Dialysis Equity Act of 1990 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to cover erythropoietin for home dialysis patients competent to use such drug without supervision.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1990
Designates May 1990 as National Digestive Disease Awareness Month.
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1990
Designates the week of April 15 through April 21, 1990, as National Minority Cancer Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1990
Selma to Montgomery National Trail Study Act of 1989 - Amends the National Trails System Act to designate the route from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama (traveled by the march dramatizing the need for voting rights legislation), for study for potential addition to the national trails system.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1990
Designates the U.S. courthouse in Birmingham, Alabama, as the Robert Smith Vance United States Courthouse.
United States · United States Congress · 1 February 1990
Health Objectives 2000 Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize appropriations for allotments to States for developing and implementing a plan to develop and collect data on the public health needs and status of State residents. Requires the plan to provide, for FY 1993 and thereafter, for use of the allotments for additional purposes described in specified provisions relating to preventive health and health services block grants. Requires the State plan to contain, among other elements, a set of at least five State health objectives chosen from the National Health Priorities described by the Secretary of Health and Human Services under this Act. Directs the Secretary to establish: (1) the National Health Objectives Advisory Committee; (2) National Health Priorities (NHPs) to form the basis for all activities that receive assistance under this Act; (3) from the NHPs, a set of Core Priorities that shall be included in each State Plan; and (4) an estimate of the personnel and training needed to accomplish the NHPs. Directs the Secretary, from the amounts made available for allotments, to use: (1) a limited amount for the professional training of public health personnel; and (2) remaining amounts to assist research, pilot, and demonstration projects, and programs the Secretary determines to show the potential impact of regional or national significance with respect to NHPs. Repeals specified provisions relating to preventive health and health services block grants.
United States · United States Congress · 1 February 1990
Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to permit the reimbursement of a patient's regular physician for services provided to such patient by another physician who occasionally covers for the regular physician.
United States · United States Congress · 1 February 1990
Depositor Protection and Abuse Prevention Act of 1990 - Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to prohibit an insured depository institution from marketing any interests in its affiliates in any office space which is commonly accessible to the general public for the purpose of accepting deposits. Grants a Federal banking agency regulatory authority either to prohibit such sales or to impose conditions upon them if the agency determines that any stock or bond of the institution is likely to be confused by the general public with an insured deposit.
United States · United States Congress · 1 February 1990
Designates September 1990 as International Visitors' Month.