United States · United States Congress · 26 September 1989
National Teacher Act of 1989 - Title I: Loan Forgiveness for Teachers - Directs the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) to assume the obligation to repay specified portions of a Stafford loan (a student loan made, insured, or guaranteed under specified provisions of the Higher Education Act of 1965) for any borrower employed as a full-time teacher in a public or nonprofit private elementary or secondary school which is: (1) in the school district of a local educational agency eligible for assistance under chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981; and (2) determined to have more than 30 percent of its enrollment made up of children who are counted under specified provisions of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. Limits the number of schools which may be involved. Provides for cancellation of increasing portions of such student loans for a one to five-year period of such teaching service. Provides also for forgiveness of portions of student loans for borrowers who return to higher education after graduation to obtain a teaching certificate. Provides for repayment of such specified portions of principal and interest by the Secretary to the eligible lender or holder. Title II: Class Size Research and Demonstration Project - Class Size Demonstration Act of 1989 - Directs the Secretary to make demonstration grants to local educational agencies having elementary and secondary schools with large classes in order to demonstrate the advantages of reducing the size of classes. Provides for the Federal share of program payments. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1994. Title III: Model Programs in Teacher Preparation and Promising Practices - Authorizes the Secretary to pay to State and local educational agencies, State higher education agencies, institutions of higher education, individual elementary or secondary schools, or nonprofit private organizations the Federal share of costs of establishing and operating model programs demonstrating: (1) effective and innovative approaches to teacher preparation; (2) effective methods for alternative preparation; and (3) promising practices for teacher classroom instruction or site-based organizational management with the participation of teachers. Sets forth special rules and priorities relating to such grant awards and their size and scope, and examples of types of projects for which such funds may be used. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1996. Title IV: New Careers for Teachers - Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to eligible recipients to pay the Federal share of costs of establishing and operating programs to attract minority candidates to teaching careers. Makes eligible for such grants consortia of institutions of higher education and local educational agencies working with the State educational agency and the appropriate State or local teacher credentialing body. Provides that such grants shall be for five years and awarded under a competitive bidding process. Allows grant funds to be used to pay tuition, release time, and child care stipends for program participants. Directs the Secretary to provide for continuing evaluation of such projects and report to the Congress two years after enactment of this Act. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1994. Title V: National Teacher Academies - Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to institutions of higher education, private nonprofit education organizations, or combinations of such entities to establish and operate national teacher academies. Requires one such academy in each of the following subject areas commonly taught in elementary and secondary schools: (1) mathematics; (2) English, reading, and language arts; (3) civics and government; (4) basic skills and literacy instruction; (5) the arts, including art, music, and the performing arts; (6) history and geography; (7) economics; (8) life sciences; (9) physical sciences; and (10) foreign languages. Requires academy staff to be selected from the most accomplished and prominent scholars in the relevant fields. Provides that such grants shall be for five years, and awarded under a competitive bidding process. Requires special consideration for eligible recipients that have demonstrated effectiveness in establishing and administrating a national network of individuals who assist in teacher training programs at State and local levels. Limits such awards to eligible applicants who have demonstrated expertise in both the subject area and in-service teacher training. Requires grant funds to be used for: (1) in-service training for teachers and administrators; (2) summer institutes; (3) leadership team training for congressional district academies; and (4) support services for congressional district academies, including national networks of individuals, consulting assistance, and information services. Requires that specified numbers of school administrators and teachers from each congressional district participate in summer institutes. Directs the Secretary to evaluate the work of each national academy biennially, and make evaluation results available to the Congress and the public. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1994. Title VI: Congressional District Teacher Academies - Directs the Secretary to allot to each State educational agency funds to establish and operate congressional district teacher academies. Requires that one such academy be established in each congressional district in each of the subject areas specified under title V provisions for national teacher academies. Allows the State educational agency to combine several of the authorized congressional district academies into a single academy in States where several congressional districts serve a local educational agency, or in States of small geographic size (containing less than three congressional districts). Provides that such grants shall be for five years, and renewable, and awarded under a competitive bidding process. Provides that academies for specified U.S. territories and possessions in the Pacific are to be combined into a single academy for each subject area, and administered by the Center for the Advancement of Pacific Education, in Honolulu, Hawaii, or its successor. Requires that such grant funds shall be used to: (1) provide in-service training programs for teachers; and (2) pay costs of release time, stipends, college or university credit, curricular materials, and other expenses. Requires eligible recipients to establish: (1) a three-person leadership team, if they seek a grant under this title; and (2) a ten-member steering committee, if they seek a grant under this Act. Requires each State educational agency receiving financial assistance under this title to evaluate biennially the work of each congressional district academy and report to the Secretary. Directs the Secretary to submit a summary of such reports to the Congress biennially. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1994.
United States · United States Congress · 25 September 1989
Authorizes the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to present a bronze medal to individuals who: (1) were members of the armed forces and were present in Hawaii on December 7, 1941; and (2) participated in combat operations that day against Japanese military forces attacking Hawaii. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to strike such medals. Authorizes the Secretary to provide for the sale of bronze duplicates of the medal. Authorizes appropriations which are to be reimbursed out of the proceeds from sales of the medals.
United States · United States Congress · 21 September 1989
Investor Equality Act of 1989 - Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to reduce from ten days to five days the time in which required public disclosures must be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (Commission) by a person who acquires more than five percent of the securities of a corporation. Prohibits any person required to file such disclosure statements from acquiring any additional securities until the required disclosures have been filed with the Commission and an announcement has been publicly disseminated in a nationally recognized financial news service. Authorizes the Commission to bring a civil action for civil penalties or equitable relief for violations, or the aiding and abetting of a violation, of disclosure requirements, proxy solicitation requirements, and tender offer requirements. Requires any person making a tender offer for shares of securities of a corporation to keep such offer open for a minimum of at least 35 business days. Extends such 35 business day period to 95 business days in cases where a qualified employee stock ownership plan notifies the offeror, the issuer, or the Commission, of the plan's intent to acquire additional securities of the issuer on terms which are substantially equivalent to other offers. Prohibits any person from acquiring more than 25 percent of any of the shares of any class of securities in a corporation unless such acquisition is made pursuant to a tender offer. Provides that any profit realized directly or indirectly in the sale of securities to the issuer of those securities (Greenmail) shall be recoverable by such issuer if the seller was the beneficial owner of more than three percent of the securities of the issuer and held any or all of the shares for less than one year prior to such sale. Allows an exception for transactions approved by a majority of the issuer's outstanding voting securities or pursuant to an offer made on equal terms with all shareholders. Provides that any action to recover such profits may be brought by the issuer or by the owner of any security of the issuer if the issuer fails or refuses to bring such action within 60 days after such request or fails to diligently prosecute such action. States that the issuer of any class of equity security must have the approval of the majority of voting shareholders before such issuer may: (1) negotiate agreements increasing an officer's or director's compensation in an amount which would constitute an excess parachute payment (golden parachute) contingent upon a change of control of the issuer by stock or asset acquisition; and (2) establish any rights of securities holders with respect to assets or securities, if the exercisability of such rights is conditioned upon acquisition of the issuer's securities by another person. Directs the Commission to promulgate regulations requiring: (1) confidential proxy voting (including consents and authorizations); and (2) the announcement of vote results following tabulation by an independent third party. Grants any ten percent shareholder the right to have included in any proxy or other solicitation materials of the issuer any statement the shareholder wishes to make pertinent to the issue presented for shareholder vote, or to any other proposals on the issue submitted by other ten percent shareholders.
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 · 20 September 1989
Polychlorinated Biphenyl Waste Regulatory Improvements Act of 1989 - Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act to require all handlers of polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) waste to notify the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of their handling activity. Directs the EPA to provide handlers with identification numbers. Requires all handlers of PCB waste to comply with the requirements of an EPA manifest system or, if such system is not established within 120 days of this Act's enactment, with the system set forth in the Solid Waste Disposal Act. Requires that a manifest be initiated when PCB waste leaves its generation site and is not owned or controlled by its generator, or leaves a storage site owned by such generator. Directs PCB waste transporters to comply with EPA PCB waste transportation requirements or, if such requirements are not promulgated within 90 days of this Act's enactment, with the requirements for the transportation of hazardous waste set forth under the Solid Waste Disposal Act. Makes such requirements applicable when PCB waste leaves its generation site and is not owned or controlled by its generator, or leaves a storage site owned by such generator. Requires PCB storage facilities to obtain EPA approval for their storage activities. Sets forth conditions for such approval. Exempts from the approval requirement: (1) generators who store their own PCBs; (2) storers of PCBs generated by a corporate parent, subsidiary, or sister subsidiary of the same parent; and (3) storage incidental to disposal which has been approved by the EPA. Requires PCB storage and disposal facilities to comply with EPA financial responsibility, contingency plan, facility closure, and post-closure care requirements or, if such requirements are not promulgated within 180 days of this Act's enactment, with such requirements for hazardous wastes contained in the Solid Waste Disposal Act. Directs the EPA to review and, if necessary, modify all PCB storage and disposal approvals within at least five years of their issuance or reissuance. Requires that approvals issued after this Act's enactment be for a fixed term. Authorizes the EPA to revoke an approval for a person's noncompliance with Toxic Substances Control Act requirements. Requires the EPA to: (1) thoroughly inspect all PCB storage and disposal facilities at least once every two years; and (2) publish annual notices of any enforcement actions for violations of PCB requirements concluded during the previous year. Directs PCB waste handlers to notify a State 30 days prior to the date such waste is to be transported into such State.
United States · United States Congress · 18 September 1989
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend from December 31, 1989, until December 31, 1991, the exemption from the termination of small issue bonds for farm property and manufacturing facilities located in rural areas.
United States · United States Congress · 6 September 1989
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to authorize individuals to designate one dollar of overpayment or a cash contribution on income tax forms to the Vietnam POW/MIA Rescue Fund. Establishes such Fund to make payments to individuals as rewards for delivering into the custody of the U.S. Government a living Vietnam POW/MIA. Authorizes the granting of political asylum to individuals receiving rewards.
United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1989
Southeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact Amendments Consent Act of 1989 - Grants congressional approval to amendments made by the party States to the Southeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Compact which provide for: (1) withdrawal from the Compact; and (2) the maximum length of time a party State is required to operate a regional facility.
United States · United States Congress · 4 August 1989
Urges the President to ensure that the United States does not submit a proposal to include maritime transportation in the forthcoming General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) discussions regarding trade-in-services industries and to oppose any proposals by foreign nations which are similar or which could result in a contraction of the U.S.-flag merchant marine.
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1989
Rural Hospital Improvements Act of 1989 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide an additional payment to each Medicare-dependent, small, rural hospital for discharges occurring from FY 1989 through 1994 equal to the amount by which such hospitals' reasonable costs exceed Medicare payments for such discharges. Maintains the regional referral center classification and payment rate of each hospital so classified as of September 30, 1989, until the Medicare urban/rural hospital reimbursement differential is eliminated.
United States · United States Congress · 26 July 1989
Safe and Decent Housing Act of 1989 - Amends the Housing Act of 1937 to permit a housing agency to waive administrative eviction hearings in cases of tenant criminal activity, including drug-related activity. Requires the agency to notify the local post office of any such tenant eviction.
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1989
Displaced Homemakers and Single Parents Homeownership Assistance Act - States that displaced homemakers and single parents shall not be deemed ineligible for Federal assistance for first-time homebuyers on the basis of previous home ownership or residence while married or a homemaker.
United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1989
Declares it is U.S. policy to provide a national air transportation system which: (1) enhances the general welfare and security of the United States; and (2) is free of regulations which unreasonably burden or restrict the right of citizens to travel by air. Requires the President to submit to the Congress a plan for a new comprehensive national aviation policy.
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1989
Defense Production Act Amendments of 1989 - Title I: Amendments to the Defense Production Act of 1950 - Part A: Declaration of Policy - Revises the declaration of policy under the Defense Production Act of 1950 to state that such Act affords the President an array of authorities to shape defense preparedness programs and to take appropriate steps to maintain and enhance the defense industrial and technology base. Part B: Amendments to Title III of the Defense Production Act - Expands the existing loan guarantee authority of the President to include providing such authority for the procurement of a critical technology for the national defense. Increases from $25,000,000 to $50,000,000 the maximum loan guarantee amount that may be made before a specific authorization by law is needed. Waives such loan guarantee requirements upon a determination by the President, on a nondelegable basis, that a specific loan guarantee is needed to avert an industrial resource or critical technology shortfall that would severely impair national defense capability. Makes the same changes identically for loans made to private business enterprises under such Act. Authorizes the President to provide for purchases or purchase commitments for an industrial resource or a critical technology (currently, such purchases or purchase commitments are permitted for the purchase of metals, minerals, and other material). Prohibits the President from executing a contract for purchase or purchase commitment unless: (1) the industrial resource or critical technology is essential to the national defense; (2) U.S. industry cannot reasonably provide such resource or technology in a timely manner; or (3) U.S. national defense demand for the resource or technology is equal to or greater than the output of domestic industrial capability determined to be available for national defense. Increases from $25,000,000 to $50,000,000 the maximum industrial resource shortfall authorized to be reached by the President before a specific authorization by law is required. Waives such purchase and purchase commitment requirements when the President determines, on a nondelegable basis, that such purchase or purchase commitment must be made promptly to avert an industrial resource or critical technology shortfall that would severely impair national defense capability. Extends the term for such purchases or purchase commitments from September 30, 1995, to a date not more than ten years from the date such purchase, commitment, or sale was initially made. Requires excess industrial resources to be sold for industrial use pursuant to other Government programs or transferred to the National Defense Stockpile. Requires such sales or transfers to be charged against, or reimbursed from, funds appropriated to such other government programs or the Stockpile to which such resources were sold or transferred. Establishes in the Treasury the Defense Production Act Fund to carry out the purposes of title III of such Act. Establishes a maximum Fund balance. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to designate a Fund manager to manage such Fund and report to the Congress annually on Fund activities. Provides for the determination of liabilities against the Fund. Amends the Strategic and Critical Materials stock Piling Act to provide for deposit into the Fund of certain amounts received from the sale of materials in the National Defense Stockpile. Transfers a specified amount to such Fund from the National Defense Stockpile Trans-Action Fund. Requires the Department of Commerce (currently, the President) to prepare a report on the impact of offsets on the defense preparedness, industrial competitiveness, employment, and trade of the United States, as required under the Defense Production Act of 1950. Provides that if a U.S. firm enters into a contract for the sale of a weapon system or defense-related item to a foreign country or foreign firm and such contract is subject to an offset agreement exceeding $5,000,000, such firm shall furnish an offset agreement to a designated defense official and information concerning such sale. Provides for the protection of confidential information provided to such defense official. Outlines information to be included in the reports prepared by the Department of Commerce. Requires findings and recommendations contained in such reports to be considered by representatives of the United States during bilateral and multilateral negotiations aimed at minimizing the adverse effects of offsets. Part C: Amendments to Title VII of the Defense Production Act - Requires small business concerns to be given the maximum practicable opportunity to participate as contractors and subcontractors in all programs to maintain and strengthen the nation's industrial base undertaken under such Act. Requires the President to allocate a fair share of material authorized under the Act to small business concerns, especially to new concerns or individual firms facing undue hardship. Adds new definitions as required by changes made under this Act. Authorizes any agency head or officer to appoint civilian personnel to carry out any authority required under this Act. Authorizes the President to establish sanctioned industry consortia to provide industrial resources or critical technologies found to be essential for the preservation or enhancement of the industrial or technology base of the United States supporting the national defense. Prohibits criminal or civil actions to be brought under the antitr.ust laws against any participant in such a consortia for related activities. Defines a "sanctioned industry consortia" as an arrangement among two or more entities for joint research, research and development, production, marketing, or a combination of such activities in order to attain the industrial resources or critical technologies desired. Outlines provisions relating to the formation and sanctioning of industry consortia, the establishment of a consortium advisory council, and termination and regulation of such a consortium. Exempts the activities of a sanctioned industry consortium from the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. Outlines civil procedures for remedies against a sanctioned industry consortium, requiring that a person within the consortium must have failed to comply with the scope and limitations of its charter in order to grant injunctive relief or damages to a person bringing such an action. Exempts any rule, regulation, order, or amendment thereto promulgated under the authority of the Defense Production Act of 1950 from the Administrative Procedure Act. Authorizes the President to review certain mergers, acquisitions, or takeovers involving foreign persons if it is believed that such an action may threaten to impair the national security. Part D: Technical Amendments - Limits the use of presidential authority to prioritize contracts having a bearing on national defense over other contracts or orders. Increases from $1,000 to $10,000 the possible fine for the willful violation of certain information disclosure rules. Revises provisions concerning certain employment appointment procedures in connection with appointments made by the President in order to carry out the provisions of the Defense Production Act. Part E: Repealers and Conforming Amendments - Repeals specified provisions of such Act which: (1) require the President to transmit any synthetic fuel action to both Houses of the Congress on the same day; (2) provide for voluntary agreements and plans of action for international agreements concerning the international allocation of petroleum products and related information systems; (3) provide for the accrual of interest on remaining funds authorized and appropriated to carry out such Act; (4) establish the Joint Committee on Defense Production; (5) disqualify certain persons for employment under such Act; (6) require a feasibility study of the application of uniform cost accounting standards under defense procurement contracts; and (7) establish the National Commission on Supplies and Shortages. Part F: Reauthorization of Selected Provisions - Extends through FY 1993 the authorization of appropriations to carry out such Act. Revises termination dates of specified provisions of such Act. Title II: Additional Provisions to Improve Industrial Preparedness - Part A: Industrial Capability and National Security - Directs the President to promptly establish an Industrial Capabilities Committee or other appropriate forum to exercise certain responsibilities in connection with the industrial capability of the United States as it relates to national security. Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the national security of the United States would benefit from a greater integration of national economic policies with national security policies; and (2) such objective would be fostered by designating the Secretary of Defense as a member of the Economic Policy Council and establishing a Defense Working Group within such Council. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should conduct exercises periodically to assess the defense industry's capability to respond to increased demands for defense material and service under graduated mobilization response conditions. Part B: Encouraging Improving of the Defense Industrial Base - Directs the President, acting through the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy, to prescribe an acquisition policy that encourages contractors to invest in advanced manufacturing technology, advanced production equipment, and advanced manufacturing processes. Directs the President to prescribe an acquisition policy which requires that the acquisition plan for any major system acquisition encourage competing offerors to acquire modern industrial facilities and production systems and other modern production equipment that increase the productivity of the offerors and reduce the costs of production. Sets forth authorized solicitation provisions to be included in such contract solicitations. Directs the President to prescribe an acquisition policy authorizing a departmental secretary or agency head to restrict to domestic sources the competition for all or a portion of a contract opportunity to fulfill the requirements for materials or items of supply that are products of, or manufactured through, the application of a critical technology. Directs the President to prescribe an acquisition policy authorizing a departmental secretary or agency head to make a noncompetitive contract award for the procurement of any critical item of supply from a domestic source in order to maintain at least one domestic source determined to be essential to national security. Provides certain subcontracting procedures in connection with the procurement of such critical items of supply through domestic sources. Directs the President, acting through the Secretary of Defense, to: (1) determine items of supply that are critical items; and (2) publish a list of such critical items in the Federal Acquisition Regulation. Part C: Unfair Foreign Competition - Directs the President to prescribe an acquisition policy for evaluating contract offers received from nondomestic sources with respect to a price advantage that a nondomestic source may have over a domestic source as a result of any unfair advantage. Requires such policy to provide for the application of price evaluation factors to the offers of nondomestic sources when necessary to counter any such unfair advantage. Provides that a finding that a contractor has engaged in an unfair trade practice shall indicate a lack of business integrity or honesty that seriously and directly affects the responsibility of the contractor to perform any Government contract. Subjects such a contractor to suspension and debarment from participation in Government contracts. Title III: Amendments to Related Laws - Amends the Federal Property and Administrative Service Act of 1949 to require the proceeds from the sale of excess industrial plant equipment and facilities to be deposited in the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts, with certain exceptions. Requires the Defense Production Act Fund to be credited in circumstances where the property transferred or disposed of was industrial plant equipment or production facilities determined to be no longer required for mobilization of the defense industrial base. Amends the Strategic and Critical Material Stock Piling Act to revise the definition of "strategic and critical materials." Title IV: Effective Dates - Sets forth effective dates for this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 1989
Rural Nursing Incentive Act of 1989 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide direct coverage under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of the Medicare program of nurse practitioner or clinical nurse specialist services furnished in rural areas. Sets the Medicare payment for such services at 75 percent of the prevailing charge in the area for the services of participating physicians. Requires that such payments be made on an assignment-related basis. Excludes beneficiaries of such services from copayment requirements.
United States · United States Congress · 20 July 1989
Emergency Chinese Immigration Relief Act of 1989 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for the adjustment to temporary or permanent resident status, or change to another nonimmigrant status, of certain nonimmigrant (student, exchange visitor) nationals of the People's Republic of China. (Waives the two-year home country residence requirement for "J" visa exchange visitors.) Authorizes such persons to travel abroad and to work in the United States. Establishes a deferred departure period for such persons through June 5, 1993. Authorizes the Attorney General as of June 5, 1990, to terminate such deferred departure period if the President certifies to the Congress that conditions in China have changed.
United States · United States Congress · 20 July 1989
Rural Housing Revitalization Act of 1989 - Amends the Housing Act of 1949 to extend the Secretary of Agriculture's rural housing loan insurance and guarantee, rental assistance payment contract, rental housing loan, and mutual and self-help housing grant and loan authorities through FY 1991. Authorizes appropriations to the Farmers Home Administration through FY 1991 to carry out this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to defer payment of up to 20 percent of the principal on a loan made or insured for housing and buildings on adequate farms where deferral is necessary to enable the borrower to afford payment on the loan and certain other conditions are met. Directs the Secretary to designate as targeted underserved areas 60 counties and communities in FY 1990 and 100 counties and communities in FY 1991 that have severe, unmet housing needs. Defines eligibility criteria and requires an outreach program and set-asides of assistance for such areas. Authorizes the Secretary to provide grants for such areas for the development of housing assistance capacity (capacity building grants). Directs the Secretary to provide 90 percent-guaranteed loans to moderate income borrowers with less than the median income of an area for the acquisition or construction of a single-family principal residence. Mandates priority to first-time buyers and permits as a loan condition successful completion of a homebuyer counseling program. Requires the Secretary also to provide 90 percent-guaranteed loans for housing rehabilitation in certain areas the Secretary shall target. Requires the Secretary to provide technical assistance to borrowers, lenders, and realtors in the guaranteed loan program. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to nonprofit organizations to demonstrate effective public-private partnerships for the development of low-income rural housing. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 and 1991. Provides for the continuing availability of deobligated funds and the reallocation of other funds under housing preservation grants. Directs the Secretary, in the event of default involving a security interest in tribal allotted or trust land, to pursue liquidation only after offering to transfer the account to, and after liquidation to sell, transfer, or otherwise alienate the property only to, an eligible tribal member, the tribe, or an Indian housing authority. Provides for the transfer of inventory under the loan program for housing and buildings on adequate farms to the insured loan program for housing and related facilities for domestic farm labor.
United States · United States Congress · 20 July 1989
Declares that it is the sense of the Senate that: (1) the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the crew of Apollo 11, and all associated with the first lunar landing should be congratulated on the 20th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission; (2) the most appropriate celebration of that landing is renewed support of the Senate and the American people for our space program, especially the International Space Station Freedom program (Space Station program); (3) the additional elements of Earth sensing satellites needed to achieve the goals of the "Mission to Planet Earth" should be vigorously pursued in a cooperative global effort involving all nations; and (4) the President, the Vice President in his capacity as the Chairman of the National Space Council, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, the Administrator of NASA, and the appropriate committees of the Congress should together explore actions to provide NASA's FY 1990 budget request for the Space Station program to insure the continued development of the Space Station program and the expeditious development of the global environmental program envisioned as the "Mission to Planet Earth."
United States · United States Congress · 17 July 1989
Declares that the Senate strongly objects to: (1) the inclusion of offset provisions in the memorandum of understanding (MOU) governing the proposed co-production by the United States and the Republic of Korea of the Korean Fighter Program; (2) the transfer of U.S. aerospace technology to such country; and (3) the failure of the executive branch to adhere to specified sections of the National Defense Authorization Act, Fiscal 1989, relating to coordination of the negotiation of defense MOUs. Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President should instruct the Secretary of Defense to postpone the signing of such MOU until: (1) a thorough review of such program is conducted by the Comptroller General; and (2) a specified report is submitted by the Republic of Korea to the Committees on Foreign Relations and Armed Services.
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 · 13 July 1989
Comprehensive Illiteracy Elimination Act of 1989 - Title I: Literacy Coordination - Literacy Coordination, Research, and Dissemination Act of 1989 - Establishes the Cabinet Council for Literacy Coordination. Amends the Department of Education Organization Act to establish in the Department of Education an Office on Literacy, to be administered by a Director. Requires the Director to: (1) coordinate the administration of literacy programs within the Department; and (2) work with the Cabinet Council for Literacy to coordinate the related programs of other Federal agencies. Directs the Secretary of Education (the Secretary), through the Office on Literacy, to make a grant to establish and operate a nonprofit National Center for Literacy, with a Director of the Center. Requires such grant to be awarded on a competitive basis, and to be limited to not more than five years (renewable). Allows the Center to use such grant funds for: (1) basic and applied research; (2) technical assistance; (3) an information clearinghouse; (4) policy analysis and program evaluation; and (5) a model demonstrative program of remedial training and placement. Directs the Secretary to establish an advisory committee to advise the Secretary and the Director of the Center on policy issues and on Center selection and operation of major research and demonstration projects. Requires the Director of the Center to report annually to the Congress and the Cabinet Council. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1995 for the Center, limiting the amount which may be used for its model demonstration program. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to pay the Federal share of costs of establishing and operating State literacy resource centers. Limits the amount and duration of such grants. Allows each State to contract on a competitive basis with a volunteer or community-based or other nonprofit organization to operate such a State center. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1995 for such purpose. Title II: Workforce Literacy - Workforce Literacy Act of 1989 - Amends the Adult Education Act (AEA) to authorize appropriations for FY 1991 through 1995. Earmarks funds to train professional teachers, volunteers, and administrators, emphasizing minority teacher training and training of teachers to recognize and better serve illiterate individuals with learning disabilities and low-level reading abilities. Provides that, if a majority of the illiterate population assisted under basic program provisions of AEA has been served, the authorization of appropriations for each of the succeeding fiscal years during FY 1991 through 1995 shall be equal to that for the fiscal year in which such determination is made. Provides that adult education programs for which AEA grants have been made to States shall be carried out by public or private nonprofit entities only if the applicable local educational agency has been consulted and has had an opportunity to comment on the application. Requires State educational agencies receiving such basic State grants to assure direct and equitable access to Federal funds to local educational agencies, public or private nonprofit agencies, community-based organizations, and institutions which serve educationally disadvantaged adults. Grants preference to those organizations which will serve adults with a reading ability below the fifth grade level. Raises from 20 percent to 25 percent the limit on the portion of a State's grant allotment earmarked for high school equivalency certificate programs. Requires that at least ten percent of funds received under provisions for business, industry, labor, and education partnerships for workplace literacy be used for research, teacher training (including learning disabled identification and teaching), and technical assistance. Extends the authorization of appropriations for such provisions through FY 1995. Directs the Comptroller General to update, within 18 months, a 1975 study of the adult basic education program. Title III: Families for Literacy - Families for Literacy Act of 1989 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to extend through FY 1995 the authorization of appropriations for Even Start programs operated by local educational agencies. Establishes a Families for Literacy program under which the Secretary may make ten demonstration grants to nonprofit entities (or consortia of businesses, nonprofit entities, and local educational agencies) to pay 80 percent of the cost of establishing intergenerational learning programs (emphasizing literacy skills) for children aged three and under and their parents. Directs the Secretary to give priority to applicants whose programs serve hard-to-serve populations. Sets forth program requirements for staff teams and community advisory councils. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into a contract with the Corporation for Public broadcasting to produce and disseminate a family literacy program to assist parents in improving their knowledge and skills regarding early childhood education, language development, and literacy. Authorizes appropriations for: (1) FY 1991 through 1995 for the Family Literacy Program demonstration grants; and (2) FY 1991 for the family literacy program public broadcasting contract. Title IV: Books for Families - Books for Families Literacy Act of 1989 - Amends ESEA provisions for the inexpensive book distribution program for reading motivation to require the contractor (the Reading Is Fundamental organization), beginning in FY 1990 and thereafter, to: (1) give priority to programs which target rural and urban areas with large concentrations of economically disadvantaged children and students; and (2) report annually to the Department of Education on the number and description of such individuals. Amends the Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA) to extend through FY 1995 the authorization of appropriations for making specified grants under title VI (Library Literacy Programs) of LSCA. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1995 to make grants for model library literacy centers and for the inexpensive book distribution program. Authorizes the Secretary, under LSCA, to make grants to State and local public libraries to establish model library literacy centers. Requires the Secretary to establish a peer review panel to assist in establishing criteria for awarding such grants. Authorizes the Secretary, under LSCA, to contract with the Reading Is Fundamental organization to promote the establishment of reading motivation programs which include the distribution of inexpensive books. Requires such contract to provide for: (1) giving priority to programs which target rural and urban areas with large concentrations of economically disadvantaged children and students; (2) increasing access to children's books for parents of newborns through children aged five; and (3) developing motivational materials to reach parents most disconnected from the education community, by making children's books available in specified types of places. Title V: Students for Literacy - Students for Literacy Act of 1986 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend through FY 1995 the authorization of appropriations for: (1) the Student Literacy Corps; and (2) College Work-Study (CWS) programs. Exempts literacy training programs and the creation and placement of literacy jobs for students from specified caps on CWS funds. Sets the Federal share of the compensation of students employed in literacy work-study training programs at 100 percent. Title VI: Volunteers for Literacy - Volunteers for Literacy Act of 1989 - Amends the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 to provide that, whenever they do not exceed a specified amount the funds for the VISTA Literacy Corps shall supplement and not supplant specified VISTA services provided in FY 1989 to address the problem of illiteracy. Establishes service-learning literacy programs. Authorizes the Director of the ACTION Agency (the Director) to make grants to and contracts with public and private nonprofit entities to enable students in secondary schools, secondary vocational schools, and postsecondary schools to serve as volunteers in projects addressing illiteracy. Gives priority to projects using peer tutoring and involving partnerships to meet a wide range of needs. Requires the Director to make grants and contracts for a program of full-time volunteer service to be known as University Year for Literacy, which establishes and supports innovative ways to use full-time students enrolled in higher education institutions as volunteers: (1) in addressing the problems facing illiterate and functionally illiterate individuals; and (2) in assisting organizations which combat illiteracy and those problems. Gives priority to individuals pursuing a course of study related to a career in a field addressing the problem of illiteracy. Authorizes the Director to make grants and contracts to provide training and technical assistance to increase the effective use of full-time and part-time student volunteers to combat illiteracy. Authorizes the Director to provide technical and financial assistance to nonprofit organizations conducting operations in several areas or States that are engaged in, or wish to become involved in, activities to solve the problems of illiteracy. Authorizes the Director to provide technical assistance in obtaining, training, and integrating volunteers to employers who have established or wish to establish worksite literacy programs. Establishes a program of literacy challenge grants. Authorizes the Director to award such grants to eligible public agencies and private organizations for a portion of the costs of community or employee literacy programs that include use of volunteers. Establishes a Retired Senior Volunteer Literacy Program (which may be jointly administered with other Retired Senior Volunteer Programs). Authorizes the Director to make grants to establish such program to enhance the role of senior volunteers in addressing the problem of illiteracy. Extends through FY 1995 the authorization of appropriations for the VISTA Literacy Corps. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1995 for specified programs established under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 23 June 1989
Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to prohibit any person from acquiring a controlling interest in an air carrier unless the Secretary of Transportation has determined that the acquisition will not adversely and materially affect such air carrier's ability to conduct air transportation in a manner consistent with the highest degree of safety.
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
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
Public Housing Gateway Act of 1989 - Authorizes the Secretary of Labor (the Secretary) to make gateway program grants to public housing agencies to use public housing in the provision of employment training and services to economically disadvantaged public housing residents who are not more than 25 years of age. Requires that such grants be made with the advice and participation of the Gateway Task Force established under this Act. Requires public housing agencies to make the following training and services available to eligible individuals through the gateway program they must establish when they receive such a grant: (1) information on training, education, or services offered by the agency; (2) literacy training and bilingual training; (3) remedial education and training in basic skills (including communication skills, arithmetic, and problem-solving); (4) development of work habits and other personal management skills; and (5) free child care to facilitate participation in training and other services. Specifies additional training and services which may be offered to eligible individuals who are qualified through literacy training, training in basic and employment skills, and support services. Requires participants in gateway program training and services to be: (1) residents of public housing; (2) not more than 25 years of age; (3) economically disadvantaged; and (4) educationally disadvantaged. Limits mandatory child care services to: (1) participants in gateway program training or services during participation; (2) unemployed former participants who have successfully completed the program, for a specified period; and (3) employed former participants who have successfully completed the program, for a specified period. Permits support services to continue for up to 18 months to any individual after termination of participation in program training or services only if the individual has completed the training or services. Requires public housing agencies receiving such grants to attempt to employ in the gateway programs qualified residents of the public housing project involved. Prohibits consideration of earnings of and benefits to any individual resulting from participation in gateway training and services as income for public assistance or rent limitation purposes during specified periods of participation or post-participation employment. Provides that the use of the facilities of a recipient public housing agency in the provision of gateway training or services shall have no effect on the amount of operating assistance to such agency under the United States Housing Act. Establishes an interagency Gateway Task Force (the Task Force) to advise and assist the Secretary in carrying out this Act. Directs the Secretary to provide the Task Force with necessary information and facilities. Directs the Secretaries of Labor, Housing and Urban Development, Education, and Health and Human Services to each appoint members of the Task Force. Terminates the Task Force five years after its first regularly called meeting. Directs the Secretary to review at least annually compliance with this Act by public housing agencies receiving gateway program grants. Directs the Task Force to review gateway programs at least annually to determine their merits in enhancing the employability of public housing residents, and report its recommendations to the Secretary. Sets forth procedures for withholding grant payments in cases of agency noncompliance. Directs the Secretary to transmit to the President and the Congress: (1) annual reports on Task Force activities and recommendations; and (2) a final report, by the date of Task Force termination, on Task Force findings, conclusions, and recommendations. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990.
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 · 21 June 1989
Social Security Notch Adjustment Act - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to establish a new alternative formula for computing the primary insurance amount (used in calculating the amount of OASDI benefits to which an individual is entitled) of workers born after 1916 and before 1927.
United States · United States Congress · 20 June 1989
Radio License Renewal and Improvements Act of 1989 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to direct the Federal Communications Commission, with respect to applications for radio license broadcast renewals, to grant a renewal if during the preceding term of the license the licensee: (1) has broadcast material responsive to issues of concern to the residents of its service area; and (2) has not committed violations of such Act or the rules or regulations of the Commission, which taken together would constitute a pattern of abuse. Authorizes the Commission to deny a renewal or grant limited renewal if an applicant has failed to meet such requirements. Prohibits the Commission, in evaluating a licensee's performance in broadcasting material responsive to matters of public concern, from establishing or applying any requirement with respect to the broadcast of any specific subject or quantity of material. Directs the Commission to accept the licensee's judgment if found to be reasonable and made in good faith. Prohibits the Commission, in determining whether to renew a license, from considering whether the public interest, convenience, and necessity might be served by granting a license to a competing applicant. Directs the Commission to conduct an inquiry and prescribe any necessary regulations concerning any additional information that licensees should be required to maintain and make available to the public regarding the licensee's responsibility to broadcast material responsive to matters of public concern. Makes it unlawful for a license applicant and any other person, while a license application is pending, to effectuate an agreement whereby the other person withdraws or withholds the filing of a competing application, an informal objection, or a petition to deny in exchange for the payment of anything of value by, or on behalf of, the applicant. Requires the Commission to establish a procedure for the review of informal complaints received by the Commission during the license term of a radio licensee. Authorizes the Commission to consider such complaints at the time of a license renewal if such complaints constitute a pattern of abuse for purposes of this Act or evidence of the licensee's effort to serve the public interest.
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1989
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax deduction for dividends paid by corporations. Requires each corporation to establish a qualified dividend account. Makes the following corporations ineligible for the deduction: (1) a regulated investment company; (2) a real estate investment trust; (3) an S corporation; (4) cooperative organizations; and (5) a foreign sales corporation (FSC) or domestic international sales corporation (DISC). Provides for an increase in the withholding tax on dividends paid to nonresident aliens or foreign corporations to reflect the dividend paid to nonresident aliens or foreign corporations to reflect the dividend paid deduction. Requires, in the case of the acquisition of assets of a corporation by another corporation, that the acquiring corporation carryover the qualified dividend account.
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