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United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1989
Designates April 9, 1989, as National Former Prisoners of War Recognition Day.
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1989
Designates April 6, 1989, as National Student-Athlete Day.
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1989
Designates the week of April 9, 1989, as Crime Victims Week.
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1989
Authorizes and requests the President to designate the month of April 1989 as Fair Housing Month.
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1989
Protect Medicare 90 Concurrent Resolution - Expresses the sense of the Congress that Medicare (title XVIII of the Social Security Act) hospital payments for FY 1990 should not be reduced below levels set by current law for such fiscal year.
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1989
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require that by April 1, 1990, both the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Prospective Payment Assessment Commission submit a report to the Congress recommending a methodology for eliminating the differences in average standardized Medicare payments to large urban, other urban, and rural hospitals by October 1, 1992. Directs the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to submit an analysis of such reports to the Congress by May 1, 1990. Requires the Secretary to promulgate final regulations by August 30, 1990, for the implementation of such recommendations. Makes such regulations effective beginning on October 1, 1990, unless the Congress enacts legislation regarding such payments before such date. Requires that by April 1, 1991, both the Secretary and the Commission submit a report to the Congress specifying the manner in which average standardized payments to hospitals should be adjusted to reflect legitimate differences in operating costs for different categories of hospitals. Directs the CBO to submit an analysis of such reports to the Congress by May 1, 1991. Requires the Secretary to promulgate final regulations by August 30, 1992, for the implementation of such recommendations. Makes such regulations effective beginning on October 1, 1992, unless the Congress enacts legislation regarding such payments before such date.
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1989
Homeownership Assistance Act of 1989 - Amends the National Housing Act to create a special mortgage insurance program for first-time homebuyers, including homebuyers of manufactured homes. Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to insure a mortgage loan of up to 97 percent of appraised value for the first $50,000 (currently $25,000) of a home's value. Repeals the current dollar cap on FHA insured mortgages in high cost areas. Authorizes the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) to insure adjustable rate mortgages with annual interest rate increases of up to two percent (currently one percent). Repeals the aggregate annual limit on such insured loans. Defines "first-time homebuyer" as an individual who or whose spouse has not owned a principal residence during the 18 months prior to an FHA insured home purchase. Authorizes an FHA demonstration program to insure mortgages for first-time homebuyer downpayments where the purchase is primarily financed or assisted by tax-exempt or other government assistance. Amends the Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act to authorize the Government National Mortgage Association to create a secondary market for first-time homebuyer downpayment loans. Authorizes an FHA demonstration program to insure 100 percent of a home's value for a first-time homebuyer provided that the downpayment will be paid within three years by an additional monthly payment. Requires participants to receive financial counseling. Amends the Deficit Reduction Act of 1984 to empower the Internal Revenue Service to confiscate defaulting taxpayers' tax refunds. Requires the Secretary to submit annual program reports to the Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1989
Extends the regional referral center classification of hospitals so classified as of September 30, 1989, and the payment rates applicable to such hospitals under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act through FY 1994.
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1989
Emergency Medical Services and Trauma Care Improvement Act of 1989 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to create a new title on trauma care. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide for the establishment and operation of a National Clearinghouse on Emergency Medical Services and Trauma Care. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1992 or for the first three fiscal years for which funds are appropriated. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants and enter into cooperative agreements and contracts with respect to emergency medical services and trauma care systems to: (1) conduct and support research, training, evaluations, and demonstration projects; (2) provide technical assistance to State and local agencies; and (3) establish guidelines for the development of uniform State data reporting systems. Directs the Secretary to make an allotment for each State for each fiscal year, mandating that at least 35 percent, subject to adjustment, be used for planning, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating the operation of county, regional, or State trauma care systems. Sets forth requirements for such systems. Requires States to use at least 35 percent of the amount available to them for a fiscal year to reimburse designated trauma centers for uncompensated trauma care expenditures. Requires non-Federal matching contributions (in cash or in kind) in a specified ratio for fiscal years after FY 1990. Requires each State, for each fiscal year beginning with FY 1990, to submit the trauma care component of the State emergency medical services plan (State plan) to the Secretary. Sets forth requirements for the State plan. Requires that hospital emergency departments, within their capability, if an individual appears and requests examination and treatment: (1) examine for the existence of an emergency medical condition or active labor and, if such a condition or labor exists, treat the individual until stable, subject to exception; and (2) transfer such individual to other facilities only according to stated criteria. Requires States to adopt guidelines for the designation of trauma centers, and for triage, transfer, and transportation policies, at least as stringent as the applicable guidelines developed by the American College of Surgeons and by the American College of Emergency Physicians. Mandates that States: (1) require each trauma center to provide certain information to the State central data reporting system annually; (2) submit, to the Secretary at least annually, the information it receives from its data reporting and analysis system; and (3) identify and submit to the Secretary a list of rural areas lacking certain emergency medical services. Sets forth restrictions on the use of State allotments. Requires an annual report from each State to the Secretary. Sets forth a formula for determination of the amount of allotments. Provides for: (1) repayment and offset for failure to use funds as agreed; (2) criminal penalties for certain false statements; (3) technical assistance and provision of supplies and services by the Secretary in lieu of grant funds; and (4) a report by the Secretary to the Congress. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1992. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct studies: (1) to determine the adequacy and appropriateness of the reimbursements provided to trauma centers under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act; and (2) of the long-term economic effects of trauma. Amends the Public Health Service Act to revise the application procedure for Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grants to provide the State officer responsible for the administration of the State highway safety program an opportunity to participate in the development of any plan relating to emergency medical services as such plan relates to highway safety. Allows the State official responsible for the provision of emergency medical services the opportunity to participate in the development of the State highway safety program as such program relates to emergency medical services. Amends the Public Health Service Act and the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to allow certain grant allotments to be used for the purchase of communications equipment. Requires the Federal Communications Commission to: (1) study the availability of radio frequency channels for emergency medical services communications; (2) establish a plan to ensure that the needs of emergency medical services communications are provided for in the allocations of frequencies for public safety; and (3) submit a report to committees of the Congress containing such study and plan.
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1989
Permits certain veterans with service-connected disabilities who are retired members of the uniformed services to receive compensation concurrently with retired pay, without a reduction in either. Prohibits retirement pay and compensation from being paid concurrently to a person if the payment of each is based upon the same disability.
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1989
Hatch Act Reform Amendments of 1989 - Declares that a Federal employee may take an active part in political management or in political campaigns, except that an employee may not: (1) use official authority or influence for the purpose of interfering with or affecting the result of an election; (2) knowingly solicit, accept, or receive a political contribution from any person, unless such person is a member of the same Federal employee organization and the solicitation is for a contribution to the multicandidate political committee of such organization; or (3) run for the nomination or as a candidate for election to a partisan political office. Prohibits an employee from engaging in political activity: (1) while on duty; (2) in any room or building occupied in the discharge of official duties by a Federal employee or official; (3) while wearing a uniform or official insignia identifying the office or position of the employee; or (4) while using any vehicle owned or leased by the Government. Exempts certain high level political appointees from such prohibitions if the costs associated with the political activity are not paid for by money derived from the Treasury. Includes U.S. Postal Service, Postal Rate Commission, and District of Columbia employees within the coverage of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1989
Biennial Budget Act - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to revise the Federal and congressional budget processes by establishing a two-year budgeting and appropriations cycle and timetable, beginning in the 102d Congress. Defines the budget biennium as the two consecutive fiscal years beginning on October 1 of any odd-numbered year. Devotes the first session of any Congress to the budget resolution and to appropriations decisions, retaining current deadlines in most cases. Changes relevant deadlines as follows to conform to the biennial scheme: (1) from April 1 to March 31 for the Senate Budget Committee's report on the concurrent resolution on the budget; (2) from June 15 to September 30 for completion of congressional action on reconciliation legislation; and (3) from June 30 to September 30 for completion of congressional action on appropriations bills. Devotes each second session to authorization activity, subject to deadlines of: (1) May 15 for the submission of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report to the Budget Committees; and (2) the last day of the session for completion of congressional action on bills and resolutions authorizing new budget authority for the next biennium. Changes from January 15 to February 15 of each year the date by which the CBO Director must submit to the Congress a report on authorizations. Requires the Director of the CBO to issue four-year projections of congressional budget action. (Current projections are on a five-year basis.) Amends provisions relating to the reconciliation process to: (1) increase from 20 hours to 100 hours the time of debate permitted in the Senate with respect to reconciliation measures; and (2) make it out of order in both the House and the Senate to consider any reconciliation legislation changing any provision of law other than one relating to new budget or spending authority, revenues, or the public debt limit. Revises the extent of projections to be included in CBO analyses of reported bills. Amends Federal law to require the President's budget for a biennium to be set forth in the same accounts as those set forth in the table titled "The Federal Program by Agency and Account" in the budget submitted for FY 1991. Requires the President to consult with committees having jurisdiction over programs affected by proposed changes before any changes may be made in the budget tables. (Current law requiring consultation with the Budget and Appropriations Committees remains unchanged.) Conforms provisions governing the President's budget, including maximum deficit amount requirements, to the biennial framework. Changes the due date for the President's report on estimated budget outlays and proposed budget authority, making the report due at the same time as the President's budget. Requires the Joint Economic Committee to submit its evaluation of these estimates by February 25 of each odd-numbered year. (The current annual deadline is March 1). Directs the heads of Federal executive agencies, the Comptroller General, and the Directors of the Congressional Budget Office, the Office of Technology Assessment, and the Congressional Research Service to provide studies, analyses, reports, and other documentation concerning program administration to assist the standing committees of the House and the Senate having jurisdiction over the programs in question. Amends the Rules of the House of Representatives to conform to the biennial framework.
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1989
1991 Mount Rushmore Commemorative Coin Act - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to issue a specified number of five-dollar gold coins, one-dollar silver coins, and half-dollar clad coins in commemoration of the Mount Rushmore National Memorial. Provides that such coins shall be considered legal tender. Requires the Secretary to begin issuing such coins on January 1, 1991. Allows the Secretary to obtain silver for the minting of such coins from stockpiles established under the Strategic and Critical Minerals Stock Piling Act and to obtain gold pursuant to authority under existing law. Provides that the design of such coins shall be selected by the Secretary after consultation with the Mount Rushmore National Memorial Society of Black Hills. Specifies the sales price of such coins as the face value plus costs. Requires that all sales of such coins include a surcharge of $35 per coin for five-dollar coins, $7 per coin for one-dollar coins, and $1 for half-dollar coins. Requires that of the total surcharges received by the Secretary from the sale of such coins: (1) 50 percent shall be returned to the Treasury for purposes of reducing the national debt; and (2) 50 percent shall be paid to the Society to assist efforts to improve the Mount Rushmore National Memorial. Authorizes the Comptroller General to audit such payments. Requires the Secretary to take such actions as may be necessary to ensure that the minting and issuance of such coins shall not result in any net costs to the Government.
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1989
Federal Employees Long-Term Care Insurance Act of 1989 - Directs the Office of Personnel Management to arrange for the optional conversion of a portion of a Government employee's life insurance policy to long-term care insurance.
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1989
Age Discrimination in Employment Waiver Protection Act of 1989 - Amends the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (the Act) to prohibit an individual from waiving any right under the Act without the supervision of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) or a court, except in settlement of a bona fide claim alleging a certain kind of prohibited age discrimination. Allows a settlement of a bona fide claim to occur only if the settlement is knowing and voluntary and only if certain criteria are met. Defines "bona fide claim," for such purposes, as: (1) a charge of age discrimination filed with the EEOC; (2) an action alleging age discrimination filed in court by the individual or the individual's representative; or (3) a specific allegation of age discrimination communicated in writing by the individual or the individual's representative directly to the employer, employment agency, labor organization, or their representatives. Provides that, effective upon the enactment of this Act, a specified rule on waivers issued by the EEOC shall have no force and effect.
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1989
Smart Start: The Community Collaborative for Early Childhood Development Act of 1989 - Directs the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) to make grants to States and localities with approved plans and applications to assist them to expand or establish full-day early childhood development services for prekindergarten children. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1994. Sets forth requirements relating to State and local eligibility for Federal assistance under this Act, including establishment or designation of a State Advisory Task Force and a Local Policy Group. Provides for Federal assistance to localities in States which elect not to participate. Prohibits any locality funded under specified provisions from receiving less than $25,000 in total Federal and State funds provided under this Act. Allows any locality to apply for a six-month planning grant to the State or, if the State does not participate, to the Secretary. Provides for State Advisory Task Forces. Requires each Task Force to report annually to the Governor and the Secretary on the status of early childhood development programs and child care programs operating within the States. Allows a State to use an existing comparable task force for such purposes. Directs the Governor to designate a Lead State Agency to administer the early childhood development programs assisted under this Act. Requires any locality desiring to receive a grant under this Act to form a Local Policy Group. Requires each Group to report annually to the State Advisory Task Force on the status of early childhood development programs and child care within the locality. Requires selection of a local administering agency by specified local officials from among specified types of local agencies. Makes a child eligible to participate in programs assisted under this Act in the school year two years prior to the school year in which the child would be eligible under State law to enter first grade. Permits any State or locality which has served all children of the eligible age group requesting services to use funds to serve children in the school year three years prior to the school year in which they would be eligible under State law to enter first grade. Sets forth family contribution requirements. Provides services under this Act without charge to eligible children in families with incomes under 115 percent of the poverty line. Requires, for eligible children from families with incomes at or above 115 percent of the poverty line, payment of fees on a sliding scale up to the full cost of such services. Sets forth minimum standards for service providers, including maximum group size and child to adult ratios, staff training and credentials, parental involvement, and health, safety, and nutrition requirements. Requires Local Policy Groups to: (1) arrange for periodic on-site evaluation of local programs; and (2) report annually to the Task Force. Requires the Task Force to: (1) arrange for periodic on-site monitoring, inspection, and evaluation of programs; and (2) report annually to the Governor and the Secretary. Directs the Secretary, either directly or by grant or contract, to provide for continuing evaluation of programs, especially on the use of nonparticipant control groups. Authorizes the Secretary to require States or localities to provide for independent evaluations. Directs the Secretary to: (1) publish results of evaluations within 90 days of their completion; and (2) submit copies to the appropriate congressional committees. Directs the Secretary to report annually to the appropriate congressional committees.
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1989
Congressional Scholarships for Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Act - Instructs the Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) to establish and implement a merit-based competitive program for awarding a four-year Congressional Scholarship for Science, Mathematics, and Engineering to one female and one male from each U.S. congressional district. Requires the Director: (1) annually to notify secondary schools and colleges of the program; and (2) to establish nominating committees for each congressional district. Limits each scholarship to $5,000 per year, to be used solely for tuition, fees, and room and board expenses. Requires the NSF Director to ensure that both students and nominating committees are selected on a nondiscriminatory basis. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 through 1992.
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1989
Employee Educational Assistance Act of 1989 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the income tax exclusion of amounts paid under employee educational assistance programs. (Under current law the exclusion expires as of tax year 1989.)
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1989
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct a study of the classification of anhydrous ammonia as a poisonous gas for purposes of the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act. Prohibits the Secretary of Transportation from implementing the classification of anhydrous ammonia as a poisonous gas for purposes of such Act until the Secretary of Agriculture has submitted his report to the Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1989
Entrepreneurship and Productivity Growth Act of 1989 - Title I: Capital Gains Rates - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an exclusion from gross income of 50 percent of net capital gain from the sale or exchange of stock or tangible property (must be a capital asset used in the taxpayer's trade or business) that has been held for more than 12 months by a noncorporate taxpayer. Sets a maximum 14 percent tax rate with respect to such gain. Sets a 17 percent alternative tax rate with respect to corresponding capital gains of corporations. Title II: Indexing of Basis of Capital Assets - Requires indexing of the adjusted basis of capital assets, based on the gross national product deflator, in any year when the annual inflation rate exceeds four percent.
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1989
Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to revise the benefit levels of individuals becoming eligible for benefits in or after 1979 so that they are equal to the benefit levels of individuals who became eligible for benefits before 1979.
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1989
Amends the Tax Reform Act of 1986 to delay until 1990 the effective date of the new nondiscrimination requirements (Internal Revenue Code section 89) for coverage and benefits under certain statutory employee benefit plans.
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1989
Cable Television Programming Competition and Consumer Protection Act of 1989 - Makes it unlawful for any person to discriminate in price, terms, or conditions in the sale of satellite-distributed television programming among retailers who purchase for the purpose of distributing such programming to consumers. Makes it unlawful for any person seeking to obtain such programming for distribution or resale to enter into, extend, renew, or continue a contract or agreement for the distribution or sale of any such service if such contract has the purpose or effect of establishing an exclusive distributorship for such service to consumers within an area for which a cable franchise has been awarded, unless: (1) the programming service is not necessary to compete in such area; (2) there is no competitor in the area; or (3) such service was offered at nondiscriminatory prices, terms, and conditions to all requesting competitors regardless of each competitor's delivery technology.
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1989
Prohibits Senators from accepting honoraria.
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1989
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to cover rehabilitative psychological services furnished to outpatients of comprehensive outpatient rehabilitation facilities. Requires that patients at such facilities be under a physician's care to the extent required by State law. Eliminates the Federal requirement that such patients be under a physician's care.
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1989
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to cover, on a reasonable charge basis, clinical psychologist services which would otherwise be covered if furnished by a physician or as incident to a physician's service.
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1989
Repeals the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1988. Establishes the Presidential Commission on the Medicare Program to ascertain the health care needs of Medicare (title XVIII of the Social Security Act) beneficiaries, focusing on the potential of covering long-term care under the Medicare program. Requires the Commission to report to the Congress and the President. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1989
Designates the month of November 1989 as National Alzheimer's Disease Month.
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1989
Designates November 8, 1989, as Montana Centennial Day.
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1989
Designates the second Sunday in October 1989 as National Children's Day.
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1989
Designates May 7 through May 14, 1989, as Jewish Heritage Week.
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1989
Designates February 2, 1989, as National Women and Girls in Sports Day.
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1989
Designates the week of April 16 through April 22, 1989, as National Minority Cancer Awareness Week.
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1989
Designates the week of May 1 through May 7, 1989, as National Older Americans Abuse Prevention Week.
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1989
Disapproves the recommendations of the President relating to pay rates of Members of Congress, Federal judges, and Federal officials. Provides that if the date of enactment of this resolution is on or after February 8, 1989, then the rate of pay for positions increased by the recommendations shall be the rate of pay in effect before such recommendations took effect. Amends the Federal Salary Act of 1967 and the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to require a recorded vote on any increase in the rates of pay of Members of Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1989
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits, except in time of war, Federal fiscal year expenditures from exceeding: (1) Federal revenues (except those derived from borrowing) for that fiscal year; and (2) 20 percent of the gross national product for the preceding calendar year. Authorizes the Congress to suspend these prohibitions by concurrent resolution.
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1989
Disapproves the recommendations of the President relating to pay rates of Members of Congress, Federal judges, and Federal officials. Provides that if the date of enactment of this resolution is on or after February 8, 1989, then the rate of pay for positions increased by the recommendations shall be the rate of pay in effect before such recommendations took effect. Amends the Federal Salary Act of 1967 and the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to require a recorded vote on any increase in the rates of pay of Members of Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1989
Declares that the Secretary of Transportation should refrain from adopting regulations to implement Essential Air Service reductions for 1989 and from taking action that would result in a reduction in Essential Air Service subsidies, until the Congress has had the opportunity to appropriate supplemental funding for the Essential Air Service Program for FY 1989.
United States · United States Congress · 22 October 1988
Expresses the sense of the Senate that insolvent institutions should be permitted to convert through a voluntary supervisory conversion without regard to the appreciation of the participating preferred stock of the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation.
United States · United States Congress · 21 October 1988
Designates January 4, 1989, as National Commissioned Corps of the Public Health Service Centennial Day.
United States · United States Congress · 20 October 1988
Declares that the Congress urges the administration to refrain from submitting any proposal in the GATT negotiations that would consider maritime transportation activity as being within the scope of "trade in services" and to reject any proposals made by foreign nations which are similar or which would lead to a contraction of the merchant marine.
United States · United States Congress · 19 October 1988
Commends Kenneth A. McLean for his service to his country and the Senate. (Kenneth McLean served as staff director of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.)
United States · United States Congress · 3 October 1988
Commends the Honorable Robert C. Byrd, Majority Leader of the Senate, for his dedication to the ideals of representative democracy and for his outstanding service to the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 28 September 1988
Designates October 15, 1988, as National Fire Fighters Day.
United States · United States Congress · 27 September 1988
Sipsey Wild and Scenic River and Alabama Wilderness Addition Act of 1988 - Title I: Wild and Scenic River Designation - Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate specified segments of the Sipsey Fork River, Alabama, as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to construct a dam to establish a lake for recreational use within the Bankhead National Forest. Directs the Secretary to: (1) construct a road from an appropriate public highway to such lake; (2) construct recreational facilities, including camp sites, picnic areas, and boat launching ramps surrounding the lake; and (3) monitor waters flowing into Lewis Smith Lake and to take appropriate actions to control any conditions causing injurious water quality. Title II: Wilderness Designation - Designates the following lands in Alabama as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System: (1) the Sipsey Wilderness in the William B. Bankhead National Forest; and (2) the Cheaha Wilderness in the Talladega National Forest. Authorizes the Secretary to take measures to control fire, insects, and diseases within the Sipsey Wilderness. Directs the Secretary to take such actions within designated wilderness areas to identify and correct harmful conditions causing injurious water quality. Requires the Secretary, at his discretion, to convert existing roads within the Sipsey Wilderness Addition into hiking or horse trails. Requires the Secretary to permit continued use of horse drawn vehicles on routes designated by the Secretary in the Addition. Provides that the RARE II (second roadless area review and evaluation) final environmental statement (dated January 1979) with respect to national forest system lands in Alabama shall not be subject to judicial review. Releases national forest system lands in Alabama which were reviewed in the RARE II program from further review by the Department of Agriculture, pending the revision of initial national forest management plans. Releases lands in Alabama reviewed in the RARE II program and not designated as wilderness from management as wilderness areas. Prohibits the Department of Agriculture from conducting any further statewide roadless area review and evaluation of national forest system lands in Alabama without express congressional authorization. States that the provisions above shall also apply to national forest system roadless lands in Alabama which are less than 5,000 acres in size.
United States · United States Congress · 20 September 1988
Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the United States should welcome an independent Namibia and ensure that the United Nations supervised transitional process assures national reconciliation and self-determination through fair and free elections and the formation of a multiparty, nonracial democracy; (2) U.S. mediators should seek the negotiation of a verifiable withdrawal of all Cuban and Soviet-bloc forces from Angola; (3) the withdrawal of all foreign forces from Angola and the implementation of the U.N.-sponsored process of independence in Namibia must be synchronized with national reconciliation and free and fair elections in Angola; (4) the presence of Soviet-bloc and Cuban military personnel and the buildup of Soviet weaponry by the Popular Movement of the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) in Angola pose a threat to peace; (5) the United States shall not cease assistance to the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) as long as the MPLA continues to receive foreign military assistance and until the President has certified to the Congress that all Cuban forces have been withdrawn from Angola, such forces have not been redeployed elsewhere for a later invasion of Angola, and UNITA and the MPLA have agreed to form a government of national reconciliation and to set a date for holding elections; and (6) the United States should encourage a cease-fire between Cuban and MPLA forces, respectively, and UNITA and promote direct talks between such parties to achieve national reconciliation and the settlement of the Angolan civil war. Directs appropriate Senate committees to: (1) determine what legislative actions may be necessary to promote the establishment of a multiparty, nonracial democracy in Namibia; (2) consider humanitarian assistance to help Angola reconstruct its economy and otherwise recover from the injuries of the civil war; and (3) make recommendations to the President with respect to establishing diplomatic relations with a freely elected government in Luanda and formulate plans to assist such government with economic reforms.
United States · United States Congress · 15 September 1988
Martin Luther King, Jr., Federal Holiday Commission Extension Act - Extends the termination date of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Federal Holiday Commission to April 20, 1994. Makes the term of Commission members one year, except for Coretta Scott King (life term) and members of the family surviving Martin Luther King, Jr. (at the discretion of the family). Replaces provisions requiring all expenditures of the Commission to be from donated funds with provisions authorizing appropriations for FY 1989 through 1993. Makes payment of expenses for Commission members and staff salary subject to the availability of funds.
United States · United States Congress · 13 September 1988
Commission on the American Family and Employment Act of 1988 - Establishes the Commission on the American Family and Employment. Directs the Commission to study: (1) all existing and proposed policies relating to employment benefits provided to American workers, either voluntarily by employers or as required by law; and (2) the potential costs, benefits, and impact on productivity of such policies on employers. Requires the study to include reviews of all pending congressional legislative proposals designed to require: (1) employees to provide workers with additional benefits, including parental and medical leave and minimum health benefits; and (2) the provision of child care services, including Federal funding of child care providers, incentives to employers to provide child care benefits for employees, tax benefits to working parents for child care services, and child tax credits or other tax benefits to families in which a parent may choose to stay at home to provide care for the children. Requires the study to analyze the need for additional child care services, the potential costs of such services, the benefits to be derived from such services, and the impact that proposals for such services would have on domestic productivity. Requires the Commission to report its findings to the Congress within two years after it first meets. Terminates the Commission 30 days after submission of its final report to the Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 9 September 1988
Designates September 13, 1989, as Uncle Sam Day in honor of Samuel Wilson of the city of Troy, New York, on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the City. (Samuel Wilson was the progenitor of the national symbol, Uncle Sam.)
United States · United States Congress · 8 September 1988
Expresses regret over the death of President Zia of Pakistan. Reaffirms the Senate's bipartisan commitment to the security and independence of Pakistan. Welcomes the commitment of the Government of Pakistan under the leadership of President Ghulam Ishaq Khan to follow the constitutional process, to proceed with scheduled elections, and to continue Pakistan's support for the Afghan refugees and the Afghan Resistance.