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United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1989
Amends title IV of the Social Security Act to require State plans for foster care and adoption assistance to provide for plans for cases where the placement of certain children in foster care or transitional independent living may not be carried out immediately.
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1989
Directs the American Battle Monuments Commission to construct a memorial on Federal land in the District of Columbia or its environs to honor World War II veterans and commemorate U.S. participation in that conflict. Requires the Commission to plan, design, and oversee such construction. Establishes the World War II Memorial Advisory Board to: (1) promote and encourage donation of private funds for the construction of such memorial; and (2) recommend the site and assist the Commission in selecting the design for such memorial. Authorizes the Commission to solicit private contributions for the construction of such memorial. Authorizes assistance from specified Federal departments and agencies. Authorizes Federal property to be transferred to the Commission and authorizes the Commission to purchase suitable property within the District of Columbia for the establishment of such memorial. Absolves the United States from any liability for any expense incurred in the construction of such memorial. Provides that the maintenance of such memorial and the surrounding grounds shall be the responsibility of the Secretary of the Interior. Provides that all requirements and authority established in this Act shall lapse unless: (1) the construction of the memorial is commenced within five years after enactment of this Act; and (2) funds are certified to be available, prior to such construction, to insure completion of the memorial.
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1989
Establishes an Office of the Inspector General within the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Requires the President to appoint an Inspector General who shall report to and be under the supervision of only the Director of Central Intelligence. Allows the Director to prohibit the Inspector General from conducting any audit, inspection, or investigation, or from issuing any subpoena, only concerning ongoing operations and only if such action is necessary to protect vital national security interests. Requires the Director to submit a classified statement to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence justifying such action within seven days. Permits the Inspector General to be removed from office only by the President and requires that the President immediately notify the intelligence committees in writing of the reasons for any such removal. Includes among the duties of the Inspector General: (1) to conduct inspections, investigations, and audits to assure that CIA operations are conducted efficiently and in accordance with applicable law and regulations; and (2) to keep the Director informed concerning violations, abuses, deficiencies, and corrective actions. Requires the Inspector General, in the event he is unable to resolve any differences with the Director on the execution of his duties and powers, to report such matter to the intelligence committees within seven days. Directs the Inspector General to submit a classified semiannual report on his activities to the Director, who shall transmit such report to the intelligence committees.
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1989
National Security Reform Act - Amends the National Security Act of 1947 to prohibit the approval, conduct, or funding of covert operations (other than those intended solely for obtaining necessary intelligence) by or on behalf of the executive branch, until the President makes a finding that each such covert operation is important to national security. Requires that each finding be immediately reduced to writing and signed by the President, except that the President may make such finding orally in an emergency affecting vital U.S. interests. Requires the oral finding to be reduced to writing within 24 hours. Provides that a finding shall be effective only with respect to operations beginning after the finding was made. Requires the President to contemporaneously, but in no event later than 24 hours after the making of a written finding, inform the intelligence committees of any such finding. Allows the President to limit such notification, under extraordinary circumstances affecting vital U.S. interests, to oral notice to the chairman and ranking minority members of the intelligence committees, the Speaker and minority leader of the House of Representatives, and the majority and minority leaders of the Senate. Makes the knowing deception of the Congress, or of any committee or subcommittee, a crime punishable by imprisonment for one to five years and a fine of up to $10,000. Allows an individual to avoid liability by notifying in writing the committee or subcommittee of any violation and providing the truthful information in its place within five days.
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1989
Requires the appointment by the President of health-care professionals to the positions of the Surgeon General of the Army, the Surgeon General of the Navy, and the Surgeon General of the Air Force.
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1989
National Intelligence Reorganization Act - Amends the National Security Act of 1947 to establish a Director of National Intelligence (DNI) to serve as the Nation's senior intelligence officer and primary advisor to the President on foreign intelligence matters. Makes the DNI a member of the National Security Council. Frees the DNI from any duties involving the formulation of foreign policy and the implementation of special activities, except as specifically authorized by this Act. Makes the DNI responsible directly to the President and the National Security Council. Specifies the duties of the DNI, including: (1) ensuring that objective, reliable, coordinated, and timely foreign intelligence is provided to the President and officials in the executive and legislative branches; (2) developing strategy, objectives, and guidance for overseeing the intelligence community and its activities; (3) submitting to the Congress, through the President, a foreign intelligence program and budget; (4) directing foreign intelligence collection activities; (5) overseeing special activities on a periodic basis for compliance with laws and regulations; and (6) monitoring foreign intelligence program implementation, and conducting program and performance audits and evaluations. Provides that the positions of Director and Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) may not be occupied simultaneously by individuals not having previously served in career positions in the intelligence community. Sets the term of service of the Director at seven years. Prohibits the Director from being reappointed and permits his removal by the President only for cause. Revises the duties of the CIA to be performed under the management direction of the Director of the CIA, so as to include: (1) collecting, producing, and disseminating foreign intelligence and counterintelligence, and coordinating the collection of such data inside the United States with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and outside the United States with other agencies; (2) conducting counterintelligence activities; (3) conducting special activities approved by the President (current law does not explicitly authorize special activities); and (4) protecting the security of its installations, activities, property, and employees. Repeals provisions concerning the appointment of a commissioned officer of the armed forces as Director of the Intelligence Community staff.
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1989
Provides that members of the armed forces and persons accompanying the armed forces outside the United States who engage in conduct which would constitute a criminal offense within the maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States shall be guilty of a like offense against the United States and shall be subject to prosecution and punishment under the Federal criminal code. Prohibits a member of the armed forces from being so tried while subject to trial by court-martial for the same conduct. Prohibits persons employed by the armed forces outside the United States from being so tried if such persons are not nationals of the United States. Prohibits prosecution for such an offense in the United States if a foreign government has prosecuted such person for the conduct constituting such offense. Authorizes specified Federal officials to approve a prosecution which is otherwise prohibited under the grounds of prosecution by the foreign government in certain instances. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to designate a person to apprehend and detain outside the United States any person reasonably believed to have engaged in conduct which constitutes a criminal offense in the United States. Provides for release of such person to civilian law enforcement authorities of the United States for judicial proceedings. Authorizes a properly-designated member of the armed forces to deliver to the appropriate authorities of a foreign country an individual alleged to have engaged in illegal conduct, if: (1) the appropriate authorities of such country request such delivery for trial; and (2) such delivery is authorized by a treaty or an agreement to which the United States is a party.
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1989
Excludes officers in the Army Nurse Corps, officers in the Navy Nurse Corps, and officers in the Air Force designated as nurses from the computation of authorized officer personnel end strengths for each fiscal year.
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1989
Authorizes the retention of Army, Naval, and Air Force Reserve psychologists in an active status after attainment of an age that would otherwise require separation.
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1989
Expresses certain congressional findings concerning drug interdiction assistance activities by members of the armed forces of the United States. Authorizes members who are assigned to duty on vessels of the Navy to which a member of the Coast Guard has been assigned, who have been provided with appropriate training in drug law enforcement functions of the Coast Guard, and who have been designated by an authorized member of the Coast Guard to perform drug law enforcement functions of the Coast Guard, to assist or perform, outside the United States, any of the drug law enforcement functions of the Coast Guard. Protects such members from any personal liability arising from any actions taken with regard to such drug law enforcement assistance. Directs the President to deploy additional radar surveillance AWACS and other aircraft for drug interdiction assistance, especially along the southwest and southern U.S. borders. Requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to make available to the Coast Guard and Customs Service certain aircraft for the pursuit of aircraft or vessels involved in illegal drug operations. Directs the President to request funding for such drug interdiction assistance activities for FY 1989 through 1991. Directs the Secretary of Defense to create for the Military Drug Interdiction Program a major force program category for the five-year defense plan of DOD. Directs the President to submit in the DOD budget for FY 1991 a request for funds for such Program in the form of the major force program category. Directs the Secretary to report to specified congressional committees on the use of deadly force by members of the armed forces while engaging in drug interdiction assistance activities. Requires the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to direct the preparation of a plan to provide additional flight hours of specified aircraft for operations off the coast of Colombia in order to implement a certain defense-in-depth concept for air interdiction. Directs the Secretary to report to specified congressional committees on the specific details of the plan.
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1989
Directs the Secretary of the Army to issue a certificate of service to Filipino nationals whom the Secretary determines to have served with or for the U.S. Army in the Philippine Islands during World War II. Entitles such persons to the same rights and benefits as other persons performing the same type of service in the Islands during such war.
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1989
Provides for free travel on military aircraft for any former member of the armed forces who has a service-connected disability rated total by the Veterans Administration (effective March 1989, Department of Veterans Affairs).
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1989
Provides for the issuance by the President of a prisoner-of-war medal to civilian employees of the Federal Government who are forcibly detained or interned by an enemy government or a hostile force during war or by a foreign government or hostile force during periods determined to be comparable to wartime conditions.
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1989
Authorizes special pay to officers serving as psychologists in any branch of the armed forces if they receive a Diplomate in Psychology diploma from the American Board of Professional Psychology. (Currently, such special pay is authorized only for officers of the Public Health Service who are so qualified.)
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1989
Authorizes the payment of special incentive pay to officers serving as nurses on active duty in the armed forces for a period of not less than one year. Requires such officers, in order to receive such special pay, to agree to serve for at least one year beginning on the date the officer accepts the award of special pay. Authorizes the Secretary of the military department concerned to terminate the payment of special pay to any officer at any time. Requires an officer receiving special pay and voluntarily terminating his or her service to refund on a prorated basis any amount paid in advance for such duty.
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1989
Authorizes the use of Department of Defense commissary stores and post exchanges for former prisoners of war who have been honorably separated from service and have a service-connected disability rating of 30 percent or more.
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1989
Amends the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS) to include otherwise eligible persons who are also entitled to Medicare benefits. Authorizes a benefit to be paid to dependent spouses and children under CHAMPUS for items and services for which payment is made under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act. Provides for payment under the CHAMPUS program of health care expenses to the extent that such expenses are not payable under Medicare or any other insurance or health plan. Requires a person claiming a benefit under this Act to certify the costs of all charges.
United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1989
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Department of Defense should immediately provide the Congress with a report on a program for the building of nuclear blast and radiation shelters and for the storage of at least one year's supply of food for every individual in the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1989
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to grant special immigrant status to an alien service member or veteran who has served honorably in the U.S. armed forces for four years and to any accompanying spouse and children.
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1989
Forgotten Widows and Survivor Benefits Improvements Act of 1989 - Amends armed forces annuity payment provisions to provide that $165 a month shall be the minimum benefit payable to a surviving spouse eligible for such annuity. Provides that any amount in excess of $165 of an annuity payment shall be considered income. Provides the same monthly annuity to certain widows and widowers of persons who became entitled to retired or retainer pay before their death before a certain date, or who chose not to provide their spouse with an annuity and died before a certain date. Prohibits a monthly annuity from being reduced to less than $165 a month when such annuity is reduced because there is no longer a dependent child or because the widow or widower attains age 62.
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1989
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a pilot program to allow veterans residing in counties which would be served by a Palm Beach County, Florida, Department of Veterans Affairs medical center to obtain medical treatment at non-Department of Veterans Affairs health-care facilities. Authorizes the Secretary to require that all participants in the pilot program be referred to a non-Department of Veterans Affairs medical facility for specific care through the direction of a local Department of Veterans Affairs outpatient clinic. Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress on a plan for the implementation of the pilot program within 90 days after the enactment of this Act. Terminates the authority of the Secretary with respect to the pilot program when a new Department medical facility to serve the south-central Florida area is opened. Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress on the operation of the program and on the feasibility of applying similar programs in other areas of the United States which are not served by a Department medical facility.
United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1989
Defines those members who served in the armed forces between November 12, 1918, and July 2, 1921, as World War I veterans and reinstates their veteran status.
United States · United States Senate · 20 January 1989
United States · United States Congress · 20 January 1989
Declares that civilian employees of the National Guard may not be required to wear military uniforms while performing civilian service.
United States · United States Congress · 20 January 1989
Directs the Secretary of the military department concerned, upon the discharge or release of a member of the armed forces from active duty, to provide such member with a copy of his or her medical and personnel records.
United States · United States Congress · 20 January 1989
Declares that the United States shall be liable to a named individual for any injuries he suffered in connection with steroid injections administered by armed forces medical personnel if such injuries are determined to have resulted from the negligence of such medical personnel.
United States · United States Congress · 20 January 1989
Separation of Powers Act of 1989 - Repeals the War Powers Resolution. Deletes the provision contained in the law providing for an early warning system in Sinai that permits the Congress to require the removal of U.S. civilian personnel assigned to Sinai if the Congress by concurrent resolution determines that the safety of such personnel is jeopardized or that continuation of their role is no longer necessary. Amends the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to repeal the authority of the Congress to terminate a declaration of a national emergency by concurrent resolution. Amends the Neutrality Act of 1939 to repeal the provision that authorizes the Congress by concurrent resolution to declare that a state of war exists between foreign states. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to delete certain provisions that give the Congress the authority to limit certain international aid programs, including nuclear transfers, by adopting a concurrent resolution. Deletes the provision prohibiting the use of foreign aid funds to train the police forces of foreign countries. Changes certain provisions relating to the Department of Defense that give the Congress the authority to limit actions of the Department of Defense by adopting a resolution or a concurrent resolution or by requiring the Department of Defense to notify the Congress before taking action (including provisions dealing with the ordering to duty of selected reserves, emergency construction projects, contributions for NATO infrastructure, Naval Petroleum Reserves, and a long-range proving ground for guided missiles). Amends certain Acts dealing with armed forces personnel and veterans' health care to limit the authority of the Congress to oversee programs contained in such Act. Amends the Federal Nonnuclear Energy Research and Development Act of 1974 to delete the provision authorizing the Congress to nullify a proposed rule or order by passage of a resolution. Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act of 1978 to delete certain provisions that give the Congress the authority to oversee actions, programs, or agreements under such Acts.
United States · United States Congress · 20 January 1989
Amends the Presidential Inaugural Ceremonies Act to define the status of the Inaugural Committee as a nongovernmental committee. Requires the committee to reimburse the appropriate Government agencies for goods or services ordered for an event that is not a public event. Declares that the Secretary of Defense, when providing the services of members of the armed forces for any nonpublic event, may utilize only members who have volunteered for service with the committee.
United States · United States Congress · 20 January 1989
Provides that a court-ordered allocation of military retired pay to a former spouse of a member of the armed forces which is based upon the treatment of such retired pay as property of both the member and the former spouse shall terminate upon the remarriage of the former spouse.
United States · United States Congress · 20 January 1989
Changes the definition of "Vietnam era," for purposes of veterans' benefits, to include, in the case of a veteran who served on active duty in the armed forces in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, North Vietnam, South Vietnam, or the adjacent waters, the period from March 1, 1961, through August 4, 1964. Amends the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 to apply such definition to veterans' employment preference.
United States · United States Congress · 20 January 1989
Expresses the sense of the Congress that, if certain time limitations concerning the awarding of the Congressional Medal of Honor are waived, the Secretary of the Army shall recommend to the President that such medal be awarded to Tibor Rubin for his heroic conduct during the Korean Conflict.
United States · United States Congress · 19 January 1989
Aircraft Noise Reduction Act of 1989 - Directs the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to transmit to the Congress and to the State of New Jersey a comprehensive plan for reducing noise resulting from airport operations in the States of New York and New Jersey. Directs the Administrator to enter into an agreement with the Secretary of Defense to increase air-carrier use of special-use air space over the Atlantic Ocean which is not being used by military aircraft. Directs the Administrator to issue an environmental impact statement on certain air route changes in the areas of Los Angeles and Chicago. Requires the Administrator to hold public hearings in the geographic areas affected by comprehensive air route changes. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to report to the Congress on: (1) recommendations of certain advisory committees established to develop a national policy on reducing noise resulting from airport operations; and (2) recommendations concerning the phaseout and termination date of the commercial fleet of Stage II aircraft.
United States · United States Congress · 19 January 1989
Directs the Secretaries of the Army and the Air Force to prescribe regulations to ensure that National Guard technicians are protected from certain adverse employment actions (i.e. removal, suspension, grade reduction, or furlough) in the same manner as are Federal employees.
United States · United States Congress · 19 January 1989
United States Coast Guard Bicentennial Medal Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to design, strike, and sell a medal in commemoration of the bicentennial of the U.S. Coast Guard in 1990. Requires the design of the medal to be selected by the Secretary of the Treasury after consultation with the Secretary of Transportation and the Commission of Fine Arts.
United States · United States Congress · 19 January 1989
Authorizes claims for damages against the United States for personal injury or death of a member of the armed forces serving on active duty or on full-time National Guard duty. Provides that the personal injury or death must have arisen out of medical or dental care furnished in a fixed medical facility operated by the United States. Reduces any award under this Act by an amount equal to the total amount of other monetary benefits received or to be received under Federal law that are attributable to the personal injury or death from which the claim arose.
United States · United States Congress · 19 January 1989
Directs the American Battle Monuments Commission to establish a memorial and museum on Federal land in the District of Columbia or its immediate area to honor World War II veterans and to commemorate U.S. participation in that conflict. Directs the Commission to plan, design, construct, and oversee the operation of the memorial and museum. Specifies that such design shall provide for accessibility by, and accommodations for, the physically handicapped. Establishes the World War II Memorial and Museum Advisory Board to: (1) promote the establishment of the memorial and museum and encourage the donation of private funds for construction maintenance; (2) recommend the site and select the design for the memorial and museum, subject to the approval of the Commission; and (3) transmit annual reports on its activities to the Congress. Authorizes the Commission to solicit private contributions for such memorial and museum. Establishes a fund in the Treasury which shall be made available to the Commission to carry out this Act. Authorizes Federal funding, in addition to such private funds, for site preparation, design, planning, establishment, construction, maintenance, and operation of the memorial and museum. Authorizes assistance from specified Federal departments and agencies, including the Library of Congress. Authorizes Federal property to be transferred to the Commission. Authorizes the Commission to purchase suitable property within the District of Columbia for the establishment of such memorial and museum.
United States · United States Congress · 19 January 1989
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to allow religious sanctuary as a defense to the criminal offense of harboring or transporting aliens.
United States · United States Congress · 19 January 1989
Prohibits the expenditure of appropriated funds, for two years after the enactment of this Act, for the production of lethal binary chemical agents or chemical-related munitions. Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the President should intensify efforts to achieve an agreement with the Soviet Union and other nations to establish a mutual and verifiable ban on the production, stockpiling, and proliferation of lethal chemical weapons and to provide for the destruction or elimination of existing chemical weapons stockpiles and production facilities; and (2) the Departments of State and of Commerce should develop a se of sanctions which could be implemented against nations which use chemical weapons or continue to develop or stockpile chemical weapons.
United States · United States Congress · 19 January 1989
Deems a Vietnam era veteran who was held as a prisoner of war to be considered a socially and economically disadvantaged individual, thus permitting such individual to be included in a target group of minorities for which the Department of Defense seeks to obligate five percent of all procurement contracts during FY 1987 through 1989. Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 to include small business concerns owned and controlled by Vietnam era veterans who were held as prisoners of war within those businesses eligible under the minority contract goal for defense procurement contract awards.
United States · United States Congress · 19 January 1989
Requires the early mailing of benefit checks for military retired and retainer pay, Retired Serviceman's Family Protection Plan annuities, and military Survivor Benefit Plan annuities if the day regularly designated for the delivery of such checks falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday.
United States · United States Congress · 19 January 1989
Deems a veteran with a service-connected disability to be considered a socially and economically disadvantaged individuals, thus permitting such individuals to be included in a target group of minorities for which the Department of Defense seeks to obligate five percent of all DOD procurement contracts during FY 1987 through 1989. Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 to include small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans with service-connected disabilities as businesses eligible for the minority contract goal for defense procurement contract awards.
United States · United States Congress · 19 January 1989
Funeral and Remains Transportation and Living Expense Benefits Act of 1989 - Authorizes the Administrator (effective March 1989, Secretary) of Veterans Affairs to provide for the recovery, care, and disposition of the remains of any veteran who was awarded a Medal of Honor. Outlines the burial-related expenses the Administrator is authorized to provide. Directs that an individual is to be reimbursed by the Government if such individual pays any expense that is payable by the United States under this Act. Specifies the spouses and relatives authorized to direct disposition of the remains of a decedent covered by this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 19 January 1989
Presidential Candidate Debate Act of 1989 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require as a condition for eligibility to receive payments from the Presidential Election Campaign Fund that the major party presidential candidates participate in three debates of at least 90 minutes each, consisting of questions prepared by a moderator. Limits one debate to domestic issues and another to foreign and defense policy issues. Requires that the final debate be held not more than ten days prior to the election.
United States · United States Congress · 19 January 1989
Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to use a specified portion of land at the Veterans' Administration Medical Center, West Los Angeles, California, as part of the National Cemetery of West Los Angeles, California. Provides that such land shall become part of the National Cemetery System.
United States · United States Congress · 19 January 1989
World War I Veterans' Bonus Act - Provides a $10,000 payment to each veteran of World War I or surviving spouse of such veteran.
United States · United States Congress · 19 January 1989
Directs the House Committee on Government Operations to review the affirmative action employment practices with regard to business operations within the United States of any foreign company or firm that is organized in or the headquarters of which are located in: (1) any country that receives economic or military aid in the form of financial assistance from the Federal Government; (2) any country that is a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization; or (3) Japan. Requires a report to the Congress by the end of the first session of the 101st Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 19 January 1989
Condemns the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. Holds the Soviet-backed Afghan regime responsible for continuing human rights abuses. Calls for: (1) a halt to the placement of lethal weapons in the Afghan countryside; (2) the withdrawal of all Soviet forces from Afghanistan by February 15, 1989; (3) restoration of a freely chosen Afghan Government; (4) close scrutiny by the international community of human rights abuses in Afghanistan; and (5) continued support of the Afghan people through the provision of material if Soviet forces are not withdrawn.
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1989
Defense Production Act Amendments of 1989 - Title I: Defense Industrial Base Restoration - Amends the Defense Production Act of 1950 to restate the defense mobilization preparedness policy of the United States. Places the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in charge of coordinating the efforts to maintain geographical dispersion of defense facilities. (Currently, the Office of Defense Mobilization is in charge of such effort.) Requires executive agencies and departments responsible for defense acquisition to continuously assess the capability of the defense industrial base to satisfy near-term and mobilization production requirements. States that plans and programs to carry out the policy stated above shall duly consider the promotion of efficiency and competition. Repeals as inconsistent with changes made under this Act the National Commission on Supplies and Shortages Act of 1974. Expresses certain congressional findings disapproving the growing U.S. dependency on foreign sources for parts and materials used to manufacture major weapons systems for our national defense, and requests the strengthening of the industrial capability of the United States to independently produce its major weapons systems. Directs the President, in exercising his industrial defense preparedness authority, to limit the production of existing and new weapons to domestic manufacturing and assembly sources: (1) within five years following the enactment of this Act; and (2) until domestic sources can meet defense production needs for six months following any declaration of war. Authorizes the President to waive such domestic-production requirement only after considering in each case an economic and defense production impact assessment. Authorizes the President to use certain existing incentives to implement these provisions, subject to specified limitations. Directs the President to designate those industries deemed to be critical to the U.S. defense industrial base, to be given first priority for assistance under this Act for the modernization of manufacturing facilities and equipment and the production of materials. Directs the President to seek to develop the domestic production of materials, services, and skills affecting a critical industry that are in short supply. Authorizes assistance to be provided only to small and medium-sized businesses, unless the President otherwise formally notifies the Congress that the interests of national defense require an exception to such limitation. Title II: Economic Adjustment - Establishes in the Executive Office of the President the Defense Economic Adjustment Council, to be co-chaired by the Secretaries of Commerce and Labor. Establishes in the Executive Office an Office of Economic Adjustment, headed by a Director, to provide staff support to the Council. Directs the Council to disseminate information from the Secretary of Defense to Federal, State, and local agencies concerning proposed or pending changes in defense spending which would affect employment in the defense industry. Requires the Council to perform other duties, including: (1) encouraging the preparation of plans for non-defense-related public projects; (2) coordinating and developing information on priority, federally-funded projects and programs pertaining to defense economic adjustment; and (3) monitoring job services information banks. Directs the Secretary of Defense to provide the pertinent information to the Council a year in advance of any change and to furnish the Council with projected future defense spending levels. Makes eligible for Federal assistance for economic adjustment planning any community which is substantially affected by reduction or elimination of Government defense facilities or curtailment or conclusion of defense contracts. Requires the Council to report to the Congress at least annually on any such economic development program. Directs the Council to use data from other departments to develop criteria which ensures that assistance is directed to those communities that are most vulnerable economically to reductions in defense expenditures. Requires the Council to publish a semiannual list of eligible communities. Requires excess property resulting from a closing or reduction in a Government-owned facility to be appraised for purposes of resale to the community. Makes displaced workers affected by a reduction of the volume of defense work in a defense facility eligible for benefits for two years under this Act. Includes among such benefits: weekly compensation, vested pension credit, maintenance of health insurance, retraining for civilian work, job search allowance, and reimbursement for relocation expenses. Requires completion of a program of professional retraining before certain employees are eligible for assistance. Directs the Council to enter into agreements with a State or agency in the State administering the unemployment compensation law to disburse benefits under this Act. Requires displaced workers to accept any employment determined by the State agency or Secretary of Labor to be comparable to the former job, or benefits will terminate. Excludes these benefits from other determinations of eligibility for unemployment compensation under any Federal or State law. Establishes in the Treasury a Workers Economic Adjustment Reserve Trust Fund. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to deposit a percentage of the projected savings resulting from a cancellation or cutback in defense spending. Authorizes appropriations to carry out this title.
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1989
Recyclable Materials Science and Technology Development Act of 1989 - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to study and report to the Congress concerning: (1) means to increase the use of degradable materials in manufactured goods; (2) technologies for recycling nondurable consumer products; and (3) ways to expand the marketing of recycled products. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to study and report to the Congress on the feasibility of recycling nondegradable medical supplies and of substituting degradable for nondegradable materials in medical equipment and supplies. Directs the Secretary of Defense to study and report to the Congress on the national defense and security implications of requiring the use of degradable materials in defense items. Instructs the Secretary of Agriculture to initiate a pilot project to develop and demonstrate viable technology for composting municipal waste and sewage sludge. Requires the Secretary to report project results to the Congress. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to appoint a Director of Recycling Research and Information to make grants to support research into innovative recycling technology. Authorizes appropriations for such purposes for FY 1990. Prohibits, effective five years after this Act's enactment, the production, manufacture, distribution, sale, or delivery of nonrecycled consumer goods, fast food in nondegradable containers, and packaging for specified purposes that contains any material that is not naturally degradable. Establishes both civil and criminal penalties for violations. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Secretary of Commerce jointly to issue regulations to govern the designation of goods and materials for noncompliance purposes. Directs the Secretary to publish and periodically update lists of items and materials affected by the prohibition on activities involving nonrecyclable items.
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1989
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for the naturalization of an alien who has served at least three years in the U.S. armed forces.