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Bill· SS. 490 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1991
Persian Gulf War Veterans Educational Benefits Act of 1991 - Amends Federal veterans' benefits provisions to include the Persian Gulf War under the definition of "period of war" for purposes of determining eligibility for various benefits for war veterans, their spouses, and their dependents. Increases the monthly stipend available to members of the all-volunteer active-duty armed forces and the Selected Reserve for educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill veterans' educational assistance program. Directs the Secretary of the military department concerned, and the Secretary of Transportation with respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service of the Navy, to provide educational assistance to members of the Selected Reserve who: (1) during the Persian Gulf War, served on active duty for more than 180 days of continuous service; and (2) were discharged or released under conditions other than dishonorable. States that such educational assistance may be provided for a program of education beyond the baccalaureate degree level. States that in the case of a member of the Selected Reserve called to active duty in connection with the Persian Gulf War: (1) the period of such active duty may not be considered in determining the expiration date for eligibility for educational assistance benefits provided under the Montgomery GI Bill; and (2) the member may not be considered to have been separated from the Selected Reserve for purposes of commencement of the delimiting period for use of such benefits. Provides that in the case of an active-duty or Reserve member student who fails to complete a course of study under the veterans' educational assistance program due to being called to active duty in connection with the Persian Gulf War, both the amount of educational assistance received and the time spent pursuing that course of study will not be counted against such student for purposes of general entitlement under the veterans' educational assistance program. Excludes courses for which the student has already received full credit from inclusion in such provision. Restores the full amount available to such student veteran as if the interrupted course had not been taken. States that such exclusion shall apply to members of the Selected Reserve pursuing courses under the armed forces educational assistance program. Allows the Secretary of Defense to repay a certain percentage of the student loans granted under the Higher Education Act of 1965 in the case of officer personnel in grades below major or, in the case of the Navy, lieutenant commander. (Currently, such repayment is authorized for certain enlisted and reserve personnel only.) Makes all members of the armed forces called or ordered to active duty in connection with the Persian Gulf War eligible for deferment of student loans granted under the Higher Education Act of 1965 during the continuance of such duty. States that such period shall not be counted against the grace period otherwise available. States that all direct or discretionary spending contained in this Act is to be considered emergency expenditures for purposes of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act).
Bill· SS. 482 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1991
Desert Storm Leave Transfer Act - Applies provisions under which voluntary transfers of leave may be received by Federal employees in cases of medical emergency to employees who are members of the armed forces on active duty in the Persian Gulf War, without regard to the existence of any medical emergency.
Bill· SS. 500 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1991
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure that there is no reduction in the levels of hospital care, nursing home care, and medical services furnished to eligible persons as a result of furnishing such care and services to military personnel being treated by the Department of Veterans Affairs for injuries or illnesses incurred or aggravated during the Persian Gulf War. Directs the Secretary to contract with non-Department facilities in order to continue such care to such eligible persons at the same level. Requires the Secretary of Defense to reimburse the Secretary for the difference, if any, between the cost of providing such care and services by contract and the cost of providing such care or services in medical facilities of the Department. States that all direct or discretionary spending contained in this Act is to be considered an emergency expenditure related to Operation Desert Shield for purposes of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act).
Bill· HRH.R. 1111 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1991
Anti-Apartheid Act Amendments of 1991 - Title I: Sanctions Against Investment in, and Exports to, South Africa and Other Measures (Except Import Restrictions) to End Apartheid - Part A: Amendments to the Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986 and Other Laws - Amends the Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986 to prohibit any investments in South Africa by U.S. persons. Makes exceptions to such prohibition for: (1) investments in a business enterprise 90 percent owned and controlled by South Africans economically and politically disadvantaged by apartheid; and (2) investments made by certain individuals during any period and to the extent that such investments are considered South African emigrant non-resident assets and subject to transfer or disposition restrictions. Authorizes a person to apply for, and the President to grant for good cause, a waiver of such prohibition for up to 180 days. Requires U.S. controlled South African entities that are subject to the investment prohibition and that employ more than 24 South Africans economically and politically disadvantaged by apartheid to: (1) notify employees and employee organizations not less than 90 days prior to termination of the U.S. investment in such entity; and (2) enter into good faith negotiations with representative trade unions regarding the terms of such termination. Prohibits the exportation or reexportation to South Africa of any goods or technology subject to U.S. jurisdiction. Prohibits any such exportation or reexportation by any person subject to U.S. jurisdiction. Exempts from such prohibition publications, donations of food, clothing, and medical supplies, commercial sales of agricultural commodities and products, and goods and technology for use in the gathering or dissemination of information by news media organizations subject to U.S. jurisdiction. Makes such prohibitions inapplicable to: (1) any goods that are the direct product of technology of U.S. origin under a written agreement entered into on or before April 20, 1988, and that are exported within one year of the enactment of this Act; (2) economic assistance or human rights programs for disadvantaged South Africans, South African blacks or other nonwhite South Africans, or victims of apartheid in South Africa; and (3) contributions to charitable organizations engaged in social welfare, public health, religious, educational, or emergency relief activities in South Africa. Repeals specified provisions of the Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986 that: (1) prohibit certain exports to, imports from, and investments in South Africa; (2) set forth U.S. policy toward the recruitment and training of black South Africans; and (3) prohibit U.S. intercession with any foreign government regarding export activities of certain U.S. nationals in South Africa who are not implementing the Code of Conduct. Revises the definition of "loans" for purposes of such Act to prohibit short-term trade financing, sales on open account, and rescheduling of existing loans. Adds other definitions for purposes of such Act. Prohibits any U.S. agency or entity involved in intelligence activities from engaging in any form of cooperation with the Government of South Africa (specifically including the authorities administering Namibia so long as Namibia is illegally occupied). Prohibits any U.S. agency or entity from engaging in any form of cooperation with the armed forces of South Africa. Prohibits funds made available by the Congress from being obligated or expended for any expense related to any prohibited cooperation. States that the President should not: (1) assign or detail any member of the U.S. armed forces to serve as a defense or military attache in South Africa; or (2) accredit any individual to serve as a defense or military attache at a South African diplomatic mission in the United States. Repeals provisions of the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1987 concerning restrictions on intelligence agency cooperation with South Africa. Prohibits the Secretary of Energy from authorizing any person to engage, directly or indirectly, in the production of special nuclear materials in South Africa. Revises penalty provisions of the Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986. Establishes within the Department of State a Coordinator of South Africa Sanctions who shall be responsible to the Secretary of State for matters pertaining to the implementation of sanctions against South Africa. Directs the Coordinator to place emphasis on activities related to strategically important trade in oil, coal, computers, specialized machinery and arms, and to financial credits. Sets forth the responsibilities of the Secretary of State in leading and coordinating the activities of other agencies in implementing and enforcing the Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986 and in monitoring other nations' economic relations with South Africa. Requires the Secretary to report annually to the Congress on actions to monitor and enforce such Act and on economic relations between South Africa and each of its trading partners. Establishes an Interagency Coordinating Committee on South Africa to coordinate and monitor the implementation of such Act. Revises provisions of such Act regarding the Code of Conduct and expanded participation in the South African economy. Requires Federal agencies to make efforts to assist businesses more than 90 percent (currently, 50 percent) owned by black or nonwhite South Africans. Amends the Export Import Bank Act of 1945 to require the Bank to insure or participate in the extension of credit to businesses more than 90 percent owned (currently, majority owned) and controlled by black or nonwhite South Africans. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to permit the use of a specified amount of funds authorized for economic development assistance for assistance to disadvantaged South Africans. Specifies that such assistance may include scholarships, the promotion of the participation of disadvantaged South Africans in trade unions and private enterprise, alternative education and community development programs, and training and other assistance (including legal aid) for South African journalists. Lists major trade union federations in South Africa as examples of recipients of U.S. assistance to the labor movement. Earmarks a specified amount of such funds for refugee education and assistance for South Africans. Prohibits any U.S. person from providing transport to South Africa of a commercial quantity of crude oil or refined petroleum products. Includes in such prohibition transport on a vessel of U.S. registry or on a vessel owned by a U.S. person. Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior from issuing any mineral lease to any national of the United States which is controlled by any foreign person who purchases, acquires, owns, or holds any investment in South Africa or who exports crude oil or refined petroleum products to South Africa. Authorizes the President to waive such prohibitions under specified conditions. Part B: Policy Statements; Reports; Studies; and Other Miscellaneous Provisions - Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should: (1) direct the Attorney General to conduct an antitrust investigation of the South African controlled international diamond cartel; (2) direct the Secretary of Commerce and the Commissioner of Customs to study the feasibility of identifying at the port of entry the national origin of diamonds entering the United States; and (3) ensure effective and rigorous enforcement of a prohibition on the importation into the United States of uncut South African diamonds by taking specified measures. Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the President should eliminate all honorary consuls of South Africa in the United States and forbid expansion of South Africa's embassy staff; and (2) approval of temporary U.S. visas should be granted on a case-by-case basis after considering South Africa's record of allowing its citizens, including apartheid opponents, to travel to the United States. Requires the President to study and report to the Congress on measures to reduce South Africa's foreign exchange earnings from gold. Directs the Secretary of State to report to the Congress on South Africa's involvement in international terrorism. Title II: Sanctions Against South African Imports Into the United States - Prohibits the importation into the United States of any article from South Africa, except: (1) strategic minerals which the President certifies to the Congress are essential for military or economic purposes and are not available from alternative reliable suppliers or through improved manufacturing processes, conservation, recycling, and economical substitution; and (2) publications. Specifies that such prohibition includes: (1) krugerrands or any gold coin minted in South Africa or offered for sale by the Government of South Africa; (2) uranium hexafluoride that has been manufactured from South African uranium or uranium oxide; and (3) fish or seafood which are products of South Africa. Exempts from such prohibition any imports from business enterprises in South Africa that are wholly-owned by persons economically or politically disadvantaged by apartheid. Requires the President to confer with other industrialized democracies in order to reach cooperative agreements to impose sanctions against South Africa to bring about the dismantling of apartheid. Requires the President to report to the Congress concerning such efforts. Requires (currently, encourages) the President to seek United Nations Security Council adoption of the same sanctions against South Africa as are imposed by the United States. Requires (currently, authorizes) the President to impose penalties against foreign persons taking significant commercial advantage of U.S. sanctions against South Africa or comparable sanctions of other industrialized democracies. Includes as such a penalty the restriction of such a person from contracting with U.S. Government entities. Allows the President to waive such penalties for foreign persons of an industrialized democracy that is a party to a cooperative agreement to impose sanctions against South Africa. Requires the President to revoke such waiver if the industrialized democracy is not adequately enforcing the measures provided for under the agreement. Requires that information concerning the extent to which import restrictions are being enforced by other industrialized democracies be included in the Secretary of State's annual report to the Congress. Sets forth provisions pertaining to committee referral in the House of Representatives of joint resolutions pertaining to import restrictions. Requires the President, through the Secretary of Commerce, to submit periodic reports to the Congress setting forth the average amounts of imports of coal or any strategic and critical material entering the United States from each member and observer country of the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance. Requires the President to report annually to the Congress on the program to reduce U.S. dependence on strategic minerals from South Africa. Requires the President to confer with the governments of the African "frontline" states on measures to prevent the circumvention of the import restrictions on South African products imposed under the authority of this Act. Title III: General Provisions - Makes conforming amendments and sets forth the effective date of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 1122 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1991
Entitles a named widow to benefits under an armed forces survivor benefit plan.
Bill· HRH.R. 1119 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1991
States that, for purposes of the Internal Revenue Code, Persian Gulf conflict service shall be treated as service in a combat zone. Includes service performed in Diego Garcia in connection with Operation Desert Shield, Operation Desert Storm, or any related military operation as Persian Gulf service.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 147 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 1991
Calls on the Department of State to persuade Saudi Arabia to: (1) eliminate the surcharge imposed on telephone calls by members of the U.S. armed forces deployed in the Persian Gulf conflict that do not use Saudi telecommunication facilities; and (2) reduce the rates for members for calls that do use such facilities. Requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to ensure that: (1) telephone service providers in the United States adopt flexible billing procedures and policies in connection with the costs incurred by such members and their families for calls to and from the Persian Gulf region; and (2) families of such members will not have their telephone service cut off due to their inability to pay for such calls. Provides that long distance service providers in the United States should file special reduced rates for such calls with the FCC for immediate consideration.
Bill· HRH.R. 1108 (102nd)open
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1991
Amends Federal armed forces provisions to provide that, in the case of a member of the reserves called to active duty in connection with the Persian Gulf War: (1) the period of such active duty may not be considered in determining the expiration date for eligibility for educational assistance benefits provided under the Montgomery GI Bill; and (2) the member may not be considered to have been separated from the reserves for purposes of commencement of the delimiting period for the use of such educational benefits. Amends the Federal veterans' and armed forces educational assistance programs to provide that, in the case of an active-duty or reserve member student who fails to complete a course of study under such programs due to being called to active duty or being given increased work in connection with the Persian Gulf War, both the amount of educational assistance received and the time spent pursuing that course will not be counted against such student for purposes of his or her general entitlement to educational benefits under the appropriate educational assistance program. Restores the full amount available to such student veteran as if the interrupted course had not been taken. States that such exclusion shall also apply to members of the Selected Reserve pursuing courses of study (and similarly interrupted) under the armed forces' educational assistance program.
Bill· HRH.R. 1107 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 1991
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to design and strike a silver commemorative medal for members of the U.S. armed forces who serve in a combat zone in connection with the Persian Gulf conflict.
Bill· SS. 468 (102nd)passed
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1991
Defense Production Act Extension and Amendments of 1991 - Title I: Amendments to the Defense Production Act of 1950 - Amends the Defense Production Act of 1950 to extend its expiration date to September 30, 1991. Authorizes appropriations and sets spending limits under such Act through FY 1991. Repeals provisions of such Act granting immunity from civil and criminal suits and a defense to antitrust actions for those persons engaging in voluntary agreements for defense preparedness programs and expansion of production capacity and supply. Authorizes the President, with respect to certain Defense Production Act activities, to exempt persons participating in a voluntary agreement or plan of action on behalf of the United States from Federal antitrust laws or any similar State law for activities engaged in as part of such agreement or plan. Requires an individual designated by the President to administer such an agreement or plan to provide prior written notice of the time, place, and nature of any meeting to carry out such agreement or plan to the Attorney General, the Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, and the Congress. Outlines requirements for, and limitations to, the antitrust defense for participants in such agreements or plans. Exempts any activity or provision of such agreements or plans from the Federal Advisory Committee Act and other Federal law relating to advisory committees. Authorizes the President to order a priority in the allocation of materials, facilities, and services (currently, only materials and facilities) when requirements of national defense cannot otherwise be met. Requires the President to reach certain determinations concerning the critical shortages of such materials, facilities, and services before exercising such authority. Makes this title effective (retroactively) on October 20, 1990. Title II: Fair Trade in Financial Services - Fair Trade in Financial Services Act of 1991 - Amends the International Banking Act of 1978, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) submit biennial status reports to the Congress regarding foreign treatment of certain U.S. business interests; and (2) initiate negotiations with foreign countries to ensure that they offer U.S. banking and bank holding companies, securities brokers and dealers, and investment advisers the same competitive opportunities as are available to their foreign counterparts. Authorizes the Secretary to publish in the Federal Register a determination that a foreign country does not accord national treatment to such U.S. business interests. Authorizes a Federal banking agency, or the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), after notice of such determination, to include such determination as a basis for denial of certain foreign trade applications (to conduct banking, securities, or investment advice activities in the United States) from such foreign country in reports required under the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988. Directs the Secretary to review such determinations annually and rescind determinations, if appropriate. Amends the International Banking Act of 1978 to preclude banking interests of such countries from commencing or conducting business in this country as of the date of the Secretary's determination unless prior approval has been obtained from a Federal banking agency (including, under certain circumstances, a State banking agency). Outlines the factors to be considered by the Secretary and the banking and securities regulatory agencies in their exercise of discretion with respect to existing foreign operations in the United States. Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 to provide that, subsequent to the Secretary's determination in the Federal Register that a foreign country does not accord national treatment to U.S. securities or investment adviser interests, a person from such foreign country may not acquire control of a registered broker, dealer, or investment adviser unless the SEC has been duly notified and has not prohibited such acquisition. Amends the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 to direct the Secretary of the Treasury, together with other appropriate agencies and representatives, to conduct an investigation to determine: (1) the extent of interdependence of U.S. financial services sectors and foreign countries whose financial services institutions provide financial services in the United States, or whose persons have substantial ownership interests in U.S. financial institutions; and (2) the economic, strategic, and other consequences of that interdependence for the United States. Directs the Secretary to report the results of this investigation within two years to the President, the Congress, and other specified commissions, departments, and agencies as deemed appropriate by the Secretary.
Bill· SS. 458 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1991
Procurement Ethics Reform Act - Amends the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act to: (1) revise provisions suspended by the Ethics Reform Act of 1989 governing the conduct of certain individuals involved in procurement-related activities; and (2) repeal certain conflict-of-interest restrictions. Replaces provisions prohibiting procurement officials and competing contractors from, respectively, disclosing and obtaining proprietary and source selection information during any stage of a Federal agency procurement with provisions prohibiting anyone: (1) who had access to contractor bid or proposal information or source selection information while employed by the Federal Government or while acting for or advising the Government from knowingly and willfully disclosing such information before the award of a Federal agency procurement contract to which the information relates; (2) from knowingly and willingly obtaining contractor bid or proposal information or source selection information before such an award; and (3) from knowingly and willingly violating a protective order issued by the Comptroller General or the board of contract appeals of the General Services Administration in connection with a protest against the award or proposed award of such a contract by disclosing such information. Defines "contractor bid or proposal information" as currently defined "proprietary information." Specifies the categories of such information, including information marked by the contractor as "contractor bid or proposal information" in accordance with applicable law. Redefines "source selection information" as information prepared for use by a Federal agency to evaluate a bid or proposal to enter into such a contract. Specifies the categories of such information, including information that is marked "source selection information" the disclosure of which (based upon a case-by-case determination of the agency head or the contracting officer) would jeopardize the integrity or successful completion of the Federal agency procurement to which the information relates. Specifies that contractor bid or proposal information and source selection information must not have been previously made available to the public. Repeals provisions regarding contractual penalties. Authorizes the Attorney General to bring a civil action in a U.S. District Court against any person who violates prohibitions against disclosing or obtaining such information or a protective order issued during a contract award protest. Establishes separate civil penalties of $50,000 for individuals and $500,000 for organizations convicted of violating such a prohibition plus twice the amount of compensation the individual or organization received or was offered for the prohibited conduct. Establishes criminal penalties of a fine or imprisonment for not more than one year or both for a violation of such a prohibition and of a fine or imprisonment for not more than five years or both for such a violation involving the exchanging of such information for anything of value or obtaining or giving to anyone a competitive advantage in awarding such a contract. Revises provisions regarding administrative actions to allow Federal agencies that receive information that a contractor has engaged in such a violation to declare void and rescind the contract involved where there has been a conviction of such offense or where the agency head determines that such a violation has occurred based on clear and convincing evidence. Entitles the United States to recover the amount expended under the contract in addition to any penalty if such a contract is declared void and rescinded. Specifies that such a violation affects the present responsibility of a Government contractor or subcontractor to facilitate initiation of debarment or suspension proceedings. Requires Government-wide regulations and guidelines to carry out the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act to be issued in the Federal Acquisition Regulation by the Department of Defense, the General Services Administration, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, in coordination with the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council. Repeals provisions regarding: (1) restrictions on gratuities; (2) restrictions on seeking employment; (3) restrictions on post-employment activities of former procurement officials; (4) certification; (5) ethics advice; and (6) training. Repeals the following provisions suspended by the Ethics Reform Act of 1989: (1) provisions of the Department of Energy Organization Act regarding reporting requirements on prior employment for newly-appointed supervisors, postemployment and participation prohibitions and associated reporting requirements for former supervisors, and violations of postemployment prohibitions and associated reporting requirements considered in deciding the outcome of Department proceedings; (2) miscellaneous procurement requirements relating to private employment contacts between certain Department of Defense (DOD) procurement officials and defense contractors and certain former DOD procurement officials and the limitations on their employment by contractors; and (3) criminal code provisions imposing restrictions on retired military officers in certain matters affecting the Government. Repeals certain miscellaneous procurement provisions not suspended by the Act regarding reporting requirements for employees and former employees of defense contractors and requirements on defense contractors regarding former DOD officials.
Bill· SS. 472 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1991
Women's Equal Opportunity Act of 1991 - Title I: Federal Civil Rights Remedies - Subtitle A: Federal Remedies for Sexual Harassment in the Workplace - Amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to allow monetary penalties, to specified maximums, for intentional unlawful employment practices relating to harassment on the basis of sex. Allows a person alleging employment discrimination through sexual harassment to seek temporary or preliminary injunctive relief: (1) without regard to any period of time following the filing of a charge; and (2) without obtaining a right-to-sue letter from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Sets forth criteria for obtaining such relief. Requires courts to expedite proceedings under these provisions. Mandates technical assistance concerning sexual harassment law to employers with fewer than a specified number of employees. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle B: Expansion of Other Federal Civil Rights - Amends Federal law relating to equal rights under the law and the making and enforcing of contracts to declare that: (1) the rights protected are protected against impairment by non-governmental discrimination as well as against imparment under color of State law; and (2) the provisions afford the same protection against discrimination in the performance, breach, modification, or termination of a contract, or in the setting of the terms or conditions thereof, as they do in the making and enforcement of the contract. Amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to declare that, for provisions relating to time limits for filing charges, an unlawful employment practice occurs with regard to a seniority system: (1) when it is adopted, an individual becomes subject to it, or a person is injured by its application; and (2) if the system is alleged to have been adopted for an intentionally discriminatory purpose, whether or not that purpose is apparent on the system's face. Applies title VII (Equal Employment Opportunity) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to the Congress, with enforcement as determined by each House of the Congress. Title II: Domestic and Street Crime Violence Against Women - Subtitle A: Safety on College and University Campuses - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to add sexual assault or any other abusive sexual conduct to the list of offenses regarding which certain institutions are required to collect and disclose statistics. Requires each institution to report the statistics to parents or guardians of students as well as to other groups specified by current law. Subtitle B: Stronger Penalties for Federal Sex Offenses - Amends the Federal criminal code to make murder a Class A felony, mandating the death sentence, when done in the course of certain sex offenses, sexual assault, or child molestation, or when the defendant has previously been convicted of sexual assault or child molestation, subject to specified mitigating factors. Sets forth procedures. Requires instructing the jury not to: (1) consider the race, color, religion, national origin, or sex of the defendant or any victim; and (2) recommend a death sentence unless it concludes that it would recommend such sentence regardless of such factors. Requires each juror to sign a certification to such effect. Bars carrying out a death sentence on a woman while she is pregnant. Prohibits requiring any employee of, or a person under contract to provide services to, a State corrections department or the Federal Bureau of Prisons to attend or participate in any execution. Amends Federal criminal code provisions relating to sexual abuse to double the maximum imprisonment for violation of such provisions after a prior conviction under Federal or State law for such an offense. Adds to such provisions a special definition of "sexual act" applicable to individuals under the age of 16. Amends the Controlled Substances Act to provide for increased penalties for distribution of a controlled substance to a woman while she is pregnant. Subtitle C: Enhanced Compensation and Restitution for Victims of Sex Crimes - Pornography Victims' Compensation Act of 1991 - Creates a cause of action against a producer, distributor, exhibitor, or seller of sexually explicit material by a victim of a rape, sexual assault, act of sexual abuse, sexual murder, or other sexual crime, or by the estate, guardian, or survivors of any such victim. Conditions the recovery of damages on proof by a preponderance of the evidence that: (1) the victim was a victim of such an act; (2) the material is obscene, constitutes child pornography, or in the case of sex crimes, is sexually explicit and violent, and was a proximate cause of the offense; (3) the defendant is a producer or distributor of the material or exhibited or sold it to the sexual offender and should have known that the material was sexually explicit; and (4) the sale or transport affects interstate or foreign commerce. Sets forth criteria by which the finder of fact may reasonably infer that such material was a proximate cause of the offense, including unusual similarities between the acts described and the actual offense, testimony of the offender, and testimony of experts who have examined the offender that such material incited the commission of the offense. Authorizes the award of damages for economic loss, compensation for pain and suffering, reasonable attorney's fees, and costs to prevailing plaintiffs. Sets a statute of limitations of six years from the date the right of action first accrued or, in the case of a legal disability, not later than three years after the termination of such disability. Amends the Federal criminal code to allow an order of certain types of restitution in cases involving provisions relating to sexual abuse or sexual exploitation of children. Subtitle D: Reform of Procedure and Evidentiary Requirements in Sex Offense and Other Cases - Amends the Federal Rules of Evidence to allow evidence of similar offenses in criminal or civil sexual assault and child molestation cases. Amends the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure to modify the number of peremptory challenges available to specified parties when the offense charged is punishable by imprisonment for more than one year. Amends the Federal criminal code to: (1) prohibit peremptory jury challenges on the basis of race, color, or any other classification that could not lawfully be used by a prosecutor; and (2) give the prosecutor the same right as the defense attorney to challenge the exercise of peremptory challenges on this ground, with the court applying the same standards and granting the same relief. Enacts rules, to be known as the Rules of Professional Conduct for Lawyers in Federal Practice, and includes them as an appendix to provisions of the U.S. Code relating to the judiciary and judicial procedure. Applies the rules to proceedings before a U.S. court or a Federal agency that carries out adjudicatory or quasi-adjudicatory functions. Includes rules relating to: (1) various types of litigation abuses (including conduct to increase litigation expenses or with no substantial purpose other than to distress another person); (2) expediting litigation (including not attempting to delay or prolong proceedings for specified reasons); and (3) a duty to prevent the commission of a crime (including allowing or requiring disclosure of information). Declares that: (1) it is the sense of the Congress that, in determining child custody, credible evidence of physical abuse of a spouse should create a statutory presumption that it is detrimental to the child to be placed in the custody of the abusive spouse; and (2) this paragraph is not intended to encourage States to prohibit supervised visitation. Requires a protective order issued by a court of a State to have the same full faith and credit in a court in another State as in a court of the issuing State. Amends the Federal criminal code to require that a person charged with an offense under provisions relating to sexual abuse be tested for the human immunodeficiency virus: (1) before release pending trial; and (2) six months and twelve months after the initial test. Requires results to be provided to the judicial officer or court and disclosed only to the victim, the attorney for the Government, and the person tested. Requires the U.S. Sentencing Commission to enhance the sentence guidelines if the offender had reason to know that he was infected, except where the offender did not engage or attempt to engate in conduct creating a risk of transmission. Amends the Victims' Rights and Restitution Act of 1990 to require a Governmental department or agency to pay for up to two tests for a sexual assault victim in the twelve months following the assault and a counseling session regarding the tests and the risk of transmission as the result of the assault. Subtitle E: National Task Force on Violence Against Women - Establishes the National Task Force on Violence Against Women to develop a uniform Federal, State, and local law enforcement strategy aimed at protecting women against violent crimes, punishing persons who commit such crimes, and enhancing the rights of the victims. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle F: Prevention of Sexual Assault - Amends the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 to establish a program of grants to States to assist in supporting rape prevention and education programs. Requires: (1) a minimum percentage of the money to be used for programs targeted for junior high school and high school students; and (2) the State to pay the full cost of forensic medical examinations of sexual assault victims. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle G: Domestic Violence Prevention Act of 1991 -Domestic Violence Prevention Act of 1991 - Amends the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act to add increasing public awareness as a purpose of State demonstration grants. Authorizes grants for public information campaigns regarding domestic violence. Requires a State grant recipient to establish a Commission on Domestic Violence. Requires a specified minimum percentage of funds for demonstration grants for prevention of, and provision of immediate shelter and other assistance to, victims of family violence and their dependents to be used for rural areas. Limits law enforcement training grants to private nonprofit organizations that have certain experience. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the Act. Title III: Employment Opportunities - Subtitle A: Glass Ceiling Commission - Glass Ceiling Act of 1991 - Establishes the Glass Ceiling Commission to conduct a study and prepare recommendations concerning: (1) eliminating artificial barriers to the advancement of women and minorities; and (2) increasing opportunities and developmental experiences of women and minorities to foster advancement of women and minorities to executive management and senior decisionmaking positions in business. Establishes the National Award for Diversity and Excellence in American Executive Management, to be evidenced by a medal with its design approved by the Commission. Directs the President, after receiving recommendations from the Commission, to annually present the award to businesses that meet specified qualifications. Allows a recipient business to use the award in its advertising if the business agrees to help other U.S. businesses improve with respect to the promotion of opportunities and developmental experiences of women and minorities regarding executive management and senior decisionmaking positions. Authorizes appropriations. Terminates the Commission and the authority to make awards four years after enactment of this subtitle. Subtitle B: Opportunities in Apprenticeship - Opportunities in Apprenticeship Act of 1991 - Directs the Secretary of Labor to establish in the Department of Labor an outreach and education program to expand the opportunities for women and minorities in apprenticeship programs registered with the Department under the National Apprenticeship Act (registered apprenticeship programs). Directs the Secretary to: (1) identify and develop model preapprenticeship and apprenticeship programs that promote training and employment opportunities for women and minorities, and disseminate information relating to the programs; and (2) provide technical assistance to organizations, institutions, groups, and individuals to promote outreach to, and recruitment of, women and minorities for registered apprenticeship programs. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) award grants for the Federal share of outreach and recruitment to increase the participation of women and minorities in registered apprenticeship programs; and (2) establish a program of grants to sponsors of registered apprenticeship programs to pay the Federal share of providing preapprenticeship training to women and minorities. Directs the Secretary to conduct a study of, and report to the appropriate committees of the Congress on, the participation of women and minorities in registered apprenticeship programs. Authorizes appropriations to carry out this subtitle. Subtitle C: Opportunities for Alternative Work Arrangements - Declares that it is the sense of the Congress that: (1) the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has made commendable efforts to develop alternative work arrangements through flexible scheduling and job sharing; and (2) OPM should continue efforts to develop and expand alternative work arrangements.
Law· HRH.R. 1046 (102nd)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1991
Veterans' Compensation Rate Amendments of 1991 - Increases the rates of: (1) veterans' disability compensation; (2) additional compensation for veterans' dependents; (3) the clothing allowance for certain disabled veterans; (4) dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving spouses and children; and (5) supplemental dependency and indemnity compensation for disabled adult children. Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to adjust administratively the rates of disability compensation payable to persons who are not in receipt of compensation for service-connected disability or death.
Bill· HRH.R. 1092 (102nd)open
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1991
Authorizes the Secretary of Defense, during each fiscal year, to make up to 10,000 Department of Defense personnel available to assist: (1) the Immigration and Naturalization Service in preventing the entry into the United States of terrorists, drug traffickers, and illegal aliens; and (2) the U.S. Customs Service in the inspection of cargo, vehicles, and aircrafts at points of entry into the United States.
Law· HRH.R. 1047 (102nd)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1991
Veterans' Compensation Programs Improvement Act of 1991 - Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to accept gifts, devises, and bequests which enhance the Secretary's ability to provide services and benefits. Allows the payment of parents' dependency and indemnity compensation less frequently than monthly if the amount of the annual benefit is less than four percent of the maximum annual rate payable. Prohibits a readjustment in the rating schedule from causing a veteran's compensation amount to be reduced unless an improvement in the veteran's disability is shown to have occurred. Makes the presumptive period (the period after service in a radiation-risk activity during which a disease must become manifest in order to be considered service-connected and, therefore, compensable as disability compensation) for leukemia 40 years (currently, 30). Creates a 40-year presumptive period for members of the reserves who were exposed to the atmospheric detonation of a nuclear device during active duty or inactive duty for training and who contract specified diseases or illnesses. Increases the amount of Veterans' Mortgage Life Insurance available to a veteran owning a home to the lesser of $90,000 (currently, $40,000) or the amount of the loan outstanding on the home. Increases from one to two years the period after discharge or release during which service-disabled veterans must apply in order to qualify for National Service Life Insurance.
Bill· HRH.R. 1081 (102nd)open
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1991
Sullivan Act - Requires the Secretary of Defense, in prescribing policies for the exemption of certain members of the armed forces from duty assignments in imminent danger zones, to provide that: (1) requests by military personnel who are members of the same family for all but one of such family to be assigned to duty outside a danger zone may be approved and that such request with respect to at least one such family member shall be approved; and (2) a request by an unmarried member who has sole custody of a child to be assigned to duty outside an imminent danger zone shall be approved. Allows the Secretary of the military department concerned to deny such requests in individual cases based on national security requirements.
Bill· HRH.R. 1093 (102nd)open
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1991
Amends the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940 to allow members of the armed forces on active duty who receive unanticipated military orders for duty requiring relocation to terminate without penalty a housing lease entered into before receiving such orders by giving appropriate notice to the lessor at any time following the date of the unanticipated military orders.
Bill· HRH.R. 1065 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1991
Calverton Pine Barrens Preservation Act - Requires the Secretary of the Navy to designate as a protected tract any part of the Calverton Pine Barrens, New York, declared to be excess to the needs of his department. Prohibits the protected tract or any part from being disposed of in any way that would allow commercial development to take place on it. Reverts ownership of such tract to the United States if it or any part is ever conveyed to an entity which uses it for commercial development.
Bill· HRH.R. 1052 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1991
Establishes the grade of General of the Army, appointments to which shall be made by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Defines the rank and compensation of such grade. Authorizes the President to appoint Generals Colin L. Powell and H. Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr., to that grade.
Bill· HRH.R. 1098 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1991
Extends veterans' readjustment counseling benefits provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs to veterans serving on active duty during the Persian Gulf War. Provides that if a Vietnam-era veteran is called to active duty during the Persian Gulf War, a family member of such veteran eligible for consultation, training, services, and expenses with respect to the treatment and readjustment of such veteran shall remain eligible for such benefits during the period that such veteran remains on such active duty.
Bill· HRH.R. 1085 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1991
Amends the Small Business Act to make small businesses owned and controlled by reservists in a period of active duty eligible for disaster loans if the Administrator of Small Business Administration determines that the applicant is unable to obtain credit elsewhere. Limits the amount of such loans.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 86 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1991
Impeaches George Herbert Walker Bush, President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors, including: (1) violating the equal protection clause of the Constitution by putting U.S. soldiers in the Middle East who are overwhelmingly poor white, black, and Mexican-American, as well as basing their military service on the coercion of a system that denies viable economic opportunities to these classes of citizens; (2) bribing, intimidating, and threatening others, including the members of the United Nations Security Council, to support belligerent acts against Iraq; (3) preparing, planning, and conspiring to engage in a massive war against Iraq employing methods of mass destruction that would result in the killing of tens of thousands of civilians, many of whom would be children; (4) committing the United States to acts of war without congressional consent and contrary to the United Nations Charter and international law; and (5) preparing, planning, and conspiring to commit crimes against the peace by leading the United States into aggressive war against Iraq in violation of the U.S. Constitution and certain international instruments and treaties.
Bill· SS. 450 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1991
Amends Federal law to grant free mailing privileges to individuals sending first-class letters to members of the armed forces engaged in military operations.
Law· HRH.R. 991 (102nd)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1991
Defense Production Act Extension and Amendments of 1991 - Amends the Defense Production Act of 1950 to extend its expiration date to October 20, 1991. Authorizes appropriations and sets spending limits under such Act through FY 1991. Repeals provisions of such Act granting immunity from civil and criminal suits and a defense to antitrust actions for persons engaging in voluntary agreements for defense preparedness programs and expansion of production capacity and supply. Authorizes the President, with respect to certain Defense Production Act activities, to exempt persons participating in a voluntary agreement or plan of action on behalf of the United States from Federal antitrust laws or any similar State law for activities engaged in as part of such voluntary agreement or plan. Requires an individual designated by the President to administer such an agreement or plan to provide prior written notice of the time, place, and nature of any meeting to carry out such agreement or plan to the Attorney General, the Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, and the Congress. Outlines requirements for, and limitations to, the antitrust defense for participants in such agreements or plans. Exempts any activity or provision of such agreements or plans from the Federal Advisory Committee Act and other Federal law relating to advisory committees. Authorizes the President to order a priority in the allocation of materials, facilities, and services (currently, only materials and facilities) when requirements of national defense cannot otherwise be met. Requires the President to reach certain determinations concerning the critical shortages of such materials, facilities, and services before exercising such authority. Makes this Act effective (retroactively) on October 20, 1990.
Bill· HRH.R. 1025 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1991
Housing for Older Persons Act of 1991 - Amends the Fair Housing Act with regard to the religious organization or private club exemption to: (1) amend the definition of housing for older persons; and (2) make a good faith attempt at compliance a defense against civil money damages.
Bill· HRH.R. 1018 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1991
Persian Gulf Conflict Community Assistance Act of 1991 - Requires the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), acting through the Emergency Food and Shelter Program National Board established under the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (National Board), to carry out a program of grants to assist communities: (1) in which a substantial percentage of the residents are military personnel assigned to areas outside such communities in connection with the Persian Gulf conflict; and (2) which are adversely affected by the absence of those members. Requires grants to be awarded in accordance with title III of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act to local boards for distribution to private nonprofit and public organizations to assist persons in such a community. Directs the National Board to establish guidelines that specify the manner in which such grants shall be awarded. Allows local boards receiving such a grant to use the grant for the duration of the Persian Gulf conflict. Authorizes appropriations to FEMA for FY 1991 for such grants.
Bill· HRH.R. 1013 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1991
Authorizes the President to direct that any property of the Government of Iraq blocked pursuant to a specified executive order shall vest in the United States, to be sold or otherwise liquidated. Requires funds acquired from such sale or liquidation to be deposited into the Defense Cooperation Account and used for expenses incurred by the United States in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. Directs the President to report quarterly to the Congress on the exercise of such liquidating authority, and on funds deposited into the Account. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should urge other countries that have blocked Iraqi Government assets to seize and liquidate them and to donate the proceeds to the United States to pay for its Persian Gulf War expenses.
Bill· HRH.R. 1024 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1991
Military Family Relief Act of 1991 - Precludes a female member of the armed forces who is the custodial mother of a child not more than six months of age from being subject to a duty assignment: (1) in an area subject to hostile fire or imminent danger; or (2) at a location where facilities for such infant children are not reasonably available. Excepts from such prohibition a female member who makes a written request for such a duty assignment.
Bill· SS. 421 (102nd)open
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1991
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 management of covert actions, 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 covert actions on a periodic basis for compliance with laws and regulations; and (6) evaluating and auditing foreign intelligence programs and budget performance. 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) managing covert actions 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.
Bill· SS. 425 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1991
Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act Amendments of 1991 - Amends the Soldiers' and and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940 to state that an application for a stay of proceedings in any court in which a person in military service is involved shall not constitute an appearance for any purpose. Prohibits an action for eviction or distress of the dependents of a member of the armed forces during his or her active military service with respect to any premises for which the rent does not exceed $811 monthly (currently, $150), except upon leave of court or in an action affecting the right of possession. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense, or the Secretary of Transportation with respect to the Coast Guard when not operating as a service in the Navy (currently, the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the Navy, or the Secretary of the Treasury with respect to the the Coast Guard) to order an allotment of pay of military personnel in order to discharge rent requirements for his or her dependents while in military service. States that the exercise of rights and the receipt of benefits provided by the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940 regarding obligations, liabilities, taxes, fines, penalties, and insurance shall not be: (1) considered to reflect adversely on the member's ability to satisfy such obligations; (2) the basis for adverse credit reports regarding such person; or (3) the basis for denying credit to such person.
Bill· SS. 424 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1991
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish readjustment counseling to any veteran who served on active duty after May 7, 1975, in an area at a time during which hostilities occurred in such area. Defines "hostilities" as an armed conflict comparable to the danger members are subjected to in battle with enemy forces during a period of war.
Law· HRH.R. 972 (102nd)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1991
Amends the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1991 to make permanent the legislative reinstatement of the power of tribal courts to exercise criminal misdemeanor jurisdiction over nonmember Indians.
Bill· HRH.R. 952 (102nd)open
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1991
Persian Gulf War Bond Act of 1991 - Title I: Persian Gulf War Bonds - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury (the Secretary) to issue bonds to pay for Federal expenditures associated with the Persian Gulf conflict that will not be paid for by contributions from foreign countries. Prescribes issuance guidelines. Encourages the Secretary of Defense to make all possible efforts to secure purchase of this issuance by those involved in contracts for weapons programs. Authorizes the Secretary to make substitute financing offerings to bring about the same result. Title II: Savings and Loan Refinancing Bonds - Savings and Loan Refinancing Bond Act of 1991 - Directs the Secretary to issue bonds the proceeds of which shall be used for Federal expenditures associated with obligations resulting from savings and loan failures. Prescribes issuance guidelines.
Bill· HRH.R. 957 (102nd)open
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1991
Prohibits a female member of the armed forces reserves who is not on active duty and who has a child under the age of six months from being called or ordered to active duty without her consent. Prohibits a female member on active duty who has a child under such age from being assigned, without her consent, to duty the location or circumstances of which make it necessary for the child to reside at another location. Makes both such prohibitions applicable to single male parents if the male member has sole custody of a child under the age of six months. Directs the Secretary to make such provisions applicable with respect to present military deployments to the extent possible and consistent with military requirements.
Bill· HRH.R. 959 (102nd)open
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1991
Coast Guard Selected Reserve Act of 1991 - Authorizes the end strength for Selected Reserve personnel of the Coast Guard for specified fiscal years. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to vary such end strength by not more than two percent. Provides for adjustments to such end strength, as specified.
Bill· HRH.R. 968 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1991
Directs the Secretary of the appropriate military department to pay to each member of the armed forces held as a prisoner of war during the Korean conflict an amount equal to the greater of $300 or the amount of leave accrued and lost while in a missing status. Authorizes such payments only if the individual involved has adequate records proving prisoner status, the grade held during such period, and any other information required by the Secretary.
Bill· HRH.R. 962 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1991
Filipino Veterans Equity Act of 1991 - Includes certain service in the organized military forces of the Philippines and service as Philippine Scouts within the definition of active U.S. military service for purposes of eligibility for various veterans' benefits for former active-duty military personnel.
Bill· SS. 393 (102nd)open
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1991
Provides with regard to active reservists participating in the Persian Gulf War for: (1) acreage base protection; (2) waiver of minimum rice or upland cotton planting requirements; (3) waiver of certain conservation requirements; and (4) farm credit assistance.
Bill· SS. 394 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1991
Counterintelligence Improvements Act of 1991 - Amends the National Security Act of 1947 to establish requirements for access to "top secret" information (access). Entitles the President and Vice President, Members of the Congress, Justices of the Supreme Court, and Article III judges to access needed for the performance of their governmental functions without regard to the other provisions of this Act. Restricts access among government employees to those who are U.S. citizens who require routine access for the performance of official governmental functions and who have been determined to be trustworthy based upon background investigations. Permits access by others only as permitted in accordance with regulations issued by the President which shall provide that: (1) no Govenment employee shall be given access unless such person has been subject to an appropriate background investigation and has consented to granting the responsible investigative agency authority, for the period of access and five years thereafter, to examine specified financial records, consumer reports, and records maintained by commercial entities within the United States pertaining to foreign travel, has agreed to report travel to foreign countries not authorized as part of the subject's official duties, and has agreed to report to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) or other appropriate investigative authorities any unauthorized contacts with foreign nationals or persons representing foreign nationals attempting to acquire classified information; (2) all employees granted access shall be subject to additional background investigations at least every five years and to investigation by an appropriate governmental authority at any time during the period of access; (3) access by persons who do not meet such requirements shall be permitted only where the President determines that such access is essential to protect or further U.S. national security interests; and (4) a single office shall be designated to monitor implementation of such provisions and to submit annual reports and implementing regulations to the appropriate congressional committees. Sets forth provisions authorizing waivers of such provisions or regulations in extraordinary circumstances when essential for national security interests in cases involving U.S. citizens or persons admitted for permanent residence. Requires that such waivers be made a matter of record and reported to such designated office. Requires, as conditions of access to classified cryptographic information, that persons: (1) meet the requirements applicable to those having access to top secret information; and (2) be subject, during the period of such access, to periodic polygraph examinations limited in scope to questions of a counterintelligence nature. Precludes the removal of individuals from access to cryptographic information based solely upon the results produced by a polygraph instrument measuring physiological resources unless, after further investigation, the head of the department or agency concerned determines the risk to national security in permitting such access to be so potentially grave that access must be denied. Amends the Right to Financial Privacy Act to permit a customer who is the subject of a personnel security investigation conducted by an authorized investigative Government agency as a condition of being granted or maintaining access to authorize nonrevocable disclosure of all financial records maintained by financial institutions to the appropriate governmental authorities for the period of the customer's access and for up to five years after such access has been terminated. (Under current law, a person may consent to access to his financial records for a period of three months.) Requires the designated office to inform the House and Senate intelligence committees annually concerning the number of requests for financial records made pursuant to this Act. Makes it a crime to possess espionage devices with intent to violate the espionage statutes and to sell top secret documents or materials to foreign governments, with exceptions. Allows, as a defense, that the information or document in question has been officially released to the public by an authorized representative of the United States prior to the sale or transfer in question. Makes it a misdemeanor for a U.S. officer, employer, or contractor to knowingly remove top secret documents and retain them at an unauthorized location. Amends the Federal criminal code to: (1) grant specified U.S. courts jurisdiction to try cases involving espionage and related offenses begun or committed outside the United States; and (2) extend coverage of the special forfeiture provision (permitting the Attorney General to file suit to recover the profits of certain crimes) to additional crimes of espionage and to espionage convictions in foreign courts for misconduct that would constitute offenses under U.S. espionage laws. Permits the Government to deny retirement pay to U.S. retirees in the civil service, Foreign Service, and Central Intelligence Agency retirement and disability systems who are convicted of espionage in foreign courts which involve U.S. national defense information, subject to certification by the Attorney General to the agency employing or formerly employing the person concerned that the conviction had been obtained by an impartial court of appropriate jurisdiction, that the conviction is not being appealed or that final action has been taken on such appeal, and that the conviction was obtained under procedures which accorded the U.S. retiree due process rights comparable to those under the Constitution. Subjects such denial determinations to review by the U.S. Court of Claims. Amends the Consumer Credit Protection Act to require consumer reporting agencies, upon request, to furnish: (1) consumer reports to the FBI pursuant to a written certification by the Director of the FBI that the records are sought for an authorized foreign counterintelligence investigation and that the person to whom such reports relate is believed to be a foreign agent; and (2) identifying information respecting any consumer at the Director's request when necessary to the conduct of an authorized counterintelligence investigation. Prohibits such agencies from divulging to the consumer that the FBI has sought or obtained such information. Requires the Director to inform the House and Senate intelligence committees annually concerning all such requests. Amends the Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986 to authorize the Director of the FBI to request from wire or electronic communications service providers subscriber information concerning a person or entity where the Director certifies that the information sought is relevant to an authorized foreign counterintelligence investigation and there is reason to believe that communications facilities registered in the name of the person or entity have been used, through the services of such provider, in communication with a foreign agent or power, or a foreign diplomatic establishment. Prohibits the FBI from conducting any investigation of a person or entity on the basis of nonpublishable information received pursuant to such request unless there is reason to believe that such person or entity is involved, or is seeking to become involved, in clandestine intelligence or international terrorism activities on behalf of a foreign agent or power, or is in a position to provide assistance to the FBI in countering such activities. Authorizes the FBI to: (1) conduct a limited inquiry to determine whether there is a basis for such an investigation, subject to guidelines issued by the Attorney General and submitted to the House and Senate intelligence committees; and (2) disseminate information and records so obtained only as provided in such guidelines and, with respect to dissemination to another Federal agency, only if such information is clearly relevant to the authorized responsibilities of such agency. Bars the dissemination of information concerning a communication of a U.S. person so obtained outside the FBI except for authorized counterintelligence or law enforcement purposes. Authorizes the Attorney General to pay rewards of up to $1,000,000 for information leading to: (1) the arrest or conviction of any individual for committing, or conspiring or attempting to commit, espionage; or (2) the prevention or frustration of an act of espionage against the United States. Amends the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to provide a court order process, similar to that required for electronic surveillance, for physical searches for foreign intelligence purposes. Empowers the special courts established under such Act, upon appropriate application and with appropriate certification, to issue an order authorizing such a search. Sets forth: (1) reporting requirements; (2) penalties for intentional violations of search or nondisclosure requirements; and (3) provisions for civil actions, including punitive damages, for violations with respect to an unauthorized search or the disclosure of information arising out of an unauthorized search.
Bill· SS. 396 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1991
Tire Recycling Incentives Act - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to require tire producers or importers to recycle an amount of scrap tires equal to at least the amount determined by multiplying the amount of tires produced or imported that year by the recycling percentage established by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Authorizes compliance by: (1) recycling scrap tires through reintroducing the recovered rubber into a manufacturing process to produce new tires or retread old tire casings; or (2) purchasing recycling credits under this Act. Requires such individuals to report annually to the Administrator on the amount of tires produced or imported. Directs the Administrator to establish a recycling percentage that is five percentage points higher than the existing recycling rate for tires. Provides for increases in such percentage of five points annually in the ten years following the date of enactment of this Act. Requires the Administrator to promulgate regulations allowing recyclers to create credits for tire recycling and tire producers or importers to purchase such credits. Sets forth: (1) specified recordkeeping requirements for owners or operators of tire sale and installation facilities, scrap tire collection facilities, and tire producers and importers; and (2) the amount of credits allowed for scrap tires. Directs the Attorney General to determine the effects of the credit system on competition within the tire and scrap tire recycling industries and to report annually to the Congress. Sets the recycling percentage at 60 percent if the Administrator fails to promulgate regulations. Prescribes civil penalties for violations of recycling requirements. Considers a scrap tire recycling or disposal facility to be a solid waste disposal facility for purposes of Internal Revenue Code provisions concerning exempt facility bonds. Directs the Administrator to: (1) publish in the Federal Register minimum requirements for State scrap tire management and procedures under which such requirements shall be incorporated into State solid waste management plans; (2) provide for expedited review of State plans which include specified scrap tire recycling measures; and (3) establish standards to minimize health and environmental damages from the improper disposal and storage of tires. Requires such standards to provide for: (1) bans on the disposal of tires in land disposal facilities and on the intentional infliction of damage on tire casings to preclude casings from being used in retreading; (2) State inventories of scrap tire collection facilities, tire advisory boards, and scrap tire abatement plans; (3) agreements between facilities which distribute more than 1,000 tires annually and licensed tire haulers for the exclusive hauling of scrap tires by licensed haulers; and (4) prohibitions on the transportation of scrap tires by transporters without transportation identification numbers, with specified exceptions. Directs the Administrator to publish guidelines for States for the issuance of permits to scrap tire collection facilities. Provides for: (1) limits on the size of scrap tire piles at such facilities; (2) bans on open burning within 50 feet of a scrap tire pile; (3) regulations on vegetation, rodent, and mosquito control at such facilities; and (4) different requirements for collection facilities located in 100-year flood plains or other areas where water resources are critical. Requires the Administrator to promulgate guidelines for States for facility emergency plans. Directs facility owners or operators to maintain and update emergency preparedness manuals. Requires facility owners or operators to notify the State immediately in the event of an emergency with potential offsite impacts. Sets forth specified emergency and operational recordkeeping, reporting, and inspection requirements. Requires all regulated facilities to have appropriate financial responsibility or insurance to maintain the facility for at least five years after closure. Exempts specified persons from permitting requirements. Directs the Administrator to promulgate regulations for the State to use to issue permits to scrap tire recycling facilities. Requires the Secretary of the Interior, together with the heads of agencies responsible for public lands or military installations, to implement a plan to remediate tire piles. Applies plan requirements to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation. Directs the Administrator to develop a guideline for procuring items that make use of scrap or used tires. Requires Federal departments, if the Administrator fails to promulgate such guideline, to procure items containing at least 75 percent of post-consumer scrap rubber from scrap tires if the rubber is available within a reasonable amount of time at a reasonable price and meets performance standards. Directs the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, to publish standards to determine the life-cycle costs and benefits of items that make use of rubber from scrap or used tires as compared with items that make use of rubber other than from scrap or used tires. Requires such standards to be used by Federal departments covered by the procurement guideline. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to determine and report to the Congress on: (1) direct worker environmental health effects relating to asphalt made from crumb rubber from scrap tires; (2) the recyclability of asphalt road surfaces made from crumb rubber from scrap tires; and (3) the estimated life of existing asphalt road surfaces made from crumb rubber from scrap tires. Permits States to: (1) enter into consent agreements with owners and operators of scrap tire collection facilities for proper management and abatement of scrap tires; and (2) levy fines on facilities for noncompliance. Imposes fines on tire facilities and landfills for specified violations of this Act. Authorizes appropriations.
Resolution· SRESS.Res. 55 (102nd)passed
United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1991
Extends congratulations to the USO on its 50th anniversary. Commends its work in support of the military personnel and their families serving in the United States and around the world.
Bill· SS. 386 (102nd)open
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1991
Persian Gulf War Veterans' Assistance Act of 1991 - Includes the Persian Gulf War under the definition of "period of war" for purposes of eligibility for various veterans' benefits for war veterans, their spouses, and their dependents. Makes veterans of the Persian Gulf War and their spouses eligible for veterans' pension benefits. Deems Persian Gulf War veterans who develop an active psychosis within two years after termination of that war to have incurred such disability in active military service for purposes of medical care provided through the Department of Veterans Affairs. Makes veterans of the Persian Gulf War (the War) eligible for drugs and medicines required due to being permanently housebound or in need of regular aid and attendance. Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish readjustment counseling to any veteran who served on active duty after May 7, 1975, in an area at a time during which hostilities occurred in such area. Defines "hostilities" as an armed conflict comparable to the danger members are subjected to in combat with enemy forces during a period of war. Allows the survivors of veterans of the War who die before the date of enactment of this Act to file a claim for reimbursement for burial and funeral expenses with the Department within two years after the enactment of this Act. Authorizes veteran representatives of the War to be included on the Veterans' Advisory Committee on Education. Makes each veteran who served on active duty for his or her required duty period eligible for housing loan benefits under the veterans' home loan program. Provides for the waiver of an annuity reduction for individuals reemployed as health-care specialists within the Veterans Health Services and Research Administration of the Department. Limits such waivers to only those individuals recruited to replace health-care specialists serving in the War or needed to serve members of the armed forces injured during the War. Includes as health-care specialists physicians, dentists, podiatrists, optometrists, nurses, physician assistants, dental auxiliaries, medical technicians, and medical support personnel. Directs the Secretary to establish an information and referral system by means of a toll-free telephone number to provide information and referrals for counseling relating to readjustment counseling, general counseling, and other mental health services to veterans of the War, as well as their spouses and dependents, with regard to the psychological consequences of such War. Authorizes appropriations. States that all direct or discretionary spending contained in this Act is to be considered emergency expenditures for purposes of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act).
Bill· SS. 382 (102nd)reported
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1991
Desert Storm Community Assistance Act - Directs the Emergency Food and Shelter Program National Board (established under the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act) to make grants to local boards to provide food, shelter, and supportive services and activities to residents of a community from which a substantial percentage of the members of the armed forces residing in such community have been assigned to duty outside the community in connection with the Persian Gulf conflict. Directs the Board to establish guidelines that specify the manner in which such grants shall be awarded. Allows grants to be awarded for the duration of the Persian Gulf conflict. Authorizes appropriations.
Bill· SS. 369 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1991
Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to approve projects within urbanized areas with populations of 50,000 or more for expanding the capacity of open-to-traffic routes on the Interstate Highway System, including construction of noise barriers, acquisition of right-of-ways for future construction of mass transit facilities, and acquisition of land for construction of parking lots and for bike paths. Sets forth a formula for apportionment of highway funds for such projects. Specifies: (1) the period of availability of funds apportioned to a State for Interstate System capacity expansion; (2) conditions that must be met in order to use lapsed funds for discretionary projects; and (3) the Federal share (80 percent) of any such expansion projects. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1993 through 1996.
Bill· SS. 361 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1991
Desert Storm Health Protection Act of 1991 - Amends Federal veterans' benefits provisions to provide that any person employed and covered under an employer-offered health insurance policy who goes to active military service or training and is reemployed upon returning may not be subject to a waiting period or exclusion of coverage imposed in connection with coverage of a qualifying health or physical condition if: (1) the condition arose before or during such person's period of training or service; (2) no exclusion or waiting period would have been imposed for the condition during a period of coverage resulting from participation by such person in the insurance; and (3) the condition of such person has not been determined by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to be service-connected. Amends the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940 to provide that any person who, by reason of military service, is entitled to the rights and benefits of the Act shall be entitled upon release from such military duty to reinstatement of any health insurance which: (1) was in effect on the day before such service commenced; and (2) was terminated during the period of such service. Prohibits any exclusion or waiting period from being imposed in connection with reinstatement of health insurance coverage of a health or physical condition covered by the Act if: (1) the condition arose before or during such person's period of training or service; (2) no exclusion or waiting period would have been imposed for the condition during a period of coverage resulting from participation by such person in the insurance; and (3) the condition of such person has not been determined by the Secretary to be a disability incurred or aggravated in the line of duty.
Bill· SS. 360 (102nd)open
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1991
Military Reservists Small Business Relief Act - Amends the Small Business Act to direct the Small Business Administration (the Administration) to defer, upon request, repayment on any direct loan incurred by a member of a reserve component of the armed forces prior to being ordered to active duty. Provides that during the deferral period repayment of principal and interest on the loan shall not be required, and no interest will accrue thereon. Prescribes guidelines for economic injury disaster loan assistance for military reservists' small businesses. Directs the Administration to: (1) utilize all its business development and management assistance programs (including State and private sector partners) to provide business counseling and training to small businesses adversely affected by the deployment of armed forces units in military or emergency situations; and (2) publicize such programs. States that for purposes of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) all direct and discretionary spending contained in this Act are emergency expenditures related to Operation Desert Shield, Operation Desert Storm, or any successor thereto.
Bill· SS. 384 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1991
CHAMPUS Mental Health Benefit Restoration Act - Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 to provide that a scheduled reduction in the amount of inpatient mental health services provided to veterans under the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS) shall not take effect until one year after the end of the Persian Gulf conflict, as declared by presidential proclamation or by law. States that all direct or discretionary spending contained in this Act is to be considered emergency expenditures related to Operation Desert Storm or Desert Shield for purposes of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act).
Bill· HRH.R. 946 (102nd)open
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1991
Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to approve projects within urbanized areas with populations of 50,000 or more for expanding the capacity of open-to-traffic routes on the Interstate Highway System, including construction of noise barriers, acquisition of right-of-ways for future construction of mass transit facilities, and acquisition of land for construction of parking lots and for bike paths. Sets forth a formula for apportionment of highway funds for such projects. Specifies: (1) the period of availability of funds apportioned to a State for Interstate System capacity expansion; (2) conditions that must be met in order to use lapsed funds for discretionary projects; and (3) the Federal share (80 percent) of any such expansion projects. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1993 through 1996.
Bill· HRH.R. 938 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1991
Requires the submission to the Secretary of Defense of any proposed agreement between an agency of the United States or any educational institution and the government of a proscribed country (as defined by the Export Administration Act of 1979) which may involve the exchange or transfer of any scientific or technological information. Requires that any further drafts of such agreements must be submitted to the Secretary before and after negotiations have been completed and before the agreement is signed by the parties. Requires that any such agreement which is entered into by a department or agency of the United States must be submitted to the Congress as an international agreement. Authorizes the President to issue such regulations as may be necessary to carry out this Act. Provides that any educational institution that violates this Act shall be subject to penalties under the Export Administration Act of 1979.
Bill· HRH.R. 926 (102nd)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1991
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt distributions from qualified retirement plans to members of the Armed Forces reserves while such members are on active duty from the ten percent additional tax on early distributions.
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