Defence

War Powers Compliance Act of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 25 September 1990

War Powers Compliance Act of 1990 - Directs the President to report, within 48 hours after enactment of this resolution, to the Speaker of the House and the President pro tempore of the Senate on the continued use of U.S. armed forces in Saudi Arabia and the Persian Gulf region. Requires such report to set forth: (1) the size, and estimated duration of the use of, the force required in such region; (2) the President's goals for the continued use of the armed forces in such region; and (3) the steps the President is taking to secure greater military and economic participation by nations in the region, U.S. allies, and members of the United Nations Security Council to end the threat of Iraqi aggression. Deems such report to be a report submitted pursuant to the War Powers Resolution.

Making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1991, supplemental appropriations for "Operation Desert Shield" for the fiscal year 1990, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 25 September 1990

Title I: Continuing Appropriations - Makes continuing appropriations for FY 1991 for projects or activities provided for in the following Acts: (1) the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991; (2) the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1991; (3) the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 1991; (4) the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1991; (5) the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991; (6) the Military Construction Appropriations Act, 1991; (7) the Rural Development, Agriculture, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991; (8) the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991; (9) the Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government Appropriations Act, 1991; and (10) the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991. Provides for the continuation of projects or activities when the House of Representatives and the Senate differ in amounts or authority. Makes appropriations as necessary for: (1) projects or activities under the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1990; (2) projects or activities under the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1990; (3) projects or activities under the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1990; and (4) the Aerostat Program of the U.S. Customs Service. Prohibits the use of funds appropriated under the Defense Appropriations Act, 1990 for: (1) new production of items not funded in FY 1990 or prior fiscal years; (2) the increase in production rates above those sustained with FY 1990 funds; (3) other specified activities not funded or authorized during FY 1990 (except for activities related to Operation Desert Shield); (4) the initiation of multi-year procurements utilizing advance procurement funding for economic order quantity procurement unless specifically appropriated later; and (5) procurement and research, development, test, and evaluation in excess of the current rate or the estimate for FY 1991, whichever is lower, except for activities related to Operation Desert Shield. Prohibits the use of appropriated funds to initiate or resume any activity for which funds were not available during FY 1990. Makes funds available under this Act until the earliest of: (1) October 20, 1990; (2) enactment of an appropriation for any project or activity provided for in this Act; or (3) enactment of the applicable appropriations without any provision for such project or activity. Suspends any order on sequestration for FY 1991. Makes certain prohibitions of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1990 inapplicable with respect to assistance to Egypt. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, for purposes of determining the amount of Medicare payments made to a hospital for the costs of inpatient hospital services for discharges occurring between October 1 and October 20, 1990, to apply the area wage index applicable to such hospital as of September 30, 1990. Amends the Social Security Act to extend the period through which certain discharges occur to October 20, 1990, for purposes of calculating inpatient hospital service payments on the basis of prospective rates. Title II: Supplemental Appropriations for Operation Desert Shield - Makes supplemental appropriations for FY 1990 for specified branches of the armed forces for: (1) military and reserve personnel; (2) operation and maintenance; (3) other procurement; (4) research, development, test, and evaluation; and (5) the Defense Stock Fund. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to accept gifts for use by the Department of Defense to finance operations in and around the Arabian Peninsula relating to Operation Desert Shield. Provides for the deposit of any proceeds from such gifts in the National Defense Gift Fund. Permits the President, when exercising the authority to order the Selected Reserve to active duty, to extend the period of such order an additional 180 days (currently, 90 days) in the case of operations in and around the Arabian Peninsula and Operation Desert Shield. Makes supplemental appropriations for the United States Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund.

A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Defense to accept gifts of money and property for use by the Department of Defense.

United States · United States Congress · 20 September 1990

Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to accept gifts of money or real or personal property for use by the Department of Defense (DOD) for its programs, projects, and activities. Establishes in the Treasury the Defense Gift Account for the deposit of such gifts. States that a gift of property received under this Act may be: (1) retained and used by DOD in its donated form; (2) sold or otherwise disposed of upon acceptance by the Secretary; or (3) converted into a form usable by DOD. Requires the Secretary to report quarterly to the Congress on gifts received, including a description of all property received having a value of more than $1,000,000. Authorizes the Secretary to use donated property without specific authorization, with a specified condition. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to invest money in the Account in U.S. securities and to deposit interest on such money into the Account. Requires the Secretary of Defense to notify the Congress of any condition imposed on the use of any gift accepted. Directs the Comptroller General to conduct an annual audit of money and property accepted and to report the results to the Congress.

Act to Eliminate Revolving-Door Prison Terms for Drug Dealers and Other Convicted Criminals

United States · United States Congress · 19 September 1990

Act to Eliminate Revolving-Door Prison Terms for Drug Dealers and Other Convicted Criminals - Amends the Defense Authorization Amendments and Base Closure and Realignment Act to require the Secretary of Defense to transfer real property or facilities located at a military installation to be closed or realigned in the following order of priority: (1) to the Department of Justice, for use as a prison or other correctional institution; (2) to the States, the District of Columbia, or a U.S. possession or territory for such use; and (3) to any other transferee pursuant to the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949. Requires the Secretary, before making any decision about transferring any such property or facility, to consult with the Governor of the State and the heads of the local governments in which the real property or facility is located and consider any plan by the local government concerned for the use of such property. Directs the Administrator of the General Services Administration to identify and make a list of not less than 20 parcels of surplus Federal property which the Attorney General has certified are not needed for Federal correctional facilities but which may be suitable for State or local correctional facilities. Authorizes the Attorney General to use tent housing, on a temporary basis, for Federal prisoners at the military facilities acquired under such Act and at any other Federal prison faciity, with the length of use of such housing at the Attorney General's discretion. Authorizes and encourages the States to consider using temporary tent housing to house prisoners instead of releasing them before they have completed their full sentence. Amends the Federal criminal code to bar Federal courts from holding the use of temporary tent housing unconstitutional under the Eighth Amendment except to the extent that an individual plaintiff proves that such housing causes the infliction of cruel and unusual punishment of that particular inmate. Requires the Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons to: (1) seek to cut the cost of prison construction by reducing expenditures for color television, pool tables, cable television, air conditioning, and other amenities; and (2) submit to the Congress a description and summary of the results of such cost saving efforts. Declares it to be Federal policy that convicted Federal prisoners shall work, with the type of work dictated by appropriate security considerations and by the health of the prisoner, but that such work may include hard labor.

To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide that members of the Armed Forces who are Sikhs shall be allowed to wear turbans, and to have beards and hair lengths, in accordance with the dictates of the Sikh faith.

United States · United States Congress · 19 September 1990

Prohibits the Secretary of the military department concerned from: (1) regulating the length of hair or the appearance of facial hair of a member of the armed forces who is a Sikh, if such regulation would abridge the exercise of the religious faith of such member; and (2) determining that a turban worn as an item of religious apparel by a member who is a Sikh is not neat and conservative.

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that certain expenses of travel, meals, and lodging of members of the National Guard or reserve units of the Armed Forces will be allowable as deductions in computing adjusted gross income.

United States · United States Congress · 19 September 1990

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit an individual taxpayer an income tax deduction for travel, food, and lodging paid or incurred in connection with the taxpayer's performance of services as a member of the armed forces reserves or the National Guard.

To express the sense of Congress that operations of the Armed Forces in the Persian Gulf should be conducted under the jurisdiction of a United Nations command, and that Congress must approve any offensive military action against Iraq.

United States · United States Congress · 19 September 1990

Approves of the initial U.S. response to the invasion of Kuwait. Expresses support for necessary actions to maintain Saudi Arabia's borders and to protect U.S. armed forces. Declares that any offensive action taken against Iraq must be explicitly approved by the Congress before such action may be initiated. Urges that the U.S.-led allied military activity in the Persian Gulf be transformed into a United Nations (UN) police action with U.S. participation, through the establishment of a UN command.

In opposition to the President's proposal to forgive the military assistance debt owed to the Unites States by the Government of Egypt.

United States · United States Congress · 19 September 1990

Declares that: (1) the President should withdraw his request for authority to forgive the military assistance debts owed to the United States by the Egyptian Government; (2) if the President fails to withdraw that request, the Congress should reject it; and (3) the President should develop a plan for the sharing of the costs and responsibilities of checking Iraq's aggression.

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that certain deductions of members of the National Guard or reserve units of the Armed Forces will be allowable in computing adjusted gross income.

United States · United States Congress · 18 September 1990

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit an individual taxpayer an income tax deduction for travel, food, lodging, and transportation expenses paid or incurred in connection with the taxpayer's performance of services as a member of the armed forces reserves or the National Guard. Excludes the taxpayer's meal and entertainment expenses from deductibility limitations in this context.

Veterans' Judicial Review Amendments of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 18 September 1990

Veterans' Judicial Review Amendments of 1990 - Repeals certain provisions relating to decisions made by the Court of Veterans Appeals in veterans' benefits determinations. Authorizes the Chief Judge of the Court to annually summon the judges of such Court to a judicial conference in order to consider business of the Court and to improve the administration of justice within the Court's jurisdiction. Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to release veterans' medical records to the U.S. Court of Veterans Appeals and any other Federal court for use in connection with veterans' appeals under the jurisdiction of such courts.

Operation Desert Shield Reserve Forces Health Care Act of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 18 September 1990

Operation Desert Shield Reserve Forces Health Care Act of 1990 - Entitles Reserve members called to active duty for more than 30 days in connection with Operation Desert Shield, no matter where such duty is performed, to medical and dental care and other health care benefits currently authorized under the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS) for dependents of active-duty personnel serving on active duty for more than 30 days. Provides such Reserve personnel with such coverage for 30 days after release from such active duty, unless such member is covered by a private insurance plan prior to the end of such period. States that health care coverage for a condition incurred by an eligible Reserve member or his or her dependent before or during the period of active duty or the 30-day transitional period may not be prohibited under an insurance plan solely on the grounds that the condition is a preexisting condition if such care would have been provided had the Reserve member not been called or ordered to active duty. Authorizes the dependents of such Reserve member, during the period of active duty and the 30-day transitional period, to participate in the Uniformed Services Active Duty Dependents Dental Plan, notwithstanding a current requirement under such Plan that the member accept an active-duty commitment of not less than two years. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to define and provide a tax credit for employer health plan contributions for coverage of Operation Desert Shield reservists and their dependents. Makes such credit part of the general business credit of an employer for tax purposes.

To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to complete the study required by law of the long-term adverse health effects in humans of exposure to Agent Orange.

United States · United States Congress · 18 September 1990

Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to expeditiously complete the study required under the Veterans Health Programs Extension and Improvement Act of 1979 concerning the long-term health effects in humans of exposure to Agent Orange. Requires cooperation from the Secretary of Defense in providing necessary assistance and access to military and medical records. Requires annual reports from the Secretary of Veterans Affairs on the study.

To authorize the disposal and acquisition of certain strategic and critical materials from the National Defense Stockpile and to amend the Strategic and Critical Materials Stockpiling Act to remove a limitation on the disposal of materials and to expand the authority of the President to rotate materials in the stockpile.

United States · United States Congress · 17 September 1990

Authorizes the National Defense Stockpile (NDS) Manager, during FY 1992, to dispose of specified excess quantities of materials in the NDS previously authorized for disposal by law or listed in this Act. Authorizes the NDS Manager, during FY 1991 and 1992, to obligate specified funds from the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund to acquire materials as authorized under the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act (the Act). Amends the Act to remove a prohibition on disposals from the stockpile if such disposals would result in an unobligated balance in the Fund in excess of $100,000,000. Authorizes the President to rotate materials in the stockpile in order to prevent technological obsolescence.

To amend title 38, United States Code, with respect to benefits for veterans who may have been exposed to ionizing radiation during military service, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 14 September 1990

Extends the presumption of service-connection, for purposes of eligibility for veterans' benefits and medical care, in the case of exposure to ionizing radiation, to include reserve members exposed to such radiation during active duty training and inactive duty training. Expands the list of diseases presumed to be service-connected in the case of exposure to ionizing radiation to include cancer of the salivary tract and cancer of the urinary tract. Terminates the current presumptive period (the maximum period allowed before manifestation of the illness or disease occurs in order to be presumed to be service-connected and, therefore, covered as a veterans' benefit) of 40 years after participation in the radiation-related activity (30 years in the case of leukemia). Amends the Veterans' Dioxin and Radiation Exposure Compensation Standards Act to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish guidelines and standards for the resolution of claims for benefits where a claim is based on a veteran's exposure to ionizing radiation. Directs the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, to identify not less than three activities in which individuals serving on active duty, or active or inactive duty training, have participated and which likely would have exposed such individuals to levels of ionizing radiation above background levels. Requires the Secretary to identify at least three additional activities no later than October 1 of each of the years 1991 through 1993. Requires the Secretary, immediately after identifying such an activity, to direct the Veterans' Advisory Committee on Environmental Hazards to evaluate and make a finding as to whether participation in such activity resulted in exposure to ionizing radiation comparable to that of veterans who participated in a radiation-risk activity as defined under current veterans' benefits provisions. Requires reports from the Committee and the Secretary concerning such activities. Directs the Secretary to list each ionizing radiation exposure identified, unless the Secretary determines that the activity did not result in an opportunity for exposure to ionizing radiation comparable to that of veterans who participated in previously-identified radiation-risk activities.

Veterans Entrepreneurship Promotion Act of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 13 September 1990

Veterans Entrepreneurship Promotion Act of 1990 - Title I: Definitions - Defines terms used in this Act. Title II: Procurement Assistance - Amends the Small Business Act to direct the President to establish Government-wide goals annually for procurement contracts awarded to small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans. Increases the Government-wide goals for small business participation (including veteran-owned small businesses) from 20 percent to 25 percent of the total value of all prime contract awards for each fiscal year. Mandates that: (1) the Government-wide goal for participation by small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans be at least five percent of such contract and subcontract awards; and (2) that certain reports submitted to the Small Business Administration (SBA) and to the Congress include the extent of participation in the Federal procurement process by small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans. Declares it the policy of the United States to grant small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans the maximum opportunity to participate in the performance of Federal contracts and subcontracts. Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (the Administrator) to implement an outreach and information dissemination program for small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans. Title III: Financing Assistance - Outlines the parameters of a loan assistance program implemented by the SBA for small businesses owned and controlled by veterans. Requires the Administrator to study and report to the Congress and the President on methods to reduce costs incurred by veterans during the loan application process. Title IV: Other Assistance - Directs the Administrator to take steps to ensure that small businesses owned by veterans have access to SBA programs providing entrepreneurial training, business development assistance, counseling, and management assistance. Authorizes the SBA to make grants for veterans' outreach programs with governmental and private sector entities. Mandates the establishment of an interagency working group to develop a comprehensive outreach program for veterans affected by reductions in armed forces personnel. Title V: Information Collection - Requires certain Government agencies to collect information on: (1) businesses owned and controlled by veterans; and (2) the number of such businesses that are first-time recipients of Government contracts. Amends the Small Business Economic Policy Act of 1980 to require the President to report annually to the Congress on small businesses owned and controlled by veterans and by veterans with service-connected disabilities. Title VI: Veterans Business Opportunity and Development Program - Amends the Small Business Act to provide for an Associate Administrator for Veterans Programs who shall be responsible for programs of assistance to small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans. Requires the SBA to enter into negotiations with any Federal agency to perform any specific Government procurement contract through the services of small businesses owned and controlled by veterans. Outlines contracting procedures. Establishes within the SBA a veterans business opportunity and development assistance program to assist exclusively small business concerns eligible under the program's parameters. Vests responsibility for the coordination and formulation of policies relating to Federal assistance to such concerns with the Associate Administrator for Veterans Programs. Restricts an individual's eligibility under the Program to business concern only. Establishes a Division of Program Certification and Eligibility in the Office of Veterans Programs. Requires the Administrator to present an annual program status report to the Congress. Title VII: National Veterans Businesses Council - Establishes the National Veterans Business Council to: (1) review Federal and State initiatives relating to business concerns owned by veterans; and (2) report annually to the President and the Congress regarding private and public sector initiatives and multiyear goals for veteran-owned businesses. Terminates the Council three years after its first meeting. Title VIII: Authorization of Appropriations - Amends the Small Business Act to authorize appropriations.

To amend title 39, United States Code, to allow free mailing privileges to be extended to members of the Armed Forces while engaged in temporary military operations under arduous circumstances.

United States · United States Congress · 13 September 1990

Revises provisions extending free mailing privileges to members of the armed forces to: (1) grant such privileges to members who are engaged in temporary military operations under arduous circumstances; and (2) include video-recorded communications as material subject to free delivery.

Commending President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt.

United States · United States Congress · 13 September 1990

Expresses the sense of the Congress that President Mubarak of Egypt should be commended for: (1) his efforts to effect a peaceful resolution of the Persian Gulf crisis prior to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait; (2) his leadership in mobilizing a multinational Arab force for the defense of Saudi Arabia; and (3) his efforts to secure both the withdrawal of Iraqi forces from Kuwait and the restoration of Kuwaiti sovereignty.

A bill to designate the planned Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Honolulu, Hawaii, as the "Spark M. Matsunaga Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center".

United States · United States Congress · 12 September 1990

Designates the Department of Veterans Affairs medical center to be constructed in Honolulu, Hawaii, as the Spark M. Matsunaga Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, in honor of the late U.S. Senator from Hawaii.

A bill to amend title 39, United States Code, to allow free mailing privileges to be extended to members of the Armed Forces while engaged in temporary military operations under arduous circumstances.

United States · United States Congress · 12 September 1990

Grants free mailing privileges to members of the armed forces who are engaged in temporary military operations under arduous circumstances.

To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the maximum amount of insurance available under the Servicemen's Group Life Insurance.

United States · United States Congress · 12 September 1990

Increases from $50,000 to $100,000 the maximum amount of life insurance available to veterans under the Servicemen's Group Life Insurance program.

Intelligence Search Procedures Act

United States · United States Congress · 12 September 1990

Intelligence Search Procedures Act - Authorizes: (1) applications for a court order for a physical search of certain premises, property, information, or material of a foreign agent or power under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 if the President has, in writing, empowered the Attorney General to approve applications to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court; and (2) a judge of such court to whom application is made to grant an order approving such a search in the United States. Grants jurisdiction to such Court to hear applications for, and grant orders approving, physical searches for the purpose of obtaining foreign intelligence information anywhere within the United States. Bars judges from hearing the same application which has been denied previously by another judge. Requires judges denying applications to provide a written statement for the record of each reason for such decision and, on motion of the United States, to transmit such record to the Court of Review. Grants jurisdiction to the Court of Review to review application denials. Sets forth application procedures for such an order. Requires the approval of the Attorney General based upon a finding that such application satisfies specified criteria and requirements, including: (1) the identity, if known, or a description of the target of the search; (2) the identity of the Federal officer making the application and a detailed description of the premises to be searched and of the information, material, or property to be seized; (3) a statement of the facts and circumstances relied upon to justify the applicant's belief that the target is a foreign agent or power, the premises contains foreign intelligence information, and the premises or property is owned, used, or possessed by, or is in transit to or from, a foreign power or agent; and (4) a statement that the purpose of the search is to obtain foreign intelligence information. Sets forth criteria for the judge to consider before entering an ex parte order authorizing such a search, including whether: (1) the application has been made by a Federal officer and approved by the Attorney General; and (2) there is probable cause that the target of the search is a foreign agent or power, the premises to be searched is used by such agent or power, and such search can reasonably be expected to yield foreign intelligence information which cannot reasonably be obtained by normal investigative means. Requires an order approving such a search to: (1) specify the Federal officers authorized to conduct the search and the identity, if known, or a description of the target of the search, the premises to be searched, the type of foreign intelligence information sought to be acquired, and a statement of the manner in which such search is to be conducted; and (2) direct that minimization procedures be followed, that the search be undertaken within a specified time frame, and that the Federal officer conducting the search promptly report to the court the circumstances and results of such search. Authorizes such judge, at any time after a search has been carried out, to assess compliance with the minimization procedures by reviewing the circumstances under which information concerning United States persons was acquired, retained, or disseminated. Requires: (1) applications made and orders granted to be retained for at least ten years; and (2) the Attorney General, within 60 days after a search, to provide the target of the search with an inventory including specified information concerning any search authorized and any material seized. Restricts the use and disclosure of information acquired from such a search. Prohibits disclosure of such information for law enforcement purposes unless such disclosure is accompanied by a statement that such information, or any information derived therefrom, may only be used in a criminal proceeding with the advance authorization of the Attorney General. Requires: (1) the United States or any State or political subdivision thereof in any trial, hearing, or proceeding to notify the aggrieved person and the court or other authority of intent to disclose or use such information; and (2) such person to be afforded the opportunity to move to suppress the evidence obtained or derived from such search on the grounds that the information was unlawfully acquired or the search was not made in conformity with an order of authorization or approval. Establishes procedures for a court to rule on such motions to suppress. Requires the Attorney General to transmit to the Congress each April a report setting forth the total number of applications for orders approving physical searches under this Act and the total number of orders granted, modified, or denied. Directs the Attorney General, semiannually, to inform the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence concerning all physical searches conducted under this Act and specified other searches conducted in the United States for foreign intelligence purposes. Specifies that whenever a search which is not a physical search as defined in this Act is conducted without a court order to obtain foreign intelligence solely because the existence of exigent circumstances would not require a warrant for law enforcement purposes, a full report of such search, including a description of the exigent circumstances, shall be maintained by the Attorney General and transmitted to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court promptly after the search is conducted. Specifies that: (1) the procedures contained in this Act shall be the exclusive means by which a physical search may be conducted in the United States for foreign intelligence purposes; and (2) an order issued under this Act authorizing such a search shall constitute a search warrant authorized by law for purposes of any other law. Restricts specified other searches to those conducted pursuant to regulations issued by the Attorney General. Requires that such regulations, and any changes thereto, be provided to the House and Senate intelligence committees at least 60 days prior to their taking effect. Deems any regulations regarding such searches which were in effect as of June 1, 1990, to be regulations required by this Act. Sets penalties of up to $10,000 and five years' imprisonment for intentionally: (1) conducting a physical search for purposes of obtaining foreign intelligence information, except as authorized by law; or (2) disclosing or using information knowingly obtained through a physical search in the United States conducted for the purpose of obtaining foreign intelligence information not authorized by law. Establishes as a defense to such a prosecution that the defendant was a law enforcement or investigative officer engaged in the course of official duties and the physical search was authorized by and conducted pursuant to a search warrant or order of a court of competent jurisdiction. Grants Federal jurisdiction over such an offense if the person committing the offense was an officer or employer of the United States at the time the offense was committed. Authorizes an aggrieved person, other than a foreign agent or power, whose premises have been subjected to a physical search or about whom information obtained by such a search has been disclosed or used in violation of this Act to sue any person who committed such violation and recover actual damages, punitive damages, and reasonable attorney's fees and other investigative and litigation costs reasonably incurred. Defines "physical search" as any physical intrusion into premises or property (including examination of the interior of property by technical means) or any seizure, reproduction, or alteration of information, material, or property under circumstances in which a person has a reasonable expectation of privacy and a warrant would be required for law enforcement purposes, but excluding electronic surveillance.

To provide for the payment of special pay to members of the Armed Forces assigned to duty in the Persian Gulf area in connection with Operation Desert Shield.

United States · United States Congress · 12 September 1990

Provides for the payment of special pay to military personnel assigned to the Persian Gulf area in connection with Operation Desert Shield. Outlines special pay limitations. Requires a report from the Secretary of Defense to the Congress on the administration of such special pay.

To make Reserve members called or ordered to active duty in connection with Operation Desert Shield eligible for a variable housing allowance.

United States · United States Congress · 12 September 1990

Makes Reserve members of the armed forces called or ordered to active duty in connection with Operation Desert Shield eligible for a variable housing allowance, notwithstanding the prohibition on such payment to a reserve member called to active duty for a period of less than 140 days. Provides that the total limitation on the amount of variable housing allowances to be paid during a fiscal year shall not apply to FY 1991.

A bill to amend titles 10 and 37, United States Code, to make members of the Armed Forces involved in Operation Desert Shield or similar operations eligible for certain benefits and to make members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces and retired members of the Armed Forces eligible for certain benefits when ordered to active duty in connection with a mobilization; and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 11 September 1990

Provides the following services or benefits for members of the armed forces serving under arduous conditions (as determined by the Secretary of Defense) pursuant to a temporary deployment for an operational emergency: (1) the deposit of pay and other allowances as part of a savings program for overseas personnel; (2) special pay relating to imminent danger; (3) exemption from payment for military meals sold at mess to personnel and their dependents; (4) mailing privileges; and (5) a basic allowance for subsistence. Authorizes the provision of a variable housing allowance for members of the reserves called to active duty for a period of less than 140 days under specific conditions other than during a war or national emergency. Removes the limitation on the payment allowed for unused accrued leave in the case of members, reserve members, or retired members called to active duty under specific conditions other than during a war or national emergency. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income payments received for active military service during any part of which such member: (1) served in a dangerous foreign area; or (2) was hospitalized as a result of wounds, a disease, or an injury incurred while serving in a dangerous foreign area. States that such exclusion shall not apply to compensation exceeding $2,000 received by a commissioned officer in any month.

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from income the compensation received for active service as a member of the Armed Forces of the United States in a dangerous foreign area.

United States · United States Congress · 11 September 1990

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income compensation received for active service as a member of the armed forces for any month served in a dangerous foreign area. (Current provisions exclude such income for any month served in a combat zone.) Increases from $500 to $2,000 the compensation excluded from the gross income of commissioned officers.

A bill to amend title 39, United States Code, to authorize members of the Armed Forces to post mail without charge while involved in Operation Desert Shield or similar operations.

United States · United States Congress · 11 September 1990

Grants free mailing privileges to members of the armed forces who are temporarily deployed for an operational contingency under arduous conditions.

A bill to amend titles 10 and 37, United States Code, to make members of the Armed Forces involved in Operation Desert Shield or similar operations eligible for certain benefits and to make members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces and retired members of the Armed Forces eligible for certain benefits when ordered to active duty in connection with mobilization.

United States · United States Congress · 11 September 1990

Provides the following services or benefits for members of the armed forces serving under arduous conditions (as determined by the Secretary of Defense) pursuant to a temporary deployment for an operational emergency: (1) the deposit of pay and other allowances as part of a savings program for overseas personnel; (2) special pay relating to imminent danger; (3) exemption from payment for military meals sold at mess to personnel and their dependents; and (4) a basic allowance for subsistence. Authorizes the provision of a variable housing allowance for members of the reserves called to active duty for a period of less than 140 days under specific conditions other than during a war or national emergency. Removes the limitation on the payment allowed for unused accrued leave in the case of members, reserve members, or retired members called to active duty under specific conditions other than during a war or national emergency.

To amend title 37, United States Code, to expand the eligibility of members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces to receive a variable housing allowance and to amend the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940 to expand the protections for members of the Armed Forces on active duty who occupy rental housing.

United States · United States Congress · 11 September 1990

Reduces from less than 140 days to 30 days or less the period of active duty required before a member of a reserve component of the armed forces is entitled to a variable housing allowance. Amends the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940 to prohibit an eviction or distress of the dependents of any person who, after the execution of a lease, enters military service, for the period of active military service, regardless of the agreed rental amount, except upon a court action. Strikes the current three-month limitation on the staying of proceedings for eviction or distress.

Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act Amendments of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 11 September 1990

Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act Amendments of 1990 - Amends the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940 to increase from $150 to $600 per month the maximum rental amount of premises from which the dependents of a member of the armed forces in military service may not be evicted or distressed, except upon a court action concerning the right of possession to such rented housing. Authorizes the rent maximum to be increased yearly by the same percentage by which retired pay of members and former members of the armed forces is increased for such year. Provides for a stay of such a court action in the case of a member of the reserves called to active duty for a period of more than 30 days. Requires such reserve member to pay as rent an amount equal to the sum of any basic allowance for quarters and variable housing allowance received for such period of active duty. Provides for the repayment of agreed rent that is unpaid during the period of active duty after such period is completed.

To provide for free mailing privileges for members of the Armed Forces serving in the Persian Gulf region as part of Operation Desert Shield.

United States · United States Congress · 11 September 1990

Grants free mailing privileges to members of the armed forces serving in the Persian Gulf region as part of Operation Desert Shield (or any other military operation resulting from the invasion of Kuwait by Iraq). Provides for reimbursement of the Postal Service from Department of Defense appropriations for matters sent in the mails under such authority.

To provide free mailing privileges for members of the Armed Forces who are participants in a temporary overseas deployment for an operational contingency in arduous circumstances.

United States · United States Congress · 11 September 1990

Grants free mailing privileges to members of the armed forces who are temporarily deployed overseas for an operational contingency in arduous circumstances. Provides for reimbursement of the U.S. Postal Service for matter sent in the mails under such authority from legislative branch appropriations for franked mailings. Terminates such provisions on June 30, 1991.

Providing for the further consideration of the bill (H.R. 4739) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1991 for military functions of the Department of Defense and to prescribe military personnel levels for fiscal year 1991, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 11 September 1990

Sets forth the rule for the consideration of H.R. 4739 (armed forces funding).

Richard A. Claytor, of California, to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy (Defense Programs), vice Sylvester R. Foley, Jr., resigned.

United States · United States Senate · 10 September 1990

To amend title 39, United States Code, to allow free mailing privileges to be extended to members of the Armed Forces while engaged in temporary military operations under arduous circumstances.

United States · United States Congress · 10 September 1990

Grants free mailing privileges to members of the armed forces who are engaged in temporary military operations under arduous circumstances.

To provide for free mailing privileges for members of the Armed Forces assigned to duty in the Persian Gulf area as part of Operation Desert Shield.

United States · United States Congress · 10 September 1990

Grants free mailing privileges to members of the armed forces assigned to duty in the Persian Gulf region as part of Operation Desert Shield. Provides for reimbursement of the Postal Service for matter sent in the mail under such authority from Department of Defense appropriations. Includes video-recorded communications as material subject to free delivery.

Expressing the sense of the Congress that other countries benefiting from the deployment of United States military forces in Saudi Arabia and the Persian Gulf region should contribute to the cost of such deployment.

United States · United States Congress · 10 September 1990

Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) other countries that benefit from a secure supply of Persian Gulf oil or whose sovereignty the United States is committed to upholding should assume a proportionate share of the cost of the deployment of U.S. military forces in Saudi Arabia and the Persian Gulf region; (2) the Congress supports the President in his effort to request appropriate levels of assistance or reimbursement from such countries to defray deployment costs; and (3) the President should make it an ongoing priority to request such assistance.

To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a satellite outpatient clinic in northeast Wisconsin.

United States · United States Congress · 5 September 1990

Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish and maintain a satellite outpatient clinic in northeast Wisconsin. Directs the Secretary to seek to locate such clinic at an existing medical facility that is vacant or underutilized if such facility meets the requirements of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Directs the Secretary to begin providing medical services at such clinic no later than October 1, 1991.

Calling for the removal of United States Armed Forces from the Middle East.

United States · United States Congress · 5 September 1990

Declares that: (1) the deployment of U.S. armed forces into certain hostilities in the Middle East is subject to the War Powers Resolution; (2) there has been no declaration of war, specific statutory authorization, or national emergency created by an attack on the United States, its territories, or armed forces justifying the President's deployment of U.S. troops; and (3) this deployment shall terminate no later than October 1, 1990, and all U.S. forces deployed to the Middle East in connection with Operation Desert Shield shall be withdrawn.

To provide for the transfer of an existing United States memorial erected under the auspices of The American Legion, Inc., for use and benefit of all American officers and enlisted personnel who served in World War I to the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1990

Transfers custody and control of Pershing Hall, a memorial in Paris, France, owned by the United States, to the Department of Veterans Affairs. Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to administer, develop, and improve Pershing Hall and its site, as appropriate. Establishes the Pershing Hall Revolving Fund. Provides for the transfer of monies to the Fund for the construction of major projects. Abolishes the Pershing Hall Memorial Fund and transfers the corpus of the Memorial Fund to the Revolving Fund.

To amend title 10, United States Code, to permit the reimbursement of expenses incurred by a medical facility of the uniformed services or the Department of Veterans Affairs in providing health care to persons eligible for care under the Medicare Program or the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services.

United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1990

Revises provisions concerning health care for members and certain former members of the armed forces to entitle members or former members who are eligible for retired or retainer pay and for Medicare to medical and dental care in any uniformed service medical facility. Provides that such facilities will recover the costs of such care from Medicare Subvention funding. Provides that the costs of care for members or former members who are not eligible for Medicare will be recovered from the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS) Subvention funding. Revises provisions concerning health care for military dependents to provide that the uniformed services facilities providing such care will recover costs from Medicare or CHAMPUS, as appropriate. Authorizes the commanding officer of a military installation operating a treatment facility to make determinations of whether the facility can provide treatment to a dependent. Provides that the administering Secretary will be advised when a determination to deny treatment is made, with a verifiable date as to when the restriction will be removed. Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to make Department of Defense and Department of Veterans Affairs treatment facilities eligible for Medicare payments as long as they meet requirements applicable to hospitals and skilled nursing facilities under such title.

To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide enhanced authority for members of the Armed Forces in drug interdiction activities.

United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1990

Authorizes the Secretary of Defense (upon request from the head of a Federal agency with jurisdiction to enforce the Controlled Substances Act or the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act) to assign members of the armed forces to assist drug enforcement officials in drug searches, seizures, or arrests outside the land area of the United States. Allows such assistance only if: (1) the Attorney General certifies that there are insufficient law enforcement resources available to ensure the success of the operation; (2) the assistance is approved by the Secretary with the concurrence of the Secretary of State; and (3) Federal drug enforcement officials maintain ultimate control over the activities and direction of any drug enforcement operation.

To provide for the disposal of Government-owned contractor-operated industrial facilities under the jurisdiction of the Department of Defense.

United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1990

Directs the Secretary of Defense to dispose, through each of the secretaries of the military departments concerned, of all Government-owned contractor-operated industrial facilities, and all plant equipment contained therein, under the jurisdiction of the Department of Defense.

To amend title 10, United States Code, to reduce the service obligation for graduates of a military service academy to four years.

United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1990

Reduces to four years the active-duty service obligation for graduates of the U.S. Military Academy, the U.S. Naval Academy, and the U.S. Air Force Academy.

To amend title 32, United States Code, to authorize enlistment of certain non-resident aliens in certain under-strength National Guard units during a three-year test period and to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for adjustment of status of aliens so enlisting.

United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1990

Authorizes the Secretary of each military department concerned to accept for original enlistment in the Army or Air National Guard of six States chosen by the Secretary of Defense certain aliens not already admitted for permanent residence in the United States during a three-year test period if the total personnel strength of the Guard is less than 95 percent of its total authorized strength as of September 30, 1990. Requires such aliens, in addition to taking a military-service oath, to declare an intention to become citizens of the United States. Voids such an enlistment under certain conditions. Limits the number of aliens permitted to be so enlisted to 1,000 during any fiscal year. Authorizes the President to increase such number as appropriate. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Attorney General to adjust to a temporary lawfully-admitted status any alien who: (1) is an enlisted member of the Army or Air National Guard; (2) is otherwise admissible as an immigrant; (3) has not been convicted of any felony or three or more misdemeanors in the United States; (4) has not assisted in the persecution of any person on account of race, religion, nationality, or membership in a particular social group; and (5) was in the United States as of the enactment of this Act and has resided continuously in the United States since such date. Requires any spouse or child of such alien to satisfy such requirements (except for the enlistment requirement) in order to have his or her status adjusted. Provides for the termination of the temporary lawfully-admitted status of such aliens under specified conditions. Authorizes an alien who completes at least six years of honorable service in the Guard to apply for a certificate of adjustment to permanent resident of the United States. Provides identical adjustment for the spouse and child of such alien if the alien so qualifies. Provides for the waiver of: (1) the six-year service requirement under certain conditions; and (2) numerical limitations and certain grounds for exclusion from permanent-status consideration under the Immigration and Nationality Act for aliens covered under this Act. Provides an expedited naturalization procedure for an alien who is granted lawful permanent residence under this Act and who reenlists in the Army or Air National Guard for an additional term of six years.

Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 4739) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1991 for military functions of the Department of Defense and to prescribe military personnel levels for fiscal year 1991, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1990

Sets forth the rule for the consideration of H.R. 4739 (armed forces funding).

Concerning the normalization of relations between the United States and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1990

Declares that complete normalization of bilateral relations between the United States and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam must remain contingent upon: (1) the release of political and religious prisoners in Vietnam, the cessation of torture and psychological abuse within incarceration facilities, and the end of detentions without trial; (2) the abolition of political reeducation camps; (3) the establishment of an autonomous judiciary and bar association and codified rights for arrestees to appeal and to obtain independent legal representation; (4) the elimination of all prohibitions against organized opposition activity; (5) the repeal of the constitutional guarantee of permanent rule by the communist party; (6) a formal commitment by such party to permit free and open national elections; and (7) an acceptable resolution of all outstanding cases of U.S. military personnel unaccounted for in Southeast Asia.

Expressing the sense of Congress concerning future defense contracting with the Northrop Corporation.

United States · United States Congress · 3 August 1990

Calls for the Secretary of Defense to withhold the granting of any new contract to the Northrop Corporation until it cooperates in ongoing congressional investigations.

Airline Passengers Defense Act of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1990

Airline Passengers Defense Act of 1990 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to establish in the Department of Transportation an Office of Airline Passenger Advocacy. Establishes the Office of Airline Passenger Advocacy Advisory Group. Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to prohibit air carriers from cancelling a flight within 72 hours of its scheduled departure time for any reason, except for safety reasons or the absence of any passengers at such departure time. Requires air carriers which cancel such flights for safety-related reasons to report to the Secretary on the cancellation, the reasons for it, and actions taken to resolve the safety-related problem. Requires air carriers to notify their passengers of any delays of 15 minutes or more in the departure or arrival of scheduled flights. Requires an air carrier which cancels a flight in violation of this Act, or alters stopping places of such flight for any reason other than safety, to compensate passengers. Prohibits on-time performance of regularly scheduled flights from being 30 percent or less in any consecutive three-month period. Requires the Secretary to establish in the Office of Airline Passenger Advocacy a toll-free telephone number system for receiving passenger complaints relating to air service. Sets forth requirements relating to: (1) ticket information; and (2) lost or damaged baggage claims. Sets forth civil penalties for economic cancellations and consistently delayed flights by air carriers.

To extend the expiration date of the Defense Production Act of 1950.

United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1990

Amends the Defense Production Act of 1950 to extend its expiration date to September 30, 1990.

Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991

United States · United States Congress · 1 August 1990

Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 - Title I: Intelligence Activities - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities in specified departments and agencies of the U.S. Government, including the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the Department of Defense (DOD). Declares that the authorized amounts and personnel ceilings for such intelligence activities are those specified in the classified schedule of authorizations. Authorizes the Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) to employ civilian personnel in excess of the ceiling for such personnel when necessary to the performance of important intelligence functions. Title II: Intelligence Community Staff - Authorizes appropriations for the Intelligence Community Staff for FY 1991. Establishes an end strength ceiling of 331 full-time Intelligence Community Staff employees. Provides that such staff shall be administered in the same manner as the CIA. Title III: Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System and Related Provisions - Authorizes appropriations for the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability Fund for FY 1991. Amends the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement Act of 1964 for Certain Employees to eliminate the statutory provisions requiring a 15 year career review and an election option for participants in the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System (CIARDS) and the Federal Employees' Retirement System (FERS) Special Category, and requiring such participants to remain under CIARDS or in FERS Special Category status for the duration of their CIA service. Specifies that the five years of marriage spent outside the United States required to qualify for former spouse status must have been during periods of the participant's service with the CIA. Permits a retiree under CIARDS who was unmarried at the time of retirement to: (1) elect a survivor benefit upon marriage after retirement (currently, an election for a current spouse can only be made to the extent that a previous election was made for a spouse to whom the participant was married at the time of retirement); and (2) irrevocably elect within one year of marriage after retirement, where his or her annuity was not reduced or fully reduced to provide a survivor annuity at the time of retirement, to provide an annuity for the new spouse in the event such spouse survives the retired participant (in such case, the retired participant would be required to deposit an amount by which his or her annuity would have been reduced if the election had been in effect since the date of retirement or, if the annuity was subsequently reduced, the amount by which the annuity would have been reduced, had the election been in effect, since the date the previous reduction was terminated). Lowers the remarriage age for purposes of entitlement to survivor and retirement benefits under CIARDS. Requires a surviving spouse who remarries a retiree and becomes entitled to a CIARDS survivor annuity fund to choose between such annuity and any other survivor annuity to which he or she may be entitled to be eligible to receive survivor annuity payments. Provides for the restoration of benefits of certain former CIA spouses whose benefits were terminated because of remarriage before the age of 55, and whose remarriage is later dissolved by death, annulment, or divorce. Amends the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 to restore health benefits of former spouses whose benefits were terminated because of remarriage before the age of 55, and whose remarriage is later dissolved by death, annulment, or divorce. Title IV: General Provisions - Permits appropriations authorized by this Act for benefits for Federal employees to be increased as may be necessary for increases in compensation or benefits authorized by law. Prohibits the authorization of appropriations by this Act from constituting authority for the conduct of any illegal intelligence activity. Title V: Department of Defense Intelligence Provisions - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to grant the use of the DOD reimbursement rate for military airlift services provided by DOD to the CIA if such services are provided in support of authorized intelligence activities. Directs the Defense Mapping Agency to offer certain maps and charts for sale. Authorizes the Secretary to withhold from public disclosure any geodetic product under DOD control that: (1) is restricted pursuant to an international agreement; or (2) contains information that would, if disclosed, reveal sources and methods used to obtain material for geodetic products or review military operational or contingency plans. Permits the Secretary to authorize elements of DOD to engage in commercial activities to provide for security for the conduct of authorized intelligence collection activities abroad. Prohibits such activities from being conducted after September 30, 1995. Sets forth provisions concerning the use, disposition, and auditing of funds generated by such activities. Authorizes the Secretary, if any Federal laws and regulations would create an unacceptable risk of compromise of an authorized intelligence collection activity, to permit the operation of the activity notwithstanding such laws and regulations. Permits personnel to conduct such activities in the United States only to the extent necessary to support intelligence activities abroad. Prohibits entities engaged in such activities from employing, assigning, or detailing U.S. persons to perform duties for such entities unless such persons are informed in advance of the intelligence security purposes of such activities. Requires the Secretary to ensure that the House and Senate Intelligence Committees are kept currently and fully informed of such activities.