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United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1989
Authorizes the Administrator (effective March 1989, Secretary) of Veterans Affairs to establish a national cemetery in the central geographical area of Louisiana. Authorizes the Administrator to acquire such land as necessary for the cemetery.
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1989
Palau Compact of Free Association Implementation Act - Authorizes the entry into force of the Compact of Free Association between the United States and Palau (the Compact), subject to its approval by referendum. Directs the President to negotiate: (1) an agreement with the Government of Palau to provide assistance for maintaining offices of public auditor and special prosecutor; (2) an agreement regarding responses to an audit by the Comptroller General of the United States or the Secretary of the Interior; and (3) an agreement providing for the Palau Government to provide current information regarding its national development plan under the Compact. Directs the National Drug Policy Board to develop a plan for an anti-drug program in Palau. Requires the President to negotiate an agreement with Palau to implement such plan. Prohibits using funds appropriated for assistance to Palau to satisfy any obligation or expense incurred by Palau prior to November 14, 1986, with respect to contracts or debts related to electrical generating plants or related facilities which have not been specifically authorized by the Congress in advance, with exceptions. Directs the Secretary to: (1) provide assistance for the development and promulgation of regulations regarding expenditures, upon Palau's request; (2) provide such sums as may be necessary for a further referendum on the Compact or other costs of approval; and (3) submit a report on the range and cost of options for upgrading the Koror hospital. States that the United States will consider requests for additional financial assistance for medical facility construction based on such report. Directs the chief officer of any agency conducting annual audits of assistance provided to the Federated States of Micronesia and the Marshall Islands to certify such audits. Declares that the Compact does not restrict the President from requesting additional funding or consenting to an extension concerning the use by the United States of privately owned lands in Palau as defense sites. Directs the Secretary to submit a report on the condition of the Palau prison. States that the United States will consider requests for additional financial assistance to meet the need for prison construction based on such report. Directs the Secretary to station at least one professional staff person in each of the offices of the U.S. in Palau, Micronesia, and the Marshall Islands to provide Federal program coordination and assistance. Authorizes appropriations. Approves specified agreements between the United States and the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, and Palau. Provides for continuing availability of unobligated balances of funds provided to Palau. Authorizes the President to negotiate an agreement with the Government of Palau which shall provide the following: (1) $28,000,000 shall be provided to Palau in FY 1989; (2) Palau shall pay to the United States, on or before the 15th anniversary of the effective date of the Compact, the net economic costs of providing such funds; and (3) automatic payment to the United States if Palau has not paid such amount by the 15th anniversary of the effective date of the Compact. Amends the Act approving the Compact to provide that the authorizations for transition purposes shall decline over the first through third fiscal years after the Compact's effective date (under current law, FY 1987 through 1989).
United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1989
Designates September 15, 1989, as National POW/MIA Recognition Day. Recognizes the National League of Families POW/MIA flag as the official symbol of the United States' commitment to resolving the fates of Americans still prisoner or missing in action in Southeast Asia.
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1989
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide special immigrant status for certain aliens (and their dependents) who have served, or are serving, on active duty for a 12 year-period in the U.S. armed forces.
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1989
Immigration Exclusion and Deportation Amendments of 1989 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make only the following classes of aliens ineligible to receive visas for admission into the United States: (1) any alien with a communicable disease of public health significance; (2) any alien with a record of recent physical or mental disorder that poses a threat to property or safety; (3) any alien with a drug addiction; (4) any alien convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude, with specified exceptions; (5) any alien convicted of specified drug violations or involved in drug trafficking; (6) any alien who has engaged in prostitution, or procurement of prostitutes, within ten years of the date of application for U.S. entry; (7) any alien likely to be a security risk; (8) any alien who has engaged in terrorist activity or likely to engage in such activity; (9) any alien whose entry would endanger the lives or property of U.S. citizens living abroad; (10) any alien whose entry would convey the impression of U.S. support for a government or group that the United States does not recognize or support, or whose entry would have a serious negative effect on U.S. diplomatic relations; (11) any alien who participated in Nazi persecutions; (12) any alien who is likely to become a public charge, with admission on bond at the discretion of the Attorney General; (13) any alien seeking to enter the United States for the purpose of performing skilled or unskilled labor, with specified exceptions (teaching, postgraduate research, and science or arts), or in situations of insufficient U.S. workers; (14) any alien who is a graduate of a medical school not accredited by a body approved for such purpose by the Secretary of Education, with certain exceptions; (15) any excluded or deported alien who seeks readmission within five years of the event, unless such readmission is consented to by the Attorney General; (16) any alien seeking to enter the United States by fraud or the willful misrepresentation of a material fact; (17) any stowaway alien; (18) any alien who aids any other alien in illegal entry; (19) any immigrant not in possession of a valid immigrant visa and passport at the time of admission; (20) any nonimmigrant without a valid passport authorizing the alien to return to the country from which he or she came or without a valid nonimmigrant visa or border crossing card (provides for a Guam visa waiver for up to 15-day pleasure or business entries); and (21) any alien ineligible for U.S. citizenship, including a person who left or remained outside the United States to avoid U.S. military service in time of war or national emergency. Repeals the ideological grounds for exclusion. Directs the Attorney General and the Secretary of State to jointly develop guidelines for the review of exclusion lists and other mechanisms used to screen alien visa applicants. Requires the Attorney General and the Secretary to report jointly to the appropriate committees regarding the development of such guidelines (within one year) and the results of the review of such alien lists (within two years). Makes deportable by the Attorney General only those aliens within one of the following classes: (1) any alien who at the time of entry was within one or more of the classes of aliens excludable by then existing law; (2) any alien entering the United States without inspection or at a time and place other than as designated by the Attorney General; (3) any alien admitted as a nonimmigrant who has failed to maintain such status; (4) any alien admitted as a temporary agricultural worker (H-2A visa) whose status has been terminated (with family hardship exceptions); (5) any alien who within five years of entry knowingly and for gain has aided another alien to illegally enter the United States; (6) any alien admitted as an additional special agricultural worker who fails to show the necessary number of seasonal work days; (7) any alien who gained U.S. entry through marriage fraud; (8) any alien convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude committed within five years from the date of entry and who is either sentenced or confined for a term of one year or longer; (9) any alien who at any time after entry is convicted of two or more crimes involving moral turpitude; (10) any alien who at any time after entry is convicted of a violation of certain drug laws; (11) any alien who is a drug abuser or addict; (12) any alien who at any time after entry is convicted under weapons-possession laws; (13) any alien who at any time is convicted on any of various specified loyalty laws (e.g. sabotage, treason and sedition, selective service, etc.); (14) any alien who fails to comply with alien registration laws or foreign agent registration laws; (15) any alien convicted of fraud or misuse of visas or other entry documents; (16) any alien engaging in activity which endangers the public safety or national security, including terrorist activity; (17) any alien who within five years after entry has become a public charge; (18) any alien who participated in Nazi persecutions; (19) any alien whose presence could endanger the lives or property of U.S. citizens living abroad; or (20) any alien whose presence could convey the impression of U.S. support for a government or group that the United States does not recognize or support, or whose presence could have a serious negative effect on U.S. diplomatic relations.
United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1989
Prohibits the Secretary of the Army from collecting any fees for parking at Arlington National Cemetery.
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1989
Military Child Care Act of 1989 - Directs the Secretary of Defense (the Secretary) to make a specified portion of FY 1990 operation and maintenance funding available for military child care only. Prohibits during FY 1990 the use of nonappropriated funds from parent fees, used for purposes of military child care, for any expense other than compensation of employees directly involved in the giving of child care. Directs the Secretary to establish a uniform training program for child care employees as a condition of employment. Requires the Secretary to increase the compensation of child care employees so that their compensation is comparable to other employees on the same military installation. Requires at least one employee at each military child development center to be a training and curriculum child care employee, with appropriate educational credentials and child care experience. Gives preference to qualified military spouses for employment as child care employees. Requires that additional child care personnel positions be made available in the Department of Defense. Requires a report on child care employee turnover. Directs the Secretary to issue uniform regulations for military child development centers on fees and priority for accepting children, with first priority given to single parents who are armed forces members and second priority given to dual service couples. Provides for child abuse prevention and safety in military child care. Directs the Secretary to establish: (1) a special task force to respond to allegations of widespread abuse at a military child development center; and (2) a national telephone hotline for reporting suspected child abuse or safety violations at a development center or family day care home. Provides for: (1) assistance from local authorities; (2) safety regulations; (3) inspections; (4) deadlines for remedying violations; and (5) installation of video cameras and recorders at such centers. Requires the Secretary, the Attorney General, and the Comptroller General to study and report to the Congress on areas of mutual concern in military child care and child abuse. Directs the Secretary to require the establishment of parent boards and parent participation programs at each military child care center. Amends the National School Lunch Act to extend the child care food program to Department of Defense programs overseas. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to submit a report and plan to the Congress on demand for child care by military and civilian personnel in the armed forces over a specified five-year period. Directs the Comptroller General to study and report to the Congress on child care supply and demand outside the continental United States with respect to armed forces members and Department of Defense civilian employees.
United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1989
Calls upon the Soviet Union and its allies to withhold further military assistance to the Republic of Nicaragua and to withdraw military advisors and support personnel from that country. Calls upon the Republic of Nicaragua to: (1) reverse significantly the growth of its armed forces; (2) work toward a stabilization of the regional military balance and prevent the introduction of advanced weapon systems; and (3) separate the armed forces from the Sandinista political party.
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 1989
Amends Federal law relating to veterans to provide that the remarriage of a veteran's spouse after age 55 shall not result in termination of dependency and indemnity compensation.
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1989
Requires the Secretary of Defense to furnish to any person, upon request, an explanation of all Department of Defense (DOD) requirements, policies, and practices concerning procurement from domestic firms. Requires the Secretary to publicize the availability of such information. Requires each bid submitted by a contractor in connection with a DOD solicitation to: (1) specify the minimum percentage of the total dollar amount of the contract that is to be performed by domestic firms; and (2) include a plan for such performance. Waives the requirement for such plan if the contractor certifies that it is a domestic firm and will perform the entire contract. Specifies that the percentage amount of domestic subcontracting listed in the bid shall be a significant factor in the evaluation of said bid. Requires the secretary of the military department concerned or the head defense agency evaluating a bid or proposal for a contract to assign ten percent of the total number of evaluation points to the domestic performance factor. Requires any contract awarded based on such a bid to include the domestic performance specified. Provides that every 90 days after the department secretary or the defense agency head awards a contract containing such a domestic performance requirement, the secretary or the agency head shall review the contractor's compliance with such requirement and with all subcontracting agreements submitted by the contractor. Outlines specific subcontracting provisions which will be required in contracts in which domestic performance is a factor. Requires the Inspector General of DOD to investigate a written complaint that a contractor failed to comply with contract requirements. Provides for the imposition of sanctions as determined appropriate by the Inspector General.
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1989
Department of International Trade and Industry Act of 1989 - Title I: General Provisions - Sets forth congressional findings and definitions related to this Act. Title II: Department of International Trade and Industry - Part A: Establishment - Establishes an independent Department of International Trade and Industry (Department) which shall be administered by a Secretary of International Trade and Industry. Requires the Secretary to be the U.S. Trade Representative. Requires the President, if the provisions of a regulation, executive order, or executive agreement may have a significant impact on the international economic competitiveness of significant domestic product and service industries, to submit a statement to specified congressional committees describing the likely impact of such provisions. Authorizes the President to waive the impact statements if, in order to serve the national interest or deal with an emergency situation, the regulation, order, or agreement must take effect immediately. Requires the report of a bill or resolution which contains provisions that would have a significant impact on the international economic competitiveness of significant domestic product and service industries to contain a statement describing the likely impact of such provisions. Authorizes the Secretary to establish regional trade centers throughout the United States in order to increase exports of U.S. goods and services. Part B: Offices and Administrations - Establishes in the Office of the Secretary the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. Establishes within the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative the Deputy U.S. Trade Representative and the Deputy U.S. Trade Representative for Agriculture. Establishes within the Department: (1) the United States Travel and Tourism Administration; (2) the Administration for Productivity and Technology (composed of the Patent and Trademark Office, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the Office of Telecommunications and Information, and the National Technical Information Service); (3) the Office of Small Business Trade Assistance, which shall provide small businesses with information concerning import relief and assistance in preparing petitions and applications for import relief; and (4) the Office of Competitive Analysis, which shall provide information and analysis for the Secretary, the Department, and the Congress with respect to trade policy, trade negotiating strategy, and other policies affecting the competitiveness of domestic industries. Requires the Office of Competitive Analysis to report annually to the Congress on economic and technological developments affecting the competitive position of U.S. industry. Directs the Secretary to convene an industry sector competitiveness council for specified industry sectors to assess actual or potential dislocation, challenge, or opportunity for the industry involved and to formulate recommendations for business, government, and labor. Part C: Officers - Establishes in the Department a Deputy Secretary of International Trade and Industry who, among other things, shall be Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Export-Import Bank of the United States. List other officers within the Department. Part D: Transfers to the Department - Transfers to the Secretary all functions of the U.S. Trade Representative and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. Transfers to the Secretary, except for functions transferred by titles III, IV, and V: (1) all functions of the Secretary of Commerce; (2) all functions of the Department of Commerce; and (3) all functions of specified officers within the Department of Commerce. Part E: Administrative Provisions - Sets forth administrative provisions. Part F: Related Agencies - Amends the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 to require that the interagency trade organization established pursuant to that Act be composed of the President, the Secretaries of International Trade and Industry, Agriculture, Defense, Labor, and the Treasury, and the heads of such other departments and agencies and such other officers as the President shall designate. Makes conforming amendments to the following Acts: (1) the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945; (2) the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961; (3) the National Security Act of 1947; and (4) the Bretton Woods Agreements Act. Establishes within the Executive Office of the President a Council on International Trade, Economic, and Financial Policy to coordinate U.S. trade policies with U.S. international economic policies. Establishes within the Executive Office of the President an Advisor to the President for International Trade, Economic, and Financial Policy who shall be Executive Director of the Council and Executive Director of the interagency organization established pursuant to the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. Requires the Advisor to report to the President and the Congress every six months on actual and potential conflicts between U.S. international economic policies and U.S. trade policies. Part G: Conforming Provisions - Sets forth conforming amendments. Title III: Establishment of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration as an Independent Agency - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Act of 1985 - Part A: Establishment of Administration - Establishes the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration as an independent agency. Requires the Administration to include specified officers, including an Administrator (appointed by the President) and a Deputy Administrator. Transfers the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the Department of Commerce to the Administration. Part B: Administrative Provisions - Sets forth administrative provisions. Requires the Administrator to report annually to the President on the activities of the Administration. Title IV: Establishment of the Bureau of the Census as an Independent Agency - Establishes the Bureau of the Census as an independent agency. Transfers the Bureau of the Census of the Department of Commerce to the Bureau. Directs the President to report to the Congress, within 90 days of the effective date of this Act, on the coordination of statistical functions between the Bureau and the Department involved in carrying out certain statistical functions. Title V: Transfers to Other Federal Agencies - Part A: Minority Business Development Agency - Transfers the Minority Business Development Agency of the Department of Commerce to the Small Business Administration. Part B: Economic Development Administration - Transfers the Economic Development Administration of the Department of Commerce to the Department of Agriculture. Title VI: Transitional, Savings, and Conforming Provisions - Provides for transfers of other functions of the Secretary of Commerce which are not dealt with in earlier titles. Sets forth transitional, savings, and conforming provisions. Terminates the Department of Commerce. Title VII: Agricultural Exports - Directs the President to report to the Congress any export control imposed on agricultural commodities under the Export Administration Act of 1979. Directs the Secretary to take all feasible steps to bring about the export of U.S. agricultural products at competitive world prices. Authorizes the Secretary to subsidize the price of exporting agricultural commodities. Title VIII: Miscellaneous - Sets forth the effective dates for provisions of this Act. Provides for interim appointments of certain officers. Authorizes appropriations.
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1989
Places additional prohibitions on individuals convicted of felonies in connection with Department of Defense (DOD) contracts. Disallows such individuals from having any contact with defense subcontracts or subcontractors during such prohibition. Prohibits the Secretaries of the military departments from allowing (current law prohibits the approval of) the award of DOD subcontracts to suspended or debarred contractors. Directs the heads of defense agencies, in awarding contracts, to require each subcontractor to certify that he or she: (1) is not, at the time of such award, debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment, or declared ineligible for the award of subcontracts by any Federal agency; and (2) has not been convicted of any felony arising out of a DOD contract during the five years preceding such certification.
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1989
Establishes a minimum monthly rate of dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving spouses of veterans of the Civil War, the Indian Wars, the Spanish-American War, the Mexican Border period, and World War I.
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1989
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) U.S. military and civilian personnel associated with those military assets that are eliminated under the INF treaty should be reassigned to duty in the United States rather than in Europe; and (2) the United States should obtain agreement by our allies to bear a greater share of the defense burden.
United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1989
Calls upon the President to grant asylum to persons who seek asylum in the United States rather than serve in the South African armed forces.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1989
Requires the Secretary of the military department concerned to issue a prisoner-of-war medal to any person who was held captive under circumstances comparable to those under which persons have been held captive by enemy governments during periods of war.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1989
Veterans Nurse Pay Act of 1989 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to restructure the current nurse grades of the Department of Veterans Affairs so as to provide four grade levels for nurses. (Current law provides for eight grade levels.) Specifies the relationship the new grade levels have with the current nurse grades and to pay grades under the General Schedule.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1989
Prohibits the Department of Defense from entering into a contract for transportation services with countries which are signatories to the Warsaw Pact, or with contractors who are citizens of such countries, with specified exceptions for natural minerals, nonavailability of other qualified contractors, and emergency procurement.
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1989
Disapproves the recommendations of the Commission on Base Realignment and Closure as submitted to the Secretary of Defense on December 29, 1988.
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1989
Assault Weapon Import Control Act of 1989 - Prohibits the importation into the United States of any assault weapon, large-capacity magazine, or large-capacity ammunition belt, with specified exceptions. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to designate any semiautomatic firearm as an assault weapon if it is determined, after notice and opportunity for hearing, that the firearm was primarily designed as a military or law enforcement armament, regardless of whether (with or without modifications) it is commercially marketed for any other use.
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1989
Earmarks specified funds appropriated to the Department of Defense for operation and maintenance for FY 1990 for environmental cleanup and restoration of the former Naval Training Center in Bainbridge, Maryland.
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1989
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit an individual taxpayer an income tax deduction for travel, food, lodging, and transportation expenses 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 deductability limitations in this context.
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1989
War Powers Amendments of 1989 - Amends the War Powers Resolution to permit the introduction of U.S. armed forces to: (1) forestall a direct and imminent threat of an armed attack on the United States or the armed forces; and (2) protect U.S. citizens during their evacuation from any situation on the high seas or any country in which such citizens are subject to a direct and imminent threat to their lives, either by a government or beyond the power of the appropriate government to control. Directs the President to make every effort to terminate such threat without the use of the armed forces and, when possible, to obtain consent of the government of the country involved before using U.S. armed forces to protect endangered U.S. citizens. Limits the emergency use of U.S. armed forces to such use as is essential for the protection of threatened U.S. citizens. Prohibits the use of Federal funds for any introduction of U.S. armed forces into hostilities which is not authorized under such Resolution. Outlines the specific consultation required between the President and the Congress before the introduction of U.S. armed forces into hostilities or situations in which the imminent involvement in hostilities is clearly indicated. Requires the President to ask designated members of the Congress for their advice and opinions and, in appropriate circumstances, their approval of the action contemplated. Declares that the consultation requirement is not met merely by the Congress being informed about the situation. Directs the President to remove U.S. armed forces from hostilities within 60 days after the armed forces are introduced, unless the Congress has taken certain action effectively extending such use of the armed forces. Prohibits funds from being used to extend the use of such armed forces unless the Congress has taken such extending action. Sets forth congressional priority procedures for joint resolutions specifically authorizing the use of U.S. armed forces in hostilities or situations where imminent involvement is indicated by the circumstances. Provides that any Member of Congress has standing to bring an action alleging that the President or the armed forces have not complied with any provision of such Resolution. Prohibits the court hearing such an action from declining to determine such case on the ground that the issue is a political question or otherwise nonjusticiable. Provides for priority consideration of such cases. Sets forth a judicial remedy in cases where the President has failed to submit a required report. Requires the court, in cases where certain provisions of the Resolution have been violated, to order the removal of the armed forces from hostilities.
United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1989
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the spending priorities in the Federal budget should be changed to decrease allocations for military programs and increase those for environmental and human services programs; and (2) the President should incorporate these changes in the budget submitted to the Congress for FY 1990.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1989
Excludes Agent Orange settlement payments from income or resources in determining eligibility for benefits under any Federal or federally assisted program.
United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1989
Authorizes the United States Air Force Singing Sergeants to participate in the production of a recording with the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra for commercial sale.
United States · United States Congress · 23 February 1989
Department of Defense Acquisition Reorganization Act of 1989 - Requires the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, in planning for the acquisition of a weapon system, to: (1) consult with the Secretaries of the military departments and heads of appropriate defense agencies with regard to the need for such system; (2) have final decisionmaking authority for the research to be conducted for such system and for the system to be acquired for the Department of Defense (DOD); (3) carry out functions relating to the research and production of such system; and (4) be the sole DOD representative in negotiating with private sector representatives in the acquisition of such system. Requires the Under Secretary to determine funding priorities for the acquisition of such systems and to submit to the Secretary of Defense a proposed appropriation request reflecting such priorities. Establishes within DOD a Defense Acquisition Agency (DAA) to be headed by the Under Secretary. Specifies that the Under Secretary shall conduct weapon system acquisition through such agency. Directs the Secretary to establish by regulations a personnel system for civilian personnel within DAA. Outlines information to be included in such regulations. Allows the Secretary to exempt civilian personnel from any otherwise applicable competitive service requirements. Requires the Secretary to make appointments to DAA from the best-qualified civilian applicants. Authorizes the Secretary to establish and administer a performance management and recognition system for DAA employees. Provides for the assignment of DAA employees. Provides that members of the armed forces may be detailed to DAA. Terminates the procurement authority of the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the Navy, and the Secretary of the Air Force. Directs the Secretary of each military department and the head of each defense agency to determine the procurement needs of such department or agency and report such needs to the Under Secretary. Provides that such procurement needs may not be revised by the Secretary or Under Secretary. Directs the Under Secretary to review each major defense acquisition program before such program proceeds into the stages of: (1) concept exploration; (2) demonstration and validation; (3) full-scale development; and (4) production. Sets forth evaluations to be included in each review. Prohibits funds from being obligated or expended with respect to a stage of such program unless the Under Secretary has approved the program for such stage. Revises a provision regarding contracts for energy for military installations to eliminate the requirement for the Secretary's approval of such contracts.
United States · United States Congress · 23 February 1989
Releases restrictions on the use or conveyance of certain property in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. Provides that the United States shall have the use of such property for national defense purposes in time of war or national emergency.
United States · United States Congress · 23 February 1989
Competition in Government Spare Parts Procurement Act - Amends Federal law on armed forces procurement to require a solicitation for sealed bids or competitive proposals to include, in the case of spare or repair parts (other than for small purchases), a copy of all technical data that is: (1) necessary in order to provide the part the supply of which is being solicited; and (2) owned by the United States or which the United States has the right to use, release, or disclose. Amends the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to establish the same requirement for nondefense procurement. Provides additional authority to the Secretary of Defense to waive the payment of costs for the release of technical data under the Freedom of Information Act. Mandates such waiver if any citizen or U.S. corporation requests such data in order to enable any offer to provide the product to which the technical data relate, or to determine whether to request source approval to qualify to make an offer. Authorizes the Secretary to require the citizen or corporation to pay a refundable deposit to cover the cost of complying with the request. Establishes similar authorities for nondefense procurement. Directs the Secretary to require by regulation that the head of an agency, in preparing a solicitation for a property procurement contract, identify those spare or repair parts for which future procurements exceeding a total amount of $10,000 over the life of the property procured are likely to be needed. Directs the Secretary to require that any contract awarded pursuant to such solicitation provide that the United States have the right to use (or have used) all technical data related to any such part in any future procurement of such part. States that such technical data rights do not apply to contracts awarded to small business concerns. Amends the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act to establish the same technical data rights for nondefense reprocurements. Directs the Secretary of Defense to prescribe regulations which require the purchase from contractors of production special tooling and production special test equipment acquired or fabricated in the performance of contracts for the purpose of fabricating or testing the spare or repair part for which future procurements are likely to exceed $10,000. Amends the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to establish similar requirements. Requires the solicitation of bids or proposals separately in the case of a defense and nondefense procurement of an individual spare or repair part in which the contract amount will exceed $100,000. Amends the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act to require the advocate for competition of an executive agency to establish a program of training and education assistance for staff specialists in engineering, technical operations, contract administration, financial management, supply management, and utilization of small business concerns. Requires the program to emphasize improving the skills of such staff in the areas of engineering and manufacturing. Repeals the three-year time limit during which the Secretary of Defense may challenge a use or release restriction asserted with respect to technical data by a contractor or subcontractor. Declares that nothing precludes the Secretary from using or releasing technical data when a contracting officer has upheld the validity of a challenge (even pending appeal) to a contractor's asserted use or release restriction. Amends the Regulatory Flexibility Act to repeal provisions which bar judicial review of regulatory flexibility analyses. Amends the Small Business Act and the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act to require executive agencies to furnish the Secretary of Commerce for publication a notice of solicitation for bids or proposals for a contract for property or services expected to exceed $10,000 (currently, $25,000). Requires additional information to be included in such notice with respect to the machining operations necessary to produce the item. Declares that the date on which a notice is published by the Secretary is the date of actual publication of such notice, and an executive agency may not presume notice is published merely by the passage of a certain period of time. Requires any determination that it is unreasonable to specify standards to document such unreasonableness with a cost comparison. Prohibits the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of the military department concerned from requiring a spare or repair part to meet any standard that is more stringent than a standard for an identical part approved by the Government for commercial use, unless the Secretary specifies in writing the additional standard and the justification for it.
United States · United States Congress · 23 February 1989
Makes the legal defense of discretionary function provided under specified Federal law inapplicable to any legal or administrative proceeding for damages arising out of U.S. violation of occupational safety or health standards or U.S. negligence at any workplace owned or operated by or under contract with the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 23 February 1989
Directs the General Accounting Office (GAO) to transmit to the Congress an evaluation of the recommendations of the Commission on Base Realignment and Closure made to the Secretary of Defense in December 1988. Amends the Defense Authorization Amendments and Base Closure and Realignment Act to prohibit the Secretary from carrying out any base closures or realignments within the 20-day period beginning on the date on which the GAO transmits its evaluation. Prohibits any resolution from the joint committee assembled to consider the Commission's recommendations from being discharged or considered earlier than the end of the ten-day period beginning on the date on which the GAO transmits its evaluation.
United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1989
Forgotten Widows and Survivor Benefits Improvements Act of 1989 - Amends the National Defense Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1989 to direct the Secretary of the military department concerned to pay an annuity to the qualified spouse (a surviving spouse who has not remarried) of a member of the armed forces who became entitled to retired or retainer pay by November 1, 1953, who did not elect to provide his or her surviving spouse with an annuity, and who died before March 31, 1974.
United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1989
Global Warming Prevention Act of 1989 - Establishes as national goals: (1) that the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere be reduced from 1988 levels by at least 20 percent by the year 2000 through a mix of Federal and State energy policies; and (2) the establishment of an International Global Agreement on the Atmosphere by 1992. Requires the Secretary of Energy (the Secretary) and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to report to the Congress within two years regarding whether a higher level of carbon dioxide emissions reduction is desirable after 2000, together with any necessary policy actions and their costs and benefits. Title I: National Least-Cost Energy Plan - Requires the Secretary to prepare for the President, and transmit to the Congress, a new National Least-Cost Energy Plan in lieu of other authorized national energy plans. Directs the Secretary to implement such plan immediately. Outlines a program for public involvement in the formulation of the Plan. Directs the Secretary to establish an intervenor funding mechanism based upon certain State models. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1992. Requires designated Secretaries to prepare reports for inclusion in the Plan with respect to: (1) all government subsidies for energy-related expenditures; (2) waste reduction options and recycling; (3) tree plantings to offset carbon dioxide emissions; and (4) transportation modes to reduce carbon-dioxide emissions. Amends the Department of Energy Organization Act to repeal the National Energy Policy Plan. Title II: Energy Efficiency - Part A: Energy Efficiency Policy - Directs the Secretary to grant the highest priority to energy efficiency improvements in: (1) energy-consuming devices; (2) federally owned and leased buildings and equipment; (3) federally assisted housing; and (4) the Federal vehicle fleet. Mandates that the President's budget request for FY 1991 through 1994 include recommendations for the increased efficiency of energy-consuming devices. Directs the Secretary to establish an Energy Research Advisory Board Panel on end-use energy technologies. Requires the Panel to report annually to the Energy Research Advisory Board on its assessment of promising energy efficiency research and development opportunities and policies. Requires the Secretary to submit to the Congress: (1) a long-term research and development plan that accelerates by five years the current Department of Energy multiyear program goals for energy efficiency; and (2) an estimate of the funding increase needed to achieve such accelerated goals. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1993. Directs the National Institute of Standards and Technology to provide financial assistance in consultation to ten research centers to achieve multiple improvements in energy-intensive industrial and manufacturing processes. Sets forth an operations timetable for such centers. Authorizes appropriations for such centers for FY 1991 through 1993. Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish energy efficiency goals resulting in specified primary energy savings for federally owned or leased buildings, as well as federally assisted housing; and (2) include the use of renewable forms of energy within the energy efficiency options for such buildings. Authorizes appropriations for such program for FY 1990 through 1992. Requires the Secretaries of Energy and the Department of Housing and Urban Development to convene a meeting of housing industry members to select a not-for-profit organization to administer a uniform nationwide home energy rating system. Mandates that such organization contract with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Center for Building Sciences by a certain deadline. Authorizes appropriations for such organization for FY 1990 through 1993. Mandates that certain institutions which offer federally assisted home mortgage loans take measures to encourage cost-effective energy efficiency improvements based upon a home energy audit and rating scheme. Directs the Secretary to promulgate energy efficiency standards for incandescent and fluorescent lamps and windows. Requires the Secretary to: (1) implement a research, development, and demonstration program on technologies to reduce chlorofluorocarbon use; (2) expand the Department of Energy's existing technology transfer initiative on least-cost electric utility planning; and (3) implement a least-cost gas utility initiative. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to: (1) establish an evaluation program regarding car-pooling arrangements and high-occupancy vehicle lanes; and (2) report to the Congress on nonmotorized transportation alternatives, as well as a fuel-savings mass transportation assistance program for State and local governments. Requires such Secretary to report to the Congress on the use of Highway Trust Fund moneys for non-motorized transportation alternatives and for carbon-dioxide emissions reductions. Directs the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to: (1) take certain prescribed actions to ensure the adoption of least-cost utility planning principles; and (2) detail for the Congress any amendments to the Federal Power Act which are necessary for the Commission to adopt such planning principles. Requires the Secretary of Energy to report to the Congress on the results of a national power survey emphasizing policies and technologies within the electric utility industry which are designed to diminish global warming. Amends the National Energy Conservation Policy Act to repeal the prohibition against the supply or installation by a public utility of a residential energy conservation measure for residential customers. Amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to direct the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to prescribe within one year after the date of enactment of this Act rules encouraging the achievement of qualifying efficiency. Mandates that such rules: (1) require that electric utilities offer to purchase qualifying conservation from qualifying cogeneration or small power production facilities; and (2) provide for the verification of conservation achievement. Prescribes rate guidelines for such electric utilities purchases. Establishes Federal standards for least cost supply measures, and requires State regulatory authorities and nonregulated gas and electric utilities to implement such standards. Title III: State Energy Conservation Program - Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to mandate that each State energy conservation plan which receives Federal assistance contain a goal to reduce by ten percent or more the total amount of energy consumed in such State in the year 2000 from the projected energy consumption for such year as of October 1, 1990. Adds to Federal assistance eligibility prerequisites for proposed State energy conservation plans, including an emergency planning program for energy supply disruption. Cites optional State energy conservation programs. Repeals the mandate for supplemental State energy conservation plans. Authorizes appropriations for energy conservation programs (including those for schools and hospitals) for FY 1990 through 1992. Establishes a State Energy Advisory Board to: (1) review and advise on the programs under this Act; (2) serve as liaison between the States and the Department of Energy on energy efficiency; and (3) report annually to the Secretary and the Congress on its activities. Authorizes the use of loan programs and performance contracting for the non-Federal share of energy conservation project costs under the grant program. Amends the Energy Conservation and Production Act to cite conditions under which the Secretary may approve a State application for a waiver of: (1) the requirement that at least 40 percent of Federal weatherization assistance be used for weatherization materials; and (2) the limitations placed upon expenditures per dwelling unit for weatherization measures. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1992 for a weatherization research and technical assistance program which shall include the monitoring of indoor air quality in low-income homes. Title IV: Vehicle Energy Efficiency Improvements - Vehicle Energy Efficiency Performance Standards Act of 1989 - Amends the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act to increase the average fuel economy standards for passenger automobiles and light duty trucks for model year 1992 and thereafter according to prescribed guidelines. Exempts manufacturers of fewer than 10,000 light trucks and emergency vehicles from such prescribed standards. Establishes an incentives schedule for manufacturers of passenger automobiles and light trucks. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to assess a tax against any manufacturer who fails to comply with the prescribed average fuel economy standards. Terminates the current civil penalty after model year 1989. Prescribes a fleet average fuel economy schedule for all Federal passenger automobiles and light trucks for model years 1992 and thereafter. Amends the Information and Cost Savings Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to consult with the Secretary of Energy before establishing testing and calculation procedures for measuring automobile fuel economy. Revises from mandatory to discretionary the Administrator's authority to require fuel economy tests in conjunction with emissions tests conducted under the Clean Air Act. Directs the Administrator to measure a sampling of production passenger automobiles for each model type and year during the first month of manufacture for sale. Directs the Administrator to review procedures periodically for testing fuel economy. Directs the Administrator to update the booklet containing fuel economy data at least twice a year. Directs the Secretary of Energy to distribute at least 100 booklets each year to each dealer and additional numbers if requested. Cites conditions under which manufacturers of light vehicles with certain increased fuel economies shall be considered to have offered the Government a specified discounted bid. Directs the Secretary, within two years of enactment of this Act, to submit suggestions to the Congress for additional legislation to carry out its purposes and the purposes of the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act. Directs the National Academy of Sciences to report to the Congress on the results of its review of the research and development status of the fuel efficiency and energy consumption reduction of light vehicles, trucks, and passenger vehicles. Directs the Secretary of Energy to make changes in the Department of Energy's transportation research and development program based upon such report. Outlines criteria and procedures for prescribing amended vehicle fuel economy standards. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to prescribe a gas guzzler tax schedule applicable to 1989 and later model year automobiles. Sets forth a tax credit schedule for the purchase of certain fuel efficient passenger vehicles. Title V: Solar and Renewable Resources - Requires the Secretary of Energy to report to the Congress regarding a long-term research, development and demonstration program with policy options necessary to achieve a quadrupling of renewable energy production and use by 2015. Requires the Secretary of Energy to work closely with specified Federal departments regarding the Federal Government's biofuels program, and to report to the Congress on the progress being made in the development of solar and renewable resources. Mandates that the President's budget requests for FY 1990 - FY 1993 include the Secretary of Energy's recommendations for civilian research and development budgets necessary to implement such long-term program. Directs the Secretary to establish an Energy Research Advisory Board Panel on Solar and Renewable Resources and Technologies which shall report annually to the Energy Research Advisory Board regarding the status of the solar and renewable resources program. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through FY 1994 for such program. Mandates that the President's budget request for FY 1991 include the Secretary's recommendations for proof-of-concept or near-commercialization demonstration projects in specified categories. Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish and provide financial assistance to a joint research and development venture to develop advanced district cooling technologies applicable in cities with high cooling loads; and (2) appoint members to an Advisory Committee on Advanced District Cooling Technology to assist in the implementation of such joint venture. Authorizes appropriations for such venture. Directs the Secretary of Energy to implement a research program regarding: (1) fuel cell use of methane gas generated from biomass forms; (2) technologies using renewable energy sources (such as wind and solar energy) to produce hydrogen for fuel cell use; and (3) fuel cell technology for electric power production as backup spinning reserve components to renewable power systems in rural and isolated areas. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to, and enter into contracts with, private research laboratories. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress regarding the fuel cell research program. Directs the Secretary to appoint members to an Advisory Committee on Energy Conservation and Renewable Energy Technology Exports to assist in the implementation of such program. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1993. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to prepare Federal guidelines for use by cities and municipalities, specifying environmental and safety standards for the use of fuel cell technology. Requires the Secretary of Commerce to report to the Congress regarding the export market potential for integrated fuel cells systems with renewable power technologies. Requires such Secretary to report to the Congress on the activities of the Committee on Renewable Energy, Commerce, and Trade to promote exports of renewable energy technology. Requires each participating member of such Committee to report annually to the Congress on the Committee actions regarding renewable energy technology exports. Requires the Committee to establish a joint government-industry plan to promote the U.S. market share in international trade in renewable energy technologies, including the development of administrative guidelines for Federal export loan programs. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1993. Directs the Committee to coordinate, contract with, and assist financially appropriate parties to build and demonstrate the commercial operation of a biomass gasified steam-injected gas turbine of up to 25 megawatts. Authorizes appropriations and requires a report to the Congress. Title VI: Solar Hydrogen Fuels - Directs the Secretary of Energy to prepare and submit to specified congressional committees a comprehensive five-year program management plan for a research and development program designed to permit the development of a domestic hydrogen fuel production capability within the shortest practicable time. Requires the Secretary to send the Congress annual plan descriptions including any necessary plan modifications. Directs the Secretary to establish such program within the Department of Energy. Gives priority to production techniques that use renewable energy sources as their primary energy sources. Directs the Secretary: (1) to conduct demonstrations to evaluate technical and nontechnical parameters to determine commercial applicability of hydrogen technology; and (2) to prepare a comprehensive large-scale hydrogen technology demonstration plan. Establishes a Hydrogen Technical Advisory Panel of the Energy Research Advisory Board to advise the Secretary on the conduct of the hydrogen program. Requires an annual report from the Panel to the Energy Research Advisory Board, which shall subsequently report to the Secretary. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1995. Title VII: Natural Gas and Coal - Part A: Natural Gas - Directs the Secretary of Energy to enter into cooperative agreements with and provide financial assistance to appropriate parties to construct and demonstrate the commercial operation of ten intercooled steam-injected gas turbines for generating electricity. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1994. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress on the implementation of this program. Directs the Secretary to enter into cooperative agreements with and to provide financial assistance to municipal governments to demonstrate the feasibility of using natural gas as a fuel for urban area mass transit. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1993. Requires the Secretary to submit a feasibility report to the Congress within nine months after enactment of this Act pertaining to the use of natural gas in diesel-powered vehicles to facilitate compliance with emissions requirements. Part B: Coal - Requires the Secretary, within nine months, to provide the Congress with a comprehensive review of clean coal technologies to be developed in federally-funded projects under the Department of Energy's clean coal technology program. Directs the Secretary to establish and implement research and development technologies for preventing, reducing, recycling, or offsetting carbon-dioxide emissions from combusted coal. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress on the implementation of such technologies. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1992. Title VIII: Forest and Agriculture Policies - Part A: Forest Policies - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, in cooperation with the Secretary of the Interior, to report to the President and the Congress on the feasibility of a national forestation initiative. Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) enter into contracts with ranch and farmland operators to place specified acreage of highly erodible cropland into the conservation reserve during certain crop years; and (2) report to the Congress regarding the potential for offsetting new carbon dioxide emissions through the use of tree plantations. Part B: Agricultural Policies - Mandates that specified Federal agencies conduct a joint study on critical linkages between agricultural production and global climate change. Directs specified Federal agencies to establish an interagency task force to ensure that all satellite and remote sensing information pertinent to agricultural needs and climate modeling are made available to the Department of Agriculture. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to use the "Low-Input Farming Systems Research and Education Program." Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1995. Part C: Integrated Farming Policies - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to consult with the agriculture community and sustainable agriculture advocates for the purpose of developing an integrated farming research, development, and demonstration program. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1993. Directs the Secretary of Energy to establish a national farm ethanol program. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1993. Part D: Urban Forestry Conservation Program - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to implement an urban forestry education and accelerated tree planting program for: (1) energy conservation; (2) carbon-dioxide emissions reduction; (3) improved urban air quality; and (4) general environmental benefits. Outlines demonstration projects financed with Federal matching funds. Directs the Secretary to support urban forestry projects at Department of Agriculture stations and at Land Grant Universities. Authorizes appropriations. Part E: Tongass Timber Reform Act - Amends the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act to repeal the ongoing appropriations for timber utilization in the Tongass National Forest, Alaska. Repeals the requirement for identifying lands unsuitable for timber production in such Forest. Repeals the reporting requirement on the adequacy of timber supply from Forest lands. Requires the biennial report on such Forest to include the impact of timber management on subsistence resources, wildlife, and fisheries habitats, biological diversity, the old growth rain forest ecosystem, and other specified items. Requires the southeast Alaska commercial fishing industry to be included for cooperation and consultation in a study of the Forest timber supply and demand. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to terminate specified long-term timber sale contracts, and to revise the Tongass National Forest Land Management Plan of 1979 in a manner that fully protects long-term environmental and recreational concerns. Requires such Secretary to report to certain congressional committees regarding the status of such Forest Plan revision schedule. Imposes a moratorium on timber sales and harvest until the Forest Plan is completely revised and ready for implementation. Title IX: Development Assistance - Directs the Secretary of State, in conjunction with the Administrator of the Agency for International Development and other specified officials, to report to the Congress on the status of forest resources in tropical countries, including a forest and agroforestry plan with goals for each tropical country. Requires: (1) the Administrator to ensure that all activities supported by U.S. bilateral foreign assistance are consistent with such plan; and (2) the Administrator to take into account each country's measure of success in meeting plan goals when allocating development assistance monies. Prescribes guidelines under which the Secretaries of State and of the Treasury and the President must promote multilateral tropical forestry programs, and report to the Congress regarding the progress made by each of the multilateral development banks, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Program, the United Nations Development Program, and the International Tropical Timber Organization. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to promulgate regulations within one year after enactment of this Act requiring wood and products containing imported wood to bear a label disclosing the scientific and common names of such wood and the countries of origin. Directs such Secretary to impose a tropical woods tax upon products containing specified woods. Requires such Secretary to promulgate regulations prohibiting the importation of wood and wood products containing wood from: (1) tropical forest countries that have not achieved the forest plan goals; (2) countries that import wood or products containing wood harvested in tropical countries that have not achieved forest plan goals; and (3) countries that permit transit of wood or products containing wood harvested in tropical countries that have not achieved forest plan goals. Requires the Secretary to report annually to the Congress on the status of import controls with respect to tropical forest countries that have not achieved the forest plan goals. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize the President to assist developing countries with research and development programs aimed at energy efficiency and energy transmission facilities. Prohibits assistance for large-scale production of energy. Prescribes guidelines under which the President is directed to provide support to aid-receiving countries with emphasis upon least-cost energy planning. Requires the President to report annually to the Congress regarding the bilateral energy program, including the progress made in reducing greenhouse gas emission. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. Executive Director of each multilateral development bank to: (1) vigorously promote the adoption by each bank of a least-cost energy planning program containing specified components; and (2) oppose, except in certain instances, financial or technical assistance to any borrowing country if a least-cost energy plan is not in place. Directs the Secretary of State to instruct the Ambassador to the United Nations to: (1) vigorously encourage the United Nations Development Program implementing energy conservation and efficiency programs for recipient countries; and (2) oppose the adoption of country programs for any country for which a least-cost energy planning program giving priority to energy conservation, end use energy efficiency, and renewable energy sources is not in place. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of State to report annually to the Congress regarding the progress of the multilateral development banks and the United Nations Development Program in implementing energy conservation measures. Declares that it is the policy of the United States that its economic assistance programs to developing countries should encourage least-cost, sustainable transportation policies and practices based on a diverse mix of motorized and nonmotorized transport modes which minimize fuel needs and reduce carbon-dioxide emissions. Directs the Administrator of the Agency for International Development to: (1) implement a study of the Agency's transportation-related programs and of the multilateral development bank policies regarding their transportation-related lending practices to recipient countries; and (2) redirect part of the Agency's resources to provide nonmotorized low-cost vehicles that can be sustained in the long term. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. Executive Director of each multilateral development bank to increase the emphasis on nonmotorized, low-cost and energy efficient alternatives to private motor vehicles. Directs the Peace Corps to encourage the use of nonmotorized transport technologies in the projects it undertakes. Specifies non-motorized transportation policies to be promoted by the U.S. Government in implementing its development assistance programs. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to modify the loan terms on up to one-half of the sovereign debt owed the United States by developing countries as a condition of adopting forest and energy conservation programs. Directs the Secretary to promulgate regulations implementing such environmental conservation and debt reduction program within one year after the enactment of this Act. Directs the Administrator of the Agency for International Development to report biennially to the Congress regarding the status of energy conservation and efficiency for each country receiving Federal development assistance monies. Requires the Administrator of the Agency for International Development to report to the Congress regarding the options and strategies for the use of bilateral and multilateral development assistance programs sponsored by the United States to control emissions of certain greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. Title X: International Activities - Directs the Secretary of State to convene an international meeting in the United States by the end of 1992 to adopt a global climate protection agreement with measures at least as stringent as those in this Act. Sets forth a percentage reductions schedule for emissions of specified gases. Directs the Secretary of State to: (1) initiate negotiations for the adoption of a binding multilateral agreement requiring specified reductions of nitrogen oxide emissions by 1998; (2) request and, if necessary, convene the parties to the Montreal protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer for possible control measures reassessment; and (3) convene an international meeting to exchange information regarding energy efficiency and solar/renewable energy resources that are environmentally sustainable. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. Executive Directors of multilateral development banks to promote lending policies which emphasize specified aspects of energy conservation, renewable energy source, greenhouse gas emissions, and least-cost non-motorized transportation systems. Directs the Administrator of the Agency for International Development to take specified measures concerning: (1) biological diversity conservation; (2) renewable energy resources and conservation; and (3) assistance to developing countries in the use of agricultural and industrial chemicals. Declares U.S. policy with respect to domestic and international efforts to deal with the greenhouse effect. Requests the President to take steps to establish a long-term study of the greenhouse effect, beginning with a one-year cooperative international research program started during or before 1991. Names the year of such program the "International Year of the Greenhouse Effect." Directs the Environmental Protection Agency to develop and implement programs with respect to: (1) chlorofluorocarbon replacement; (2) methane control; (3) energy efficiency; and (4) alternative energy sources. Authorizes appropriations. Title XI: World Population Growth -Declares it is the policy of the United States that family planning services should be made available to all persons requesting them. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1995 for international population and family planning assistance. Prohibits the use of such funds for: (1) involuntary sterilization or abortion; or (2) the coercion of any person to accept family planning services. Requests the President to initiate an international conference on population, and to seek an international agreement on population growth. Establishes a National Commission on Population, Environment, and Natural Resources to prepare reports and convene conferences. Terminates such Commission three years after the enactment of this Act. Mandates that multilateral development banks adopt guidelines promoting lending strategies which emphasize the maintenance of sustainable world population levels. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1993. Title XII: Recyclable Materials - Directs the Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of Health and Human Services to report to the Congress the results of a study regarding degradable materials and recycling methodologies. Requires the Secretary of Defense to report to the Congress the results of a study regarding the national security implications of requiring the use of degradable materials in items procured by the Department of Defense, and of requiring the Department to comply with specified prohibitions against the use of nondegradable materials. Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency biennially to submit an updated report to the President and the Congress regarding Federal, State, and local policies and practices in recycling government wastes and procuring recyclable materials. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to report to the Congress the results of a pilot project to develop and demonstrate a viable technology for composting municipal waste and sewage sludge. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to appoint a Director of Recycling Research and Information to: (1) make grants for recycling research and development; (2) establish a national database information clearinghouse for recyclable materials; (3) report annually to the Congress regarding the status of recyclable wastes; and (4) make grants for scientific research on the use of plastic materials as part of a recycling program. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1994. Sets forth civil and criminal penalties for offenses involving the production, manufacturing, distribution or selling of specified nonrecycled consumer goods which have been proscribed by the Secretary of Commerce under regulations jointly issued with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Requires the Secretary of Commerce periodically to update the list of proscribed nonrecycled consumer goods.
United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1989
Provides for all Federal civilian and military retirees to receive the full cost-of-living adjustment in annuities payable under Federal retirement systems for FY 1990. (Includes benefits payable under the Civil Service Retirement and Disability System, military retirement and survivor benefit programs, the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System, the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and railroad retirement programs.)
United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1989
Prohibits all U.S. military and economic assistance for Turkey until the President certifies to the Congress that negotiations have achieved significant progress toward establishing a constitutional democracy in Cyprus and that the Turkish Government has: (1) withdrawn all Turkish military forces, in excess of those permitted by the 1960 Treaty of Guarantee, and all illegal Turkish colonists from Cyprus; (2) returned the area of Famagusta/Varosha to the Government of Cyprus; (3) returned the five Americans abducted by the Turkish invasion forces in 1974 and the 1,614 Greek Cypriots who have been missing since the Turkish invasion; (4) withdrawn its recognition of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus; and (5) taken steps to reverse the illegal declaration of an independent state in northern Cyprus.
United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1989
Designates September 1, 1989, as National Day of Recognition of the Polish Armed Forces of World War II.
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1989
Civilian Conservation Corps II Act - Establishes the Civilian Conservation Corps II. Makes the Secretary of the Interior (the Secretary) responsible for administration and oversight of the Corps. Requires Corps work projects to be consistent with the mission or function of each participating Federal, State, local, or tribal land managing agency. Directs the Secretary and the Secretary of Agriculture to assure that such work projects are consistent with the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 and other prescribed standards. Limits membership in the Corps to individuals who, at the time of enrollment, are: (1) unemployed; (2) 16 through 25 years of age; and (3) U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents, or lawfully admitted refugees or parolees. Requires that applicants under 19 years of age give adequate assurances that they did not leave school for the express purpose of enrolling. Makes selection of Corps members the responsibility of the chief administrator of each participating land managing agency. Gives membership selection preference to minority youths and to youths residing in rural or urban areas with substantial youth unemployment. Limits the period of Corps enrollment for any member to 24 months, which may be served continuously or in two or three shorter terms. Permits members to complete a continuous term after attaining age 26. Prohibits enrollment solely for school vacation periods. Provides for the establishment of residential and nonresidential Corps camps, including provisions for Corps camp management. Permits Corps members to volunteer to enlist in armed forces reserves or in National Guards, except that periods of active duty shall not be considered as time served in the Corps. Amends the Military Selective Service Act to exempt persons who have completed a two-year enrollment in the Corps from induction for training and service, except during the period of a war or a national emergency. Authorizes the Secretary to award grants or enter into agreements for the funding and operation of Corps camps with Federal, State, or local agencies or tribal organizations which certify that specified requirements shall be met. Directs the Secretary to give selection preference to projects which: (1) can be planned and initiated promptly; (2) will be labor-intensive; (3) will provide meaningful work experience to the Corps members involved; and (4) will provide long-term benefits to the public. Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish wage, hour, and working condition standards; (2) provide for the collection and sale of biomass recovered by Corps camp projects; and (3) arrange, with the assistance of the Secretary of Education, for academic credit awards for Corps experience and for academic study by Corps members. Directs the Secretary to report annually to the President and the Congress on the activities carried out under this Act. Sets forth nondiscrimination provisions. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1992 to carry out this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1989
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, until September 30, 1992, to conduct a program to provide care and treatment and rehabilitative services in halfway houses, therapeutic communities, psychiatric residential treatment centers, and other community-based treatment facilities to homeless veterans suffering from chronic mental illness disabilities. Requires the Secretary, before providing such care, to approve the quality and effectiveness of the program operated by such facility. Authorizes the Secretary to provide in-kind assistance to a non-Department of Veterans Affairs facility which is furnishing care and services to veterans under these provisions, with certain limitations, including reimbursement to the Department for the full cost of such assistance. Directs the Secretary to report to the Senate and House Veterans' Affairs Committees on the experience of the Department with regard to the provision of such care and services and continuation of the program.
United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1989
Extends through FY 1991: (1) the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to collect a loan fee from each veteran obtaining a housing loan guaranteed, made, or insured by the Department of Veterans Affairs; and (2) certain procedures to be followed in the event of default by a veteran on such a loan.
United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1989
Prohibits any active duty, commissioned officer in the armed forces from serving as the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, or any other similar position.
United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1989
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. 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.
United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1989
Deems a named decedent to have made an election to provide an annuity to his former spouse in accordance with their separation agreement, for purposes of determining the spouse's eligibility for an annuity under the military Survivor Benefit Plan. Provides for a lump sum payment of such amount.
United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1989
National Voluntary Service and Educational Opportunity Act of 1989 - Title I: Establishment of the Citizens Corps - Establishes the Citizens Corps, which shall provide the following national service options: (1) Civilian Service; (2) Service in the Armed Forces; and (3) Senior Service. Allows individuals to serve in the Civilian Service who: (1) are age 17 or over; (2) have received a high school diploma or its equivalent; and (3) are U.S. citizens or permanent residents. Allows individuals to be eligible to enlist for service in the Armed Forces as Citizen Corps members (subject to existing personnel requirements of the armed forces) who: (1) have received a high school diploma or its equivalent; (2) satisfy applicable enlistment requirements; and (3) satisfy other eligibility criteria established by the Secretary of Defense. Allows individuals to serve in the Senior Service who: (1) are age 65 or over; and (2) meet eligibility criteria established by the Corporation for National Service. Makes such Civilian Service one year of full-time national service, with the option of requesting an additional year. Makes such Armed Forces Service either: (1) two years of active duty in the armed forces, two years in the Selected Reserve of a reserve component, and four years in the Individual Ready Reserve; or (2) eight years in the Selected Reserve of a reserve component. Makes the Senior Service for such time period as the Corporation for National Service allows and either full- or part-time. Provides that Civilian Service or Senior Service members may perform national service to meet the unmet needs of a State, local government, or other community. Allows such service to include the following types: (1) educational service (such as literacy and numeracy programs, Head Start, tutoring, and service in schools, libraries, and adult education centers); (2) human service (such as service in hospitals, hospices, clinics, community health centers, homes for the elderly, and child-care centers, and in programs assisting the elderly, poor, and homeless, including improving their housing); (3) conservation service (such as conservation of urban and rural natural resources, community betterment); (4) public safety service in support of the criminal justice system (including police, courts, prisons, and border patrol); and (5) service in existing national programs (such as the Peace Corps and VISTA). Directs the Secretary of Defense to designate appropriate national service positions for Citizens Corps members serving in the armed forces. Sets forth application requirements for Civilian Service and Senior Service. Directs the Secretary of Defense to establish a system to enlist individuals for service in the armed forces as Citizens Corps members. Title II: Administration of the Citizens Corps - Subtitle A: Administration of the Civilian Service and Senior Service - Makes the Corporation for National Service responsible for administering the Civilian Service and Senior Service of the Citizens Corps. Establishes the Corporation for National Service (CNS) as a nonprofit corporation which shall not be considered an agency or establishment of the U.S. Government. Makes the CNS subject to this Act and, if consistent with this Act, the District of Columbia Nonprofit Corporation Act. Directs CNS to establish: (1) types and amounts of allowances and support for Civilian and Senior Service members; (2) appropriate types of national service activities for such members; (3) procedures to monitor provision of financial assistance under title III of this Act to assure that Citizens Corps members and graduates faithfully perform and complete their service; (4) procedures to examine the effect of such national service on the availability and terms of employment in an area; and (5) rates of pay, eligibility criteria, and terms of service for Senior Service members. Directs CNS to make general grants, pursuant to a specified allocation formula, to assist States in: (1) paying civilian and senior service member stipends and wages; (2) providing and administering national service opportunities for such members; and (3) making grants to national service councils in each State. Authorizes CNS to make supplemental grants during a fiscal year to: (1) States which have an unusual increase in Civilian and Senior Service members (excluding those serving with Federal agencies) in such fiscal year; and (2) Federal agencies, to assist them in placing Civilian and Senior Service members for such fiscal year. Directs CNS also to: (1) serve as a clearinghouse for national service opportunities information; (2) assist States in placing applicants in out-of-State positions, if they are unable to place them in within-State positions; (3) assist Federal agencies in acquiring national service participants; (4) investigate claims of abuses in placement or administration; and (5) issue rules for administering and monitoring service performance and provision of service opportunities. Subtitle B: Provision of National Service Positions for Members of the Civilian Service and Senior Service - Directs each State Governor to: (1) prepare a national service plan for the State, specifying priorities; and (2) designate volunteer service areas in the State. Requires each volunteer service area to have a national service council. Requires such councils to: (1) recruit and place volunteers; (2) prepare and implement a plan for such purposes; (3) provide oversight; and (4) perform other duties. Conditions the provision of funds to a national service council upon its being certified and its volunteer recruitment and placement plan's being approved. Requires councils to consider agency effectiveness and community-basing in selecting service sponsors, i.e. the public agencies or public or nonprofit organizations with which the Civilian or Senior Service members are placed. Requires the Council to take measures to prevent worker displacement. Requires each State to establish grievance procedures for resolving complaints of regular employees or their representatives that placement of Service members violates such prohibitions of worker displacement. Provides for appeal of State decisions under such procedures to CNS. Authorizes CNS to require private nonprofit corporations to pay to CNS up to $1,000 per Service member placed in a position with such organization. Provides for reduction of such payment to reflect part-time or less than full-year service. Subtitle C: Administration of the Citizens Corps with regard to Service in the Armed Forces - Makes the Secretary of Defense responsible for administering the Citizens Corps with regard to service by Citizens Corps members in the armed forces, and to issue rules for such purpose within 60 days. Title III: Benefits for Participating in the Citizens Corps - Requires States and Federal agencies to provide $100 per week stipends to Civilian Service members. Requires CNS to provide such members with health insurance. Authorizes CNS to provide other appropriate support assistance. Requires States and Federal agencies to pay an hourly wage determined by CNS to Senior Service members. Authorizes CNS to provide other appropriate support assistance. Requires that Citizens Corps members serving in the armed forces receive 66 percent of the rate applicable to other armed forces members of the same pay grade and years of service, for their basic pay and basic allowances for subsistence and quarters. Makes such Citizens Corps members and graduates ineligible for specified benefits for other members and veterans of the armed forces. Establishes certain educational and housing benefits for those who complete Citizens Corps service in the Civilian Service or in the armed forces. Provides that such financial benefits shall be to assist such individuals to: (1) pursue a program of education or training at an educational institution or training establishment; or (2) purchase or construct a dwelling to be owned and occupied by such individuals as their primary residence. Excludes such assistance from gross income for income tax purposes. Sets the amount of such education and housing benefits for Civilian Service at not to exceed $10,000 for each year of the term of service completed. Allows CNS to provide portions of such assistance to individuals who are released from such service for just cause. Sets the amount of such education and housing benefits for Citizens Corps service in the armed forces at: (1) not to exceed $24,000 for completion of two years honorable service on active duty, if the member agrees to complete the honorable service obligation selected; and (2) not to exceed $12,000 for each year of satisfactory participation in training in the Selected Reserve, if the member agrees to complete the honorable service obligation selected. Allows the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide portions of such assistance to Citizens Corps members released with an honorable discharge from completing a service obligation in the armed forces. Limits the use of such assistance to the ten-year period after completion of service, unless it is determined that an individual was unavoidably prevented from using such assistance during such time period. Title IV: Miscellaneous Provisions - Entitles individuals who successfully complete terms of service in the Peace Corps or VISTA to educational and housing benefits. Provides that entitlement to benefits shall be in the same manner as for a member of the Civilian Service, even though such individuals are not members of such Service; but reduces such benefits to reflect the amount of compensation received by such volunteers over and above the amount of the stipend for Civilian Service members. Authorizes appropriations to carry out this Act for FY 1991 through 1993.
United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1989
Independent Defense Procurement Corps Act of 1989 - Title I: Independent Defense Procurement Corps - Establishes as an independent agency in the executive branch the Independent Defense Procurement Corps. Requires the Director of the Corps to establish a personnel system for civilian personnel within the Corps. Allows current members of the armed forces to fill the initial staff requirements of the Corps for no longer than five years after enactment of this Act, unless certain conditions have been met. Requires the Corps to carry out all procurement functions of the Department of Defense (DOD). Requires the Corps to: (1) operate as the sole negotiator between the private sector and DOD in defense procurement business; (2) seek and receive evaluations and advice from specified officials within DOD about the need and justification for property and services; and (3) carry out functions and relevant acquisition regulations of DOD relating to the research, development, and production of property and services. Requires the Secretary of Defense to be the chief liaison between DOD and the Corps for purposes of communicating the views of DOD, including the military departments and defense agencies, on acquisition matters. Prohibits a person from serving as Director if such person has been employed by a defense contractor or the Corps, has served on active duty with the armed forces, or has been a consultant to DOD during the three-year period before being nominated as Director. Prohibits a former Director from accepting compensation for a period of five years after leaving office from any person under contract with DOD or the Corps during the period in which such person served as Director. Provides similar three-year limitations for staff members of the Corps. Requires the Director to submit to the President, the Congress, and the Secretary of Defense annual reports on the activities of the Corps. Terminates the position of Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition. Transfers to the Director all procurement functions from various offices within the departments and agencies of DOD. Title II: Inspector General for Defense Procurement - Establishes the Office of the Inspector General for Defense Procurement as an independent office in the executive branch. Requires the Inspector General to appoint: (1) an Assistant Inspector General for Auditing who shall be responsible for auditing the programs and operations of the Corps; and (2) an Assistant Inspector General for Investigations who shall be responsible for supervising the performance of investigative activities relating to such programs and operations. Prohibits a person from serving as Inspector General if such person has been employed by, or has been a consultant to, a person under contract with DOD or the Corps, has served on active duty as an officer in the armed forces, or has been a consultant to DOD during the five-year period ending on the date on which the person is nominated to be Inspector General. Prohibits a former Inspector General from accepting compensation for five years after serving in such position from any person under contract with DOD or the Corps during the period in which the person served as Inspector General. Provides similar three-year limitations for employees of the Office. Prohibits any member of the armed forces, active or reserve, from being appointed to the Office under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1989
Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Land Withdrawal Act of 1989 - States as the purpose of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) (a project authorized under the Department of Energy National Security and Military Applications of Nuclear Energy Authorization Act of 1980 as a research facility for demonstrating the safe disposal of radioactive waste) to receive, handle, and permanently dispose of defense transuranic waste. Sets forth the capacity of the WIPP. Declares that such waste shall be retrievable until the Secretary of Energy has complied with environmental standards for disposal of such waste established pursuant to this Act. Limits the type and amount of defense remote-handled transuranic waste that will be shipped to and handled by the WIPP. States that such plant is not designed for high-level radioactive waste. States that this Act shall be deemed to amend a specified provision of the Department of Energy National Security and Military Applications of Nuclear Energy Authorization Act of 1980. Applies this Act with respect to any items in conflict with the Agreement for Consultation and Cooperation entered into in accordance with this Act. Withdraws lands to be known as the WIPP in Eddy County, New Mexico, from all forms of entry and disposal under public land, mining, and mineral and geothermal leasing laws. Transfers such land from the Secretary of the Interior to the Secretary of Energy. Provides that such withdrawal shall not take effect until: (1) the Final Safety Analysis Report prepared under Department of Energy (DOE) safety analysis procedures is submitted to specified parties for review; and (2) the Secretary of Energy notifies the Congress that he has approved the Report. Revokes specified public land orders made inconsistent by this Act. Describes the land to be so transferred. Directs the Secretary of the Interior, within 30 days after enactment of this Act, to: (1) publish notice in the Federal Register of the lands withdrawn and reserved pursuant to this Act; and (2) file copies of appropriate land maps and legal descriptions of such land with the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, the House Interior and Insular Affairs Committee, the Secretary of Energy, and the State of New Mexico. Provides a disclaimer of the United States to any water rights on the withdrawn land. Requires the Secretary to be responsible for the management of the withdrawn lands and to consult and cooperate with the State of New Mexico in discharging responsibilities required under this Act. Directs the Secretary to develop a management plan for the withdrawn lands, requiring any use of such lands to be subject to such conditions and restrictions as may be necessary to permit the use of such lands for WIPP activities. Provides that, in addition to other uses, the management plan shall provide for domestic livestock grazing, hunting and trapping, maintenance of wildlife habitat, and the disposal of salt tailings remaining on the surface, as well as mining. Authorizes the Secretary to close to the public any part of such withdrawn lands if required for public health and safety. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into cooperative agreements with: (1) the Secretary of the Interior and the State of New Mexico for the administration of grazing within the withdrawn lands; and (2) the State of New Mexico for the maintenance of the wildlife habitat of such lands. Directs the Secretary to submit the required management plan to the aforementioned congressional committees, as well as to the State of New Mexico. Directs the Secretary, in consultation with specified officials and agencies, to prepare a proposed experimental plan with respect to the WIPP. Requires the Secretary to submit such plan to the Environmental Evaluation Group (EEG), a scientific evaluation group for the WIPP to be established under this Act, and the State of New Mexico. Provides that within 60 days of receipt of such plan, the EEG or the State of New Mexico shall notify the Secretary of agreement or disagreement with the plan. Provides steps to be taken if the EEG or the State of New Mexico disagrees with such plan. Provides for ongoing review by the EEG and the State of New Mexico of all data, reports, and other material concerning the experimental program plan developed and implemented by the Secretary. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress on such program no later than two years after such program begins. Requires the Secretary, with respect to the WIPP, to be in compliance with appropriate EPA standards of waste management and storage, as well as with transuranic waste disposal standards. Directs the Secretary and the Administrator of the EPA to submit to the Congress a statement of compliance, prior to the permanent disposal of such waste at the WIPP. Requires the Secretary to conduct an annual demonstration at the WIPP that all transuranic waste stored there can be readily retrieved. Outlines administrative procedures with respect to such annual demonstrations. Outlines procedures to be followed if it is found that the waste is not readily retrievable. Limits the amount of radioactive waste to be received by the WIPP before it has demonstrated compliance with all the applicable standards and retrievability safeguards. Provides that, if the Administrator finds that the environmental standards for disposal of transuranic wastes have not been complied with, the Secretary shall notify the Congress within 30 days and shall remove the waste as soon as possible, decommission the WIPP, terminate the land withdrawal provided for in this Act, and transfer such lands to the Secretary of the Interior for management by the Bureau of Land Management. Authorizes additional time for compliance with standards (not to exceed 12 months) as agreed to by the Governor of New Mexico and the Secretary. Requires the WIPP to use both engineered and natural barriers to isolate the transuranic waste after disposal to the extent required by the EPA. Directs the Administrator to: (1) promulgate in the Federal Register proposed environmental standards for disposal of transuranic wastes not later than 12 months after the enactment of this Act; and (2) issue in the Federal Register such standards no later than two years after the enactment of this Act. Prohibits any high-level radioactive waste from being brought to the WIPP for any purpose. Revokes the authority of the Secretary (as provided under prior Federal law) to conduct high-level radioactive waste experiments at the WIPP. Prohibits the transport of transuranic waste to the WIPP until: (1) the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has certified a method of packaging for the transportation of such waste; and (2) the Secretary has fulfilled requirements of this Act with respect to the experimental program, has completed an environmental impact statement, and has approved a Final Safety Analysis Report for the WIPP. Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary to provide in-kind and cash assistance for emergency response-related activities to New Mexico and any other State or Indian tribe through whose jurisdiction the Secretary plans to transport transuranic waste to or from the WIPP. Requires transuranic waste transported to or from the WIPP to be in packages that have been certified by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission as safe for the transportation of such material. Directs the Secretary, prior to any such transportation, to properly notify State and local governments and Indian tribes. Provides certain priorities in shipping for transuranic waste currently stored at specified storage plants. Directs the Secretary, to the maximum extent practicable, to continue to encourage business and employment opportunities related to the WIPP that may be conducive to the State of New Mexico, especially Lea and Eddy Counties, and report annually thereon to the State of New Mexico. Requires the Secretary to enter into benefits agreements with the State of New Mexico to provide financial and technical assistance to the State to study and mitigate the impact of the WIPP on the State and local governments. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1994 for such assistance. Directs the Secretary to enter into negotiations relating to a certain mineral tract within the withdrawn lands. Authorizes appropriations to acquire such mineral interests. Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary to provide financial and technical assistance to the State to prepare a report in conjunction with any such request. Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary to provide a grant each fiscal year to the State of New Mexico and each unit of local government in which such withdrawn land is located for payments equivalent to the taxes that would be generated by WIPP activities on the withdrawn lands. Directs the Secretary, no later than five years after the enactment of this Act, to report to the appropriate congressional committees, the State of New Mexico, the Administrator, and the EEG a plan for managing the WIPP after decommissioning. Directs the Secretary, within the same time span, to publish in the Federal Register a plan for the management and use of the withdrawn lands following the decommissioning of the WIPP. Authorizes the Secretary to permanently dispose of transuranic waste at the WIPP when certain requirements of this Act have been fulfilled and the Administrator concurs that the Secretary has complied with EPA standards established under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1989
Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to add certain highways to the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways (System) in exchange for the removal from the System of other highways connecting the same points. Disclaims any Federal financial responsibility for a highway which has been so designated, except with respect to specified Federal funds available for resurfacing, restoring, rehabilitating, and reconstructing System highways.
United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1989
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. 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.
United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1989
Directs the President to impose certain sanctions against persons who export, transfer, or otherwise engage in the trade of any Missile Technology Control Regime item in violation of the U.S. export control laws. Declares such sanctions to include the: (1) denial of an export license; (2) prohibiting of all contracting with, or procurement of any products and services from, such violator; and (3) prohibiting of imports from such violator. Requires the President to report to the Congress: (1) within ten days before imposing or waiving any such sanction; and (2) annually about the status of any sanctions or sanction waivers.
United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1989
Establishes a uniform method for determining the pay of prevailing rate employees. (Current provisions exclude prevailing rate employees of the Department of Defense.)
United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1989
Amends the Consumer Credit Protection Act (title VII of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act) to prohibit discrimination by creditors on the basis of the grade of an applicant who is a member of the armed forces.