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Bill· HRH.R. 5965 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 October 1990
Title I: General Provisions - Coastal Defense Initiative of 1990 - Sets forth congressional findings and definitions. Title II: Coastal Water Quality - Amends the Clean Water Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to submit to the Congress a five-year schedule for developing and revising criteria for pollutants which pose the greatest risk to coastal waters. Requires the Administrator to publish biological and sediment criteria for assessing coastal water quality to complement the pollutant-specific criteria. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to provide technical and scientific assistance to the Administrator with regard to the development of sediment criteria. Directs coastal States, whenever they review water quality standards, to adopt standards for pollutants for which criteria have been issued. Requires the Administrator to promulgate standards for States that fail to do so. Directs coastal States to develop coastal water quality protection programs. Requires such programs to: (1) identify coastal waters for which standards or designated uses are not expected to be achieved without additional control measures or waters threatened by foreseeable increases in pollutant loadings; (2) implement pollution control measures for such waters; (3) identify coastal waters requiring additional intensive efforts and implement remedial programs for such waters; (4) establish a system to assure that permits and other activities are consistent with pollution control measures; and (5) provide for public participation and improve coordination among State and local officials responsible for land use programs and permitting, water quality planning and permitting, habitat protection, and living resource management. Sets forth program approval procedures. Prohibits specified Federal assistance with respect to coastal waters to States that fail to submit approved water quality protection programs. Requires the Administrator to issue orders to, or commence civil actions against, States that fail to implement coastal water quality protection programs. Authorizes citizen suits against the United States for failures to comply with coastal water quality protection requirements. Directs coastal States to designate outstanding coastal resource waters with particular ecological, recreational, or aesthetic values or biological significance, taking into account fisheries and shellfish resources, habitat, and recreational uses. Requires such States to ensure that the coastal water quality and designated uses of such waters is protected, maintained, and enhanced. Prohibits the issuance or renewal of permits for discharges into estuaries nominated for the National Estuary Program, except in compliance with specified guidelines. Directs the Administrator to review and revise guidelines to prevent the degradation of coastal water quality and to reflect changes made by this Act. Authorizes State Governors to request the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to enter into a cooperative agreement to permit a State or political subdivision to enforce requirements for marine sanitation devices. Requires such agreements to authorize States or political subdivisions to assess and retain required penalties. Directs the Director of the Fish and Wildlife Service and the Administrator to notify the fish and game and water pollution control authorities of each coastal State of the funds available under the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act to finance shoreside pumpout stations for marine sanitation devices in conjunction with approved Federal aid projects. Requires the EPA and the Coast Guard to study and report to the Congress on: (1) the number of operational pumpout facilities in each State; (2) the number of facilities needed to handle such devices in each State; and (3) the type of marinas and ports where such facilities should be located. Directs the Administrator to: (1) identify pollution control measures for controlling the introduction of pollutants into coastal waters from nonpoint sources; (2) develop techniques for evaluating the effectiveness of such measures; and (3) make available to State and local authorities technical guidance for implementing and monitoring such measures. Requires St. Johns River Estuary, Florida, and Morro Bay, California, to be given priority consideration for inclusion in the National Estuary Program. Requires management conferences under the National Estuary Program to be convened for at least ten years (currently, up to five years). Authorizes the Administrator to extend a conference for an additional five years if the affected Governors concur in the extension and the extension is necessary to meet requirements. Revises approval and implementation procedures for conservation and management plans under the Program. Authorizes the Administrator to make grants for the implementation of such plans. Extends the authorization of appropriations for Program activities. Requires the Administrator to establish an office in the vicinity of Long Island Sound to carry out the Long Island Sound conservation and management plan. Authorizes supplemental appropriations for the implementation of conservation and management plans for Puget Sound, Washington, Albemarle Sound, North Carolina, and Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts. Extends the authorization of appropriations for the Chesapeake Bay program through FY 1992. Directs the Administrator to report to the Congress on the feasibility of designating an alternative site to the mud dump site at a distance at least 20 miles from the shoreline. Requires the Secretary of the Army and the Administrator to submit to the Congress a plan for the long-term management of dredged material from the New York/New Jersey Harbor region. Directs the Secretary to implement a demonstration project for disposing up to ten percent annually of material dredged from such region in an environmentally sound manner other than ocean disposal. Permits only dredged material that meets criteria of the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act to be dumped at the mud dump site. Authorizes appropriations. Repeals a provision of the Water Resources Development Act concerning alternatives to the mud dump for disposal of dredged materials. Directs the Administrator to publish regulations requiring interim measures to control floatables in combined sewer overflow discharges into coastal waters. Authorizes the Administrator to conduct demonstration projects for: (1) the control of nonpoint sources of pollution entering coastal waters from Navesink and Shrewsbury River Basin, New Jersey; and (2) the elimination of contamination of the waters in the vicinity of Woodlawn Beach, Hamburg, New York, from nonpoint sources of pollution from surface runoff and septic system contamination entering Rush and Blasdell Creeks. Requires the non-Federal share of such projects to be 50 percent of the total cost. Directs the Administrator to implement four model demonstration programs for coastal waters to evaluate innovative nonpoint source pollution control measures through systems for allocating and exchanging discharge credits and pollution offsets between point and nonpoint sources of pollution. Applies such program only to conventional pollutants, nitrogen, and phosphorus. Sets forth program requirements. Modifies the New York Harbor collection and removal of drift projects to: (1) require, after 1990, material collected by the Secretary to be disposed of by alternative methods (other than burning); and (2) prohibit, after 1993, the burning of wood collected in carrying out the project on ocean waters. Provides that, effective January 1, 1991, and until December 31, 1993, at least half of the wood collected under the project shall be disposed by alternative methods of disposal. Requires the Administrator to continue to issue permits for the disposal of wood by burning on ocean waters until December 31, 1993, and to designate an interim site for such disposal. Ends such permitting when an alternative method of disposal is determined to be acceptable. Title III: Coastal Management - Amends the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to require State coastal management agencies to submit Aquatic Resources Protection Programs to the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere for approval. Declares that the purpose of such programs shall be to develop and implement measures for managing land uses which contribute to the pollution or degradation of coastal waters. Sets forth required contents of such programs and approval procedures. Makes States that fail to submit programs ineligible for specified funds under this Act. Requires the Under Secretary to withdraw specified percentages of grants, based on the number of years of noncompliance, from such States. Provides for: (1) technical assistance to States and local governments for implementing such programs; and (2) grants (on a matching basis) to coastal States for such programs. Requires the Under Secretary and the Administrator to review the inland coastal zone boundary of each State program to evaluate whether such boundary extends inland to the extent necessary to control land and water uses having a significant impact on State coastal waters. Directs the Under Secretary to recommend appropriate boundary modifications to the State if such modifications are necessary to more effectively manage land and water uses to protect coastal waters. Requires State agencies responsible for coastal zone management to nominate representatives to serve on management conferences convened under the National Estuary Program for waters within the jurisdiction of such States. Title IV: Coastal Water Quality Monitoring Program - Establishes the National Coastal Water Quality Monitoring Task Force to develop and implement a national strategy for conducting coastal water quality monitoring programs. Requires the Administrator to issue guidelines for such programs. Directs the Task Force to establish a Regional Coastal Water Quality Monitoring Team for each coastal region. Requires such teams to designate high priority coastal waters and develop monitoring programs for such waters. Sets forth requirements for coastal water quaity monitoring programs. Sets forth submission and approval procedures for such programs. Authorizes the Administrator to develop programs for regions without approved programs. Prohibits the Task Force from approving any program unless participating States provide at least 25 percent of the cost of implementing the program. Directs teams to compile information on the quantity, type, and location of contaminated sediments in coastal waters and the degree to which such sediments may pose risks to human health and the environment. Requires the Administrator, the Under Secretary, and State Governors to ensure compliance with such programs. Deems requirements of approved programs to be requirements of title I of the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 and requires such programs to be submitted for approval as part of a coastal zone management program under the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972. Directs the Administrator to report to the Congress on: (1) combined sewer overflows from which discharges into U.S. waters occur; and (2) the scope and severity of contaminated sediments in U.S. coastal waters. Title V: Compliance and Enforcement - Requires the Administrator to provide to Federal agencies a list of persons introducing pollutants into coastal waters who have been found to be in significant noncompliance with: (1) discharge permits issued pursuant to the Clean Water Act; or (2) requirements for specified management programs or conservation and management plans under such Act. Provides for the annual revision of such list. Prohibits Federal agencies from entering into procurement contracts with such persons if such contracts are to be performed at a facility which gave rise to such finding and is owned, leased, or operated by such persons. Waives such prohibition if the President determines that an exemption will be in the paramount interest of the United States. Prohibits Federal agencies from undertaking any development project or awarding any grant that may adversely affect coastal water quality in any coastal State that has demonstrated a substantial and willful failure to adopt and maintain coastal water quality standards and to protect designated uses for such waters. Requires penalties assessed against a discharger under the Clean Water Act to be in an amount adequate to eliminate economic benefits or savings that may have accrued to such person as a result of the violation. Makes a conforming amendment to the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972. Requires States having coastal waters that do not meet applicable water quality standards or protect and maintain designated uses to post and maintain signs at each place of public access to such waters indicating the health and environmental effects that may occur as a result of the failure to meet such standards. Deems violations of this Act to be violations of the Clean Water Act. Amends the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 to authorize the Administrator to deny the issuance of permits for the dumping of material which does not comply with specified criteria relating to the effects of ocean dumping on the marine environment. Increases civil penalties for ocean dumping violations. Authorizes payments of up to $10,000 to any person furnishing information leading to a finding of liability, civil judgment, or criminal conviction under such Act. Title VI: Funding - Establishes the Coastal Defense Fund. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Administrator and the Under Secretary to make grants from the Fund to coastal States that: (1) establish a coastal protection fund into which such grants will be deposited; (2) agree to make grants and other expenditures from such fund; and (3) agree to implement periodic reporting and accounting procedures. Outlines specific criteria to be considered by the Administrator and the Under Secretary in determining grant amounts. Allocates Fund moneys. Requires the Administrator or the Under Secretary to enter into agreements with States that describe how grants will be used and assist in achieving the objectives of this Act. Title VII: Great Lakes Water Quality Improvement - Great Lakes Water Quality Improvement Act of 1990 - Amends the Clean Water Act to extend from five to seven years the period for conducting study and demonstration projects on the removal of toxic pollutants from the Great Lakes. Includes Duluth Superior Harbor, Minnesota and Wisconsin, in the list of locations to be given priority consideration for such projects. Directs the Administrator to develop: (1) guidance for numerical limits on pollutant concentrations in the Great Lakes; and (2) guidance for the use by States and local governments in implementing pollution prevention and antidegradation procedures for pollutants. Requires the Great Lakes States (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin) to adopt water quality standards which are consistent with such guidance. Directs the Administrator to promulgate standards for Great Lakes States which fail to adopt such standards. Requires the Administrator to publish biological criteria for assessing Great Lakes water quality. Directs each Great Lakes State to submit remedial action plans to the International Joint Commission and the Director of the Great Lakes Program Office. Sets forth deadlines for the completion of specified schedules pursuant to the Great Lakes Agreement for areas of special concern. Requires the Program Office to provide technical assistance to Great Lakes States for developing such plans. Sets forth procedures for the extension of deadlines. Provides for revisions of deficient plans. Requires remedial actions to be included in such States' water quality plans. Directs the Administrator to develop a lakewide management plan for each of the Great Lakes. Requires the Administrator to submit the plan for Lake Michigan to the Commission for review. Provides for revisions of such plans, as necessary. Requires the Administrator to establish a program for making grants to Great Lakes States for the implementation of the Great Lakes Agreement and this Act. Directs the Administrator to develop consistent methods of reporting water quality data to the Commission. Authorizes and allocates appropriations. Designates a specified laboratory and research facility in Duluth, Minnesota, as the John A. Blatnik National Fresh Water Quality Research Laboratory. Title VIII: Extension of Federal Water Pollution Control Program - Amends the Clean Water Act to extend through FY 1992 the authorization of appropriations for: (1) specified research, investigations, training, and information; (2) grants to States for pollution control programs; (3) nonpoint source pollution control in rural areas; (4) interagency agreements to maintain water quality; (5) the clean lakes program; and (6) nonpoint source pollution management programs. Extends the general authorization for such Act through FY 1992. Increases the amount authorized to be appropriated for the State water pollution control revolving fund program for FY 1992. Requires the Administrator to conduct a project to demonstrate the use of constructed wetlands to improve the quality of effluent discharged from publicly owned treatment works operated by the city of Fayetteville, Arkansas, into Mud Creek or its tributaries. Sets forth non-Federal responsibilities with respect to such project. Authorizes appropriations.
Bill· HRH.R. 5962 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 27 October 1990
Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 1990 - Title I: Compensation Rate Increases - Increases the rates of compensation, dependency and indemnity compensation, and the clothing allowance payable to veterans with service-connected disabilities and their survivors. Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to adjust administratively the rates of disability compensation payable to persons who are not in receipt of compensation for service-connected disability or death. Title II: Technical Corrections and Extensions of Veterans Housing Loan Authorities - Revises the amount of veterans home loans for certain purposes exceeding $144,000 that is automatically guaranteed by the Government. Applies such revisions to loans guaranteed beginning December 18, 1989. Repeals the expiration date of the Secretary's property management authority with respect to property acquired by the Secretary as a result of defaults on veterans' housing loans. Title III: Extension of Certain Health-Care Authorities - Extends: (1) veterans' health-care eligibility based on Agent Orange or ionizing radiation exposure: (2) the authority to make contracts and grants to the Veterans Memorial Medical Center in the Philippines; and (3) the authorization for a pilot program of mobile health-care clinics under the Veterans' Benefits and Services Act of 1988. Title IV: Miscellaneous - Extends the date until which a veteran may be considered to be a veteran of the Vietnam Era for purposes of disabled veterans' employment and training benefits. Increases the limitation on pension payments from $60 to $90 a month to or for a veteran having neither spouse nor child for any period after the month in which such veteran is readmitted for hospital or institutionalized care by the Department of Veterans Affairs. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out administrative reorganizations with respect to the realignment of management responsibility for: (1) the Department of Veterans Affairs Data Processing Centers; and (2) Information Resources Management operational functions and components within the Department's Central Office. Authorizes the Secretary to pay the expenses of leases for regional and field offices for any fiscal year using funds available to the Secretary for such fiscal year for general operating expenses of the Department.
Law· HJRESH.J.Res. 687 (101st)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 27 October 1990
Makes continuing appropriations for FY 1991 appropriations, funds, or other authority as provided for in the following Acts: (1) the Department of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991; (2) the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1991; (3) the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1991; (4) the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 1991; (5) the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1991; (6) the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991; (7) the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991; (8) the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1991; (9) the Military Construction Appropriations Act, 1991; (10) the Rural Development, Agriculture, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991; (11) the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991; (12) the Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government Appropriations Act, 1991; and (13) the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991. Sets forth limitations on the use of such funds. Suspends any order on sequestration for FY 1991 issued pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) until November 5, 1990. Extends the temporary increase in the public debt through November 5, 1990.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 401 (101st)passed
United States · United States Congress · 27 October 1990
Corrects the enrollment of H.R. 486 (amending the Defense Production Act of 1950).
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 400 (101st)passed
United States · United States Congress · 27 October 1990
Corrects the enrollment of H.R. 486 (amending the Defense Production Act of 1950).
Bill· SS. 3259 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 October 1990
Revises the formula for payments made by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to States for nursing home, domiciliary, and hospital care furnished to veterans who are eligible to receive such care in a facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs, but who instead receive such care in a State home.
Bill· SS. 3251 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 October 1990
Counterintelligence Improvements Act of 1990 - Amends the National Security Act of 1947 to establish requirements for access to "top secret" information (access). Entitles the President and Vice President, Members of the Congress, Justices of the Supreme Court, and Article III judges to access needed for the performance of their governmental functions without regard to the other provisions of this Act. Restricts access among Government employees to those who are U.S. citizens who require routine access for the performance of official governmental functions and who have been determined to be trustworthy based upon background investigations. Permits access by others only as permitted in accordance with regulations issued by the President which shall provide that: (1) no Government employee shall be given access unless such person has been subject to an appropriate background investigation and has consented to granting the responsible investigative agency authority, for the period of access and five years thereafter, to examine specified financial records, consumer reports, and records maintained by commercial entities within the United States pertaining to foreign travel, has agreed to report travel to foreign countries not authorized as part of the subject's official duties, and has agreed to report to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) or other appropriate investigative authorities any unauthorized contacts with foreign nationals or persons representing foreign nationals attempting to acquire classified information; (2) all employees granted access shall be subject to additional background investigations at least every five years and to investigation by an appropriate governmental authority at any time during the period of access; (3) access by persons who do not meet such requirements shall be permitted only where the President determines that such access is essential to protect or further U.S. national security interests; and (4) a single office shall be designated to monitor implementation of such provisions and to submit annual reports and implementing regulations to the appropriate congressional committees. Sets forth provisions authorizing waivers of such provisions or regulations in extraordinary circumstances when essential for national security interests in cases involving U.S. citizens or persons admitted for permanent residence. Requires that such waivers be made a matter of record and reported to such designated office. Requires, as conditions of access to classified cryptographic information, that persons: (1) meet the requirements applicable to those having access to top secret information; and (2) be subject, during the period of such access, to periodic polygraph examinations limited in scope to questions of a counterintelligence nature. Precludes the removal of individuals from access to cryptographic information based solely upon the results produced by a polygraph instrument measuring physiological resources unless, after further investigation, the head of the department or agency concerned determines the risk to national security in permitting such access to be so potentially grave that access must be denied. Amends the Right to Financial Privacy Act to permit a customer who is the subject of a personnel security investigation conducted by an authorized investigative Government agency as a condition of being granted or maintaining access to authorize nonrevocable disclosure of all financial records maintained by financial institutions to the appropriate governmental authorities for the period of the customer's access and for up to five years after such access has been terminated. (Under current law, a person may consent to access to his financial records for a period of three months.) Requires the designated office to inform the House and Senate intelligence committees annually concerning the number of requests for financial records made pursuant to this Act. Makes it a crime to possess espionage devices with intent to violate the espionage statutes and to sell top secret documents or materials to foreign governments, with exceptions. Allows, as a defense, that the information or document in question has been officially released to the public by an authorized representative of the United States prior to the sale or transfer in question. Makes it a misdemeanor for a U.S. officer, employer, or contractor to knowingly remove top secret documents and retain them at an unauthorized location. Amends the Federal criminal code to: (1) grant specified U.S. courts jurisdiction to try cases involving espionage and related offenses begun or committed outside the United States; and (2) extend coverage of the special forfeiture provision (permitting the Attorney General to file suit to recover the profits of certain crimes) to additional crimes of espionage and to espionage convictions in foreign courts for misconduct that would constitute offenses under U.S. espionage laws. Permits the Government to deny retirement pay to U.S. retirees in the civil service, Foreign Service, and Central Intelligence Agency retirement and disability systems who are convicted of espionage in foreign courts which involve U.S. national defense information, subject to certification by the Attorney General to the agency employing or formerly employing the person concerned that the conviction had been obtained by an impartial court of appropriate jurisdiction, that the conviction is not being appealed or that final action has been taken on such appeal, and that the conviction was obtained under procedures which accorded the U.S. retiree due process rights comparable to those under the Constitution. Subjects such denial determinations to review by the U.S. Court of Claims. Amends the Consumer Credit Protection Act to require consumer reporting agencies, upon request, to furnish: (1) consumer reports to the FBI pursuant to a written certification by the Director of the FBI that the records are sought for an authorized foreign counterintelligence investigation and that the person to whom such reports relate is believed to be a foreign agent; and (2) identifying information respecting any consumer at the Director's request when necessary to the conduct of an authorized counterintelligence investigation. Prohibits such agencies from divulging to the consumer that the FBI has sought or obtained such information. Requires the Director to inform the House and Senate intelligence committees annually concerning all such requests. Amends the Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986 to authorize the Director of the FBI to request from wire or electronic communications service providers subscriber information concerning a person or entity where the Director certifies that the information sought is relevant to an authorized foreign counterintelligence investigation and there is reason to believe that communications facilities registered in the name of the person or entity have been used, through the services of such provider, in communication with a foreign agent or power, or a foreign diplomatic establishment. Prohibits the FBI from conducting any investigation of a person or entity on the basis of nonpublishable information received pursuant to such request unless there is reason to believe that such person or entity is involved, or is seeking to become involved, in clandestine intelligence or international terrorism activities on behalf of a foreign agent or power, or is in a position to provide assistance to the FBI in countering such activities. Authorizes the FBI to: (1) conduct a limited inquiry to determine whether there is a basis for such an investigation, subject to guidelines issued by the Attorney General and submitted to the House and Senate intelligence committees; and (2) disseminate information and records so obtained only as provided in such guidelines and, with respect to dissemination to another Federal agency, only if such information is clearly relevant to the authorized responsibilities of such agency. Bars the dissemination of information concerning a communication of a U.S. person so obtained outside the FBI except for authorized counterintelligence or law enforcement purposes. Authorizes the Attorney General to pay rewards of up to $1,000,000 for information leading to: (1) the arrest or conviction of any individual for committing, or conspiring or attempting to commit, espionage; or (2) the prevention or frustration of an act of espionage against the United States. Amends the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to provide a court order process, similar to that required for electronic surveillance, for physical searches for foreign intelligence purposes. Empowers the special courts established under such Act, upon appropriate application and with appropriate certification, to issue an order authorizing such a search. Sets forth: (1) reporting requirements; (2) penalties for intentional violations of search or nondisclosure requirements; and (3) provisions for civil actions, including punitive damages, for violations with respect to an unauthorized search or the disclosure of information arising out of an unauthorized search.
Bill· HRH.R. 5953 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 October 1990
Defense Nuclear Workers' Compensation Act - Provides that, except as modified by this Act, an employee at any Department of Energy defense nuclear facility (facility) shall be considered an employee for purposes of the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (LHWCA). Sets forth special rules for LHWCA coverage of such facility employees. Provides that compensation shall be payable if disability or death results from an injury arising out of and in the course of employment at such a facility. Establishes, in such compensation claim proceedings, a rebuttable presumption that a specified disease (i.e., one of various forms of cancer) is such a compensable injury, if the injured employee has suffered from the described disease, and either: (1) was employed for ten or more years in a building or facility of such a facility in which radioactive materials were regularly stored, handled, or disposed of; or (2) while employed at such building or facility, received ten REM or more total exposure to ionizing radiation or ten percent or more of the maximum permissible body burden exposure to ionizing radiation. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to extend compensation districts established under the LHWCA, or establish new compensation districts, to include any area to which this Act applies, and to assign to each such district one or more deputy commissioners. Includes among the Department of Energy defense nuclear facilities the following facilities under the control or jurisdiction of the Secretary of Energy: (1) production or utilization facilities operated for national security purposes; (2) nuclear waste storage or disposal facilities; (3) testing and assembly facilities operated for national security purposes; and (4) nuclear weapons research facilities.
Bill· HRH.R. 5945 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 October 1990
Combat Merchant Mariners Benefit Act of 1990 - Provides that: (1) service in the U.S. merchant marine during a period of war for a total period equal to at least 12 months shall be considered active duty in determining eligibility for veterans benefits; and (2) such service may be verified by entries in a continuous discharge book, a certificate of discharge to merchant seamen, a certificate of substantially continuous service, or other documentation available from the Secretary of Transportation or the head of any other Federal agency. Limits eligibility to: (1) service on a U.S. vessel on ocean, coastwise, or intercoastal voyages, during a period of war in a combat zone (where such service was rendered to the armed forces in a capacity considered civilian employment or contractual service); (2) any period of forcible detention or internment by an enemy government or hostile force as a result of hostile action against a U.S. vessel while performing such service on the vessel; and (3) any period (up to six months) of service in the War Shipping Administration, the U.S. Maritime Service, or a maritime training program conducted or recognized by the armed forces. Specifies that: (1) the minimum active-duty service requirement of any law administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs shall apply in determining eligibility for veterans benefits under this Act; (2) the 12-month requirement under this Act shall not apply to an individual who is permanently disabled in the performance of such service while the vessel is subjected to hostile action; and (3) such service may have been rendered before the date of enactment of this Act, but an individual who has performed service before such date shall not be paid veterans benefits that accrue as a result of the enactment of this Act for any period of accrual before such date.
Bill· HRH.R. 5951 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 October 1990
Provides that no deduction shall be allowed under the Internal Revenue Code for expenses paid or incurred by an employer for any group health plan if the service on active duty of an eligible Reserve member is considered a break in service for purposes of determining the eligibility of such member, and his or her dependents, to participate in any such plan. Defines "eligible Reserve member" as a member of a reserve component of the armed forces who: (1) after August 2, 1990, is called or ordered to active duty for a period of more than 30 days; (2) is an employee of an employer on the date of such call or order; and (3) resumes employment with such employer within 60 days after being released from active duty.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 685 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 October 1990
Declares that: (1) the deployment of U.S. armed forces into certain hostilities in the Middle East is subject to the War Powers Resolution; (2) there has been no declaration of war, specific statutory authorization, or national emergency created by an attack on the United States, its territories, or armed forces justifying the President's deployment of U.S. troops; and (3) this deployment shall be ceased immediately and all U.S. forces deployed to the Middle East in connection with Operation Desert Shield shall be withdrawn immediately.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 397 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 October 1990
Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the 1981 Israeli preemptive strike against the Iraqi nuclear reactor at Osirak was` a legitimate and justifiable exercise of self-defense which also reduced the threat of Iraqi nuclear aggression against countries bordering Iraq; and (2) the United States should seek the repeal of United Nations Security Council Resolution 487 which condemned the strike.
Bill· SS. 3248 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 October 1990
Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act Amendments of 1990 - Amends the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940 (the Act) to prohibit an eviction or distress from being made during a period of military service with respect to a premise for which the agreed rent does not exceed $1,200 (currently, $150) per month, when such premises is occupied chiefly by the dependents of the person in military service, except upon leave of the court granted upon application or in a proceeding affecting the rights of possession. Extends the power of attorney coverage under the Act to include a power of attorney that by its terms expires after August 2, 1990. Provides professional liability protection for persons ordered to active duty after August 1, 1990, who, prior to such date, were engaged in the furnishing of health care services or other services determined by the Secretary of Defense to be professional services and who had in effect a professional liability insurance policy that does not continue coverage during the period of active duty. Specifies that an insurance carrier shall have no liability with respect to any claim that is based on professional conduct of a person that occurs during a period of suspension of such person's professional liability insurance under this Act. Requires an insurance carrier to suspend and to reinstate coverage of such affected person upon receipt of a written request from such person. Requires such person to request reinstatement within 30 days after release from active duty. Provides a minimum period of required coverage by the carrier following reinstatement, without an increase in the insurance premiums charged. Provides for the stay of a civil or administrative action for damages on the basis of professional liability of a person whose insurance has been suspended under these provisions if: (1) the action is based on an act or omission that occurred before the suspension was effective; and (2) the suspended insurance would, on its face, cover the alleged professional misconduct. States that the period of such stay shall not be included in any statute-of-limitations period. Outlines provisions concerning the death of a person whose professional liability insurance has been suspended and the consequences with respect to the suspended insurance coverage on previous or suspended (stayed) claims. Provides that any person employed and covered under an employer-offered health insurance policy who goes to active military service or training and is reemployed upon returning may not be subject to a waiting period or exclusion of coverage imposed in connection with coverage of a qualifying health or physical condition if: (1) the condition arose before or during such person's period of training or service; (2) no exclusion or waiting period would have been imposed for the condition during a period of coverage resulting from participation by such person in the insurance; and (3) the condition of such person has not been determined by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to be service-connected. Provides that any person who, by reason of military service, is entitled to the rights and benefits of the Act shall be entitled upon release from such military duty to reinstatement of any health insurance which: (1) was in effect on the day before such service commenced; and (2) was terminated during the period of such service. Prohibits any exclusion or waiting period from being imposed in connection with reinstatement of health insurance coverage of a health or physical condition covered by the Act if: (1) the condition arose before or during such person's period of training or service; (2) no exclusion or waiting period would have been imposed for the condition during a period of coverage resulting from participation by such person in the insurance; and (3) the condition of such person has not been determined by the Secretary to be disability incurred or aggravated in the line of duty. Provides reemployment rights for all reservists (currently, only those serving on active duty for not more than 90 days) upon their return from any active duty other than for training.
Law· HJRESH.J.Res. 681 (101st)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 24 October 1990
Makes continuing appropriations for FY 1991 projects or activities as provided for in the following Acts: (1) the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991; (2) the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1991; (3) the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 1991; (4) the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1991; (5) the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991; (6) the Military Construction Appropriations Act, 1991; (7) the Rural Development, Agriculture, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991; (8) the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991; (9) the Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government Appropriations Act, 1991; and (10) the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991. Sets forth limitations on the use of such funds. Suspends any order on sequestration for FY 1991 issued pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) until October 27, 1990. Extends the temporary increase in the public debt through October 27, 1990.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 529 (101st)passed
United States · United States Congress · 24 October 1990
Waives points of order against the consideration of the conference report on H.R. 5803 (Department of Defense appropriations).
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 526 (101st)passed
United States · United States Congress · 24 October 1990
Waives points of order against the consideration of the conference report on H.R. 486 (defense production).
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 384 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 October 1990
Designates May 17, 1991, as High School Reserve Officer Training Corps Recognition Day.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 521 (101st)passed
United States · United States Congress · 23 October 1990
Waives points of order against the consideration of the conference report on H.R. 4739 (armed forces funding).
Bill· HRH.R. 5896 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 October 1990
Makes members of the Selected Reserve who served in the Persian Gulf area in connection with Operation Desert Shield eligible for benefits under the veterans' home loan program.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 678 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 October 1990
Makes continuing appropriations for FY 1991 programs, projects, or activities as provided for in the following Acts: (1) the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991; (2) the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1990; (3) the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1991; (4) the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 1991; (5) the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1991; (6) the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991; (7) the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991; (8) the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1991; (9) the Military Construction Appropriations Act, 1991; (10) the Rural Development, Agriculture, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991; (11) the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act 1991; (12) the Treasury, Postal Services, and General Government Appropriations Act, 1991; and (13) the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991. Sets forth limitations on the use of such funds. Suspends any order on sequestration for FY 1991 issued pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) until February 15, 1991, or the enactment of the applicable appropriations Act, if sooner.
Bill· HRH.R. 5879 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 October 1990
Revises the formula for payments made by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to States for nursing home, domiciliary, and hospital care furnished to veterans who are eligible to receive such care in a facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs, but who instead receive such care in a State home.
Bill· HRH.R. 5875 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 October 1990
Directs the Secretary of the Army to transfer to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs a portion of Fort Sheridan, Illinois, for use as a national cemetery.
Law· SS. 3215 (101st)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 18 October 1990
Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to lease the naval landing ship dock Alamo to the Government of Brazil under leasing authority provided in the Arms Export Control Act. Requires lease costs to be charged to the Government of Brazil. Terminates such leasing authority if such lease is not entered into within two years after enactment of this Act.
Law· SS. 3216 (101st)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 18 October 1990
Designates the Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Charleston, South Carolina, as the Ralph H. Johnson Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center.
Law· HJRESH.J.Res. 677 (101st)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 18 October 1990
Makes continuing appropriations for FY 1991 projects or activities as provided for in the following Acts: (1) the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991; (2) the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1991; (3) the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 1991; (4) the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1991, notwithstanding certain sections of specified law; (5) the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991; (6) the Military Construction Appropriations Act, 1991; (7) the Rural Development, Agriculture, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991; (8) the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991; (9) the Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government Appropriations Act, 1991; and (10) the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991. Sets forth limitations on the use of such funds. Suspends any order on sequestration for FY 1991 issued pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) until October 24, 1990. Extends the temporary increase in the public debt through October 24, 1990.
Law· HJRESH.J.Res. 673 (101st)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 17 October 1990
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should declare November 2, 1990, a national day of prayer for: (1) members of American military forces and American citizens stationed or held hostage in the Middle East, and for their families; and (2) American and Iraqi authorities to bring about a just resolution of the Persian Gulf crisis.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 674 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 October 1990
Prohibits the proposed sales to Saudi Arabia of armored vehicles (including M1A2 tanks and Bradley Fighting Vehicles), AH-64 APACHE attack helicopters, PATRIOT guided missile units, and related defense articles and services, that were reported to the Congress pursuant to the Arms Export Control Act on September 27, 1990.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 670 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 16 October 1990
Makes continuing appropriations for FY 1991 projects or activities as provided for in the following Acts: (1) the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991; (2) the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1991; (3) the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1991; (4) the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 1991; (5) the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1991; (6) the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991; (7) the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991; (8) the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1991; (9) the Military Construction Appropriations Act, 1991; (10) the Rural Development, Agriculture, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991; (11) the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991; (12) the Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government Appropriations Act, 1991; and (13) the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991. Sets forth limitations on the use of such funds. Suspends any order on sequestration for FY 1991 issued pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) October 27, 1990. Extends the temporary increase in the public debt through October 27, 1990.
Bill· SS. 3189 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 11 October 1990
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1991 - Title I: Military Personnel - Appropriates funds for FY 1991 for military and reserve personnel in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force and for National Guard personnel in the Army and Air Force. Title II: Operation and Maintenance - Appropriates funds for FY 1991 for the operation and maintenance of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, the defense agencies, the respective reserve components, and the Army and Air National Guards. Appropriates funds for the Army's National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice, the Court of Military Appeals, environmental restoration (including a transfer of funds), and humanitarian assistance. Title III: Procurement - Appropriates funds for FY 1991 for the procurement by the Army of aircraft, missiles, weapons, tracked combat vehicles, and ammunition and for other procurement. Appropriates funds to the Navy for the procurement of aircraft, weapons, and shipbuilding and conversion and for other procurement. Appropriates funds for Marine Corps procurement. Appropriates funds for procurement by the Air Force of aircraft and missiles and for other procurement. Appropriates funds for: (1) National Guard and Reserve equipment; (2) procurement by the defense agencies; and (3) Defense Production Act purchases. Title IV: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation - Appropriates funds for FY 1991 for research, development, test, and evaluation by the Army, Navy (including a transfer of funds), Air Force, and defense agencies. Appropriates funds for the expenses of the Deputy Director of Defense Research and Engineering (Test and Evaluation) and the Director, Operational Test and Evaluation. Title V: Revolving and Management Funds - Appropriates funds for the Army, Air Force and Defense stock funds and for the Army, Navy, and Defense industrial funds. Title VI: Other Department of Defense Appropriations - Appropriates funds for: (1) the destruction of the U.S. stockpile of lethal chemical agents and munitions; (2) drug interdiction and counter-drug activities of the Department of Defense (DOD) (including a transfer of funds); and (3) the Office of the Inspector General for carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978. Title VII: Related Agencies - Appropriates funds for: (1) the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System Fund; and (2) the Intelligence Community Staff. Title VIII: General Provisions - Prohibits the use of appropriations for unauthorized publicity or propaganda. Exempts DOD personnel from provisions of law prohibiting the employment of non-U.S. citizens during FY 1991. Allows DOD funds appropriated under this Act to be used for the Overseas Workload Program. Allows a contract awarded during FY 1991 under the Program to be performed in the theater in which the equipment is normally located or the country in which the firm is located. Requires a report from the Secretary of Defense to the Senate and House Committees on Appropriations on the nature of the maintenance, repair, and overhaul work of DOD under the Program. Considers Israel to be in the European Theater in every respect for purposes of eligibility for the Program. Directs the Secretary to work with Israel to identify new specialized capabilities in depot maintenance and repair for which it is uniquely suited, with a report required from the Secretary on his findings. Requires Program contracts to be opened in a competitive manner before FY 1991 Program funds are authorized. Provides that no part of any appropriation contained in this Act may remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year, unless expressly so provided. Prohibits the obligation of more than 20 percent of the funds appropriated by this Act during the last two months of the fiscal year, except as specified. Prohibits the use of appropriations for the procurement of any food, clothing, specified cloth (including cotton, silk, and wool) or synthetic fabrics, or specified metals not grown, produced, or processed within the United States, with specified exceptions. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense, in the national interest and with the approval of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), to transfer and merge specified working capital funds. Directs the Secretary to notify the Congress of all such transfers. Limits the cash balances which may be maintained in such funds. Prohibits the use of appropriated funds for: (1) the purchase of coal or coke from foreign nations for use at U.S. defense facilities when U.S. coal is available; (2) heating plant fuel conversion at defense facilities in Europe; (3) the conversion of any heating facility at military installations in the Kaiserslautern Military Community in Germany, except as provided under Federal law and after a certain notification from the Secretary to the Senate and House appropriations committees; (4) the initiation of a special access program without prior notification to the appropriations and armed services committees; (5) the preparation of a request to the appropriations committee for a reprogramming of funds, except as specified; (6) certain claims for physician or provider reimbursement for medical services provided under the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS); (7) programs of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) beyond FY 1991, with a specified exception; (8) initiating a multiyear contract that employs economic order quantity procurement in excess of specified amounts, unless proper congressional notification is given; (9) any intelligence or special activity different from an activity previously justified to the Congress unless the Secretary has notified the appropriations committees of the intent to make such funds available for such activity; (10) exceeding a specified number of civilian workyears in DOD; (11) congressional lobbying; (12) purchasing dogs or cats to study the medical treatment of wounds; or (13) the floating storage of petroleum or petroleum products in non-U.S. vessels. Permits the appropriation of funds for humanitarian and civic assistance costs incident to authorized operations of the armed forces. Authorizes the Secretaries of the Army and the Air Force to retain in active status until age 60 certain officers who need status in order to maintain employment as a National Guard or Reserve technician. Permits the use of operations and maintenance funds provided under this Act for studies and demonstration projects relating to the delivery of military health and medical care. Prohibits the use of funds appropriated by this Act to make contributions to the Department of Defense Education Benefits Fund for educational assistance for a member of the armed forces who enlists for less than three years or receives an enlistment bonus. Prohibits the use of funds appropriated by this Act for the basic pay and allowances of a member of the Army participating as a full-time student and receiving benefits through the Secretary of Veterans Affairs when time spent as a full-time student is credited toward completion of a service commitment. Limits the availability of appropriations to specified percentages of postsecondary educational costs for off-duty training of military personnel. Prohibits the use of appropriated funds for conversion to contractor performances of an activity or function of DOD that is currently performed by more than ten civilian DOD employees until a cost-analysis on such performance is completed and certified to the appropriations committees. Prohibits funds appropriated or made available by this Act from being obligated: (1) for acquisition of major automated information systems which have not successfully completed oversight reviews required by DOD regulations; and (2) on Composite Health Care System (CHCS) acquisition contracts if such contracts would cause certain total life cycle cost estimates to be exceeded. Prohibits the use of appropriated funds for the payment of salaries of any persons who authorize the transfer of unobligated and deobligated funds into the Reserve for Contingencies of the CIA. Requires funds appropriated under this Act for CIA construction projects to remain available until expended. Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to use specified funds to charter ships for use as auxiliary minesweepers, under specified conditions. Limits the amount of funds available from this Act for the execution of a contract for the CHAMPUS Reform Initiative. Prohibits this Act's funds from being used by a military department to modify any item of procurement that such department plans to retire or otherwise dispose of within five years after completion of such modification, with the exception of safety modifications. Specifies the definition of "program, project, and activity" for appropriations contained in this Act for purposes of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act). Prohibits the use of appropriated funds for fixed-price contracts exceeding $10,000,000 for the development of a major defense system or subsystem, unless the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and the Secretary of Defense take certain action. Provides that monetary limitations on the purchase price of passenger motor vehicles shall not apply to vehicles purchased for certain intelligence activities. Earmarks specified funds for the construction of classified military projects within the continental United States. Authorizes DOD to transfer prior-year unobligated balances to the operations and maintenance appropriations of the reserve components in order to provide military technician and DOD medical personnel pay and programs (including CHAMPUS) the same exemption from the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act as is currently granted to other military personnel accounts, with specified exceptions. Prohibits any funds available to the Department of the Navy from being used to enter into any contract for the overhaul, repair, or maintenance of any naval vessel on the west coast which includes interport differential charges as a factor for the award of such contract. Prohibits any funds available for CHAMPUS under this Act from being used for the reimbursement of health care providers for inpatient mental health service or Residential Treatment Center care services in excess of specified periods or for residential treatment care by a professional having an economic interest in the facility to which the patient is referred, with specified exceptions. Prohibits funds from this Act from being obligated or expended for the procurement of certain remote sensing data except by the Defense Mapping Agency. Requires the designs of specified military aircraft to incorporate certain standard avionics specifications by no later than 1998. Requires sums for FY 1991 pay raises for programs funded by this Act to be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act. Directs the Secretary to require that a provider of health services under CHAMPUS also provide such service to members of the armed forces serving on active duty and their dependents. Transfers specified funds to the Coast Guard for certain operational support, exclusive of administrative costs. Authorizes the Secretary to finance the operational and administrative costs related to the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund from unobligated balances available in such Fund. Provides for the accounting treatment of expenses incurred by the United States in monitoring Soviet implementation of the INF Treaty. Reduces the total amount appropriated to DOD by this Act to reflect savings resulting from the decreased use of consulting services by DOD. Requires quarterly reports concerning the procurement of advisory and assistance services. Provides funds from this Act for transportation for the next-of-kin of individuals who have been prisoners of war or missing in action from the Vietnam era to an annual meeting in the United States. Prohibits DOD funds from being used for the B-1B's ALQ-161A CORE program unless the Congress has received notification in advance. Directs the Air Force to hold harmless, defend, and indemnify in full the State of New Hampshire, its political subdivisions, or any of its officers, lenders, agents, and employees from all liability arising out of releases or threatened releases of hazardous substances or pollutants or contaminants resulting from DOD base closure activities at Pease Air Force Base in New Hampshire. Prohibits funds from this Act from being obligated or expended to prepare, or to assist any defense contractor in preparing, any material with respect to economic or employment impact in a State of an acquisition program for which all research, development, testing, and evaluation have not been completed. Prohibits funds appropriated by this Act from being available for a contract for studies, analyses, or consulting services entered into without completion on the basis of an unsolicited proposal unless the head of the activity responsible for the procurement makes certain determinations with respect to such contract. Prohibits the use of DOD funds under this Act to dispose of specified unserviceable M1 rifles and carbines. Declares that excess military property, including major defense articles, must be offered to NATO allies contiguous to Iraq and to certain non-NATO major allies of the region before being made available to another country or entity not subject to U.S. jurisdiction. Prohibits this Act's funds from being used to pay more than 50 percent of a lump-sum reenlistment bonus. Makes funds available from this Act to DOD for granting civilian employees paid administrative leave as part of a productivity-based incentive awards program. Prohibits this Act's funds from being used to assign a supervisor's title or grade when the number of people he or she supervises is considered as a basis for such determination. Prohibits funds appropriated by this Act for CHAMPUS from being used for payment of the first $150 of the charges for all types of care authorized for active-duty military personnel and their dependents. Prohibits funds made available by this Act from being used by DOD to exceed a specified number of civilian work years for FY 1991 outside the United States. Prohibits Navy funds appropriated by this or any other Act from being used to carry out an electromagnetic pulse program in the Chesapeake Bay area in connection with the Electromagnetic Pulse Radiation Environment Simulator for Ships (EMPRESS) program until the Secretary has made certain certifications to the Congress concerning the importance of such program. Requires certain DOD construction or service contracts to include a provision requiring the contractor to employ local employees in performing that portion of the contract that occurs within such State or area, as long as such individuals possess or would be able to easily acquire the necessary skills to perform such tasks. Prohibits this Act's funds from being used to support any DOD activity that procures malt beverages and wine with nonappropriated funds for resale on a military installation in the United States, unless such beverages are procured in the State in which the military installation is located. Directs the Secretary to make specified transfers from general to specific defense programs within the Navy. Reduces the total amount appropriated to DOD by this Act to reflect savings resulting from increased use of discount air fares by Government employees. Earmarks specified DOD funds for National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowships to be awarded by the Secretary to U.S. citizens or nationals pursuing advanced degrees in fields of primary concern and interest to DOD. Authorizes the Secretary to acquire the depot maintenance and repair of aircraft, vehicles, vessels, and components through competition between DOD depot maintenance activities and private firms. Limits the funds available for a health care demonstration project regarding chiropractic care required by the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1985. Prohibits this Act's funds from being used to pay health care providers under CHAMPUS for services determined to be not medically or psychologically necessary. Authorizes the Secretary to modify existing and appropriate CHAMPUS contracts in order to conduct a demonstration project to test methods of increasing collections from third-party payers of reasonable inpatient hospital care costs incurred on behalf of retirees and dependents under the CHAMPUS program. Reduces amounts provided under this Act for permanent-change-of-station costs for military personnel. Earmarks specified funds from this Act for contract incentive payments authorized under the Indian Financing Act of 1974. Prohibits funds available in this Act from being used for: (1) payments under a DOD contract with the Louisiana State University Medical Center involving the use of cats for wound research; and (2) conducting bone trauma research at the Letterman Army Institute of Research until the Secretary of the Army makes certain certifications. Directs the National Defense Stockpile Manager to obligate specified funds during FY 1991 out of the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund for use in precompetitive technology development cooperative projects. Directs the Secretary to adjust wage rates for civilian employees hired for certain health care occupations as authorized by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Directs the Secretary to issue directives promoting energy conservation in all peacetime DOD activities. Requires an energy consumption reduction report from DOD to the Congress. Directs the President to acquire over a ten-year period a specified amount of depleted uranium to be held in the National Defense Stockpile. Prohibits this Act's funds from being used to transport or provide for the transportation of chemical munitions to the Johnston Atoll for the purpose of storing or demilitarizing such munitions. Appropriates funds for the modernization and expansion of automated data processing systems. Prohibits funds from this or any other Act from being used for studies of the feasibility of removal and transportation of unitary chemical munitions and agents stored at any location within the continental United States. Makes funds appropriated to DOD in FY 1991 available to establish and maintain a stockpile in Israel for petroleum fuels for military purposes. Authorizes the President to permit Israel to draw upon such fuel reserves in appropriate circumstances. Incorporates amounts set forth for specific programs in the Classified Annex as part of this Act. Authorizes the President to distribute such Annex, as appropriate. Earmarks specified funds from this Act for: (1) the Civil Air Patrol; (2) operation of the U.S. Air Force education and training facility known as the Inter-American Air Force Academy; (3) operation, maintenance, and manning of all WC-130 hurricane reconnaissance aircraft; (4) certain allied cooperation enhancement studies with respect to U.S.-Israeli military cooperation and joint technologies; and (5) transporting U.S. beef for resale in DOD commissaries in foreign countries. Appropriates additional CHAMPUS funds for meeting cost shortages under such program. States that, with respect to the funds appropriated by this Act for the procurement of supplies or services, qualified nonprofit agencies for the blind and other severely handicapped shall be afforded maximum opportunity to participate as subcontractors and suppliers in the performance of contracts let by DOD. Earmarks specified Navy funds for the expenses of the Kahoolawe Island Commission. Prohibits funds made available by this Act from being made available to any military department to conduct bombing training, gunnery training, or similar munitions delivery training on Kahoolawe Island, Hawaii. Directs the Secretary to establish the Legacy Resource Management Program for the identification and management of all biological, geophysical, and historical resources existing on, or involving, DOD lands facilities, and property. Earmarks specified funds for such Program. Earmarks specified funds for the acquisition of jewel bearings from the William Langer Jewel Bearing Plant. Earmarks specified funds for the cleanup of uncontrolled hazardous waste contamination affecting the sale of a parcel of real property at Hamilton Air Force Base, California. Directs the Secretary to design a comprehensive strategy to involve military and civilian employees of DOD in partnership programs (cooperative efforts between the military and an educational institution to enhance the education of students) with elementary and secondary schools. Prevents a specified amount of funds appropriated to the U.S. Naval Academy from being obligated or expended until the Secretary of the Navy has reported to the defense committees on certain corrective measures with respect to administration, ethics, and intercollegiate sports at the Academy. Prohibits FY 1991 DOD funds from being obligated for research, development, test, and evaluation for the Air Force's space surveillance technology program and for the Navy's program addressing such program. Directs DOD to provide operation and maintenance expenses for the southwest border land-based aerostat drug surveillance program. Expresses the sense of the Congress with respect to certain limitations desired to be placed on the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) Program. States that SDI should not focus on the deployment of a space-based kinetic energy weapon system, but instead on a defense system that: (1) would protect against an accidental missile launch against the United States or a limited missile attack by a third-world country; and (2) if deployed, would not be in violation of the 1972 ABM Treaty. States that SDI should continue support for those critical technology efforts that have both civil and military applications in areas other than ballistic missile defense systems. Limits the FY 1991 spending permitted on certain offensive-oriented SDI programs. Requires the Secretary to include a description of program activities for such SDI programs in annual budget justification material submitted to the Congress. Requires the Secretary to report to the defense committees on the allocation of funds appropriated for SDI for FY 1991.
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 378 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 October 1990
Prohibits the proposed sales to Saudi Arabia of certain defense articles and services (including TOW II missile launchers, M1A2 tanks, AH-64 APACHE attack helicopters, and multiple launch rocket systems) described in certifications transmitted to the Congress pursuant to the Arms Export Control Act on September 7, 1990.
Bill· HRH.R. 5814 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 October 1990
Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act Amendments of 1990 - Amends the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940 (the Act) to provide that an application for a stay of proceedings in a court action involving the military service of an individual shall not constitute an appearance for any purpose. Prohibits an eviction or distress from being made during a period of military service with respect to premises for which the agreed rent does not exceed $1,200 (currently, $150) per month, when such premises are occupied chiefly by the dependents of the person in military service, except upon leave of the court granted upon application or in a proceeding affecting the rights of possession. Extends the power of attorney coverage under the Act to include a power of attorney that by its terms expires after August 2, 1990. Amends the Act to provide professional liability protection for persons ordered to active duty after August 2, 1990, who, prior to such date, were engaged in furnishing health care or other services determined by the Secretary of Defense to be professional services, and who had in effect a professional liability insurance policy that does not continue coverage during the period of active duty. Requires an insurance carrier to suspend and to reinstate coverage of such affected person upon receipt of a written request from such person. Requires such person to request reinstatement within 30 days after release from active duty. Provides a minimum period of required coverage by the carrier following reinstatement, without an increase in the insurance premiums charged. Provides for the stay of a civil or administrative action for damages on the basis of professional liability of a person whose insurance has been suspended under these provisions if: (1) the action is based on an act or omission that occurred before the suspension was effective; and (2) the suspended insurance would, on its face, cover the alleged professional misconduct. States that the period of such stay shall not be included in any statute-of-limitations period. Outlines provisions concerning the death of a person whose professional liability insurance has been suspended and the consequences with respect to the suspended insurance coverage on previous or suspended (stayed) claims. Provides that any person employed and covered under a health insurance policy who goes to active military service or training and upon return is reemployed may not be subject to a waiting period or exclusion of coverage upon such return for a preexisting health or physical condition that occurred before or during the period of service or training. Provides that any person who, by reason of entry into military service, is entitled to the rights and benefits of the Act shall be entitled upon release from such service to reimbursement of any health insurance coverage which: (1) was in effect on the day before such service commenced; and (2) was terminated during the period of such service. Prohibits any health or physical condition occurring before or during the period of such service from being subject to a waiting period or exclusion of coverage upon return from such service. Provides reemployment rights for all reservists (currently, only those serving on active duty for not more than 90 days) upon their return from any active duty other than for training.
Bill· HRH.R. 5816 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 October 1990
Revises the definition of "former prisoner of war," for purposes of eligibility for veterans' health benefits, to include veterans who evaded enemy capture while behind enemy lines for not less than 30 days during a period of war.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 501 (101st)passed
United States · United States Congress · 11 October 1990
Waives points of order against the consideration of H.R. 5803 (Department of Defense appropriations).
Law· HRH.R. 5803 (101st)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 9 October 1990
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1991 - Title I: Military Personnel - Appropriates funds for FY 1991 for military and reserve personnel in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force and for National Guard personnel in the Army and Air Force. Title II: Operation and Maintenance - Appropriates funds for FY 1991 for the operation and maintenance of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, the defense agencies (including a transfer of funds), the respective reserve components, and the Army and Air National Guards. Appropriates funds for the Army's National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice, the Court of Military Appeals, environmental restoration (including a transfer of funds), and for humanitarian assistance. Title III: Procurement - Appropriates funds for FY 1991 for the procurement by the Army of aircraft, missiles, weapons, tracked combat vehicles, and ammunition and for other procurement. Appropriates funds to the Navy for the procurement of aircraft, weapons, and shipbuilding and conversion and for other procurement. Appropriates funds for Marine Corps procurement. Appropriates funds for procurement by the Air Force of aircraft and missiles and for other procurement. Appropriates funds for: (1) National Guard and Reserve equipment; (2) procurement by the defense agencies; and (3) Defense Production Act purchases. Title IV: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation - Appropriates funds for FY 1991 for research, development, test, and evaluation by the Army, Navy, Air Force, and defense agencies. Appropriates funds for the expenses of the Deputy Director of Defense Research and Engineering (Test and Evaluation) and the Director, Operational Test and Evaluation. Title V: Revolving and Management Funds - Appropriates funds for the Army, Air Force, and Defense stock funds and for the Army, Navy, and Defense industrial funds. Title VI: Other Department of Defense Appropriations - Appropriates funds for: (1) the destruction of the U.S. stockpile of lethal chemical agents and munitions; (2) drug interdiction and counter-drug activities of the Department of Defense (DOD) (including a transfer of funds); and (3) the Office of the Inspector General for carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978. Title VII: Related Agencies - Appropriates funds for: (1) the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System Fund; and (2) the Intelligence Community Staff. Title VIII: General Provisions - Prohibits the use of appropriations for unauthorized publicity or propaganda. Exempts DOD personnel from provisions of law prohibiting the employment of non-U.S. citizens during FY 1991. Provides that no part of any appropriation contained in this Act may remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year, unless expressly so provided. Prohibits the obligation of more than 20 percent of the funds appropriated by this Act during the last two months of the fiscal year, except as specified. Prohibits the use of appropriations for the procurement of any food, clothing, specified cloth (including cotton, silk, and wool) or synthetic fabrics, or specified metals not grown, produced, or processed within the United States, with specified exceptions. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense, in the national interest and with the approval of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), to transfer and merge specified working capital funds. Directs the Secretary to notify the Congress of all such transfers. Limits the cash balances which may be maintained in such funds. Prohibits the use of appropriated funds for: (1) the purchase of coal or coke from foreign nations for the use at U.S. defense facilities when U.S. coal is available; (2) heating plant fuel conversion at defense facilities in Europe; (3) the conversion of any heating facility at military installations in the Kaiserslautern Military Community in Germany, except as provided under Federal law and after a certain notification from the Secretary to the Senate and House Committees on Appropriations; (4) the initiation of a special access program without prior notification to the appropriations and armed services committees; (5) the preparation of a request to the Appropriations Committees for a reprogramming of funds, except as specified; (6) certain claims for physician or provider reimbursement for medical services provided under the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS); (7) programs of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) beyond FY 1991, with a specified exception; (8) initiating a multiyear contract that employs economic order quantity procurement in excess of specified amounts, unless proper congressional notification is given; (9) any intelligence or special activity different from an activity previously justified to the Congress unless the Secretary has notified the appropriations committee of the intent to make such funds available for such activity; or (10) converting certain military technician positions to positions to be held by persons in active Guard or Reserve status if such conversion would reduce the number of military technicians below a specified amount. Eliminates during FY 1991 the requirement that the Congress must authorize by law the end-strengths for civilian personnel in DOD. Prohibits setting any end-strength limitations for such personnel during FY 1991. Prohibits the use of appropriated funds for: (1) congressional lobbying; (2) the pay of certain nonmilitary Army Reserve technicians; (3) purchasing of dogs or cats to study the medical treatment of wounds; and (4) the floating storage of petroleum products in non-U.S. vessels. Permits the appropriation of funds for humanitarian and civic assistance costs incident to authorized operations of the armed forces. Authorizes the Secretaries of the Army and the Air Force to retain in active status until age 60 certain officers who need such status in order to maintain employment as a National Guard or Reserve technician. Permits the use of operation and maintenance funds provided under this Act for studies and demonstration projects relating to the delivery of military health and medical care. Prohibits the use of funds appropriated by this Act to make contributions to the Department of Defense Education Benefits Fund for educational assistance for a member of the armed forces who enlists for less than three years or receives an enlistment bonus. Prohibits the use of funds appropriated by this Act for the basic pay and allowances of a member of the Army participating as a full-time student and receiving benefits through the Secretary of Veterans Affairs when time spent as a full-time student is credited toward completion of a service commitment. Limits the availability of appropriations to specified percentages of postsecondary educational costs for off-duty training of military personnel. Prohibits the use of appropriated funds for conversion to contractor performance of an activity or function of DOD that is currently performed by more than ten civilian DOD employees until a cost-analysis on such performance is completed and certified to the appropriations committees. Prohibits the use of funds for the procurement of 120mm mortars or ammunition for such mortars if manufactured outside the United States. Prohibits the use of Army appropriations for depot maintenance of equipment unless the civilian personnel strengths at Army depots performing communications-electronics depot maintenance are greater than the strengths assigned those depots on September 30, 1985, with specified exceptions. Prohibits the use of appropriated funds for the payment of salaries of any persons who authorize the transfer of unobligated or deobligated funds into the Reserve for Contingencies of the CIA. Requires funds appropriated under this Act for CIA construction projects to remain available until expended. Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to use specified funds to charter ships for use as auxiliary minesweepers, under specified conditions. Limits the amount of funds available from this Act for the execution of a contract for the CHAMPUS Reform Initiative. Permits the use of appropriated funds to fully utilize the facilities at the U.S. Army Engineer's Waterways Experiment Station, with a specified exception. Specifies the definition of "program, project, and activity" for appropriations contained in this Act for purposes of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act). Earmarks specified funds appropriated to the Army under this Act for the Reserve Component Automation System (RCAS) with certain expenditures limitations. Prohibits the use of appropriated funds for fixed-price contracts exceeding $10,000,000 for the development of a major defense system or subsystem, unless the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and the Secretary of Defense take certain action. Provides that monetary limitations on the purchase price of passenger motor vehicles shall not apply to vehicles purchased for certain intelligence activities. Earmarks specified funds for the construction of classified military projects within the continental United States. Prohibits the use of appropriated funds for the procurement of welded shipboard anchor and mooring chains manufactured outside the United States. Authorizes DOD to transfer prior-year unobligated balances to the operations and maintenance appropriations of the reserve components in order to provide military technician pay the same exemption from the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act as is currently granted to other military personnel accounts, with specified exceptions. Prohibits any funds available to the Department of the Navy from being used to enter into any contract for the overhaul, repair, or maintenance of any naval vessel on the west which includes interport differential charges as a factor for the award of such contract. Requires the designs of specified military aircraft to incorporate certain standard avionics specifications by no later than 1998. Transfers specified funds from this Act to the Coast Guard to be used for Coast Guard family housing. Directs the Secretary to ensure that at least 50 percent of the polyacrylonitrile carbon fiber requirement be procured from domestic sources by 1992. Provides for the accounting treatment of expenses incurred by the United States in monitoring Soviet implementation of the INF Treaty. Reduces the total amount appropriated to DOD by this Act to reflect savings resulting from the decreased use of consulting services by DOD. Provides funds from this Act for transportation for the next-of-kin of individuals who have been prisoners of war or missing in action from the Vietnam era to an annual meeting in the United States. Requires limited funds to be available to the Air Force to execute the cleanup of uncontrolled hazardous waste contamination affecting a sale parcel of land at Hamilton Air Force Base, California. Provides for the return of deposit if the purchaser of such parcel exercises the option to withdraw from its sale. Provides reimbursement to the Air Force after a sale is completed for cleanup expenditures in excess of a specified amount. Prohibits funds available to the Department of the Navy from being used to implement certain automated data processing or information technology facility consolidation plans or to make reductions or transfers of personnel in connection with such plans in southeast Louisiana until a congressional notification requirement has been met by the Secretary. Prohibits funds from this Act from being used for offshore procurement of second or third generation night vision image intensifier tubes and devices, with specified exceptions. Prohibits DOD funds from being used for the B-1B's ALQ-161-A CORE programs unless the Congress has received notification in advance. Prohibits funds from this Act from being obligated or expended to prepare, or to assist any defense contractor in preparing, any material with respect to economic or employment impact in a State of an acquisition program for which all research, development, testing and evaluation has not been completed. Prohibits funds appropriated by this Act from being available for a contract for studies, analyses, or consulting services entered into without competition on the basis of an unsolicited proposal unless the head of the activity responsible for the procurement makes certain determinations with respect to such contract. Prohibits the use of DOD funds under this Act to dispose of specified unserviceable M1 rifles and carbines. Prohibits this Act's funds from being used to pay more than 50 percent of a lump-sum reenlistment bonus. Makes funds available from this Act to DOD for granting civilian employees paid administrative leave as part of a productivity-based incentive awards program. Prohibits this Act's funds from being used to assign a supervisor's title or grade when the number of people he or she supervises is considered as a basis for such determination. Earmarks funds for: (1) Naval Aviation Depots to perform manufacturing in order to complete for production contracts of defense articles; and (2) the payment of bonuses to Army, Navy, and Air Force nurses. Prohibits Navy funds appropriated by this or any other Act from being used to carry out an electromagnetic pulse program in the Chesapeake Bay area in connection with the Electromagnetic Pulse Radiation Environment Simulator for Ships (EMPRESS) program until the Secretary has made certain certifications to the Congress concerning the importance of such program. Directs the Secretary to make specified transfers from general to specific defense programs within the Navy. Authorizes the Secretary to acquire the depot maintenance and repair of aircraft, vehicles, vessels, and components through competition between DOD depot maintenance activities and private firms. Limits the funds available for a health care demonstration project regarding chiropractic care required by the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1985. Prohibits this Act's funds from being used to pay health care providers under CHAMPUS for services determined to be not medically or psychologically necessary. Authorizes the Secretary to modify existing and appropriate CHAMPUS contracts in order to conduct a demonstration project to test methods of increasing collections from third-party payers of reasonable inpatient hospital care costs incurred on behalf of retirees and dependents under the CHAMPUS program. Requires sums for FY 1991 pay raised for programs funded by this Act to be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act. Prohibits funds available in this Act from being used for: (1) payments under a DOD contract with the Louisiana State University Medical Center involving the use of cats for wound research; (2) conducting bone trauma research at the Letterman Army Institute of Research until the Secretary of the Army makes certain certifications; or (3) procuring air circuit breakers for U.S. naval vessels unless such circuit breakers are essentially produced or manufactured in the United States. Restores certain previously transferred and unobligated balances to the appropriation from which they were originally transferred. Cancels the balances of such unobligated funds 30 days after enactment of this Act. Requires the Secretary to include in any base closure and realignment plan submitted to the Congress a complete review for FY 1990 through 1994, which includes specified information relating to force structures and cost savings after such closure or realignment. Prohibits funds appropriated by this Act from being used for the transfer of certain truck or artillery maintenance missions from the Letterkeny Army Depot. Limits the amount of funds to be used for any single relocation of an organization, unit, activity, or function of DOD into or within the National Capital Region. Provides for the waiver of such limitation in certain cases. Prohibits this Act's funds from being used for: (1) producing more than two-thirds of the liquid gas requirements in-house at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam; and (2) reducing the end strength and force structure of DOD reserve components below the levels funded in this Act. Allows appropriated funds to be used for the pay, allowances, and benefits of Federal or District of Columbia employees who are members of the reserve or National Guard, who perform Federal or military service to enforce the law or provide assistance to civil authorities in the protection or saving of life or property, and who requests and are granted leave. Prohibits funds appropriated by this Act from being used to: (1) initiate or continue any cost study pursuant to Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76; or (2) begin closing a military treatment facility unless the Secretary notifies the appropriations committees. Earmarks specified funds for DOE for final decontamination and decommissioning of the Nuclear Fuel Facility in Apollo, Pennsylvania, by January 1, 1993. Prohibits funds appropriated by this Act for the American Forces Information Service from being used for any national or international political or psychological activities. Prohibits this Act's funds from being used for the recruitment or enrollment of new students at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences for any class commencing after September 30, 1991. Requires all DOD software to be written in the programming language Ada after June 1, 1991, in the absence of a special exemption. Directs the President to acquire from domestic sources a specified amount of depleted uranium, using funds from the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund. Limits the permanent change of station moves of active military personnel in Europe to be funded by appropriations from this Act. Prohibits FY 1991 DOD funds from being used for: (1) the training or utilization of psychologists in the prescription of drugs; or (2) reducing the military and civilian work force at any military medical facility or medical support facility below the level maintained or authorized for FY 1990. Earmarks specified funds for a project for the design and construction of a parliament building in the Solomon Islands, to be completed by November 1993. Makes certain congressional notification requirements inapplicable with respect to the transfer by the Secretary of the Navy of the obsolete destroyer USS Joy to the Bremerton Historic Ships Association. Earmarks specified Navy aircraft procurement funds for the V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft program. Rescinds specified funds as provided in DOD appropriation Acts. Prohibits the use of DOD funds from this Act for the Ground-Wave Emergency Network System until the Secretary completes and reports to the defense committees on the health and environmental impact such system would have on surrounding local jurisdictions. Establishes the National Commission on Defense and National Security to analyze and make recommendations to the President and the Congress concerning national security and defense policies. Outlines global, political, economic, and military goals, developments, and activities to be analyzed by the Commission. Requires annual reports to the President and the Congress. Requires the Secretary to initially fund the Commission until funds are specifically appropriated for such purpose. Prohibits funds appropriated in this or any subsequent Act from being used to support an end strength level of U.S. forces stationed in Japan at any level in excess of 50,000. Reduces such end strength level annually by 5,000 if Japan has not agreed for such year to offset the direct costs incurred by the United States military personnel in Japan. Expresses the sense of the Congress that all those countries that share the benefits of international security and stability should share in the responsibility for such stability and security commensurate with their national capabilities. Recognizes that Japan has pledged financial support to support the U.N. Security Council resolutions in Iraq and that Japan has a greater economic capability to contribute to international security and stability. Encourages Japan to contribute commensurate with that capability.
Law· HJRESH.J.Res. 666 (101st)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 7 October 1990
Makes continuing appropriations for FY 1991 programs, projects, or activities as provided for in the following Acts: (1) the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991; (2) the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1991; (3) the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 1991; (4) the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1991, notwithstanding certain sections of specified laws; (5) the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991; (6) the Military Construction Appropriations Act; (7) the Rural Development, Agriculture, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991; (8) the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991; (9) the Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government Appropriations Act, 1991; and (10) the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991. Sets forth limitations on the use of such funds. Suspends any order on sequestration for FY 1991 issued before, on, or after the date of enactment of this joint resolution. Declares that such suspension ceases to be effective on October 20, 1990. Extends the temporary increase in the public debt to October 20, 1990.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 665 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 6 October 1990
Makes continuing appropriations for FY 1991 programs, projects, or activities as provided for in the following Acts: (1) the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991; (2) the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1991; (3) the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 1991; (4) the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1991, notwithstanding certain sections of specified laws; (5) the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991; (6) the Military Construction Appropriations Act, 1991; (7) the Rural Development, Agriculture, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991; (8) the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991; (9) the Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government Appropriations Act, 1991; and (10) the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991. Sets forth limitations on the use of such funds. Modifies the order on sequestration for FY 1991 by reducing the across-the-board percentage reduction reflected in such order from 32.4 percent for nondefense programs and 35.3 percent for defense programs to 14.4 percent for nondefense programs and 16.6 percent for defense programs. Extends a temporary increase in the public debt limit from October 6, 1990, until October 12, 1990.
Bill· SJRESS.J.Res. 376 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 October 1990
Authorizes the President to deploy U.S. armed forces in countries in and around the Arabian peninsula only to: (1) deter and defend the territorial integrity of Saudi Arabia against acts of aggression by Iraq; or (2) enforce any United Nations Security Council resolution regarding economic sanctions against Iraq. Permits any other use of U.S. armed forces that involves hostilities to be undertaken only pursuant to the War Powers Resolution or additional legislation authorizing such activities. Recognizes the President's constitutional duty to protect the lives of U.S. citizens. Requires the President to establish a multilateral chain of command that places U.S. armed forces under the command of the United Nations. Considers the authorization specified under this Act to be an authorization for the use of U.S. armed forces under the War Powers Resolution.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 664 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 October 1990
Makes continuing appropriations for FY 1991 programs, projects, or activities as provided for in the following Acts: (1) the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991; (2) the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1991; (3) the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 1991; (4) the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1991, notwithstanding certain sections of specified laws; (5) the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991; (6) the Military Construction Appropriations Act, 1991; (7) the Rural Development, Agriculture, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991; (8) the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991; (9) the Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government Appropriations Act, 1991; and (10) the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991. Sets forth limitations on the use of such funds. Suspends any order on sequestration for FY 1991 issued before, on, or after the date of enactment of this joint resolution.
Bill· HRH.R. 5793 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 October 1990
Veterans' Claims Administrative Equity Act of 1990 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, if a claim for compensation, dependency and indemnity compensation, or pension is not decided by the Secretary within 180 days of the date on which the claim is filed, to pay benefits in accordance with the claim until the claim is adjudicated. Requires the Secretary, in cases in which a claim is denied, the claimant files a Notice of Disagreement with the Secretary, and the Secretary does not certify the case to the Board of Veterans' Appeals within 180 days of the date of the filing of the Notice, to pay the benefits for which the claim was filed. Directs the Secretary, whenever the Board or the Court of Veterans Appeals remands a case to the Secretary involving a claim for benefits, to pay benefits in accordance with the claim retroactive to the first day of the first month after the month in which the decision appealed from was made. Requires the Secretary, whenever a veteran is determined to be eligible for vocational rehabilitation and counseling services and is not interviewed by the Secretary within 60 days of such determination, to arrange for such services to be provided through an accredited agency on a fee basis. Sets forth provisions applying this Act to claims filed before this Act's enactment.
Law· SS. 3155 (101st)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 3 October 1990
Amends the Defense Production Act of 1950 to extend its expiration date to October 20, 1990.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 660 (101st)passed
United States · United States Congress · 1 October 1990
Makes continuing appropriations for FY 1991 programs, projects, or activities as provided for in the following Acts: (1) the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991; (2) the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1991; (3) the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 1991; (4) the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1991, notwithstanding certain sections of specified laws; (5) the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991; (6) the Military Construction Appropriations Act, 1991; (7) the Rural Development, Agriculture, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991; (8) the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991; (9) the Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government Appropriations Act, 1991; and (10) the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991. Sets forth limitations on the use of such funds. Suspends any order on sequestration for FY 1991 issued before, on, or after the date of enactment of this joint resolution.
Bill· SS. 3144 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 28 September 1990
Department of Defense Supplemental Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1990 - Title I: Supplemental Authorization of Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1990 - Authorizes supplemental appropriations for FY 1990 for: (1) the armed forces and other agencies and activities of the Department of Defense (DOD); (2) the Defense Stock Fund; and (3) military personnel. Allows the Secretary of Defense to: (1) transfer a specified amount of funds authorized for FY 1988 for procurement of ammunition for the Army to amounts authorized for operation and maintenance of the Army; and (2) transfer a specified amount from the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund to the Defense Stock Fund. Reduces the amount required to be obligated from the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 by the amount transferred by this Act. Makes funds authorized to be appropriated by this title available only for DOD obligations incurred during FY 1990. Title II: Military Personnel Benefits - Authorizes the President to permit letter mail or sound- or video-recorded communications having the character of personal correspondence to be carried to a U.S. location, at no cost, if mailed by a member of the armed forces serving overseas under arduous conditions pursuant to Operation Desert Shield. Permits the Secretary of Defense to allow such members to: (1) make deposits of unallotted current pay and allowances and to earn interest; and (2) be paid imminent danger pay. Makes a specified provision limiting payments for unused accrued leave to 60 days of leave inapplicable to leave accrued by certain retired or reserve members of the armed forces serving on active duty in connection with Operation Desert Shield. Permits members of the armed forces who would lose any accumulated leave in excess of 60 days at the end of FY 1991 and 1992 to retain such leave until the end of the following fiscal year. Prohibits the accumulation of leave in excess of 90 days. Directs the Secretary to report to specified congressional committees on various options for reforming the basic allowance for subsistence entitlement. Title III: Defense Management Initiatives - Permits the Secretary to authorize the use of simplified small purchase procedures to make purchases or award contracts outside the United States in amounts up to $100,000 as necessary to carry out activities in connection with Operation Desert Shield. Prohibits the division of a proposed purchase or contract into several purchases or contracts for lesser amounts. Authorizes the Secretary to accept contributions for DOD activities from any person, foreign government, or international organization. Establishes a Defense Cooperation Account and provides for the deposit of such contributions in such Account. Sets forth provisions governing the use of contributions of property and reporting and auditing requirements. Repeals a specified Act regarding the acceptance of gifts for defense purposes. Limits the amount to be made available from the Account for FY 1991 for activities in connection with Operation Desert Shield and for other DOD activities. Provides that amounts made available for Operation Desert Shield may be used only for military personnel, operation and maintenance, working capital funds, and procurement. Authorizes the Secretary to accept real property, services, and supplies from foreign countries in connection with mutual defense agreements and occupational arrangements. Sets forth reporting and auditing requirements.
Bill· HRH.R. 5754 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 September 1990
Designates the Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Charleston, South Carolina, as the Ralph H. Johnson Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center.
Law· SS. 3127 (101st)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 27 September 1990
Designates the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Albany, New York, as the Samuel S. Stratton Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center.
Bill· SS. 3119 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 September 1990
Prohibits the Secretary of Defense from transporting chemical munitions to the Johnston Atoll for storage or demilitarization. Makes such prohibition inapplicable to: (1) chemical munitions withdrawn from the Federal Republic of Germany under a European retrograde program; or (2) any obsolete World War II U.S. chemical munition found in the Pacific theater of operations. Authorizes the President to suspend such prohibition during a period of war.
Bill· HRH.R. 5740 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 September 1990
Veterans' Health-Care Amendments of 1990 - Title I: Health-Care Benefits - Amends Federal veterans' benefits provisions to authorize the provision of dental care for a dental condition: (1) from which a veteran of World War I is suffering; and (2) when medically necessary in preparation for hospital admission or for a veteran otherwise receiving medical care and services. Increases from $500 to $1,000 the annual per-person limitation on the provision of such dental care. Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to periodically review and adjust such yearly limit. Authorizes the Secretary to contract with non-Department of Veterans Affairs facilities for the treatment of any veteran who has a total and permanent service-connected disability. Amends the Veterans' Health Care Amendments of 1986 to extend through FY 1992 an annual report requirement under such Act concerning the furnishing of non-service-connected health care to veterans. Extends through FY 1991 the authority for the operation of the Veterans Memorial Medical Center in the Philippines. Title II: Health-Care Personnel - Provides the qualifications required for social workers employed by the Veterans Health Services and Research Administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Requires a minimum two-year service requirement in the Department for graduates of the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Professional Scholarship Program. Authorizes the Secretary to purchase promotional items of nominal value for recruitment purposes. Authorizes a person appointed as a part-time employee of the Administration to receive and retain amounts paid for appearances, speeches, and articles that do not create a conflict of interest. Title III: Health-Care Management - Requires a 60-day congressional notification period before the Secretary may undertake an administrative reorganization within the Department. Revises the definition of "administrative reorganization" for purposes of such provision to include a reduction in force during any fiscal year at a covered field office or facility of 15 percent or more, or of a percentage which, when added to other reductions at such field office or facility, is 25 percent or more of the total number of employees at such office or facility. Revises reporting requirements and definitions with respect to such administrative reorganizations. Prohibits funds from being appropriated for any fiscal year, and prohibits the Secretary from obligating or expending funds, for any major medical project or major medical facility lease unless funds have been specifically authorized by law. Defines a "major medical facility lease" as a lease having an average annual rental amount of more than $300,000 (currently, $500,000). Requires the Geriatrics and Gerontology Advisory Committee to submit to the Secretary such reports as considered appropriate (currently, only one report is required) on all appropriate matters of geriatrics and gerontology. Adds certain assessments to such report requirements. Title IV: Miscellaneous - Requires the Secretary to enter into an agreement with the Secretary of the Navy to facilitate the transfer of all medical follow-up data in possession of the Secretary of the Navy regarding Vietnam-era prisoners of war which has been collected by the Center for Prisoner of War Studies and the Naval Aerospace Medical Institute. Requires a report from the Secretary on such data. Provides funding. Requires the Secretary to report on the implementation of certain benefits notice requirements with respect to health benefits claims decisions. Authorizes the Secretary to use general operating funds to pay for leases for the collocation of at least three regional offices of the Department with Department medical centers.
Bill· HRH.R. 5739 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 27 September 1990
Designates the Department of Veterans Affairs medical center located at 113 Holland Avenue in Albany, New York, as the Samuel S. Stratton Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center.
Bill· HRH.R. 5730 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 September 1990
Authorizes the President, on behalf of the Congress, to present a gold medal posthumously to Edward Vernon (Eddie) Rickenbacker in recognition of his: (1) success as an internationally famous race car driver; (2) service in his country as a pilot (with the first U.S. flying unit to participate actively at the front during the First World War); (3) service as a commercial aviation pioneer; and (4) service to his country in the Pacific theater in the Second World War. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to strike and sell bronze duplicates of such medal at a price sufficient to cover costs.
Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 658 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 September 1990
United States Policy on Iraqi Aggression Resolution - Sets forth objectives with respect to U.S. policy in the Persian Gulf. Declares that the United States and the international community must continue to oppose Iraq's armed aggression against Kuwait. States that the United States and the international community should: (1) continue to condemn Iraq for aggression and specified human rights and terrorist offenses; and (2) hold Iraq and its leaders accountable for such actions. Supports the deployment of U.S. armed forces to the Persian Gulf region and expresses appreciation to such forces. Commends the President for his efforts to promote international consensus and cooperation in response to the Persian Gulf crisis. Declares that the United States should continue to: (1) strengthen the international consensus against Iraq's aggression; (2) obtain additional military forces and increased financial assistance from other nations in support of multinational forces deployed in the Persian Gulf; and (3) obtain international assistance for nations that have suffered financial losses as a result of support for the United Nations trade embargo against Iraq and international humanitarian assistance for foreign nationals who have fled Iraq and Kuwait. States that the United States should continue to: (1) seek international consensus to contain Iraq's conventional, chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs and stop the export to Iraq of dual use technology and military components; (2) seek international consensus to address regional problems of arms proliferation and ensure that conventional weapons transfers to the region reflect legitimate security needs of the recipient nation; (3) maintain Israel's economic well-being and military advantage in the Middle East and achieve an Arab-Israeli peace settlement; and (4) promote respect for human rights and support the development of democratic institutions throughout such region. Commends the United Nations and the United Nations Security Council for their response to Iraq's aggression against Kuwait. Affirms support for specified United Nations Security Council resolutions and calls on all nations to comply with such resolutions and strengthen sanctions against Iraq. Declares that the United States and other members of the international community should continue efforts to achieve a diplomatic solution to the Persian Gulf crisis. Supports the President's emphasis on diplomatic efforts, international sanctions, and negotiations under the auspices of the United Nations to achieve U.S. objectives. Sets forth findings with respect to the War Powers Resolution.
Law· HRH.R. 5725 (101st)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 26 September 1990
Amends the Defense Production Act of 1950 to extend its expiration date to October 20, 1990.