Education

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives in support of actions to eliminate preventable deaths and disabling illness, especially among children, through intensified international collaboration to attain the United Nations goals of Universal Childhood Immunization by 1990 and Health for All by the Year 2000, and through the convening of a World Summit on Children.

United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1989

Declares that: (1) it is the sense of the House of Representatives that child survival and development programs are to be commended; (2) the House of Representatives reaffirms its goal of improvement of the survival rates, health, and development of people in all countries and urges the President to adopt this as a major priority; (3) the President is urged to propose to the Secretary General of the United Nations that he establish an independent advisory commission with regard to programs in primary health care, nutrition, basic education, and environment by members of the Grand Alliance for Children; and (4) the House of Representatives endorses the call for a World Summit on Children as an opportunity to attain specified goals, including the goals of Universal Childhood Immunization by 1990 and Health for All by the year 2000.

Expressing the sense of the Congress that Federal funding for special education should be increased to provide more meaningful assistance to States and localities.

United States · United States Congress · 5 April 1989

Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) there should be a significant increase in Federal funding for programs authorized under the Education of the Handicapped Act; and (2) appropriations made by the 101st Congress to assist States and localities in providing education to children and youth with handicaps should equal at least 15 percent of the national average per pupil expenditure.

John Theodore Sanders, of Illinois, to be Under Secretary of Education, vice Linus D. Wright, resigned.

United States · United States Senate · 4 April 1989

College Honors Program Act of 1989

United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1989

College Honors Program Act of 1989 - Directs the Secretary of Education to allot funds under this Act among institutions of higher education to establish revolving loan funds. Makes an institution ineligible for such an allotment if its student default rate for loans under this Act is 20 percent or more. Allows such education loans to be made for up to four years, at up to $4,000 per year for any student, or at up to $5,000 per year for a student who: (1) has an academic concentration in science or mathematics and agrees to teach such subjects upon graduation; or (2) agrees to teach on an Indian reservation upon graduation. Sets forth student eligibility requirements for such assistance, including maintaining a certain grade level in high school and college, not defaulting on any student loan, and agreeing to pursue a teaching career in a public school. Sets forth loan terms, including cancellation of a portion of principal and interest for each year of full-time employment as a public school teacher. Directs the Secretary to reimburse institutions for the amounts cancelled under such loan program. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1994.

Kids Helping Kids Act of 1989

United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1989

Kids Helping Kids Act of 1989 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish a Secondary School Student Community Service Program. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants to local educational agencies for programs involving juniors and seniors in secondary schools in public and community service. Gives priority to programs which integrate students and their regular classroom curriculum with the academic or social development of other youth. Requires that programs be designed to assist children at risk of failing in school and in the future workforce, including programs such as: (1) tutoring of academically disadvantaged students; (2) initiatives coordinated with other community service programs; and (3) public and community service to individuals most in need, such as the homeless, the educationally disadvantaged, children involved with drugs or alcohol, pregnant teenagers, young parents, or school dropouts. Requires that program funds be used to supplement and not supplant other funds. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1994.

Education of the Blind Act of 1989

United States · United States Congress · 23 March 1989

Education of the Blind Act of 1989 - Amends Federal law relating to the education of the blind to permit the American Printing House for the Blind (APHB) to acquire from other suppliers books and other educational materials for the blind which it distributes to schools. (Current law only allows distribution of materials manufactured by APHB.)

Voluntary National Service and Education Demonstration Program Act

United States · United States Congress · 23 March 1989

Voluntary National Service and Education Demonstration Program Act of 1989 - Directs the Secretary of Education to carry out a voluntary national service and education demonstration program. Requires participants in such program to: (1) have attained 16 years of age but not 25 years of age; (2) have a certificate of graduation from a secondary school or equivalent or be school dropouts; (3) enter into appropriate agreements with State higher education agencies; and (4) be citizens or lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence. Requires each participant to perform at least two years of community service. Requires State higher education agencies to apply for participation in the demonstration program through the Secretary. Provides monthly stipends and educational benefits for community service participants. Includes in such benefits 18 months' tuition and stipends for higher education, apprenticeship, or secondary school graduation or equivalent programs. Requires the Secretary to report annually to the Congress on evaluations of the demonstration program. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 through 1994.

Trauma Care Systems Planning and Development Act of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 23 March 1989

Trauma Care Systems Planning and Development Act of 1989 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to create a new title on trauma care. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants and enter into cooperative agreements and contracts with respect to trauma care to: (1) conduct and support research, training, evaluations, and demonstration projects; (2) foster development of trauma care systems; (3) collect and disseminate information; (4) provide technical assistance to State and local agencies; and (5) sponsor workshops and conferences. Directs the Secretary to establish the Advisory Council on Trauma Care Systems. Declares that, notwithstanding provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Council shall continue in existence until otherwise provided by law. Directs the Secretary to make an allotment for each State for each fiscal year for developing, implementing, and monitoring the modifications to the trauma-care component of the State plan for the provision of emergency medical services. Requires non-Federal matching contributions (in cash or in kind) in specified ratios for fiscal years after the first fiscal year of payments. States that such component of the State plan will be modified with regard to: (1) trauma care regions, centers, and systems; (2) triage and transport of children; (3) accreditation and evaluation; (4) data reporting and analysis systems; (5) procedures for paramedical personnel to assess the severity of injuries; (6) transportation and transfer policies; (7) public education; (8) coordination and cooperation; and (9) other matters. Requires States to adopt guidelines for the designation of trauma centers, and for triage, transfer, and transportation policies, equivalent to the applicable guidelines developed by the American College of Surgeons and by the American College of Emergency Physicians. Authorizes the Secretary, after public notice and an opportunity for comment, to waive the requirement of adoption of such guidelines. Mandates that States: (1) require each trauma center to provide certain information to the State emergency medical system annually; (2) submit to the Secretary, at least annually, the information it receives from its data reporting and analysis system; and (3) identify and submit to the Secretary a list of rural areas lacking certain emergency medical services. Sets forth restrictions on the use of State allotments. Requires an annual report from each State to the Secretary. Sets forth a formula for determination of the amount of allotments. Provides for: (1) repayment and offset for failure to use funds as agreed; (2) criminal penalties for certain false statements; (3) technical assistance and provision of supplies and services by the Secretary in lieu of grant funds; and (4) a report by the Secretary to the Congress. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1992. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct studies to: (1) identify programs established by States in order to reimburse trauma care centers and other health care providers for the uncompensated provision of health care; and (2) determine the adequacy and appropriateness of the reimbursements provided to trauma centers and ambulance service providers under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act.

Child Care Services Improvement Act of 1989

United States · United States Congress · 23 March 1989

Child Care Services Improvement Act of 1989 - Title I: Choices for Working Families Credit - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the amount of the earned income tax credit and to adjust it according to the number of children in a family. Title II: Child Care Block Grant - Subtitle A: Child Care Block Grant - Amends title XX of the Social Security Act to authorize appropriations for FY 1990 through 1992 for allotments to States for grants to eligible entities for child care related projects. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (the Secretary for purposes of this title) to make allotments to States through a formula based on the number of children under 13 years of age living in a household whose income is not greater than 200 percent of the poverty level, adjusted for family size. Sets the Federal share at 80 percent of the project grants. Makes eligible for such grants: (1) local government units, including school districts; (2) nonprofit organizations; (3) professional or employee associations; (4) one or more small businesses; (5) higher education institutions; (6) hospitals or health care facilities; (7) family care providers; or (8) entities the State considers able and appropriate to carry out such a project. Allows a State to make such grants to eligible entities for: (1) child care certificate programs or scholarships enabling low-income families to obtain adequate child care; (2) community or neighborhood child care centers and homes, including renovation of public buildings for such purposes; (3) after school child care programs; (4) grants or loans for start-up costs of employer-sponsored child care programs; (5) training programs for child care providers; (6) temporary care of sick children unable to attend their regular child care programs; (7) expansion of existing part-day child care programs into full-day child care programs; (8) child care programs for homeless children; and (9) child care programs with programs to assist the elderly. Requires States to meet specified certification requirements, including establishment of standards of accreditation or licensing for family-based and group child care providers and methods of inspection and certification based on such standards. Requires annual State reports. Directs the Secretary to summarize State reports annually for the Congress. Requires grant recipients to cover between ten percent and 50 percent of the project cost with non-Federal funds. Directs each State Governor to establish an advisory council on child care. Directs the Secretary to conduct and support: (1) research on the effectiveness of early childhood education and quality child care on child growth and development; and (2) demonstration programs to test the effectiveness of innovative child care arrangements and programs (including at least ten grants to entities in accordance with subtitle B of this title). Subtitle B: Quality Child Care Demonstration Projects - Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to not more than ten eligible public agencies and private entities, in urban and rural areas, to administer child development models. Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress by April 1, 1992, on the operation of the child development models that received grants, with a summary of their evaluation reports. Subtitle C: Revolving Loan Fund - Provides assistance for State-established revolving loan funds to enable family-based child care providers to meet accreditation or licensing standards. Requires each applicant State to provide in its plan for such assistance to have established a revolving loan fund along with specified procedures and guidelines. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990, to remain available for assistance to States for FY 1990 through 1992. Directs the Secretary to make allotments to States through a formula based on the number of children under 13 years of age. Title III: Building Blocks for Employer/Employee Child Care Partnerships - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that a plan shall not be treated as a cafeteria plan unless it provides an option to choose benefits under a dependent care assistance program. Establishes a tax credit for employers who provide qualified child care facilities. Provides that certain earnings from the provision of qualified family-based or in-home child care services are entitled to: (1) special rules for and a lower rate of self-employment tax; and (2) exemptions from wage withholding and estimated tax requirements (under the Internal Revenue Code and the Social Security Act). Title IV: Child Care Liability - Subtitle A: Child Care Liability Reform - Applies the provisions of this subtitle, with specified exceptions, to any civil action, in any State or Federal court, against any child care provider who is in compliance with the licensing or accreditation requirements of the State in which the provider is located. Makes this part inapplicable to civil actions for intentional torts. Provides that this part shall preempt and supersede Federal or State law only to the extent such law is inconsistent with this part. Sets forth certain defenses, rules, and rights which are not affected by this part. Makes joint and several liability inapplicable to any action subject to this subtitle. Makes an exception for concerted actions. Provides for reduction of awards for damages in cases of collateral sources of compensation. Sets forth standards and procedures for the award of punitive or exemplary damages in civil actions to which this subtitle applies. Provides that nonprofit corporations or local educational agencies are not liable for damages in any civil action to which this subtitle applies which is brought against a separate child care-providing corporation or business organization of which they are the parent or majority owners. Encourages States to establish expedited and simplified procedures under which nonprofit organizations and local educational agencies may inexpensively and quickly incorporate or otherwise organize such entities as separate child care providers. Subtitle B: Child Care Liability Risk Retention Group - Authorizes any State to assist in the establishment and operation of a child care liability risk retention group (i.e. a corporation or other limited liability association whose members are child care providers licensed or accredited pursuant to State or local law or standards and which otherwise satisfies specified criteria for risk retention groups). Requires State plans to: (1) identify the lead agency designated and responsible for the administration of funds under this part; (2) provide that all participants in the child care liability risk retention group are child care providers who are licensed or accredited pursuant to State or local law or standards; (3) provide for maximum membership of family-based child care providers in the group; (4) provide that the State shall use at least the amount allotted to establish or maintain a liability risk retention group for child care providers; and (5) specify how any such liability risk retention group will continue to be financed after FY 1992, including financing through contributions by the State or by members of such pool. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to review and approve State plans and to monitor State compliance with requirements of this subtitle. Provides for suspension of payments upon a finding of noncompliance. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 to remain available for assistance to States for FY 1990 through 1992. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to allot funds to States on the basis of the number of children under 13 years of age. Title V: President's Award for Responsive Management Policy - Establishes the President's Award for Responsive Management Policy to honor public and private sector employers who have: (1) successfully implemented in their businesses family-oriented personnel programs and policies responsive to child care needs of working parents; or (2) made significant contributions to child care projects in their communities. Directs the President, through the Secretary of Labor, to solicit nominations.

National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Act of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 23 March 1989

Comprehensive National Nutrition Monitoring System Act - Amends the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 to replace provisions relating to nutritional status monitoring with provisions directing the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Health and Human Services (the Secretaries) to jointly establish: (1) a National Nutrition Monitoring System (Monitoring System) to carry on assessment and surveillance regarding nutrition-related health problems; and (2) an Interagency Committee on Nutrition Monitoring to assist the Secretaries in the coordination of nutrition monitoring efforts within the Federal Government. Directs the Secretaries to jointly prepare and implement a Ten-Year National Nutrition Monitoring Plan (Plan) to commence with FY 1991. Requires the General Accounting Office to conduct an evaluation of the Monitoring System and the implementation of the Plan. Directs the Secretaries to contract with experts in nutrition data analysis for the analysis of the data collected from the Monitoring System and the Plan. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to submit to the Congress a catalog of all nutrition education programs conducted by all Federal departments and agencies. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to submit to the Congress a report on the appropriate Federal role in ensuring that medical students and practicing physicians have access to adequate nutrition training. Directs the Secretaries, at least every five years, to jointly publish a report containing nutritional and dietary information and guidelines for the general public. Requires the report to be promoted by each Federal agency in carrying out any Federal food or nutrition program. Requires any Federal agency that proposes to issue any dietary guidance to submit the text to the Secretaries for their joint approval. Requires the approval of both Secretaries for either of the Secretaries to issue any dietary guidance. Repeals provisions of the Food Security Act of 1985 relating to nutrition monitoring.

Family Educational Opportunity Act of 1989

United States · United States Congress · 23 March 1989

Family Educational Opportunity Act of 1989 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to remove from the computation of expected family contribution in the determination of need for assistance under the title IV (Student Assistance) Pell Grant program and other title IV student assistance programs the following assets: (1) the family's principal place of residence; (2) a family farm on which the family resides; or (3) a small business substantially owned and managed by a member or members of the family.

Rural Emergency Medical Services Improvement Act of 1989

United States · United States Congress · 23 March 1989

Rural Emergency Medical Services Improvement Act of 1989 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to create a new title on emergency medical services for rural areas. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make an allotment for each State each fiscal year for improving the availability and quality, in rural areas, of emergency medical services and emergency medical services systems provided to victims of emergencies prior to the arrival of the victims at medical facilities. Requires, after FY 1990, non-Federal matching contributions in a specified ratio. Allows a State to expend payments received for: (1) recruitment, training, and retention of personnel; (2) purchase, upgrading, and maintenance of equipment; (3) planning, coordination, and support of local emergency medical services and systems; and (4) public education. Requires that the State plan for emergency services provide for adequate services in rural areas. Sets forth a formula for determination of the amount of allotments. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1992. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants for research into and demonstration projects concerning ways to improve the availability and quality of prehospital emergency medical services in rural areas by using communications technologies, making continuing education more accessible, improving curricula, undertaking outcome studies, and developing innovative financing mechanisms. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants for pilot projects to develop community-based centers to coordinate and deliver comprehensive occupational health and safety services to rural communities. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1992 for improving rural prehospital emergency services and for centers for rural occupational health and safety services.

To amend the Education of the Handicapped Act to authorize the Secretary of Education to establish 10 demonstration projects for elementary and secondary students with dyslexia.

United States · United States Congress · 23 March 1989

Amends the Education of the Handicapped Act to authorize the Secretary of Education to make a grant to each of ten eligible State and local educational agencies and private educational institutions for demonstration programs addressing the educational needs of elementary and secondary school students with dyslexia. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 and thereafter.

Aid for Development Act

United States · United States Congress · 23 March 1989

Aid for Development Act - Title I: Findings and Funding - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to require that not less than $200,000,000 be made available for FY 1990 for certain activities which can significantly reduce childhood mortality. Adds maternal malnutrition and morbidity reduction as a goal for such activities. Adds safe water programs to the list of activities. Provides that priority should be given to activities which strengthen the capacity and infrastructure of local communities to improve the health of children and women. Requires that not less than 50 percent of funds authorized each fiscal year for education and human resources development be available only for programs in basic primary and secondary education. Prohibits the provision of human rights and development assistance to the government of any country which engages in a consistent pattern of violations of: (1) the rights of civilians and noncombatants in armed conflict; or (2) internationally recognized child labor rights. Requires the Secretary of State to transmit to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate an annual report regarding: (1) the status of the rights of civilians in armed conflict situations; and (2) the status of internationally recognized child labor rights. Adds civilians in situations of armed conflict as a matter pertaining to human rights and humanitarian affairs for which the Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs is responsible. Increases to 18 percent from 13 1/2 percent the aggregate amount of specified appropriations required to be made available for activities of private and voluntary organizations for FY 1990 through 1992 (currently FY 1986 through 1989). Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1969 to authorize appropriations for the Inter-American Foundation. Amends the African Development Foundation Act to authorize appropriations for the African Development Foundation. Title II: Asian and Pacific Development Foundation - Asian and Pacific Development Foundation Act - Establishes the Asian and Pacific Development Foundation. Declares that the purposes of the Foundation shall be: (1) to strengthen the bonds of friendship between the people in Asia and the Pacific and the people of the United States; (2) to support self-help activities at the local level designed to enlarge opportunities for community development; (3) to encourage the establishment of development institutions which are indigenous to particular countries in Asia and the Pacific. Requires the Foundation to coordinate its development assistance activities with the activities of the U.S. Government and private, regional, and international organizations. Authorizes the Foundation to make grants, loans, and loan guarantees to certain indigenous private or public groups or associations in Asia or the Pacific. Sets priorities for making such grants, loans, and loan guarantees. Authorizes appropriations.

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a deduction for education loan interest incurred by doctors, nurses, and allied health professionals while serving in medicallly underserved areas.

United States · United States Congress · 23 March 1989

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an income tax deduction for education loan interest accrued by a physician, nurse, or allied health professional while serving in a medically underserved area.

Expressing the sense of the Congress that universal scientific literacy among all American high school graduates by the year 2000 should be a primary national objective, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 23 March 1989

Expresses the sense of the Congress, and its pledge to provide necessary programs and resources, that a primary national objective should be the attainment by all U.S. high school graduates by the year 2000 of universal scientific literacy (i.e. understanding basic scientific processes and approaches, comprehending descriptions of scientific and technological issues, understanding societal risks and benefits of modern science and technology, and interpreting scientific and technological information sufficiently to make reasoned judgments about competing policy options).

Child Investment and Security Act of 1989

United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1989

Child Investment and Security Act of 1989 - Title I: Prenatal Care - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to phase-in mandatory State coverage of pregnant women and infants whose family income is below 200 percent of the Federal poverty level. Includes prenatal and postpartum home visitation services within such coverage. Deducts child and medical care costs from the income eligibility test. Requires the continuation of such coverage for women through the month in which the 60-day post-partum period expires, and for infants throughout their first year of life. Requires that States make ambulatory prenatal care available to a pregnant woman during a presumptive eligibility period which ends when she is determined to be ineligible for Medicaid benefits or 14 days after she is determined to be eligible, but fails to apply. Requires that States submit information to the Secretary of Health and Human Services, by April 1 of each year, pertaining to the supply of and demand for obstetrical and pediatric services and proposed Medicaid payment rates for such services so that the Secretary may determine whether such rates are sufficient to ensure that obstetrical and pediatric services will be at least as available to Medicaid beneficiaries as they are to the general population. Requires States to immediately revise rates determined to be insufficient. Amends title V (Maternal and Child Health Services) of the Act to increase authorized appropriations for the Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant Program. Sets aside such additional appropriations for the expansion of prenatal care services for pregnant women and infants in target populations which include pregnant women and infants who are economically disadvantaged and who reside within areas or among populations suffering disproportionately high levels of infant mortality and inadequate maternity and infant care. Amends the Public Health Service Act to increase and permanently extend authorized appropriations for grants to community and migrant health centers for services promoting the reduction of infant mortality and the management of health services for pregnant women and infants. Title II: Preventive Child Health - Amends the Medicaid program to phase-in mandatory coverage of children under age eight whose family income is below 200 percent of the Federal poverty level. Requires States to receive and process the Medicaid applications of such children at locations which include locations other than those used for applications under part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) of title IV of the Act. Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize appropriations for FY 1990 through 1993 for supplemental grants to public entities for the inclusion of immunization training and outreach services within their immunization programs. Title III: Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children - Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to require the Secretary to allocate specified funds among States from FY 1990 through 1993 under the special supplemental food program for women, infants, and children (WIC). Title IV: Early Childhood Education - Amends the Head Start Act to increase and extend, through FY 1993, authorized appropriations for Head Start programs. Title V: Application Process for Certain Forms of Federal Assistance with Respect to Child Health - Directs the Secretary to develop a plan, to be implemented within nine months of this Act's enactment, for the use of a single, standardized application form for simultaneously requesting assistance for children under age six under the Social Security Act, the Public Health Service Act, the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, and the Head Start Act.

National African-American Heritage Memorial Museum Act

United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1989

National African-American Heritage Memorial Museum Act - Establishes within the Smithsonian Institution the National African-American Heritage Memorial Museum to be operated as a center and location for education, research, events, and collection and display of items and materials relating to the historical, cultural, economic, political, and other aspects of the scope of experiences of African-Americans. Requires the Board of Trustees of the National African-American Heritage Memorial Museum to report to the Congress and the President annually on its activities and operations. Authorizes appropriations.

Hispanic-Serving Institutions of Higher Education Act of 1989

United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1989

Hispanic-Serving Institutions of Higher Education Act of 1989 - Directs the Secretary of Education to provide financial and related assistance to Hispanic-serving institutions of higher education for the following types of programs for Hispanic students: (1) student financial aid; (2) recruitment and retention; (3) academic tutoring and counseling; (4) special educational initiatives, such as pre-freshman orientation in study skills and instruction in core curricula, and academic support for those in traditionally underrepresented fields such as mathematics, science, and engineering; and (5) collaboration with local educational agencies for dropout prevention and reentry. Defines Hispanic-serving institution of higher education as a public or private accredited institution with a four-year baccalaureate or a two-year associate degree program and with a student enrollment that is at least 25 percent Hispanic. Directs the Secretary to grant program awards for up to five years, subject to annual review. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1994.

Youth Employment Services Act of 1989

United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1989

Youth Employment Services Act of 1989 - Amends the Job Training Partnership Act to establish a demonstration program for employment opportunities for severely disadvantaged youth. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to carry out such programs with specified funds. Defines an eligible severely disadvantaged youth as one who: (1) is between 16 and 25 years old; (2) is economically disadvantaged; (3) has dropped out of elementary or secondary school or has received a secondary school degree but whose reading and mathematics skills are both below the eighth grade level; (4) has not participated in an education or training program in nine months preceding the month in which he or she enrolls in the program under this Act; and (5) has less than 150 hours work experience in a specified nine-month period. Requires program grant applicants to form eligible partnerships, which shall include a public agency or private nonprofit organization and a business concern or association. Allows program funds to be used for: (1) individual assessment; (2) intensive basic skills training combined with vocational training and/or work experience; (3) support services; (4) job development and placement services; (5) a monitoring period after program completion, with support services to assist in retaining employment or advancing toward an educational degree; and (6) other appropriate services to further job placement. Directs the Secretary to evaluate services provided by eligible partnerships funded under this Act. Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress on such evaluation. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1992.

Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 1369) to authorize funds for international business studies in honor of the public services of Maureen and Mike Mansfield, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1989

Sets forth the rule for the consideration of H.R. 1369 (international business education).

Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1990

United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1989

Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 - Title I: The Department of State - Part A: Authorization of Appropriations; Allocation of Funds - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 and 1991 for the Department of State for: (1) the administration of foreign affairs; (2) international organizations and conferences; (3) international commissions; (4) migration and refugee assistance; (5) bilateral science and technology agreements; (6) Soviet-East European research and training; and (7) the Asia Foundation. Amends the State Department Basic Authorities Act to authorize the transfer into the Buying Power Maintenance Account of amounts deobligated from accounts for the administration of foreign affairs. Eliminates a percentage limitation on the transfer of authorized funds between specified Department of State accounts. Provides that if an amount appropriated pursuant to an Act other than an appropriation Act is less than the authorization amount and the Act provides for earmarked funds, such funds shall be reduced to an amount bearing the same ratio to such funds as the amount appropriated bears to the authorization amount. Authorizes amounts appropriated for the Department of State to be obligated for 12-month contracts for two fiscal years, provided that the total amount is obligated in the earlier fiscal year. Applies such provisions only to funds appropriated for FY 1987 and thereafter. Authorizes appropriations for U.S. participation in the 1992 Seville World's Fair. Part B: Department of State Authorities and Activities; Foreign Missions - Amends the State Department Basic Authorities Act to authorize the Secretary to use appropriated funds for: (1) obligations assumed in Germany on or after June 5, 1945; (2) telecommunications services; and (3) the provision of maximum physical security in Government-owned and leased properties abroad. Authorizes funds received by the Department in connection with the use of Blair House for FY 1990 and 1991 to be credited to the appropriate appropriations account and made available for maintenance and other expenses of Blair House. Amends the International Center Act to authorize the Department of State to charge Federal agencies for the lease or use of International Center facilities used for security and maintenance. Amends the State Department Basic Authorities Act to authorize the Secretary of State to require foreign missions to obtain benefits or comply with other terms of the Secretary if necessary to implement an exchange of property with a foreign country to be used in connection with diplomatic or consular establishments. Authorizes the Secretary, if it is determined that the purposes of the Foreign Service Buildings Act, 1926 can best be met by such exchanges of property, to transfer funds for the acquisition and maintenance of buildings abroad to the Working Capital Fund. Amends the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1986 and 1987 to increase the amount of funds authorized for the construction of Foreign Service Institute training facilities. Amends the Arms Export Control Act to credit a specified amount of registration fees collected from manufacturers, exporters, or importers of designated defense articles or services to a Department of State account for FY 1990 and 1991. Repeals a provision of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 concerning overseas assignments of Drug Enforcement Agency agents. Amends the Omnibus Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism Act to eliminate the exemption for Agency for International Development (AID) regional inspector general offices from the Secretary of State's oversight for overseas staffing levels. Amends the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1989 to remove provisions regarding: (1) a prohibition on the use of funds to relocate AID regional inspector general offices; and (2) the number of positions authorized for such offices. Repeals a provision of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 which requires the Secretary of State to report to the Congress on expenditures made from appropriations for emergencies in the diplomatic and consular service. Amends the American-Mexican Treaty Act of 1950 to authorize appropriations for the Department of State for official entertainment and other representation expenses within the United States for the U.S. section of the International Boundary and Water Commission. Authorizes the expenditure of appropriations available to the Commission for repairs of sanitation works threatened by the Colorado and Tijuana Rivers and for emergency actions against health threatening sanitation problems. Authorizes the President to carry out preliminary surveys, operations, and maintenance of the system constructed to intercept sewage flows from Tijuana and selected canyon areas. Prohibits the operation of the Anzalduas diversion dam for irrigation or water supply purposes in the United States unless arrangements have been made with the prospective water users for repayment to the Government of the allocated portions of such dam. Authorizes the Secretary of State, acting through the Commission, to conduct investigations relating to the drainage of transboundary waters between the United States and Mexico. Repeals provisions of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 concerning the operations of diplomatic and consular posts and the United States Information Agency (USIA). Repeals a provision of a specified Act relating to the solemnization of marriages by consular officials. Adds the Department of State to the list of agencies to which criminal justice agencies are required to make available criminal history record information regarding individuals under investigation by the Department for determining the eligibility of such individuals for access to classified information or assignment to sensitive national security duties. Authorizes the U.S. Postal Service to establish branch post offices at diplomatic posts abroad. Requires the Department of State to transfer postal revenues to the Postal Service for expenses incurred in providing airmail service for such posts. Amends the State Department Basic Authorities Act to authorize special agents of the Department of State and the Foreign Service to make arrests without warrant for any offense concerning passport or visa issuance if there are grounds to believe that a person has committed or is committing such offense. Removes violations of specified sections of the criminal code from a list of violations for which such agents are authorized to make arrests without warrant. Part C: Diplomatic Immunity, Reciprocity and Security - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make ineligible to receive a visa and to exclude from admission into the United States any alien who has committed a serious criminal offense and for whom immmunity from criminal jurisdiction was exercised with respect to such offense. Waives such excludability under certain conditions. Amends the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 to require the President, no later than October 1, 1990, to determine whether steps have been or will be taken to: (1) ensure that a new chancery building for the U.S. Embassy in Moscow can be safely and securely used; and (2) eliminate the damage to U.S. national security from electronic surveillance by Soviet facilities on Mount Alto. Expresses the sense of the Congress that a 1969 agreement (and related agreements, notes, and understandings) between the United States and the Soviet Union on reciprocal allocations for use free of charge of plots of land in Moscow and Washington, D.C., should be terminated if the President cannot make such determinations. Amends the State Department Basic Authorities Act to authorize the Secretary of State to make grants to child care facilities to offset in part the costs of such care in Moscow and other posts abroad where the Secretary determines that such facilities are necessary to the efficient operation of the post. Amends the Employee Polygraph Protection Act of 1988 to exempt the Department of State from a prohibition on administering lie detector tests, in any counterintelligence function, to individuals working under Department contracts. Part D: Personnel - Amends the Foreign Service Act of 1980 to require the Secretary of the Treasury, at the direction of the Secretary of State and the election of a foreign national employee, to transfer such employee's interest in the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund to a trust or other local retirement plan (except a social security plan). Deems such transfers to be a complete and final payment of benefits under Federal provisions governing civil service compensation. Amends the Foreign Service Act of 1980 to authorize judicial review of any separation for cause of a Foreign Service member. Makes technical amendments to provisions regarding the payment of travel expenses for Foreign Service members and their families in emergency situations. Revises Federal provisions regarding civil service compensation to extend the time period for which payments to employees whose evacuation has been ordered may be made. Revises Federal provisions regarding quarters, education, and cost-of-living allowances for Federal employees stationed in foreign countries. Amends the Foreign Service Act of 1980 to prohibit extra credit for foreign service at an unhealthful post from being used to determine the eligibility of a person to qualify as a former spouse of a Foreign Service employee or to compute such person's pro rata share of employee credit. Prohibits such credit for service as a part of a tour of duty. Entitles qualified former spouses of former USIA and AID employees to Foreign Service health and survivor benefits if such an employee retired before participation in the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System was possible and the marriage lasted at least five years during the overseas assignment. Amends the State Department Basic Authorities Act to authorize the Secretary of State to make grants to post-secondary institutions or students (with special emphasis on minorities) to promote awareness of, and interest in, Foreign Service employment. Requires satisfactory educational progress by grant recipients for continued receipt of such grants. Amends the Foreign Service Act of 1980 to authorize Foreign Service members who receive presidential appointments to remain eligible for certain performance pay and leave in lieu of receiving the salary and leave of the appointed position. (Current law makes such members ineligible for performance pay.) Title II: International Organizations - Authorizes the President to continue U.S. membership in the International Sugar Organization and the International Tropical Timber Organization. Allows U.S. contributions to such organizations to be paid from funds appropriated for contributions to international organizations, beginning in FY 1991. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should ensure that the United Nations continues to pay sufficient attention to the United States and other major financial contributors in decision-making procedures on budgetary matters. Authorizes the President to withhold funds appropriated for the U.S. contribution to the United Nations or its agencies unless the United Nations has continued to implement the decision-making process in such manner. Amends the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 to repeal provisions regarding the U.S. contribution to the International Committee of the Red Cross and the recognition of the Red Shield of David. Title III: Immigration and Refugee Provisions - Amends the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962, as amended by the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1986 and 1987 to make technical amendments to a provision regarding audits of funds received by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1990 for the Maritime Administration and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1989

Authorizes appropriations for the Maritime Administration for FY 1990 for: (1) operating-differential subsidies; (2) research and development; (3) manpower, education, and training; (4) operating programs; and (5) national security support capabilities, including the National Defense Reserve Fleet and the Ready Reserve Force. Amends the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 to revise Federal provisions relating to the making of student incentive payments to individuals enrolled in State maritime academies. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to submit to the Congress a study on providing training opportunities for State, regional, and Federal maritime academy students that will produce licensed graduate officers. Amends the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 to set the cap on annual payments to regional maritime academies which meet certain requirements at $200,000. Amends the Merchant Ship Sales Act of 1946 to limit the purposes for which the Secretary of Transportation may enter into a contract for maintenance of the National Defense Reserve Fleet, including the Ready Reserve Force.

Comprehensive Alzheimer's Assistance, Research, and Education Act of 1989 (CARE)

United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1989

Comprehensive Alzheimer's Assistance, Research, and Education Act of 1989 (CARE) - Title I: Public Health Service Programs With Respect to Alzheimer's Disease - Amends the Public Health Service Act to create a new title on Alzheimer's disease. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants and enter into cooperative agreements to assist grantees in establishing and maintaining, with respect to Alzheimer's and related disorders, centers for: (1) conducting basic and clinical research, training, and dissemination of clinical information; (2) demonstrating advanced diagnostic, prevention, treatment, and management methods; (3) conducting programs of community education; and (4) maximizing research. Directs the Secretary, in carrying out these provisions, to consult with the directors of specified National Institutes of Health. Specifies purposes for which grant funds may and may not be used. Limits support for a center to five years, with extensions by the Secretary of up to five years if recommended by a technical and scientific peer review group. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to and enter into cooperative agreements with entities receiving financial assistance under these provisions for off-site research on the diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer's and related disorders. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1992. Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the Director of the National Institutes of Health and the Director of the National Institute of Mental Health, to make grants and enter into contracts to enable grantees to conduct basic and clinical research regarding Alzheimer's and related disorders. Directs the Secretary, in carrying out these provisions, to consult with the directors of specified National Institutes of Health. Specifies the research areas to which minimum allocations of appropriated funds must be made. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1992. Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the Director of the National Institute of Mental Health, to make grants and enter into contracts to enable grantees to conduct research and demonstration projects with respect to teaching the families of individuals with Alzheimer's or related disorders methods for providing appropriate care and managing stress. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1992. Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the Commissioner on Aging, to make grants and enter into contracts to enable grantees to conduct demonstration projects with respect to teaching the families of individuals with Alzheimer's or related disorders methods for providing appropriate care and managing stress. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1992. Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the Director of the National Institute on Aging, to make grants and enter into contracts to enable grantees to conduct long-term care research with respect to Alzheimer's disease and related disorders and with respect to the coordination of long-term care services. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1992. Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the Director of the National Center for Health Services Research, to make grants and enter into contracts to enable grantees to conduct research with respect to developing methods for improving the delivery of supportive services to individuals with Alzheimer's disease or related disorders and with respect to the coordination of long-term care services. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1992. Directs the Secretary to develop a plan for a research program for the study of Alzheimer's and related disorders. Specifies elements for which the plan must provide. Requires research under the plan to be carried out through the National Institutes of Health. Directs the Secretary to submit the plan to the President and the Congress. Directs the Secretary to make grants to States to plan, establish, and operate programs to provide specified services regarding Alzheimer's or related disorders. Specifies purposes for which grant funds may not be used. Limits grants to three years, subject to annual evaluation by the Secretary. Limits the amount of a grant and its portion of the costs of the program for which it is made. Directs the Secretary to annually evaluate the grant programs. Authorizes the Secretary to contract with private entities to conduct the evaluation. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1992. Directs the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration, to require, as a condition of receiving funds under provisions of part B (Alcohol and Drug Abuse and Mental Health Services Block Grant) of the Public Health Service Act, that a State must agree that activities carried out under a specified provision will include increased provision of mental health services related to Alzheimer's and related disorders. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1992. Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the Director of the National Institute on Aging, to make grants to assist grantees in providing training programs and continuing education programs, regarding Alzheimer's or related disorders, to health care professionals, health care paraprofessionals, and family caregivers. Specifies eligible types of grant recipients. Directs the Secretary to ensure that grants are geographically distributed. Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the Director of the National Institute on Aging, to make grants to the Alzheimer's centers established by this Act to assist in developing curricula for such training programs and continuing education programs. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1992. Directs the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, to initiate a study regarding specified health manpower needs related to Alzheimer's disease, related disorders, and other disorders requiring long-term care services. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1992. Directs the Secretary to establish a National Alzheimer's Disease Education Program for: (1) promoting the coordination of health care financing, service, research, education, and training programs; (2) collecting, through the Clearinghouse on Alzheimer's Disease, information on research and treatment programs; (3) making such information available to specified groups and to the general public; and (4) providing technical assistance to States and public and private organizations. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1992. Authorizes the Secretary, through the Director of the National Institute on Aging, to make grants to educate health care providers and the families of individuals with Alzheimer's disease or related disorders on caring for individuals with such diseases or disorders and on the availability of sources of assistance. Requires grants to be geographically distributed. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1992. Title II: Improvement of Services Under Medicare and Medicaid Programs - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to review the levels of reimbursement provided under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act for home health services, extended care services, and inpatient hospital services relating to an advanced stage of Alzheimer's or a related disorder and adjust the levels to accurately reflect the reasonable amount required to provide adequately for services furnished. Requires each State plan approved under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to report to the Secretary on how the levels of reimbursement under the plan for home health services, nursing facility services, inpatient hospital services, and community-based care take into account special needs regarding an advanced stage of Alzheimer's or a related disorder. Directs the Secretary to modify contracts with utilization and quality control peer review organizations under part B (Peer Review) of title XI of the Social Security Act to ensure that the organizations conduct adequate and representative quality of care reviews on patients who require intensive home health services or extended care services. Requires States, as a condition of approval of a State plan under Medicaid, to provide assurances that the State is providing for the conduct of adequate and representative quality of care reviews on patients who require intensive home health services, nursing facility services, or other long-term care services. Directs the Secretary to review and report to the Congress regarding whether specified types of facilities participating under the Medicare or Medicaid program limit or restrict the services they provide to individuals with Alzheimer's or a related disorder. Directs the Secretary to provide for research and demonstration projects concerning methods of improving the delivery of health care services to Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries with Alzheimer's disease or a related disorder. Specifies projects to be included. Directs the Secretary to provide for an evaluation of the research and demonstration projects and submit a report to the Congress. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1992. Requires funds, to the extent that research and demonstration projects relate to Medicare beneficiaries, to be appropriated from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund. Authorizes the Secretary to waive compliance with the requirements of part B (Peer Review) of title XI, title XVIII (Medicare), and title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act as necessary to conduct these research and demonstration projects.

Children's Health Protection Act of 1989

United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1989

Children's Health Protection Act of 1989 - Sets forth limitations on tobacco product advertising, promotion, and packaging. Includes among restrictions on advertising: (1) no pictures of anyone or anything but a single package of the product, no larger than actual size, with black print on a white background; and (2) no location in or on sports facilities or cars, boats, or sporting equipment or within 500 feet of any school attended by students under age 18. Includes among restrictions on promotion: (1) no free samples or coupons for free or reduced cost; (2) no sponsorship of athletic, music, artistic, or other events; (3) no marketing of nontobacco products or services which bear the same name or symbol of a tobacco product, unless the name is that of a corporation in existence before 1986; and (4) no payment for the appearance of the tobacco product or its name or symbol in any movie, television show, play, or other entertainment form or on any toy or vehicle, boat, or other sports equipment, unless the name is that of a corporation in existence before 1986. Requires tobacco product packages sold or distributed in the United States to have: (1) no depiction of a human figure, no brand name or symbol, and no picture; and (2) black print on a white background. Grants U.S. district courts jurisdiction over civil actions brought to restrain violations of this Act. Deems any tobacco product advertised, promoted, or packaged in violation of this Act to be a misbranded drug under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. Sets forth the relationship of this Act to: (1) Federal Trade Commission authority; (2) State and local regulations; and (3) requirements of the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act and the Comprehensive Smokeless Tobacco Education Act of 1986.

Africa Famine Recovery and Development Act

United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1989

Africa Famine Recovery and Development Act - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to add a chapter dealing with Africa Famine Recovery and Development. Authorizes the President to provide project and program assistance for long-term development in sub-Saharan Africa. Requires the purpose of such assistance to be to help the poor majority of men and women in sub-Saharan Africa to participate in a process of long-term development through economic growth that is equitable, participatory, environmentally sustainable, and self-reliant. Provides that such assistance should also encourage private sector development and promote individual initiatives and help to reduce the role of central governments in areas more appropriate for the private sector. Declares that the general authorities and policies of the development assistance provisions of such Act apply to this Act. Requires the agency primarily responsible for administering development assistance programs (responsible agency) to: (1) take into account the local-level perspective of the rural and urban poor in sub-Saharan Africa during the planning and review of annual country planning documents for project assistance under this Act; (2) make available funds for a significant long-term expansion of development efforts by private and voluntary organizations which have demonstrated effectiveness in or commitment to the promotion of local grass-roots activities on behalf of long-term development in sub-Saharan Africa; and (3) consult with other organizations in order to identify relevant private and voluntary organizations. Encourages the responsible agency to review procedures for the development and evaluation of projects to be carried out by private and voluntary organizations and to simplify such procedures wherever appropriate. Requires the close consultation and involvement of local people in projects that have a local focus. Requires the responsible agency to ensure the participation and integration of African women in development projects assisted by this Act. Requires that the views of women as well as men be ascertained and factored into decisions relating to development activities which affect them. Requires the responsible agency to use the program assistance provided by this Act to: (1) meet the need for maintenance and rehabilitation within the critical sectoral priorities for long-term development; and (2) promote reform of national economic policies to support these priorities. Sets forth examples of national economic policy reforms which can be supported by assistance provided by this Act. Requires such reforms to include provisions to protect vulnerable groups, especially poor farmers and the urban poor, from possible negative consequences of such reforms. Requires assistance for such reforms to take account of the need for adjustments should recurrence of drought make it impossible to achieve the goals of the reforms. Designates as the critical sectoral priorities for long-term development: (1) increased agricultural production and the maintenance and restoration of renewable natural resources; (2) improved health conditions; (3) voluntary family planning services; (4) improved relevance and efficiency of education; and (5) development of income generating opportunities for the unemployed and underemployed. Imposes minimum levels of assistance for certain critical sectors. Directs the responsible agency to provide support for strengthening and developing selected African higher education institutions in order to address the problems of food production and distribution. Prohibits the responsible agency from using less than specified amounts for in-country natural resources and environmental training in sub-Saharan Africa. Requires the responsible agency to formulate coherent country development assistance strategies. Sets forth information such strategies must analyze and address. Requires the assistance provided under this Act to be concentrated in countries that will make the most effective use of such assistance. Specifies uses for local currencies generated by assistance provided under this Act and other Acts. Provides that funds made available under this Act may be used to assist the countries in sub-Saharan Africa to increase their capacity to participate in donor coordination mechanisms at the country, regional, and sector levels. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1994 for long-term development assistance for sub-Saharan Africa and for funding activities of certain international organizations. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the authorization should be extended whenever appropriate. Limits transfers between accounts funded by this Act. Requires the Administrator of the Agency for International Development (AID) to develop a plan for organizational changes within AID in order to carry out the long-term development assistance program for sub-Saharan Africa with maximum effectiveness. Sets forth changes the Administrator shall consider. Requires the Administrator to consult with specified congressional committees about such changes. Authorizes the Administrator to transfer certain funds in order to increase the AID resources for development assistance activities for sub-Saharan Africa. Requires the Administrator to develop a plan for evaluating AID's progress in achieving the purposes of this Act. Requires the plan to provide for: (1) interim evaluations; (2) the establishment of specific criteria for measuring the performance of U.S. development assistance for the poor majority of men and women in sub-Saharan Africa; (3) the collection and monitoring of base-line data for future measurement of the effectiveness of such assistance; and (4) the measures by which the evaluations will be used to institutionalize learning within AID. Requires the plan to be developed in consultation with specified congressional committees. Expresses the sense of the Congress that there should be independent evaluations of AID's performance in providing development assistance to the poor majority of men and women in sub-Saharan Africa. Requires that assistance from other assistance and development programs be used to provide assistance to the poor majority in sub-Saharan Africa. Authorizes the President to make available such amounts from the funds made available by this Act as the President deems appropriate to support long-term development assistance for activities of international organizations which are consistent with the purpose of providing assistance for the poor majority in sub-Saharan Africa and which are undertaken in coordination with AID. Encourages the President to use the authorities provided in this Act in coordination with activities of the multilateral development banks in sub-Saharan Africa. Urges the President to provide debt rescheduling to a country in sub-Saharan Africa if: (1) that country had an average per capita income in 1984 of less that $550; and (2) at any time between October 1, 1989, and September 30, 1994, an International Monetary Fund standby agreement is in effect with respect to that country, a structural adjustment program of the International Development Association of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development is in effect with respect to that country, or the President makes a specified finding regarding economic policy reforms in such country. Provides that the debt rescheduling is the granting of a five-year grace period on all payments to the United States on specified types of loans. Requires the President to notify specified congressional committees of any debt rescheduling granted under this Act. Requires that it be the policy of the United States that the funds made available by this Act are not to be used by a country to repay loans, with exceptions. Requires the annual report by the President to the Congress on foreign assistance programs to include a report on the progress made in carrying out this Act. Provides that reprogramming notification requirements do not apply to funds used to carry out this Act. Makes conforming amendments to various Acts. Declares that, where appropriate, African famine relief activities should serve as the foundation for long-term development activities undertaken pursuant to this Act. Provides for the transfer of certain funds so that they may be used for management support activities associated with long-term development assistance. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the purposes of the African Development Foundation are consistent with the purposes of this Act. Amends the African Development Foundation Act to authorize appropriations for the African Development Foundation for FY 1990 and 1991. Expresses the sense of the Congress that special efforts should be undertaken to reduce trade barriers and promote economic interchange between the United States and developing countries in sub-Saharan Africa.

Tobacco and Nicotine Health and Safety Act of 1989

United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1989

Tobacco and Nicotine Health and Safety Act of 1989 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prohibit the sale of harmful tobacco products to minors and the distribution of such products through free samples or discount coupons. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to regulate the form, manner, and location of the sale of tobacco products in States with insufficient enforcement to require compliance. Requires labels of such products to comply with the Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act and the Comprehensive Smokeless Tobacco Health Education Act, to state that Federal law prohibits sale to minors, to identify the maker or distributor, to detail contents, including any additives, and to disclose tar, nicotine, carbon monoxide, and other constituents. Allows the Secretary: (1) by regulation, to require manufacturers to provide additional information to consumers through labeling, inserts, or other means; and (2) to modify existing warning labels so long as the modifications do not weaken the message. Prohibits such products from containing specified constituents, including additives and nicotine, in violation or in the absence of identified levels. Requires manufacturers, packagers, or importers to provide the Secretary with a list of additives used in tobacco products. Directs the Secretary to establish public disclosure requirements for such additives. Requires the Secretary to test and establish the tar, nicotine, carbon monoxide, and other harmful constituent levels for each brand of tobacco product before such product may be lawfully sold. Authorizes the Secretary to make such information public. Directs the Secretary to report annually to the appropriate congressional committees on the use of tobacco additives and the levels of harmful constituents in tobacco products. Amends the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act to replace warnings of "Cigarette Smoke Contains Carbon Monoxide" with warnings of "Smoking is Addictive. Once you start you may not be able to stop." Deems any product which contains nicotine but does not meet a specified definition of tobacco products to be a drug under specified provisions of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. Declares that nothing in specified provisions of this Act shall supersede, repeal, or modify any requirement of the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act and the Comprehensive Smokeless Tobacco Health Education Act.

To confirm certain contracts for preschool and early childhood services entered into by the Secretary of the Interior through the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1989

Confirms certain contracts for preschool and early childhood services entered into by the Secretary of the Interior with Indian tribes which involve funds under the Education of the Handicapped Act.

Carl D. Perkins Vocational-Technical Education Act Amendments of 1989

United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1989

Carl D. Perkins Vocational-Technical Education Act Amendments of 1989 - Amends the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act (the Act) to reauthorize and revise its programs. Adds to the purposes of the Act assurance that disadvantaged parents dependent on Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program assistance receive access to quality vocational education programs. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 and succeeding fiscal years for specified programs. Title I: Amendments to Title I - Changes the heading of title I to Vocational and Adult Education. Adds a new part A, Office of Vocational and Adult Education. Establishes the Office of Vocational and Adult Education (the Office) within the Department of Education, to be headed by an Assistant Secretary for Vocational and Adult Education. Transfers various functions of the Secretary to the Assistant Secretary. Revises provisions relating to allotments to States and within-State allocations, State administration, State councils of vocational education, State plans, approval, and local applications. Requires that, from the remainder of its State allotment, each State make available: (1) at least 25 percent for activities in postsecondary education, including education for adults in out-of-school settings; and (2) at least 25 percent for activities in secondary education. Includes student members of vocational student organizations on State councils of vocational education. Title II: Basic Grants for Vocational Education - Part A: Vocational Education Opportunities - Revises provisions relating to uses of funds, distribution of assistance, and criteria for services and activities for the handicapped and disadvantaged. Allows a State, after documenting the need to do so and receiving the Assistant Secretary's written approval, to transfer up to 20 percent of the funds allotted to any category of special population allotments to another such category. Part B: Vocational Education Program Improvement, Innovation, and Expansion - Provides for the use of funds for inservice and preservice training for teachers, counselors, and administrators, training for State and local leaders, and vocational-technical education leadership training and professional development. Title III: Special Programs - Part A: State Assistance for Vocational Education Support Programs by Community-Based Organizations - Provides for the use of funds for: (1) foster care youth making the transition to independent living; (2) non-English speaking youth; and (3) model programs using vocational education approaches to prevent school dropouts or promote their reentry to school. Part B: Consumer and Homemaker Education - Provides for consumer and homemaker education grants for instruction in individual and family health. Provides for the use of funds for instruction relating to: (1) balancing work and family; (2) family violence and child abuse; (3) teenage parents; (4) teen pregnancy prevention; and (5) at-risk populations, including the homeless. Allows funds for information dissemination and leadership to be used to help provide State leadership and full-time State administrators qualified by experience and educational preparation. Part C: Adult Training, Retraining, and Employment Development - Subpart 1: Basic Program - Requires Adult Training, Retraining and Employment Development programs to serve the unemployed. Allows the use of State grant funds for: (1) cooperation education; (2) career guidance and vocational counseling; (3) occupational education programs begun in junior year of high school and completed in a community, technical, or junior college; and (4) training and retraining for high technology occupations or in businesses with technological needs, with special consideration to individuals 55 and older. Subpart 2: Special Programs - Makes technical amendments regarding grants for special programs and their uses. Part D: Comprehensive Career Guidance and Vocational Counseling Programs - Requires that at least 20 percent of funds to a State under this part be used for research and demonstration projects to establish and implement or demonstrate student/client outcome standards delivered through comprehensive career guidance and vocational counseling programs. Requires fund recipients to review, set, or make known the standards under which such programs will be measured in the future. Part E: Business-Industry-Education Partnership for Training in High Technology Occupations - Includes small businesses and persons with limited English proficiency among those to be served by the Business-Industry-Education Partnership for Training in High Technology Occupations program. Includes cooperative education among uses of grants. Allows the use of funds for: (1) career guidance; (2) occupational programs begun in junior year of high school and completed in a community technical, or junior college; and (3) activities which encourage collaboration between small businesses and vocational education to develop appropriate high-technology skills and placement opportunities. Part F: Tech-Prep Education Programs - Adds the following new part F, Tech-Prep Education Programs, to title III of the Act. Tech-Prep Education Act - Establishes a program of grants to consortia of local educational agencies and community colleges to provide tech-prep education programs. Defines "tech-prep education program" as a combined secondary and postsecondary program which: (1) leads to an associate degree or two-year certificate; (2) provides advanced technical preparation in such fields as agriculture, business, health, applied science, or mechanical or industrial trades; (3) provides competence in mathematics, science, and communications; and (4) leads to placement in employment or further education. Directs the Assistant Secretary, from each State's allotment in accordance with State plans, to make grants to pay the Federal share of the cost of activities carried out under this part to consortia of: (1) local educational agencies or area vocational schools serving secondary school students; and (2) community colleges and postsecondary vocational technical schools. Sets forth the Federal share. Requires each grant recipient to use the grant funds to develop and operate a four-year technical preparation education program with specified curricula. Sets forth reporting requirements. Title IV: National Programs - Part A: Research and Professional Development - Subpart 1: Research - Includes adults who are in need of training among those to be served. Includes long-range research, field-initiated research, and cooperative education among research activities to be funded. Directs the Secretary to include in the annual report research criteria and summaries of research activities and their contribution to vocational education. Revises provisions for national assessment of vocational educational programs assisted under the Act. Requires such assessment to compare, where practicable, the impact of vocational education programs with the impact of nonvocational secondary education and liberal arts postsecondary education programs on achievement of academic skills and employment opportunities. Revises the formula for limitation of expenditures for such assessment. Revises provisions for the National Center for Research in Vocational Education to require a minimum set-aside of research funds for the Center. Subpart 2: Professional Development - Establishes a program of vocational education personnel development assistance, including opportunities for: (1) advanced study of vocational education; (2) vocational educators updating their technological knowledge; (3) training of new vocational education teachers; and (4) gifted and talented vocational education secondary and postsecondary students to intern with specified organizations. Provides for vocational education leadership development awards. Authorizes the Assistant Secretary to establish and support, through grants or contracts to public colleges and universities, up to ten vocational education leadership development research institutes to: (1) improve response to the needs of the labor market and special populations; (2) develop professional leadership; and (3) enhance teacher education. Part B: Demonstration Programs - Subpart 1: Cooperative Demonstration Programs - Provides for programs to overcome national skill shortages in new and emerging occupations and to add programs for: (1) professional leadership development, especially for minorities; (2) model child growth and development centers; and (3) secondary vocational education partnerships with business, industry, and labor. Subpart 2: State Equipment Pools - Makes conforming amendments. Subpart 3: Demonstration Centers for the Retraining of Dislocated Workers - Makes conforming amendments. Subpart 4: Model Centers for Vocational Education for Older Individuals - Makes conforming amendments. Part C: Vocational Education and Occupational Information Data - Revises provisions relating to a national vocational education data reporting and accounting system. Directs the Assistant Secretary, by September 30, 1991, to establish a National Vocational Education Data System using comparative information elements and uniform definitions and including specified types of information. Directs the Assistant Secretary to establish and chair a task force to establish, operate, and update the system. Requires the system to be compatible with other specified vocational data systems and for reviewing the system biennially. Requires the National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee to: (1) develop and implement a labor market data base representative of actual jobs, new jobs, replacements, and trends; and (2) reserve a specified portion of funds to support State occupational information coordinating committees in carrying out State occupational information systems and career information delivery systems. Requires the Assistant Secretary to establish a National Network for Curriculum Coordination in Vocational and Technical Education, consisting of six regional curriculum coordination centers. Part D: National Council on Vocational Education - Requires that at least one member of the National Council on Vocational Education be a secondary or postsecondary vocational education student active in a vocational student organization. Requires the Council to advise about worksite programs such as cooperative education. Part E: Bilingual and Limited English Proficiency Vocational Training - Sets forth findings and purposes relating to limited English proficiency individuals and their needs. Subpart 1: Bilingual Vocational Training - Requires that certain funds be used for: (1) training of instructors and staff of bilingual vocational education and training programs; and (2) development of instructional and curriculum materials methods, or techniques for bilingual vocational training. Subpart 2: Targeted Assistance for Persons of Limited English Proficiency - Establishes a new program of vocational education targeted assistance for persons of limited English proficiency. Part F: General Provisions - Repeals part F (General Provisions) of title IV of the Act. Title V: General Provisions - Part A: Federal Administrative Provision - Makes conforming amendments. Part B: Definitions - Revises title II part B (Definitions). Title VI: Conforming Amendments - Makes conforming amendments to the table of contents of the Act.

Low Cholesterol Consumer Education Act

United States · United States Congress · 16 March 1989

Low Cholesterol Consumer Education Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish and publish in proposed form standards regarding dietary fat and cholesterol. Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to set forth labeling requirements with regard to foods which: (1) have a label which includes a statement about vegetable oil or cholesterol content; or (2) contain a vegetable oil.

A bill to authorize the Indian American Forum for Political Education to establish a memorial to Mahatma Gandhi in the District of Columbia.

United States · United States Congress · 16 March 1989

Authorizes the Indian American Forum for Political Education to establish a memorial on Federal land in the District of Columbia or its environs to honor Mahatma Gandhi. Prohibits the United States from paying any expense of establishing the memorial.

Community Service Corps Act of 1989

United States · United States Congress · 16 March 1989

Community Service Corps Act of 1989 - Title I: Community Service Corps - Establishes the Community Service Corps (CSC), to be administered by Federal agencies and through a State grant component. Directs the Secretaries of the Interior and of Agriculture to establish the Federal component of the CSC within their agencies to administer programs on Federal lands. Encourages Federal agencies to enter into program agreements with program agencies, local governments, and nonprofit organizations. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish a program of grants to States to administer the State component of the CSC involving work on non-Federal public lands and waters. Directs each Governor to designate a State program agency. Authorizes any local government to establish a program agency to carry out the State component within its political subdivision if the State program agency has not been designated at the commencement of a fiscal year. Requires States carrying out such programs to provide mechanisms for participation by local governments and nonprofit organizations. Authorizes the CSC to carry out conservation, rehabilitation, and improvement projects relating to: (1) wildlife habitat, rangelands, parks, recreational areas; (2) urban revitalization and historical and cultural sites; (3) fish and fisheries; (4) roads and trails; (5) erosion, floods, droughts, and storm damage assistance and control; (6) streams, lakes, waterfront harbors, and ports; (7) wetlands protection and pollution control; (8) insect, disease, rodent, and fire prevention and control; (9) improvement of abandoned railroad bed and right-of-way; (10) energy conservation, renewable resources, and biomass recovery; (11) reclamation and improvement of strip-mined land; and (12) forestry, nursery, and cultural operations. Limits such projects to those on public lands or Indian lands, except where the administering Secretary determines that a project involving other lands will provide a public benefit. Encourages any land or water conservation or related program administered in any State under authority of any Federal program to use CSC services. Sets forth formulas for allocation of authorized funds under this title. Title II: Youth Skills Enhancement - Requires the administering Secretary or the Assistant Director (as the case may be) to provide guidance and assistance to States in securing certification of training skills or academic credit for competencies developed under this Act. Directs each program agency to: (1) maintain or enhance, through programs and projects under this Act, the educational skills of program enrollees; (2) assess an entering enrollee's educational level; (3) use at least ten percent of program funds to provide in-service training and educational materials and services for enrollees and persons serving in such projects; and (4) use at least ten percent of program funds for post-service education and training assistance. Directs appropriate State and local officials to certify standards and procedures for awarding academic credit and certifying educational attainment in such programs. Requires such standards and procedures to specify that any person serving in a program or project under this Act: (1) who is not a high school graduate shall participate in an educational component progressing toward a high school diploma or its equivalent; and (2) may arrange to receive academic credit in recognition of learning and skills obtained from service satisfactorily completed. Title III: Administrative Provisions - Sets forth: (1) requirements for award of grants to eligible entities, including matching requirements and limitations on use of funds; and (2) provisions for approval of applications and supervision of programs. Limits enrollment in the CSC to individuals who, at the time of enrollment, are: (1) 16 through 25 years old (15 through 21 years old in summer programs); and (2) U.S. citizens or nationals or lawful permanent resident aliens. Requires that special efforts be made to recruit individuals who are economically, socially, physically, and educationally disadvantaged. Prohibits acceptance for service of any person without a high school diploma or equivalent, unless that person has not been enrolled as a high school student during the three months before the acceptance date. Limits individual enrollment to a total of 24 months. Prohibits individuals (except special members) from remaining enrolled after attaining age 26. Requires the State job training coordinating council to appoint an advisory board for oversight and review of projects under this Act. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 and succeeding fiscal years to carry out this Act.

Head Start Amendments of 1989

United States · United States Congress · 16 March 1989

Head Start Amendments of 1989 - Amends the Head Start Act to increase the amount authorized to be appropriated for FY 1990.

Relating to decennial censuses of population for purposes of Congressional apportionment, to exclude illegal aliens from the census count, to include in the census count members of the uniformed services and civilian employees of the Government and their dependents assigned to posts of duty outside the United States, and to include in the census count students who are citizens of the United States engaged in academic study in areas outside the United States.

United States · United States Congress · 16 March 1989

Directs the Secretary of Commerce, in tabulating the decennial census for the apportionment of Representatives in Congress, to provide for the inclusion of: (1) members of the uniformed services and civilian employees assigned to posts of duty outside the United States and their dependents residing at or near such posts; and (2) citizens pursuing postsecondary education programs outside the United States. Excludes from the census any alien not lawfully admitted for permanent residence. Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require institutions to provide the Secretary with census information on their students who are studying outside the United States.

Designating the week beginning on January 7, 1990 as "National Journalism Education Week".

United States · United States Congress · 16 March 1989

Designates the week beginning January 7, 1990, as National Journalism Education Week.

Student Right-To-Know and Campus Security Act

United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1989

Student Athlete Right-to-Know Act - Requires institutions of higher education receiving Federal assistance to provide certain information with respect to the graduation rates of student-athletes. Includes information on fields of study, race, and sex under such requirement. Requires such institutions to report such information annually to the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) and to include it in their letters of intent to prospective students who are candidates for athletic scholarships. Directs the Secretary to compile and publish a report containing such information and to make copies available upon request to individuals and to secondary schools.

Stafford Student Loan Default Prevention and Management Act of 1989

United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1989

Stafford Student Loan Default Prevention and Management Act of 1989 - Title I: Default Management - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (the Act) to require default management plans to be developed and carried out by certain guaranty agencies, eligible lenders, and eligible institutions with high default rates under part B (the Robert T. Stafford Student Loan Program, formerly known as the Guaranteed Student Loan Program) of title IV (Student Assistance) of the Act. Directs the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) to determine the default rates for guaranty agencies, eligible lenders, and eligible institutions. Requires those guaranty agencies, lenders, and institutions with default rates in excess of 25 percent to develop and carry out default management plans. Subjects guaranty agencies, lenders, and institutions with high volume default rates in the highest five percent by volume of defaulted student loans to program reviews by the Secretary (in the case of guaranty agencies) or by the State guaranty agency (in the case of lenders or institutions). Directs the Secretary (or the State guaranty agency, as the case may be) to develop and implement a default management plan for such guaranty agencies, lenders, or institutions if it is determined that their management practices substantially contribute to the high volume default. Title II: Improved Stafford Student Loan Collection Provisions - Requires each eligible institution to transmit financial aid transcripts (necessary for loan need determination statements) within 30 days of receiving a request from another such institution. Requires lenders or holders of the loan to notify the borrower, within 180 days after the student borrower leaves the eligible institution, of the month in which the repayment period begins, for both federally-insured student loans (FISL loans) and guaranteed student loans under the Stafford program (Stafford loans). Requires lenders of Stafford loans to notify the guaranty agency (and the borrower, if the loan is to be paid at a new address) of any sale or transfer of the loan to another holder, and the address and phone number through which to contact such other holder concerning loan repayment, within 60 days of such sale or transfer. Prohibits guaranty agencies from selling lists of student borrowers under the Stafford Student Loan program Authorizes guaranty agencies, when the location of a student borrower is unknown or unavailable to them, to enter into agreements for the appropriate State licensing board to provide that information. Eliminates loan repayment deferments that are based on the status of the child rather than the parent, under the parent loan (PLUS) program. Requires lenders to obtain a credit check of applicants for PLUS loans. Allows the lender to charge the applicant for the actual cost of such credit check, up to $25. Requires applicants with negative credit histories to obtain credit-worthy cosigners. Requires an administrative fee, not to exceed five percent of the principal, to be charged to the borrower and paid to the Secretary by the lender, under the Supplemental Loans for Students (SLS) and PLUS loan programs. Requires that the amount to be consolidated be greater than $7,500, in order for a borrower to consolidate loans borrowed for an enrollment period of 12 months or less. Requires multiple disbursement of student loans under the Stafford Student Loan program. Requires that any such loan for $1,000 or more for an enrollment period ending more than 180 days or six months after the disbursement date, be disbursed in two or more installments, none of which exceeds one-half of the loan. Prohibits endorsement of the first installment to a new student borrower entering the first undergraduate year until 30 days after the borrower begins a course of study, but allows such installment to be delivered to the eligible institution prior to the end of the 30-day period. Prohibits disbursement of loans to any other student more than 30 days before the beginning of the enrollment period. Sets forth requirements for methods of multiple disbursement. Requires the lender or escrow agent to withhold a second or succeeding installment if the borrower has ceased to be enrolled on at least a half-time basis. Provides that all loans issued for the same enrollment period shall be considered a single loan for specified purposes. Excludes from such additional disbursement requirements parent (PLUS) loans, consolidation loans, and loans to cover study at an institution outside the United States. Establishes an extended collection demonstration program under the Stafford Student Loan program. Directs the Secretary to enter into agreements with guaranty agencies to establish up to three demonstration programs for extended efforts to reduce defaults on delinquent Stafford student loans. Terminates the demonstration program on September 30, 1993. Directs the Secretary, guaranty agency, eligible lender, or subsequent holder to disclose to credit bureau organizations any information concerning the date a delinquency began and the repayment status of any loan that has been delinquent for 90 days. Requires that the borrower be informed that such organizations will be notified of such delinquency. Requires eligible lenders to furnish appropriate eligible institutions and guaranty agencies with lists of delinquent Stafford loan borrowers within 120 days of the date on which a loan is delinquent. Requires each eligible institution to make available to prospective students, at or before the time of application, relevant State licensing requirements for any job for which the course of instruction is designed. Requires institutions, under student aid program participating agreements, to withhold academic transcripts of student borrowers in default on any title IV loan unless this will prevent the borrower from obtaining employment and repaying the loan. Prohibits institutions, under student aid program participation agreements, from using any independent contractor or anyone other than a salaried employee, except in specified circumstances, to conduct any canvassing, surveying, recruiting, or similar activities, or to make final determinations that an individual meets the institution's admissions or financial aid eligibility requirements. Authorizes the Secretary to prescribe regulations for the limitation, suspension (up to 60 days), or termination of eligibility of an individual or organization to administer any aspect of an institution's student assistance program. Directs the Comptroller General to: (1) conduct a study relating to the discharge of student loan indebtedness in bankruptcy proceedings; and (2) report the results of such study to the Congress within three years after enactment of this Act. Title III: Federal Responsibilities - Directs the Secretary to develop and publish an annual default report to the Congress, beginning on September 30, 1988, which includes: (1) the annual default rate for the Stafford Student Loan program; (2) a summary of the default rates for guaranty agencies, lenders, and institutions determined under default management plan positions; and (3) the net dollar volume in default for each such entity. Directs the Secretary to: (1) prepare a list of guaranty agencies, a list of eligible lenders, and a list of eligible institutions in the order of the volume of Stafford student loans in default for each such entity; and (2) identify the highest five percent of entities on each such list. Directs the Secretary to: (1) develop a plan, to be published in the Federal Register for public comment, for conducting program reviews of all guaranty agencies, eligible lenders, and eligible institutions; (2) report annually to the Congress on the results of such reviews; and (3) give priority to conducting program reviews of guaranty agencies and eligible institutions with the highest default rates and the highest dollar value of loans in default. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out limitation, suspension, or termination proceedings against an institution if it: (1) withdraws from an accrediting agency or association during a show cause or suspension proceeding; or (2) is denied institutional accreditation. Directs the Secretary to contract for, or establish, and publicize a toll-free telephone number as a consumer hotline for use by the public, to permit students to inform the Department of alleged fraud or unfair practices by eligible institutions. Requires the Secretary to establish the National Student Loan Data System, and to assure that such computerized System is operable by October 1, 1989. (Such system is currently authorized but not mandated.) Requires guaranty agencies to: (1) furnish the Department with information to be used in the System about each loan under the Stafford Student Loan program; (2) expand and standardize the confirmation reports to assure information at least bimonthly on delinquencies, defaults, and borrower status changes; and (3) provide the Secretary with complete and accurate data for the System on a quarterly basis. Authorizes the Secretary to require an institution to refund the student's tuition and fees in cases of violation, failure, or misrepresentation under title IV of the Act. Title IV: Amendments to the Needs Analysis Provisions - Modifies need analysis provisions under title IV of the Act for the computation of parents, students', and spouses' contributions to require a family member to be enrolled at an eligible institution in a postsecondary education program meeting specified requirements in order for that member to be counted as in college. Reduces from 70 percent to 50 percent the amount of student income considered for purposes of expected contribution by a dependent student. Prohibits double-counting of income in the conduct of Pell Grant and general need analysis for student assistance programs under the Act. Provides that nothing in title IV limits the authority of student financial aid administrators to: (1) make necessary adjustments to the cost of attendance and expected student and/or parent contribution under special circumstances; or (2) use supplementary information about the financial status or personal circumstance of eligible applicants in selecting recipients and determining award amounts under specified student assistance programs. Repeals specified provisions of the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1989 which had repealed such provisions for such administrator discretion. Allows the costs of food and shelter for dependent care to be included in the cost of attendance, in the case of independent students with dependents and with incomes less than the Standard Maintenance Allowance. Allows projected income for the award year to be considered instead of income reported for the preceding tax year. Allows the exclusion of certain assets from the calculation of expected family contribution in the case of dislocated workers or homemakers. Includes a student's total veterans' education benefits in determinations of need. Excludes certain assets of families with annual adjusted gross incomes of $30,000 or below. Title V: Other Higher Education Amendments - Revises the period of eligibility for Pell Grants to limit it to the full-time equivalent of: (1) the number of academic years that the undergraduate degree normally requires, plus one academic year; or (2) six academic years in the case of a degree or certificate program normally requiring more than four academic years. Revises College Work-Study program eligibility standards to require that only need-based employment (employment that directly offsets educational expenses) be monitored. Makes individuals serving in a medical internship or residency program leading to a degree or certificate eligible for certain two-year deferments from student loan repayment (but ineligible for certain others) under the FISL, Stafford Student Loan, and Direct Student Loan programs. Student Loan Marketing Association Amendments of 1989 - Revises the corporate organization of the Student Loan Marketing Association (Sallie Mae). Revises requirements concerning the common Federal student aid application and its processing. Directs the Secretary, in reallocating returned funds under the supplemental educational opportunity grants program, to give special consideration to institutions located in major natural disaster areas. Requires each State guaranty agency to ensure that there is a lender of last resort in its State. Revises the formula for determining an institution's eligible amount under the direct student loan (Perkins loan) program. Requires that institutional and financial assistance information be provided to students concerning terms and conditions for repayment deferments (and in the case of Federal volunteer programs, partial cancellations of amounts owed) for service under the Peace Corps Act and the Domestic Volunteer Service Act (VISTA) or for comparable full-time volunteer service for a tax-exempt organization. Revises part B (Patricia Roberts Harris Fellowships) of title IX (Graduate Education) of the Act to authorize the Secretary to make grants to consortia of institutions of higher education which include historically Black colleges for programs to provide supplemental need-based financial aid to students and faculty from historically Black colleges who are pursuing doctoral studies. Sets the Federal share of such program costs at 66 2/3 percent. Authorizes appropriations for such grants for FY 1990 and 1991. Amends the General Education Provisions Act (GEPA) to no longer exclude programs under the Higher Education Act of 1965 from GEPA audit provisions. Title VI: Effective Dates - Sets forth effective dates for various provisions of this Act.

Head Start Amendments of 1989

United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1989

Head Start Amendments of 1989 - Amends the Head Start Act to increase the amount authorized to be appropriated for FY 1990.

Voluntary National Service and Education Demonstration Program Act

United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1989

Voluntary National Service and Education Demonstration Program Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to carry out a voluntary national service and education demonstration program. Requires participants in such program to: (1) have attained 16 years of age but not 25 years of age; (2) have a certificate of graduation from a secondary school or equivalent; (3) enter into appropriate agreements with State higher education agencies; and (4) be a citizen or lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence. Requires each participant to perform at least two years of community service. Requires State higher education agencies to apply for participation in the demonstration program through the Secretary. Provides monthly stipends and educational benefits for community service participants and educational benefits for military service participants. Includes in such benefits 18 months' tuition and stipends for higher education or apprenticeship programs. Specifies that educational benefits for military service participants shall be provided pursuant to the Montgomery GI Bill Act of 1984. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress on an evaluation of the demonstration program. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1995.

Head Start Supplemental Authorization Act of 1989

United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1989

Head Start Supplemental Authorization Act of 1989 - Amends the Head Start Act to increase the amount authorized to be appropriated for FY 1990.

Student Right-to-Know and Campus Security Act

United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1989

Student Athlete Right-to-Know Act - Requires institutions of higher education receiving Federal assistance to provide certain information with respect to the graduation rates of student-athletes. (Includes information on fields of study, race, and sex under such requirement.) Requires such institutions to report such information annually to the Secretary of Education and to include it in their letters of intent to prospective students who are candidates for athletic scholarships. Directs the Secretary to compile and publish a report containing such information and to make copies available upon request to individuals and secondary schools.

Drug Abuse Treatment Technical Corrections Act of 1989

United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1989

Drug Abuse Treatment Technical Corrections Act of 1989 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to revise the formula for allotments to States and territories for alcohol and drug abuse and mental health services block grants. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services, notwithstanding specified provisions of the Public Health Service Act, with respect to FY 1989, to waive a requirement that certain amounts paid to a State for such block grants, obligated by the State, and remaining unexpended at the end of the fiscal year, remain available during the succeeding fiscal year. Authorizes the Secretary to waive the requirement in specified provisions regarding minimum expenditures by States for alcohol and drug abuse activities if the Secretary determines that the incidence of intravenous drug abuse in the State does not require the level of funding required in such provisions. Amends provisions requiring a set-aside of a portion of the block grant funds for programs and services for women to require that the focus be on alcohol and drug abuse. Declares that provisions requiring States to use a portion of the block grants for group homes for recovering substance abusers do not apply to any U.S. territory other than the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Prohibits an allotment of block grant funds from being made to a State unless its legislature holds public hearings on the proposed use and distribution of funds. (Current law requires such hearings after the first fiscal year in which a State receives an allotment under provisions relating to set-aside for an Indian tribe or tribal organization.) Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Administrator of the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration to establish program advisory committees and to pay members of the committees. Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the National Deafness and Other Communication Disorders Advisory Board to be established not later than April 1, 1989. Allows exclusion, in computing the maximum number of commissioned officers of the Public Health Service authorized by law to hold a grade corresponding to brigadier or major general, for officers assigned to duty with the Department of Defense. (Current law allows exclusion for such officers only if assigned to duty with the office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs.) Amends specified provisions of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (McKinney Act) and the Public Health Service Act to read as if the amendments made by title VI (Revision and Extension of Programs of Health Care for the Homeless) of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1988 had not been enacted. Amends the McKinney Act so as to authorize appropriations for a National Mental Health Education Program rather than for community mental health services demonstration projects. Amends the Public Health Service Act to allow recipients of grants for health service delivery to homeless individuals to provide dental, vision, and podiatry services as well as mental health and other services.

Low Cholesterol Consumer Education Act

United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1989

Low Cholesterol Consumer Education Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish and publish in proposed form standards regarding dietary fat and cholesterol. Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to set forth labeling requirements with regard to foods which: (1) have a label which includes a statement about vegetable oil or cholesterol content; or (2) contain a vegetable oil.

Declaring the sense of the Congress regarding periods of silence in the public schools.

United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1989

Declares the sense of the Congress that the Constitution of the United States does not preclude the use of, and that public school authorities should recognize the value of, discretionary periods of silence for silent prayer, meditation, contemplation, or introspection in the public schools.

Quality of Life Action Act

United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1989

Quality of Life Action Act - Declares that every adult American: (1) able and willing to earn a living has a right to a choice among opportunities for paid employment at decent wages or for self-employment; and (2) unable to work for pay has the right to an adequate standard of living that rises with increases in the health and productivity of the society. Directs all Federal agencies to plan and carry out their policies and programs so all adult Americans may exercise these rights. Prohibits the Federal Reserve System or any other Federal agency from promoting recession, stagnation, or unemployment as a means of reducing wages and salaries or inflation. Directs the President, in each annual budget and economic report submitted after the date of enactment of this Act, to transmit to the Congress a staged program: (1) to help establish and maintain conditions under which the rights set forth in this Act may be enjoyed; and (2) to implement the Government's economic and social obligations under the Employment Act of 1946, the Full Employment and Balanced Growth Act of 1978, the Charter of the United Nations, and the Charter of the Organization of American States. Sets forth program objectives, which include: (1) providing incentives for enlarging employment opportunities; (2) increasing the opportunities for part-time employment; (3) preventing or controlling inflationary tendencies; (4) providing improved Federal incentives for investment, expansion, and increased employment; and (5) promoting conditions for more self-empowerment by those victimized by discrimination. Requires such program to include policies and projects to: (1) achieve American leadership in goods production; and (2) develop American leadership in services. Requires such policies and projects to include Federal grants and other incentives for short-term and long-term public works planning. Sets forth eligibility requirements for such grants and incentives. Requires the Government to cooperate with the United Nations and foreign governments in developing an international community based on rising living standards. Directs the President and the Congress to review laws, regulations, and procedures which may interfere with this Act and propose necessary changes. Requires the Government to make financial support for the International Monetary Fund and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development conditional upon the development and implementation of policies and procedures which will: (1) raise the standard of living in countries receiving assistance; and (2) contribute to the economic viability, credit worthiness, and ability to import goods and services to the United States. Requires the President to propose and promote international and regional conferences on unemployment and underemployment. Directs the President, in the first annual message at the beginning of the first session of the Congress after the enactment of this Act, to include specific proposals for a Conversion Planning Fund, to be administered by agencies determined by the President. Provides that such Fund shall promote short- and long-term plans for coping with declines in civilian or military activities by developing specific policies, programs, and projects (including feasibility studies, education, on-the-job training, and inducements for necessary and desirable labor mobility) for the expansion of economic activities in sectors where additional or improved goods or services are needed. Requires, in addition to such other funds as may be authorized, that such Fund include no less than one percent of the amount appropriated for military purposes during each subsequent year. Directs the President, as part of such annual program, to transmit to the Congress a short- and long-range schedule for implementing the purposes of this Act. Requires such schedule to include recommendations for restructuring Federal budget priorities to provide for: (1) reducing wasteful or unnecessary military expenditures; (2) increasing Federal revenues; (3) reducing the interest on the Federal debt; (4) using public and private pension funds to help attain the goals of this Act; and (5) promoting or creating development banks in areas of high joblessness and poverty. Requires the President to include recommendations for promoting education activities within each State. Requires the Joint Economic Committee to monitor actions proposed or taken under this Act. Requires that budgetary data for specific programs include evaluations and quantitative estimates of impacts on: (1) gross and net outlays computed in terms of estimates of the effects of paid employment on reducing outlays and increasing tax receipts; and (2) benefits and costs to society. Requires that each overall budget message from the President to the Congress be based on policies and programs to reduce unemployment.

American Conservation Corps Act of 1989

United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1989

American Conservation Corps Act of 1989 - Establishes the American Conservation Corps. Directs the Secretaries of the Interior and of Agriculture to promulgate regulations to implement such Corps. Sets forth the scope of projects the Corps may carry out, including conservation of wildlife habitat, energy conservation, urban revitalization, and road maintenance. Limits projects to public or Indian lands unless public benefit can be documented. Specifies that State agencies or Indian tribes may apply for participation in the program. Requires the appropriate State Job Training Coordinating Council to comment on each proposed project. Authorizes the Secretaries of the Interior, of Labor, and of Agriculture to jointly develop regulations for joint projects, including funding under this Act and under the Job Training Partnership Act. Authorizes agreements with the Secretary of Defense to assist the military with such projects. Limits enrollment in the Corps to unemployed U.S. citizens or nationals between the ages of 16 and 25, with special emphasis on the economically, socially, physically, or educationally disadvantaged. Requires program agencies to provide necessary facilities and services, but permits the Secretaries of Agriculture and of the Interior to do so too. Requires enrollees to pay a reasonable portion of the cost of room and board. Sets forth program health and safety standards. Permits the use of volunteers for carrying out this Act if a program agency already has the authority to use volunteer services. Authorizes the Tennessee Valley Authority to use volunteers. Sets forth rates of pay in terms of stipends and other benefits. Requires the Secretaries of the Interior and of Agriculture to provide guidance in securing academic credit or skills certification for program enrollees. Sets forth provisions for training and education services for program enrollees. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to evaluate the conduct of the program. Requires program agencies to provide job guidance and placement. Directs the Secretaries of the Interior and of Agriculture to report annually to the Congress. Entitles Federal employees and other employees displaced by enrollees under this Act to appeal or protest as specified. Authorizes and earmarks appropriations for FY 1990 through 1994.

Designating October 3, 1989, as "National Teacher Appreciation Day".

United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1989

Designates October 3, 1989, as National Teacher Appreciation Day.

To amend the Head Start Act to increase the amount authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 1990.

United States · United States Congress · 13 March 1989

Amends the Head Start Act to increase the amount authorized to be appropriated for FY 1990.

To designate April 6, 1989, as "National Student-Athlete Day".

United States · United States Congress · 13 March 1989

Designates April 6, 1989, as National Student-Athlete Day.

To authorize funds for international business studies in honor of the public services of Maureen and Mike Mansfield, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 9 March 1989

Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require the Secretary of Education to provide a grant to support international business education programs, especially in relation to modern Asia, at the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Center at the University of Montana.