Education

Peace Corps Volunteer Education Demonstration Program Act

United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1989

Peace Corps Volunteer Education Demonstration Program Act - Authorizes the Director of the Peace Corps to carry out a training and educational benefits demonstration program. Makes eligible for program participation any student at an institution of higher education who: (1) has completed at least two years of satisfactory study and is enrolled in a bachelor-degree program of at least four years; (2) agrees to serve at least three years in the Peace Corps; and (3) is selected in a competitive process. Requires selection procedures to include special consideration for traditionally underserved groups of students and students who will specialize in courses in areas in which the Peace Corps has special need. Requires the Director to carry out a training program under which participants receive appropriate training for their Peace Corps work as part of their course of study. Makes participants eligible for educational benefits to cover attendance costs during their remaining two years of study. Requires repayment of such benefits if the individual fails to complete three years of Peace Corps service. Directs the Secretary of Education to evaluate and report on such program to the President and the Congress by October 31, 1994. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1995.

To designate the period commencing November 12, 1989, and ending November 18, 1989, as "Geography Awareness Week".

United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1989

Designates the week of November 12 through November 18, 1989, as Geography Awareness Week.

Business and Citizen School Volunteers of America Act of 1989

United States · United States Congress · 8 February 1989

Business and Citizen School Volunteers of America Act of 1989 - Directs the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) to make grants to eligible partnerships to assist elementary and secondary schools in organizing, promoting, and utilizing volunteers in such schools. (Defines an eligible partnership as a volunteer program development agreement between: (1) an elementary or secondary school, State educational agency and/or local educational agency; and (2) a government agency, nonprofit organization, institution of higher education, and/or business concern.) Directs the Secretary to establish a National Center for Leadership in School Volunteer and Partnership Programs, through grants to or contracts with an entity, such as the National School Volunteer Program, Incorporated, which is experienced in and has as its primary purpose assisting school volunteer programs. Requires the Center to: (1) serve as a resource center; (2) train volunteers; (3) conduct an annual survey of volunteer programs; (4) evaluate volunteer programs; and (5) perform any of its functions through contracts with the various types of entities included under eligible partnerships. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1994.

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow the use of United States savings bonds for any individual's higher education expenses to qualify for an income exclusion.

United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1989

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income any income from U.S. savings bonds used to pay tuition and fees of any individual at an institution of higher learning or vocational school. (Current law limits the exclusion to educational expenses of the taxpayer, spouse, or dependent.)

A bill to amend title V of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980 to provide certain resettlement assistance for certain Central Americans.

United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1989

Amends the Refugee Assistance Act of 1980 to provide local communities with resettlement assistance for certain Central American entrants.

To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide that an elementary or secondary school may not receive Federal funds unless the principal supervisor of such school certifies that the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag is a part of the daily program of such school.

United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1989

Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to prohibit local educational agencies from making Federal funds available to any elementary or secondary school unless the principal supervisor of such school certifies to the Secretary of Education that the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag is a part of the school's daily program.

Public Housing Gateway Act of 1989

United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1989

Public Housing Gateway Act of 1989 - Authorizes the Secretary of Labor (the Secretary) to make gateway program grants to public housing agencies to use public housing in the provision of employment training and services to economically disadvantaged public housing residents who are not more than 25 years of age. Requires that such grants be made with the advice and participation of the Gateway Task Force established under this Act. Requires public housing agencies to make the following training and services available to eligible individuals through the gateway program they must establish when they receive such a grant: (1) information on training, education, or services offered by the agency; (2) literacy training and bilingual training; (3) remedial education and training in basic skills (including communication skills, arithmetic, and problem-solving); (4) development of work habits and other personal management skills; and (5) free child care to facilitate participation in training and other services. Specifies additional training and services which may be offered to eligible individuals who are qualified through literacy training, training in basic and employment skills, and support services. Requires participants in gateway program training and services to be: (1) residents of public housing; (2) not more than 25 years of age; (3) economically disadvantaged; and (4) educationally disadvantaged. Limits mandatory child care services to: (1) participants in gateway program training or services during participation; (2) unemployed former participants who have successfully completed the program, for a specified period; and (3) employed former participants who have successfully completed the program, for a specified period. Permits support services to continue for up to 18 months to any individual after termination of participation in program training or services only if the individual has completed the training or services. Requires public housing agencies receiving such grants to attempt to employ in the gateway programs qualified residents of the public housing project involved. Prohibits consideration of earnings of and benefits to any individual resulting from participation in gateway training and services as income for public assistance or rent limitation purposes during specified periods of participation or post-participation employment. Provides that the use of the facilities of a recipient public housing agency in the provision of gateway training or services shall have no effect on the amount of operating assistance to such agency under the United States Housing Act. Establishes an interagency Gateway Task Force (the Task Force) to advise and assist the Secretary in carrying out this Act. Directs the Secretary to provide the Task Force with necessary information and facilities. Directs the Secretaries of Labor, Housing and Urban Development, Education, and Health and Human Services to each appoint members of the Task Force. Terminates the Task Force five years after its first regularly called meeting. Directs the Secretary to review at least annually compliance with this Act by public housing agencies receiving gateway program grants. Directs the Task Force to review gateway programs at least annually to determine their merits in enhancing the employability of public housing residents, and report its recommendations to the Secretary. Sets forth procedures for withholding grant payments in cases of agency noncompliance. Directs the Secretary to transmit to the President and the Congress: (1) annual reports on Task Force activities and recommendations; and (2) a final report, by the date of Task Force termination, on Task Force findings, conclusions, and recommendations. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990.

To grant a Federal charter to The American Education Center-Hall of Fame.

United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1989

Grants a Federal charter to the American Education Center-Hall of Fame, a nonprofit corporation organized under the laws of the State of Missouri.

Caribbean Basin Scholarship Program Act of 1989

United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1989

Caribbean Basin Scholarship Program Act of 1989 - Directs the Administrator of the Agency for International Development to establish and administer a scholarship program in the form of loans to enable students from eligible countries in the Caribbean Basin to study at institutions of higher education and vocational schools in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Provides that repayment of such loans will be forgiven upon the student's prompt return to such student's country of origin for a period which is at least one year longer than the period spent studying in Puerto Rico.

To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide that an elementary or secondary school may not receive Federal funds unless the principal supervisor of such school certifies that each student attending such school is permitted to observe a 30-second period of silence at the beginning of each school day.

United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1989

Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to prohibit local educational agencies from making Federal funds available to any elementary or secondary school unless the principal supervisor of such school certifies to the Secretary of Education that each student is permitted to observe a 30-second period of silence to be used solely at the discretion of the student at the beginning of each school day for quiet and private contemplation or introspection.

To amend title V of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980 to provide certain resettlement assistance for certain nationals of Central American countries.

United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1989

Amends the Refugee Assistance Act of 1980 to provide local communities with resettlement assistance for certain Central American entrants.

To amend title V of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980 to provide resettlement assistance for certain Salvadorans and Nicaraguans.

United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1989

Amends the Refugee Assistance Act of 1980 to provide local communities with resettlement assistance for certain Central American (Salvadoran and Nicaraguan) entrants.

To establish a National Packaging Institute.

United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1989

Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to charter a National Packaging Institute to promote and establish voluntary national packaging standards, with due regard to consumer product cost and convenience, to: (1) minimize the quantity of packaging material which enters the Nation's solid waste management system; (2) minimize the consumption of scarce natural resources; (3) maximize the recycling and reuse of packaging materials; (4) reduce litter; and (5) assure that human health and the environment will not be adversely affected as the result of the use or disposal of such packaging materials. Authorizes the Administrator to conduct a program of public information and education, including public service advertising, to encourage consumer understanding of the benefits of purchasing packaging meeting such standards. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1994.

Providing amounts from the contingent fund of the House for expenses of investigations and studies by the Committee on Education and Labor and the Pension Reform Activities of its Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations in the first session of the One Hundred First Congress.

United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1989

Authorizes amounts for expenses of investigations and studies by the House Committee on Education and Labor and for special investigations and studies of welfare and pension plans by its Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations for the first session of the 101st Congress.

Civilian Conservation Corps II Act

United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1989

Civilian Conservation Corps II Act - Establishes the Civilian Conservation Corps II. Makes the Secretary of the Interior (the Secretary) responsible for administration and oversight of the Corps. Requires that Corps work projects be consistent with the mission or function of each participating Federal, State, local or tribal land managing agency. Directs the Secretary and the Secretary of Agriculture to assure that such work projects are consistent with the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 and other prescribed standards. Limits membership in the Corps to individuals who, at the time of enrollment, are: (1) unemployed; (2) 16 through 25 years of age; and (3) U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents, or lawfully admitted refugees or parolees. Requires that applicants under 19 years of age give adequate assurances that they did not leave school for the express purpose of enrolling. Makes selection of corps members the responsibility of the chief administrator of each participating land managing agency. Gives membership selection preference to minority youths and to youths residing in rural or urban areas with substantial youth unemployment. Limits the period of Corps enrollment for any member to 24 months, which may be served continuously or in two or three shorter terms. Permits members to complete a continuous term after attaining age 26. Prohibits enrollment solely for school vacation periods. Provides for the establishment of residential and nonresidential Corps camps. Deems Corps members and crew leaders to be Federal employees for specified purposes. Amends the Military Selective Service Act to exempt persons who have completed a two-year enrollment in the corps from induction for training and service, except during the period of a war or a national emergency. Authorizes the Secretary to award grants or enter into agreements for the funding and operation of Corps camps with Federal, State, or local agencies or tribal organizations which certify that specified requirements shall be met. Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish wage, hour, and working condition standards; (2) provide for the collection and sale of biomass recovered by Corps camp projects; and (3) arrange, with the assistance of the Secretary of Education, for academic credit awards for Corps experience and for academic study by Corps members. Directs the Secretary to report annually to the President and the Congress on the activities carried out under this Act. Sets forth nondiscrimination provisions. Authorizes appropriations to carry out this Act.

To amend the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to authorize the Director of the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research to conduct research on the development of advanced technology prosthetic and orthotic devices.

United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1989

Amends the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to authorize the Director of the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation to conduct a research program to finance development of advanced technology prosthetic and orthotic devices by Federal, State, and local government agencies and qualified private organizations. Requires such program to include research on: (1) the development of lower and upper limb devices; (2) useful applications of modern materials; and (3) new methods of utilizing body power. Directs the Secretary of Education to prescribe regulations for such program within 90 days. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 and 1991 for such research program. Requires that at least ten percent of such funds be used to make grants to providers of prosthetic and orthotic services who are approved under agreement with the Department of Veterans Affairs.

A joint resolution to designate April 6, 1989, as "National Student-Athlete Day".

United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1989

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

American Conservation and Youth Service Corps Act of 1989

United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1989

American Conservation and Youth Service Corps Act of 1989 - Title I: American Conservation Corps - Establishes the American Conservation Corps (ACC), 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 ACC 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 ACC 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 ACC 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 beds and rights-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 ACC services. Title II: Youth Service Corps - Requires the Director of the ACTION Agency to appoint an Assistant Director to make grants for youth service projects to eligible public and private nonprofit agencies, and to otherwise administer Youth Service Corps (YSC) programs under this title. Provides for designation of specific activities as eligible service categories if: (1) they are of substantial social benefit in meeting unmet human, social (especially poverty-related), or environmental needs in a community; (2) they will not interfere unreasonably with employment availability and terms of employees of sponsoring organizations; and (3) participants are qualified for such activities. Allows such service categories to include service in: (1) State, local, and regional governmental agencies; (2) nursing homes, hospices, senior centers, hospitals, local libraries, parks, recreational facilities, day care centers, and schools; (3) law enforcement, penal, and probation agencies; (4) private nonprofit social services organizations; (5) rehabilitation or improvement of public facilities or neighborhoods, literacy programs, weatherization and repair of low-income housing, energy conservation (including solar energy), removal of public facility architectural barriers to the handicapped, and conservation, maintenance, or restoration of natural resources on publicly held lands; and (6) any other nonpartisan civic activities and services determined appropriate by the Assistant Director. Prohibits such service categories from including any position in any: (1) business organized for profit; (2) labor union; (3) partisan political organization; (4) religious organization, unless the position does not involve any religious functions; or (5) domestic or personal service organization. Title III: 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 IV: 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 ACC and YSC to individuals who, at the time of enrollment, are: (1) 16 through 25 years old; 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. Prohibits any enrollee from performing services on any project for more than a six-month period. 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. Title V: Commission on National Service Opportunities - Establishes the Commission on National Service Opportunities to study: (1) opportunities for young people to perform voluntary national service; and (2) the effect on Federal and other employees of improving the quality and expanding the number of such opportunities. Requires the Commission's final report and recommendations to be transmitted to the President and the Congress within 15 months after its first meeting. Requires each executive department and agency affected by such report to submit to the President recommendations for implementing it. Directs the President, within 90 days after the Commission's final report is transmitted to the Congress, to transmit an interim report to the Congress on: (1) the desirability, feasibility, and cost of implementing the Commission's recommendations, and the actions taken or planned with respect to that implementation; and (2) recommendations on legislation needed for implementation. Directs the President to transmit a final report, within 90 days after such interim report, detailing any implementing actions taken and any further recommendations. Terminates the Commission 180 days after its final report.

Commission on Values Education Act of 1989

United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1989

Commission on Values Education Act of 1989 - Establishes a Commission on Values Education to investigate how the Federal Government can promote the teaching of values in public schools. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 and 1990. Terminates the Commission 30 days after submission of its final report to the Congress. Requires congressional hearings 90 days after submission of the Commission's report.

Smoking Cost Recovery and Education Tax Act of 1989

United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1989

Smoking Cost Recovery and Education Tax Act of 1989 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase all existing Federal excise taxes on tobacco products. Imposes a new tax of $1.17 per pound on cigarette tobacco manufactured in or imported into the United States. Establishes in the Treasury the Smoking Cost Recovery and Education Trust Fund, to be available to finance educational programs (including paid advertising) concerning the hazards of cigarette smoking, with emphasis on discouraging smoking by youth. Appropriates to the Fund ten percent of the increase in tobacco tax revenue generated as a result of this Act. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to conduct an ongoing study and to report biennially to specified congressional committees on: (1) the effects of smoking on health care costs; and (2) the incidence of cigarette smoking by youth, including the relationship between cigarette tax rates and youth smoking.

To authorize the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to carry out a pilot program to establish and maintain a Coast Guard junior reserve officers training program in Dade County, Florida.

United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1989

Authorizes the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to carry out a pilot program to establish and maintain a junior reserve officers training program in Dade County, Florida, as part of the Maritime and Science Technology Academy established by the public school system in that county.

Citizenship and National Service Act of 1989

United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1989

Citizenship and National Service Act of 1989 - Title I: Establishment of the Citizens Corps - Establishes the Citizens Corps, which shall provide the following national service options: (1) Civilian Service; (2) Service in the armed forces; and (3) Senior Service. Allows individuals to serve in the Civilian Service who: (1) are age 17 or over; (2) have received a high school diploma or its equivalent; and (3) are U.S. citizens or permanent residents. Allows individuals to be eligible to enlist for service in the armed forces as Citizen Corps members (subject to existing personnel requirements of the armed forces) who: (1) have received a high school diploma or its equivalent; (2) satisfy applicable enlistment requirements; and (3) satisfy other eligibility criteria established by the Secretary of Defense. Allows individuals to serve in the Senior Service who: (1) are age 65 or over; and (2) meet eligibility criteria established by the Corporation for National Service. Makes such Civilian Service one year of full-time national service, with the option of requesting an additional year. Makes such Armed Forces Service either: (1) two years of active duty in the armed forces, two years in the Selected Reserve of a reserve component, and four years in the Individual Ready Reserve; or (2) eight years in the Selected Reserve of a reserve component. Makes the Senior Service for such time period as the Corporation for National Service allows and either full- or part-time. Provides that Civilian Service or Senior Service members may perform national service to meet the unmet needs of a State, local government, or other community. Allows such service to include the following types: (1) educational service (such as literacy and numeracy programs, Head Start, tutoring, and service in schools, libraries, and adult education centers); (2) human service (such as service in hospitals, hospices, clinics, community health centers, homes for the elderly, and child-care centers, and in programs assisting the elderly, poor, and homeless, including improving their housing); (3) conservation service (such as conservation of urban and rural natural resources, community betterment); (4) public safety service in support of the criminal justice system (including police, courts, prisons, and border patrol); and (5) service in existing national programs (such as the Peace Corps and VISTA). Directs the Secretary of Defense to designate appropriate national service positions for Citizens Corps members serving in the armed forces. Sets forth application requirements for Civilian Service and Senior Service. Directs the Secretary of Defense to establish a system to enlist individuals for service in the armed forces as Citizens Corps members. Title II: Administration of the Citizens Corps - Subtitle A: Administration of the Civilian Service and Senior Service - Makes the Corporation for National Service (CNS) responsible for administering the Civilian Service and Senior Service of the Citizens Corps. Establishes the Corporation for National Service as a nonprofit corporation which shall not be considered an agency or establishment of the U.S. Government. Makes the CNS subject to this Act and, if consistent with this Act, the District of Columbia Nonprofit Corporation Act. Directs CNS to establish: (1) types and amounts of allowances and support for Civilian and Senior Service members; (2) appropriate types of national service activities for such members; (3) procedures to monitor provision of financial assistance under title III of this Act to assure that Citizens Corps members and graduates faithfully perform and complete their service; (4) procedures to examine the effect of such national service on the availability and terms of employment in an area; and (5) rates of pay, eligibility criteria, and terms of service for Senior Service members. Directs CNS to make general grants, pursuant to a specified allocation formula, to assist States in: (1) paying civilian and senior service member stipends and wages; (2) providing and administering national service opportunities for such members; and (3) making grants to national service councils in each State. Authorizes CNS to make supplemental grants during a fiscal year to: (1) States which have an unusual increase in Civilian and Senior Service members (excluding those serving with Federal agencies) in such fiscal year; and (2) Federal agencies to assist them in placing Civilian and Senior Service members for such fiscal year. Directs CNS also to: (1) serve as a clearinghouse for national service opportunities information; (2) assist States in placing applicants in out-of-State positions, if they are unable to place them in within-State positions; (3) assist Federal agencies in acquiring national service participants; (4) investigate claims of abuses in placement or administration; and (5) issue rules for administering and monitoring service performance and provision of service opportunities. Subtitle B: Provision of National Service Positions for Members of the Civilian Service and Senior Service - Directs each State Governor to: (1) prepare a national service plan for the State, specifying priorities; and (2) designate volunteer service areas in the State. Requires each volunteer service area to have a national service council. Requires such councils to: (1) recruit and place volunteers; (2) prepare and implement a plan for such purposes; (3) provide oversight; and (4) perform other duties. Conditions provision of funds to a national service council upon its being certified and its volunteer recruitment and placement plan's being approved. Requires councils to consider agency effectiveness and community-basing in selecting service sponsors, i.e. the public agencies or public or nonprofit organizations with which the Civilian or Senior Service members are placed. Requires the Council to take measures to prevent worker displacement. Requires each State to establish grievance procedures for resolving complaints of regular employees or their representatives that placement of Service members violates such prohibitions of worker displacement. Provides for appeal of State decisions under such procedures to CNS. Authorizes CNS to require private nonprofit corporations to pay to CNS up to $1,000 per Service member placed in a position with such organization. Provides for reduction of such payment to reflect part-time or less than full-year service. Subtitle C: Administration of the Citizens Corps with regard to Service in the armed forces - Makes the Secretary of Defense responsible for administering the Citizens Corps with regard to service by Citizens Corps members in the armed forces, and to issue rules for such purpose within 60 days. Title III: Benefits for Participating in the Citizens Corps - Requires States and Federal agencies to provide $100 per week stipends to Civilian Service members. Requires CNS to provide such members with health insurance. Authorizes CNS to provide other appropriate support assistance. Requires States and Federal agencies to pay an hourly wage determined by CNS to Senior Service members. Authorizes CNS to provide other appropriate support assistance. Requires that Citizens Corps members serving in the armed forces receive 66 percent of the rate applicable to other armed forces members of the same pay grade and years of service, for their basic pay and basic allowances for subsistence and quarters. Makes such Citizens Corps members and graduates ineligible for specified benefits for other members and veterans of the armed forces. Establishes certain educational and housing benefits for those who complete Citizens Corps service in the Civil Service or in the armed forces. Provides that such financial benefits shall be to assist such individuals to: (1) pursue a program of education or training at an educational institution or training establishment; or (2) purchase or construct a dwelling to be owned and occupied by such individuals as their primary residence. Excludes such assistance from gross income for income tax purposes. Sets the amount of such education and housing benefits for Civilian Service at not to exceed $10,000 for each year of the term of service completed. Allows CNS to provide portions of such assistance to individuals who are released from such service for just cause. Sets the amount of such education and housing benefits for Citizens Corps service in the armed forces at: (1) not to exceed $24,000 for completion of two years honorable service on active duty, if the member agrees to complete the honorable service obligation selected; and (2) not to exceed $12,000 for each year of satisfactory participation in training in the Selective Reserve, if the member agrees to complete the honorable service obligation selected. Allows the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide portions of such assistance to Citizens Corps members released with an honorable discharge from completing a service obligation in the armed forces. Limits the use of such assistance to the ten-year period after completion of service, unless it is determined that an individual was unavoidably prevented from using such assistance during such time period. Title IV: Miscellaneous Provisions - Entitles individuals who successfully complete terms of service in the Peace Corps or VISTA to educational and housing benefits. Provides that entitlement to benefits shall be in the same manner as for a member of the Civilian Service, even though such individuals are not members of such Service, but reduces such benefits to reflect the amount of compensation received by such volunteers over and above the amount of the stipend for Civil Service members. Conditions individual eligibility for Federal higher educational assistance under student loan or loan guarantee programs on current membership or successful completion of a term of service in the Citizen Corps. Makes such condition effective on October 1, 1995 (five years after the effective date of this Act). Sets forth the following exceptions to such condition, if such individuals are otherwise eligible for such assistance: (1) individuals enrolled in an educational institution before the end of such five-year period; (2) individuals age 26 or over; (3) individuals who served honorably in the armed forces; (4) individuals determined by CNS to be ineligible for national service because of physical or mental handicap, compelling personal circumstances, or unavailability of a national service position after a reasonable period; (5) individuals receiving assistance provided by the Department of Defense to members of the armed forces (or the Department of Transportation with respect to the Coast Guard) if further military service is a condition of the assistance; (6) individuals receiving assistance provided by the Directors of the Peace Corps or the ACTION Agency, the head of a Federal agency, or a State, if the condition of such assistance is Peace Corps or ACTION service or national or community service which CNS determines is comparable to Citizens Corps service; and (7) individuals who served in Peace Corps, ACTION, or such Federal or State programs of comparable national or community service. Sets forth similar conditions for parental loan program eligibility. Directs CNS to identify by rule compelling personal circumstances, such as age, family status or size, and income, that may render an individual: (1) ineligible for national service under this Act; but (2) eligible, as an exception, for Federal student loans. Provides for a phase-out of the following Federal higher education student grant programs: (1) Pell Grants; (2) Student Educational Opportunity Grants; and (3) State Student Incentive Grants. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1993.

To make a correction in the Education and Training for a Competitive America Act of 1988.

United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1989

Amends the Education and Training for a Competitive America Act of 1988 to extend through FY 1992 the authorization of appropriations for the Access Demonstration Programs (for training of secondary school personnel, including guidance counselors).

Adolescent Tobacco Education and Prevention Act

United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1989

Adolescent Tobacco Education and Prevention Act - Amends the Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act of 1986 to include instruction relating to the use of tobacco products as an activity under drug and alcohol abuse prevention and education programs. Requires such instruction to include: (1) the variety of tobacco products available; (2) the physical and psychological effects on the human body of the inhalation of tobacco smoke, ingestion of tobacco products, and any other use of tobacco products; (3) the addictive nature of such products; and (4) the connection between use of tobacco products and other forms of substance abuse, specifically use of marijuana and alcohol abuse. Prohibits the sale of tobacco products to any person under the age of 18 or such other age as a State may establish. Requires such products to be sold over-the-counter by the legal owner, proprietor, or designated employee of an establishment. Requires the posting of a conspicuous sign in such establishment which states that the sale of cigarettes to minors is prohibited. Establishes fines for violations.

Intravenous Substance Abuse and AIDS Prevention Act of 1989

United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1989

Intravenous Substance Abuse and AIDS Prevention Act of 1989 - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants for treatment services to intravenous substance abusers. Conditions grants on the applicant agreeing to make available: (1) counseling and education with respect to preventing the transmission of the etiologic agent for acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS); (2) testing to determine whether the abusers have been infected; and (3) pre- and post-test counseling. Prohibits making a grant unless the applicant agrees not to condition receipt of treatment services on the individual undergoing such testing. Sets forth requirements relating to the geographic distribution of grants. Provides for allocation of amounts appropriated under provisions of this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to carry out demonstration projects for reducing or preventing the incidence in infants of infections with the etiologic agent for AIDS and for providing support to infants who have such infections. Sets forth priorities in making grants and uses for which grantees may expend grant funds. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to provide counseling and education services with respect to preventing the transmission of the etiologic agent directly or indirectly through intravenous substance abuse. Sets forth priorities in making grants and uses for which grantees may expend grant funds. Prohibits the making of grants under this Act unless the applicant agrees not to expend amounts received under the grant to supplant any funds otherwise available to the applicant for the grant purpose. Requires a period during which the State agency responsible for administering substance abuse treatment programs may comment on grant applications. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 through 1992.

School Completion and Incentives Act

United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1989

School Completion and Incentives Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to make matching grants to each State for planning and carrying out a program to increase the high school completion rate. Requires States to assure that, under such program, requirements for obtaining a high school diploma or its equivalent will not be lowered. Requires that at least 40 percent of a State's grant funds be used for grants to individual schools that have: (1) a dropout rate above the State average; (2) an aggregate achievement rate below the State average; or (3) a student enrollment of which 30 percent of the students come from families below the official poverty line. Directs the Secretary to publish an application notice for such grants by January 1, 1991. Requires grant recipient annual reports by local educational agencies and individual schools to the State, and by the States to the Secretary. Directs the Secretary, at least once every three years, to publish the high school completion rate for each State, with the first such publication to be made by January 1, 1995. Authorizes appropriations for: (1) making planning grants for such programs, for FY 1991 and 1992; and (2) carrying out such programs, for FY 1993 through 1999. Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to revise provisions relating to secondary school programs for basic skills improvement and dropout prevention and reentry. Requires each State educational agency and local educational agency that conducts a specified evaluation pursuant to such provisions to report the evaluation results to the National Diffusion Network. Doubles the amounts authorized to be appropriated for such programs for FY 1990 through 1993. Revises ESEA provisions for assistance to address school dropout problems. Extends through FY 1992 the authorization of appropriations for such assistance for FY 1990 through 1992.

Anti-Drug Abuse Supplemental Appropriations Act of 1989

United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1989

Anti-Drug Abuse Supplemental Appropriations Act of 1989 - Makes supplemental appropriations for FY 1989 for purposes specified in titles I through VIII and for drug treatment and rehabilitation services and assistance to law enforcement agencies. Title I: Departments of Justice and State and the Judiciary - Makes appropriations for the Department of Justice for: (1) salaries and expenses for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Immigration and Naturalization Service, the General Legal Activities Account, U.S. Attorneys, the U.S. Marshals Service, and the Federal Prison System (FPS); (2) support of U.S.. prisoners; (3) buildings and facilities of the FPS; (4) the National Institute of Corrections; (5) Office of Justice programs; (6) the National Institute of Justice; (7) the Bureau of Justice Statistics; (8) the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention; (9) the Bureau of Justice Assistance; and (10) the State Justice Institute. Makes appropriations for the Department of State for: (1) expenses for development, procurement, and implementation of a machine-readable travel and identity document border security program; and (2) rewards for information concerning narcotics-related offenses. Makes appropriations for the Judiciary for: (1) salaries and expenses for courts of appeals, district courts, and other judicial services; (2) defender services; (3) fees of jurors and commissioners; and (4) security equipment. Title II: Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education and Related Agencies - Makes appropriations for: (1) the Department of Labor for substance abuse employee assistance programs in the workplace; (2) the Department of Health and Human Services for certain substance abuse prevention and treatment activities; (3) the Department of Education for school improvement programs and for the National Commission on Drug-Free Schools; and (4) related agency substance abuse prevention and education activities. Title III: Department of Agriculture - Makes appropriations to the Department of Agriculture for: (1) the Food and Nutrition Service for preparing and distributing drug abuse education materials; and (2) the National Forest Service for Federal law enforcement activities relating to the use and production of narcotics and controlled substances on lands administered by the Service. Title IV: Department of Transportation - Makes appropriations to the Department of Transportation for: (1) the Coast Guard for drug interdiction program operating expenses; (2) acquisition, construction, and improvements; (3) the Federal Highway Administration for drunk driving prevention programs; and (4) the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to establish a regional pilot program for training law enforcement officers to identify individuals operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or controlled substances. Title V: Department of the Treasury - Makes appropriations to the Department of the Treasury for: (1) salaries and expenses for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms; (2) salaries and expenses for the U.S. Customs Service, including funding for development, procurement, and implementation of a machine-readable travel and identity document border security program; (3) operations and maintenance for the Customs Service's air interdiction program; and (4) the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center. Makes appropriations for: (1) the National Commission on Measured Responses to Achieve a Drug-Free America by 1995; and (2) the President's Media Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention. Title VI: Foreign Assistance - Makes appropriations to the Department of State for: (1) multilateral assistance authorized by the International Narcotics Control Act of 1988; and (2) military assistance to the armed forces of Colombia to combat illicit narcotics production and trafficking. Title VII: Departments of Housing and Urban Development and Veterans Affairs - Makes appropriations to the: (1) Department of Housing and Urban Development for the Public Housing Drug Elimination Pilot Program; and (2) Department of Veterans Affairs for drug and alcohol treatment programs. Title VIII: Department of the Interior - Makes appropriations for: (1) Indian alcohol and substance abuse prevention and treatment; (2) Federal law enforcement activities related to the use and production of narcotics and controlled substances on Bureau of Land Management public lands and in National Park System units; and (3) grants to the Governments of American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Palau for specified anti-drug abuse purposes under the United States Insular Areas Drug Abuse Act of 1986. Title IX: General Provisions - Precludes any part of any appropriation contained in this Act from remaining available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided. Expresses the sense of the Congress that Federal anti-drug abuse program funding levels for FY 1990 should be maintained at the FY 1989 levels provided under specified Acts together with increases authorized by the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988.

Designating membership on certain standing committees of the House.

United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1989

Elects the following Members to the specified House Committee: (1) Roy Dyson and H. Martin Lancaster, to the Committee on Agriculture; (2) Nick Joe Rahall II, Jaime B. Fuster, Peter J. Visclosky, and Kweisi Mfume, to the Committee on Education and Labor; (3) Douglas H. Bosco, Frank McCloskey, and Donald M. Payne, to the Committee on Foreign Affairs; and (4) Eliot L. Engel, to the Committee on Small Business.

Ground Water Research and Education Act of 1990

United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1989

Ground Water Research, Management, and Education Act of 1988 - Title I: Coordination of Federal Ground Water Research and Education Programs - Directs the President to coordinate groundwater research, assessment, and monitoring activities conducted by Federal agencies and establish an Interagency Ground Water Research Task Force which shall be: (1) chaired by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); (2) made up of key Federal agencies involved in groundwater research; and (3) responsible for identifying research data needs, recommending research priorities, facilitating interagency coordination, and consulting with State and local governments concerning groundwater research needs. Requires the Task Force to submit an annual report to the Congress and the President that serves as the management plan for the Federal groundwater research program. Establishes an Advisory Committee on Ground Water Research to advise the President and the Task Force on groundwater research issues and needs. Requires the Task Force to appoint a Clearinghouse Committee to facilitate agency groundwater information systems. Directs each participating agency of the Task Force to establish a technical transfer and information center that serves as an accessible repository of groundwater information. Requires the Task Force to appoint an Education Committee made up of members who have scientific or educational expertise relevant to groundwater research and management and responsible for reviewing and strengthening academic training programs relating to groundwater. Authorizes appropriations for the preceding activities for FY 1989 through 1993. Amends the Water Resources Research Act of 1984 to reauthorize the program providing grants to Water Research Institutes through FY 1993. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to evaluate each institute's research at least once every five years to determine whether it merits continued support. Extends through FY 1993 the authorization of appropriations for such Act. Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of the Interior through FY 1993 for the reimbursement of 50 percent of the costs of additional research or the synthesis of research by institutes on water problems of a regional nature. Title II: Ground Water Research Programs of the Federal Government - Part A: Programs of the Environmental Protection Agency - Directs the Administrator to establish a national research, development, and demonstration program to support the protection, maintenance, and restoration of groundwater resources of the United States. Requires such program to include research, demonstrations, and surveys of causes, prevention, and correction of groundwater contamination. States that priority shall be given to projects which demonstrate the fate of contaminants in groundwater and develop methods and procedures for controlling pollution sources, monitoring water quality, restoring contaminated groundwater, and reducing the contaminating effects of waste materials. Directs the Administrator to investigate the effects on human health and the environment, and on the Nation's water supply needs. Directs the Administrator to establish a media-specific research committee for groundwater resources to report annually for at least five years on the major research issues of groundwater resources, the current status of the research in such issues, and a plan for the succeeding three years. Requires such report to include a list of all major policy decisions affecting groundwater, control technology projects, health effects research, and other research related to groundwater. Makes such report the management plan for the program and requires its review by the Science Advisory Board and submission to the Congress. Directs the Administrator to appoint a Ground Water Research Manager in the Office of Research and Development to carry out such plan and serve as liaison with the Clearinghouse Committee. Directs the Administrator to establish a program of research to develop technologies for the control of groundwater pollution. Requires that such program be carried out utilizing demonstration projects through contracts, cooperative agreements, or grants. Requires the Administrator to evaluate projects on the basis of the potential of the proposed method to effectively control sources of contaminants presenting the greatest risk to human health, the environment, or groundwater and such method's potential application in other locations and circumstances as well as the technical and financial capacities of the project's proposer. Requires the Administrator to supervise and monitor such projects. Limits the Federal share to 50 percent of costs. Directs the Administrator to conduct a technology transfer program and make information gathered pursuant to such program available through a technical transfer and information center. Requires such program to protect trade secrets from public disclosure. Directs the Administrator to list contaminants known to occur in groundwater. Requires an annual review and revision of such list, providing procedures for any person to petition for additions to such list. Requires the Director of the National Toxicology Program to develop and transmit to the Administrator a proposed research program for each listed contaminant which includes studies of chemical and physical properties, health and ecological effects, and its dispersion and persistence when released. Directs the Administrator to publish risk assessments for listed contaminants. Directs the Administrator to conduct nationwide groundwater quality surveys to identify the frequency and concentration of contaminants in groundwater associated with various categories of sources or potential sources of contaminants. Includes monitoring at public and private wells. Establishes a survey schedule for: (1) pesticide applications; (2) septic tanks and cesspools; (3) landfills, surface impoundments, and wastepiles; (4) Class V injection wells; (5) fertilizer applications; (6) irrigation return flows; (7) publicly owned treatment works; (8) light industry; and (9) transportation corridors. Requires the Administrator to complete the following preliminary phases to such surveys: (1) an analysis to determine the types and distribution of sources for each category; (2) the development and preparation of techniques and protocols to be used; and (3) the preparation of health advisories for each contaminant. Requires that groundwater quality surveys provide the Administrator with a clear understanding of the need for instituting contaminant source control strategies on a local, State, or national basis. Requires the Administrator to notify the water system or well owner when a contaminant is found, but requires that information released to the public be of a general nature. Directs the Administrator to notify the appropriate government authorities for response when a source for a contaminant is identified. Requires the Administrator to cooperate with the States and utilize the Science Advisory Board in planning and conducting surveys. Requires the Administrator to provide the Congress with a plan for implementing these requirements and a status report on each survey which shall also be submitted to the President, the States, and the public. Directs the Administrator to study and report on the public health effects of nitrates, nitrosamines, and other metabolites of nutrients and nitrogen in drinking water supplies, including sources, levels of exposures, and methods and costs of control. Requires the Administrator to report to the Congress by September 1, 1989, on abandoned production and injection wells and the impacts that such wells may have on groundwater quality. Requires peer review of all studies conducted under this Act. Authorizes the provision of facilities and equipment for demonstration projects under this Act, limiting construction of facilities on non-Federal land. Requires the Administrator to make grants to universities or research institutions to establish and operate eight groundwater research institutes to conduct research and training and disseminate information on the protection and restoration of groundwater. Bases selection on whether such institute would be located in a region making significant use of groundwater with significant contamination problems and the capacity of such institute to carry on and lead such research. Limits the Federal share to 50 percent of costs. Earmarks funds for technology transfer. Requires the Administrator and the Secretary of the Interior to approve and evaluate each institute's research. Authorizes appropriations for the programs under this part through FY 1993. Part B: Programs of the Department of the Interior - States that the Department of the Interior has the principal Federal responsibility for research in the hydrologic sciences, for appraising the Nation's water resources, and for providing hydrologic information. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Geological Survey, to undertake research, investigations, assessments, surveys, and related activities of the Nation's water resources. Requires the Secretary to appoint a Ground Water Research Manager to provide central direction for groundwater research within the appropriate bureau and serve as liaison with the Clearinghouse Committee. Authorizes the Secretary to cooperate with other government agencies and to perform such activities on a reimbursable basis, as specified. Includes regional aquifer systems analysis and a toxics hydrology program in such activities. Requires the Secretary to report to specified congressional committees and the States on the Nation's water supply needs and the condition of groundwater and groundwater information and monitoring programs. Directs the Secretary to establish a national groundwater quality and quantity assessment. Requires such program to coordinate government efforts in such area, seek to achieve uniform data collection, and provide information and assistance as required. Requires the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation, to conduct a study and report to the Congress concerning the effects of existing and proposed water projects on the quantity and quality of ground and surface waters. Directs the Bureau of Mines to conduct a study and report to the Congress concerning the impact of mining on groundwater quality. Authorizes appropriations for part B activities. Part C: Ground Water Research Program of the Department of Agriculture - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to appoint a Ground Water Research Manager to provide central direction for groundwater research among the Department's Divisions and serve as liaison with the Clearinghouse Committee. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct an investigation and analysis and prepare reports for the Congress on the relationship between agricultural practices, policies, and groundwater use. Directs the Agricultural Research Service to fund basic and applied research in groundwater, including control and monitoring technologies as they pertain to agricultural practices and uses of groundwater in rural areas. Requires the Cooperative State Research Service to: (1) fund and coordinate the agricultural research program in the Land Grant University system; (2) coordinate the Agriculture Department's research efforts around the State and local data and information needs regarding contaminants; and (3) study the effects various soil types have on pesticide and fertilizer contamination in local groundwaters. Authorizes appropriations to the Soil Conservation Service for a study into the impact of conservation tillage and other soil and water conservation practices on groundwater quality. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Agricultural Research Service and the Cooperative State Research Service, to establish a national research, development, and demonstration program with respect to the impact of agricultural practices on groundwater quality, including the application of pesticides and nutrients, irrigation practices, and the operation of animal feedlots. Requires the Secretary to address: (1) chemical and biological interactions and processes, including the fate and transport of substances released by agricultural practices; (2) analytical models and testing methodology; and (3) management and control. Authorizes appropriations for such program through FY 1993. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish and co-chair an Agricultural Nitrogen Best Management Practices Committee to develop agricultural best management practices and educational materials to minimize the impact of agricultural nitrogen on public health and groundwater quality. Authorizes appropriations for such Committee for the first five fiscal years succeeding this Act's enactment. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct research on practices, methods, and techniques for improving the efficiency of fertilizer uses in agriculture. Authorizes appropriations for such research through FY 1993. Requires the Administrator to conduct a study and report to the Congress concerning the chemical constituents of commercial fertilizer products and the potential for such constituents to leach and contaminate groundwater. Authorizes appropriations for such study. Requires the Administrator and the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct a study and report to the Congress on agricultural drainage wells, their impact on groundwater quality, alternatives to such wells, and the costs of closing existing wells. Authorizes appropriations. Provides for the establishment of groundwater protection education programs. Authorizes appropriations for such programs through FY 1993. Part D: Additional Provisions - Directs the Administrator, in cooperation with the Secretary of the Army, to study the Lake Okeechobee ecosystem in Florida to determine the relationship between surface and groundwater quality and the management and control of aquatic plants. Authorizes appropriations for such study through FY 1991. Requires the President to report annually to the Congress on such activities. Authorizes the Administrator to establish a Western Center for Nuclear and Ground Water Research within Nevada to conduct and promote research into the protection of groundwater from nuclear and hazardous substances. Requires the Center to report annually to the Congress, the President, and the Governor of Nevada concerning its activities. Title III: State Ground Water Strategies - Authorizes the Administrator to make grants to States to support the development and implementation of State strategies designed to detect, prevent, and correct groundwater contamination and control sources on potential sources of contaminants. Authorizes appropriations for such grants through FY 1993. Authorizes the Administrator to assist local governments in financing the acquisition and installation of groundwater treatment technologies needed to remove radium from groundwater used as a source of public drinking water. Authorizes appropriations for such grants through FY 1991. Authorizes the Safe Drinking Water Act to extend by two years the time for States to designate wellhead and sole source aquifer protection areas. Title IV: Patent Policy - Authorizes nonprofit organizations or small business firms to elect to retain title to any invention conceived or first reduced to practice under a funding agreement with the EPA, though such agreement may restrict or eliminate such right, when: (1) the contractor is not located in the United States or is subject to the control of a foreign government; (2) the restriction or elimination of such right will better promote the commercialization, utilization, and public availability of such inventions; (3) necessary to protect the security of intelligence or counter-intelligence activities; or (4) naval nuclear propulsion or weapons-related programs of the Department of Energy are involved. Gives the EPA a nonexclusive, nontransferable, irrevocable, paid-up license to practice or have practiced on its behalf throughout the world an invention in which the contractor elects rights. Authorizes the EPA to require a small business firm or nonprofit organization which has retained title in a subject invention to grant a license in any field of use to a responsible applicant in certain circumstances, such as when the contractor has not taken effective steps to achieve practical application of the invention. Prohibits such firms or organizations and their assignees from granting a person the exclusive right to use or sell such inventions unless that person agrees that products embodying the invention or produced through the use of such invention will be manufactured substantially in the United States. Authorizes the EPA to secure domestic and foreign protection of federally-owned inventions. Imposes restrictions on licensing of federally-owned inventions which are designed to promote public utilization of the invention. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to issue regulations implementing this title's provisions.

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the capability of the Department of Veterans Affairs health-care facilities to provide the most effective and appropriate services possible to veterans suffering from mental illness, especially conditions which are service-related, through the designation of up to five of its facilities as centers of mental illness research, education, and clinical activities and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1989

Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish and operate up to five Department of Veterans Affairs health-care facilities as centers of mental illness research, education, and clinical activities, taking into account appropriate geographic distribution of such facilities. Precludes the Secretary from designating any health-care facility as a center unless the facility has (or may reasonably be anticipated to develop): (1) an arrangement with an accredited medical school and graduate school of psychology which provides education and training in psychiatry and psychology through regular rotation through such center so as to provide training in the diagnosis and treatment of mental illness; (2) an arrangement under which nurses, social workers, or other allied health personnel receive education and training in mental health care through regular rotation through such facility; (3) the ability to attract the participation of scientists who are capable of ingenuity and creativity in research into the causes, treatment, and prevention of mental illness and into models for furnishing care and treatment to veterans suffering from mental illness; (4) a policymaking advisory committee to advise the directors of such facility and center on policy matters pertaining to the activities of such center; and (5) the capability to conduct effectively evaluations of the activities of such center. Authorizes appropriations. Declares that activities of clinical and scientific investigation at each center shall be eligible to compete for the award of funding from funds appropriated for the Department's medical and prosthetics research account and shall receive priority insofar as funds are awarded to projects for mental illness. Requires the Chief Medical Director to ensure that: (1) research activities carried out through such centers include an appropriate emphasis on the psychosocial dimension of mental illness and on models for furnishing care and treatment to veterans suffering from mental illness; and (2) useful information produced by the centers is disseminated throughout the Veterans' Health Services and Research Administration. Requires the Secretary to submit to the House and Senate Committees on Veterans Affairs an annual report on the activities and effectiveness of the centers.

Smart Start: The Community Collaborative for Early Childhood Development Act of 1989

United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1989

Smart Start: The Community Collaborative for Early Childhood Development Act of 1989 - Directs the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) to make grants to States and localities with approved plans and applications to assist them to expand or establish full-day early childhood development services for prekindergarten children. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1994. Sets forth requirements relating to State and local eligibility for Federal assistance under this Act, including establishment or designation of a State Advisory Task Force and a Local Policy Group. Provides for Federal assistance to localities in States which elect not to participate. Prohibits any locality funded under specified provisions from receiving less than $25,000 in total Federal and State funds provided under this Act. Allows any locality to apply for a six-month planning grant to the State or, if the State does not participate, to the Secretary. Provides for State Advisory Task Forces. Requires each Task Force to report annually to the Governor and the Secretary on the status of early childhood development programs and child care programs operating within the States. Allows a State to use an existing comparable task force for such purposes. Directs the Governor to designate a Lead State Agency to administer the early childhood development programs assisted under this Act. Requires any locality desiring to receive a grant under this Act to form a Local Policy Group. Requires each Group to report annually to the State Advisory Task Force on the status of early childhood development programs and child care within the locality. Requires selection of a local administering agency by specified local officials from among specified types of local agencies. Makes a child eligible to participate in programs assisted under this Act in the school year two years prior to the school year in which the child would be eligible under State law to enter first grade. Permits any State or locality which has served all children of the eligible age group requesting services to use funds to serve children in the school year three years prior to the school year in which they would be eligible under State law to enter first grade. Sets forth family contribution requirements. Provides services under this Act without charge to eligible children in families with incomes under 115 percent of the poverty line. Requires, for eligible children from families with incomes at or above 115 percent of the poverty line, payment of fees on a sliding scale up to the full cost of such services. Sets forth minimum standards for service providers, including maximum group size and child to adult ratios, staff training and credentials, parental involvement, and health, safety, and nutrition requirements. Requires Local Policy Groups to: (1) arrange for periodic on-site evaluation of local programs; and (2) report annually to the Task Force. Requires the Task Force to: (1) arrange for periodic on-site monitoring, inspection, and evaluation of programs; and (2) report annually to the Governor and the Secretary. Directs the Secretary, either directly or by grant or contract, to provide for continuing evaluation of programs, especially on the use of nonparticipant control groups. Authorizes the Secretary to require States or localities to provide for independent evaluations. Directs the Secretary to: (1) publish results of evaluations within 90 days of their completion; and (2) submit copies to the appropriate congressional committees. Directs the Secretary to report annually to the appropriate congressional committees.

A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act that a student enrolled in a graduate program in psychology shall be eligible for student loans under the health professions student loan program.

United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1989

Amends the Public Health Service Act to make students enrolled in graduate programs in psychology eligible for student loans under the health professions student loan program.

A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to permit schools offering degrees in social work to obtain grants for training projects in geriatrics.

United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1989

Amends the Public Health Service Act to add social work schools to the list of schools eligible for grants and contracts for training health professionals in geriatrics.

Advanced Nurse Education Act of 1989

United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1989

Advanced Nurse Education Act of 1989 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a scholarship program to enable professional nurses to pursue masters and doctoral degrees in fields related to nursing. Sets forth the eligibility requirements for such program. Provides that an individual becomes a participant in such program only upon the Secretary's approval of the individual's application and acceptance of the submitted contract, under which: (1) the Secretary must agree to provide a scholarship; and (2) the individual must maintain enrollment in a specified course of study, maintain an acceptable level of academic standing, and serve for a time period equal to one service year for each scholarship year in a public or nonprofit private health care facility, or in a private health care facility in a medically underserved area. Requires the scholarship to consist of payment of tuition and all other reasonable educational expenses during the school year, plus a monthly stipend. Requires the individual to repay the United States if he or she breaches the scholarship contract. Authorizes appropriations to carry out this Act for FY 1989 and succeeding fiscal years.

A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to ensure that social work students are eligible for support under the Health Careers Opportunity Program in title VII.

United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1989

Amends the Public Health Service Act to add schools which offer programs in social work to the list of schools which are eligible for grants and contracts to assist individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds to enter a health profession. Adds references to schools offering social work programs to provisions requiring schools receiving such grants to increase, over three years, their first year enrollments of individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds by at least 20 percent over enrollments in the base year 1987.

A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to permit schools of nursing to obtain grants for training projects in geriatrics.

United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1989

Amends the Public Health Service Act to add schools of nursing as eligible recipients of certain grants for training projects relating to geriatric medicine.

Student Financial Assistance Amendments Act of 1989

United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1989

Student Financial Assistance Amendments Act of 1989 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to revise student financial aid formulas by changing the student contribution rate from 70 percent to not less than 50 percent. Amends the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1989 to restore to college and university financial aid officers the discretionary authority to adjust Pell Grant awards to reflect a student's financial need. Amends HEA provisions for the reallocation of funds under the Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants program to direct the Secretary of Education to give special consideration to institutions located in areas designated to receive assistance because of a major natural disaster.

Congressional Scholarships for Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Act

United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1989

Congressional Scholarships for Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Act - Instructs the Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) to establish and implement a merit-based competitive program for awarding a four-year Congressional Scholarship for Science, Mathematics, and Engineering to one female and one male from each U.S. congressional district. Requires the Director: (1) annually to notify secondary schools and colleges of the program; and (2) to establish nominating committees for each congressional district. Limits each scholarship to $5,000 per year, to be used solely for tuition, fees, and room and board expenses. Requires the NSF Director to ensure that both students and nominating committees are selected on a nondiscriminatory basis. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1989 through 1992.

Parents as Partners in Learning Act of 1989

United States · United States Congress · 25 January 1989

Parents as Partners in Learning Act of 1989 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants for Parents as Partners in Learning (PPL) programs for building effective parent involvement in children's education to improve student achievement. Gives priority to programs which show potential as models and which serve families with the greatest need of assistance. Makes eligible for such grants State or local educational agencies, individual schools, nonprofit private organizations, institutions of higher education, and businesses. Directs the Secretary to establish and operate by grant or contract with a specified kind of nonprofit organization, a National Advisory Center for Parents as Partners in Learning, to provide technical assistance, staff training, and model materials for PPL programs. Directs the Secretary to evaluate such grants annually. Sets forth a gradually declining Federal share of program costs in grant payments. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1993.

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to permit institutions of higher education to make loans to their students, if such institutions continue to hold such loans until the beginning of the grace period of the loan, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1989

Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to remove certain restrictions on the making of guaranteed loans to their students by institutions of higher education. Permits such institutions to make loans to their students if the institutions continue to hold such loans until the beginning of the loan grace period (i.e. when the borrower ceases to carry at least one-half the normal full-time academic workload).

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore the deduction for interest paid on education loans.

United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1989

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an income tax deduction for interest on any indebtedness incurred to pay the educational expenses, including reasonable living expenses, of the taxpayer, spouse, or dependent.

Equal Opportunity for Medical Licensure and Reciprocity Act of 1989

United States · United States Congress · 24 January 1989

Equal Opportunity for Medical Licensure and Reciprocity Act of 1989 - Prohibits discrimination against any person who graduated from a medical school outside the United States and who is a licensed physician in the United States: (1) in equal access to practice medicine within any U.S. jurisdiction; (2) by law, regulation, policy, or requirements; and (3) by conditions or requirements which differ from the conditions or requirements as applied to graduates of U.S. medical schools. Applies the prohibition to any medical specialty as well as to the general practice of medicine. Prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services from making a grant, loan guarantee, or interest subsidy to, or for the benefit of, any school of medicine, unless the application contains assurances that the school will not discriminate against a graduate of a non-U.S. medical school. Requires States to adopt medical licensure and medical reciprocity standards which provide equal opportunity to any graduate of a non-U.S. medical school, as compared to any graduate of a U.S. medical school, provided the non-U.S. medical school graduate has completed the U.S. postgraduate training and obtained a license to practice medicine in any U.S. State.

Federal Student Loan Act

United States · United States Congress · 20 January 1989

Federal Student Loan Act - Title I: Loans for College Students - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to enter into agreements with institutions of higher education for a program of student loans. Provides for payments to such institutions during FY 1990 through 1995, for student loans to cover periods through FY 1996. Sets forth the terms of such agreements, including maximum individual and average amounts of such loans per academic year ($4,000 individual and $3,250 average for undergraduates; $5,500 individual and $4,000 average for graduate students). Provides that payments to institutions be used for the establishment and maintenance of separate Federal student loan funds for graduate and undergraduate students at such institutions. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1995, to be available for award until the close of the succeeding fiscal year. Title II: Definitions and Other Provisions Applicable to Entire Act - Sets forth the manner of Federal administration of such program (including the appointment of advisory committees by the Secretary) and the method of payment to institutions. Authorizes appropriations for administration for FY 1990 through 1995. Title III: National Study - Directs the Secretary to study, and to report to the President and the Congress on, the extent to which the provisions of this Act can reasonably replace various other Federal grants or assistance programs.

Designating minority membership on certain standing committees of the House.

United States · United States Congress · 20 January 1989

Designates minority party membership on the following committees of the House of Representatives: (1) Agriculture; (2) Appropriations; (3) Armed Services; (4) Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs; (5) Budget; (6) District of Columbia; (7) Education and Labor; (8) Energy and Commerce; (9) Foreign Affairs; (10) Government Operations; (11) House Administration; (12) Interior and Insular Affairs; (13) Judiciary; (14) Merchant Marine and Fisheries; (15) Post Office and Civil Service; (16) Public Works and Transportation; (17) Rules; (18) Science, Space, and Technology; (19) Small Business; (20) Veterans' Affairs; and (21) Ways and Means.

Designating the weekend of March 2 through March 5, 1989, as "Graduate and Professional Student Awareness Weekend".

United States · United States Congress · 19 January 1989

Designates the weekend of March 2 through March 5, 1989, as National Graduate and Professional Student Awareness Weekend.

Designating membership on certain standing committees of the House.

United States · United States Congress · 19 January 1989

Designates majority party membership on the following committees of the House of Representatives: (1) Agriculture; (2) Armed Services; (3) Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs; (4) Budget; (5) District of Columbia; (6) Education and Labor; (7) Energy and Commerce; (8) Foreign Affairs; (9) Government Operations; (10) House Administration; (11) Interior and Insular Affairs; (12) Judiciary; (13) Merchant Marine and Fisheries; (14) Post Office and Civil Service; (15) Public Works and Transportation; (16) Science, Space, and Technology; (17) Small Business; and (18) Veterans' Affairs.

Trauma Care Systems Planning and Development Act of 1989

United States · United States Congress · 4 January 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 FY 1990. 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, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control, to develop guidelines and a model curriculum for emergency response employees (EREs) with respect to the prevention of exposure to infectious diseases during the process of responding to emergencies. Directs the Secretary to establish a task force to assist in developing the guidelines and model curriculum, appointing to the task force representatives of the Centers for Disease Control, State governments, and EREs. Requires a medical facility to notify the designated officer of the transporting EREs if the facility determines that a victim the EREs transported to the facility has an infectious disease. Requires a medical facility, upon request of a designated officer of EREs, to notify the designated officer if the facility makes a determination that a victim transported by EREs has an infectious disease. Applies notification requirements to both the facility receiving the victim and, if the victim dies, to the facility ascertaining the cause of death. Sets forth notification procedures. States that the public health officer of each State will designate one official of each employer of EREs to make requests and receive notifications. Provides for notification of EREs and for requests from an ERE to a designated officer that the designated officer request notification from the medical facility. Declares that the provisions in this Act regarding notification of EREs will not be construed to authorize or require: (1) a medical facility to test a victim of an emergency for any infectious disease; and (2) any medical facility, any designated officer, or any ERE to make disclosures with respect to the identity of a victim if such disclosures are prohibited under State or Federal law. Mandates that States agree to establish enforcement provisions, including injunctive relief and a civil cause of action for damages, for violations of the notification provisions in this Act. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct a study to determine the adequacy and appropriateness of the reimbursements provided to trauma centers under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act. Requires the Federal Communications Commission to complete a study, establish a plan, and report to the Congress regarding emergency medical services communications.

Equality in Education Act of 1987

United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1989

Equality in Education Act of 1987 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to deny tax-exempt status to any educational institution found to have a policy of racial discrimination against any group in enrollment, hiring, financial aid, or other programs and activities, unless the institution clearly and convincingly demonstrates that it has engaged in vigorous, affirmative, and continued corrective action in its recruiting and hiring practices and other programs and activities with respect to the affected groups.

Patrick Pizzella, of Virginia, to be Deputy Under Secretary for Management, Department of Education, vice Mary McNally Rose, resigned, to which position he was appointed during the last recess of the Senate.

United States · United States Senate · 3 January 1989

Michelle Easton, of Virginia, to be Deputy Under Secretary for Intergovernmental and Interagency Affairs, Department of Education, vice Peter R. Greer, resigned, to which position she was appointed during the last recess of the Senate.

United States · United States Senate · 3 January 1989